After almost two decades of conducting a weekly scripture study and developing a companion radio show, Real Living, Mary Lou Nemecek and Lavinia Spirito challenges and encourages you to engage your everyday life with a Catholic mindfulness and awareness.
Real Living
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After almost two decades of conducting a weekly scripture study and developing a companion radio show, Real Living, Mary Lou Nemecek and Lavinia Spirito challenges and encourages you to engage your everyday life with a Catholic mindfulness and awareness.
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July 7, 2026
Sober Intoxication Of The Spirit: Part Four
<p>Lavinia Spirito and Mary Lou Nemecek continue discussing Cardinal Cantalamessa’s Sober Intoxication of the Spirit, focusing on the requirements to receive and operate in the Holy Spirit. After previously addressing personal holiness, they emphasize humility as surrendering control to God, drawing on Revelation 2:7, Ash Wednesday’s “to dust,” and C.S. Lewis’ definition of humility as thinking less about oneself. They connect anxiety and societal need for control, warn against factionalism in politics and within the Church, and call for openness, forgiveness, and welcoming others. They describe brotherly love as patient, kind, service-oriented agape love, expressed in everyday interactions and community commitment, especially by the laity’s Vatican II mission to evangelize and sanctify the temporal order. They conclude by recalling Pentecost’s “sober intoxication” and urging viewers to discover their charisms.</p><p></p><p>Time Topic</p><p>00:00 Welcome and Recap</p><p>00:53 Humility and Surrender</p><p>03:52 Humility in a Anxious World</p><p>06:38 Factionalism and Division</p><p>08:27 Brotherly Love in Action</p><p>11:05 Everyday Welcoming and Witness</p><p>14:40 Laity Mission and Charisms</p><p>18:42 Sober Intoxication Closing</p><p></p>
June 30, 2026
Sober Intoxication Of The Spirit: Part Three
<p>Lavinia Spirito and Mary Lou Nemecek continue discussing Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa’s book "Sober Intoxication of the Spirit: Filled With the Fullness of God," highlighting his Vatican influence and emphasis on the real, powerful presence of the Holy Spirit in daily life. They revisit three requirements for cooperating with grace: personal holiness, humility, and living Christianity in community. Personal holiness is framed as an encounter with Jesus expressed through prayer, Scripture, sacraments, charity, purity, and forgiveness, with sexual morality presented as a major cultural flashpoint affecting one’s relationship with God, self, and others; they cite 1 Corinthians 5 on “a little leaven.” They also address conflict, unforgiveness, social media hostility, and welcoming imperfect people in faith settings, then introduce humility as surrendering control to God—“God is your pilot,” not co-pilot—teasing further discussion next episode.</p><p></p><p>Time Topic</p><p>00:00 Welcome and Book Intro</p><p>01:58 Holy Spirit Real Power</p><p>03:16 Three Requirements for Grace</p><p>04:18 Personal Holiness Defined</p><p>06:23 Purity and Integrity</p><p>11:29 Holiness Beyond Sex</p><p>12:14 Forgiveness and Peace</p><p>15:52 Living Faith in Community</p><p>17:21 Handling Weirdness in Church</p><p>18:29 Humility God the Pilot</p><p>19:15 Wrap Up Next Episode</p><p></p>
June 16, 2026
Sober Intoxication Of The Spirit: Part Two
<p>Lavinia Spirito and Mary Lou Nemacheck continue discussing Raniero Cantalamessa’s book The Sober Intoxication of the Spirit: Filled with the Fullness of God, emphasizing a Spirit-filled Catholic life marked by humility, joy, prayer, and service rather than “hysteria.” They describe praying in the Holy Spirit for the sick, the reality of healing (including “ultimate healing” in death), and how saints and the early Church lived charisms such as prophecy, encouragement, and jubilant joy. They stress that while baptism and confirmation give the Holy Spirit, many fail to “unwrap” these gifts, and encourage praying, “Come, Holy Spirit,” for renewed transformation and fruit of the Spirit. The episode highlights Jesus is Lord as the central focus, distinguishes sacraments (shared) from charisms (particular gifts), references the 1977 Kansas City conference, and previews a future episode on anointing and early Church mystagogical catechesis.</p><p></p><p>00:00 Welcome and Book Intro</p><p>01:33 Joy and Prayer for Healing</p><p>02:56 Saints and Spirit Gifts</p><p>05:33 Sober Intoxication Explained</p><p>08:30 Jesus Is Lord Focus</p><p>10:50 Stir Up the Spirit</p><p>12:03 Holiness and Service Balance</p><p>17:05 Baptism in the Spirit Prayer</p><p>19:55 Meaning Crisis and Purpose</p><p>20:40 Sacraments vs Charisms</p><p>22:47 Anointing Teaser and Wrap</p><p></p>
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