{"podcast":{"title":"Catholic Daily Reflections","slug":"catholic-daily-reflections-334651","podcast_index_feed_id":334651,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3075404/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/daily-reflections/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/7b39fdb7e7c686686759baf76d12f617.jpg","author":"My Catholic Life!","episode_count":1000,"summary":"My Catholic Life! presents the beauty and splendor of our Catholic faith in a down to earth and practical way. These daily audio reflections come from the \"Catholic Daily Reflections Series\" which is available in online format from our website. They are also available in e eBook or paperback format. May these reflections assist you on your journey of personal conversion!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T10:21:05.460042+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catholic-daily-reflections-334651"},"episode":{"title":"Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time - Gratitude For Divine Wisdom","slug":"wednesday-of-the-fifteenth-week-in-ordinary-time-gratitude-for-divine-wisdom","published_at":"2026-07-14T09:00:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catholic-daily-reflections-334651/wednesday-of-the-fifteenth-week-in-ordinary-time-gratitude-for-divine-wisdom","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catholic-daily-reflections-334651","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/wednesday-of-the-fifteenth-week-in-ordinary-time-gratitude-for-divine-wisdom--72420334","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72420334/wednesday_of_the_fifteenth_week_in_ordinary_time_gratitude_for_divine_wisdom.mp3","summary":"Read Online Gratitude For Divine Wisdom “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.” Matthew 11:25–27 Jesus’ praise of the Father, as recorded in today’s Gospel, is highly significant. Being both human and divine, His praise originated in His divinity and was expressed through His human nature as a perfect act of divine gratitude. This is significant not only for Jesus, but also for us. As human beings, we are incapable of performing divine acts or attaining the perfection of divine gratitude unless God Himself acts in and through us. Since Jesus’ divinity and humanity are perfectly united in the one Person of the Son of God, He not only offered the perfection of praise to the Father, He also elevated human nature itself, enabling us to do the same in Him. When we pray with Jesus as He says, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,” we join in His perfect praise of the Father for His divine wisdom and action in our lives. Our praise, in union with Christ’s, is raised beyond mere emotional thanksgiving. It becomes an all-consuming adoration of the Father and a divinely inspired confession of Who He is and what He has accomplished in us. This praise glorifies God and transforms us. No prayer is more perfect or more consequential in our lives than to give praise to the Father in union with the Son. The cause for Jesus’ praise is also significant. His thanksgiving is directed at the Father’s wisdom in both…","meta_description":"Read Online Gratitude For Divine Wisdom “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":423,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/catholic-daily-reflections-334651/episodes/wednesday-of-the-fifteenth-week-in-ordinary-time-gratitude-for-divine-wisdom/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catholic-daily-reflections-334651/wednesday-of-the-fifteenth-week-in-ordinary-time-gratitude-for-divine-wisdom.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}