{"podcast":{"title":"Ever Ancient, Ever New","slug":"ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169","podcast_index_feed_id":6737169,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/instituteonreligiouslife/feed.xml","website_url":"https://instituteonreligiouslife.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17244723/Final_Podcast_Logo_10-11-23_yzq282.png","author":"Institute on Religious Life","episode_count":104,"summary":"The Institute on Religious Life’s Podcast, Ever Ancient, Ever New, marks our golden anniversary, 50 years of serving religious and consecrated life in the Catholic Church! This podcast features talks and interviews with consecrated religious men and women from many different religious communities throughout the United States and the world. Thus, giving people access to the rich and varied archives of IRL seminars, classes, talks, and interviews, while also giving those in religious life the opportunity to tell their vocation stories and share insights into their apostolates. Today, religious life is not only surviving, but thriving. It is ever ancient, ever new, ever beautiful, and ever necessary for our church today.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T14:19:35.780597+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169"},"episode":{"title":"88. FB Live Interview with Rev. Matthias of the Immaculate Heart, OCD - Your Prayer Life: Navigating Meditation into Contemplation","slug":"88-fb-live-interview-with-rev-matthias-of-the-immaculate-heart-ocd-your-prayer-life-navigating-meditation-into-contemplation","published_at":"2026-02-02T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169/88-fb-live-interview-with-rev-matthias-of-the-immaculate-heart-ocd-your-prayer-life-navigating-meditation-into-contemplation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169","url":"https://instituteonreligiouslife.podbean.com/e/88-fb-live-interview-with-rev-matthias-of-the-immaculate-heart-ocd-your-prayer-life-navigating-meditation-into-contemplation/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kj39hvmw2kcjev9w/Untitled_Session_35_mixdowna96ph.mp3","summary":"On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview featuringFr. Matthias of the Immaculate Heart, OCD of the Discalced Carmelite Friars of the California-Arizona Province. The Discalced Carmelite Friars seek to respond to Christ's call by combining the contemplative spirit with the active apostolate. As Carmelite brothers and priests, they serve the Church in various ministries. They staff three parishes, a retreat house, a house of prayer, an Institute of Spirituality, and a mission in Uganda, Africa. They are also involved in spiritual direction, hospital chaplaincy, prison ministry, and spiritual assistance to Carmelite Nuns and Carmelite Seculars. Fr. Matthias’ topic today is “Your Prayer Life: Navigating Meditation into Contemplation” and he is interviewed by IRL Board member, Jesse Weiler. Thank you for listening! May God bless you and enjoy!","meta_description":"On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview featuringFr. Matthias of the Immaculate Heart, OCD of the Discalced Carmelite Friars…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1936,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169/episodes/88-fb-live-interview-with-rev-matthias-of-the-immaculate-heart-ocd-your-prayer-life-navigating-meditation-into-contemplation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169/88-fb-live-interview-with-rev-matthias-of-the-immaculate-heart-ocd-your-prayer-life-navigating-meditation-into-contemplation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}