{"podcast":{"title":"Old St. Pat's Podcast","slug":"old-st-pat-s-podcast-6412313","podcast_index_feed_id":6412313,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/IagKhZmn","website_url":"https://old-st-pats-podcast.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/02db0ae5-e42e-44c2-9898-674369f5dd70/0ae8009a-b48f-40e5-a9d5-398998e239fa/3000x3000/old-st-patricks-podcast-1.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Old St. Pat's","episode_count":600,"summary":"Old St. Patrick's is a Roman Catholic community in Chicago's bustling West Loop neighborhood, founded by Irish Immigrants on Easter morning in 1846. Since then we have grown into a home to a membership of about 4,000 households and innumerable friends. As we grow, we continually redefine what it means to be an urban church. We are committed to remaining open to new visions and possibilities, seeking broader horizons as we journey into our future. We encourage you to encounter the God who loves you, engage in a community that welcomes you, and serve the world that needs you. This podcast aims to welcome all into a Catholic experience like no other. Welcome to the Old St. Pat's Podcast.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-st-pat-s-podcast-6412313"},"episode":{"title":"Lost & Found: You’re the One Being Sought - Fr Michael Rossmann 3.15.26","slug":"lost-found-you-re-the-one-being-sought-fr-michael-rossmann-3-15-26","published_at":"2026-03-17T05:54:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-st-pat-s-podcast-6412313/lost-found-you-re-the-one-being-sought-fr-michael-rossmann-3-15-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-st-pat-s-podcast-6412313","url":"https://old-st-pats-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/lost-found-youre-the-one-being-sought-fr-michael-rossmann-31526-8U8jR7mY","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/1e1a4430-591e-4cde-b625-19c36e7e52da/290316d1-781b-459d-9192-c2609ba63e0e/episodes/audio/group/b5c1501f-68a6-4aab-9752-5876a1c1aac3/group-item/b3246f82-d4e1-47ca-aefd-c5b74c555877/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=IagKhZmn","summary":"What are you giving up for Lent? Or maybe a better question is: what have you started doing this Lent to become a better person? Are you praying more, fasting, trying to get your spiritual life in order as we prepare for Easter? All of those things are good. In fact, they’re part of the beauty of the season. But sometimes, if we’re not careful, they can subtly reinforce a deeper assumption — the idea that we need to improve ourselves first… that we need to become worthy before we can really encounter God. We often think the spiritual life is about getting our act together, becoming disciplined enough, holy enough, or good enough to finally approach God. But the Gospel tells a very different story. We have a God who goes looking. A God who approaches us first. A God who seeks us out and wants a relationship with us as we are today — not someday when we’ve perfected ourselves in the eyes of our own inner critic, or in the eyes of our family, our workplace, or the culture around us. The surprising message of the Gospel is this: we are already enough. Today, Father Michael Rossmann reflects on this beautiful truth — that the real joy of the spiritual life isn’t that we finally reach God, but that God never stops searching for us","meta_description":"What are you giving up for Lent? Or maybe a better question is: what have you started doing this Lent to become a better person? Are you praying more, fas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":771,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/old-st-pat-s-podcast-6412313/episodes/lost-found-you-re-the-one-being-sought-fr-michael-rossmann-3-15-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-st-pat-s-podcast-6412313/lost-found-you-re-the-one-being-sought-fr-michael-rossmann-3-15-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}