Episode Details

We take a fresh look at the Road to Emmaus and ask why faithful people drift from God without realizing it. We name disappointment, indifference, and spiritual dryness, then practice a stronger kind of hope that surrenders outcomes and invites Jesus to stay close. 
• the quiet way people walk away from God through disappointment 
• “we were hoping” as a clue to wounded expectations 
• desire versus hope and the temptation to control outcomes 
• trusting God’s plan when prayers feel unanswered 
• the slide from disappointment into indifference at Mass 
• acedia and the hollowing out of the spiritual life 
• spiritual dryness as a stage of deeper faith 
• “Stay with me” as a simple daily prayer 
• showing up with discipline and letting Scripture form hope 

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