"Your Faith Anew!"
Your Faith Anew! exists to help souls grow in their knowledge of the Catholic Faith, strive to remain in a state of grace, and encounter the transforming joy of the Gospel. Its mission is simple yet eternal: to save souls, glorify God, and become saints.
Hosted by David Russell, this daily reflection podcast draws deeply from Sacred Scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the writings of the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta—especially The Book of Heaven—guiding listeners into a deeper understanding of living in the Divine Will.
David is the author of four spiritually rich works: Magi Theology: The Essence of Illusion, The Little Magician – Discovers Bigger and Better, Our Pilgrimage with the Pilgrim Virgin, and his newest release, Our Mother in the Divine Will. With a lifelong fascination for the mystical, David discovered a profound connection between the art of illusion and deeper spiritual realities—an insight that inspired both his theological and children’s writings. His work Magi Theology received both the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur from the Diocese of Knoxville.
In 2010, David was introduced to the writings of Luisa Piccarreta, which deeply resonated with his own spiritual insights. This encounter helped shape the foundation of his ministry.
In 2017, he founded the Your Faith Anew! prayer and study group to help Catholics rediscover and fall in love with their Faith. At the heart of his message is this conviction:
“The Catholic Faith prepares us to receive the Gift of Living in the Divine Will—and this Gift enables us to live our Faith in a divine manner most pleasing to God.”
Join us daily as we seek not only to understand our Faith—but to live it fully, joyfully, and in union with the Divine Will.
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"Your Faith Anew!"
"The Power of Humility and Reason"
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April 4, 1902 - Volume 4
Luisa writes,
Continuing in my usual state, my adorable Jesus keeps coming, but almost always in silence; or rather, He says to me something pertaining to the truth, but it happens that as long as the Lord is present I comprehend it and it seems I will be able to repeat it, but as He disappears, I feel that light of truth which had been infused in me being drawn from me, and I am unable to repeat anything. This morning, then, I had to struggle very much in waiting for Him, and as He came, He transported me outside of myself, showing Himself as very indignant. So, in order to placate Him, I made various acts of repentance, but Jesus seemed to like none of them. I would do my utmost in varying the acts of repentance – who knows, He might like one of them. At the end I said to Him: ‘Lord, I repent of the offenses given by me and by all creatures of the earth, and I repent and I am sorry for the sole reason that we have offended You, highest Good, who deserve love, while we have dared to give You offenses.’ With this last one the Lord seemed pleased and appeased.
After this, He transported me into the middle of a road on which there were two men in the shape of beasts, all intent on destroying every kind of moral good. They seemed to be strong like lions and drunken with passion; at the mere sight of them they struck terror and fright. Blessed Jesus told me: “If you want to placate Me a little bit, go and pass through those men, to convince them of the evil they do, facing their fury.” Though a little timid, yet I went. As soon as they saw me, they wanted to swallow me, but I said to them: ‘Let me speak, and then do to me whatever you want. You must know that if you reach your intent of destroying every moral good pertaining to religion, virtue, dependency and social welfare, without realizing your mistake, you would also destroy all corporal and temporal goods. In fact, as much as is taken away from moral goods, so much are physical evils doubled. So, without realizing it, you go against yourselves, destroying all those fleeting and passing goods which you so much love. Not only this, but you are looking for those who will destroy your very lives, and you will cause the survivors among you to shed bitter tears.’ Then I made a most great act of humility, which I am not even able to repeat, and they remained like someone who recovers from a state of madness; and also so weak, that they did not have the strength even to touch me. So I passed through them freely, and I understood that there is no power that can resist the power of reason and of humility.
– Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta
Buddy Comfort – vocals and guitar from the album, 'Brother Sun, Sister Moon', http://www.buddycomfort.com, words and music by Donovan Leitch.
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SPEAKER_01Welcome. This is David Russell and your faith anew, daily reflections guiding you to live in the divine will. Today's reflection is from the Book of Heaven by the servant of God Louisa Picaretta, april fourth, nineteen oh two, volume four. Let us begin in the will and name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Heavenly Father, grant us the grace to walk in humility and truth, that we may become instruments of your peace and light in a world often overcome by darkness. Help us to trust in the power of your will, that through humility and reason we may overcome evil and remain steadfast in your love. Amen. Saint Peter writes in his first letter, chapter five, verse five. God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches in paragraph twenty five fifty nine Humility is the foundation of prayer. Only when we humbly acknowledge that we do not know how to pray as we ought, are we ready to receive freely the gift of prayer. In this light, we see that humility opens the soul to grace and divine wisdom. Now, let us enter into today's reading. Louisa writes Continuing in my usual state, my adorable Jesus keeps coming, but almost always in silence. Or rather, he says to me something pertaining to the truth, but it happens that as long as the Lord is present, I comprehend it, and it seems I will be able to repeat it. But as he disappears, I feel that light of truth which had been infused in me being drawn from me, and I am unable to repeat anything. This morning, then, I had to struggle very much in waiting for him, and as he came he transported me outside of myself, showing himself as very indignant. So in order to placate him, I made various acts of repentance, but Jesus seemed to like none of them. I would do my utmost in varying the acts of repentance. Who knows? He might like one of them. At the end I said to him, Lord, I repent of the offenses given by me and by all creatures of the earth, and I repent and I am sorry for the sole reason that we have offended you, highest good, who deserve love, while we have dared to give you offenses. With this last one the Lord seemed pleased and appeased. After this, he transported me into the middle of a road, on which there were two men in the shape of beasts, all intent on destroying every kind of moral good. They seemed to be strong like lions and drunken with passion. At the mere sight of them they struck terror and fright. Blessed Jesus told me, If you want to placate me a little bit, go and pass through those men, to convince them of the evil they do, facing their fury. Though a little timid, yet I went, and as soon as they saw me they wanted to swallow me, but I said to them, let me speak, and then do to me whatever you want. You must know that if you reach your intent of destroying every moral good pertaining to religion, virtue, dependency, and social welfare, without realizing your mistake, you would also destroy all corporal and temporal goods. In fact, as much as is taken away from moral goods, so much are physical evils doubled. So without realizing it, you go against yourselves, destroying all those fleeting and passing goods which you so much love. Not only this, but you are looking for those who will destroy your very lives, and you will cause the survivors among you to shed bitter tears. Then I made a most great act of humility, which I'm not even able to repeat, and they remained like someone who recovers from a state of madness, and also so weak that they did not have the strength even to touch me. So I passed through them freely, and I understood that there is no power that can resist the power of reason and of humility. In this powerful passage, we see that true repentance is not found in many words, but in purity of intention. What pleased Jesus most was not the variety of Louisa's acts, but the sincerity of love behind them. Then the scene shifts dramatically. Louisa is sent into a place of danger, facing souls consumed by passion and bent on destroying moral good. Yet she's not sent with force or fear, but with reason and humility. This is a profound lesson for us. The world often believes that strength comes from power, control or dominance. But Jesus reveals that the true strength that transforms hearts is humility joined with truth. Louisa speaks truth clearly, showing the consequences of sin, not only spiritual, but even temporal. And then she makes an act of humility so profound that it disarms those filled with rage. Humility is not weakness, it's divine strength. It opens the way for grace to act even in the most hardened hearts. In living in the divine will, we are called to become instruments of this same power, to bring truth with charity, to confront evil without hatred, and to trust that God works through humility in ways we cannot fully see. When we choose humility, we allow God Himself to act through us, and in that action, even the fiercest opposition can be overcome.
SPEAKER_00Let us pray.
SPEAKER_01Jesus, clothe me in humility. Remove from me every trace of pride, fear, and self-reliance. Give me the courage to speak truth with love and the grace to act with humility in every situation. When I encounter darkness, let me not respond with anger, but with the light of your truth and the strength of your meekness. Make me an instrument of your peace, that through humility and reason your will may triumph in every heart.
SPEAKER_00Jesus, I trust in you. Amen.
SPEAKER_01Thank you for joining your faith anew today. Choose humility and truth in every moment, for it is through these that God's power is most clearly revealed. Remember, there is no power that can resist the strength of humility united with truth. Until tomorrow, stay in his will, and your faith will be made anew.
SPEAKER_02Small beginning, greater and heartfelt work grows pure.