How often do we forget that our vocation isn’t something we go out and find, but a gift to receive?

We can spend so much time in prayer asking God for answers, but in this episode, Jessica shares that true discernment is less about figuring everything out and more about allowing God to love you. Instead of overthinking, we’re invited to recognize that everything we’re given in the present moment is a gift.

Jessica also shares what it means to imitate Mary without misplacing devotion, how to walk in obedience to God’s call, and practical insights on discernment.

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We don’t talk about sin enough, or we talk about it in all the wrong ways.

In this episode, we’re getting honest about the reality of sin, what it means to pursue virtue, and the discouragement that can come when we keep falling short.

But this isn’t a conversation about shame. It’s about mercy.

God’s mercy isn’t something we earn after we “get it together”, it’s what meets us right in the middle of our weakness. No matter how many times you’ve fallen, you are not too far gone.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in the same patterns, discouraged in your faith, or unsure how to actually grow in virtue, this episode is for you.

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Eve Rosemary is currently booking Catholic speaking engagements for the 2026–2027 school year, including youth nights, retreats, and faith formation programs focused on authentic love, virtue, chastity, and discernment. Learn more or inquire at:
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Just because our faith is deep doesn’t mean our feelings disappear. True faith invites us to bring those emotions to Jesus, not avoid them.

Margaux, a student at Franciscan University, shares her journey from viewing Catholics as hypocritical to encountering true freedom in the Catholic Church. Along the way, she opens up about her struggles with anxiety and what it has looked like to truly surrender that to God.

In this episode, we talk about facing our emotions head-on instead of dismissing them with the phrase “just give it to God.” Jesus offers real inner healing; but it’s through walking with Him in our struggles that we begin to experience the fullness of life.

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Eve Rosemary is currently booking Catholic speaking engagements for the 2026–2027 school year, including youth nights, retreats, and faith formation programs focused on authentic love, virtue, chastity, and discernment. Learn more or inquire at:
theeverydaysaint.com/speaking

Looking to live the faith more intentionally? Explore The Everyday Saint lifestyle shop, featuring prayer journals, apparel, and Catholic goods designed to support everyday holiness:
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What does it mean to be truly accepted?

In this episode, we sit down with Madie whose journey took her into the LGBT community, where she was searching for belonging, identity, and love. While she found moments of connection, she still felt like something was missing.

Everything changed when she encountered Jesus in the Mass.

In this powerful reversion story, she shares how her understanding of acceptance was completely transformed,, not by leaving behind the desire to be loved, but by discovering a love that was deeper, personal, and rooted in truth.

Now a student at Franciscan University, her “yes” to God has led her to a life on mission. As the president of an Abortion Outreach Ministry, she spends her Saturdays in sidewalk ministry outside a Pittsburgh abortion clinic, accompanying others with the same love and truth she encountered herself.

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Eve Rosemary is currently booking Catholic speaking engagements for the 2026–2027 school year, including youth nights, retreats, and faith formation programs focused on authentic love, virtue, chastity, and discernment. Learn more or inquire at:
theeverydaysaint.com/speaking

Looking to live the faith more intentionally? Explore The Everyday Saint lifestyle shop, featuring prayer journals, apparel, and Catholic goods designed to support everyday holiness:
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There’s so much advice out there about how to start dating: how to meet someone, how to find the right guy, how to handle the pressure. But what happens when the relationship actually lasts? How do you continue to love well and stay committed before marriage? What does it really look like to pursue God’s plan without the clarity of a lifelong commitment yet?

Join Eve and Shelby as they delve into the dynamics of long-term relationships, exploring the themes of preparation for marriage, discernment in serious relationships, and the balance between emotions and logic.

Chapters

• 00:00 Preparing for the Wedding
• 08:45 Recognizing a Serious Relationship
• 16:10 Gratitude and Affirmation in Relationships
• 27:29 Maintaining Individuality and Priorities in Relationships
• 33:08 Balancing Individuality and Togetherness
• 40:52 Investing in the Relationship
• 53:43 Building a Solid Community

Today’s guest, Sarah, has spent the last few years living boldly on mission as a FOCUS missionary. But saying “yes” to God hasn’t always looked easy or ideal.

In this episode, Sarah shares how God has met her in the tension of trying, failing, sacrificing, and learning how to rely on Him in prayer. When she began her journey in faith, she had to learn that the faith is not about performance, but allowing God to work within our weakness.

Together, we reflect on how prayer becomes the place where God reveals His love for us personally; sometimes calling us to things that feel impossible, yet giving us the grace to say yes.

If you’ve ever wondered whether God really loves you as much as He loves everyone else, this conversation is a powerful reminder that His love is intensely personal. The same love that calls us into deeper prayer is the love that sends us on mission.

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Eve Rosemary is currently booking Catholic speaking engagements for the 2026–2027 school year, including youth nights, retreats, and faith formation programs focused on authentic love, virtue, chastity, and discernment. Learn more or inquire at:
theeverydaysaint.com/speaking

Looking to live the faith more intentionally? Explore The Everyday Saint lifestyle shop, featuring prayer journals, apparel, and Catholic goods designed to support everyday holiness:
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Lent got you down? Me too.

If you’ve hit the mid-Lent slump, feeling tired of fasting, struggling to stay consistent, or wondering if any of it is actually helping your prayer life, you’re not alone.

In this episode, I share three simple mindset shifts that have helped me approach fasting differently and experience Lent in a way that actually leads to deeper spiritual intimacy with Jesus. If Lent has started to feel more frustrating than fruitful, these practical tips might be exactly what you need to reset and finish strong.

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Eve Rosemary is currently booking Catholic speaking engagements for the 2026–2027 school year, including youth nights, retreats, and faith formation programs focused on authentic love, virtue, chastity, and discernment. Learn more or inquire at:
theeverydaysaint.com/speaking

Looking to live the faith more intentionally? Explore The Everyday Saint lifestyle shop, featuring prayer journals, apparel, and Catholic goods designed to support everyday holiness:
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Sainthood isn’t optional and your path to it is absolutely necessary.

In this episode, I sit down with Connor McLaughlin (@connormclaughlin__) to talk about what it actually means to become a saint in real life...not someday, not abstractly, but here and now.

This conversation challenges the idea that someone else will discern your mission for you, confronts the temptation to reduce faith to consumption or content, and invites you to ask a harder question: What if God is waiting on your yes?

Perhaps if everyone lived this way, sainthood wouldn’t feel radical, it would be the default.

Check out what Connor McLaughlin is up to: https://practicalsainthood.com

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Eve Rosemary is currently booking Catholic speaking engagements for the 2025–2026 school year, including youth nights, retreats, and faith formation programs focused on authentic love, virtue, chastity, and discernment. Learn more or inquire at: theeverydaysaint.com/speaking

Looking to live the faith more intentionally? Explore The Everyday Saint lifestyle shop, featuring prayer journals, apparel, and Catholic goods designed to support everyday holiness: theeverydaysaint.com/shop

If this podcast has blessed you, please consider supporting the mission. Your generosity helps bring faithful, honest formation to teens and young adults across the country: www.theeverydaysaint.com/donate

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