This month we’re sharing responses to questions asked by you, our listeners. The questions center around living a charism in the Church, accompanying others in the spiritual life, discerning God’s will for your life, and growing–daily, concretely–in a loving relationship with Christ. Thank you to everyone who submitted a question! //

We’d love to hear from you. Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

Other resources we mention:

• Pope Leo’s June 6th 2025 address to lay movements
• Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
• Pope Francis’ October 15th 2022 address to Communion & Liberation
• Alberto Savorana’s biography The Life of Luigi Giussani
• An excerpt of a dialogue with Fr. Javier Prades called The Rhythm of the Mystery
• Mother Mary Francis’ book “My Beloved is Mine and I am His” \\

Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

Join us for the first-ever in-person episode of The Pilgrim Soul! During their vacation together in Idaho, Giuli, Sofi and Adrianna had a conversation about leisure. What is leisure? How are we tempted to distort it? What instead is its right relationship to prayer, work, and community? How are we educated in a true use of our free time? //

Our media recommendation is Louis Armstrong’s song What a Wonderful World, which you can find on Spotify or on YouTube. Our monthly challenge is to take a moment one evening to look at the stars. //

We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

Other resources we mention:

• Josef Pieper’s book “Leisure, the Basis of Culture”
• Fr. Luigi Giussani’s book “The Religious Sense”
• The Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska
• An excerpt from The Portal of the Mystery of Hope, a poem by Charles Peguy \\

Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks."

This month, Adrianna, Sofi, and Giuli are joined by their friend Fr. John Nepil for a conversation on how the encounter with Christ transforms the experience of the wilderness. Fr. John is a priest of the Archdiocese of Denver, a member of the Companions of Christ, and co-host of the podcast Catholic Stuff You Should Know. This conversation draws on his excellent book “To Heights and Unto Depths: Letters from the Colorado Trail” which was recently published by Ignatius Press and is also available on Amazon. //

Fr. John’s media recommendations are the writing of Wendell Berry, such as the novel Jayber Crow (or Sofi’s favorite is his book of sabbath poems, A Timbered Choir), and the music of Gregory Alan Isakov. His monthly challenge is to reread Chapters 1-2 of Genesis in a place of creation, whether the backcountry or your own backyard. //

We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. We’d be happy to pass on any questions to Fr. John. //

Other resources we mention:

• Luigi Giussani’s book The Religious Sense
• Pope Benedict XVI’s address “The Feeling of Things, the Contemplation of Beauty”
• Romano Guardini’s book The Essence of Christianity
• The testimony of Jone Echarri about her paralysis \\

Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”