Season of Joy - Joy After Grief | 1 Peter 1:8 by Paula Kowalkowski


Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To share this prayer meditation, copy the Share link below.


2nd Meditation by Paula Kowalkowski
Joy After Grief, 1 Peter 1:8

Paula reflects on the paradox of Easter joy amidst sorrow and grief the disciples felt and that we feel in our own lives as we suffer our own grief and loss.

video preview

Paula Kowalkowski is an experienced music educator with over 30 years in high school and college settings, currently serving as the Music Director at St. Thomas Becket Church. She holds a Master's Degree in Contemporary Spirituality, a Certificate in Spiritual Direction, and works as a retreat leader and spiritual director at Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House.


Email Preferences

If you would like to opt-out of the Easter audio series of guided healing prayers, please click here.

Heart to Heart, A Catholic Media Ministry

Inspire Believers. Evangelize Seekers. Foster Disciples.

Read more from Heart to Heart, A Catholic Media Ministry

Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To share this prayer meditation, copy the Share link below. 1st Meditation by Paula KowalkowskiJesus, The Risen Christ, Meets His Mother Paula shares her own prayerful vision of what it might have been like when Jesus visited his Mother after rising from the dead. YouTube Podcast Share this Link Paula Kowalkowski Paula Kowalkowski is an experienced music educator with over 30 years in high school and college settings,...

Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To share this prayer meditation, copy the Share link below. 2nd Meditation by Nancy HulseboschJohn 21:15-17, Restored in Love It's early in the morning, you are Peter, tired from fishing all night but elated when you realize the risen Lord is waiting for you with a warm fire on the beach...until you get there and He starts grilling you about how much you love Him. YouTube Podcast Share this Link Nancy Hulsebosch Nancy...

Nancy invites us to imagine being outside the empty tomb of Jesus and to experience what Mary Magdalene felt as Jesus called her by name. 1st Meditation by Nancy HulseboschJohn 20:11-16, Called by Name Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To read Fr. Michael's introduction to the series, click the "Series Intro" button. YouTube Podcast Series Intro Nancy Hulsebosch Nancy Hulsebosch is a spiritual director trained in the Ignatian tradition. She offers spiritual...