FR TOCHI SERIES
God, Culture, Friendship, Marriage, and Family. Podcast that discusses God and the interaction between Culture, Friendship, Marriage, and Family.
Episodes
126 episodes
Episode 125: The Solemnity of Ascension Year A
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, that moment when Jesus, having completed His earthly mission, returns to the Father in glory. But the Ascension is not Jesus leaving us behind. It is Jesus lifting us up, entrusting...
Episode 124: Celebrating Our Mothers
Mother’s Day invites us to pause, to breathe, and to honor the women whose love has shaped our lives in ways words can barely hold. It is a day that carries joy for many, tenderness for some, and quiet ache for others. And yet, at its heart, Mo...
Episode 123: The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year A
Jesus reveals something profound about God’s character: God refuses to leave us alone. This is not a distant God. Not a passive God. Not a God who watches from afar. This is a God who: draws near, protects, nurtures, teaches, comforts, and stay...
Episode 122: The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A
Jesus does not say; there is nothing to be troubled about, he does not say. Just be strong, he does not say; figure it out on your own. He says, "Believe in God; believe also in me."
Episode 121: The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C
Jesus reminds us that He is the one who keeps us safe, the one who leads us to life, and the one who stands between us and whatever threatens our souls.
Episode 120: The Third Sunday of Easter Year A
Christ walks beside us, even when we do not recognize Him, even when our eyes are downcast. We are never alone.
Episode 119; The Divine Mercy Sunday
Mercy is justice with a human face, truth wrapped in compassion, accompaniment that refuses to give up on people, the Church showing its wounds so others may find healing.
Episode 118: Easter Sunday Year A
Easter morning doesn't start with trumpets but with women walking in the faint light of dawn, carrying grief in their hearts. Year A offers us Matthew’s account, a story full of movement, surprise, and divine interruption.
Episode 117: Holy Saturday Year A
Holy Saturday is the most overlooked day of the Triduum, yet it holds a deep and essential silence. It is the day between death and resurrection, between sorrow and joy, between what was and what will be. Year A invites us to stay in this sacre...
Episode 116: Good Friday Year A
Good Friday is the most solemn day of the Christian year. It is the day when love is stretched to its limit, when Jesus embraces the full weight of human suffering, and when the cross, an instrument of death, becomes the throne of salvation.
Episode 115: Holy Thursday Year A
Holy Thursday is the doorway into the Paschal Triduum, and Year A gives us a powerful lens through which to see Jesus’ love, love expressed not in words alone, but in actions that redefine what greatness means.
Episode 114: Palm Sunday in Year A
Palm Sunday always feels like standing at the threshold of two worlds. On one side, there is joy, celebration, and expectation as Jesus enters Jerusalem. On the other hand, there is the shadow of the Passion, already stretching across th...
Episode 113:The Fifth Sunday of Lent Year A
Today, Jesus stands before each of us and speaks the same words He spoke in Bethany: “I am the resurrection and the life.” He is not only the God who will raise us on the last day. He is the God who wants to raise us today, in our relationships...
Episode 112: The Cross as the Mirror of Love
The cross is not the end of the story. It is the doorway through which love remakes everything. When we let it reflect God’s heart back to us, we begin to recognize that this love, this fierce, self-giving love, is the truest thing about us.
Episode 111: The Fourth Sunday of Lent Year A
Laetare Sunday always arrives like a gentle sunrise in the middle of Lent. The Church pauses her penitential tone and invites us to rejoice, not because the journey is over, but because the destination is in sight. Today’s readings shine with o...
Episode 110: The Beauty of Imperfection
Lent has a way of bringing our imperfections into the light, not to expose us, but to heal us. It invites us to stop pretending we are whole on our own and to recognize that God meets us most tenderly in the places we feel most unfinished ...
Episode 109: The Third Sunday of Lent Year A
As we continue our Lenten journey, imagine Jesus sitting beside the well of your life. Hear Him say, gently and personally: “If you knew the gift of God…”Let this be the week you allow Him to speak into your heart, to reveal the truth ...
Episode 108: The Second Sunday of Lent Year A
The Second Sunday of Lent always brings us to the mountain, the mountain of the Transfiguration. And every year, it feels like the Church is giving us a glimpse of Easter long before we get there. It’s as if God knows that the desert of ...
Episode 107: Lenten Reflection Part 2- The Courage to Let Go
Letting go is one of the quietest forms of courage. It rarely looks dramatic. It often happens in the hidden places of the heart, where we release something we’ve been gripping tightly, sometimes for years, sometimes without even realizing it.
Episode 106: Lenten Reflection Part 1: Hope in the Wilderness
The wilderness is one of Scripture’s most honest landscapes. It is the place where illusions fall away, where comforts grow thin, and where we discover what we truly rely on. It is also the place where God does some of His most tender work.
Episode 105: The First Sunday of Lent Year A
Lent is not about punishing ourselves; it is about noticing the places where temptations quietly shape our choices and steal our freedom.
Episode 104: Ash Wednesday: Remembering What truly Matters
Ash Wednesday brings us to a quiet threshold, the doorway into Lent. The ashes placed on our foreheads are not meant to shame us or diminish us. They are a reminder of something far more tender: that our lives are fragile, precious, and held en...
Episode 103: The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Jesus calls us beyond minimalism, beyond “what’s the least I can do?”, into the fullness of life. He wants to shape our hearts so that our actions naturally reflect His love. The commandments are not chains; they are pathways to freedom. And th...
Episode 102: Vulnerability is not Weakness
Let yourself be seen. Let yourself be heard. Let yourself be human. Because your vulnerability is not a weakness, it’s your power. And when you embrace it, you don’t just change your life… You give others the courage to change theirs, too.<...
Episode 101: The Memorial of St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr
This Gospel resonates deeply with the witness of St. Agatha, a young woman who lived her mission with extraordinary courage. Like the apostles, she had very little worldly protection. She carried no weapons, no influence, no social power. What ...