Jesus and Pilate: Lent Series, Ep 1
The Exorcist Files
Ryan Bethea, Fr. Carlos Martins
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Martins shares a reflection on one of the most significant exchanges in human history: between the man who asked, “What is truth?” and the Truth Himself. Join us for part 1 of a multi episodic Lenten retreat.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to The Exorcist Files, the podcast, which encourages you to hold fast, to what is good. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm your co-host, Ryan Bethay, but today you get a gift, a reprieve. |
| 0:18.2 | We are excited to bring you a special Lenton audio retreat provided by the one |
| 0:22.6 | and the only Father Carlos Martins. It's part of a series we will be rolling out over the next |
| 0:27.3 | few weeks. But fear not, we will have more dramatic case files for you in the coming months. |
| 0:32.2 | Don't you worry. I also want to say, before we start the show, that I know we have listeners |
| 0:36.8 | from all walks and all backgrounds. Not everyone observes Lent, but from my own experience, I have found that setting aside time to pray, committing to do something intentional for a period of time to seek God, has always, I mean always, led to fruit and unexpected blessings in my life. In fact, each time I wrap up a week of prayer or fasting |
| 0:55.5 | or a period of intentional study or seeking, I always end with, why don't I do that more often? |
| 1:01.2 | That was amazing. So with that, Father Martins and I hope you'll consider joining Hallow's |
| 1:06.2 | annual prayer challenge, Prayer 40, The Return. You can join Jonathan Rumi, or Jesus, as many of you know |
| 1:12.6 | them from The Chosen, Father Mike Schmitz, Chris Pratt, and Mark Wahlberg. It starts today, and it |
| 1:17.7 | continues through Easter. So download Hallow and join Lent Prayer 40 by going to hallow.com |
| 1:22.8 | slash X files. That's EX files. Halow.com-Files. I don't know what will happen after the 40 |
| 1:29.7 | days, but it'll probably be a big blessing. And with that, here's Father Martins. |
| 1:54.4 | Welcome, friends, to our Lenton reflection, our Lenton retreat, Day 1, Jesus and Pontius Pilate. |
| 2:04.7 | And I want to begin this reflection, which this is the first in a series that is meant to draw us deeper into the Christian message. Lent is a time for us to begin again, to start over again, and to reflect. |
| 2:10.6 | And I know that many people who listen to the show are not Christians. |
| 2:14.7 | And I wanted to do this series to give people a chance to enter into a |
| 2:24.9 | spiritual dimension of Christianity. And I thought the season of Lent, there's no better time to do this. |
| 2:32.1 | So more than a teaching, this is a reflection, a meditation on what I believe is the heart of the Christian message. |
| 2:41.3 | And it reveals itself during Jesus' what I call his Lenton conversations. |
| 2:47.5 | And the first one is with Jesus and Pontius Pilate. |
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