Where is God, and Where Am I? // The Gathering Place Podcast Advent Week 4 with Blessed is She

The Gathering Place, a Podcast from Blessed is She

Blessed is She

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Advent invites us into a simple but radical question: where is God, and where am I? In the rush of holiday prep, work, relationships, and the background noise of modern life, the practice of being present with God often feels impossible. Yet the present moment is exactly where healing, courage, and peace meet us.

There is a kind of love that unsettles because it is so generous. When we truly begin to trust that God loves us — not occasionally, not conditionally, but scandalously — everything changes. That trust becomes an anchor: we begin to repeat, believe, and live the small truth, everything's going to be okay. That is not a platitude. It is a spiritual posture that reshapes how we meet loss, fear, and uncertainty.

The scandalous love that says, "Everything's going to be okay"

Practical takeaways to practice the sacred present

Find pockets of silence. The car, a short walk, or a few minutes before bed are opportunities to pause.
Practice 20-second honesty. Start small. Repetition builds a habit of recollection.
Use everyday tasks as holy ground. Washing dishes, folding clothes, or waiting in line can become moments of prayer.
Be gentle with yourself. Integration is gradual. Grace meets the fractured yes.

You are here with God. We are not alone.

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0:00.0	There's so much pain that we just stuff down and never, ever, ever let rise to the surface, ever.
0:08.3	Because it's terrifying.
0:09.7	When the human is in the present moment, it's like he's surrounded by a pillar of cloud and he cannot be touched, cannot be tormented.
0:18.2	All of prayer is recollecting, realizing, coming back to you, where is God and where am I?
0:28.0	Hi, friends.
0:33.0	My name's Jenna.
0:34.0	I'm Beth.
0:34.9	Hi, Beth.
0:35.9	Beatty, how are you?
0:41.4	Happy, happy Fourth Tuesdayuesday of advent thank you you're welcome to you too jena thank you jena and i went to mass together this morning it was very
0:47.3	sweet i kind of loved it did you that makes one of us just kidding oh just kidding nice. Yeah, it's too late now. I mean, Mass is
0:58.6	incredible. Truly. Normal. Funny. Silly. You know, sometimes I look around at the people at Mass,
1:07.4	and I'm like, we're a funny family. We are. Yeah.
1:11.7	Yeah.
1:12.5	I had a great grace on Thanksgiving one year, many years ago.
1:17.6	I was at Mass, and there was just like a lot happening.
1:20.4	Yeah.
1:20.8	There was a lot happening.
1:22.1	Okay.
1:22.6	And it was, you know, chaotic and it was funny.
1:48.8	And I said to myself, self. Did you always do that? It was not from my dad. It's from you. I got it from you. My dad says it and I love it. It's from your dad. Say to myself self. This is truly the church Jesus founded. Yes. Because this is a motley crew. Yeah. You Yeah. Yeah. We're just, we are so poor. We're so poor and weak and broken, myself included. I'm like, I'm in the right church because I'm a mess and I'm
1:56.5	in the right place. Absolutely. That's how I feel most daily masses as well.
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