Abiding in Hope
Mary Ann Jepsen, LPCC
& Fr. John Sims Baker
Airs Saturdays at 11AM and Sundays at 3PM
on St. Gabriel Catholic Radio
Abiding in Hope
Mary Ann Jepsen, LPCC
& Fr. John Sims Baker
Airs on Saturdays at 11AM and Sundays at 3PM on St. Gabriel Catholic Radio
Meet Your Hosts:
Mary Ann Jepsen, MACPC, LPCC, Catholic therapist, Covenant Integrative Counseling Services
Fr. John Sims Baker, JD, MDiv, Diocese of Nashville, Pastor of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Murfreesboro, TN
Thank you for visiting our website, Abiding in Hope.
We are happy to welcome you and hope you find here practical resources that will enrich your lives with encouragement, peace, freedom and joy.
This website is designed in collaboration with our radio program, Abiding in Hope, a production of St. Gabriel Catholic Radio in Columbus, OH on AM820 and online at stgabrielradio.com. Our mission is to help you live virtuous lives and find God’s mercy and redemption in the good times and the bad.
We gladly invite your participation on the radio show and this website by submitting your questions on the spiritual life, marriage, family, relationships, and matters where faith, hope, and life’s difficulties and anxieties intermingle. Please submit your questions here.
As the radio show and its twin sibling, this website, are in their infancy, beginning in September 2017, we ask you to check back frequently as the website grows with archives from the show, Father Baker’s homilies, insightful blog posts, and valuable links to faithful Catholic teachings.
Show Archives
Abiding in Hope, 5/25/2019
Fr. Baker answers a listener's question on the validity of a marriage if the spouse was not Catholic at the time of the marriage. In the second half of the show, Mary Ann and Fr. Baker discuss the question "Why do bad things happen to good people?" and how to battle...
Abiding in Hope, 5/18/2019
Mary Ann and Fr. Baker discuss debilitating anxiety attacks and ideas on how to deal with them spiritually and emotionally. In the second half of the show, the hosts discuss a listener's question on whether it is OK for a married couple to not go to Mass together. The...
Abiding in Hope, 5/4/2019
When you relationship with your human father is traumatic, Fr. Baker and Mary Ann discuss how that might affect your relationship with your heavenly Father and give ideas on how to overcome difficulties. Have you ever left the confessional confused or uncomfortable?...
Praise to God for a Living Hope
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
Romans 15:13
Facebook Posts
Years ago after reading about different Saints especially, St. Agustine, I realized I too, could someday become a Saint as they all were "normal" people at one time. So, I penned and made a bumper sticker that reads, "Before They Were Saints-They Were Us-Strive for Sainthood" I think of the Saints everyday to help keep my focus. On a little comical side, I have a baggie with some of my hair in it. I have written on it that it is my relics for when I become a Saint....I have great aspirations!! Each day we may not get it 100% but that doesn't mean we quit trying...
Heed Jim Caviezel’s wise advice! Amen.
Powerful!
"Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger people. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks." - Bl. Solanus Casey
Bl. Solanus pray for us.
It is amazing that children were so pious at such young ages.
Shows air Saturdays at 11AM and Sundays at 3PM on St. Gabriel Catholic Radio AM820.
