Auditio Divina: Sacred Listening With Heart

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Katie McAllister and Tony Pichler explore the connection between prayer and popular song. Drawing upon the steps of Lectio Divina, Auditio Divina brings this ancient prayer practice into today’s world. It breaks open the lyrics of modern songs to help individuals listen with heart. Auditio Divina engages the listening senses to discover the sacredness in an ordinary song. The goal is to bring new meaning to the songs that have been listened to for years.

  1. Mar 27

    I've Been This Way Before

    Katie and Tony break open the song "I've Been This Way Before" by Kate Hudson from the movie Song Sung Blue. Lyrics:I've seen the lightAnd I've seen the flameAnd I've been this way beforeAnd I'm sure to be this way again

    22 min

  2. 07/19/2025

    In Your Eyes

    Katie and Tony are back in the studio, praying with "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel Lyrics: Love, I don't like to see so much painSo much wasted and this momentKeeps slipping awayI get so tired workingSo hard for our survivalI look to the time with youTo keep me awake and aliveAnd all my instincts they returnAnd the grand façade, so soon will burnWithout a noise, without my prideI reach out from the insideIn your eyes (Your eyes)(Your eyes) In your eyes(In your eyes) The light, the heat(Your eyes) I am complete(In your eyes) I see the doorwayTo a thousand churches(In your eyes) The resolution(Your eyes) Of all the fruitless searchesOh, I see the light and the heat(In your eyes)(Your eyes) Oh, I wanna be that complete(In your eyes)I wanna touch the lightThe heat I see in your eyesIn your eyes(In your eyes)(In your eyes) Ooh

    22 min

  3. 04/27/2025

    Frank For Frank - My Way by Frank Sinatra for Pope Francis

    Katie and Tony present a special episode “Frank for Frank”  featuring a four-step reflective process of “My Way” by Frank Sinatra in honor of Pope Francis. Lyrics: I've loved, I've laughed and cried I've had my fill, my share of losing And now, as tears subside I find it all so amusing To think I did all that And may I say, not in a shy way Oh, no, oh, no, not me I did it my way

    23 min

  4. 04/19/2025

    Live Forever

    Katie and Tony break open the song "Live Forever" by Willie Nelson for Easter Sunday. Lyrics: I'm gonna live forever I'm gonna cross that river I'm gonna catch tomorrow now You're gonna wanna hold me Just like I always told you You're gonna miss me when I'm gone

    17 min

  5. 04/13/2025

    For What It's Worth

    Katie and Tony break open the song "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield for Palm Sunday. Lyrics: What a field day for the heat A thousand people in the street Singing songs and they carrying signs Mostly say, "Hooray for our side" It's time we stop Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down?

    20 min

  6. 04/05/2025

    Landslide

    Katie and Tony break open the song "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac for the Fifth Sunday of Lent. Lyrics: Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love? Can the child within my heart rise above? Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides? Can I handle the seasons of my life? Well, I've been 'fraid of changin' 'Cause I've built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I'm gettin' older, too

    24 min

  7. 03/29/2025

    Across the Universe

    Katie and Tony break open the song "Across the Universe" by The Beatles for the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Lyrics: Sounds of laughter, shades of lifeAre ringing through my open earsInciting and inviting meLimitless, undying loveWhich shines around me like a million sunsIt calls me on and on across the universe Jai Guru Deva, OmNothing's gonna change my worldNothing's gonna change my world

    21 min

  8. 03/22/2025

    Give Me Just a Little More Time

    Katie and Tony break open the song "Give Me Just a Little More Time" by Chairmen of the Board for the Third Sunday of Lent. Lyrics: Life's too short to make a mistake Let's think of each other and hesitate Young and impatient we may be There's no need to act foolishly If we part, our hearts won't forget it Years from now we'll surely regret it Give me just a little more time And our love will surely grow Give me just a little more time And our love will surely grow

    19 min
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Katie McAllister and Tony Pichler explore the connection between prayer and popular song. Drawing upon the steps of Lectio Divina, Auditio Divina brings this ancient prayer practice into today’s world. It breaks open the lyrics of modern songs to help individuals listen with heart. Auditio Divina engages the listening senses to discover the sacredness in an ordinary song. The goal is to bring new meaning to the songs that have been listened to for years.

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