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Catholic scripture for anxious hearts.
Following The Truth with Gary Zimak is a weekly Catholic reflection centered on the Sunday Mass readings. Its rhythm is slow and pastoral, moving from prayer into scripture and then into plain encouragement for anxious or discouraged people.
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Following The Truth with Gary Zimak is a long-running Catholic Bible study program shaped by the Sunday Mass readings. It is devotional before it is analytical. Gary Zimak usually sets the liturgical moment, prays, reads the Gospel, and then brings in the other readings that support the week’s central message. The structure is familiar and intentionally steady. During Lent and Easter, that steadiness becomes part of the show’s purpose, because the episodes keep returning to the Passion, the Triduum, Divine Mercy Sunday, the road to Emmaus, Lazarus, and the promise of resurrection. The show speaks often about fear. It also speaks often about worry. Those themes are not treated as abstract spiritual problems, but as ordinary habits that people bring into prayer, into Lent, and into another week of trying again. The tone is warm, plain, and pastoral. Gary Zimak gives listeners room to be discouraged without letting discouragement become the final word. A failed Lenten practice, an anxious reaction, or a weak moment can become a place to begin again. Scripture is read generously, sometimes taking up much of the episode, especially around Palm Sunday and the Paschal Triduum. The result is a program that feels closer to guided reflection than commentary. It is Catholic in vocabulary, calendar, and assumptions, with frequent attention to Mass, the liturgical season, prayer, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, heaven, and the resurrection. It is also practical in its way. The show keeps asking how belief changes the next anxious thought, the next disappointment, or the next decision. Its best moments come when a familiar reading is brought down to the level of daily fear, daily perseverance, and the need to trust that God is still leading.
Made for: Best suited for Catholics who want Sunday readings, prayer, and seasonal reflection in a calm, familiar format. It also fits listeners looking for faith-centered encouragement around worry, Lent, Easter, and perseverance.
What sets it apart: The show’s distinction is its table-level pastoral patience: scripture is read slowly, connected to the liturgical season, and applied to worry and discouragement without turning into debate or performance.
Need hope? Join best-selling author and speaker Gary Zimak each week for 30 minutes of Bible-based inspiring and practical talk about Jesus Christ and how a relationship with Him will allow you to experience the peace you seek. Why worry when you can walk through life with the God of the Universe? Tune in and let Gary lead you from FEAR to FAITH! Theme Song ("Jazz Brunch " Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Gary Zimak turns Sunday Mass readings into practical Catholic guidance for meeting worry, temptation, and spiritual setbacks with sustained faith.
Gary Zimak takes the Sunday Mass readings as a practical guide to ordinary spiritual pressure. He begins with the Gospel, brings in the other readings to clarify its central message, and follows that thread into questions of worry, temptation, good deeds, conversion, and trust…
A chair at Gary Zimak's table, where your Sunday readings meet your very real worry.
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A steady Easter reflection on Emmaus, discouragement, and the claim that Jesus is alive.
Gary Zimak keeps the episode anchored in Luke 24 and the third Sunday of Easter, returning to the simple claim that Jesus is alive. The review finds its strength in the contrast between belief in theory and belief tested in storms, discouragement, and those moments when his…
A Lent reflection on worry, peace, and restarting after a setback.
Gary Zimek begins by taking stock of how fast Lent is moving, pointing out that only one Sunday remains before Palm Sunday and Holy Week. From there, the reflection keeps returning to the way ordinary life can knock spiritual intentions off course.
A Lenten reflection that turns worry toward trust.
Gary Zimak keeps the focus on the third Sunday of Lent, treating the season's middle point as a moment to remember there is still time to let it do its work.
A patient Lenten reflection that turns fear of the future into a reason to keep moving.
Hope For The Future treats the second Sunday of Lent as a meditation on uncertainty, beginning with the discouragement that can gather around an unknown future and moving toward a plainer source of steadiness: people may not know what comes next, but God does.
A practical Lenten reflection on desert testing, distraction, and learning to trust Jesus.
Gary Zimak treats the first Sunday of Lent as a walk into the desert, using the Mass readings and his Give Up Worry for Lent reflection to make Lent feel less abstract.
Gary Zimek offers a focused reflection on unity, anger, and the harm done by personal attacks.
Unity and division shape Gary Zimek's reading of the Mass Readings for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, where he treats Christian unity as both urgent and hard.
A patient Lenten reflection on good deeds as the fruit of a changed heart.
Good deeds are treated here as the outward sign of a converted heart, which gives the approach to Lent a practical shape without reducing it to a moral checklist.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Two Sundays from now, Lent will be here.
Unity versus division is rough ground.
This episode discusses the importance of the commandments as a lead-in to Lent, encouraging listeners to self-assess their adherence and prepare spiritually for the upcoming season.
This episode offers a spiritual checkup using the mass readings for the eighth Sunday in ordinary time as preparation for Lent, encouraging listeners to assess their spiritual lives.
In “Thank You, Lord!”, Gary Zimak uses the Mass readings for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time to warn against taking salvation for granted.
Gary Zimak opens on the third Sunday of Easter and says the message is plain: Jesus is alive.
This episode discusses Divine Mercy Sunday, focusing on the Mass readings for the second Sunday of Easter and emphasizing the ongoing celebration of Jesus' resurrection and its eternal significance.
This episode focuses on explaining and reading key biblical passages for the Paschal Triduum, covering Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday in the Catholic tradition.
This episode focuses on reading the Mass readings for Palm Sunday, with the host planning to cover the entire Triduum in next week's program.
This episode discusses the theme of rising from the dead, focusing on the Gospel story of Jesus raising Lazarus, as part of the Mass Readings for the fifth Sunday of Lent, offering spiritual encouragement during the Lenten season.
The host opens by greeting listeners and locating the show in the fourth Sunday of Lent.
Gary Zimak welcomes listeners and turns to the third Sunday of Lent.
Gary Zimak frames Following The Truth around the Second Sunday of Lent, the Transfiguration in Matthew 17:1-9, and the theme "Hope for the Future." He also uses his book Give Up Worry for Lent and quotes Matthew 17:7, "rise and have no fear," to tell listeners that a failed Lenten effort is not the end.
Gary Zimak opens the first Sunday of Lent by sending the program straight into the desert.
This episode discusses the Mass Readings for the fourth Sunday of Advent, focusing on the theme 'God is with us' and offering encouragement for spiritual preparation as Christmas approaches.
This episode explores living with wisdom through God's perspective, focusing on the mass readings for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time and discussing chapter three of the host's book about finding strength in weakness.
This episode explores the Mass readings for the 6th Sunday of Easter, focusing on the role of the Holy Spirit in the Church's growth and guidance, both historically and today.