Father And Joe

This episode is being released on Election Day 2020. In this episode we address how we are presented information as a society. With that backdrop we dive into how we vote and what the Pope actually said and teaches. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Time is something we all live with. In this episode we discuss the fact that Jesus life is outside of restrictions of time as we know it. We use this episode to discuss the concept of time within the Faith – starting with Jesus then working back to Adam and Eve.  The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe   Catholic, Church, God, Help, Real Life, Jesus, Memory, Origin, Faith, Time 

As human beings we do not have an accurate memory making process. Jesus lived over 2,000 years ago. Today we discuss how the Faith was able to overcome this problem.  The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe  

The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are not always easy to understand. We conclude the series with a conversation with wisdom, which maybe the hardest to grasp. The gift of wisdom is the gift to love as God loves.   The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe     

As we discuss the gift of understanding, the focus is upon the ideas of Christ. We discuss the value of human beings, and the challenge within societal constructs of economics.  The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe   

Like all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, Council is bestowed upon us. A common image we used throughout this series is the image of a tunnel in which we can control its size. In this episode we focus on prudence being a the tool to help us widen this tunnel.  The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe        

Fortitude can create a heroic response in the face of evil.  Father give many example of saints who shown extreme fortitude. We also discuss the “energy” emotions that correlate to fortitude. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Logic is essential in our lives. The gift of knowledge is the bedrock of logic. In this podcast we discuss how this is a gift of the Holy Spirit, and how to use it to be more like God. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Do we know what piety is? Often times, our society perceives the pious in a negative light. Father teaches what piety truly is, and why we ought to strive to be open to piety within our daily lives. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

We begin the series of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit with Fear of the Lord. I have had a hard time understanding what this gift is all about. This episode ultimate becomes a little longer than most as Father beautifully articulates what this often misunderstood gift is.   The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe   

This episode is an introductory episode into the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. We look from a very high level as a set up for each episode on the particular gift. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Anxiety is a natural human emotion. Father discusses how to come out of the negative aspects of anxiety. The Faith emphasizes the importance of relationships and how health relationships universally help. We discuss how our expectations impact anxiety within our lives. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Eventually a vaccine to become Covid-19 will be made. We discuss Church’s stance on vaccines, referencing both facts and historical precedents within America. Father teaches from the moral stand point. Since we are recording this with no vaccine has yet made, we are coming from the teaching of concrete morality of the Faith. Are we morally required to take vaccines and administer them to our children?The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Hardships are an important feature of life; our culture activity attempts to avoid suffering. We look into this fact through the lens of last week’s episode - focusing on Jesus’ parable of the seeds in the soil. Father presents the teaching of the church and how this concept is essential for everyone’s life. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Our futures are not bound by the past. In this episode we explore this fact through the lens of Jesus’ parables particularly focusing on the seeds in the four types of soil.  Father gives wonderful teachings on mustard seed, weeds, and soil parables and applies it to our times.The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

We continue our episode last week about obligations. Looking practically at our lives, we are given an opportunity to be grateful or resentful at many points each day. Within the framework of the Faith we see these moments as opportunities for conversion or improvement. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Obligations are something that essential for a society to work. Father uses examples in society such as driving of how we need to have and honor obligations. As the conversation turns to obligations we have to God, and why we have them, the topic of thankfulness becomes prominent. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Each one of us experience regret in our lifetimes. This core emotion is often not discussed, so we used this episode to discuss the Faith’s teachings on regret. How should we treat regret and use it within our spiritual and faith lives?The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Father is a Benedictine Monk. Recently the monks chose a new leader to for their archabbey. Father teaches of how that process worked and how it impacts him and the archabbey at large. We compare and contrast the process to other selections within the Church and with secular elections. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Let us never forget how wrong I can be about something, as that is exactly how this episode begins. Like many I do not fully grasp the mystery of the Blessed Trinity. Father’s teachings help straighten me out and hopefully the teachings are helpful for you as well. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.Thank you for listening.FatherAndJoe@gmail.comAlso you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe