Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)
Fr. Josh helps you navigate the tricky times in life when our Catholic Faith doesn’t give you an easy, “fill-in-the blank” answer.
We found 10 episodes of Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast) with the tag “catholicism”.
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The Rapture, Working for the Church, Confession, and Superheroes
May 19th, 2020 | 22 mins 24 secs
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This week, Fr. Josh answers questions on the Rapture, confessions, working for the church, and Marvel superheroes.
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An Invitation to Pray: Rosary for Racial Reconciliation
May 12th, 2020 | 15 mins 11 secs
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This week, Fr. Josh invites you to pray a decade of the rosary with him for the intention of racial reconciliation in our country.
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SSPX, Three Days of Darkness, and Captain America
May 5th, 2020 | 33 mins 58 secs
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This week, Fr. Josh answers questions on the SSPX, the three days of darkness, and Captain America.
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"Holy Scripture should be our first love. ‘We have to read them, contemplate them, and put them into practice more than we breathe.’” -
Soul Ties, Suffering Well, and Reception of the Soul
April 28th, 2020 | 38 mins 13 secs
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This week, Fr. Josh answers questions on soul ties, how to offer up your suffering, and the institution of our souls.
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“God’s divine mercy is available to everyone… God is calling all of us to be saints.” -
Be My Guest: Chika Anyanwu on ADHD, Bad Homilies, and Making a Good Confession
March 31st, 2020 | 40 mins 2 secs
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Fr. Josh is joined by Chika Anyanwu, Catholic speaker and author, to answer questions about being disappointed with homilies, teaching the Faith to a child with ADHD, and how much we need to divulge in order to make a good confession.
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Be My Guest: Fr. Brad Doyle on Birth Control for Medical Reasons and Male Fertility Testing
March 24th, 2020 | 40 mins 43 secs
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On today’s episode, Father Josh is joined by his good friend Fr. Brad Doyle to answer questions about the ethics of fertility testing and birth control for medical reasons.
Producer’s note: Father Josh is now live streaming his daily Masses to Ascension’s Facebook page every morning at 9:30 AM ET. Go to facebook.com/Ascensionpress and join us tomorrow for Mass with Fr. Josh at 9:30 AM! Hope you can join us! God bless.For full shownotes, text ASKFRJOSH to 33-777 or visit AscensionPress/com.
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An Invitation to Pray with Father Josh during COVID-19
March 17th, 2020 | 11 mins 2 secs
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Father Josh shares a message of hope and perseverance for these escalating times of COVID-19. He reminds us how to pray Lectio Divina, modeling this spiritual exercise as he reflects on the way the apostle John responded when Jesus was taken away from him.
For more shownotes visit AscensionPress.com or text ASKFRJOSH to 33-777.
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Feminism, Devotionals Guaranteeing Salvation, and Kanye West
November 19th, 2019 | 27 mins 25 secs
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Can Catholics support feminism? Why do some people believe women shouldn’t work outside the home? How do the promises of devotional prayers work—can they guarantee salvation? Should we be embracing the current interest in Christianity due to Kanye West and his album, Jesus is King? Fr. Josh answers this and more in today’s episode.
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Anxiety, Parish Involvement, and Can Catholics Be Masons
November 12th, 2019 | 31 mins 44 secs
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Father Josh answers questions about how to find healing in the midst of anxiety or depression, how to get involved in your parish, and whether or not Catholics can be Freemasons.
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Catholic Voting and Celebrating Halloween
November 5th, 2019 | 29 mins 16 secs
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Fr. Josh goes in depth on two questions: What principles should Catholics turn to when it comes to voting for a political candidate? And is celebrating Halloween morally acceptable?