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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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?
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Non Catholics Receiving Communion, Essential Oils, and St. Paul on Salvation
October 22nd, 2019 | 30 mins 4 secs
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Fr. Josh answers questions about non-Catholics receiving Communion in the Catholic Church, whether using essential oils is spiritually dangerous, and what St. Paul teaches about salvation and grace.
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Guardian Angels, Explicit Lyrics, and Christian Denominations
October 15th, 2019 | 30 mins 16 secs
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Fr. Josh answers questions about what happens to our guardian angels after we die, whether it’s OK to listen to explicit lyrics if you only pay attention to the music, and how to respond to someone who says all you have to do is love Jesus to get to heaven.
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Ministering to Coworkers, Ember Days, and Revering Saint Relics
October 1st, 2019 | 29 mins 59 secs
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Fr. Josh answers questions about how to minister to a coworker who looks at horoscopes and practices “white” witchcraft, what’s the deal with ember days (periods of fasting for vocations throughout the year), and why Catholics venerate saint relics and images.
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Suicide, Allergic to the Eucharist, and NFP for At-Risk Pregnancy
September 3rd, 2019 | 27 mins 51 secs
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Fr. Josh addresses questions about the salvation of family members who have committed suicide, what to do if a person is allergic to the Eucharist (Body and Blood), and whether natural family planning is still a good choice for women with health issues that would make pregnancy potentially life-threatening.