Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

Traveling with a Significant Other, Prayer Lists, and Fraternal Correction

January 20th, 2022  |  16 mins 25 secs

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Fr. Josh answers questions about traveling with your significant other before marriage, how to prune long prayer lists when interceding for others, and how to charitably correct friends or family members who are not living virtuously.

Be My Guest: Brandi Kilbert on Women's Health (Abortion, Contraception, and IVF)

January 14th, 2021  |  32 mins 27 secs

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Fr. Josh is joined by Brandi Kilbert to discuss all things women's health- natural family planning, contraception, abortion, and in vitro fertilization. Brandi Kilbert is a nurse, creighton fertility care specialist, wife, mom and the Director of Marriage and Family life at Fr. Josh's parish, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.

Charisms, Do Soulmates Exist, and Saints Before Jesus

August 13th, 2020  |  28 mins 13 secs

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Fr.Josh answers questions on charisms, whether soulmates exist, and saints before Jesus.

Be My Guest: Hudson Byblow on Same-Sex Attraction, Holy Friendships, and Healing from Pornography

July 14th, 2020  |  51 mins 39 secs

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Fr. Josh is joined by Hudson Byblow to discuss the Catholic Church’s teaching on same-sex attraction, cultivating holy friendships, and healing from pornography.

Spacing out Children, Belief in the Eucharist, and Metal Music

July 7th, 2020  |  29 mins 50 secs

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Fr. Josh answers questions on spacing out children using natural family planning, belief in the Eucharist, and metal music.

Original Parents, Vocations to Consecrated Single Life, and Annulment After Civil Marriage

April 21st, 2020  |  31 mins 56 secs

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Fr. Josh answers questions about whether Adam and Eve are the original parents of all people, what the vocation of consecrated single life and consecrated virginity is, and if someone married by the Justice of the Peace needs an annulment.

All About Discernment: Dating, Marriage, and Jackie and Bobby Angel

September 17th, 2019  |  42 mins 24 secs

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Fr. Josh answers questions about what to do when you’re single but feel called to marriage, what to do when you’re discerning marriage but aren’t ready for kids, and what to do when the person you’re dating isn’t Catholic. Get 15% off Jackie and Bobby’s new book, Pray, Decide and Don’t Worry with promo code: DISCERN

Original Sin, Explicit Music, State of Life Vocations, and Can Priests and Women Be Friends

May 28th, 2019  |  45 mins 39 secs

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Today Fr. Josh answers questions about how we become stained by original sin, listening to music with explicit lyrics, if feeling called to marriage means you will find a spouse, and if a friendship between a priest and a woman is appropriate. If you have a question, comment, or response for Fr. Josh, email us at [email protected]. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode!

Divorce, God’s Wrath in the Old Testament, and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

January 8th, 2019  |  40 mins 32 secs

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Fr. Josh answers questions about how to pray to God after a divorce, why God in the Old Testament is full of wrath yet in the New Testament he is full of mercy, and why only Catholic priests can consecrate the host into Jesus’ body, blood, soul, and divinity.

If you have a question, comment, or response for Fr. Josh, email us at [email protected]. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode!

Snippet from the Show

According to Jesus, you are a gift. He spoke your true identity.

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Admonishing the Sinner, Regretting Abortion, and Marriage in Heaven

November 13th, 2018  |  29 mins 12 secs

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Fr. Josh answers questions about approaching a loved one about a sin without sounding judgmental, finding peace and forgiveness after an abortion, and the Church’s teaching on marriage in heaven. If you have a question, comment, or response for Fr. Josh, email us at [email protected]. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode!