Father and Joe

I have been reading the United States Catechism for Adults. In this episode we discuss the Church’s teaching on a couple of topics that I misunderstand. Part one is concept that Jesus is a prophet. Part two is about addiction.  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...

Growing up punishments were administered by my parents, teachers, coaches, ect. In general, the punishments administered seemed reasonable to the corresponding offense. It seemed the death penalty was society’s answer to those who committed the worst crimes. In this episode we discuss how I challenged my younger self’s assumptions and how the Church looks at the death penalty.  The podcast Father...

Thought-out human history, cultures that went from wanting to strive to achieve other’s successes to wanting to destroy the individual/group who has the success have destroyed their own culture/civilization. In this episode we discuss the reality and churches teaching on the temptation of wanting to bring others down rather than building ourselves up.  The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as indi...

We all have concepts in our mind that were created as children. Most of us will never reanalyze these mental blocks through a mature mind. In this episode we discuss my personal head trash, and I believe it will be applicable to many others.  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 Sufferin...

War is unfortunately a part of human nature. However, not all war is evil. In this episode we discuss Catholic teaching of Just Wars.  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.com Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe Catholic,...

In the creed each Sunday Catholics recite the Nicene Creed. Part of the creed states that – “God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made.” – is the beginning of the episode specifically focusing on the lead up to the Passion. I also ask why Peter had a sword at agony in garden on Holy Thursday.  The po...

Risk is an inherent part of life. Obviously anything can happen to us and those around us. In this episode we discuss trusting in God, particularly in marriage. We put a point on creating an exit strategy ends the marriage at that point in time.   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 Suf...

 By default we are all doing something every second of every day. A common way of dividing actives is to put them into one of four categories – urgent/important, urgent/unimportant, important/not urgent, and unimportant/not urgent. We discuss why the most valuable box in important but not urgent and how for most of us our most valuable relationships are put into this box.  The podcast Father and J...

The readings at the Ash Wednesday Mass call us to go into our inner rooms and pray. While architecture has changed since the time of Christ, most properties do not have fully unclosed rooms, we still have shrines. In this episode we specifically discuss shrines to Mary.   The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church. Seek Peace. Be Open to God and...

We begin with a lot of basic questions about the Visions at Fatama. Father teaches the difference between public and private revelation.  He walks us through the Pope’s responses throughout the years to follow the revelation to consecration Russia to hold back the lies and persecution caused by communism. We also discuss the Russian Orthodox Church. The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individ...

Christ was a victim of crucifixion and death. In this episode we really dive into the difference between looking for problems to be applied to one’s self-compared to what Jesus went through. Father compares our wounds are pure and dirty wounds.   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 Suff...

The news presents the Russian Invasion as simply the will and desire of Putin, and he is the driving force of this evil. Being fed this simplistic narrative, I ask the question should I rout for Putin to simply disappear. Father looks at this problem and teaches what Jesus did in his times.  The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church. Seek Peace....

Dust continually regenerates itself and creates a battle with us. Each of us have different tolerances to the amount of dust that is acceptable in our lives. We us dust as an analogy for sin and how to clean it in our lives; as well as the challenge of constantly being on top of it.  The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church. Seek Peace. Be Open...

As more and more scientific studies come out and show what government’s approach to Covid was ineffective at best, we dive into the thoughts of people who pushed against the policies that where being forced upon the citizens.  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 f...

Statistics show that Americans facing away from all religions. In this episode we discuss how politics are filling the void in people’s 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.com Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe...

At the judgment of the Christ Pilate presents the crowd a choice: Jesus or Barabbas. In this episode we discuss how/why the common man in the crowd could have justified voting for Barabbas over Jesus. We dive into to our modern society can fall into the same situation and justification.  The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church. Seek Peace. Be...

We begin the episode with a conversation about a thought that I had; it seems that Jesus made choices that made his ministry harder. Father teaches about how relative hardness is in virtue and the importance so continually pushing ourselves to become more virtuous.    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...

As listeners know, I am a new father. In this episode I present a Father Boniface a question of how to balance out letting my child attempt everything for himself versus me doing everything for him.  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@...

The Saint Vincent Seminary Institute for Ministry Formation is holding an online Catechetics Conference February 14-15 focusing on the new 2020 Vatican Directory on Catechesis.  Participants from around the country will hear from 16 experts who will explore the content and application of the new 2020 Vatican Directory on Catechesis.  Everyone needs to know about the new Directory and especially pr...

In terms of eternal lives, the finite time we have on earth is relatively small. In this episode, we examine the importance letting God love us.   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.com Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJ...

 When there is something wrong with use physically, we can use medical knowledge to identify what is wrong. However, when something is wrong with us spiritually we have as much harder way of identifying a problem even exists. Father teaches ways that we can identify potential problems within our souls.   The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church...

Epistemology is the study of how individuals learn. We begin this episode with a discussion of how we all learn. Father uses this episode to dive into how we learn and how to look at ourselves so that we can see all of our strengths and weaknesses. In going through this exercise we will cultivate better relationships.  The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit...

I am to a degree a product of our culture. In this episode we discuss two things that I do that the Church advises against. The first is the mindset of looking at issues with the question of what is in it for me. The second is a hunter’s mentality of continually reinventing processes to try to find the “perfect” way. The wisdom that Father provides on throughout this episode is very practical and...

It is human nature to have defense mechanisms. In this episode we did into how the Church looks at our defense mechanisms. We begin by looking at the Holy Family and the episode goes on we turn the conversation to ourselves.   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 f...

We often think of Christmas solely as when God becomes man. In this episode we look at time after the manger scene, specifically focusing on the fact that Jesus is a baby and by default he needed molded and guided.  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 listenin...