#12481 What Good Does My Suffering Do For God? – Ask A Priest w/ Fr. Matthew Spencer - Fr. Matthew Spencer
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🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
“What good does my suffering do for God?” This question opens a discussion on the purpose and value of suffering in the Christian life. Additionally, the episode addresses the potential for Anglican and Lutheran reunification, the validity of the sedevacantist mass compared to the Novus Ordo, and insights on loneliness and sadness from a faith perspective.
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Questions Covered:
- 05:23 – What good does my suffering do for God?
- 14:19 – If the Anglican and Lutherans were to return into full communion, would the bishops or the monarchs make it happen?
- 17:35 – What makes the sedevacantist mass invalid compared to the Nous Ordo?
- 22:18 – What does God say about loneliness and feeling sad?
- 34:08 – I’ve been Catholic for less than a year and I don’t understand who the elect are?
- 46:00 – Have you ever had someone have a vision or experience with Jesus? And what have you advised them?
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| 0:15.0 | This hour, it's Ask a Priest, and we have one of our favorite priests on with us. |
| 0:23.7 | Father Matthew Spencer, He was the provincial of the Oblets of St. Joseph, and he just worked his way out of that job this year. I've |
| 0:30.8 | never seen him look as happy as he looks right now, not having the job of the provincial of the |
| 0:37.1 | Oblets of St. Joseph. Also, a radio host himself for the oblast of St. Joseph. |
| 0:38.6 | Also, a radio host himself for a long time. |
| 0:41.0 | St. Joseph's workshop, Father Matthew Spencer, thank you for being with us. |
| 0:45.3 | Oh, you're one of my favorite radio hosts, so it's really nice to be with you. |
| 0:50.1 | Didn't that work out well? |
| 0:51.4 | That worked out really, really well. |
| 0:55.2 | Yeah, I know that I've said to you a few times, any chance you want to just come to San Diego |
| 0:59.9 | and be the chaplain of a Catholic Apostolate, but you're like, nope. |
| 1:04.6 | That is not true. |
| 1:06.1 | I would love to do. |
| 1:07.4 | You know, I was born in the Mesa. |
| 1:09.3 | I lived in San Diego for the first 12 years of my life. It would feel like coming home to me, but it'll never happen because, you know, that I have a vow of obedience and I have to go where my superior is saying. I didn't mean to say you didn't want to come. I just meant you were saying, no, that's not going to work out. I can't come back. Got it. Yeah, that's true. But are you a bit relieved to be no longer the provincial of the oblets of St. Joseph in the United |
| 1:34.2 | States? A bit? I think I'm very relieved. It was a beautiful, no, it's a beautiful |
| 1:41.0 | responsibility and ministry. It's an opportunity to serve your brothers. |
| 1:45.8 | And I had a very smart priest tell me right before I took on the position. |
| 1:50.8 | He said, look, you're becoming the provincial. |
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