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#402 What Modern People Can Learn from St. Joseph - Joe Heschmeyer

Catholic Answers Focus

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Joe Heschmeyer — author of A Man Called Joseph: Guardian for Our Times — joins us to wrap up the year of St. Joseph. We dig into the fascinating history of his veneration, and ask why he seems such a perfect father-figure for modern people. Cy Kellett: Turns out St. Joseph has a lot to teach modern people, Joe Heschmeyer is next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. And please raise your hand if the following applies to you. You didn’t really do much to observe t…

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Turns out, St. Joseph has a lot to teach modern people.

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Joe Hechmeyer is next.

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Hello, and welcome to Focus the Catholic Answers Podcast

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for Living Understanding and Defending Your Catholic Faith.

0:15.8

I'm Sy Kelly at Your Host, and please raise your hand.

0:19.5

If the following applies to you, you didn't really do much

0:22.8

to observe the year of St. Joseph.

0:24.4

Raise your hand.

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I knew it.

0:26.5

I knew there were a lot of you out there.

0:28.3

Yeah, there was a wonderful year of St. Joseph

0:31.2

given to us by Pope Francis.

0:34.1

And boy, do we need some fatherly and motherly help

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in the world today?

0:39.6

If we can get that from the heavenly realms,

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that is just what we need.

0:44.5

And yet many of us didn't do much for the year of St. Joseph.

0:49.3

Didn't pay that much attention to St. Joseph.

0:51.1

Maybe you did.

0:52.0

If you did congratulations, I kind of feel like we didn't

0:55.4

do enough here at Catholic Answers to honor St. Joseph

0:58.3

to remember him.

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