A Freedom Greater Than Circumstances (2023)

The Poco a Poco Podcast with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

Christianity, Christian, Pilgrimage, Catholic, Franciscan, Spirituality, Faith, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.

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What makes us most free, is this submitting to God and this dependence on Him.

Yes, freedom is actually dependent on obedience rather than kind of doing whatever I want.

When we fall in love with God and we experience that love, this deep interior freedom takes place and it becomes the most important thing of our lives—even to a point that is greater than our circumstances.

This episode is the first part of our series on Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacque Philippe that talks about what it means to live in freedom as sons and daughters of God and how this freedom can become greater than the circumstances of our lives.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Rob from Spirit Juice.
0:02.1	The friars are taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and joy of this Jubilee year.
0:07.3	While they're away, please enjoy listening or reliciting to this previously recorded episode
0:12.7	and join me and continue to pray for Father Mark Mary, Father Innocent, Father Angelus,
0:19.6	and our favorite, Father P.T.
0:21.8	As they follow God's will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
0:25.8	Thank you for being a supporter of the Poco Poco Podcast.
0:28.4	We could not do it without your help. God bless.
0:33.2	You're listening to the Poco A Poko podcast, sponsored by Spirit Juice Studios.
0:44.3	Hey, I'm Father Mark Maher.
0:46.9	Hey, I'm Father Innocent.
0:49.2	Hey.
0:50.4	Father Angelus, welcome back to me.
0:52.8	Very much, welcome back to you.
0:56.0	I think we keep promising or saying we're trying to get all four of us together,
1:00.2	and it keeps failing.
1:01.2	How long has it been?
1:02.7	A while.
1:04.6	Not this.
1:06.2	It'll be, I don't know, months probably.
1:08.2	Two or three months.
1:09.7	I don't remember the last time.
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