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Hey there, Spouts. Today is Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019. This week on the Catholic Spraud's

podcast, we have been talking about family, and specifically about the Holy Family and how the

existence of a family for God makes family very important and also blesses all families,

including yours.

First, we talked about how the family is like a domestic church or a school of love,

where we first learn about our faith and learn how to love others.

Yesterday on the great solemnity of Mary, the mother of God,

we talked about what a mother's role is and how we all have a perfect mother in heaven, Mary.

Today, we are going to talk about the role of father, and we have two fathers to talk about

today, God the Father and St. Joseph.

So first of all, let's talk about God the Father.

Now, if you spend any time studying other religions, for example, the faith that people practiced in ancient Egypt or Roman gods or Greek gods, you will quickly see that there is a big difference between what we believe and what they believed.

The biggest differences, of course, include that they believed in many gods, and we know that there is only one God.

Another big difference, however, is that they worshipped gods that they feared. They oftentimes

were required to make sacrifices or really grovel and beg for their God's attention. We have a

completely different reality, though. We know that we are not

slaves, that we are not insignificant things that God doesn't care about. We know that he is our

father and that we are his children. The difference is when we know that God is our father, that means that he

knows us, that he cares about us. Think of all the things that your dad knows about you.

He has been there for so many events in your life. He knows your personality. Maybe he can

even predict what you are going to do before you do it. Also, if you do

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