Fathers, Rise Up!
The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)
Ascension
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
What is the role of a father? How can fathers rise up to the challenges of the world? Today, Jeff offers encouragement and advice for all fathers. He shares stories from his own life as a father and as a son to emphasize the importance of fatherhood.
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A father’s blessing gives firm family roots.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jeff Kaven Show, where we talk about the Bible, discipleship, and evangelization, |
| 0:06.8 | putting it all together and living as activated disciples. |
| 0:10.9 | This is Show 328, Fathers Rise Up. |
| 0:23.0 | And a happy Father's Day to all of our fathers, that's the week. |
| 0:27.2 | This is the week I should say that we... |
| 0:29.2 | We celebrate Father's Day, and we just want to take a few minutes this week to say thank you to all the fathers. |
| 0:35.7 | Thank you for being who you are, and thank you for modeling God the Father to your family. |
| 0:41.6 | I know it's not the easiest thing to do in the world today, for a number of reasons. |
| 0:45.6 | One is that society, for one reason or another, has seen it appropriate to attack fathers and to attack masculinity. |
| 0:53.6 | And it's taking a toll on some men. |
| 0:58.0 | I read about this, and I've listened to some talks about it, and there are a lot of men out there that do feel like that their place in society and the family is being usurped by ideologies that are, you know, frankly, against fatherhood. |
| 1:16.3 | And when you go back to the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, the Catechism basically tells us that when Adam and Eve fell, it was a rejection of God's fatherhood. |
| 1:27.5 | It was a rejection of God being father, and they were running from that. |
| 1:31.7 | And I think the father you run away from God the Father, the more messed up you get. |
| 1:37.9 | You really do, because we are created to have a relationship with God the Father. |
| 1:42.8 | And it's interesting because, biblically speaking, God is not like a father. |
| 1:48.6 | That's not the way we describe him. |
| 1:50.0 | He's not like a father. |
| 1:51.8 | It's not a metaphor or anything like that. |
| 1:54.4 | He is father. |
| 1:56.6 | In his essence, he is a father. |
| 1:59.0 | And we are in need of being fathered by God more than ever. |
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