Fear of the Lord, Explaining the Eucharist to Children, and Baptizing a Grandchild
Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)
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🗓️ 4 February 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Father Josh answers questions about fear of the Lord, explaining transubstantiation to children, and whether a grandparent should secretly baptize their unbaptized grandchild.
Glory Story (2:49)
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Baptizing a Grandchild (11:15)
Hi Fr. Josh! Thank you so much for your priesthood and your ministry via this podcast. It has been so encouraging to me and many friends too! Here’s my question—my oldest daughter is married to a very nice Jewish man and now has a one year old baby boy. For a while she was attending a nondenominational church but now is not going to church at all, and they have not baptized the baby. I asked her once if she would consider baptism, and she said she would think about it. That was months ago, and she hasn’t brought it up again. Do you have any suggestions for how I can encourage her to come back to church and baptize the baby? My husband and I are heartbroken about this. A friend said I should take some holy water and baptize the baby myself the next time I go and see them. Should I consider doing this? I would appreciate any words of wisdom you might have.
- Shannon
Fear of the Lord (19:35)
Hi Fr. Josh!
I’ve always wondered about verses in the Bible which discuss fearing the Lord. For example, the Bible references that we’re “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14) or that the “fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 111:10). To me, the word “fear” doesn’t seem like a word we should use when describing who God is or how we should feel towards Him. Can you help a girl out?
You’re DA BOMB!
- K-Dawg
Explaining the Eucharist to a Child (23:43)
My son is 6 years old and wants to be a priest when he grows up. He absolutely loves all things regarding the Church and especially our priests. Today at Mass he asked me about consuming Jesus. He sort of understands that the bread and wine turns into the Body and Blood of Jesus but how do I explain to him that this miracle is not “disgusting” but a beautiful opportunity he will be able to receive next year? I believe it is the Body, Blood, soul and Divinity of Christ but how do I explain to a 6 year old (or a 14, 9, and 4 year old) that this is not cannibalism but a miracle? I hope this question makes sense.
Thank you Fr. Josh, I have learned so much from your podcast about our beautiful faith. I am always praying for you and welcome your prayers for myself and my wonderful children I have been blessed with.
- Christina
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| 0:00.0 | What's up and welcome to Ask Father Jazz to Podcast. |
| 0:03.8 | Why get to listen to your questions, pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way |
| 0:07.9 | that it's helpful for you to become a saint in your walk toward eternity. |
| 0:12.8 | Here's the show goes. |
| 0:14.1 | You hit me up with three to five questions per episode dealing with anything and everything |
| 0:17.8 | from relationship advice to prayer, the interior life, to morality, spirituality, evangelization, |
| 0:24.6 | cataclysm, discipleship, dogma, the list goes on. |
| 0:28.0 | I would then spend time with your questions and try to respond in such a way that it's |
| 0:31.7 | helpful for you to grow and hold on this for you to grow and urge you. |
| 0:34.9 | However, the disclaimer is this. |
| 0:36.9 | I'm not perfect. |
| 0:38.3 | And so every now and then my advice to you might not actually be good for you. |
| 0:42.1 | If that's the case, I want to give you the freedom to reject. |
| 0:45.0 | Whatever it is that I say that does not help you to grow in your relationship with Jesus |
| 0:49.3 | Christ. |
| 0:50.3 | However, if my advice is helpful, though difficult, then I really want to encourage you to |
| 0:55.6 | lean into Christ and scripture and prayer and the sacraments and in His people so that |
| 1:01.2 | the Lord can give you the graces that you might need to fulfill the demands of discipleship |
| 1:05.4 | and your walk toward eternity. |
| 1:07.1 | If you're first time listening, you can hit me up with your own questions and or comments |
| 1:11.7 | and or critiques feedback from previous episodes or for future episodes. |
| 1:15.7 | Ask for the Josh at as such a press.com. |
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