Greed: How Much Money Should Catholics Have?
Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)
Ascension
4.9 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
How much money should Catholics have? Dr. Brian Pedraza joins Fr. Josh to discuss the vice of greed and how Catholics should understand the gift of money in relation to their individual vocations and responsibilities. Together, they answer a question about building wealth while keeping in mind God’s call to stewardship and detachment.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up and welcome to Ask Father Josh, the podcast, why I get to listen to your questions, |
| 0:07.0 | pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way that it's helpful for you to become a saint and your walk toward eternity. |
| 0:11.0 | Here's the show goes. |
| 0:12.0 | You give them with your questions regarding anything and everything from morality to the spirituality, |
| 0:16.0 | relationship advice, and the list goes on and on and on. |
| 0:19.0 | I will sit with the questions. |
| 0:20.0 | I will pray with them. I will study them. I will talk to holy friends about them and hopefully we will respond to you in such a way that is good for you to become a saint and your walk toward eternity. |
| 0:28.3 | However, I'm not infallible. Therefore, my advice might not be good for you. If that's the case, then please reject whatever does not help you to grow in your relationship with Jesus Christ. If you have your own questions, comments and critiques, then hit me up at www. www. ascensionpress.com or ask Father Josh |
| 0:43.4 | at ascensionpress.com. Throughout this series, we have been focusing on the seven deadly sins, |
| 0:49.6 | and I've been talking to a number of my friends, Dr. Brian Prodraza, Dr. Mara Secaza, |
| 0:53.5 | sister Josephine Garrett, |
| 0:54.6 | and Father Mark Mary with the CFRs. And this is to this podcast. I have a new book available today, |
| 1:00.1 | pocket guide to overcoming the seven-dly sins, and a new series on the Ascension app set free |
| 1:05.2 | daily reflections on the seven deadly sins. These reflections will focus on what they are, |
| 1:11.7 | where they exist in our lives, and different ways that we can pray and fast to overcome these vices. This set-free |
| 1:17.2 | devotional is only available on the Ascension app, and so I encourage you to download that app |
| 1:22.2 | today, and you can get this devotional at ascensionpress.com slash father Josh Lent. |
| 1:28.0 | On today's show, we are joined by my buddy, by my brother in Christ, by some people who |
| 1:33.7 | would even say, my best friend, Dr. Brian Padraza. |
| 1:37.1 | What's all my father and my brother? |
| 1:38.4 | It's great to be with you. |
| 1:39.5 | It's so good to be with you as well. |
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