Guestsplaining: Thomas Griffin on St. Francis of Assisi

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Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

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🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Author and teacher Thomas Griffin joins Fr. Patrick and Fr. Gregory on this week's episode of Guestsplaining to talk about St. Francis of Assisi. They discuss giving all to Jesus, how St. Francis was 'nuts', and what holiness really is. Is Gen Z getting more religious? For Thomas' book, "Let us Begin: St. Francis' Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World" can be found here: https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/let-us-begin-saint-francis-s-way-of-becoming-like-christ-and-renewing-the-world?ga_ref_list_id=undefinedga_ref_list_name=Search%20 Results For more of Thomas' projects, see here: emptytombproject.org Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the Friars St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392 Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social Media Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.org To support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

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0:00.0	This is Father Patrick Briscoe.
0:07.8	And this is Father Gregory Pine.
0:09.6	Welcome to God's Waiting.
0:10.7	Thanks to all who support us.
0:12.1	If you enjoy our podcast, please consider making a monthly donation to us on Patreon.
0:16.9	Be sure to like and subscribe to God's Win wherever we listen to our, wherever you listen to
0:22.0	your podcast. Wow, I almost got through that, Father Gregory. Mailed it. That's so fun. That's a little
0:26.8	treat for anyone that tunes into this episode. They can hear me, butcher our intro. Well, we have a
0:31.7	great guest today that we're very excited to be speaking with. Thomas Griffin is joining us.
0:36.5	He is the chair of the
0:37.5	religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island. We'll talk more about that. And he is an
0:42.2	OSV author. He's written a book about St. Francis called Let Us Begin, St. Francis's way of
0:47.5	becoming like Christ and renewing the world. And apart from that, he has another web project called
0:53.4	the empty tune and Even in Magazines.
0:55.9	We'll talk about all of those projects and more.
0:57.5	Thomas, welcome to God's fighting.
0:59.6	Guys, thank you so much for having me.
1:00.8	Excites to be here.
1:02.2	Our joy.
1:03.0	So we promise our listeners that in the next 20 minutes or so, we will develop a game plan to return all of Long Island to the Catholic faith,
1:11.0	and Bishop Bears will be very pleased with us.
1:13.5	So, bye.
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