Holding Hands During the Our Father, Loss of Zeal, and Rap

Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

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🗓️ 10 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Josh answers questions about holding hands when we say the Our Father during Mass, what to do about a dry spiritual life, and whether it’s possible to reconcile a love of rap and a religious vocation.

Snippet from the Show
“Holding hands is not a required posture during Mass. The only thing required in the GIRM is that we’re standing during the Our Father.”

SHOWNOTES

Glory Story (2:32)

Listener Feedback (9:50)

Holding Hands During the Our Father (12:10)

What's up with holding hands during the Lord's Prayer? I don't see anything wrong with it but question why people do it to begin with. What's the history behind this and what does the Church say about it?

-David

Loss of Zeal (18:20)

I recently found your podcast and I love listening to it as it is down to earth and practical. I'm a young religious sister recently professed (1 yr). Since my profession, I have been in a desert period and I'm tired of being in this place. I want to regain the zeal I once had to spread the love of Christ. How can I overcome this?

-Natania

Rap (27:35)
Hi Fr. Josh, I am a Ghanaian from West Africa, the motherland. I am graduating from the university this year and I hope to join the Franciscan conventuals next year. I love rap music and I myself can write raps but I fear it will be a hinderance to my vocation as I love both my vocation and rap music so much. Please I need your advice on what to do. Thank you so much.

-Stephen

Resources

Acedia- The Noonday Devil video by Fr. Mike Schmitz
Pocket Guide to the Rosary by Matt Fradd * Broken and Blessed: An Invitation to My Generation by Fr. Josh

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0:00.0	What's up and welcome to Ask Father Jackson podcast.
0:06.7	Why get to listen to your questions, pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way
0:10.5	that it's helpful for you and you walk toward eternity.
0:12.9	Here's at the show Goge and hit me up with 3 to 5 questions per episode dealing with
0:17.2	anything from discernment to evangelization, catacletes, discipleship, relationship advice.
0:24.6	The list goes on and I will then sit with your questions, pray with them, study them and
0:29.2	hopefully respond in such a way that it's helpful for you.
0:31.9	However, here's a disclaimer, I'm not perfect.
0:34.3	So sometimes my advice might not help you to grow and hold on this and if that's the case
0:38.2	thing, I want to give you the freedom to reject whatever it is that I say that it's not
0:42.0	help you to become a saint.
0:43.4	However, if my advice is helpful, it's difficult that I really want to encourage you to lean
0:48.8	into Jesus Christ and prayer so that our guide can give you the grace to fulfill the demands
0:53.5	of discipleship.
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