Holy Week, Aliens, and Righteous Anger

Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

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🗓️ 16 April 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Today Fr. Josh answers questions about when anger can be considered righteous, how to enter into Holy Week, and speculating about whether or not aliens could have souls.

If you have a question, comment, or response for Fr. Josh, email us at [email protected]. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode!

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Jesus Christ gave one hundred percent to the apostles, even when they were fickle, even when they were sketchy, even when they didn’t come through. He always came through.

SHOWNOTES

Glory Story (1:53)
The struggle to be holy is so real. Fr. Josh shares how Lent has been difficult for him this year and the beautiful reflection that came about in the midst of it all.

Listener Feedback (8:06)

Righteous Anger (10:39)
Hi Fr. Josh my name is Paul. I love how you always admit that you are not perfect and can always improve yourself. My question is about how do you discern whether your anger is righteous or not? A little backstory...I feel like I have been unjustly judged and while I'm not acting out on my feelings I'm wondering if what I'm feeling could be righteous?
-Paul

Holy Week (17:36)
Hi Fr. Josh, Renee here, BIG fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How would you suggest I prepare for Holy Week? And how should I be acting from Holy Thursday till Easter? Do I need to be doing anything differently than from the rest of Lent? Thank you so much Fr. Josh you are such a beautiful soul! -Renee

Aliens (28:34)
Do aliens exist and if they do, would they have souls?
-David

Universal Points (35:05)
(Please note that these are a brief summary of the answers Fr. Josh provides in the podcast and are intended to help you remember the advice given on the show.)

Righteous Anger - Discern by the fruits.
Holy Week - Follow up with Fr. Mike’s video on praying through Holy Week.
Aliens - There are some topics we can only speculate on because we just don’t know.

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0:00.0	What's up and welcome to Ask Father Josh, the podcast where I get to listen to your questions,
0:05.0	pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way that it's hopeful for you and your walk
0:09.5	toward eternity and your walk toward becoming the particular saint that God our Father desires for you
0:14.0	to be. Here's how the show goes. You hit me up with questions dealing with anything and everything
0:18.3	from morality to spirituality, apologetics to discipleship, evangelization, catechism,
0:23.5	relationship advice, whatever. And I'll spend time with your questions and hopefully respond in
0:29.5	such a way that it's helpful for you and your walk toward eternity. I cannot promise you that my advice
0:35.6	will be good for you but I can promise you that I will pray before I give you advice. If my advice
0:43.0	isn't helpful for you, but I really want to encourage you to have a objective. Whatever I say that
0:48.8	is not helpful for you to become a saint, go and track. But if my advice is helpful for you and
0:55.1	your walk toward eternity, then even if it's difficult, I really want to encourage you to lean into
1:00.1	Jesus Christ so that he can give you the grace to fulfill the demands of discipleship.
1:07.1	Please hit me up with your questions and ask Father Josh at assistantpress.com and also rate
1:12.2	and review us on iTunes so that other people can find out about the show of the show as a gift for
1:16.4	you then potentially it can become a gift for them as well. On today's show, we're going to talk
1:22.0	about aliens. This is crazy. I've never thought about the question that was asked me about aliens.
1:27.8	If you want to know about aliens and the church of stands on aliens and whether or not they have souls,
1:32.8	stay tuned. We're also going to talk about anger and the difference between righteous anger and
1:38.2	sinful anger and what's appropriate. And finally, we're going to talk about holy week. And how can I
1:44.1	prayerfully enter into this season the most holiest season of the year? But before we get
1:51.8	jumping into those questions, I have a glory story that I would like to share with you.
1:57.8	So my glory story today comes from just time spending prayer.
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