Hi everyone. Welcome to this bonus episode of the Daily Gospel Exegesis podcast. So in today's

episode, like we do sometimes, we want to go through some feedback that I've received here at the

ministry. And once again, the point of this is really to show you what can happen when people have

the tools to understand the word of God

and to study the word of God in more depth. The word of God, we believe as Catholics, is alive

and active, and it has amazing results when people are willing to hear the word of God

explained faithfully and in a more than a superficial way, amazing stuff happens, which you may not think is the case.

Sometimes people are discouraged from doing serious academic Bible study because they're afraid

that it might make things less spiritual or make them more likely to doubt the faith.

But I've found here time and time again that the opposite is the case.

When people are able to hear the Word of God explained and they're given tools to understand the Word of God in a deeper way themselves, amazing stuff happens. So you'll hear a few stories from people today who've written into the ministry in recent months. And thank you so much to all of those who do reach out to the ministry

with your stories and your feedback. I do read each one of them. We don't always have time

to cover all of them in these bonus episodes, but again, I want to encourage each of you who are

listening, use the skills that God has given you to serve the people of God. That's what I'm trying

to do with this podcast, and as you can see, God has taken the small

grain that I'm able to offer and he's made it grow into amazing things that has touched many

people's lives. And that's what we're all called to do as Catholics. So firstly, this first bit of

feedback is from Maricela. She says, as a cradle Catholic, I'm amazed as to how much I'm learning now in my

older years. Your work is amazing and changing my life into a true believer and follower of

Christ, our Lord. The explanations are clear and thought-provoking for me to reflect on my daily

life. So thank you so much, Maricelaela and isn't that amazing. She has been a cradle

Catholic but she's now in her older years and now she's just hearing the word of God explained

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