MP 075: Godparenting
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2017
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
"For the grace of Baptism to unfold, the parents' help is important. So too is the role of the godfather and godmother, who must be firm believers, able and ready to help the newly baptized on the road of Christian life." Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 1255
Our world presents images of cartoon fairy godmothers and mob-boss godfathers, but in actuality, being a godparent is a lifelong commitment with spiritual significance. To be an effective godparent, we need to be in a relationship with our godchild as a Christian as we assist the parents in the faith formation of their child. In this episode, we discuss how to choose a godparent, the importance of godparents in the life of the child, and how to be a godparent who actually makes an impact on the life of a young Catholic. Listen in to learn more about this important relationship.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to messy parenting, a Catholic conversation on marriage and family. |
| 0:07.1 | I'm Mike Hernan. |
| 0:08.1 | And I'm Alicia Hernan. |
| 0:09.6 | And, you know, this is the summertime podcast, which is a little less frequent. |
| 0:16.1 | I know every summer we're like, we're going to try to do better this summer but it's just it's hard to do it's hard to |
| 0:22.1 | fit everything in because you know our schedule's all off the kids are all off um but we are going |
| 0:28.0 | to be back we promise two podcasts a month we are ready in the fall that's right that's right |
| 0:33.3 | starting in the fall now so september 4th so we're hit in September right on schedule. |
| 0:39.7 | Right. |
| 0:40.8 | So. |
| 0:41.8 | But our kids are back in school, and I'm directing this Montessori school that started, and our enrollments all coming in. |
| 0:49.7 | And it's just, it's such an exciting time. |
| 0:51.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:52.2 | I also, I love summer, but I'm, I think fall is my |
| 0:56.6 | favorite season. Well, you know, being in Ohio, it's, it is beautiful here. I know there's |
| 1:01.4 | some people who only have one season, you know. You're in San Diego. That season is beautiful. |
| 1:07.5 | Heaven, all the time. Yes, heaven. Constant heaven. We don't live there. |
| 1:11.7 | Right. |
| 1:12.0 | We live in Ohio. |
| 1:12.6 | Or like Florida, it's just summer all the time. |
| 1:14.8 | Or if you're in like Alaska, maybe it's, no, actually, I guess they had a summer up there. |
| 1:18.1 | They have, they have maybe two seasons or whatever. |
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