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The Poco a Poco Podcast with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

Signs of Hope

The Poco a Poco Podcast with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

5.0 β€’ 3K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Episode 284 - Signs of Hope

Is it still possible to hope when so much feels heavy, confusing, or broken?

In this episode, the friars take an honest look at the state of the Church and the world and refuse to stop at discouragement. They talk about suffering, darkness, and the temptation to despair, but also about the quiet, real ways God is at work bringing renewal, healing, and new life.

From families choosing faith in small, daily ways, to renewed hunger for prayer, Scripture, and the sacraments, this conversation names the concrete signs of hope that often go unnoticed. Not flashy movements or quick fixes, but steady, faithful people responding to grace where they are.

Join us as we learn to see with hope again and recognize the Holy Spirit already at work, even now.

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0:00.0

Peace, everybody, Father Angelus here. I just want to say thank you for all of you who support

0:03.2

the Poco-O-Poko-Pocast. Your generosity and faithfulness to us helps us to share the gospel

0:08.3

with all those that tune in every week. If you're not yet a monthly supporter, would you prayerfully

0:13.4

consider joining us or even increasing your support so that we can keep our mission going?

0:19.0

You can sign up at spiritjuice.org forward slash poco or through the link

0:23.7

in the show notes. Thank you for walking with us. You're listening to the Poca-a-Poko

0:30.2

podcast, sponsored by Spirit Juice Studios.

0:56.8

What's up, everybody? What's going on on Father Pee-T? I am Father Innocent, and this is the Paco I'm Poco Poco, Poco podcast. Hey, I'm Father Angelus and I'm just wondering why I always have to go last. Wow, but you're not last in our hearts. Thank you. Thank you. You're number one. You don't have to go last. What do you want

1:02.8

to go? I don't know. We'll see. You can go first. Do you want to be the new first guy?

1:07.1

No, you're the first. You're always the first guy, bro. You've always been. I'm, I, I, I would

1:11.4

gladly surrender it. That seems like a very Franciscan move. I like that. Um, I think it's just

1:19.8

like a grown up experience move where it's like, I don't want to have more responsibility in most

1:26.2

things. Um, but a couple of things. Here, we have a in most things.

1:30.4

But a couple of things.

1:33.6

We have a couple of life things to talk about here.

1:36.9

Number one, going back to the beginning of next episode,

1:48.3

I think I have been affected by the negativity around AI religious artwork that I've come across in the Catholic internet world.

1:53.7

Yeah, because I feel like I threw you guys under the bus when I shouldn't have and it was out of self-protection.

2:01.7

I actually am in favor of and very, like the idea of putting it little prompts and creating images of Jesus that are fresh and new and accessible for personal devotion. I am in fact all for that. I have no hesitancy

2:08.9

about it. That's not as controversial. People would say it's the cool the cool sort of edge you take

2:14.5

is to be kind of against AI and all things in this development. Certainly there's going to made a video about this. It's going to, it's going to be a tool that's going to lead to disaster. But using this. Sorry, time out. Did you just self promote yourself again? No. Well, how did I promote myself? Do you say I reference something that I've said out there? Yeah. It's like referencing yourself in a book. I don't think I self, that was a self reference. I don't think that was self promoted, self promotion. Anyway, please continue. I'm sorry. I cut you off. Anyway, so I think I am in favor of what you guys are doing and all for it. There you go.

2:56.4

For particularly for personal use and there's other ethics out there for professional use.

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