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Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

Special Episode: Finding God in Devastation (with Fr. Mark Toups)

Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

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4.92.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Where is God in devastation? In this special episode, Fr. Mark Toups gives us an insight into the devastating impact of Hurricane on countless lives, communities, and parishes in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Lousiana. Fr. Mark Toups encourages us to support survivors of Hurricane Ida, and reveals how God unfolds miracles in the midst of great loss and suffering.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up and welcome to Ask Father Josh.

0:06.4

On today's show, we are doing a special edition of Ask Father Josh, our good friend at

0:11.4

Ascension of Father Mark Tubes from the Diocese of Home of Tibido.

0:15.0

As many of you witnessed Hurricane Ida, he completely destroyed his Diocese home of Tibido.

0:21.8

And so he's on the show right now to just invite us into his heart as a pastor, as a priest,

0:27.8

as a human who right now is suffering as one of our brothers in Christ's suffering.

0:32.3

And so he's going to share with us what's going on.

0:34.2

And also I want to invite you, our listeners, to suffer with them as the scriptures tell

0:39.0

us, you know, when someone is suffering, we should suffer with them, and we're joyous,

0:41.8

we should rejoice with them.

0:43.5

And Father Mark has been helping so many people over the past number of years to rejoice

0:48.4

in the Lord and the goodness of the Lord through the different products he has put out for

0:51.4

all of us.

0:52.4

And so now it's our time to listen to him and be able to accompany him in the season of suffering

0:57.6

and so Father Mark, welcome to the show, brother.

1:00.4

It's good to be with you.

1:01.4

I appreciate you opening up your heart to me once again and making time and just appreciate

1:06.7

being with you as a brother priest.

1:08.0

And Father Mark, life never happens the way we expected to.

1:11.0

You were recently on a sabbatical.

1:13.6

Last time I saw you, we were filming for the next rejoice that is coming up for Advent.

1:18.2

You may have just a mirror ahead of blast being together.

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