Suffering: An Invitation?
Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)
Ascension
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
What good can come from suffering? In this episode, Fr. Josh answers a question about praying in the midst of suffering, encouraging us to receive it as an invitation rather than just pain. He also introduces us to Blessed Benedetta Bianchi Porro, who strived to do just that.
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How is God the Father inviting you to abide with Jesus right now in this present moment?
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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, |
| 0:10.6 | pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way that is helpful for you to become |
| 0:14.3 | a saint in your walk toward eternity. |
| 0:16.4 | You can ask me anything and everything about our Catholic faith from a relative to spirituality, |
| 0:22.6 | whether it's a question about everyday life or what we believe as Catholics. |
| 0:25.8 | I'm here to help you find answers. |
| 0:28.5 | Here's your first time, listen to please be sure to follow the podcast. |
| 0:31.6 | You can give me up your own questions at www.assetsuppress.com slash Ask Father Josh. |
| 0:37.5 | You can also rate us and review us on iTunes and Spotify and Google Play and other podcasts, |
| 0:42.1 | formats and you can share us on your social media pages if the show is good for you. |
| 0:46.4 | It might be good for other people too. |
| 0:49.6 | On today's show, we are going to be talking about praying while suffering or praying while |
| 0:56.3 | we're trying to recover from an illness. |
| 0:59.0 | It's just y'all, it is hard. |
| 1:00.5 | We got to reverence ourselves. |
| 1:01.9 | I'm going to address that question. |
| 1:03.9 | But before we begin to that question, I want to share with you a glory story. |
| 1:23.0 | All right. |
| 1:35.0 | So you have a glory story. |
| 1:36.9 | It's been a busy week. |
| 1:38.9 | It's been a very busy week. |
| 1:40.6 | The parish and a lot of things are going on. |
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