The Importance of Angels with Fr. Jon Vander Ploeg
The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)
Ascension
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
What are angels? What is their purpose? What is our relationship with angels? There are so many questions around angels and today Jeff Cavins talks with Fr. Jon Vander Ploeg to get the answers to a lot of these questions. Through this episode, you will learn more about what angels are and what angels are not.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jeff Kaven Show, where we talk about the Bible, discipleship and evangelization, |
| 0:07.0 | putting it all together and living as activated disciples. |
| 0:12.0 | This is show 333, the important Syvanjals, Father John Vanderklug. |
| 0:23.0 | Welcome to the show today. |
| 0:25.0 | You're in for a treat today on the Jeff Kaven Show. |
| 0:29.0 | You have an opportunity to listen to a master today, who is going to share with us some ideas about the angelic realm in the Kingdom of God. |
| 0:40.0 | As you know, we have in the Kingdom of God, we have angels and we've got archangels, we've got all kinds of spiritual activity going on behind the scenes. |
| 0:51.0 | And I thought it would be a great idea to tap into the vast knowledge of Father John Vanderklug. |
| 0:58.0 | He is director of formation at the seminary in St. Paul. |
| 1:03.0 | That's where I work as well and I teach. |
| 1:06.0 | And I have been with him for many, many years and have grown to really respect his insight and his knowledge about angels, but also in the next show, we're going to talk about the demonic realm. |
| 1:19.0 | And I think that what you're going to gain today is going to be very helpful in your life. |
| 1:23.0 | We're going to clear up some of the misunderstandings and establish some of the teachings of the church when it comes to angels, their rank, our relationship with angels, and how they are different than human beings. |
| 1:37.0 | And so I bring you this meeting I had with Father John Vanderklug and I hope you're blessed. |
| 1:44.0 | Today I'm talking with Father John Vanderklug, who is the director of spiritual formation at St. Paul's seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. |
| 1:53.0 | He's been a friend for many, many years. He's studied angelology. There's a word that you can practice saying. |
| 1:59.0 | And I've invited him today to talk to us a little bit about the whole topic of angels, which is so fascinating to so many people. |
| 2:09.0 | If you write a book on angels, people want to buy it because they're interested in angels. |
| 2:14.0 | So we want to talk today about what angels are, what angels are not, and how this fits into our walk with Jesus. |
| 2:23.0 | And what it means to pick up Jesus' yoke and to follow him. Of course, they're mentioned many times in the Bible. |
| 2:30.0 | Let's go deeper today. So I want to introduce you to my good friend, Father John Vanderklug. Good to have you on the show. |
| 2:38.0 | I've been looking forward to talking about these topics like angels with you for quite some time. |
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