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Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

The Spiritual Life of a Priest

Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

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🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

How do priests pray? Fr. Josh responds to a listener question regarding the spiritual life of a priest and what requirements are placed on a diocesan priest for prayer. Additionally, Fr. Josh shares the story of an unnamed saint to emphasize the importance of a daily Holy Hour.

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0:00.0

What's up and welcome to Ask Father Josh the questions, the podcast why get to listen to

0:08.5

your questions, pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way that it's helpful for

0:11.9

you to become a saint in your walk toward eternity.

0:15.7

Here's the show goes, you hit me up with your questions about morality, spirituality,

0:19.3

relationship, advice, catacesis, the list goes on and on and on.

0:23.9

I will sit with your questions, I will pray with them, I will study them and then hopefully

0:27.3

respond in such a way that it's helpful for you to be a saint, for you to mature in your

0:31.2

relationship with Jesus Christ if you are a first time listener, you can hit me up with

0:34.6

your own questions, comments and critiques at www.assitchiprest.com slash Ask Father Josh.

0:39.9

You can also rate us on a viewer's spotify in Google Play and any Apple podcast items

0:47.2

that are out there and you can share us on your social media pages if the show has been

0:51.7

helpful for you potentially.

0:53.1

The show can be helpful for other people as well on today's show is airing on Holy Thursday.

1:01.2

And so many of you tonight will be celebrating the match of the Lord's Supper which is the

1:06.1

institution of the priesthood.

1:08.4

The priesthood was instituted at the last supper and so it's a big deal today is a big

1:14.2

day for all of us but particularly for priests because today is the day that we celebrate

1:18.3

the institution of our priesthood.

1:20.0

So a lot of diocese in the morning celebrate the chrism mass where the priest renewed our

1:24.2

promises that we made on the day of our ordination and it's a night we're celebrating the Lord's

1:28.6

Supper with you all.

1:30.4

And so, yeah, just blessings, blessings, blessings.

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