Father and Joe is a podcast series of a continuing conversation about struggles and successes of being close to God. Father Boniface provides spiritual direction through problems of daily life. According to statistics of the average American's church habits - We went to church when we were forced to but somewhere along the way, we drifted away. The ultimate goal of this podcast is to help us get back to church, regardless of what faith you hold, and create a stronger union with God.
As human beings we do not have an accurate memory making process. Jesus lived over 2,000 years ago. Today we discuss how the Faith was able to overcome this problem.
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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are not always easy to understand. We conclude the series with a conversation with wisdom, which maybe the hardest to grasp. The gift of wisdom is the gift to love as God…
As we discuss the gift of understanding, the focus is upon the ideas of Christ. We discuss the value of human beings, and the challenge within societal constructs of economics.
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Like all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, Council is bestowed upon us. A common image we used throughout this series is the image of a tunnel in which we can control its size. In this episode we focus o…
Fortitude can create a heroic response in the face of evil. Father give many example of saints who shown extreme fortitude. We also discuss the “energy” emotions that correlate to fortitude.
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Logic is essential in our lives. The gift of knowledge is the bedrock of logic. In this podcast we discuss how this is a gift of the Holy Spirit, and how to use it to be more like God.
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Do we know what piety is? Often times, our society perceives the pious in a negative light. Father teaches what piety truly is, and why we ought to strive to be open to piety within our daily lives.
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We begin the series of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit with Fear of the Lord. I have had a hard time understanding what this gift is all about. This episode ultimate becomes a little longer than most as…
This episode is an introductory episode into the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. We look from a very high level as a set up for each episode on the particular gift.
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Anxiety is a natural human emotion. Father discusses how to come out of the negative aspects of anxiety. The Faith emphasizes the importance of relationships and how health relationships universally …
Eventually a vaccine to become Covid-19 will be made. We discuss Church’s stance on vaccines, referencing both facts and historical precedents within America. Father teaches from the moral stand poin…
Hardships are an important feature of life; our culture activity attempts to avoid suffering. We look into this fact through the lens of last week’s episode - focusing on Jesus’ parable of the seeds …
Our futures are not bound by the past. In this episode we explore this fact through the lens of Jesus’ parables particularly focusing on the seeds in the four types of soil. Father gives wonderful t…
We continue our episode last week about obligations. Looking practically at our lives, we are given an opportunity to be grateful or resentful at many points each day. Within the framework of the Fai…
Obligations are something that essential for a society to work. Father uses examples in society such as driving of how we need to have and honor obligations. As the conversation turns to obligations …
Each one of us experience regret in our lifetimes. This core emotion is often not discussed, so we used this episode to discuss the Faith’s teachings on regret. How should we treat regret and use it …
Father is a Benedictine Monk. Recently the monks chose a new leader to for their archabbey. Father teaches of how that process worked and how it impacts him and the archabbey at large. We compare and…
Let us never forget how wrong I can be about something, as that is exactly how this episode begins. Like many I do not fully grasp the mystery of the Blessed Trinity. Father’s teachings help straight…
In Pennsylvania, we finally have been given permission to return to the mass. The mass has had certain modifications to it that felt foreign to me. Father and I use this episode to explore the import…
Hospitality is the starting point of forgiveness. We use the Acts of the Apostles, as a point of reference for a conversation of how hard is can be to stand up to people we are close to. We also dis…