Practicing Catholic

For more resources on suffering, check out "Eternal Rest" on Formed:https://app.formed.org/app/collections/770628 Dr. Scott Hefelfinger is joined by fellow Augustine Institute Graduate School professor Dr. Christopher Mooney to ask a hard question: how do we know God cares about our suffering? Contrasting the death of Socrates with the Passion of Christ, Dr. Mooney shares how Christ's compassion overcomes the loneliness of suffering, including his own experience of grief after losing his father, and the two discuss praying the Psalms, resting before the crucifix, and being present to friends who suffer. This week's challenge: pray a Rosary and draw near with compassion to someone who is suffering. Have a question or topic idea for future episodes? Submit them here: http://practicingcatholicpodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Taylor Kemp and Dr. Scott Hefelfinger, with Jordan Pacheco on the mic, celebrate St. Frances Xavier Cabrini ahead of her feast day and share their takeaways from the Cabrini movie on Formed. They reflect on how Pope Leo XIII redirected her missionary dreams from China to the immigrants of New York, and how the saints manage to be both strong-willed and deeply docile to God. This week's challenge: ask God each morning to open your eyes to the surprises He wants you to see. Have a question or topic idea for future episodes? Submit them here: http://practicingcatholicpodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In costume, Taylor Kemp and Dr. Scott Hefelfinger take on Halloween: childhood memories, how their families approach it, and where the holiday comes from. They talk about how the Church took up older harvest-season customs into All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints, and All Souls, and why today’s secular Halloween shows a deep human longing around death. They also ask how Catholics should think about horror movies.Scott’s tip is to treat All Saints’ Day as the center of the three feasts and explain the reason for the season to your kids. For more, see “Eternal Rest: The Art of Dying Well” and the What Catholics Believe episode on Halloween, both on Formed.Have a question or topic idea for future episodes? Submit them here: http://practicingcatholicpodcast.com/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Taylor Kemp and Dr. Scott Hefelfinger, along with Jordan, debrief their trip to the beatification of Fulton Sheen. They look back at Cardinal Tagle’s homily and the three keys it offers for being an authentic missionary evangelizer: communion with Jesus, humility, and poverty. They also reflect on Sheen’s description of himself as a “porter” leading people to the door of God’s house.Each host closes with a personal challenge, from a small commitment to living the spirit of poverty to 20 minutes in the chapel each morning. They also answer a listener question about third-class relics.Have a question or topic idea for future episodes? Submit them here: http://practicingcatholicpodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Taylor Kemp and Dr. Scott Hefelfinger, joined by guest producer Madison Frank, talk about how to fend off discouragement, one of the devil's favorite tools. Taylor shares the sting of being sent down after his first-round draft and a missed penalty kick in the Final Four. Scott shares the steps he takes to climb out of a funk and the prayers and saint quotes that help.They close with a challenge for the week: name what's discouraging you, and bring it to God.Have a question or topic idea for future episodes? Submit them here: http://practicingcatholicpodcast.com/  Pray the Litany of Humility here: https://amenapp.org/prayer/jw5hyw Pray the Litany of Trust here: https://sistersoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Mobile-Litany-of-Trust.pdfTo learn more about Welcome to Hope Springs go to www.hopesprings.org and listen everywhere you get your podcasts.Learn more about Saint Josephine Bakhita here: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-josephine-bakhita/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.