make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime
The Church is experiencing a profound renewal — a new springtime of faith. But what does that look like in your home? In your parish? In your daily life?
We are living in a time of tremendous opportunity for renewal: a new springtime. As Catholics, we aren't called to retreat from the world, but to become leaven within it—to live so fully in the joy and freedom of the Gospel that our lives might become an invitation.
Let's explore what it means to live as an authentic Catholic family in our time: the beauty of the Faith, the reality of raising children in Christ, the struggles and triumphs of Catholic life, and how ordinary families become instruments of the New Evangelization. From marriage and parenthood to education and community, let's look at how joy—rooted in Christ and His Church—might become the normal rhythm of Catholic life.
Let's usher in the New Springtime Pope John Paul II proclaimed. Catholic family life doesn't have to look perfect to be beautiful. The world doesn't need more noise. It needs to see Catholics living with conviction, charity, and contagious joy.
Let's make joy normal.
make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime
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In this episode, dedicated and darling listener, Bianca, brings her questions (and her baby boy!) to the show. We focus on our kid's faith. When they're little, they just gotta go with what their parents do, but as they get older, what? We talk about why I don't talk about my adult kids, and building a family culture. We also address what it's like to be shallow: the pros, the cons. I know you're dying to know.
2:14 - Welcome Bianca! Faith and family background
12:17 - How can faith be maintained for our kids as they get older?
20:25 - What I wish I had done in creating a family culture
23:06 - Daily mass and when feeling overwhelmed by it
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