The Poco a Poco Podcast with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

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**The Poco a Poco Podcast with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal**

Join Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, Fr. Pierre Toussaint, and Fr. Mark-Mary, priests of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, each week to discuss authentic faith in today’s world as they share stories and wisdom from years of prayer, community life, and work with the poor.

It all comes back to this: finding deep friendship with Jesus. Seeing him work in our lives everyday. Through topics as varied as mental health, the confessional, and NYC neighbors, the Poco A Poco Podcast is here to accompany all pilgrims as they walk step by step, little by little, poco a poco on their pilgrimage to the Father’s house.

The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal are a Catholic religious order founded in the South Bronx, NY. Learn more or subscribe to their updates at www.franciscanfriars.com

Latest Episodes:

Praying with Scripture May 31, 2023

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Episode 163 - Praying with Scripture

The Scripture is one of the Lord's best ways to talk to us, a way for us to converse with God.

It is also a good reminder of who Jesus is and who we are to Him.

Most of us say that praying with scriptures is something that's good to do, but how do we actually do that?

In this episode, we're going to offer some initial guidance on praying with scriptures and provide some good practices that might be helpful for us to have a more fruitful relationship with God through the scriptures.

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My Brother's Keeper? May 24, 2023

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Episode 162 - My Brother's Keeper?

Not every relationship is the same, so not every fraternal correction will be the same.

This may vary between a parent and a child, between friends, between a boss and his subordinates, between strangers, or between a formator and the people their forming.

In today's episode, we will discuss essential distinctions when it comes to fraternal correction and try to shed some light on what would be our responsibilities or what we are supposed to do when we encounter people in our daily walks of life and we would like to engage in fraternal correction.

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Dealing with Loneliness May 17, 2023

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Episode 161 - Dealing with Loneliness

Loneliness is a common experience that we all share.

Whether you're in crowds of people or constantly with other people who are not peers. Maybe you're in a marriage surrounded by kids all day, or you could be in isolation and feel you have not been chosen by people.

Either way, at times we can experience loneliness at some point.

Instead of trying to escape it or fill that void with other things, what exactly do we need to do with that loneliness? This is what we are going to unpack and attempt to answer in this episode.

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Prayer, Presence, Party (Easter Things) May 10, 2023

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Episode 160 - Prayer, Presence, Party (Easter Things)

What do you do after Easter Sunday?

We are invited to be overwhelmed with paschal joy during the Easter season, but instead, we usually resolve to our daily grind like everything isn't transformed by our encounter with the risen Lord.

So many of us return to our normal ways shortly after the resurrection—we can sometimes take comfort in that.

In today's episode, we're gonna talk about the importance of Easter and how we can allow the liturgy to break into our everyday lives.

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Our Stories May 03, 2023

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Episode 159 - Our Stories

How much do you know about the hosts of the Poco a Poco Podcast?

Some people have been along with the Poco a Poco journey for some time now and may already know certain things about them. On the other hand, some people might also be new to this podcast and may want to know more about our beloved brothers.

So in today's episode, the Poco a Poco squad is going to share a little bit of their stories—their testimonies about what God has done to their lives and how they got to where they are now.

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The Option's Not Optional Apr 26, 2023

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Episode 158 - The Options Not Optional

"How is Jesus calling you to serve the poor?" This is the question we'll attempt to answer in this episode.

Jesus loved the poor and like Him, we are called to be a lifeline for a person in need.

God's sees the poor but we are called to intercede on their behalf—to be somebody who'e able to bring them to Him.

This episode talks about the importance, necessity and the beauty of having hearts that are mindful of those who are most in need. An invitation to live how Jesus lived and loved those in need.

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Hot Takes 3 Apr 19, 2023

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Episode 157 - Hot Takes 3

We have to understand that we are going through different journeys. God is doing something completely different in each of our lives and we have to be attentive to that. Let us not be so quick to judge—everything is not as simple as it may seem.

As we continue our journeys through life, we will constantly encounter our own and other people's struggles, flaws, weaknesses, and even sins.

In our Catholic life, there will be a lot of questions that will come our way and in this episode, we'll try to answer a few of them.

Here is another one of our Hot Takes episodes that talks about some essential topics that most of us can relate to. In this episode we'll be going through the following topics:

1️⃣ Should I write down my sins for confession? 2️⃣ How to make a better confession. 3️⃣ Thoughts on the fraternal correction. 4️⃣ Theraphy, Yes or No? 5️⃣ Chapel Etiquette

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I Am The Resurrection Apr 12, 2023

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Episode 156 - I Am The Resurrection

Do we live our lives believing—having faith in the ressurection?

In this ongoing journey of stripping the things we clothe ourselves with, Jesus wants us to give him the things that hold us back and desires to give himself in return.

We have sins that isolates and causes us to go into hiding, but the gift of the resurrection breaks it all open.

This episode focuses on the importance of the resurrection. An invitation to allow the hope of the resurrection to enter into all of our darkness and all of the different areas of our lives, in this Valley of Tears as we continue to journey through it.

This Easter season let's pray to have an increase in faith in the Lord and his resurrection.

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Surrender It All (Lent 2023) Apr 05, 2023

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Episode 155 - Surrender It All (Lent 2023)

Can we allow oursleves to be exposed before the Lord in prayer?

Are we able to be before the Lord as we are and not holding anything back of ourselves or hiding ourselves in any way?

These are the questions that we are attempting to unpack in this seventh part of our Lenten series.

In this episode we are talking about how we can be stripped of all the things we cloth ourselves with—to be clothed with the dignity of the Father's providence and our identity.

An invitation to be naked without shame and give the God everything—to be able to surrender the fullness of our past, our lives to Him and firmly trust that he can take it all on himself and let us begin again.

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Surrender Authority (Lent 2023) Mar 29, 2023

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Episode 154 - Surrender Authority (Lent 2023)

How does Jesus have authority? It is through His obedience to the Father.

But one incredible reality of Jesus is that, in His authority He takes all the stench to the cross where it will be killed in His crucifixion.

His authority is not one that lords it over us. It's not one that forces us to bow down and tremble before Him. But it's one that allows Himself to be emptied and clothed with all the messiness, struggles, confusion and pain so he can take it to his death at the cross.

And in His authority he conquers sin and death, upon his resurrection.

This episode is the sixth part of our Lenten series on Fr. Mark Toups's Lenten Companion that reminds us that we should not take lightly that God comes and let himself be stripped and crucified for all of us—an invitation to allow Jesus to have authority to live his life in obedience and in surrender to his Father, within ourselves.

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