Father and Joe

Human beings hold a delicate tension in our relationship decision making process – what will I get out of this versus will this encounter be worth having. To some, that will seem like one in the same, but we invite you to listen and truly explore the difference. 

Episode TimeLine:

00:00 Well if Works, It’s Worth It

01:28 Judging Our Relationship to God as A Return on Investment

03:09 How We Step Into Commitments 

05:26 Necessary Shift From Consumer to Commitment 

08:16 True Commitments Need to Be For Always

10:10 How Do We Look at the “Return” on Our Investments

12:21 How Do Our Actions Impact Us Internally 

13:35 Dangers of Treating God as a Slot Machine

16:35 Sinfulness of Treating an Individual to a Means to a End

18:21 We Can Not Encounter God Without Relationships With Other People

20:05 How Transaction Relationships Turn Out in The Long Run

The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.

Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. 

Thank you for listening.

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Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

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Giving of ourselves and economic giving are two wildly different things. On the surface this fact seems obvious, but in practice of daily life it gets dulled and erased. Learn how fully give in all capacities, which will in turn immeasurable improve your life. 


Episode TimeLine:
00:00 Human Beings Need To Be Fully Engaged
02:02 There is No Economic Equivalency to Love
05:19 Companies Hurting Themselves By Stripping Away Love
07:39 To Truly Love is to Risk
11:29 God’s Unimaginable Golden Parachute for Us
13:49 The Direct Message of Talents Parable 



The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.
Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. 
Thank you for listening.
[email protected]
Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe




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In our relationships, we treat people differently – that’s natural and the way life needs to be. This fact, however, creates a paradoxical tension with God. How can God be everything to everyone? Could we, or ever should we be able to attempt such a feat? 

Episode TimeLine:

00:00 Grasping the Impossibility of Being Everything to Everyone

01:52 Irresolvable Tension Between Commutative and Distributive Justice

05:01 Learning How To Be Loving Uniquely and Intensely

06:52 Expounding the Joys of Our Relationships in a Biblical Context

11:37 Difference Between “Living a Good Life” and Living in Faith

14:57 How Our Daily Small Decisions Have a Legacy Impact

17:17 No Prerequisites To Become Completely Fulfilled  

20:14 We Are Made To Be Total Self Gifts

The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.

Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. 

Thank you for listening.

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Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

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 Each of us are unique, that is a given fact that we all intellectually understand. The questions that we propose in this episode is – how we create a unique relationship with God, what are the reasonable expectations, and why is this worth it?

Episode TimeLine:

00:00 Since We Are All Unique, How Can We Experience the Exact Same Thing   

02:31 Every Mass is Completely Unique Experience 

05:54 How to Create A Meaningful Relationship with God

09:34 Vast Power Dynamic Difference From Savior to Saved

12:30 What We Can Give God to Glorify Him

14:18 What is the Reasonable Expectation We Should From God

18:01 Tangible Benefits of Having a Relationship with God

The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.

Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. 

Thank you for listening.

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Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

Catholic, Church, God, Life, Jesus, Benedictine Monk, Father Boniface Hicks, Joe Rockey, Relationships, Family, Love, Mass, Engagement, Piety, Power Dynamic, Reverence,  Experience, Meaningful Time, Time, 

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Dealing with death is a commonly an avoided topic to discuss. In this episode we crash the barrier and discuss our inevitable passing. What teachings does the church provide with how we should face the end of our journey?

Episode TimeLine:

00:00 Accepting Our Own Death

03:28 Saint Maximilian Kolbe Courageous Choice 

05:24 Being Brutally Forced into the “Starvation Bunker”

08:04 The Tension of Valuing Suffering

10:45 Benedictine Monk’s Celebrating the End of a Fellow Monk’s Journey

12:27 Acceptability of Surrendering to Death 

15:47 Human Brains Entering Trauma Mode When Seeing Death

18:42 Personally Approaching Our Death 

22:48 Finding Infinite Peace in What is Acceptable, Especially Together

The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.

Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. 

Thank you for listening.

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Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

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The Pope and his teachings are an essential part of the Catholic Faith. In this episode we dive into the rich complexities of how these directives are formed. Specifically, we focus on the modern papacy and how new scientific issues get sorted out, in this era of demanding answers instantly.  

Episode TimeLine:

00:00 Official Teachings from the Vatican – How the Sausage Gets Made

01:20 Why are some statements from Pope implemented immediately and some ignored?

03:02 Passionately Learning More Jesus Christ

05:12 What teachings the Pope are NOT allowed present

09:37 Pope Francis running into the rules of the way the Pope can Teach

11:45 Teachings from the Pope on Participating in Capitalism   

15:32 The Hideous Problem of the Modern Economy

17:42 New Issues of Society Requiring Answers Today and Now

22:02 Popes using New Technological Knowledge but Not Contradicting Papal Tradition 

24:12 People Who are Ready to Die – Not Suicide, but Naturally 

The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.

Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. 

Thank you for listening.

[email protected]

Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

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Pope Benedict XVI funeral was on January 5th 2023. In this episode we discuss the unique things about Pope Benedict XVI and the Papacy as Pope. 


Episode TimeLine:
00:00 Questions and Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI
03:03 What is the role of the Pope?
06:30 The Importance of the Office of Doctrine for Catholics
08:57 The Catholic Church is a Living Body
11:34 The Rarest of Exceptions When a Pope Does Not Die In Office
15:37 The Dangers of Not Having the Pope Retire in This Modern Age
16:54 Impressions a the Vatican from a Lay Member of the Faith
19:34 Speculations on Why Pope Benedict XVI Retired
21:28 The Eternal City Rome – Reflections 
23:08 Pope Benedict XVI Choice to Intentionally Be Different Than Pope John Paul II
24:59 What are the Actually Reasons Pope Benedict XVI Retired?
26:48 The Difference of Pope Benedict XVI Funeral Compared to the Other Popes
29:01 Preview of the Next Episode




The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.
Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. 
Thank you for listening.
[email protected]
Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe




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On some level, we all have an innate desire to fit in and avoid causing ripples. As Christians, we also have the responsible of bring our children up with faith. In this episode we discuss that cross section and fear that many parents have engaging this problem.  

Episode TimeLine:

00:00 Fears of Taking Young Children/Babies to Mass

02:10 Challenges/Fears of Taking an Infant to Mass

04:26 Foundational Things Families Need To Have For Children to Behave at Mass

06:50 Cultural Differences of Various Church Cultures 

08:27 The Range of Noises/Distractions Children Make at Mass

10:48 Do Not Bring Extra Elements to Distract the Child

14:28 Wonderful Results from the Catechism of the Good Sheppard 

The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.

Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. 

Thank you for listening.

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Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe

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 #Catholic #Church #God #Life #Jesus #BenedictineMonk #Relationships #Family #Love #Relationships 

We all have moments of negative emotion.  In this episode we discuss our internal mechanisms to regulate these emotions in the moment, and how to improve ourselves both in terms of overcoming the negativity and preventing it from becoming as bad in the future. 

Episode TimeLine:
00:00 Mechanisms Inside Ourselves to Overcome Negative Emotion
03:30 Who are we really Yelling At?
05:15 Simplistic Ideas of Jesus Being the Answer
07:15 Evaluating Ourselves in Relationships
09:20 Need of Messy (Normal) Relationships
10:45 Do Not Use God as a Wildcard
11:50 The Processes Inside Our Brains the Build or Correct Our Actions
14:00 Evolution Favors Short Term Benefits Over Long Term Solutions
15:31 Prayer As A Long Term Solution
18:02 Being Aware of Ourselves in Relationship of God
20:55 Unconditional Loving Does NOT Mean Universal Approving
23:18 The Basic Measure of Maturity 
24:30 Bad Decisions From Thought Process – Cognitive Therapy vs Trauma
26:15 Loving Does NOT Mean Approving





The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.
Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. 
Thank you for listening.
[email protected]
Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe




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Society inherently attracts persecutors and victims of abuse together, as those that recognize something is wrong with that person avoid them, let alone have a child with them. In this episode we discuss how the negative cycle of trauma can be disrupted.  

The podcast Father and Joe brings us, as individuals, closer to the Holy Spirit and His Church.
Seek Peace. Be Open to God and Love. Learn from Your Sufferings. 
Thank you for listening.
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Also you can find is on twitter @FatherAndJoe




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