Fr Longenecker's Podcasts

My new podcast series begins today. It is my chapter by chapter discussion of John Allen’s 2009 book The Future Church. 

I’m doing this series because there are a lot of Catholics who are confused and bewildered about what God is doing in his church today. They’re uncertain about the future.

But I believe we are on the cusp of a “future church” that is exciting and amazingly different from what we all envision and also from what we may think would be best.

God does things we cannot expect and my discussion of Future Church will help you understand the underlying trends and envision a great future for the Catholic Church.

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For everyone, the introductory episode is free to listen to.

You can listen here to get an idea what this is going to be about.

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“My Sister and the UFO” tells the encounter my sister and brother in law had with a UFO, and it is very similar to an experience I had when I was about twelve years old. It was a winter night and our family were out on the mountain sledding and tobogganing. I was cold and wet and headed back on my own to the house, to the warm fire and the promise of hot chocolate. As I trudged home down the hill behind our house I looked up and saw a similar craft–very large with blinking lights. It started to whirl around before racing off at amazing speed. I was scared out of my wits and took off at my own amazing speed back down the mountain and to the lights of home.

Here is the story of my sister and the UFO.

The Way of the World and the Way of the Child – this homily compares the “way that seems right to a man” and God’s way which is always the unexpected way of the child–walking by faith not by sight.

If you’re following my podcasts, the 20th episode of my series on the history of the Catholic Church– Triumphs and Tragedies– will be published on Thursday. This covers the 18th century.