Practically Catholic

Practically Catholic

By Fr. Anthony Federico & Natalia SchumannReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Practically Catholic episodes

  • 3. Humility (Fall Series)

    There are some great nuggets of truth about humility sprinkled throughout this episode that you don’t want to miss. For instance: Pride is the opposite of humility and it manifests itself in the ways we stop living in humility. Also, true humility is accepting things we would rather change; accepting them with patient resignation. Mary, Queen of the universe, swept the floors and cleaned the table. Wow! What an example Mother Mary is for all of us, yet again. Fr. Anthony and Natalia share personal examples of times they have lived out the virtue of humility (and didn’t), as well as, practical examples on how to try to be more humble. 


    Shout-outs & Show Notes

    • 01:10 Binding up enemy prayer
    • 02:00 Do priests do “normal” things? Do you watch TV Fr. Anthony?
    • 04:45 What is the narrow way of humility
    • 04:56 Humility is the mother of all virtues, it is living in the truth, one can’t make any spiritual progress without humility
    • 05:49 Fundamental truth of the Church – there is a God and we are not Him.
    • 06:50 Pride is the opposite of Humility – manifests itself in the ways we stop living in humility
    • 07:31 Mary’s humility – Lord, I will accept what you give me and what you don’t give me
    • 08:00 Ben Schumann shout out or getting tossed under the bus
    • 10:41 Humility comes from the same Latin root word as hummus – ground under foot
    • 11:21 True humility is accepting things we would rather change. Accepting them with patient resignation. Mary queen of the universe, swept the floors and cleaned the table
    • 11:55 Fr. Colin Davis, priest in VA, was in seminary with Fr. Anthony he was the house barber “Anthony, you’re not that important”
    • 14:20 “Humility leads to freedom, Pride leads to slavery” Fr. Anthony
    • 14:44 Word on Fire Bible by Bishop Robert Barron
    • 17:25 God’s mercy and love call me friend not slave, even though I am a slave
    • 18:24 “My job was to mediate, take the people to God and take God to the people.” Natalia
    • 22:08 St. Catherine of Siena “I am He who is, you are she who is not.
    • 25:15 PRACTICAL TIP : If you start speaking at the same time as someone else, stop and gesture for them to continue speaking. Defer the spotlight.
    • 27:42 Positive shout out to Ben
    • 29:18 Humility is not a false sense of I’m awful, there is a difference between I’m nothing and I’m awful
    • 32:35 Hail Mary Moment
    • 33:27 final blessing from Fr. Anthony
      • 34 min
    • 2. Faithfulness (Fall Series)

      Natalia defines faithfulness and how she lives it out as a missionary,  wife, and mother. Fr. Anthony also gives practical examples of living a faith-filled life for Jesus. They discuss the idea of how to love Jesus more than others and how the vows of ordination/marriage deepen their faith. The Lord calls each of us, in a unique way, to a specific vocation. It is through that vocation that we learn, deepen and grow in faithfulness.

      Shout-outs:

      • 02:09 Tony Federico, Fr. Anthony’s father
      • 03:57 Mary Clare, friend of Natalia
      • 36:04 Kimberly Hahn,  “I soundly rebuke that.”
      • 36:26 Hail Mary Moment
        • 38 min
      • 1. Origin Story (Fall Series)

           Natalia and Fr. Anthony discuss how this podcast, Practically Catholic, came to be with fun introduction stories to get to know the hosts. Join them as they talk about living out the Gospel in everyday life, what it means to be “called to holiness” and how having a relationship with God through daily reading of the bible changes everything. And, of course, don’t miss out on the tips sprinkled throughout this episode on practical tips to live your Catholic faith everyday.


        What's in the episode:

        • 00:40 introduction, meet Natalia, origin story of this podcast
        • 07:50 Meet Fr. Anthony Federico
        • 19:45 Two week experiment challenge – 15 minutes per day with Jesus/Scripture
        • 27:16 Introduction of Ben 
        • 28:26 Hail Mary Moment
          • 32 min

        About Practically Catholic

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        A missionary mom and a priest talk about the Catholic faith and how they live the good news in real, messy, everyday life.