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S4E3: Ask a priest (feat. Fr. Matthew Rolling- part 1)

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Fr. Matthew Rolling, academic dean at St. Gregory the Great Seminary and professor at the Newman Institute, joins me for a Q&A from the listeners. In part one of this episode, Fr. Rolling answers:

  • If you were a saint, what would you be the patron of?
  • What would you be doing if you weren’t a priest?
  • How do you find God working in the world around us? Not just in his creation/nature but in our everyday lives
  • Third most transformative prayer in your lives experience? (Assuming the mass and rosary are the first two…)
  • What is the best way for Catholics to explain our relationship with Mary to non-Catholics?
  • What Bible story with Jesus in it do you think your priesthood most resonates/mirrors?
  • Book recommendations- best books to feed my mind and soul
  • What is one virtue you are naturally inclined to be good at?
  • What does the virtue of joy look like as opposed to the emotion? And how do I choose joy?

    • Fr. Rolling's short list of book recommendations (email [email protected] for the full list)

    1. A Father Who Keeps His Promises – Scott Hahn
    2. Jesus of Nazareth - Joseph Ratzinger
    3. Letters to a Young Catholic – George Weigel
    4. Mere Christianity – C. S. Lewis
    5. Rediscovering Catholicism – Matthew Kelly
    6. The Lord -- Romano Guardini
    7. Christ in His Mysteries -- Columba Marmion
    8. Divine Mercy in My Soul:  Diary of St. Faustina
    9. He Leadeth Me – Fr. Walter Ciszek, S.J.
    10. Introduction to the Devout Life – St. Francis de Sales
    11. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    12. The Divine Comedy, Dante
    13. The Power and the Glory, Graham Green
    14. Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Undset
    15. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
    16. A Severe Mercy, Sheldon Vanauken
    17. Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
    18. Paradise Lost, John Milton
    19. Death Comes for the Archbishop, Willa Cather
    20. Come Rack, Come Rope, Msgr. Robert Benson


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