May 5 - God Is, God Cares, God Can! The Advocate w/ Fr. Patrick Smith

About this episode

Dr. Tom Curran and Fr. Patrick Smith discuss God's care and empowerment through the lens of Easter readings.

Dr. Tom Curran and Fr. Patrick Smith,Pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Washington, DC , discuss readings from the Sixth Sunday of Easter Philip in Samaria (Acts 8:5-8, 14-17) and The Advocate. (John 14:15-21) Today’s hosts testify to God’s providential care and talk about three moments of the disciple: called, powerlessness and empowered.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Tom Curran

Guest: Fr. Patrick Smith

Topics covered

• God's providential care
• discipleship
• Easter readings
• empowerment
• faith

Keywords

• God
• Easter
• discipleship
• Fr. Patrick Smith
• faith
• empowerment
• St. Augustine Catholic Church

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: St. Augustine Catholic Church

Places: Washington, DC

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