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Join Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, Fr. Pierre Toussaint, and Fr. Mark-Mary, priests of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, each week to discuss authentic faith in today's world as they share stories and wisdom from years of prayer, community life, and work with the poor.

It all comes back to this: finding deep friendship with Jesus. Seeing him work in our lives everyday. Through topics as varied as mental health, the confessional, and NYC neighbors, the Poco A Poco Podcast is here to accompany all pilgrims as they walk step by step, little by little, poco a poco on their pilgrimage to the Father's house.

The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal are a Catholic religious order founded in the South Bronx, NY. Learn more or subscribe to their updates at www.franciscanfriars.com

The Poco a Poco Podcast with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 5.0 • 140 Ratings

Join Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, Fr. Pierre Toussaint, and Fr. Mark-Mary, priests of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, each week to discuss authentic faith in today's world as they share stories and wisdom from years of prayer, community life, and work with the poor.

It all comes back to this: finding deep friendship with Jesus. Seeing him work in our lives everyday. Through topics as varied as mental health, the confessional, and NYC neighbors, the Poco A Poco Podcast is here to accompany all pilgrims as they walk step by step, little by little, poco a poco on their pilgrimage to the Father's house.

The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal are a Catholic religious order founded in the South Bronx, NY. Learn more or subscribe to their updates at www.franciscanfriars.com

    The Rich Man and Lazarus (Lent 2024)

    The Rich Man and Lazarus (Lent 2024)

    Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 5)
    Does it have to end in just being able to receive God's unconditional love? 
    Like Lazarus, the guy beat up on the side of the road. We who have been loved in such messiness are also invited to go into the mess, and love. This is a sign that God is alive in us.
    We now have the dignity of His beloved sons and daughters, of not just being the recipients of His unconditional love, but now being able to love, not only from our own strength but in response to God being alive in us.
    In this episode, we'll talk about the story of the rich man and Lazarus, and its relation to the other parables discussed in the previous episodes.
    The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
    You can get a copy of The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups from the link below:
    https://ascensionpress.com/collections/the-ascension-lenten-companion
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    • 54 min
    The Prodigal Son (Lent 2024)

    The Prodigal Son (Lent 2024)

    Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 4)
    If you were the prodigal son would you receive the Father's unconditional love?
    The conversion that the Father wants us to have is to move on from a conditional, perfectionistic way of experiencing God to a place of just being unconditionally loved by Him.
    But we can sometimes hold onto shame for security, what is asked of us is to leave behind that shame—let the shame and self-contempt crumble.
    We don't need to "pay rent" to be loved by the heavenly Father. Our sonship/daughterhip is not to be paid but is freely given to us. The invitation for all of us is to remain in the forgiveness and mercy of the Father. Let the relationship we have with Him restore and heal us from the place of shame and insecurity that we put ourselves into.
    The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
    You can get a copy of The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups from the link below:
    https://ascensionpress.com/collections/the-ascension-lenten-companion
    🛒 You can also grab your Poco a Poco Merchandise at pocomerch.com!

    • 56 min
    The Good Samaritan (Lent 2024)

    The Good Samaritan (Lent 2024)

    Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 3)
    Are you familiar with the parable of the Good Samaritan?
    When we're beat up, when we're in this place of difficulty and shame, He's there, at the side of the road looking at us, desiring to pick us up and saying, "Come with me.". That's Jesus for all of us.
    The invitation of this episode is to allow the Lord to get close into our deepest places of darkness and shame so he can help us and love us there. Jesus actually comes into our messiness and He loves us unconditionally.
    This Lent, let Jesus unconditionally love you, and let the healing begin.
    The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
    You can get a copy of The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups from the link below:
    https://ascensionpress.com/collections/the-ascension-lenten-companion
    🛒 You can also grab your Poco a Poco Merchandise at pocomerch.com!

    • 59 min
    Christ the Bridegroom (Lent 2024)

    Christ the Bridegroom (Lent 2024)

    Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 2)
    How does a bridegroom love his bride?
    That is how Jesus loves each one of us. He meets us wherever we are in our life to be our beloved and for us to be His. The Lord meets us in the desert-our place of poverty where He betroths us to Him and He betroths Himself to us.
    In this way, Jesus as the bridegroom reveals to us a quality of love, the way that God loves.
    In this episode, our aim is for us to better understand what it means to have Jesus as the bridegroom and the desert as the place of betrothal. 
    The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
    You can get a copy of The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups from the link below:
    https://ascensionpress.com/collections/the-ascension-lenten-companion
    🛒 You can also grab your Poco a Poco Merchandise at pocomerch.com!

    • 46 min
    Lent is About Jesus (Ash Wednesday)

    Lent is About Jesus (Ash Wednesday)

    Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 1)
    What does Jesus desire for you and Him this Lent? 
    The temptation during Lent is to make the Lenten journey about us, we can do hard things during Lent that are fueled by our own desires and distractions but Lent isn't supposed to be about ourselves. Lent is also not simply about prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Those disciplines help us to focus on what we need to focus on. This season is about a person and that person is Jesus.
    In this episode, we'll talk about the reality of Lent and how we can orient ourselves to our relationship with Jesus as we enter this year's Lenten season.
    Happy Ash Wednesday everyone!
    The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
    You can get a copy of The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups from the link below:
    https://ascensionpress.com/collections/the-ascension-lenten-companion
    🛒 You can also grab your Poco a Poco Merchandise at pocomerch.com!

    • 59 min
    Remember Like Mary

    Remember Like Mary

    Series on "Mary and the Interior Life" by Fr. Jeremiah Shryock (Part 3)
    Do you remember Jesus and what he did? 
    The most consistent word Mary had spoken to Fr. Jeremiah, was "remember". When we don't know what to do or how to act, Mary tells us to remember her son, Jesus' actions, that was the case for Fr. Jeremiah and this is an invitation that extends to all of us.
    There is a richness and importance that Mary plays, for us not to have her be a part of our spiritual life. 
    We are invited to remember Jesus' constant presence, love, and grace in this episode. Let's allow Mary to teach us to remember Jesus and what he did—to remember Him as Mary did.
    The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
    🛒 You can also grab your Poco a Poco Merchandise at pocomerch.com!

    • 45 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
140 Ratings

140 Ratings

TBorko ,

Feeds the soul!

It’s in my top three podcasts I listen to weekly. I’ve told friends and family to listen also. I fast forward past the banter, lol. But once we get to the meat of it, I definitely hear God speaking though these men.

ShellyCoish ,

I LOVE the banter!!

I love the conversation and banter at the beginning of every episode. It gives me time to take a second to settle in, before you hit me between the eyes with necessary and appreciated truth bombs.

toto manny ,

The best journey partners!

I’ve always been someone who’s avoided the silence, so thank you for emphasizing that the fruit of silence is prayer! learning to love the Lord poco a poco through you guys. Praise God for y’all!

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