Side By Side Catholic Podcast Fr. Cassidy Stinson and Shannon Monaghan
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- Religion & Spirituality
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Fr. Cassidy Stinson and Shannon Monaghan host a Catholic conversation on living out holy friendship in the modern Church and the lives of the Saints.
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40: Friendship and Single Life
Singleness and vocations / Shannon's experience with singleness and discernment / Fitting into the life of the Church / Focusing on the call to holiness / Radical honesty in prayer / Being a supportive friend if you're not single
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39: Cliques, Small Talk, and One-Sided Friendships - But I Have Called You Friends, pt. 4
Cliques vs. communion / Friendship as sharing of emotion and soul / Are friends more than the people with whom we share our hobbies and interests? / Detachment and spiritual directors / St. Therese and the struggle to center friendship on God / No one-sided friendships / Allowing others to show charity to us / Fr. Cassidy gets stressed out by small talk / "Salvific Disillusionment"
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38: Instant Coffee and World Peace - But I Have Called You Friends, pt. 3
Life and travel updates / The compounding power of friendship / Charity close to home / Intuitive versus 'Real' friendships / Slow growth relationships / Progressive growth in the spiritual life / Trusting the process of purification / How failure helps us grow in friendship / Self-awareness and detachment
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37: The Power of Community - But I Have Called You Friends, pt. 2
The difficult choice to love others / Why community matters for our holiness / Therapy and friends helping us to detach and empathize / The 'exuberant discovery' of friendship / Seeing the beauty in others that God sees in us / Loving each other on our worst days and in our brokenness / Shannon goes hiking
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36: Friendship, The Common Denominator of Love - But I Have Called You Friends, pt. 1
Lent and Easter, a brief retrospective / Introducing "But I Have Called You Friends" / Friendship is the common denominator in love / Taking a second look at relationships / Community as a source of purification / Get to know people, but don't make it weird
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35: Intercessory Prayer
Praying for friends / Embracing the awkwardness of praying with other people / Intercession through the liturgy / Contemplation and intercession / "Offer it up" / Immersion in Scripture
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