Fr. Joseph Allen

Fr. Joseph Allen, and Ancient Faith Ministries
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Occasional Lectures, Homilies, and Talks

  1. 06/03/2025

    Living in God's Presence: Part Three

    In the third and final lecture, Fr. Joseph investigates how the interface of our narrative story and that of Jesus Christ works, such that we can see the presence of God through that interaction. We all have a unique story we hold up to His, but we must be ready to hear what His story demands of ours through patterns centering on transformation, celebration, assumptions, and rebirth.

  2. 06/03/2025

    Living in God's Presence: Part Two

    Fr. Joseph, in the second lecture, explains how we attempt to show God’s presence using narrative theology. The master narrative is that of Jesus Christ, but we must lift up our story to interface with it, whether through admiration, imitation, or explanation.

  3. 06/03/2025

    Living in God's Presence: Part One

    In the first lecture of the series, Fr. Joseph discusses how we experience God, who dwells at a summit always beyond our reach, and what is involved as we continually scale upward toward that height, in the transformative process of finding the Kingdom.

  4. 11/06/2024

    Following in His Footsteps: Part Five

    The Gospel according to St. John, as Fr. Joseph explains, is the most unique, powerful, and majestic of the four. Jesus Christ’s actions in St. John are never simply acts but are always imbued with deeper meaning. Fr. Joseph notes that this is the “cosmic Gospel”: all of life is involved, and when God penetrates all of life, it is given a new dimension. The bond of faith between disciples and the Messiah is key, and the command to love is the person of Jesus Christ.

  5. 11/06/2024

    Following in His Footsteps: Part Four

    Fr. Joseph explores “Luke-Acts” in the fourth lecture, noting the continuity of apostleship between the two books. This structure aligns with the central point of St. Luke, who emphasized the deep connection between Christology and Ecclesiology. Fr. Joseph discusses multiple distinctions of the Gospel according to St. Luke and the Book of Acts, including the use of time and space, interesting character appearances, focus on the Life of the Spirit, proclamation of universal salvation, emphasis on prophesy, and criticality of the Eucharist.

  6. 11/06/2024

    Following in His Footsteps: Part Three

    In the third lecture, Fr. Joseph turns to the Gospel according to St. Matthew, describing him as the biblical scribe that brings forth things old – Jewish tradition, i.e., Christ’s fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets – and things new, in the historical context of the trauma of the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. Fr. Joseph explains that St. Matthew focuses on three ministries preached by Christ to His disciples: bearing fruit; exercising discernment; and practicing reconciliation and forgiveness.

  7. 11/06/2024

    Following in His Footsteps: Part Two

    As Fr. Joseph explains in the second lecture, the Gospel according to St. Mark links discipleship with the suffering and Cross of Christ. Discipleship in St. Mark is always “beginning”: His followers – including us – constantly stumble and fall, but Jesus always enters into their pain, lifts them up anew, and ultimately liberates them from death.

  8. 11/06/2024

    Following in His Footsteps: Part One

    Fr. Joseph introduces us to the study of the Gospels. He delves into the remarkable features of Jesus Christ’s ministry across the four Gospels; probes how each defines the relationship between the Lord and His followers; and begins the exploration of why the writers chose different emphases in their works.

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    Fr. Joseph Allen, and Ancient Faith Ministries
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    21
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