web02.fireside.fm Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:43:34 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast) - Episodes Tagged with “Suffering” https://thejeffcavinsshow.fireside.fm/tags/suffering Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:00:00 -0500 In his weekly Catholic Bible study podcast, Jeff shares faith tips and scripture truths to help you live as a modern-day disciple of Jesus Christ. en-us episodic Jeff shares personal tips and scriptural truths to help you live as a modern-day disciple of Jesus Christ. Ascension In his weekly Catholic Bible study podcast, Jeff shares faith tips and scripture truths to help you live as a modern-day disciple of Jesus Christ. no Catholic, bible study, catholic bible study, catholicism, jeff cavins, Ascension Press, Ascension, faith, christianity, christian Ascension podcasts@ascensionpress.com The Value of Suffering https://thejeffcavinsshow.fireside.fm/411 dced241a-2f6b-4df5-8791-3f972209c6f9 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Suffering is a universal human experience that is difficult to embrace. Jeff Cavins explores how suffering can be a transformative and redemptive experience when we unite it with Christ's suffering. Drawing on Scripture verses and the teachings of St. John Paul II, Jeff provides deep insight and encouragement on how we can find deeper meaning in our suffering. 28:43 no Suffering is a universal human experience that is difficult to embrace. Jeff Cavins explores how suffering can be a transformative and redemptive experience when we unite it with Christ's suffering. Drawing on Scripture verses and the teachings of St. John Paul II, Jeff provides deep insight and encouragement on how we can find deeper meaning in our suffering. Snippet from the Show Suffering more clears the way for grace so our souls can be transformed.  Email us with comments or questions at thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com. Text “jeffcavins” to 33-777 to subscribe and get Jeff’s shownotes delivered straight to your email! Or visit https://media.ascensionpress.com/?s=&page=2&category%5B0%5D=Ascension%20Podcasts&category%5B1%5D=The%20Jeff%20Cavins%20Show for full shownotes! suffering, ascension press, ascension, ascension presents, scripture, bible, bible study, catholic, catholic bible study, catholic church, catholic family, catholicism, jeff cavins, Suffering is a universal human experience that is difficult to embrace. Jeff Cavins explores how suffering can be a transformative and redemptive experience when we unite it with Christ's suffering. Drawing on Scripture verses and the teachings of St. John Paul II, Jeff provides deep insight and encouragement on how we can find deeper meaning in our suffering.

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]]> Standing Against Coronavirus with Faith, Hope, and Charity https://thejeffcavinsshow.fireside.fm/160 ea9a4791-2b19-4065-8962-de5a10dd3154 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 15:00:00 -0400 Ascension full Ascension There are three things within us that can help us deal with trials like coronavirus: faith, hope, and charity. Through these virtues, we can respond to a crisis with confidence and trust in our Lord. Jeff pulls from the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Scripture to illustrate what a faithful, hopeful, and charitable response to this crisis looks like. 38:12 no There are three things within us that can help us deal with trials like coronavirus: faith, hope, and charity. Through these virtues, we can respond to a crisis with confidence and trust in our Lord. Jeff pulls from the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Scripture to illustrate what a faithful, hopeful, and charitable response to this crisis looks like. Text “jeffcavins” to 33-777 to subscribe and get the shownotes or email us at tjcs@ascensionpress.com catholic, scripture, bible study, faith, hope, charity, virtues, coronavirus, jeff cavins There are three things within us that can help us deal with trials like coronavirus: faith, hope, and charity. Through these virtues, we can respond to a crisis with confidence and trust in our Lord. Jeff pulls from the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Scripture to illustrate what a faithful, hopeful, and charitable response to this crisis looks like.

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]]> Polish Saints and Pilgrimages with Fr. Josh Johnson https://thejeffcavinsshow.fireside.fm/133 1c2d1e1b-9842-4555-a686-5609074827cb Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:00:00 -0400 Ascension full Ascension Jeff Cavins and Fr. Josh Johnson are in Poland! From Auschwitz to Pope St. John Paul II’s house, they discuss the places they have seen in connection with great Polish saints like St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Faustina, as well as some amazing glory stories that reveal the mercy, truth, and suffering of these saints. 30:25 no Jeff Cavins and Fr. Josh Johnson are in Poland! From Auschwitz to Pope St. John Paul II’s house, they discuss the places they have seen in connection with great Polish saints like St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Faustina, as well as some amazing glory stories that reveal the mercy, truth, and suffering of these saints. Snippet from the Show “Blessed Jerzy, St. John Paul II, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Faustina, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, they were all witnesses, not only of mercy and truth, but of suffering.” SHOWNOTES St. John Paul II * Suffered and had the capacity to hate, but chose to love instead. He forgave the man who shot him. * Influence of the domestic church: His father set an example of holiness by praying, self-sacrifice, and keeping close to the sacraments. * Inscribed on the wall of his home: “Time flies, eternity waits.” St. Maximilian Kolbe * Called out evil where he saw it, stood up on behalf of those being persecuted * Last words of St. Kolbe to his brothers before being taken to Auschwitz: “Forget not love” * Took the place of a man condemned to death. While he was being starved to death, he was praising God. * John 15:13 - “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” St. Faustina * Example of how to the saints can intercede for us. St. Faustina appeared to a priest and asked him to pray with a man who was convinced he couldn’t be forgiven for causing the death of several people. The priest was able to forgive this man because it was the priest's family who had been killed. Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko * Always went out to be with the community * Persecuted in communist Poland, and brutally martyred. RESOURCES * Romans: The Gospel of Salvation (https://ascensionpress.com/collections/romans-the-gospel-of-salvation?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=media&utm_campaign=romans&utm_content=tjcspoland) catholic, saints, polish saints, JPII, St. Faustina, suffering, church triumphant, fr. josh johnson, st. john paul, st. maximilian kolbe, saint Jeff Cavins and Fr. Josh Johnson are in Poland! From Auschwitz to Pope St. John Paul II’s house, they discuss the places they have seen in connection with great Polish saints like St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Faustina, as well as some amazing glory stories that reveal the mercy, truth, and suffering of these saints.

Snippet from the Show
“Blessed Jerzy, St. John Paul II, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Faustina, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, they were all witnesses, not only of mercy and truth, but of suffering.”

SHOWNOTES

St. John Paul II

  • Suffered and had the capacity to hate, but chose to love instead. He forgave the man who shot him.
  • Influence of the domestic church: His father set an example of holiness by praying, self-sacrifice, and keeping close to the sacraments.
  • Inscribed on the wall of his home: “Time flies, eternity waits.”

St. Maximilian Kolbe

  • Called out evil where he saw it, stood up on behalf of those being persecuted
  • Last words of St. Kolbe to his brothers before being taken to Auschwitz: “Forget not love”
  • Took the place of a man condemned to death. While he was being starved to death, he was praising God.
  • John 15:13 - “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

St. Faustina

  • Example of how to the saints can intercede for us. St. Faustina appeared to a priest and asked him to pray with a man who was convinced he couldn’t be forgiven for causing the death of several people. The priest was able to forgive this man because it was the priest's family who had been killed.

Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko

  • Always went out to be with the community
  • Persecuted in communist Poland, and brutally martyred.

RESOURCES

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]]> Jeff Cavins and Fr. Josh Johnson are in Poland! From Auschwitz to Pope St. John Paul II’s house, they discuss the places they have seen in connection with great Polish saints like St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Faustina, as well as some amazing glory stories that reveal the mercy, truth, and suffering of these saints.

Snippet from the Show
“Blessed Jerzy, St. John Paul II, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Faustina, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, they were all witnesses, not only of mercy and truth, but of suffering.”

SHOWNOTES

St. John Paul II

  • Suffered and had the capacity to hate, but chose to love instead. He forgave the man who shot him.
  • Influence of the domestic church: His father set an example of holiness by praying, self-sacrifice, and keeping close to the sacraments.
  • Inscribed on the wall of his home: “Time flies, eternity waits.”

St. Maximilian Kolbe

  • Called out evil where he saw it, stood up on behalf of those being persecuted
  • Last words of St. Kolbe to his brothers before being taken to Auschwitz: “Forget not love”
  • Took the place of a man condemned to death. While he was being starved to death, he was praising God.
  • John 15:13 - “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

St. Faustina

  • Example of how to the saints can intercede for us. St. Faustina appeared to a priest and asked him to pray with a man who was convinced he couldn’t be forgiven for causing the death of several people. The priest was able to forgive this man because it was the priest's family who had been killed.

Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko

  • Always went out to be with the community
  • Persecuted in communist Poland, and brutally martyred.

RESOURCES

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]]> Meet My Friends: Fr. Josh Johnson https://thejeffcavinsshow.fireside.fm/108 4b0d0996-47d3-43ac-b305-aa9c29907993 Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:00:00 -0400 Ascension full Ascension I’m speaking with Fr. Josh Johnson, pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Fr. Josh has a new book out, Broken and Blessed, about how we are broken and our Church is broken, but that the mercy and blessings of God surpasses all our failings. We discuss this theme of brokenness: how to respond to it in others, what to do about it in the Church, and what God thinks of us when we fall. 37:44 no I’m speaking with Fr. Josh Johnson, pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Fr. Josh has a new book out, Broken and Blessed, about how we are broken and our Church is broken, but that the mercy and blessings of God surpasses all our failings. We discuss the theme of brokenness: how to respond to it in others, what to do about it in the Church, and what God thinks of us when we fall. If you know someone struggling with brokenness, I highly recommend Fr. Josh’s book—you can get it at ascensionpress.com Snippet from the Show There was a priest in my diocese that I did not like … but one day I needed the sacrament of reconciliation … and in my 31 years of life the best confession I’ve ever experienced is with this priest. -Fr. Josh Johnson SHOWNOTES Navelgazing vs looking at God (6:02) Confessing the same sins over and over (9:00) How to overcome a habitual sin (13:20) Isolation (17:09) Presuming God’s mercy (19:40) Our attitude toward other broken individuals, especially in the Church (24:05) RESOURCES FROM THE SHOW * Broken and Blessed by Fr. Josh Johnson - ascensionpress.com * Ask Fr. Josh Podcast - ascensionpress.com/askfrjosh Special Guest: Fr. Josh Johnson. fr. josh johnson, catholic, church, confession, sin, suffering, priest I’m speaking with Fr. Josh Johnson, pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Fr. Josh has a new book out, Broken and Blessed, about how we are broken and our Church is broken, but that the mercy and blessings of God surpasses all our failings.

We discuss the theme of brokenness: how to respond to it in others, what to do about it in the Church, and what God thinks of us when we fall.

If you know someone struggling with brokenness, I highly recommend Fr. Josh’s book—you can get it at ascensionpress.com

Snippet from the Show
There was a priest in my diocese that I did not like … but one day I needed the sacrament of reconciliation … and in my 31 years of life the best confession I’ve ever experienced is with this priest. -Fr. Josh Johnson

SHOWNOTES

  • Navelgazing vs looking at God (6:02)
  • Confessing the same sins over and over (9:00)
  • How to overcome a habitual sin (13:20)
  • Isolation (17:09)
  • Presuming God’s mercy (19:40)
  • Our attitude toward other broken individuals, especially in the Church (24:05)

RESOURCES FROM THE SHOW

  • Broken and Blessed by Fr. Josh Johnson - ascensionpress.com
  • Ask Fr. Josh Podcast - ascensionpress.com/askfrjosh

Special Guest: Fr. Josh Johnson.

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]]> I’m speaking with Fr. Josh Johnson, pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Fr. Josh has a new book out, Broken and Blessed, about how we are broken and our Church is broken, but that the mercy and blessings of God surpasses all our failings.

We discuss the theme of brokenness: how to respond to it in others, what to do about it in the Church, and what God thinks of us when we fall.

If you know someone struggling with brokenness, I highly recommend Fr. Josh’s book—you can get it at ascensionpress.com

Snippet from the Show
There was a priest in my diocese that I did not like … but one day I needed the sacrament of reconciliation … and in my 31 years of life the best confession I’ve ever experienced is with this priest. -Fr. Josh Johnson

SHOWNOTES

  • Navelgazing vs looking at God (6:02)
  • Confessing the same sins over and over (9:00)
  • How to overcome a habitual sin (13:20)
  • Isolation (17:09)
  • Presuming God’s mercy (19:40)
  • Our attitude toward other broken individuals, especially in the Church (24:05)

RESOURCES FROM THE SHOW

  • Broken and Blessed by Fr. Josh Johnson - ascensionpress.com
  • Ask Fr. Josh Podcast - ascensionpress.com/askfrjosh

Special Guest: Fr. Josh Johnson.

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]]> More Motivating Scriptures https://thejeffcavinsshow.fireside.fm/98 88304cbd-d6e2-40e7-9582-d1c322435db9 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Back by popular demand, Jeff compiles thirteen more motivating Scriptures to help you discern the future and to help you in times of suffering and fatigue. 31:42 no Back by popular demand, Jeff compiles thirteen more motivating Scriptures to help you discern the future and to help you in times of suffering and fatigue. We often dwell on yesterday, become frozen with fear today, and can be paralyzed by tomorrow. However, it is in our weakness that God demonstrates his power and his strength. God is the ultimate motivational speaker. For the full shownotes, include scripture verses, go to ascensionpress.com/thejeffcavinsshow motivating scriptures Back by popular demand, Jeff compiles thirteen more motivating Scriptures to help you discern the future and to help you in times of suffering and fatigue.

We often dwell on yesterday, become frozen with fear today, and can be paralyzed by tomorrow. However, it is in our weakness that God demonstrates his power and his strength. God is the ultimate motivational speaker.

For the full shownotes, include scripture verses, go to ascensionpress.com/thejeffcavinsshow

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]]> Back by popular demand, Jeff compiles thirteen more motivating Scriptures to help you discern the future and to help you in times of suffering and fatigue.

We often dwell on yesterday, become frozen with fear today, and can be paralyzed by tomorrow. However, it is in our weakness that God demonstrates his power and his strength. God is the ultimate motivational speaker.

For the full shownotes, include scripture verses, go to ascensionpress.com/thejeffcavinsshow

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