Kresta in the Afternoon – November 13, 2023 – Hour 2
Fr. Richard Cassidy discusses St. Paul’s joyful suffering with the Philippians and Colleen Campbell shares how the saints helped her accept God’s idea of perfect.
How the Saints Helped Me Accept God's Idea of Perfect
For years, Colleen Campbell saw herself as a perfectionist. She drafted her first résumé in sixth grade, spell-checked her high-school boyfriend’s love letters, and thought of herself as an ambitious but well-rounded person who worked hard and played hard. But after she became a mother, she saw how insidiously perfectionism had infected her spiritual life, and how harmful it could be to her family. Seeking help, she turned to the saints. She joins us to share how the saints’ inspiration helped her trade her own dream of perfect for God’s.
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St Paul’s Joyful Suffering with the Philippians
In his letter to the Philippians, St Paul is in chains – and those chains are marks of his union with the suffering Christ. We look at St Paul’s persecution and the joy of the Philippians with Fr Richard Cassidy
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