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Retreats: Essential or Indulgent?

Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

Show Notes

Just as we would prioritize a vacation with our family or our husband or our wife, we ought to also prioritize a getaway with God. In today’s episode, Fr. Josh Johnson encourages us to get away, break our routines, and listen to the voice of God. He unfolds how important retreats are for him in his walk with God, and how life-changing different types of retreats can be for us, no matter what state of life we find ourselves in.

Snippet From the Show

If God is important to us, then God deserves to be on our calendar.

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