You may have never been in an actual desert, but perhaps you have experienced an internal desert. Maybe you have gone through intense loneliness or doubted God. These are some of the experiences that the Israelites went through in the actual desert.
Join Jeff Cavins and his guest Fr. Boniface Hicks as they discuss the Desert Wanderings. They dive into the failings of Moses, the Israelites’ distrust, and how those experiences are not much different than ours today. What do you do when you find yourself in the desert?
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00:00 Intro
01:12 Intro to Desert Wanderings
03:11 Introduction to Fr. Boniface Hicks
05:36 What is a Benedictine monk?
07:58 The Desert Life
08:58 Israelites Distrust of God
10:22 God provides for the Israelites
10:59 Why did they doubt?
13:54 Bringing your dysfunction into the desert
16:40 God is Father
17:54 God is revealing His heart
19:30 Its not all about the rules
22:15 Addiction and the Desert
24:50 Distrust makes sense
27:27 When leaders fall
30:33 What silence reveals
33:50 Is Fr. Boniface busy?
39:06 Advice for how to prepare for what’s next
40:53 A word from Pope Benedict XVI
41:50 Advice from St. Ignatius
42:58 Taking comfort in bad things
44:23 What to tell your friend who is struggling
47:40 How Jesus helps us in the desert
51:58 Fr. Boniface’s Bible
56:15 Fr. Boniface’s favorite Biblical character
58:18 Fr. Boniface’s favorite verse from Scripture
01:03:07 Listener Question 1
01:05:53 Listener Question 2
01:09:10 Listener Question 3
01:12:56 Listener Question 4
01:17:46 Listener Question 5
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