{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Holy Banter: St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church Podcast","title":"S2 | E20 How Spider-Man, Transubstantiation and a Big Imagination Led to Priesthood with Fr. Andrew Morand","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3829,"description":"What happens when a science-loving kid who once tried walking on water grows up? He becomes a priest of course!\nIn this episode of Holy Banter, Christina and Andrea sit down with Father Andrew Morand, who grew up at St. Alphonsus, to talk about his unexpected journey from curious kid to diocesan priest. Father Andrew shares how hearing the word “transubstantiation” during First Communion prep first captured his imagination, why he once thought priests knew secret “magic words” and how retreats, Catholic community, prayer and a growing desire to enter more deeply into the spiritual life eventually led him to discern the priesthood.\nAlong the way, Father Andrew talks about learning to hear God in silence, the joys and sacrifices of spiritual fatherhood, and what it means to preach to the person in the pew who may be suffering the most. And, of course, he explains how a 40-hour Minecraft experiment using canon law unexpectedly reached hundreds of thousands of people and sparked some surprisingly deep conversations about the Catholic faith.\nIt’s a funny, thoughtful conversation about science, faith, vocation, prayer and discovering that sometimes God’s call becomes clear long before you’re completely sure you want to answer it.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dhy2ecBai6Y8pZCqMMADpxsAwDHWtQoE36ZwKrxshY0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mNzA2/ZDMwMGJkODA0NGYx/ZmU2NjNlODA2MmNk/NzA1Yy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}