# Knowing God as Father | Getting to Know God, Part 1

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Podcast: [St. Josemaria Institute Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/st-josemaria-institute-podcast-173226)
Published: 2026-07-14T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this first meditation of our three-part series on St. Josemaria's homily Getting to Know God, Msgr. Fred Dolan invites us to rediscover the foundational truth of the Christian life, that we are beloved children of God. As St. Josemaria reminds us, “We are children of God and we can talk things over with him and spend time with him, just as trustingly as a son does with his father” (Friends of God, no. 145). Msgr. Dolan invites us to pray with the simplicity of spiritual childhood, en...

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