THE CATHOLIC PODCAST

Episode 95 - Getting Tougher and Deeper in Lent

3/30/2020

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Topics we discussed:

Building our sacrifice muscles
Chewing on prayer and sacrifice throughout the day
The Valley of Megiddo and the epic battles that have and will take place there
Taking fasting (even outside of Lent!) seriously
Using virtue theology to discern the areas
Shifting from getting through spiritual reading to spiritual reading getting through us

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Episode 94 - Receiving the Lent You Didn't Choose with Fr. Andrew Strobl

3/24/2020

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Topics we discussed:

The universal experience of the Coronavirus from a priest's perspective
You didn't choose this Lent, but you can choose how to receive it
How Christ fasted for forty days then the temptations came
Taking suffering as a gift from God and embracing it
Making space for joy and suffering at the same time
Leaning into the longest Holy Saturday ever
Creating a sustainable way of life and living in an ordered way
Appreciating the domestic church

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Episode 93 - Finding the Joy in Lent with Dain Finney

3/16/2020

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Topics we discussed:

Finding the joy, relationship, and the mercy of God in Lent
The disservice we do to the faith when we lose the joy
Differences between servile fear and piety
Suffering in Lent in anticipation of the joy of Easter
The art of meaningful and good conversation and listening to the heart
The importance of a nightly examen and self care

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Episode 92 - Taking Evangelization Off Your To-Do List

2/24/2020

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Topics we discussed:

Evangelization and the Feminine Genius
The three reasons we don't share our faith with others
Taking evangelization off the to-do list
Evangelization as a way of life
How to figure out if you're more naturally inclined to being a disciple or being an apostle
Why we grow weary about sharing our faith
Men and women's different strengths when it comes to evangelization

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Episode 91 - Discovering the Church Christ Founded

2/11/2020

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Topics we discussed:

Francis Chan's search for truth
Sacred tradition and human traditions
The problem with using the New Testament against the Catholic Church
What we get wrong when we ask what God wants the Church to look like
How to recognize the Church that Christ has already built
What Justin Martyr had to say about the Mass

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Episode 90 - The Great Exchange

2/3/2020

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Topics we discussed:

The Kingdom of Heaven parables
The paradox of choice
Counting the cost of Christianity and committing
Selling all we have joyfully
Rejecting the stoic understanding of pleasure and realizing infinite joy is offered
What we get wrong about morality

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Episode 89 - Becoming a Lionhearted Saint in Hard Times

1/27/2020

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Topics we discussed:

Different responses to scandal in the Catholic Church and how they fall short
Devin's conversion from Atheism to Christianity to Catholicism
Battling lust with Aquinas and Theology of the Body
Trusting God even in times of trial like infertility and miscarriage
Doing your best, respecting the freedom of others, and leaving the results in God's hands
Learning about suffering from the saints
What to do if your child leaves Catholicism
Learning fatherhood from God the Father

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Episode 88 - Getting Work Right

1/8/2020

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Topics we discussed:

Why a conversation about work and a conversation about leisure go hand in hand
How to stop defining ourselves by our doing and realize the importance of being
What the story of Adam teaches us about being both active and contemplative
Coming to a faith-filled understanding of both work and leisure
What makes institutions primary and secondary (and why business should be secondary)
How leaders can transform work environments with meaningful work and subsidiarity
Some businesses that get work (and leisure!) right
What Sunday has to do with getting work right

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"Getting Work Right: Labor and Leisure in a Fragmented World" by Dr. Michael Naughton

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Episode 87 - It's Always Christmas in Bethlehem

12/30/2019

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Topics we discussed:

The story and mission of Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem
The work of the Order of Malta in Palestine and around the world
How Holy Family Hospital has a pro-life mission that impacts many
How Ambassador Bowe's work with Holy Family Hospital has impacted the way she celebrates Advent
The return of relics of the manger to Bethlehem

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Episode 86 - An Antidote to a Commercialized Christmas

12/23/2019

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Topics we discussed:

When the Christmas season really begins
Doing less in Advent and giving more to those who have less this Advent
The difference between tithing, almsgiving, and charitable giving
Our duty in justice to provide for the Catholic Church
God given inequality and unmerited gifts
Why you should check your heart before you give charitably
Why the right to private property is legitimate but not absolute
A Catholic understanding of the common good
The theology of the gift
Humility versus ingratitude

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Episode 85 - How Did the Bible Come to Be?

12/16/2019

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Topics we discussed:

Common misunderstandings about the origin of the Bible
The canon of Scripture
Why Catholics don't rely on Scripture alone for doctrine
Which books belong in the Bible
Whether the Word of God and the Bible are synonyms

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Episode 84 - Simple Advents are Best

12/3/2019

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Topics we discussed:

Introducing Advent to your children
Simple ways to celebrate the season without setting yourself up for failure
The beauty of the gift
Asking your kids meaningful questions
Recognizing the humanity of others this Advent
Talking to your kids about St. Nicholas

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Episode 83 - Eucharistic Theology with Saint Gregory of Nyssa

11/18/2019

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Topics we discussed:

Why the Eucharist is the Source and Summit of our faith
The three categories of Eucharistic theology
The deeper issues discovered in the recent Pew Research on the Eucharist
St. Gregory of Nyssa and the basics of Transubstantiation
The connection between the Eucharist and the bodily resurrection
How the sacraments are pointed to the Eucharist

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Episode 82 - Inculturation and the Amazon Synod

11/11/2019

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Topics we discussed:

The background and purpose for the Amazon synod
The two problems behind the Amazon synod from the beginning
The natural human desire for God
Saint John Paul II's thoughts on inculturation
Living out our roles of priests, prophets, and kings

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Episode 81 - Answering the Protestant Reformation with Catholic Restoration of Art

11/4/2019

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Topics we discussed:

The Catholic art restoration and the Protestant Reformation
Why Catholics take art so seriously in the first place
The artists who answered the reformation with beauty
The radical and intentional messages artists left for popes, bishops, and lay people

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