The Catholic Man Show
Promoting the virtuous life. Adam and David have been best friends for 30 years and love being Catholic, husbands, and fathers. They enjoy whisky, beer, bacon, flamethrowers, St. Thomas Aquinas, virtue, true leisure, and authentic friendship. The show is typically broken down into 3 segments - A drink, a gear, and a topic. We are on the Lord's team. The winning side. So raise your glass. #CheerstoJesus You can support our show by going to www.patreon.com/thecatholicmanshow
Episodes
This week we welcome Fr. Bonaventure Chapman, O.P. into the studio because we got some questions...
In this episode we discuss:
- What is longanimity?
- Would it have been better for Judas to never have been born?
- Virtue
- Can people in purgatory pray for us?
- Should we watch movies that have non-simulated sins in them?
- And of course... aliens
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April 18, 2024 • 83 mins
This week we welcome Dr. Alan Harrelson into the studio to talk about pipes, tobacco, and his conversion.
In this episode we discuss:
- The Pipe Cottage - Check out his website
- Pipe Cottage Social
- The different tobaccos
- How pipe smoking leads to contemplation
- His journey into the Catholic faith
- Importance of Catholic community and much more
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April 13, 2024 • 84 mins
Adam and David talk about what they wish they would have known 10 years ago about the virtuous and ordered life.
In this episode we discuss:
- Beginning with God each day
- Virtue of Decorum
- Resting in Christ
- Avoiding Idleness
- Courage
- Suffering in Silence
- Asking for Forgiveness
- Reading Good Books
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April 4, 2024 • 66 mins
Fr. Sean O'Brien joins us in studio to talk about evangelizing, Catholic culture, and encounter.
In this episode we discuss:
- The importance of prayer in evangelization
- Involving the community in small towns
- Tips on evangelization
- The importance of listening in evangelization
You can check out Fr. Sean's podcast here.
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March 28, 2024 • 94 mins
Adam and David reflect on what some of the Church Fathers and early Christian saints said about Jesus in the Agony of the Garden.
In this episode we discuss:
- The meaning of the location of the garden
- Was Jesus fearful of death?
- The meaning behind Jesus 3 times telling the apostles to pray in the garden
- Christ's prayers in the garden
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March 26, 2024 • 67 mins
Adam and David discuss George of Cappadocia's new book, Chivalry: An Ideal Whose Time Has Come Again
In this episode we discuss:
- What is chivalry?
- Prowess
- Courtesy
- Honor
- Generosity
- Loyalty
- Faith
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March 22, 2024 • 47 mins
Jeff Cavins joins us to talk about his relationship with Mother Angelica.
In this episode we discuss:
- Who was Mother Angelica?
- Would she be as successful today?
- How did Jeff's relationship with Mother Angelica help him?
- Stories about Mother Angelica, radio stations, and television.
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March 15, 2024 • 66 mins
Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. joins us to talk about the importance of preaching within the home.
In this episode we discuss:
- Fr. Ephrem's journey into the Catholic Church
- The importance of priests in the domestic church
- The simplicity of building Catholic culture in the home
- How Catholic community is built
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March 7, 2024 • 62 mins
Adam and David talk about the death of a secular man, a careless Christian, and a just man. What do their preparations of death look like? St. Alphonsus Liguori answers the question in his work entitled, Preparation for Death: Considerations on Eternal Truths.
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February 29, 2024 • 93 mins
Adam and David discuss a booklet by Tan Publishing entitled, 25 Ways to Crush the Serpent.
In this episode we discuss:- Spiritual Warfare
- Prayer
- Guardian Angels
- Peace of Soul
- Trust in God
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February 23, 2024 • 64 mins
Adam and David talk about the virtue of magnanimity.
In this episode we discuss:- What is magnanimity?
- How did the pagans view magnanimity?
- How should Christians view magnanimity?
- Practical ways to grow in the virtue.
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February 21, 2024 • 63 mins
Adam and David talk about a farming adventure that they are glad that's over plus the idols that might be keeping us from God.
In this episode we discuss:- The First Commandment
- Idols that are obvious in our lives
- Idols that might be keeping us from God
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February 12, 2024 • 62 mins
Adam and David talk about the benefits of rough housing with your children and why we get discouraged.
What are the benefits of rough housing with your kids?- Boundaries are established
- Strengthening father/child bonds
- Physical development
- Emotional intelligence
- Risk taking and resilience
How we get discouraged:
- Our vision of our goal grows dim
- T...
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February 5, 2024 • 70 mins
As we approach the Lenten season, Adam and David talk about the 7 forms of bodily discipline according to St. Peter of Damaskos
In this episode, we discuss:- Stillness
- Moderate Fasting
- Moderate Vigils
- Recital of Psalms
- Spiritual Prayer
- Reading the writings and lives of the fathers
- Questioning those with experience
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January 30, 2024 • 70 mins
Adam and David talk about what we can learn from hermits and how those lessons can be applied in our daily life.
In this episode, we discuss:- What's the purpose of a hermit?
- What is the purpose of the ascetic life?
- What Aquinas says about perfections, solitude, and friendship.
- The desert and the territory of demons.
- What is contemplation?
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January 22, 2024 • 84 mins
Adam and Dave are back in the studio to talk about SEEK, farming, and an unavoidable outcome... death.
In this episode, we discuss:- The considerations of one's own death
- The torments of hell
- The joy of heaven
- Lament over the time wasted
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January 15, 2024 • 58 mins
Paul Rugg is an Emmy award-winning writer, voice actor, producer, and puppeteer.
In this episode, we discuss:- The are the purposes of cartoons
- Why story telling has gone so bad
- How to get into the mind-frame of a character
- How to promote creativity to your children
- Can the television be used as a teacher?
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December 31, 2023 • 62 mins
Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. joins us to talk about Authentic Spirituality.
In this episode, we discuss:- What do we mean when we say Authentic Spirituality?
- How does the intellectual life assist with our spiritual life?
- How does emotions help and deter our spiritual life?
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December 27, 2023 • 91 mins
Nick Meyer joins us to talk about how to bring people to Christ without being weird about it.
In this episode, we discuss:- Importance of a prayer life
- Having good friends in your life
- The importance of courage
- How Exodus 90 changed our lives
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December 21, 2023 • 69 mins
Deacon Harrison Garlick joins us in studio to talk about the crisis of fat-souled men and to make an announcement about an upcoming project:
In this episode, we discuss:- Ascending the Ladder of Love
- The Descent and the Demon of our Day
- The Crisis of our Age
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