Opening with Psalm 66 and the image of being brought "through fire and through water," Chris explores how fire in Scripture is not destruction but refinement, tracing that theme through Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the furnace, St. Polycarp, St. Lucy, and St. Dominic de Guzmán — whose trial-by-fire debate with the Cathars led directly to Mary appearing and handing him the first Rosary as a "battering ram" for spiritual warfare. He introduces the Millennial saint Carlos Acutis — a Halo-playing teenager who catalogued Eucharistic miracles online before dying at 15 in 2006 — and asks what excuse the rest of us have for staying silent about our faith when faced with far lesser fires. The episode is a call to fearless witness, venerated across Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran traditions alike.

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