The Catholic Arsonist

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The Catholic Arsonist episodes

  • And Shaina Wept

    Shaina shares her heart for the people of St. Clare as she tells us of her adventures ahead. We all cry.

    52 min
  • Jonah at St. Clare

    This week we're joined by Liz Lozano - wife, mother, and St. Clare parishioner. Liz gives us all the details about a new ministry being launched at our parish to help all of us encounter God more deeply in our lives.

    44 min
  • Know Your Mission

    SOME DEFINITE SERVICE

    "God knows me and calls me by my name.…
    God has created me to do Him some definite service;
    He has committed some work to me
    which He has not committed to another.
    I have my mission—I never may know it in this life,
    but I shall be told it in the next.

    Somehow I am necessary for His purposes…

    I have a part in this great work;
    I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection
    between persons.
    He has not created me for naught. I shall do good,
    I shall do His work;
    I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth
    in my own place, while not intending it,
    if I do but keep His commandments
    and serve Him in my calling.

    Therefore I will trust Him.

    Whatever, wherever I am,
    I can never be thrown away.
    If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him;
    In perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him;
    If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him.
    My sickness, or perplexity, or sorrow may be
    necessary causes of some great end,
    which is quite beyond us.
    He does nothing in vain; He may prolong my life,
    He may shorten it;
    He knows what He is about.
    He may take away my friends,
    He may throw me among strangers,
    He may make me feel desolate,
    make my spirits sink, hide the future from me—
    still He knows what He is about.…
    Let me be Thy blind instrument. I ask not to see—
    I ask not to know—I ask simply to be used."

    from Meditations and Devotions,

    "Meditations on Christian Doctrine,"
    "Hope in God—Creator", March 7, 1848

    38 min
  • Chastity, Sobriety, Excellence...Oh My!

    On the virtue of Sobriety:

    "Temperance is the moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods. It ensures the will's mastery over instincts and keeps desires within the limits of what is honorable. The temperate person directs the sensitive appetites toward what is good and maintains a healthy discretion: "Do not follow your inclination and strength, walking according to the desires of your heart." Temperance is often praised in the Old Testament: "Do not follow your base desires, but restrain your appetites." In the New Testament it is called "moderation" or "sobriety." We ought "to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world." - CCC 1809

    On the virtue of Chastity:

    “Chastity is the successful integration of sexuality within the person...it includes an apprenticeship in self-mastery, which is a training in human freedom...The alternative is clear: either man governs his passions and finds peace, or he lets himself be dominated by them and becomes unhappy.” - CCC 2337-2339

    On the virtue of Excellence:

    “These men endure sufferings beyond number, they use many means to build their strength, they sweat constantly as they train... in a word, they discipline themselves in order that their whole life prior to the contest is but a preparation for it... How then can we, who have been promised rewards so wondrous in number and in splendour that no tongue can recount them (eternal life), even think of winning them if we do nothing other than spend our lives in leisure and make but half-hearted efforts" - St. Basil

    1 hr 2 min
  • Peace + Freedom

    "If he wants to exercise this ministry toward others, the priest himself must have received this grace of reconciliation and peace: he must be at peace with God (living in the freedom and joy of knowing that he is a child of God), he must be reconciled with himself (freely accepting his own weakness), and he must be reconciled with others (capable of accepting them as they are, forgiving their errors, holding no grudges against anyone). He must also be reconciled with life as it is, not being bitter or resentful toward existence. Even if life's paths are sometimes dark, painful, or deceiving, he must always maintain this trust that the Lord, like a good shepherd, "leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake" (Ps 23:3). It seems to me that the deepest meaning of the seventh beatitude could be expressed like this: blessed are those who are capable of welcoming and keeping in themselves the peace of God, in order to transmit it later to others - not spreading fear, worry, division, agitation, or bitterness around themselves, but radiating the great, kind, divine peace. May all our lives be a conduit of the Risen Christ's gift to his disciples: "Peace be with you" (Jn 20:19).

    49 min
  • College Kidz

    Fr. Andrew and Alyssa take the show to the University of Missouri to hear about how faith is being lived out on a college campus. We talk All Things New from a college kid's perspective, what growing up in a parish looked like, and how transformation is taking place in the lives of young people today. We hope this one blesses you.

    Special Guest: Mizzou Students.

    1 hr 3 min

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A weekly conversation brought to you by a parish staff with a mission to set the world ablaze. Two priests and two laywomen sit around the proverbial fire to find Christ's light amidst a dark world.…