The Catholic Cafe

So...what did you give up for Lent? How many times have we heard this asked of us? Or, how many times have we asked others this same question? It's not necessarily a bad thing. But, sometimes, we forget about the purpose and meaning behind the fasting and abstinence, as well as their constant Lenten companions, prayer and almsgiving. Join Deacon Jeff and Tom in the Luxurious Corner Booth as they discuss how to harness the spiritual joy of Lent through the disciplines of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

Do you trust God? Even in the face of what seems to be your worst fear? That's the question one high-school teacher had to ask himself when he found out that his wife was to give birth to a child with a defect called spina bifida. For him it was a life-transforming and even miraculous event. Join Deacon Jeff and Tom as they welcome Chad Judice, author of Waiting For Eli: A Father's Journey From Fear To Faith to the Luxurious Corner Booth to discuss his journey of faith, and the important revelations about God's love and grace that he experienced.

Join Deacon Jeff and Tom as they welcome to the Luxurious Corner Booth Michael Cumbie, a former Southern Baptist minister (and we DO mean Southern) who found his way home to the Church of Rome. Listen in and find out what made this good Christian man, steeped in Southern Gospel tradition, do what many Southern Baptists find very difficult to comprehend...joining the Catholic Church!

Are you an evangelist? Do you even know what it really means to be an evangelist? Join Deacon Jeff and Tom as they welcome internationally known speaker, teacher...and evangelist Kelly Wahlquist to the Luxurious Corner Booth to discuss the New Evangelization and the importance of sharing the Joy of the Gospel while living and expressing a life of joy.

Have you ever wondered what Sacred Scripture means by the brothers and sisters of Jesus? Why, as Catholics, is it a problem to believe that Mary had other children after the virgin birth of our Lord? Join Deacon Jeff and Tom in the Luxurious Corner Booth as they explore the important dogmatic teaching of the Perpetual Virginity of Mary and why it is so important to believe this in our day.

Undoubtedly, many if not all lovers will hasten out to buy their loved ones tokens of their love in honor of St Valentine's Day every February 14th. It is sometimes a beautiful gesture, but does this really show how much we love someone? It does call into question just what we mean by true love. Join Deacon Jeff and Tom in the Luxurious Corner Booth to discover how we can see how our acts of love might (or might not) measure up to the greatest act of love history has ever known...Jesus on the Cross.

How close are you to your bible? Would you say you are intimate? Or, just acquainted? Join Deacon Jeff and Tom in the Luxurious Corner Booth as they discuss the need to become and the process of becoming intimately involved in God by becoming more intimately involved in Sacred Scripture.

Are you a disciple of Christ? Do you really know what that means? Is it the same for Catholics and non-Catholics alike? Join Deacon Jeff and Tom in the Luxurious Corner Booth as they discuss the meaning, purpose and importance of answering Jesus' call to Go and make disciples of all the nations.

We've all had the experience of driving down Main Street in Anytown, USA and seeing church after church of many different types and denominations. Are they ultimately all about the same? Were they all founded or started about the same time? Are they all just different flavors of spiritual ice cream as it were? Join Deacon Jeff and Tom in the Luxurious Corner Booth as they discuss the Catholic Church's approach and reasoned response to the historic splintering of Christianity.

We all make New Year's resolutions. But, do they really change us? Usually not. We end up making some of those same resolutions year after year. So...how do we really and substantially make truly transformative changes in our lives? Join Deacon Jeff and Tom in the Luxurious Corner Booth as they discuss the power and promise - and transformation - Jesus and His Church offer us through the Sacraments.