The Catholic Commute

A Response to Dr. Peterson

In this episode I discuss 5 steps to helping us to really love those neighbors who are super annoying. Sometimes those neighbors live next door, while sometimes we're married to them. Whoever it is that annoys you, you have a Christian duty to love them - directly from our Lord Himself!

I'm really excited, I think this is an organization that everyone needs to know about. Young Catholic Professionals (YCP) is a Catholic apostolate that builds the faith in the younger generations. When I consider the statistics concerning the faithful of that generation, this organization has a crucial mission!

Mini episode this time, just want to throw out a thought I had today. We all like to think that, especially as Christians, we can stand on our laurels.

Truth is we really can't, we all must cling to the blood and sacrifice of Christ for our worth and merit. When so doing, we find the deeper ability to actually be our brother's keeper.

I've encountered several actual tragedies recently, and have been asked the question "What am I supposed to do? How do I keep my faith?" These are really hard questions to answer

I've been thinking a lot, and I propose 7 thing to consider when facing a tragedy. None of these make it "OK" or can take away the truly terrible feeling of facing down a huge amount of suffering. Suffering sucks, no matter how holy one is.

The opportunity with suffering, however, is different. It gives us an option to try to really become something new. It gives us an opportunity to participate with Christ.

In this episode, I try to come up with some really practical things to think about in the face of a tragedy. Whatever level of suffering you may be facing, you will hopefully find some help here.

You can read the shownotes here.

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Men and women are different. Although many in society try to pretend like that's not true, more and more secular psychologists are realizing it. Understanding that there ARE differences is not the same as being able to reach ACROSS those differences. As we all work to improve our marriages, we learn more and more tools to help reach. Today I share one new tool with you.

In this episode, I introduce the concept of a "Meadow Report." It's an analogy that helps both genders better understand how to connect. Rather than describe it, I encourage you to listen!

You can read the shownotes here:

If you want to listen to the original Tony Robbins video that gave my wife and I this idea, you can find it below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLSqzMqI8tA

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Ryan DellaCrosse is a really cool dude. He is a great example to us all about how to push through, work hard, and keep the faith. He has six children, is the CEO of his own business (a Catholic-focused marketing company), and has teamed up with an awesome group to launch a brand new podcast. You're going to love him!

In this episode I get Ryan for 30 minutes and we explore what he's done, while also trying to extract some practical advice along the way. Ryan, like all of us, has had some hard moments - and he's willing to share. Furthermore, you'll learn about some really neat new happenings in the Catholic world.

Ryan is part of the team that has launched the podcast The Catholic Talk Show. You can check it out here or in your podcast player of choice!

Ryan's Company is Fuzati. You can read about it on their webpage.

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Discussion of his new book Clueless in Galilee: A Fresh Take on the Gospels

I've just returned from a series of hunting trip and have had some amazing adventures. Along the way, I've learned a couple lessons, and would love to share them. It's easy to get distracted with unimportant things of life, but staying on track requires intentionality.

Caryll Houselander writes about how easy it is for us Catholics, via the sledgehammer of zeal and truth, to beat down the inner secret hope of the people whom we are trying to connect to. God has reached out to everyone somehow. For many people, this touch can be so subtle they don't realize it as such. Yet, they can still be super important and powerful.

In this episode I talk about how we can better connect with God, not through logic and reason, but instead through the innermost fiber of ourselves. God has been trying to reach us our entire lives. He knows better than we do how to best do that. It's time to listen!

You can read the shownotes here.

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