The Catholic Warrior Podcast

About a month ago I locked back in. Rosary, guardian angel prayer, daily readings every single day. State of grace. Confession every two weeks. Training. Tracking my food. Nothing crazy, just the baseline, every day, no misses. And my life did a 180.Here is the part most guys miss. All my problems came from the fact that I only gave a shit about me. The porn, the lust, the drinking, the drugs, all of it was selfishness. You cannot give anything out of nothing. If you have cultivated no internal discipline and no internal love, there is nothing to pour out on your wife, your kids, or anybody else.So I ordered myself first, and now I can give it away. My wife is seeking me out again. I'm actually present at my son's T-ball game instead of running bills and clients in my head. That's the love zone. That's the feeling I'm after.I also get into how comfort creeps in slowly, why your problems get harder as you stack marriage, kids and businesses, and why the routine is the only thing that keeps it from feeling soul crushing. If your life feels chaotic, I promise you the basics you actually control are chaotic too. Start there.If you're a man who has gotten comfortable and knows it, this one is for you.Book a 1 on 1 coaching call with me: https://catholicwarrior.com/#coaching

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I'm back. This is the whole story of where I've been the last month and why I stepped away from the pod.I built the Catholic Warrior app earlier this year and severely underestimated what it would take out of me. It pulled my focus off my one on one guys and I became a coach I wasn't proud of, so I stopped taking new clients. I wasn't going to sell coaching I couldn't deliver on. Then I started a third business. Then came my wife's birthday, I got drunk for the first time in years, and the next morning I intentionally skipped Mass. I sat in that grimy place for almost two weeks.What got me out was confession, a wife who refuses to appease me, and one honest look at the truth: nothing was working because I had quit doing the daily process that built me in the first place. Not tracking, not dialed, just comfortable and spotty. The same thing I call my clients out on.So I went back to square one. 4 AM, black coffee, rosary, journal, daily readings, hard training, macros tracked to a T. Haven't missed a day since. The alignment came back fast, and so did the love for the work.If you're a man who has gotten comfortable and knows it, this one is for you. Get your ego out of the way and get back to the process.Build the daily process with me. The Catholic Warrior app runs your training, macros and prayer in one place. 7 days free: https://catholicwarrior.comWant to work with me one on one: https://catholicwarrior.com/#coachingViva Cristo Rey.

Quick heads up. Next week I'm dropping my interview with Dr. Dan Schneider and it's one of the best conversations I've had on this podcast. You're going to want to hear that one.
But I need to talk about something first. Since working with Dr. Schneider, the spiritual warfare has gone to another level. Not in a bad way. In the way where you know you're doing something right because the enemy is not happy about it. When you start making real moves in your spiritual life and actually addressing the things that need to be addressed, don't be surprised when the attacks ramp up. That's how you know it's working.
I get into all of that in this episode. What I've been experiencing, why I think it's happening, and how I'm handling it. Stay tuned for next week because that interview with Dr. Schneider is going to be a game changer.
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Your 20s are the time to build yourself into something useful. Not later. Now.
In this episode I talk about the skills that every man needs to be developing right now. Fighting. Fishing. Hunting. Cooking. Cleaning. Learning how to eat right and actually take care of your body. Getting your spiritual life in order. Building real relationships. Understanding your own emotions instead of running from them.
Most guys cruise through their 20s without learning any of this and then wonder why they feel lost at 30. The truth is nobody is going to hand you this stuff. You have to go get it. You have to put yourself in uncomfortable situations, learn things the hard way, and actually commit to becoming a well-rounded man. Not just strong. Not just spiritual. Not just smart. All of it.
These skills aren't optional. They're the foundation for everything. For being a good husband. A good father. A man your family can depend on. If you're in your 20s right now, pay attention. If you're past your 20s and you skipped some of this, it's not too late but stop wasting time.
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Here's the concept. If a man is right, his world will be right. Simple to say. Hard to actually live out.
In this episode I break down what it really looks like when a man takes ownership of himself spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Not just one of those. All of them. And in the right order. Because most guys are grinding in one area and completely neglecting another. Or they have the order all wrong and they're wondering why nothing is clicking even though they feel like they're doing everything.
When you get yourself right, everything around you starts to shift. Your marriage. Your kids. Your friendships. Your work. It all flows from you being locked in the way you're supposed to be. And when you're off, everything around you feels it too. Your family feels it. Your wife feels it. That's the weight we carry as men and it's not a burden, it's a responsibility.
I also let you guys know I'm heading out on vacation so I'll catch you on the other side.
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This one's personal. I get into something that I think a lot of Mexican Catholics can relate to but nobody really talks about. Growing up in a culture where the faith is there but it's mixed with stuff that has no business being anywhere near it. Tarot cards, brujeria, spiritual practices that people don't even realize are straight up witchcraft. Sometimes they know exactly what they're doing. Sometimes they genuinely don't. Either way it opens doors that should never be opened.
I share my own experience with a tarot reading and the spiritual warfare that came from it. Real stuff. And I talk about why this is such a specific attack on Mexican Catholics in particular. Mexico belongs to Our Lady. That's not just a saying. Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared there for a reason and the devil knows that. So he attacks it harder than anywhere else.
I also get into the Cristero War and how that plays into all of this. The way the enemy has gone after Mexico and its people throughout history is not a coincidence. There's a pattern. And if you're Mexican and Catholic, you need to understand what you're actually up against.

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Things are going good right now. Joy, peace, the app is popping. But that's the thing. The storm is always coming back around. So how do you weather it?
In this episode I talk about perseverance. The real kind. The kind where you're getting punched in the face over and over and you keep going anyway. I talk about spiritual warfare, deliverance prayers, Fr. Chad Ripperger's book, and what happens when you actually start praying those prayers consistently.
I also get into this movie about St. Damien of Molokai that I watched with my grandma. This man signed his own death certificate walking onto that island and he did it willingly because souls needed saving. That's the kind of heart we need.
Rob Renzi came on the Brosary this week and dropped one line that hit me hard. "It all boils down to a lack of trust." Simple. True. And I break down why we need to trust God like our kids trust us. My daughter literally dives off the couch face first because she knows I'll catch her. That's the level.
Perseverance is the whole game. It's a marathon. Stay in grace. Go to confession. Don't abuse His mercy. The only one who can mess this up is you.
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New Episodes every Sunday.Train Hard. Pray Harder.Join the brotherhood today: https://catholicwarrior.com/I made a post this week that lit the comments on fire. Apparently saying the Catholic Church is the one true faith is enough to get every Protestant on the internet in their feelings. So on this episode I'm addressing all of it.I'm also going deep on a part of history most people never learned. The British versus the French. The Spanish Empire. The incredible era of Catholic civilization that built the western world while Protestant nations were busy tearing it apart. I talk about movies I watched recently that brought this whole period to life and why understanding Catholic history matters if you want to understand where we are right now.If you call yourself a Christian but you reject the Church that Christ built, this episode is going to challenge you. If you're Catholic and you've never studied the history of your own Faith, this one's going to fire you up.Download The Catholic Warrior App Today and start your 7-day trial: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/catholic-warrior/id6761282461

Last night I got hit with a demonic attack in my sleep. I'm talking about it on this episode because too many men have no idea what spiritual warfare actually looks like or how to fight back when it comes for you. I break down what happened, what it means, and why you need to be ready for it. This is real. The enemy is real. And if you're not prepared, you're already losing.I'm also announcing the official release of the Catholic Warrior app. It's live on the App Store right now. Workouts, daily disciplines, brotherhood accountability, all in one place.

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Nobody told you that you had to be a traddie in a cassock to be Catholic. Nobody told you that you had to fit inside someone else's box.The truth is — the Church is big enough for all of us. The hunter. The fighter. The guy who's still figuring it out. The man who's been away and is finding his way back. You don't have to be perfect.

You just have to show up.In this episode I'm talking about the niche Catholic gatekeeping that drives men away from the Faith instead of drawing them in. The cliques. The purity spirals. The guys who make you feel like you're not Catholic enough. That's not the Church. That's pride wearing a rosary.

We are all on the same team. We are all fighting the same enemy. And the moment we start treating each other like opponents is the moment the devil wins.Be proud to be Catholic. All of it. The whole thing. Not just the parts that fit your aesthetic.