The Passing Currents Podcast

The Passing Currents Podcast

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  • Episode 53: More Than My Desires
    “My name is Avera, I’m here to set the world on fire, and take everybody with me, and take the heretics down.”
    And with that, you meet this week’s guest, the ever-joyous Avera Maria Santo. Avera is a writer, speaker, and social media presence whose zeal for the Gospel is irresistible. In particular, her personal witness to living the Church’s teachings on same-sex attraction is of unparalleled importance today. In this episode, Avera shares her story and mission to spread the truth about God’s will for us and our desires. Please enjoy this laughter-filled interview (unless ye be a heretic, in which case, look out)!
    Recommended Reads: Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay, Daniel Mattson; Made for Love, Fr. Mike Schmitz; Avera’s Letter to the Synod of Bishops; Inside My Holy of Holies
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  • Episode 52: A Fun, Lighthearted Chat About, Uh, Damnation
    Déjà vu! The boys hearken back to Episode 25 and talk justification once again, this time with a very important qualifying question: namely, if one disagrees, can he still be saved? In other words, is disbelief in works’ role in justification an “unforgivable sin?” SPOILER ALERT!!! No. No it’s not. But as Father Fabian always said…
    Recommended Reads: Engrafted into Christ, Christopher Malloy; History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium, James Hitchcock; Case for Catholicism, Trent Horn; Catholic Christianity, Peter Kreeft
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  • Episode 51: If Only Even One
    Brian sits down to record an episode with a new friend. Todd from “If Only Even One” ministries talks about saving faith, and what it’s like to stand outside preaching with a big cross.
    Recommended Reads and Authors (from Todd): The Sovereignty of God, A.W. Pink; R.C. Sproul; John Macarthur; Tim Challies; If Only Even One
    Recommended Reads (from the podcast): Catholicism and Fundamentalism, Karl Keating; Rome Sweet Home, Scott Hahn; Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic, David Currie
    Watch This: Dr. Kreeft’s Testimony
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  • Episode 50: The Purpose of Worship
    It’s our FIFTIETH EPISODE! Thank you to all of you who have been with us through this last year. It’s been a blast for us; we hope it has been for you as well. This week, Brian and Eric sit down to discuss Eric’s interview with his friend Jake. They talk about the point of church attendance, the role of the community, and how the Catholic Church speaks to the younger generation about the necessity of Mass.
    Recommended Reads: Truth and Tolerance, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger; A Biblical Walk Through the Mass, Dr. Edward Sri; Consuming the Word, Scott Hahn; The Power of Silence, Robert Cardinal Sarah.
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  • Episode 49: CHURCH! What Is It Good For?
    This week, Eric sits down with Jacob, his old friend and teammate from high school. Despite knowing Jake since they were kids, he and Eric had never had a real conversation about faith...until now. The pair primarily discusses the purpose of regular church attendance and its impact on one's faith and character, as well as the problems with effectively conveying that impact to others.
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  • Episode 48: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
    This week, the boys discuss Brian's interview with his good friend Eric. They address, in part, mortality and the role of death in our understanding of life and faith, but primarily focus on Eric's final question: is there something that could make you NOT Catholic? The boys each give their own answers, and also discuss why the sex scandal and coverup in the Church, though abhorrent and in need to rooting out, is NOT a reason to leave the Catholic Church.
    As mentioned in the episode, instead of recommended reads this week, we have a collection of talks/podcasts/videos assessing the scandal that do a much better job than we do. Since we are not, at this time, devoting a specific episode to the scandal (though as you'll hear, we discuss it at length here in relation to Eric's interview and will continue to do so in the future), we encourage you to listen to all of these resources. They are honest yet hopeful in ways that are deeply necessary as we go forward.
    1. Catholic Stuff You Should Know: The Scandal and the Scouring
    2. Father Mike Schmitz: The Pennsylvania Sex Scandal
    3. Father Mike Schmitz: Repentence and Church Reform
    4. Bishop Barron: Q&A about the Sexual Abuse Crisis
    5. Bishop Barron: Why Remain Catholic (With So Much Scandal)
    6. Pints with Aquinas: Should Pope Francis Resign?
    7. Pints With Aquinas: The Homosexual Problem in the Priesthood
    8. Pints With Aquinas: From Scandal to Hope
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  • Episode 47: E-R-I-C (As God Intended It)
    Brian's original best friend named Eric, not to be confused with Eric or Aric, graces the show with his presence. Hear how an average atheist responds to things like Aquinas, morality, and mortality. 
    Recommended Reads: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, Eliezer Yudkowsky; How to Actually Change Your Mind, Eliezer Yudkowski; A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking
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  • Episode 46: Beauty in the Eye of the Listener
    WE'RE BACK! Welcome, one and all, to Season Two. The boys open the new season with some reflections on beauty as a transcendental, with a particular eye toward its role in evangelization.
    We're so pumped to be back. We hope you are too.
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  • Theology on Tap VI: There's Something About Mary (Dana Petricka)

    In this, the final Theology on Tap presentation, Dana Petricka (youth and young adult director for Pax Christi Catholic Church in Rochester, MN, and dear friend of the podcast) spoke on the Catholic Church's teachings on Mary and shared her own experience and relationship with Mary as well. As always, there was a fantastic Q&A session afterward. Be sure to check out the recommended reads attached to the episode!

    Recommended Reads: BOOK CATEGORY: Hail, Holy Queen, Scott Hahn; True Devotion to Mary, St. Louis de Montfort; World's First Love, Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen; The Sources of Catholic Dogma, Henry Denzinger.

    Recommended Reads: CHURCH DOC CATEGORY: Ineffabilit Deus, Pope Bl. Pius IX; Munificentissimus Deus, Pope Pius XII; Christi Matri, Pope Paul VI; Signum Magnum, Pope Paul VI; Marialis Cultus, Pope Paul VI; Redemptoris Mater, Pope St. John Paul II; Stuff from the Lateran Council in 649 (regarding Mary's perpetual virginity); Stuff from the Council of Ephesus in 431 (regarding Mary as the Theotokos).

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  • Theology on Tap V: Grill the Priest (Father Jason Kern)
    Finally, the one you've been waiting for...The fifth installment of our Theology on Tap series: Grill the Priest with the great Father Jason Kern. Father Kern is vocations director for the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, and spent well over an hour answering questions of all kinds. Enjoy!
    NOTE: There were over two dozen questions submitted by the audience that we were unable to get to due to time. We have saved those questions and are still going to set up a time with Father Kern to have him answer the remainder. We'll post the audio of that when it happens!
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