Wannabe Saints

In this episode, we sit down with Father Sean Grismer to talk about the divide between Catholics who identify as traditional and those who identify as charismatic. We unpack the common misconceptions each group often has about the other and explore how both expressions are meant to exist together within the life of the Church. Rather than being opposing spiritualities, tradition and charismatic renewal each highlight important aspects of Catholic life—reverence for the Church’s rich heritage and openness to the living movement of the Holy Spirit. Father Sean explains how when we embrace both, we begin to experience the Church more fully. Ultimately, the conversation invites us to move beyond labels and rediscover a faith that is both deeply rooted and spiritually alive. More from Fr. Sean Grismer: Dose of the Ghost My Lourdes Faith Journey More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this episode, Sr. Gabriela reflects on Mary as the perfect example of obedience to God and purity of heart. Mary’s “yes” shows us what it means to trust God completely and allow His will to guide our lives. We also discuss how purity is about having an undivided heart, free from unhealthy attachments. Sr. Gabriela reminds us that what we watch, listen to, and consume can fill our minds and hearts with “trash,” so we must choose what is good, true, and life-giving. Ultimately, obedience and purity are not burdens — they bring order, peace, and real freedom, helping us live with God at the center. Follow Sister: Instagram: @scmc.baltic  or click this Link Facebook same as Instagram @scmc.baltic Website: www.sistersofcharity.com More from Wannabe Saints 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: wannabesaintspodcast@gmail.com 📸 Follow us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

Valentine’s Day is more than chocolates, flowers, and romance—it’s about a love that gives. In this short reflection, we dive into the true meaning behind Valentine's Day, exploring the sacrificial love of St. Valentine and how he followed the ultimate example of love: Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. As Catholics, we know Valentine’s Day is so much more than what the world tells us. It’s about loving others beyond words—through actions, selflessness, and sacrifice. Let’s rediscover what this day is really about and embrace the deeper, truer love it calls us to. Happy Saint Valentine's Day! Have a question, comment, or topic you'd like us to cover? Reach out to us at wannabesaintspodcast@gmail.com or on Instagram @Wannabe_Saints. Find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/WannabeSaints

In this episode, Jordyn and Rachael explore the virtue of kindness and what it truly means to practice it in everyday life. They reflect on how the bar for kindness can feel surprisingly low in today’s world, where simple decency often stands out. They discuss kindness as more than just being “nice,” breaking down several virtues that fall under it—like dependability, courtesy, politeness, and discipline—as well as vices that work against it, including selfishness, malice, despair, and discouragement. Referencing The Hidden Power of Kindness, they highlight kindness as a transformative strength and a daily choice that can impact both individuals and communities. Link to the Hidden Power of Kindness More from Wannabe Saints 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: wannabesaintspodcast@gmail.com 📸 Follow us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this episode of Wannabe Saints, Jordyn and Rachael continue their conversation with Daniel, Rachael’s brother, focusing on humility, courage, and leadership. Daniel shares about a painful relationship and the difficult season that followed, including what it looked like to make amends and allow God to humble and transform his heart. He reflects on how that hardship became a turning point, inviting deeper surrender and healing. They then talk about courage and what it meant for Daniel to live differently after that relationship — choosing virtue, responsibility, and truth. The episode closes with a conversation on leadership and what it means to live as a patriarch: laying down his life for his wife, rejecting selfishness, and choosing the greater good of family life. Resources Mentioned: • The Freedom Group • Fight the New Drug • Covenant Eyes • Reclaim More from Wannabe Saints 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: wannabesaintspodcast@gmail.com 📸 Follow us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this episode of Wannabe Saints, Jordyn and Rachael sit down with Daniel, Rachael’s brother, to begin a new conversation on masculinity rooted in virtue. Part One focuses on perseverance and chastity. Daniel vulnerably shares about growing up in his faith, the loneliness and struggles he faced, and how perseverance was formed through his childhood. He then opens up about his early exposure, his battle with pornography, and the healing journey that led him toward freedom and redemption in God. This episode points to the reality that authentic masculinity is not about perfection, but about perseverance, purity, and allowing God to redeem what is broken. Resources Mentioned: • The Freedom Group • Fight the New Drug • Covenant Eyes • Reclaim More from Wannabe Saints 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: wannabesaintspodcast@gmail.com 📸 Follow us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this episode of Wannabe Saints, we reflect on charity and why it is the foundation of all virtues. Drawing from Scripture and the Catechism, we explore what charity truly means — loving God above all things for His own sake, loving ourselves rightly, and loving our neighbor for the love of God. We look at how charity orders our lives, grounds our identity as “the one Jesus loves,” and perfects every other virtue through justice, humility, and self-gift. We also reflect on the radical call to love our enemies and how this kind of love transforms us and aligns us with the heart of the Father. The episode concludes with practical ways to live charity daily and a Litany of Charity. Resources Mentioned: I Believe in Love More from Wannabe Saints 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: wannabesaintspodcast@gmail.com 📸 Follow us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this week’s Advent miniseries, we reflect on joy and why it can exist even in the midst of suffering and trials. Drawing from Scripture and the Catechism, we explore the paradox of joy, our dependence on God, and the truth that the Lord never abandons or forgets His people. We look at how living in right order, staying close to Christ, and trusting in God’s sustaining presence shapes the way we walk through hardship. The episode concludes with practical ways to cultivate joy in daily life and the Litany of Joy. Resources Mentioned Litany of Joy Surrender Novena Two-part episode on Joy with Fr. Sean Grismer More from Wannabe Saints 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: wannabesaintspodcast@gmail.com 📸 Follow us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this week’s Advent miniseries, we dive into the virtue of peace—what the Church calls “the tranquility of order.” We explore how peace flows from justice, charity, and ultimately living in union with God. Drawing from Scripture, the Catechism, and the wisdom of the saints, we look at how trust, humility, and forgiveness help restore interior peace, especially in our relationships. We end with practical ways to cultivate peace in daily life and a prayer to Christ, the Prince of Peace. Resources Mentioned 🕊 Prayer to the Prince of Peace: Lord Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace, grant us peace. Arise and scatter the darkness of chaos and sin from our hearts and our world. May Your Word guide our steps, Your love fill our hearts, and Your peace rule in our daily lives. Help us to become instruments of Your peace, reaching out with compassion and forgiveness wherever we go. May we reflect Your presence in our actions and bring Your light to those around us. Strengthen us with Your grace, and lead us in paths of righteousness for Your name’s sake. Amen. Forgiveness Prayer with Fr. Sean Grismer More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this episode of Wannabe Saints, Rachael begins the Advent series with a reflection on the virtue of Hope. As Jordyn prepares to welcome her baby, Rachael leads us through what Advent prepares us for, why our desires make us restless, and how true hope redirects our longing toward Christ. Drawing from the Catechism, Scripture, the promises of Jesus, and the Beatitudes, Rachael breaks hope into three parts—desire, trust, and grace—and reminds us that hope is not something we create on our own but something God strengthens within us.  Link to the Surrender Novena More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In Part 2 of our conversation with Fr. Sean Grismer, we explore how true joy is impossible without forgiveness. Fr. Sean explains how holding onto hurt, resentment, or anger blocks the joy God wants to give us, and he offers simple, encouraging wisdom on how forgiveness opens the heart to freedom and peace. The episode closes with Fr. Sean leading us in a prayer of forgiveness, inviting listeners to release wounds, forgive others and themselves, and make room for the joy God desires for them. A short but powerful reminder that joy grows where forgiveness is chosen. Link to Fr. Sean Grismer's Prayer: Forgiveness Prayer More from Fr. Sean Grismer: Dose of the Ghost My Lourdes Faith Journey More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

Joy is a grace and a gift God wants to give. But to truly receive it, we must first forgive. In this inspiring episode, Fr. Sean Grismer shares how forgiveness opens our hearts to the joy the Lord longs for us to experience. Through real-life reflections and spiritual insight, Fr. Sean helps us see that holding onto hurt blocks the grace God desires to pour out. When we choose to forgive, ourselves and others, we make room for a joy that runs deeper than emotion, a joy rooted in God’s mercy and love. More from Fr. Sean Grismer: Dose of the Ghost My Lourdes Faith Journey More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this episode of Wannabe Saints, we sit down with Janelle Bauer, Jordyn's sister, whose life is a moving testimony of perseverance through suffering and grace. Janelle opens up about battling health issues from childhood to adulthood, including a near-death experience, and how those trials deepened her faith rather than destroyed it. She shares the pain of miscarriage, the ongoing challenges of living with health struggles, and the moment where Jesus completely transformed her heart. Through every season, Janelle has discovered that perseverance is not just about enduring hardship but about allowing God to bring beauty and healing through it.   More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this episode, we sit down with Fr. Trowbridge to talk all things prayer: what it truly is, how to pray, and how to stay faithful when it feels difficult or distracting. Together, we unpack what the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches about prayer and how to cultivate a deeper, more personal relationship with God. Fr. Trowbridge offers practical wisdom on handling distractions and growing in presence, persistence, and consistency, learning how to keep prayer alive even when emotions fade. Prayer isn’t about perfection. It’s about persevering, consistency and being present. Show up, stay consistent, and trust that persistence opens your heart to the quiet work of grace. Links to our favorite prayers: Byzantine prayer before communion  Stay with me, Lord- Padre Pio Jordyn's Favorite Motherhood Prayer Book More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this episode of Wannabe Saints,we down with Jordyn's husband, Kyle, to talk about a topic that often gets overlooked: true leisure and the Sabbath day. From a man’s perspective, Kyle shares how he approaches work life balance, the struggle to step away from busyness, and the challenge of truly resting in a world that glorifies productivity. Together, the three of us unpack what the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches about keeping holy the Sabbath, not just as a suggestion but as one of the Ten Commandments. We explore how much of its original meaning has been lost in modern culture and why recovering it matters for our families, our faith, and our souls. Along the way, we give our own hot takes on what leisure really looks like today. This conversation is both practical and theological, covering: • How leisure differs from rest or mere entertainment • The deeper spiritual call to set aside Sunday for God, family, and renewal • The origin of the Sabbath and what it means for Catholics today If you’ve ever wondered what it really looks like to live out the Third Commandment in daily life, or how to reclaim authentic leisure, this conversation will challenge and encourage you. More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

This episode continues our conversation with Becca Plance, Natalie Schol, and Cindy Jorgensen, three moms with six kids each, living in three different stages of motherhood. In Part 1, we explored the surprises, joys, and challenges of raising children from infancy through adulthood. In Part 2, we pick up right where we left off—diving into the fears and hopes that come with growing a family, the lessons learned in the midst of chaos, and the faith that carries mothers through every season. If you loved Part 1, you won’t want to miss this second half of the conversation. It’s real, encouraging, and full of wisdom for moms in every stage of life. More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this episode of Wannabe Saints, we sit down with Becca Plance, Natalie Schol, and Cindy Jorgensen—three incredible mothers who each share a unique perspective on raising six children. Together, they represent three distinct stages of motherhood: the early years of infants, toddlers, and elementary-aged kids, the whirlwind of raising teenagers, and the season of launching grown children into the world. We dive into the joys, struggles, and surprises of motherhood, asking honest questions about what it’s really like to grow a family, navigate changing seasons, and trust God’s provision through it all. Their stories bring wisdom, laughter, and encouragement to moms in every stage of life. Whether you’re rocking babies to sleep, chauffeuring teens to activities, or adjusting to an emptying nest, this conversation will remind you that you are not alone and that every season of motherhood is filled with both challenges and beauty.   More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In this episode of Wannabe Saints, Chris Plance joins us to discuss the virtue of justice, its meaning, challenges, and implications for our lives. We explore the social kingship of Christ, the role of justice in Scripture, and why obedience to God is central to living justly. Our conversation also dives into the Church today, the tension between charismatic and traditional worship, the historical context of Vatican II, and the ongoing call for unity under the authority of the Pope. On a personal level, we reflect on how justice shapes parenting, marriage, and friendships, from honoring parents to loving enemies, and why relationships grounded in justice strengthen the community of faith. Ultimately, this episode reminds us that all justice flows from our relationship with God, and only in Him can we find its fullest expression. More from Chris Plance: ▶️ YouTube: @ChristopherPlance 💛 Support on Patreon: patreon.com/ChristopherPlance ✖️ Follow on X: @CGPlance 🌎 Website: cristeroparty.com More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

In Part 2 of Katie’s powerful story, from rebellion to redemption, we get to hear how God took her rebellious years and turned them into something beautiful. She opens up about a season that deeply shook her faith and how she got through it. Through the ups and downs, you’ll hear how the three theological virtues—faith, hope, and charity—remain active in her life: how hope is her anchor, how she chose faith even when trusting God felt hard, and how she continues to live out charity through the work she’s done and continues to do. Enjoy Part 2! Links to Katie’s Work: 🌍 For His Glory Tours 🏫 The Archangels Academy 📸 @forhisglorytours on Instagram More from Wannabe Saints: 🔗 Linktree – All Our Links 📩 Email us: @Wannabe_Saints 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of sensitive topics including binge drinking, sexual assault, and eating disorders. Listener discretion is advised. In Part 1 of this powerful two-part conversation, we sit down with Rachael’s sister, Katie Baynai, as she bravely shares the early chapters of her journey—from teenage rebellion and deep brokenness to the beginning of God's healing work in her life. Katie opens up about the painful realities of binge drinking, the trauma of sexual assault, and her silent battle with bulimia. But this isn’t just a story of suffering—it’s a testimony of God’s relentless pursuit and the first signs of redemption breaking through. Her honesty, courage, and faith lay the foundation for what becomes a powerful witness to the radical love of God. Stay tuned for Part 2, where Katie shares how God’s grace continues to transform her life.   Links to Katies Business and School: https://www.forhisglorytours.com/ https://www.thearchangelsacademy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/forhisglorytours/ More from us: Linktree 📩 Questions or feedback? Email: @Wannabe_Saints on Instagram 💛 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/WannabeSaints