The Manly Catholic: Training Soldiers for Christ

Jesus stood in front of Pilate. Nobody defended him, and he hardly said a word. How would you have responded? In Part 4, Fr. Dominic and I take on the first question in Bishop Olmsted's Into the Breach: What does it mean to be a Catholic man? We start with Ecce homo ("Behold the man") and work down to the daily habits that make a man who stands up and stays up.We're going into the archives for now. We're working on a new structure for the show, and I can't wait to share it with you.In this episode:Why Jesus is the model of manhood, even for men who don't believe in himWhy men need men who push them, and why we need good coachesUnsung heroes: the men who care for sick wives and aging parents with no applauseFr. Dom's story of a Vietnamese refugee who spent decades caring for his familyWhy Satan should groan when your feet hit the floorBe present, not just physically there"You are not made for comfort. You are made for greatness."References from the episode:Into the Breach by Bishop Thomas Olmsted Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com/tmc) or Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/manlycatholic/membership)Subscribe to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxrRLZNk4WqPdgcac5vuWEQCheck out our website: https://www.themanlycatholic.comGet delicious coffee from Mystic Monk Coffee: https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/Download TAN Digital to access the incredible TAN Library! Use code MANLYCATHOLIC to get 50% off: https://tanbooks.com/tan-digital-app/?gc_id=10316277314&h_ad_id=730848595836&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=10316277314&gbraid=0AAAAADyykAwicqF-HKPia6TTPy8QAcIPz&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtfXMBhDzARIsAJ0jp3BvOz3u8c1HzCclma7fM0Vf-DUe6eJ5O0dUN0jTbV4sZZaLuCg6lZMaAomQEALw_wcBContact us at [email protected]

Most guys have no idea Halloween is actually a Catholic feast. Fr. Dom lays out the real history: All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day form one connected Triduum. These three days are built to turn our eyes toward death, judgment, and heaven, not candy and costumes. The Church didn't borrow the holiday from paganism; she reclaimed it, the same way she's always taken what the world corrupted and pointed it back toward Christ.The real point underneath all the history: death doesn't break the family. The Church is one body in three parts and all three are still connected, still praying for each other, still fighting for each other. That's why praying for the dead matters. That's why your confirmation saint matters. Nobody in this fight is really gone.Fr. Dom closes it out with a personal anecdote: the letter from St. Ignatius of Antioch that helped pull him into the Catholic Church in the first place, and a line from St. Teresa of Calcutta to priests that's stuck with him for years: pray this Mass like it's your first, your only, your last.Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com/tmc) or Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/manlycatholic/membership)Subscribe to our YouTube page: (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxrRLZNk4WqPdgcac5vuWEQ)Check out our website (www.themanlycatholic.com)Get delicious coffee from Mystic Monk CoffeeDownload TAN Digital to access the incredible TAN Library! Use code ‘MANLYCATHOLIC’ to get 50% offContact us at [email protected]

When's the last time you went to confession? If your stomach just tightened, push play.In Part 2 on our Into the Breach series, we cover the three questions he sets out to answer and the first contexts he lays out for them. Then we get practical: how to pray when you don't know how, why doing something hard every day builds you into a man, and why I'm handing you a challenge for this week.We're going into the archives for now. We're working on a new structure for the show, and I can't wait to share it with you.In this episode:Olmsted's three questions: What does it mean to be a Christian man? How does a Catholic man love? Why does fatherhood matter so much?Old evangelization vs. the new evangelization, and why faith without deep roots breaks the first time it's challengedDon't know how to pray? Start there. Jesus meets you in itUsing your phone for good instead of the stuff too many men use it forWhy reverent liturgy brings people back, and what Fr. Dom's maniple has to do with itThe Church as a field hospital and a battle college: heal, then trainMake your bed, take the cold shower, skip the snooze. Hard things build virtueMen and women are complementary, not competitorsWhy "the war is won" doesn't mean the battles are overThis week's challenge: Go to confession. Find your parish's schedule online and go. You'll have a knot in your stomach. Go anyway.References from the episode:Into the Breach by Bishop Thomas OlmstedSupport the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com/tmc) or Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/manlycatholic/membership)Subscribe to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxrRLZNk4WqPdgcac5vuWEQCheck out our website: https://www.themanlycatholic.comGet delicious coffee from Mystic Monk Coffee: https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/Download TAN Digital to access the incredible TAN Library! Use code MANLYCATHOLIC to get 50% off: https://tanbooks.com/tan-digital-app/?gc_id=10316277314&h_ad_id=730848595836&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=10316277314&gbraid=0AAAAADyykAwicqF-HKPia6TTPy8QAcIPz&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtfXMBhDzARIsAJ0jp3BvOz3u8c1HzCclma7fM0Vf-DUe6eJ5O0dUN0jTbV4sZZaLuCg6lZMaAomQEALw_wcBContact us at [email protected]

The serpent walked right into the garden. So where was Adam?That one question will change how you look at your home, your parish, and your own fight. In this episode, we dig back into the archives with our deep-dive Into the Breach. Fr. Dominic and I crack open Bishop Thomas Olmsted's apostolic exhortation and ask: where are the gaps in our defenses, and who's standing in them?We're going into the archives for now. We're working on a new structure for the show, and I can't wait to share it with you.In this episode:Why "breach" is military language, and what Shakespeare's Henry V has to do with itWhere Adam was when the serpent showed up, and what it means for every man who's been given a garden to guardThe numbers Bishop Olmsted lays out: 14 million Catholics gone since 2000, Catholic marriages down 41%, infant baptisms down 28%Why we've lost our sense of the supernatural, and why you can't fight a roaring lion aloneMasculinity isn't passive, and it isn't toxicWhy nobody gets cut from this team"The duty of every man is the dignity of every woman."Christ is already in the breach. He's waiting on you. Push play.References from the episode:Into the Breach: An Apostolic Exhortation to Catholic Men by Bishop Thomas OlmstedKnights of Columbus Into the Breach video seriesBehold the Man by Deacon Harold Burke-SiversFive Loves of Pope John Paul II by Jason EvertWitness to Hope by George WeigelSupport the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com/tmc) or Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/manlycatholic/membership)Subscribe to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxrRLZNk4WqPdgcac5vuWEQCheck out our website: https://www.themanlycatholic.comGet delicious coffee from Mystic Monk Coffee: https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/Contact us at [email protected]

In this homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the rich biblical imagery of the vineyard found in both Isaiah and the Gospel is explored to reveal God's enduring call for righteousness. Beginning with a lighthearted childhood memory of farm life, the reflection dives into the historical and spiritual significance of Jesus's parable of the wicked tenants. Christ, the rejected heir who was crucified outside the city walls, becomes the cornerstone of a new kingdom, inviting baptized believers to labor in His vineyard through the grace of the sacraments. Tying this Gospel message to Respect Life Sunday, the homily challenges the faithful to produce good fruit by protecting human dignity from womb to tomb, defending the vulnerable from evils like human trafficking and euthanasia, and upholding God’s design for marriage and society.Subscribe to our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxrRLZNk4WqPdgcac5vuWEQ page Get delicious coffee from https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/ Download https://tanbooks.com/tan-digital-app/?gc_id=10316277314&h_ad_id=730848595836&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=10316277314&gbraid=0AAAAADyykAwicqF-HKPia6TTPy8QAcIPz&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtfXMBhDzARIsAJ0jp3BvOz3u8c1HzCclma7fM0Vf-DUe6eJ5O0dUN0jTbV4sZZaLuCg6lZMaAomQEALw_wcB to access the incredible TAN Library! Use code ‘MANLYCATHOLIC’ to get 50% OFF your subscription!  Contact us at mailto:[email protected]