A raw and honest look at the muck and mire weighing down Catholic life — from media lies to spiritual negativity — and the surprising strategy that helps you break free, cooperate with grace, and rise toward the eternal. A fiery, practical episode for Catholics who want clarity and holiness in a messy world.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction and Welcome

02:34 Controversy Over Vatican Document

18:00 Fulton Sheen’s Prophetic Insights

34:37 Debunking Fake News about the Vatican46:50 Get out of Spiritual Muck and Mire!

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⭐ KEY HIGHLIGHTS

* The Vatican’s clarification on “co-redemptrix” is not an attack on Marian devotion — it’s a guardrail against misunderstanding.

* Catholics often distrust the Magisterium more than they realize — and that’s a spiritual problem.

* Fulton Sheen’s prophetic commentary hints that we may be witnessing the “end of Christendom” — not the end of Christianity.

* Lies destroy culture because lies erode the good, the true, and the life-giving.

* Independent Catholic media is just as capable of misleading as secular outlets.

* The devil uses negative thoughts to blunt the fruit of confession.

* Spiritual renewal requires changing not only behavior, but thought habits.

* The finite world is meant to stretch toward the eternal — which means you can’t spiritually stay “level.”

* “Don’t psych yourself out. Psych yourself up.”

* Your thoughts must rise with your actions if you want to grow in holiness.

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