Boys' Lunch

We have a special guest on our podcast today to help us discuss Divine Mercy and why we go to a priest for confession. Fun fun.

Happy Holy Week. We have some lively banter and a good discussion about the past and the spiritual life. Zacchaeus is brought in, repressing your memories, enchantment, sending positive vibes, etc. It is a pretty packed podcast.

We have some nice updates and thoughts about our recent Spring Break. What kind of drama are we going to get into today?? Tune in to find out!

Paul and Joey catch up after a few weeks off. We discuss Rome, churches, pilgrimage, beauty, martyrs, and everything awesome. It's good to be back.

Seriously, that sounds terrible. We try to look at the idea of penance, mortification, and attachment with new eyes. As cradle Catholics or outsiders we often don't know the "why" behind the things Catholics do. Let's figure out the "why".

The title pretty much explains it all. Enjoy

This episode has nothing to do with carne asada. It has everything to do with incarnational evangelization. Enjoy some light and fun banter as an appeteaser, followed by a main course of wisdom from Paul. No dessert...you'll be full by then. Bon Appetit!

It felt great to get back on the mic. We talk about the unique ability of philosophy to show the limits of our human reason and our need to be receptive in order to be wise. It's pretty interesting stuff. Give it a listen.

Just a quick catch up and teaser for next week. It's good to be back on the airwaves

Advent in Avila! This is kind of an advent reflection, a nod to St. Teresa of Avila, and an explanation of the spirituality that sprang forward from Catholic religious orders. It's a lot of fun. Also, what are our go-to Karaoke songs??

We discuss the Catholic scientist who discovered the chromosomal cause of Down Syndrome and his approach to use science to shed light on the dignity and support we can offer other humans. Human value is not based on what people arbitrarily decide is "productive" or "useful" for society. We need to learn how to experience the joy and the opportunity of each personal encounter. Also, the McRib is st...

This is a cool dive into the many aspects of our search for love, acceptance, and forgiveness. We discuss the wayward son, our dignity and identity as sons and daughters of God, and what guilt is telling us. Some heavy stuff, but worth the listen all the way through.

Things are fine. We are fine. We begin a two part episode on The Return of the Prodigal Son by Fr. Henri Nouwen. This one focuses on art coming to life, beauty piercing the depths of our being and awakening an ache for the eternal. Cool stuff.

We are one year in. Thanks to all those who have supported and listened. Today we talk about the idea of being called into being. I gave a survey to my students about discerning their vocation and the results will SHOCK you. Probably not though.

Grilling, Chilling, MONSTER TRUCKS! Where are we moving? Why are we Catholic? We highlight a cool group of saints from the first two centuries and the influence they have on the Church and our lives. 

Halloween, All Saints, All Souls. We look at the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe. He didn't settle with what was comfortable, he pushed himself, relied on prayer, trusted in Mary and Jesus and was able to do heroic things his whole life. These daily commitments and sacrifices allowed him to be even more heroic in his death. Check it out.

Worst haircut, worst fashion trends, and more. Paul speaks some truth from the book "Diary of a Country Priest". We reject prayer and a relationship with God without ever actually trying.

We discuss Paul's good weekend, camping, staring at the moon, and ponder what life would be like if things were actually silent. Our topic explores Captain Ratzinger and the Rusty Ship. Are the Church's roots deep and its flowers flourishing? Are we ready to jump on this ship to a destination that's worth it? Does Joey have beef with "Gift of Finest Wheat"? Check it out...Episode 40!

How does brewing coffee and listening to vinyl relate to the Mass? Is the parish hall even real? Will my son ever stop moving around at Mass? Find out this week on your Monday-ish podcast. 

Have we replaced the Church with a new regime, magisterium, doctrine, value-creating system? It seems the aspects of the Church many didn't like have been replaced by the same type of systems. Interesting. Let's look at that. 

Did Joey have the perfect Fall weekend? Would Paul ever dine alone? Tune in to find out. We also talk about Charity and putting God's goals before our own. We continue to jazz up virtues. Someone should pay us for this. 

Jazzercise, Economics, Virtue, what more could you want? Listener questions galore.

We take some listener questions and give some updates on our lives. We talk about some recent statistics on people no longer having close friends, what friendship is, what type of friendship we are seeing, and the lack of deep connection we see in "social" party groups.

Friday Night Lights are back and some would say it is electric. We give a nod to St. Augustine's recent feast day and discuss his famous work "Confessions". So many messages, so little time.

Many people go through changes and transitions no matter what age they are. We discuss this and give tips and advice for people as they go off to college (and other life changes).