Deep Dives with Fr Sean: the Super Catholic Catechesis Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning in again.  We shift gears to address how we can bolster up our defenses against the wickedness and snares of the devil, and work for a deeper victory for Christ allowing is Kingdom to take deeper root. In this episode, I talk about anger and envy.  We don't spend as much time with these sins, but these sins are much more the cause of division and injury so o...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning in again.  We shift gears to address how we can bolster up our defenses against the wickedness and snares of the devil, and work for a deeper victory for Christ allowing is Kingdom to take deeper root. In this episode, I address two of the greatest sins in our contemporary world.  Lust seems to be the greatest manifestation of sin, while sloth seems to be the bas...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning in again.  We shift gears to address how we can bolster up our defenses against the wickedness and snares of the devil, and work for a deeper victory for Christ allowing is Kingdom to take deeper root. In this episode, I introduce the topic by talking about what sin is and how helpful it is to identify our predominant fault.  Then I address what pride is.  It&apo...

Send us Fan Mail St. John Paul II--the great promoter of the New Evangelization.  He spoke of this new oomph in the church as evangelization as it continues to do what the Church has always done, but describes it as new because of new methods, new ardor, and expression.  He lived this in beautiful ways, as well as established a solid intellectual backing for this from his position as a priest/bish...

Send us Fan Mail We have another round of Saints for the New Evangelization!  I'm a big fan of St. Therese of Lisieux.  She reminds us of the way of spiritual childhood, the way of trust and confidence in the God of love who only asks our love in return.  She happens to be the co-patron of missions along with St. Francis Xavier.  May we all share in her warmth, love, suffering, and grace whic...

Send us Fan Mail Saint Philip Neri is the bomb.  I love his oratory.  I love how God put him at the center of the Church so God could work out a deeper reform.  I love his depth of pastoral wisdom and guidance of souls.  I love how he made himself radically available to people. Praise the Lord for him!

Send us Fan Mail Three Saint Francis's, but for a good reason!  They have a significant share in the charism of evangelization, and that's something we can all share in and adopt.  St. Francis Xavier can inspire us to works of mercy, to prayer, to kindness, to apostolic zeal, and to poverty.

Send us Fan Mail We continue the series on St. Francis of Assis.  He's so dang good!  His conversion story is wonderful, and the inspiration that flows from his life is transformative: his poverty, his simplicity, his apostolic zeal, his rooting in the Church, his penitence, his prayer, his suffering, his happiness.  May God raise up more like him!

Send us Fan Mail We start a new series on saints that can inspire us and guide to enter into the New Evangelization.  We've been given a great inheritance, and it's our task to soak it up and share it with others!  St. Francis de Sales can inspire us to under the truth of the Catholic faith in relationship with our separated Protestant brothers and sisters, show us the importance of livi...

Send us Fan Mail I love this stuff.  John 6 was soooo good.  This draws on Moses' prophecy that there will be a prophet like him, and this chapter highlights that Jesus is precisely that profit.  

Send us Fan Mail Hello everyone, Today, all is revealed.  I don't have too much secret, but I don't have too many opportunities to share what might be very interesting to many people.  Please say a little prayer for me! Fr. Sean

Send us Fan Mail For 22 years of my life I went to Mass every Sunday and even daily Mass for a number of those years, but it didn't do anything for my spiritual life.  The Mass wasn't the problem, my disposition was the problem.  Listen to this episode to find out what totally changed it for me, and what I TRULY BELIEVE will change it for you and for the Church.

Send us Fan Mail We dive into some of the great stories of Abram, of his sleazy sin, of his heroism for his nephew, for his generosity with God, and for the reception of the most important covenant.  The covenant that was established is a particular favorite theme for me because it gives us the context and language to understand the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the Cross and helps us to enter into...

Send us Fan Mail We dive into the story of the Tower of Babel where God leads people away from our pride and our tendencies towards uniformity.  We also start to look at the story of Abram and we get into the three key dramas of the story of Abram and his family.  They are the three promises of (1) land, (2) descendants, and (3) blessing.

Send us Fan Mail Again, we dive deep into Genesis, this time looking into the epic story of Noah and the flood.  Trivia question that might not be as easy as it looks: How many of each type of animal did Noah take on the ark?

Send us Fan Mail Here, we dive deep into the story of Cain and Abel, and talk about some practical conclusions from the genealogies that we here after their story.

Send us Fan Mail This episode is more of a theological reflection of some of the major questions that arise from the account of Adam and Eve's sin.  I dive into what is Original Sin and some basic approaches to address what is commonly called "the Problem of Evil."

Send us Fan Mail As a good father disciplines his children to keep them on the path of goodness, so we read how the Eternal Father disciplined Adam and Eve after their fall from original harmony.  We see great signs of hope here, that God did not curse them, but gave them a path of return to right relationship with God.

Send us Fan Mail Here, we dive into the primordial sin of Adam and Eve.  There is some good stuff that offers us some insights into temptation, to why we like to be tempted, and the immediate result of that sin.

Send us Fan Mail This week we begin with the question of how do we interpret the Bible when it contradicts itself, as it does here in the very first two chapters of Bible.  Then, I have a little discussion on evolution and the Church's relationship to that.  The latter half is comments on the creation of human beings in this second chapter.  It's super good stuff.  I love it all.

Send us Fan Mail Here we zoom into the creation of humankind as image of God.  

Send us Fan Mail We have a new series!  I begin a commentary on Genesis since there is so much fundamental goodness and essential truth.   The order of creation, the Word by which it was created, the goodness of all existence, and the consecration of time are all themes that we will take up.

Send us Fan Mail We honor this great and heroic man, who laid down his life in absolute discipleship for his son, not biological but more than foster son.  Let us do him honor by imitating his virtue and calling upon his intercession.

Send us Fan Mail The Equality Act is knocking at the door step of the United States, and this will have a profound effect on the US and on those who agree.  It may be well intentioned, but it will be the most significant violation of religious freedom in recent memory. 1) We have universal human right because of our dignity that arises from our spiritual nature.  Our spiritual nature puts us in re...

Send us Fan Mail This was the most influential thing for me in learning how to pray.  A priest in seminary gave us seminarians the script of what I read here today, and it totally blew me away.  Catalina Rivas recounts how Jesus and Mary walked with her through the Mass and allowed her to see and hear the things that are generally beyond the veil.  It was super beautiful and it has guided my praye...