The Catholic Men's Podcast

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/v_x2P0oUIaw This is the story of a marvelous miracle that took place a few days before Christmas of 1956 in Communist-occupied Hungary. The story comes to us through a Fr. Norbert, a parish priest in Budapest, who later fled to the West. The excellent music in this episode is performed by The Benedictines of Mary Queen of Apostles. I used it with their permission....

Watch the livestream: https://youtube.com/live/_EGwQ... "Perhaps it was my imagination (although I'm almost sure that it was not), but I had a feeling that nobody was really enjoying the game anymore. But everyone was too polite to mention it. All the same, I had the feeling that something was wrong. All the fun had gone out of the game. Something deep inside me was trying to warn me. 'Take care,'...

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Watch the video: https://youtu.be/a9mmQm44Uzk The Story of the First Nativity Scene taken from “The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi” by Saint Bonaventure (Chapter X, Section 7). “Now three years before his death it befell that he was minded, at the town of Greccio, to celebrate the memory of the Birth of the Child Jesus, with all the added solemnity that he might, for the kindling of devotion. Tha...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/So64iT9bYQI In the heart of the French Revolution, a young Catholic resistance fighter faces his imminent demise. Condemned by the Republic, he has just six hours to live. But as the clock ticks down, a miraculous transformation unfolds. Join me for the true story of “The Christmas of a Chouan,” taken from “Short Stories on Honor, Chivalry, and the World of Nobili...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/xCnyX27UwF4 We’ve all heard the song "The 12 Days of Christmas," a delightful but apparently nonsensical rhyme set to music, but it’s a good deal more than just a repetitious melody with pretty phrases and a list of strange gifts. From the year 1558 to 1829, Catholics in England were prohibited by law from the practice of their faith. The religion was officially i...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/C90YOuIPzZY The common thread that runs through latter day prophecies seems to be the foretelling of a terrible chastisement of the world due to an unrepentant mankind and then the resurgence of the Church, and the conversion of the world. E.H. Thompson keenly pointed this out in his book, “Life of Anna Maria Taigi.” In Chapter 18, he wrote: "First they all point...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/sHRI77R6vSM I had just gone to Confession at St. Mary’s Church in York, Pennsylvania when upon walking out into the vestibule, I saw a painting of a young, strong faced bishop with a cross hung around his neck. I learned his name from the plaque on the frame: “St. John Neumann, pray for us.” This painting reminded me of many others I’d seen in Churches all through...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Zw-X5BRyZcs The following stories about the many assassination attempts on Saint John Bosco’s life are taken from a book by Dr. Charles d'Espiney called, “Don Bosco - A Sketch of His Life and Miracles.” Check out the YouTube channel, if you want: https://www.youtube.com/@catholicmenspodcast

I first heard this mysterious saint story when I was sitting around a campfire with a group of friends at a Catholic Call to Chivalry Camp. No one could remember if it was Saint John Vianney or Saint John Bosco, but I’m going to follow it up with a fascinating true story from Don Bosco’s life which I think corresponds to it. If you know for sure which saint it was, please help me out in the commen...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/ikQzizFPYbs During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Our Lady of Good Success appeared in Quito, Ecuador to a Spanish nun whose little-known but extraordinary life has a direct connection with our days. Check out the YouTube channel, if you want: https://www.youtube.com/@catholicmenspodcast

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Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Zf8hcXankB4 There was once a pious woman who had been generous to the Holy Souls in purgatory. When she was dying, she was burdened by a deathbed depression where she thought that there was no hope for her soul. Simultaneously there was a concentrated effort by the powers of Hell to drive the her to lose faith and to think that Our Lord would never have mercy on h...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/w2cdq_96wtg In the heart of 18th century France, a terrifying creature known as the Beast of Gevaudan emerged from the shadows, leaving a trail of terror and bloodshed in its wake. This enigmatic beast, an enormous wolf-like creature with a taste for human flesh, struck fear into the hearts of the people of the Gévaudan region. This was at a time when demonic acti...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/u7QtS7N4Sk4 Soon after the Cure d'Ars had opened his house of refuge for the poor orphans of the district, the strangest noises began to disturb his rest at night, and to trouble the quiet of his presbytery.  Always at midnight, three violent knocks against the door of the presbytery generally warned the Cure d'Ars of the presence of his enemy; these knocks were f...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/_Sp2jxZrc3Q There were plenty of celebrity Catholics in the past whom everyone regarded as saints, but then were discovered to be just the opposite. Which brings me to the story of Pelagius, which I found in "The Catechist,” a compilation of true stories from Catholic literature, by Canon G.E. Howe. Check out the YouTube channel, if you want: https://www.youtube.c...

Watch the Video: https://youtu.be/L1w_tD_4fcc I decided to join St. Louis de Montfort Academy for their 20-mile pilgrimage to the North American Martyrs Shrine.  The word “martyr” comes from a Greek word meaning “witness.” By definition, a martyr is somebody who suffers death for the Catholic Faith as a witness to Christ. A group of saints that fit this category so well is the North American marty...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/II0x8oSyzjk Our story begins in the Spring of 1917. Half a mile to the south of Fatima, along a road so narrow that a team of oxen can scarcely pass, lies the village of Aljustrel where three young shepherds lived: Lucia dos Santos, and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto. They were 10, 9, and 7 years old respectively at the time of the apparitions. Check out...

Two miraculous stories involving the little seers of Our Lady of Fatima. My jaw dropped when I read them and I just had to tell you all about it immediately. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/cntHG4R3gmo Check out the YouTube channel, if you want: https://www.youtube.com/@catholicmenspodcast

"The Sweet Little Boy" by Fr. Winfrid Herbst. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/mxmCX35vVN8 And before you bring it up... yes. There's a possibility that it could just be a legend. There's not an abundance of historical evidence, but you know what... I don't care. It's a darn good story. If people can be inspired by fiction, then why can't I admire this incredible account be it legend or not. Chec...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/1j4YA4WRZBQ I'd like to ask any Catholics watching this video if you were ever told that all religions are the same? That all religions are just different paths to the same God. Saint John Bosco would definitely disagree with that statement. In his masterful work, “A Catholic Instructed in His Religion” he faithfully repeated the doctrine that our faith has held f...

I first came across this story at the age of ten and I'm not waxing poetic when I say that it has inspired my life ever since. I hope you find it equally as useful. Check out the YouTube channel, if you want: https://www.youtube.com/@catholicmenspodcast

"A Robber, Bees and Something Else" by Father Winfred Herbst. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/fB7pbgyVCw0 Check out the YouTube channel, if you want: https://www.youtube.com/@catholicmenspodcast

Read the article from Crisis Magazine here: https://crisismagazine.com/opi... Nestled in West Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, the town of Middleway boasts a ghost story that rivals the most famous haunted tales. What makes this haunting stand out is that it is a Catholic story—a tale of sacraments denied, vengeful spirits, a saintly Catholic priest, and the power of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. A...

The Siege of Arsur and the Grandeur of Sacrifice. Even the Muslims respected the Crusader's spirit of sacrifice. Even though it's been 20 years since I first heard this story, it still blows my mind. Check out the YouTube channel, if you want: https://www.youtube.com/@catholicmenspodcast