The Deus Vult Podcast

Dr. Rudolf Allers, a Catholic Psychologist, earned his M.D. at the University of Vienna. He was a field physician during World War I, which led him to study the effect of head trauma on human personality and behavior. In his study of psychology, he was one of the last students of Sigmund Freud, though he would later criticize Freud's theory from both scientific and religious perspectives.  Al...

patience (n.) c. 1200, pacience , "quality of being willing to bear adversities, calm endurance of misfortune, suffering, etc.," from Old French pacience "patience; sufferance, permission" (12c.) and directly from Latin patientia "the quality of suffering or enduring; submission."  - from Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/patience

"Thinking is hard." -Owen Phelan, Ph. D.  Mankind has been given the gift of intellect, but The Fall has left us with a crippled ability in its application. This problem plagues us even to today, influencing our ability to live lives of virtue.  Reference made to:   Rebuilding Catholic Culture: How The Catechism Can Shape Our Common Life. Ryan N. S. Topping. Sophia Institute Press, 2012.

The significance of Penance and Ashes to the Christian Soul.

Among the sacramentals of the Church, some which attract much attention, or perhaps raise the most eyebrows among those who do not understand them, are relics.  The personal effects and earthly remains of the saints housed in golden shrines are indicative to us of the closeness of the heavenly kingdom, the nearness of the saints.

True, Masculine Fatherhood is a necessary attribute for family life and society. It comes from the Heavenly Father and is presented to us by good examples like Saint Joseph.

The easiest people to sin against are often the ones we love the most. The Screwtape Letters of C.S. Lewis, Chapter 3.

"In the grim darkness of the far future there is only... Catholicism." Father Stephen leads a discussion based on his history of being a huge nerd, especially as it involved the table-top strategy game Warhammer 40,000... which has a surprisingly Catholic twist to it. 

Your favorite clerics discuss the practice of pilgrimage, particularly reminiscing about their own travels in the Holy Land.

How to make a good confession.

Conversion of heart toward the Divine Will is something which happens continually through life, but new converts, or Christians who newly realize their call to holiness, often find that the Church isn't the glorious thing they expected. Uncle Screwtape sets his young apprentice-nephew to work to exploit that dissatisfaction.

One of the most important things priests do apart from the Sacraments themselves is preaching. In fact, the preaching of clerics in the Church has sometimes been called the 8th Sacrament because of the essential underlying work of the Lord in the words of the man at the ambo. In this episode, Father Stephen and Deacon Dan converse about their experience of preaching as they begin their active mini...

Deacon Dan draws attention to the vestments of the priest using the traditional 'vesting prayers' as the jumping-off point.   This is the first installment of a continuing series entitled "The Sense of the Sacred."

Father Felicichia's back from the Gulag... okay it wasn't that bad.

The Deus Vult Podcast welcomes its first guest! Deacon Keeton Lockwood leads a discussion of the Catholic response to Tattoos, weighing the moral dimensions of this cultural phenomenon and it's place in the life of the Church. Razzouk Tattoo: https://razzouktattoo.com

Our 10th Episode! A look into the history of Thanksgiving Day and how the Church has celebrated it (or not celebrated it) through the centuries. Credit: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2020/11/thanksgiving-day-mass-thanks-or-no.html#.X73Cpy1h3q0

Carlo, Chiara, Maria, Augustine, Bartolo, Ignatius, Callistus, Hippolytus, Zephrynus, Charles, et al. Be a saint.

An introduction to a series of episodes on The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. Letter #1

One of the deepest artistic expressions of mankind is found in music. Every emotion finds a place on the score. For instance, Anger. Consider Metallica...

Saint Clement of Alexandria,  Saint Augustine, Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ...  They all had beards. Coincidence? I think not!

Ghosts. Are they real?  Father Stephen chimes in.

Father and Deacon discuss Allhallowtide, the Triduum of Halloween, All Saints day, and All Souls day as well as the Catholic Response to the secularization of these feasts.

Father Stephen tells us how the Lord called him through life toward the priesthood of Jesus Christ.

Deacon Dan tells his tale of discernment of a call to the Priesthood of Jesus Christ.

The preliminary installment of this eminently Catholic podcast. Meet the two clerics responsible.