The Faith Explained with Cale Clarke - Learning the Catholic Faith

Have you ever heard someone say that Jesus never claimed to be God? Cale looks at passages in Sacred Scripture that make clear that Jesus is, in fact, God.

Why are we responsible for Adam and Eve’s sin? What is original sin? Why can’t angels repent? Is evolution compatible with Catholicism? Why do Catholics baptize infants?

When we are at our most alone, hurting, and vulnerable, Christ is there. Plus: a Q and A on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

How can the Spirit help those called to marriage achieve “a more perfect union” amidst all threats from without and within? Plus: a Q&A about the Mass wine controversy.

Confession has been called “a second baptism.” But there’s no Confession without a priest, and no priesthood without the Holy Spirit.

We believe in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. But don’t forget about the Holy Spirit’s true presence in the Mass, making it happen!

Ever wish you could be forever young? Or fast-forward to eternal life? With baptism, you can! Find out how the waters of baptism lead you back to the source of life in the Spirit, and the life of the future Kingdom, now.

Cale Clarke receives a question from a listener named Alan about whether the devil knew that Jesus was God during the temptation in the Gospel. Cale explains that it is not as clear-cut as people assume. He references an article by John Cavallini from Notre Dame, who discusses the idea that the devil may not have known about Jesus' divinity. Cale quotes Origen, an early church writer, who said tha...

If we receive the Holy Spirit in Baptism, why do we need Confirmation?  The answer might surprise you! 

What’s the difference between the “fruits” and the “gifts” of the Holy Spirit? How does God make use of (sometimes adverse) circumstances to make us more supernaturally fruitful?

Cale will answer this question and offer more ways we can tell an inspiration is from God the Holy Spirit.

This is THE question: how can you know if an inspiration comes from the Holy Spirit, from yourself, or from the Devil?

Cale Clarke shares 10 ways to get into “God’s orbit” and receive the Spirit’s inspirations for you!

If we don’t practice obedience in our relations to others, how likely is it that we will obey God when he asks for it?

Want to draw down more graces from the Spirit? St. Thérèse says God gives 10 graces in exchange for just one of these…but, what is it?

God’s “general” will for all people should be obvious: the Ten Commandments, Scripture, and Church teaching come to mind. But what about God’s “particular” will for particular questions in your life? That’s where the inspirations of the Holy Spirit are key!

Pentecost marks the gift of God, the Holy Spirit. But in so many ways, he is “The Great Unknown”. Cale Clarke shares what Saint Faustina called a shortcut to holiness: being docile to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit.

The sacrament of marriage is powerful. The Enemy is bent on destroying it. Cale shares more Theology of the Body and why marriage is the “prototype’ of all the sacraments.

Reading the creation narratives in Genesis with St. John Paul II: What is the Theology of the Body? Cale explains the importance of the physical human body and what this means as a follower of Jesus Christ.

Our series concludes with a look at the First Letter of Peter. Did Peter himself even write this? If so, does Peter really say that he’s “no big deal”, and that he has no more authority than any other apostle or bishop?

St Paul rebukes St Peter. In public! Was Peter wrong? Yes. Does this mean the papacy, or papal infallibility, for that matter, isn’t true? Not a chance. Listen in to find out why!

St Paul visits St Peter for 15 days soon after his conversion. Why? Not only for Paul to get caught up on what Jesus’ earthly life was like, but to show deference and to submit to Pope Peter’s leadership of the Church.

The Acts of the Apostles, the Bible’s early Church history book, shows how St Peter was the undisputed leader of the early Church, and presided over the “Council of Jerusalem”.

Jesus, Peter, and a net full of 153 fish. What does it mean? Plus: the poignant threefold restoration of Peter as chief shepherd over a charcoal fire. It’s John 21.

Jesus the Good Shepherd wants his Church as one flock, with one shepherd. The visible unity of the Catholic Church is a sign to the world of the truth of the Gospel. Truly, sometimes people “have to see it to believe it”.