Thomas Mirus explores Catholic arts & culture with a variety of notable guests. A production of CatholicCulture.org.
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Voice actor James T. Majewski brings to life classic Catholic works, with a special focus on St. John Henry Newman and the Fathers of the Church. Over 100 recordings, including sermons, encyclicals, letters, poems, and full books like St. Augustine's De Doctrina Christiana, and St. Athanasius's Life of St. Anthony. A production of CatholicCulture.org.
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The Simpleton Podcast | Catholic Culture, Mission, and Politics with Clark Massey and Laura Hehman
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Welcome to The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey and Laura Hehman! Clark is the founder of A Simple House of Sts. Francis and Alphonsus, a Catholic inner-city outreach ministry in Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Laura was one of the first missionaries to join the ministry, and is still involved today. The vision of The Simpleton Podcast is to discuss Catholic culture, mission, and politics through the lens of the Catholic laity. New episodes (almost) every Thursday! To learn more about ...
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Join Father David Tickerhoof weekly for Evangelizing Catholic Culture, podcasts that are sure to touch your heart! Father is a retired priest living at Our Lady Queen of Peace House of Evangelization in Pittsburg. The teachings in these podcasts are the thoughts and prayers of Father David.
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Join Bishop Robert Barron for a weekly podcast on faith and culture. Find more episodes at http://WordOnFireShow.com and submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.com.
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St. Francis de Sales - Introduction to the Devout Life | Full
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"Be sure that wherever our lot is cast we may and must aim at the perfect life." Written over 400 years ago, Introduction to the Devout Life is still one of the most popular books for those pursuing holiness. St. Francis de Sales explains how to turn that desire for sanctity into resolutions that yield grace-filled results. Themes include: Pursuing…
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Why Fairness Is Bad, Envy, World Politics | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
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Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast!—Clark and Laura discuss envy and its opposite, why fairness is stupid, and what Trump's first 100 days in office could look like in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.— Chapters: 0:00 Intro & episode preview 0:45 Clark’s connection to Costa Rica politics 4:20 Envy & the Ten Commandments 13…
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189 - St. Boethius, Stoicism and Neoplatonism - Thomas Ward
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St. Anicius Manlius Severius Boethius's book The Consolation of Philosophy, which he wrote in prison while awaiting martyrdom around the year 524, is one of the single most influential works for medieval philosophy and theology. But Boethius also owed much to the pagan philosophy that came before him. Thomas Ward has just written a commentary on Bo…
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What is the nature and purpose of prayer? The question may sound simple, but it unearths some complex philosophical and theological issues. If God is omniscient, what is the point of speaking with him, either out loud or in our thoughts if he already knows what we have to say? If God is all good and all powerful, why does it sometimes appear that o…
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“Love is the light—and in the end, the only light—that can always illuminate a world grown dim and give us the courage needed to keep living and working. Love is possible, and we are able to practice it because we are created in the image of God. To experience love and in this way to cause the light of God to enter into the world—this is the invita…
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Pope Francis's New Encyclical "Dilexit Nos" | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
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Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast! — Clark and Laura discuss Pope Francis's new encyclical, "Dilexit Nos", in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. (You can read the whole encyclical here: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html) — You can also find the audio versi…
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We bring you the sixth lesson of Bishop Barron’s lecture series on one of the most important and influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, Han Urs von Balthasar. We will come to understand his life, his theology, and his ongoing impact on the Church and our work to evangelize the culture. Enjoy! Links: Full lecture series available…
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188 - Christians against AI art - Susannah Black Roberts
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There is increasing speculation and concern about the role of AI in the future of the arts. Surprisingly, many Christians are already embracing the use of AI to produce images of the saints. In this episode, Thomas and Susannah Black Roberts make the argument for why AI art is a contradiction in terms. It is analogous to pornography in that it scra…
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A cultural shift seems to be underway, at least within the United States, that is potentially making society more open—perhaps even more positively disposed—to the wisdom of the Catholic social thought tradition. If there is an opportunity for Catholic teachings to have more cultural and political traction now, how should the Church take advantage …
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Today we share the fifth lesson of Bishop Barron’s lecture series on one of the most important and influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, Han Urs von Balthasar. We will come to understand his life, his theology, and his ongoing impact on the Church and our work to evangelize the culture. Enjoy! Links: Full lecture series availab…
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How to Do Mission Work as a Family: INTERVIEW w/ Magdalene Glemkowski | The Simpleton Podcast
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To learn more about SOLT Family Mission Experiences, visit https://www.soltfme.org. Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast! — Clark sits down with Magdalene Glemkowski, Board Member, SOLT Family Mission Experience, to discuss what mission trips as a family can and should look like in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.Also in th…
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One of the defining features of the Christian moral and spiritual life is the supernatural virtue of hope. What is hope? What makes hope more than a mere superstition? How does hope help us live both individually and in community? Can hope have negative consequences, like motivating people to remain passive in the face of injustice? And what, if an…
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Paradigm Shifts; Mass Isn't Inspiring? | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
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Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast!—Clark and Laura answer listener questions about the Mass, JP2, and bad leaders, then tackle shifts in cultural and secular worldviews in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.Also in this episode: • Is the Mass supposed to be inspiring? • Why do some people defend bad priests? • JP2 and misha…
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Alma Redemptoris Mater
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The ICC presents a concert by Floriani on the Marian hymns of Advent & Christmas to meditate on her central role in the mystery of salvation.Por Institute of Catholic Culture
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"They are the class of feelings we should have—yes, have in an intense degree—if we literally had the sight of Almighty God; therefore they are the class of feelings which we shall have, if we realize His presence." This sermon appears among a collection of sermons originally written and preached by St. John Henry Newman before his conversion to Ca…
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We bring you the fourth lesson of Bishop Barron’s lecture series on one of the most important and influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, Han Urs von Balthasar. We will come to understand his life, his theology, and his ongoing impact on the Church and our work to evangelize the culture. Enjoy! Links: Full lecture series availabl…
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187 - The Roman Rite, ad orientem worship, and liturgical tradition - Fr. Uwe Michael Lang
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Fr. Uwe Michael Lang, a liturgical historian and priest of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in London, is the author of the new book A Short History of the Roman Mass, from Ignatius Press. Topics discussed in this episode include: The origins of the Roman Rite and development of the Roman Eucharistic Prayer Problems with liturgical antiquarianism (tr…
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The Filled-Up Word
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Join Fr. Devin Roza on an illuminating journey through the first two chapters of Matthew's Gospel and learn how the evangelist presents Jesus as the fulfillment of Scripture.Por Institute of Catholic Culture
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Despite the enduring, progressive narrative that society favors and privileges men, the sociological data reveals men have and continue to experience devastating declines in education, earning power, economic mobility, relationship stability, and physical and mental health. Often vilified by secular culture as “toxic” merely for existing, men are o…
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186 - Is there ever enough of Mary? w/ Fr. Charles Anthony Mary, F.I.
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DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio De Maria numquam satis: Of Mary never enough. This saying of St. Bernard is echoed by many other saints. St. Anselm, for instance, says that it is impossible to determine the limits of God’s grace in elevating Mary’s human nature. St. Alphonsus says that if there is anything…
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A Year of the Lord's Favor
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God established a regular time of liberation for His people Israel, a great Jubilee every fifty years to free captives and debtors. Learn about this rich biblical and ecclesial history and its ongoing relevance as an opportunity for conversion and grace.Por Institute of Catholic Culture
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Be sure to subscribe to this podcast or listen to this here – online. You can download this talk on your computer or you can listen on your phone. Share this podcast with a friend. God’s Love for His People Episode 1 God’s love for His people will astound and bless you — in the scriptures, He says, “Beloved let us love one another because love is o…
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Today we bring you the third lesson of Bishop Barron's lecture series on one of the most important and influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, Han Urs von Balthasar. We will come to understand his life, his theology, and his ongoing impact on the Church and our work to evangelize the culture. Enjoy! Links: Full lecture series ava…
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"You thought perhaps when learned Campion dies, His pen must cease, his sugared tongue be still; But you forgot how loud his death it cries How far beyond the sound of tongue and quill." In 1581, a young Englishman named Henry Walpole attended the execution of the Jesuit Edmund Campion. As Campion was hung, drawn and quartered, Walpole stood close …
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After spending nearly a month in Rome, Bishop Barron has just returned from the concluding session of the Synod on Synodality. However, numerous basic questions remain among the faithful: What challenges were discussed during this synod and what solutions, if any, did the attendees reach? What impact, if any, does either the structure or content of…
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High IQs & Religious Truths; Trump Policies | The Simpleton Podcast with Clark Massey & Laura Hehman
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Call (913) 390-3672 and leave a message for the podcast!—Clark and Laura discuss the religious opinions of the man with the highest IQ in the world, Christopher Langan, in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.Also in this episode:• Digital Bill of Rights incoming?• Ukraine, Iran, Vietnam• Good and Bad Fruit• Black Licorice• Job Cuts in the Governm…
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Wisdom and Worship
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Philo of Alexandria, a Jewish philosopher living in Egypt in the mid to late first century B.C., wrote biblical commentaries that sought to interpret the meaning of the Jewish religion when regular worship at the Temple was impossible.Por Institute of Catholic Culture
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Today we bring you the second lesson of Bishop Barron’s lecture series on one of the most important and influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, Han Urs von Balthasar. We will come to understand his life, his theology, and his ongoing impact on the Church and our work to evangelize the culture. Enjoy! Links: Full lecture series av…
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“This is love in its most radical form. By contemplating the pierced side of Christ, we can understand the starting-point of this Encyclical Letter: “God is love”. It is there that this truth can be contemplated. It is from there that our definition of love must begin. In this contemplation the Christian discovers the path along which his life and …
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Homer's Iliad
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Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, has influenced countless works of literature through its poetic expression, perennial themes, and moral lessons. Join Dr. Anthony Esolen for a guided book study of this foundational work.Por Institute of Catholic Culture
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Through a litany of trials and grace, Tammy Peterson found her way to the Catholic Church. We bring you the second half of an hour-long conversation she had recently with Bishop Barron. The two explore transubstantiation, the power of prayer, grace in suffering, and more. 00:00 | Intro 00:28 | Prayer as sustenance and as intercession across space a…
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