Manly Catholic: Igniting Men to Light the World on Fire

Trusting in God. We hear this statement countless times throughout our life. Oftentimes, we hear it so much it can, unfortunately, fall on deaf ears. We are all guilty of this. No matter how we are progressing in this life the struggle to take life by the horns and do it all our way is constantly lingering in the back of our minds.But, how often does that actually work? If you think about it, when you do everything on your own without even consulting God, do you truly appreciate what you accomplished? You might give 100% to a project at work but neglect your family in the process. You might give 100% into the sport you are training for but neglect your schoolwork. Without surrendering it all to God, you will never accomplish your goals in life and truly feel satisfied in the process. Surrendering your life to God will allow you to grow in virtue, to become a saint. Listen to this amazing talk by Chuck Swindoll on trusting God and how we can apply that to each and every aspect of our lives today. James Challenge! Take 5 minutes a day and just stop, think, and reflect on the areas in your life that you are trusting God and those areas in your life you are holding on to. What is holding you back from giving it to God? Why are some areas easier in your life to give to Him and other areas more difficult? Journal, talk with a friend or spouse and make a commitment to surrender it all over to God. Trust....God. He will never let you down!Thank you to our partners at Hallow! Hallow is the #1 Catholic app that helps deepen your prayer life, meditate on Holy Scripture, fall asleep to Bible stories, and so much more! Make sure you click on this link to receive an extended 30-day free trial of their premium content exclusively for our listeners. As always, please pray for us! We are men who are striving every day to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost!  Get social with us:Follow us on the ‘gram.'Join our private FB group exclusively for our listeners. Contact Father Dom and James directly:james.cr.caldwell@gmail.comdcouturier@olcparish.net Resources mentioned in the episode:1. Chuck Swindoll "Trust God" youtube2. Chuck Swindoll Wikipedia page3. Chuck Swindoll Insight for Living Send us a textSupport the showPlease prayerfully consider supporting the podcast on our Buy Me A Coffee page. to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible! Thank you for your prayers and support. Be sure to follow us on X for more great content. As always, please pray for us! We are men who strive daily to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Subscribe to our YouTube page to see our manly and holy faces Check out our website Contact us at themanlycatholic@gmail.com

Father Mark Murphy is the lead pastor at St. Jude Catholic Church in Cedar Springs, IA. He is also a U.S. Navy veteran. Thank you for your service!Alan Keyes is a  political conservative and activist, former U.N. Ambassador under the Ronald Reagan administration, and multiple-time candidate for the U.S. Presidency. Mary is like the moon. You can stare at the moon all day and not have to worry about getting burned. She is a reflection of the powerful light of Christ. Look to your beloved Mother and she will never let you down. The Church is in crisis mode. The answer is not to abandon Jesus because of Judas. The choice is not to jump ship because there are rough seas. We will not stray from the narrow path God has laid before us. We will remain strong.KEY TAKEAWAYS:1. Look to Mary. Jesus is the sun. Mary is the moon. You cannot stare at the sun all day or your eyes will burn. You can stare at the moon all day because it is a reflection of the light of the sun.2. Pray for our leaders. Pray for Pope Francis. Pray for your local priests, especially your bishop. The Church is in a time of crisis right now. We need our leaders to lead.3. Never lose hope. Jesus Christ has won the ultimate victory. Never forget that men. Thank you to our partners at Hallow! Hallow is the #1 Catholic app that helps deepen your prayer life, meditate on Holy Scripture, fall asleep to Bible stories, and so much more! Make sure you click on this link to receive an extended 30-day free trial of their premium content exclusively for our listeners. As always, please pray for us! We are men who are striving every day to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost!  Get social with us:Follow us on the ‘gram.'Join our private FB group exclusively for our listeners. Contact Father Dom and James directly:james.cr.caldwell@gmail.comdcouturier@olcparish.net Resources mentioned in the episode:1. Father Mark Murphy's homily on Mary2. Alan Keyes' We Will Not Stray speech3. Alan Keye's Wikipedia pageSend us a textSupport the showPlease prayerfully consider supporting the podcast on our Buy Me A Coffee page. to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible! Thank you for your prayers and support. Be sure to follow us on X for more great content. As always, please pray for us! We are men who strive daily to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Subscribe to our YouTube page to see our manly and holy faces Check out our website Contact us at themanlycatholic@gmail.com

Father John Riccardo, executive director of Acts XXIX and former pastor at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Plymouth, MI, gives a memorable and needed homily on marriage. He brings humor and the powerful example of his father's life on how spouses need to fully embrace their role in a sacramental marriage.KEY TAKEAWAYS-1. You must have a vision for your marriage. If you don't come up with one, someone will make one for you.2. You must have your priorities in order. If God is not first, your marriage will crumble.3. Go on a date this week with your wife and connect with her again. Thank you to our partners at Hallow! Hallow is the #1 Catholic app that helps deepen your prayer life, meditate on Holy Scripture, fall asleep to Bible stories, and so much more! Make sure you click on this link to receive an extended 30-day free trial of their premium content exclusively for our listeners. As always, please pray for us! We are men who are striving every day to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost!  Get social with us:Follow us on the ‘gram.'Join our private FB group exclusively for our listeners. Contact Father Dom and James directly:james.cr.caldwell@gmail.comdcouturier@olcparish.net Resources mentioned in the episode:1. Fr. Riccardo homily from 2018 on marriage2. Acts XXIX websiteSend us a textSupport the showPlease prayerfully consider supporting the podcast on our Buy Me A Coffee page. to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible! Thank you for your prayers and support. Be sure to follow us on X for more great content. As always, please pray for us! We are men who strive daily to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Subscribe to our YouTube page to see our manly and holy faces Check out our website Contact us at themanlycatholic@gmail.com

To be great, you must become little. The Manly Catholic is switching things up a bit this week and bringing you an amazing speech by Jim Caviezel, the man dubbed by Mel Gibson to play Jesus in the incredible movie "The Passion of the Christ." James flies solo again this week to bring you an encouraging and uplifting speech from this incredible man.Want to hear more great speeches? Let us know! Email at the link below to James to leave a comment. Please leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts! Thank you to our partners at Hallow! Hallow is the #1 Catholic app that helps deepen your prayer life, meditate on Holy Scripture, fall asleep to Bible stories, and so much more! Make sure you click on this link to receive an extended 30-day free trial of their premium content exclusively for our listeners. As always, please pray for us! We are men who are striving every day to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost!  Get social with us:Follow us on the ‘gram.'Join our private FB group exclusively for our listeners. Contact Father Dom and James directly:james.cr.caldwell@gmail.comdcouturier@olcparish.net Resources mentioned in the episode:1.  Actual Jim Caviezel speech2. Jim Caviezel Wikipedia pageSend us a textSupport the showPlease prayerfully consider supporting the podcast on our Buy Me A Coffee page. to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible! Thank you for your prayers and support. Be sure to follow us on X for more great content. As always, please pray for us! We are men who strive daily to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Subscribe to our YouTube page to see our manly and holy faces Check out our website Contact us at themanlycatholic@gmail.com

Confession...sigh...argh...meh. Admit it, confession is one of those things you know you should do, but may not truly see the importance of it. If nothing else helps you see how important it is maybe this episode will help you. Confession is one of those medicines that you may not like going down but you sure are happy you took it once you're through it. It's like that grape cough syrup you took as a kid (seriously...grape flavor?!). In last week's episode, the men talked about the importance of prayer and how it is pivotal in keeping our lives in order. This week, confession shows itself as a close companion to prayer to fight off the spiritual battle we engage in each and every day. Join James and Fr. Dom in Part 2 to see why confession helps keeps us in a state of grace consistently and keeps the demons at bay, why men love to be challenged and how every man needs to rise to each battle they face, why men love truth, and how and why we need to thunder-roll (Fr. Dom's new word) through this battle to emerge victorious in God's eyes.Thank you to our partners at Hallow! Hallow is the #1 Catholic app that helps deepen your prayer life, meditate on Holy Scripture, fall asleep to Bible stories, and so much more! Make sure you click on this link to receive an extended 30-day free trial of their premium content exclusively for our listeners. As always, please pray for us! We are men who are striving every day to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Get social with us:Follow us on the ‘gram.'Join our private FB group exclusively for our listeners.Contact Father Dom and James directly:james.cr.caldwell@gmail.comdcouturier@olcparish.net Resources mentioned in the episode:1. The Truth About Spiritual Warfare talk by Fr. Chad Ripperger2. The Theology of Demons talk by Fr. Ripperger3. Jesse Romero website4. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers website5. That Man Is You website6. Jordan P. Peterson website7. Ephesians 6:10-20, St. Paul's armor of God passage8. Exodus 90Send us a textSupport the showPlease prayerfully consider supporting the podcast on our Buy Me A Coffee page. to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible! Thank you for your prayers and support. Be sure to follow us on X for more great content. As always, please pray for us! We are men who strive daily to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Subscribe to our YouTube page to see our manly and holy faces Check out our website Contact us at themanlycatholic@gmail.com

The thrill of victory...the agony of defeat. Men, these next two weeks James and Fr. Dom talk about the battle we face each and every day. We may not always be cognizant of this battle, but we better believe it is going on constantly around us. The spiritual battle is one anyone hardly talks about but it is the battle we men must be ready and willing to fight for our souls and the souls of our families. Fr. Chad Ripperger says demons are nothing to be afraid of if we are attached to Christ. He likens to Jesus as a 500-lb. gorilla he brings along to an exorcism that the demons shudder in fear to because they know they are about to be beaten to the ground. Men, Christ has beaten death, Satan's ultimate fear he lingers over our head. As David says, "Oh death, where is thy victory? Oh death, where is thy sting?" If we lean into Christ to the point where He is literally holding us up, there is nothing we cannot do.In Part 1 on this 2-part series, James and Fr. Dom talk about why prayer is our ultimate defense against diabolical influence, how and why identifying your mission in life is key to sticking to it, and prevailing, and how demons might run the simplest offense in the history of football yet they are often successful. Thank you to our partners at Hallow! Hallow is the #1 Catholic app that helps deepen your prayer life, meditate on Holy Scripture, fall asleep to Bible stories, and so much more! Make sure you click on this link to receive an extended 30-day free trial of their premium content exclusively for our listeners. As always, please pray for us! We are men who are striving every day to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Get social with us:Follow us on the ‘gram.'Join our private FB group exclusively for our listeners.Contact Father Dom and James directly:james.cr.caldwell@gmail.comdcouturier@olcparish.net Resources mentioned in the episode:1. The Truth About Spiritual Warfare talk by Fr. Chad Ripperger2. The Theology of Demons talk by Fr. Ripperger3. Jesse Romero website4. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers website5. That Man Is You website6. Jordan P. Peterson website7. Ephesians 6:10-20, St. Paul's armor of God passage8. Send us a textSupport the showPlease prayerfully consider supporting the podcast on our Buy Me A Coffee page. to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible! Thank you for your prayers and support. Be sure to follow us on X for more great content. As always, please pray for us! We are men who strive daily to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Subscribe to our YouTube page to see our manly and holy faces Check out our website Contact us at themanlycatholic@gmail.com

On this week's episode, James flies solo! The communion of saints is something we, as Catholics, state we believe every time we recite the Apostles' Creed. But, what does that even mean? Who are the saints? What does communion with them have to do with our Catholic faith? Listen to this week's episode to find out!Thank you to our partners at Hallow! Hallow is the #1 Catholic app that helps deepen your prayer life, meditate on Holy Scripture, fall asleep to Bible stories, and so much more! Make sure you click on this link to receive an extended 30-day free trial of their premium content exclusively for our listeners. As always, please pray for us! We are men who are striving every day to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Get social with us! Follow us on the ‘gram’ here.Join our private FB group exclusively for our listeners.Support this apostolate on Patreon. Contact Father Dom and James directly:james.cr.caldwell@gmail.comdcouturier@olcparish.net Resources mentioned: 1. How to become a saint2. The Creed of the People of God by Saint Paul VI3. Lumen Gentium4. How to find a patron saintSend us a textSupport the showPlease prayerfully consider supporting the podcast on our Buy Me A Coffee page. to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible! Thank you for your prayers and support. Be sure to follow us on X for more great content. As always, please pray for us! We are men who strive daily to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Subscribe to our YouTube page to see our manly and holy faces Check out our website Contact us at themanlycatholic@gmail.com

Well, gentlemen...here we go. We all like a good controversy! In all seriousness, being clear in our faith and understanding what is going on in our beloved Church can help shape and form us. We must always remember that every person out there, no matter how evil we perceive them to be is a soul that needs to be prayed for to get to heaven. The power of prayer can never be underestimated!Continue listening to find out what the heck the USCCB actually decided to do in the fall, why President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and Catholic politicians are in danger when they receive Communion, and why Fr. Dom hopes and prays it is simply a manner of ignorance. Thank you to our partners at Hallow! Hallow is the #1 Catholic app that helps deepen your prayer life, meditate on Holy Scripture, fall asleep to Bible stories, and so much more! Make sure you click on this link to receive an extended 30-day free trial of their premium content exclusively for our listeners. As always, please pray for us! We are men who are striving every day to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Get social with us:Follow us on the ‘gram.'Join our private FB group exclusively for our listeners.Support this apostolate on Patreon. Contact Father Dom and James directly:james.cr.caldwell@gmail.comdcouturier@olcparish.net Resources mentioned in the episode:1. Pew research on Eucharist in USA2. FORMED.org3. Story of St. Tarcisius4. How St. Clare saved her convent5. Early Church Fathers on transubstantiation6. Church dogmas on the Eucharist7. Catholic Answers "Who Can Receive Communion?" article8. Eucharistic miracle of Sokolka9. Statement of Principles Send us a textSupport the showPlease prayerfully consider supporting the podcast on our Buy Me A Coffee page. to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible! Thank you for your prayers and support. Be sure to follow us on X for more great content. As always, please pray for us! We are men who strive daily to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Subscribe to our YouTube page to see our manly and holy faces Check out our website Contact us at themanlycatholic@gmail.com

Transubstantiation is defined in the Catechism "by the consecration of the bread and wine there takes place a change of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of his blood. This change the holy Catholic Church has fittingly and properly called transubstantiation." Men...transubstantiation is a dogma of our faith. We cannot say we are truly Catholic without fully believing in this concept as defined by the Church, nay, Jesus Himself! Continue listening to hear how James and Fr. Dom had a switch flipped based on Greek words uttered by Jesus during the Bread of Life discourse, what transubstantiation actually means, and why women can never be made priests because Jesus was a male.Thank you to our partners at Hallow! Hallow is the #1 Catholic app that helps deepen your prayer life, meditate on Holy Scripture, fall asleep to Bible stories, and so much more! Make sure you click on this link to receive an extended 30-day free trial of their premium content exclusively for our listeners. As always, please pray for us! We are men who are striving every day to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Get social with us:Follow us on the ‘gram.'Join our private FB group exclusively for our listeners.Support this apostolate on Patreon. Contact Father Dom and James directly:james.cr.caldwell@gmail.comdcouturier@olcparish.net Resources mentioned in the episode:1. Pew research on Eucharist in USA2. FORMED.org3. Story of St. Tarcisius4. How St. Clare saved her convent5. Early Church Fathers on transubstantiation6. Church dogmas on the Eucharist7. Catholic Answers "Who Can Receive Communion?" article8. Eucharistic miracle of Sokolka9. Carlo Acutis wiki Send us a textSupport the showPlease prayerfully consider supporting the podcast on our Buy Me A Coffee page. to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible! Thank you for your prayers and support. Be sure to follow us on X for more great content. As always, please pray for us! We are men who strive daily to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Subscribe to our YouTube page to see our manly and holy faces Check out our website Contact us at themanlycatholic@gmail.com

The Eucharist...the source and summit of our faith. Men, if you don't know the Eucharist, this episode is for you! The Eucharist and the cross are the two elements of our Catholic faith that caused most of Jesus's followers to leave Him. Think about that men...we know how the Resurrection changed the world. Yet how many people still doubt? The Eucharist is the other major pillar of our faith that causes the most division, even amongst self-proclaimed Catholics today! Listen to this episode to hear some fantastic stories on the Eucharist, an epic quote by St. Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, the connection between the Old and New Testament, and why the Mass is NOT boring because it is all about what you put into it, not just what you receive. Next week, we dive deeper into the concept of Transubstantiation and why you must believe this to be Catholic. Thank you to our partners at Hallow! Hallow is the #1 Catholic app that helps deepen your prayer life, meditate on Holy Scripture, fall asleep to Bible stories, and so much more! Make sure you click on this link to receive an extended 30-day free trial of their premium content exclusively for our listeners. As always, please pray for us! We are men who are striving every day to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Get social with us:1. Follow us on the ‘gram’ here.2. Join our private FB group exclusively for our listeners.3. Support this apostolate on Patreon. Contact Father Dom and James directly:james.cr.caldwell@gmail.comdcouturier@olcparish.net Resources mentioned in the episode:1. Pew research on Eucharist in USA2. FORMED.org3. Story of St. Tarcisius4. How St. Clare saved her convent5. Early Church Fathers on transubstantiation 6. Church dogmas on the Eucharist7. Catholic Answers "Who Can Receive Communion?" articleSend us a textSupport the showPlease prayerfully consider supporting the podcast on our Buy Me A Coffee page. to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible! Thank you for your prayers and support. Be sure to follow us on X for more great content. As always, please pray for us! We are men who strive daily to be holy, to become saints and we cannot do that without the help of the Holy Ghost! Subscribe to our YouTube page to see our manly and holy faces Check out our website Contact us at themanlycatholic@gmail.com