Today Sam and John discuss how we can live well and thrive in these times. We share thoughts on how to avoid the temptation to complain and buckle under the pressures of job security, political issues, mounting inflation, and taking care of those closest to you. The Church in her wisdom has given us the roadmap that can be used by every man living today.Topics Include: Inflation and Budget Authentic Freedom Practical Steps on Thriving in Difficulties 🔴 SUPPORT THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN --Become a supporter of The Catholic Gentleman on Patreon and get incredible gifts as a thank you for your support: https://www.patreon.com/catholicgentleman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Sam and John discuss how men can embrace, deepen their commitment, and constantly grow in love with Christ in the Eucharist. We touch on seven truths that help men better accept this reality and why loving Christ in the Eucharist is the highest pursuit that men can set forth as members of the Church Militant.The USCCB has recently launched the Eucharistic Revival on the Feast of Corpus Christi, and we call all men to recommit their devotion, understanding, and love of the Eucharist!Eucharistic Revival - https://www.eucharisticrevival.orgThe Holy Eucharist - St. Alphonsus - https://www.goodcatholicbooks.org/books/alphonsusworks06.pdfEucharistic Meditations - St. Peter Julian Eymard - Apostle of the Eucharist https://www.ecatholic2000.com/cts/untitled-143.shtmlSumma - St. Thomas Aquinas https://www.newadvent.org/summa/4073.htmSpiritual Communion Prayer - https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/act-of-spiritual-communion-339Prayer After Communion - https://www.daily-prayers.org/father-son-holy-spirit/prayer-after-communion-thomas-aquinas🔴 SUPPORT THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN --Become a supporter of The Catholic Gentleman on Patreon and get incredible gifts as a thank you for your support: https://www.patreon.com/catholicgentleman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by a professional baseball player and Catholic gentleman, Michael Krauza. We cover such topics as setbacks in life, being cut from his high school team twice, devotion to Our Lady, and living for God's will in all that we do. Michael experienced a strong conversion in college and now openly talks to and about Our Lady while on and off the mound.Learn More - https://ilovetexasbaseball.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we discuss how the Catholic man must live simply. It is by rejecting consumerism and by turning away from more stuff that we open ourselves up to actually serve God's will in our lives. Our earthly possessions call to us, what conversations are we allowing them to have with us? We go into statistics, social examples, and truths about how living simply is necessary for our service to God and others. The Scarcity Principle is Manipulating Us Custody of the Mind Total Abandonment to God -- SUPPORT THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN --Become a supporter of The Catholic Gentleman on Patreon and get incredible gifts as a thank you for your support: https://www.patreon.com/catholicgentleman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we discuss how to be resilient in life as well as key ways to overcome laziness and acedia. Renowned motivational speaker, Jonathan Doyle, from Australia, joins us to talk about his life as a peak performance athlete and motivational life coach, as well as how to avoid letting sloth, laziness, or suffering ruin our lives. Learn how to overcome your weaknesses and be a powerful witness to the world.We go through panic attacks, abusive fathers, rejection from others in life, and how God brings remarkable good out of our sufferings.Learn more about Jonathan and Get His Free Bookhttps://jonathandoyle.cohttps://www.onecatholicteacher.comYoutube Platformshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9auVexLuGvTyIZ-jpNLtRAhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCYnW4yVdd93N1OTbsxgyw-- SUPPORT THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN --Become a supporter of The Catholic Gentleman on Patreon and get incredible gifts as a thank you for your support: https://www.patreon.com/catholicgentleman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Sam and John discuss how the world gets marriage wrong and why it rejects the true sacramentality of marriage. We discuss the difficulty of living out the vocation of marriage and we go into 7 practices that need to happen on a regular basis to keep your marriage strong, holy, and constantly filled with love. Learn and be a powerful witness to the world.Read Morehttps://catholicgentleman.com/2018/08/becoming-one-marriage-as-sanctificationhttps://catholicgentleman.com/2020/07/get-thee-wedded-shakespeares-advice-on-finding-a-wifehttps://catholicgentleman.com/2015/08/the-adventure-and-crisis-of-marriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Sam and John discuss the dignity of work and how to balance the desire for career advancement with your faith. We also give great advice on how to get ahead in your career and discern changing your job. Pride, power, and pleasure are the ideals held by society with work, but it is by pursuing these ideals that we instead find frustration, anxiety, and unhappiness.RERUM NOVARUM - "Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor" - Pope Leo XIII -https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.htmlLABOREM EXERCENS - "Through work man must earn his daily bread" - Pope St. John Paul II - https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens.htmlCatechism:“If any one will not work, let him not eat.” Work honors the Creator’s gifts and the talents received from him. (CCC 2427).In work, the person exercises and fulfills in part the potential inscribed in his nature. (CCC 2428)-- PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN --https://www.patreon.com/catholicgentleman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Sam and John discuss desk job burnout, depression, knife making, Poland and Ukraine, and finding God's will at work with award-winning blacksmith Leszek Sikon. Leszek's journey to the life of blacksmithing is filled with acceptance and growing in unity with God's will. We also spend time talking about knives and the artistry behind wielding the forge.Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lsikonblacksmithSite - https://www.lsikonblacksmith.comEating Tools - https://www.eatingtools.com-- PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN --https://www.patreon.com/catholicgentlemanLeszek Sikon - Originally from Poland, Leszek came to the UK 17 years ago. He earned a decent living as a middle manager in retail yet this career left me feeling wholly unfulfilled. Leszek knew that he wanted to create something that would last. He was used to getting dirty and working with his hands – so he was thrilled to learn that Hereford College of Arts ran a blacksmithing course. The next thing he knew, he quit his job and started training.Since then he has found his passion in producing a series of superb artisan tools and knives, using age-old skills to produce modern objects of desire. His inspiration comes from the history and the traditional methods, getting to grips with hammers, tongs, and fire. Having these skills has paid off more than a career in retail ever would. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Sam and John discuss 12 of the manliest saints in history. We go into what we today can learn from how these incredible men lived. It is important to understand the character of these men, the times they lived in, as well as the lessons they teach us. We focus on how they lived their lives and why we should turn to them in various struggles we might face. Regardless of their history, they all lived devoted to God's will in a beautiful way.-- SUPPORT THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN --https://www.patreon.com/catholicgentleman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined by a former white supremacist and now a devout Catholic man of letters, Joseph Pearce. We discuss his conversion to Catholicism from a life of hatred, G.K. Chesterton, and why men must read poetry. Joseph shares with us the intimate tie between poetry and prayer, he clarifies our thoughts on truth and beauty, and drives home how poetry identifies and assists in the completion of an authentic man. Please join us in this conversation."True perception comes with virtue, specifically the virtue of humility,it is humility that gives us a sense of gratitude,it is gratitude that opens the eyes to wonder,and it is only when the eyes are open to wonder that we are moved to contemplation,and it is only when we are moved to contemplation that the mind is open to dilation,and it is dilation which is the full opening of the mind to reality." - Joseph Pearce on The Catholic GentlemanJoseph Pearce is a premier literary biographer and author of our time, especially in reviewing the depths of the Catholic literary tradition. He is the author of acclaimed biographies of G.K. Chesterton, Oscar Wilde, Hilaire Belloc, and J.R.R. Tolkien, and books on English poetry and literature.He has hosted two 13-part television series about Shakespeare on EWTN, and has also written and presented documentaries on EWTN on the Catholicism of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. His verse drama, Death Comes for the War Poets, was performed off-Broadway to critical acclaim.Website - https://jpearce.coNew Book - Benedict XVI: Defender of the Faith - https://tanbooks.com/products/books/spiritual-warfare/virtue-vice/benedict-xvi-defender-of-the-faith-- SUPPORT THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN --https://www.patreon.com/catholicgentleman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices