- E100: Lessons Learned
In this episode, we bring Ivan back from retirement, take a look at the numbers and reflect on all the guests we’ve had the opportunity to interview. In the second half of the episode, we explain the reasons for pausing the podcast, until further notice. We introduce a couple of new projects we’re working on and discuss how the podcast has changed us.
Links
The Daily Catholic. https://www.youtube.com/@thedailycatholic
Peregrino. https://walthercantu.substack.com
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Show Notes
00:00 Intro & Banter
04:15 Stats & The Beardies
13:00 All Barbatus Catholic Podcast guests
25:40 The future of Barbatus Catholic Podcast
38:22 The Daily Catholic
43:00 Peregrino
46:45 How has the podcast changed you?
59:30 Blessed be God in all of His designs
E100 - 1h 2m - Feb 7, 2023 - E99: Fr. Michael O’Loughlin
In this episode, we are joined by Fr. Michael O’Loughlin to talk about Eastern Catholicism. We cover much ground; we talk about chotkis, icons, the Jesus prayer, the great schema, the great schism, and rites. If you’re curious about Byzantine Catholicism, this is the episode for you.
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Show Notes
00:00 Intro
01:55 Fr. O’Loughlin’s road to Byzantine Catholicism
06:00 The Byzantine Liturgy is kid friendly
07:18 American Ruthenian Church
11:08 To the four corners of the world
14:53 The great schism
16:27 Catholic meets Orthodox
19:35 The great schema
24:17 Chotkis, The Jesus Prayer, and Hesychasm
29:19 Windows into heaven
32:52 Sensory experience
34:50 We’re all still Catholic
36:15 Receive like a baby bird
37:30 Rites and Churches
41:40 Adapt to the culture you are in
45:20 The three steps of the spiritual life
50:12 Pray for union
54:20 Priestly blessing
Links
The Way of a Pilgrim: https://a.co/d/09pBjfL
Hesychasm: https://orthodoxwiki.org/Hesychasm
Becoming Byzantine: https://www.youtube.com/@becomingbyzantine2827
Light of the East podcast: https://byzantinecatholic.com/podcast
What God is Not podcast: https://whatgodisnot.com
E99 - 56m - Jan 30, 2023 - E98: Meekness
What does it mean to be meek? Jesus tells us to learn from Him, for He is meek and humble of heart. In this episode, we explore what being meek entails. Two examples from scripture, digging into the greek meaning of the word, and three components that can help us grow in this virtue.
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Show Notes
E17: The Twelve Degrees of Humility
E98 - 37m - Jan 24, 2023 - E97: The Mangy Donkey
In this episode, we bring you a poorly executed radio theater story about a young priest in 1936 Spain. We then talk about who this priest was, what he did for the Kingdom of God, and why his message is still relevant. Expect a couple of tangents.
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E97 - 40m - Jan 17, 2023 - E96: The Happiest Place On Earth
What’s the happiest place on earth? Hint: It’s not Disneyland. In this episode, we go over three things that the people from the happiest place on earth don’t do. And since Gustavo’s world for 2023 is “bliss” we give you three tips you can practice this year to achieve just that.
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---------- Show Notes ----------
Three things Finnish people never do:
E96 - 36m - Jan 10, 2023 - E95: Year-end Review
As Socrates once said “The unexamined life is not worth living”, hence we take a look back at the year that just ended and explore three questions that you can use as a template to see where God has taken you in your walk of faith.
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---------- Show Notes ----------
That I May See: Journeying from Spiritual Confusion and Blindness To the Radiance of the Eucharist by Fr. Barry Braum MSE https://a.co/d/44ZE8gK
Saint Mary Magdalene: Prophetess of Eucharistic Love by Fr. Sean Davidson https://a.co/d/0L2adLI
Word of the year generator: https://www.wordoftheyear.me
Saint’s name generator: http://www.saintsnamegenerator.com
E95 - 40m - Jan 3, 2023 - E94: 12 Days of Christmas
Is the twelve days of Christmas a secret catechism song? Find out in this week's episode as we break down the lyrics of this song. The bearded would like to wish you and your loved ones a very merry Christmas!
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E94 - 32m - Dec 20, 2022 - E93: Surviving the Holidays
In this episode we talk about a series of recent challenges we’ve encountered in our personal lives and what we have learned from them. Our daily crosses can take many shapes and it is up to us to recognize them, pick them up, and carry them. As our calendars start filling up, let’s keep our focus on the Christ child, our savior. Let’s thrive, not just survive during the holidays.
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E93 - 32m - Dec 13, 2022 - E92: Las Posadas
What is las posadas? Who invented them? How do you celebrate them? The answers to all of these questions and more in this week's episode.
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00:00 Happy St. Nick feast day
04:43 What is las posadas?
06:35 The first posadas
08:15 Aztec traditions & posadas
09:30 Posadas growing up in Mexico
12:15 Anatomy of a posada
12:40 Time & place
13:47 How to pedir posada
18:28 The posada litany
21:21 Prayer portion of a posada
23:55 Fellowship portion of a posada
25:08 Tamales
25:47 Atole
28:22 Ponche Navideño
31:01 Buñuelos
36:05 Piñatas
42:15 Pastorelas
46:17 Celebrate in community
49:00 Where to get the eBook?
50:45 Outro
E92 - 51m - Dec 6, 2022 - E91: Better Than Advent Calendars
Happy New (Liturgical) Year! Do you know what you’re doing for Advent? If you said yes, great job! If you said no, this week’s episode is for you. We go over five things you can do during Advent to go deeper into this season of preparation. Along the way we discuss our top three worst Christmas songs and let’s just say that we agree to disagree.
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---------- Show Notes ---------
0:00 Commercial Advent Calendars are not liturgically correct
ONE: Books
8:00 Advent of the Heart - Fr. Alfred Delp https://tinyurl.com/advent-of-the-heart
11:00 Jotham’s Journey https://tinyurl.com/jothams-journey
13:00 Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI https://a.co/d/f0tcYdl
TWO: Jesse Tree
16:00 What is a Jesse Tree?
THREE: Music for Advent
21:00 Advent Playlist - https://tinyurl.com/advent-playlist
FOUR: Posadas
27:30 What are Las Posadas?
FIVE: Contemplate
30:00 Themes of Hope and Light
E91 - 39m - Nov 29, 2022 - E90: Thinking, Rational Creatures
What makes us thinking, rational creatures? In this episode we explore gratitude and thanksgiving with the help of Blessed Solanus Casey, St. Paul and of course, the eucharist. We’re thankful for y’all listening and we hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving surrounded by your loved ones.
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---------- Show Notes ---------
0:00 Intro
1:22 The New Americans
4:02 Walther’s first Thanksgiving as an American
5:25 Gustavo’s experience with Thanksgiving
7:17 The first sign of a thinking, rational creature
12:42 In a funk? Practice gratitude
19:30 It’s heaven begun for the grateful on earth
24:30 An action of thanksgiving to God
28:38 Getting choked up in line for communion
32:15 In all circumstances give thanks
38:05 Thank God ahead of time
40:21 Ideas for practicing gratitude
41:10 We’re thankful for you
43:00 Outro
E90 - 44m - Nov 22, 2022 - E89: James Wilson
Can our vocation heal us? What does it take to heal the whole person? In this episode we talk to James Wilson, Director of Operations and Marketing at CMF Curo about Catholic health care, healing and wellness. James shares his story of trusting and continuous healing from almost becoming a religious to becoming a husband and father, we also talk about MCF Curo’s mission and its brand new offerings.
Check them out at https://cmfcuro.com/a-pro-life-approach
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E89 - 51m - Nov 15, 2022 - E88: Fr. Emil Kapaun
You may be familiar with John 15:13 “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” But what does that look like in real life? In this week’s episode we talk about the life of Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun, a chaplain during WWII and the Korean war who literally spent his life in service to others.
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E88 - 52m - Nov 8, 2022 - E87: The Unknown Saints
Do you know the name of every single saint in heaven? Neither do we, but we do know who Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Carthusians is. Buckle up for a history of the Church kind of episode where we discuss the life of St. Bruno, the Carthusians and oddly enough how American funk band Vulfpek financed a free tour for their fans. Very hipster episode.
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E87 - 49m - Nov 1, 2022 - E86: Brett Gilfillan
In this episode we talk to Brett Gilfillan, Coordinator of Catechumenate Ministries and Infant Baptism at St. Joan Of Arc in Phoenix, AZ about Jesus, the teacher. We go over Brett’s conversion to Catholicism, his experience in education, why Jesus would speak in parables and the role of parents as teachers.
E86 - 49m - Oct 25, 2022 - E85: Armando Ruiz
In this episode we talk to Armando Ruiz, youngest hispanic legislator ever to be elected in the State of Arizona, about the upcoming midterm elections on November 8th. Should Catholics be involved in the public square? Should our faith influence how we vote? What about separation of Church and State? The answer to those questions and more in this episode.
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E85 - 59m - Oct 18, 2022 - E84: Fr. Paul Sullivan
In this episode we talk to Fr. Paul Sullivan from the Diocese of Phoenix. Before we got into the topic we bantered about how pineapple belongs on pizza as much as mango belongs on salsa. Then we move on to talk about discernment of spirits, consolation, desolation and a number of tips and tricks that can help us notice how we can grow in union with God.
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---------- Show Notes ---------
0:00 Banter
4:07 Fr. Paul’s Bio
5:25 A sinner goes to confession
7:15 The movements of the Lord within us
11:10 Discernment of Spirits 101
15:04 Awareness
17:44 Notice before, during and after
20:48 Consolation and desolation
24:54 The temptation of self reliance
27:17 From good to better
28:28 Union with God
33:00 How to deal with desolation
37:18 Give it to the Lord
41:40 Resisting temptation
46:23 Closing remarks
48:15 The JPII Classic
50:10 Blessing/Outro
E84 - 51m - Oct 11, 2022 - E83: State of the Union
In this episode, Walther and Gustavo talk about how sometimes life gets in the way. And how this affected the potential fate of this mud cake of a podcast. They talk about how Sunday's readings and homilies spoke very directly to each of them and the goal set forth for Barbatus Catholic Podcast.
E83 - 43m - Oct 4, 2022 - E82: IM Beggar
In this episode we talk to Randy from IMBeggar. We talk about his journey from a successful career as an animator in LA to his coming back to the Church and starting a pre-evangelization apostolate online. We also talk about prayer, discernment and the creative process as well as discussion if a hot dog is a sandwich. What do you think? Is it? Is it not? Why? Let us know in the comments and also go checkout @imbeggar5 and his work.
---------- Show Notes ----------
0:00 Banter
01:53 Coffee or tea?
02:33 What’s your “go to” prayer?
03:36 Does pineapple belong on pizza?
04:42 Is a hot dog a sandwich?
08:18 Randy’s bio & IMBeggar
10:16 Living in the world
13:15 It took a crisis for me to get it
15:16 Little did I know
18:30 It’s Easter, we should go to Church
21:30 Why don’t you become a priest?
25:15 Six years is a long time
28:13 We’re product of our environment
30:30 You’re here to discover God’s will for you
32:45 It’s all prayer, it’s all God
36:20 The problem of evil
38:40 IM Beggar
41:17 It starts with prayer
49:25 You should do an audiobook
51:26 Bishop Sheen
53:57 Kids show, maybe?
56:30 What about these 10 million other people?
58:40 For those searching
01:02:25 Make it shareable
01:04:15 Where can people find you?
01:05:55 Outro
---------- Links ----------
IM Beggar YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGSmy2st0rb63fAkoO1aGyw
IM Beggar website: https://www.imbeggar.com/
IM Beggar IG: https://www.instagram.com/imbeggar5/
E82 - 1h 8m - Sep 20, 2022 - E81: Jeffrey Bruno
In this episode we talk to Jefrrey Bruno, photographer, revert and proud new yorker about his work of digital evangelization. We talked a lot about prayer, discernment and communicating in today’s world. Don’t forget to check out Jeffrey’s work @jeffreybruno give him a follow if you haven’t, you won’t regret it.
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---------- Show Notes ----------
0:00 Intro/Jeffrey’s Bio
2:55 Leaving the music industry
5:25 Go to Mass
7:30 I encountered Him
10:15 Prayerful discernment
13:00 Catholic websites in the early 2000s
17:27 Go where they are
20:25 Capturing the beauty and the reality
23:42 The best of humanity and the worst of humanity
27:10 Fret less, pray more, be hopeful
31:22 If you’re not communicating you’re becoming irrelevant
35:20 Nobody’s first stuff is great
36:41 Both amazing and terrifying assignments
41:58 Try, start, pray, discern
44:00 LSN documentary
47:34 Where can people find you?
49:50 Outro
---------- Links ----------
Jeffrey Bruno’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/jeffreybruno/
Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU8m8xJ41PM
The diner: https://www.instagram.com/labonbonnierenyc/
E81 - 50m - Sep 13, 2022