Episodes

  • Why the Devil Persecuted St. John Vianney

    Why the Devil Persecuted St. John Vianney
    Oct 25 2024
    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/u7QtS7N4Sk4

    Soon after the Cure d'Ars had opened his house of refuge for the poor orphans of the district, the strangest noises began to disturb his rest at night, and to trouble the quiet of his presbytery.
    Always at midnight, three violent knocks against the door of the presbytery generally warned the Cure d'Ars of the presence of his enemy; these knocks were followed by others more or less heavy, according as his sleep was more or less profound. After having diverted himself by making a frightful uproar on the staircase, the demon entered the room, seized the curtains of the bed, shook them so furiously that the poor inmate never could understand why they were not torn to atoms. Sometimes the malignant spirit knocked like some one who was demanding admittance, and the next moment, without the door being opened, he was in the room, moving about the chairs, deranging the furniture, rummaging everywhere, calling the Cure with a mocking voice, 'Vianney, Vianney!' and adding to his name the most outrageous qualifications and menaces. 'Eater of truffles, we shall have you, we shall have you! We hold you, we hold you!'
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    11 mins
  • Beware of Catholic Influencers: The Story of Pelagius

    Beware of Catholic Influencers: The Story of Pelagius
    Oct 21 2024
    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/_Sp2jxZrc3Q


    There were plenty of celebrity Catholics in the past whom everyone regarded as saints, but then were discovered to be just the opposite. Which brings me to the story of Pelagius, which I found in "The Catechist,” a compilation of true stories from Catholic literature, by Canon G.E. Howe.
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    6 mins
  • Death by Tomahawk: The Martyrdom of St. René Goupil

    Death by Tomahawk: The Martyrdom of St. René Goupil
    Oct 15 2024
    Watch the Video: https://youtu.be/L1w_tD_4fcc

    I decided to join St. Louis de Montfort Academy for their 20-mile pilgrimage to the North American Martyrs Shrine.

    The word “martyr” comes from a Greek word meaning “witness.” By definition, a martyr is somebody who suffers death for the Catholic Faith as a witness to Christ.

    A group of saints that fit this category so well is the North American martyrs, who gave witness to the Faith by the shedding of their blood for the conversion of the Native Americans.

    Eight French Jesuits traveled to the New World -- what is now Canada and New York -- to convert the natives. After enduring years of suffering and hardship, they paid the ultimate price by willingly shedding their blood for Christ.

    There were six priests: Frs. Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brebeuf, Noel Chabanel, Charles Garnier, Gabriel Lalemant, and Antoine Daniel, along with two lay helpers: Rene Goupil and Jean de Lalande.

    It was an honor to rejoin my alma mater for this pilgrimage. It was an extremely blessed day.
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    5 mins
  • Our Lady's Warning: Her Message at Fatima Briefly Explained

    Our Lady's Warning: Her Message at Fatima Briefly Explained
    Oct 14 2024
    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/II0x8oSyzjk

    Our story begins in the Spring of 1917. Half a mile to the south of Fatima, along a road so narrow that a team of oxen can scarcely pass, lies the village of Aljustrel where three young shepherds lived: Lucia dos Santos, and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto. They were 10, 9, and 7 years old respectively at the time of the apparitions.
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    11 mins
  • Saint Jacinta Appears to a Thief

    Saint Jacinta Appears to a Thief
    Oct 11 2024
    Two miraculous stories involving the little seers of Our Lady of Fatima. My jaw dropped when I read them and I just had to tell you all about it immediately.

    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/cntHG4R3gmo
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    5 mins
  • I've Been Looking 20 Years for This Story

    I've Been Looking 20 Years for This Story
    Oct 1 2024
    "The Sweet Little Boy" by Fr. Winfrid Herbst.

    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/mxmCX35vVN8

    And before you bring it up... yes. There's a possibility that it could just be a legend. There's not an abundance of historical evidence, but you know what... I don't care. It's a darn good story. If people can be inspired by fiction, then why can't I admire this incredible account be it legend or not.
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    9 mins
  • Don Bosco Explains Martin Luther

    Don Bosco Explains Martin Luther
    Sep 28 2024
    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/1j4YA4WRZBQ

    I'd like to ask any Catholics watching this video if you were ever told that all religions are the same? That all religions are just different paths to the same God. Saint John Bosco would definitely disagree with that statement. In his masterful work, “A Catholic Instructed in His Religion” he faithfully repeated the doctrine that our faith has held for the last 2,000 years: that the Catholic Church is the one, true Church founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ himself. Throughout the book, Don Bosco categorically defines the errors of many false religions in the form of a dialogue between a father and his children. Today I would like to tell you what he wrote about Martin Luther.

    00:00 Intro
    00:49 Introducing the Characters of the Story
    02:24 What Sparked the "Reformation"
    05:20 Martin Luther
    9:51 The Pope's Response
    10:37 Origin of "Protestant" Name
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    12 mins
  • The Epic Tale of Baldwin the Leper King

    The Epic Tale of Baldwin the Leper King
    Sep 23 2024
    I first came across this story at the age of ten and I'm not waxing poetic when I say that it has inspired my life ever since. I hope you find it equally as useful.
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    18 mins