The podcast formerly known as Catholic Bytes. A podcast for busy Catholics. A mix of short, informative episodes, long form interviews, and interesting historical episodes. Wherever you are in your faith, we have content for you!
The Church is built on a foundation of so many great saints who followed Christ to continue His mission, and thanks to St. Jerome, since early on in the life of the Church believers have had access to the Bible in their own language. “Ignorance of Script
A spiritual life can seem detached from our daily, human life, but indeed Christ assumed a human life that we can relate to and look to for spiritual guidance. In this episode learn how Christ’s humanity is for us the center of spiritual life.
We know what a spiritual life is, but what’s a basic way that we can get a daily spiritual plan going? What does a daily prayer life look like? In this episode, Fr. Hanley offers tips and basic practices that anyone can use to get started in living a lif
Why pray to the saints? Why devote attention to certain saints in particular? What does it mean to have a relationship with them? Get the answers to these questions and hear a testimony that will ignite your vigor to make some new friends among the sa
In this episode, we find out what actual grace is, and what it means to cooperate with the graces God bestows on us, and what are some examples and kinds of actual grace.
Recognizing the various forms sin can take will help us to understand the actions we need to take to be absolved of those various sins. In this episode we clarify personal sin from actual sin and discuss in particular the two types of personal sin and t
“Living the spiritual life is living the life of grace…” says Father… but what does that mean? What is “living the life of grace”? What is grace, and are there any types of graces, and what do they do? Find out more in this episode!
Human origin is something man will never grow tired of contemplating and the fall of our first parents, Adam and Eve, made human sinfulness an inevitable part of our nature. In this episode we offer insight for some questions that arise upon contemplati
When we think of the “spiritual” life, we often think of monks praying in monasteries, or people having visions miraculous encounters with Christ. But what does it really mean? In this episode, we find out what the spiritual life is, and how we are calle
We all know Mary’s role in salvation history… but what is her role in the Church? Guest speakers Fr. Mike Rapp and Fr. John Nepil of Catholic Stuff You Should Know explain it all.
The Church is built on a foundation of so many great saints who followed Christ to continue His mission, and thanks to St. Jerome, since early on in the life of the Church believers have had access to the Bible in their own language. “Ignorance of Script
When we think about the priesthood, we think of that guy with the black robe and the white little square on his neck. But is that all there is about the priesthood? Find out the deeper meaning of the priesthood here, not only for priests, but for lay men
God communicates to us personally through Sacred Scripture, and in this episode we discuss the four-part prayer formula, Lectio Divina, that meditates Sacred Scripture to facilitate our understanding of what God is saying to us in His Word.
The Catholic Faith is a lived Tradition and it is manifested in many outward expressions we as Catholics use. The parts of the liturgy is among this Tradition and in this episode we discuss the significance of these expressions for the Faith.
Today’s popular culture promotes lust and even influences us to accept it. But lust takes us away from something truly beautiful, love. In this episode we discuss the negative effects of lust and how it differs from and inhibits love.
Christ’s resurrection can be hard to relate to our own lives, even despite the fact that He offers specifically to us the life He earns through His resurrection. In this episode we offer insight on the Pascal mystery from the perspective of its relevanc
God has a plan for us and is involved in each moment in our lives as it pertains to His plan. We however, have a role to participate in His plan and in this episode we learn how we can submit ourselves to cooperate with the divine will of God.
What can the only Bible passage we have of Jesus’ childhood teach us about how to live our own lives? In this episode we discuss the significance of this passage, Mary and Joseph finding Jesus in the temple, and its relevance to our own behavior.
Sexual shame has been understood both positively and negatively through time. In order to understand it properly, however, one must look at the bigger picture and put it in relation to the sexual urge itself. Here Dcn. Morin breaks down what the Catholi
In this episode hear about the life of a saint well known among popular culture by her secular name, but who also is a beautiful testimony to the Catholic Faith.
In this episode we hear about the parallel of salvation between the Old Testament and the New Testament across which Christ comes to earth as the New Adam to save us from the condition we have fallen into upon the fall of the Adam of the Old Testament.
In this episode we discuss the history of celibacy in the Church originating from Christ’s example of it in His own life on earth and how it has been carried out by clergy and saints ever since.
What does ex nihilo mean? We’ll find out in this episode and learn more about the Church’s teaching on God creating the world out of nothing, and what it means for us.
In this episode we’ll hear the difference between love as a passion and love as a choice and learn how the two types of love work together inF long lasting relationships.
Anointing of the Sick for many years was thought to be only for those were near death, but there is more to this powerful sacrament.