Plights of the Postmodern Era w/ Bobby Angel

On this episode of Godsplaining, Fr. Bonaventure and Fr. Patrick have a very important and interesting conversation about immigration. What is a nation? Where does integration and dignity come into play? How should Catholics specifically view immigration?  Announcing the new Master of Business Administration Program at the Catholic University of America. Join the renowned Busch School of Business to launch your career with an MBA rooted in authentically Catholic principles of virtue, excellence, and in accordance with Catholic Social Teaching. To learn more, go to MBA.CATHOLIC.EDU  Sign up for the Men's Retreat here! https://godsplaining.org/mens-retreat-august-2025/ Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the Friars St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392 Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social Media Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.org To support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

Fr. Patrick and Fr. Gregory examine ways to cultivate a proper prayer life, gain a plenary indulgence and choose the right devotions on this bonus episode of Godsplaining from the New York City Day of Recollection. Can we break free from constant comparison? How can we rid ourselves of our vices? How do we find our place in the Mystical Body? Are we really nothing?  Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the Friars St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392 Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social Media Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.org To support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

Fr. Joseph-Anthony and Fr. Gregory delve into how they've noticed a social shift in the consumption of alcohol, the mental health aspect of sober curiosity, the rise of cannabis, and how Christians can approach alcohol in virtuous ways. Is alcohol evil? Is there good in alcohol? Why is it all over the Bible? This and so much more on this week's episode of Godsplaining.  For information on next month's All Comer's retreat, see here: https://godsplaining.org/abba-father-cultivating-confidence-in-our-heavenly-father-all-comers-retreat/ Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the Friars St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392 Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social Media Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.org To support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

Fr. Bonaventure and Fr. Patrick welcomes author Professor Francis Beckwith on this week's Guestsplaining episode to discuss the radically different beliefs between Christianity and Mormonism. What does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints believe? What makes Mormonism quintessentially American? What do the last days and end times look like according to Mormonism? What can we learn from followers of the the LDS church?  Find Professor Francis Beckwith's new book entitled, "A Catholic Engagement With Latter Day Saints," here: https://ignatius.com/a-catholic-engagement-with-latter-day-saints-celdsp/ His website can be found here: https://sites.baylor.edu/francisbeckwith/ Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the Friars St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392 Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social Media Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.org To support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

Enjoy this bonus episode from the Godsplaining Day of Recollection in New York City! Fr. Bonaventure and Fr. Gregory discuss giving up in the right direction, sanctity, trusting the Lord to take over, failing forward, the saints of the past, God as the gardener, and much more.  Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the Friars St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392 Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social Media Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.org To support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

Hot take alert! Do companies use our data? What would St. Thomas Aquinas know of digital addiction as a modern problem? What does excessive stimuli do to our minds? How do we use this technology in a healthy way? Fr. Gregory and Fr. Patrick do a deep dive into digital addiction and how to begin to overcome it on this week's episode of Godsplaining.  Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the Friars St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392 Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social Media Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.org To support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

Fr. Patrick and Fr. Joseph-Anthony sit down for a thoughtful look at the pontificate of Pope Francis. His time as the 266th successor to St. Peter was marked by both widespread praise and significant controversy. How should Catholics process a papacy that was, for many, both inspiring and perplexing? Join us as we reflect honestly on Pope Francis’s legacy, celebrating his achievements and taking seriously the questions his leadership leaves for the Church. Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the Friars St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392 Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social Media Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.org To support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

With his upcoming visit to the Vatican, JD Vance went viral with his talk about Ordo Amoris. But what is the Ordo Amoris? Is it Biblical? What does St. Thomas Aquinas say about it? Am I supposed to love others more than myself? Where does the world of politics fit into the order of love? On this week's episode of Godsplaining, Fr. Gregory and Fr. Patrick teach us the proper order of love.  Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the Friars St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392 Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social Media Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.org To support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

Postmodernism. What is it, and what does reality, freedom and technology have to do with it? On this episode of Godsplaining, Fr. Gregory and Fr. Joseph-Anthony host Bobby Angel to discuss the bumpy road toward your vocation, trust and belonging in the Lord, and bringing back beauty.    For Bobby Angel's book, see here: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-postmodern-predicament/   Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the Friars St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392 Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social Media Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.org To support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

Fr. Patrick, Fr. Joseph-Anthony and Fr. Bonaventure meditate on the Palm Passion Sunday readings of mass this week, discussing the intimacy of the face, the Holy Name of Jesus, and giving what we have to the Lord.    Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the Friars St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392 Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social Media Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.org To support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org