Holiness Isn’t What You Think It Is (Guest: Scott Hahn)
The Christian life could be summed up in a nutshell as the pursuit of holiness. Holiness is also the framework of the Sacred Scriptures? But what is holiness? We’ll ask Scott Hahn to break down what the Bible and Catholic tradition say about holiness.
Conspiracy theories have always been with us, but lately they are on the rise as many conspiracy theories have become conspiracy facts. How should Catholics approach these theories?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7chOoBb5GOQ
Virtually all our institutions today have been co-opted and used to push anti-Catholic and even anti-human ideologies. How can we take them back? The answer starts with education.
Guest:
Jeremy Tate is the co-founder and CEO of the Classic Learning Test, which exists to reconnect knowledge and virtue by providing meaningful assessments and connections to seekers of truth, goodness, and beauty.
Link:
• Classical Learning Test: https://www.cltexam.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4mlUS2nrBQ
We’re in a new year and that means resolutions. But what resolutions can Catholics make that will help them both body and soul, and how can we make sure we stick to them? We’ll talk to Jay Richards, author of “Eat, Fast, Feast: Heal Your Body While Feeding Your Soul - A Christian Guide to Fasting,” about some practicals ways to make—and keep—good resolutions.
Links:
• "Eat, Fast, Feast: Heal Your Body While Feeding Your Soul—A Christian Guide to Fasting" (book): https://www.harpercollins.com/products/eat-fast-feast-jay-w-richards?variant=32207678439458
• "Eat, Fast, Feast" Free Study Guide: https://dk4dsgfbgkmll.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/12192619/EatFastFeast_SGG.pdf
• Saragossa Fasting Initiative support group (Facebook group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/252570932597897
Guest:
Jay W. Richards is the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in Heritage’s DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation. He serves as an adjunct professor in the School of Business at the Catholic University of America and the executive editor of The Stream and senior fellow at the Discovery Institute. He is the author or editor of a dozen books, including “Eat, Fast, Feast: Heal Your Body While Feeding Your Soul - A Christian Guide to Fasting.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7stNCE34Jlw
Most faithful Catholics instinctively know that modern Biblical scholarship is destructive to faith. But why? What are the roots of this crisis? Dr. Scott Hahn joins Crisis Point to explain how modern scholarship was led astray...and how we can get it back on track. Also, he gives practical advice and tools for the average Catholic to read the Bible as it was intended to be read - in the heart of the Church.
Links:
• The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture: https://stpaulcenter.com/product/the-decline-and-fall-of-sacred-scripture-how-the-bible-became-a-secular-book/
• Politicizing the Bible: http://www.crossroadpublishing.com/crossroad/title/politicizing-bible
• Modern Biblical Criticism as a Tool of Statecraft: https://stpaulcenter.com/product/modern-biblical-criticism-as-a-tool-of-statecraft-1700-1900/
• St. Paul Center: https://stpaulcenter.com/
• Ignatius Study Bible - New Testament: https://www.ignatius.com/promotions/catholic-study-bible/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQVBvQCVews
Recent comments by Pope Francis on the impossibility of women being ordained and against the widespread homosexuality among the clergy have raised eyebrows. Is the pope changing his views, or do these comments reflect something else?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgeEWYnHxY4
Modern life conspires against living a peaceful, simple life, which means it also conspires against drawing closer to Our Lord. What can we do to slow down and live a simpler life?
Links:
• Light Phone: https://www.thelightphone.com
• Jose Briones YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JoseBriones
• "Digital Minimalism" by Cal Newport: https://www.calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism
• "Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology" by Eric Brende: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/better-off-eric-brende?variant=32130917826594
• "The Complete Guide to Fasting" by Jason Fung: https://www.victorybelt.com/the-complete-guide-to-fasting?rq=fasting
• Becoming Minimalist (Joshua Becker): https://www.becomingminimalist.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpVUzUwxtJc
The election of libertarian candidate Javier Milei as president of Argentina raises the question among Catholics: Can a Catholic support a libertarian? Or is libertarianism contrary to Catholicism, particularly Catholic social teaching?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q_O4vksIro
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs anti-grooming bill, the German bishops are heretics, and people remember that the Oscars still exist. We’ll cover that and more on today’s Crisis Weekly Wrap-Up.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V2RZ88yeuE