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

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 

https://byzantinela.com 

Becoming Byzantine: https://www.youtube.com/@becomingbyzantine2827 

Light of the East podcast: https://byzantinecatholic.com/podcast 

What God is Not podcast: https://whatgodisnot.com

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

E18: Viri Virtutis

A Gentle and Quiet Spirit is not just a Feminine Virtue

Jordan Peterson on The Meek

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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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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Three things Finnish people never do: 

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/05/what-people-in-finland-happiest-country-in-world-never-do-according-to-psychologist.html

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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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

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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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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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

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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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

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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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

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.

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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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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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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.

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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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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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

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.

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/

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/