[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] In this first part of a series on the Holy Spirit’s role in extraordinary experiences, host Greg Smith explains charismatic gifts like speaking in tongues, prophecy, words of knowledge, and healing, addre...
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Holy Spirit, Part 1: Speaking in Tongues and Slain in the Spirit? A Catholic Take on Pentecostalism (#389)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Discover the Spirit’s role and how sacraments like Baptism and Eucharist use matter—water, bread, oil—to effect divine change, rooted in Scripture and the Catechism. Greg contrasts Catholic efficacious sa...
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OCIA: The Holy Spirit and the Seven Sacraments (#388)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Building on his episode about Michelangelo's Creation of Adam (#385, "God's Finger"), Greg shifts focus to the nearby Deluge panel on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, where Noah's Ark resembles a Roman basilic...
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Noah's Ark to Peter's Boat: Typology in the Sistine Ceiling (#387)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg continues the series "OCIA: The Bridge to Rome" by exploring the Church as Christ’s living Body and instrument of grace. Discover its nature as the Body of Christ, People of God, and Temple of the Ho...
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Dive into Michelangelo's iconic Creation of Adam fresco and uncover how it flips the secular view of religion as humanity's quest for the divine. Greg explores the Christian narrative of God reaching down...
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God's Finger: Are We Saved By Our Own Works? (#385)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Building on the chivalry episode's exploration of masculine ideals, Greg humbly unpacks the complementary feminine genius as by St. John Paul II in four key qualities—receptivity, sensitivity, generosity,...
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Feminine Genius: Catholic Ideals for Bold Women (#384)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] "OCIA: The Bridge to Rome" continues by focusing one the main character in the Gospel story: Jesus Christ. Delve into the Incarnation—Jesus as fully divine and human in hypostatic union—and His redemptive...
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg explores the medieval Catholic ideal of chivalry—a powerful blend of manly courage, martial skill, and Christian virtue aimed at defending the vulnerable and imitating Christ. He defines the term's o...
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Steel and Sanctity: The Medieval Ideal of Christian Manhood (#382)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] "OCIA: The Bridge to Rome" continues by describing the Gospel story of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. Greg unpacks the grand narrative of salvation history as the foundation of the Catholic ...
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] In this sequel to “The Art of Dying, Then and Now” (#379), Greg delves deeply into the Catholic concept of a "good death," drawing from the Catechism and tradition. He explains how death is transformed by...
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Dying in Grace: Sacraments, Prayers, and the Catholic Art of a Happy Death (#380)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] In this episode, Greg explores the stark contrasts between the medieval Catholic guide "Ars Moriendi" and contemporary secular books on "The Art of Dying." He breaks down the historical steps for a faithf...
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Learn why set prayers and saint intercessions enrich heartfelt devotion, with Catechism quotes and saint insights, then explore essentials like Our Father and Hail Mary with origins and uses. Greg contras...
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Another installment of the series "OCIA: The Bridge to Rome." In this episode, Greg introduces the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC). Discover the CCC’s history as John Paul II’s "sure norm," its fou...
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] What if the Christianity you’ve known is like the shadows on the wall in Plato’s cave—flat, limited, and only a fraction of the real thing? In this episode, Greg explores how Protestantism, since Luther’s...
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Out of the Cave, Into the Cathedral: Catholicism's Bigger Vision (#376)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] The Considering Catholicism Podcast launches "OCIA: The Bridge to Rome," a series designed to illuminate the path into the Catholic Church. In this inaugural episode, discover how OCIA serves as the bridg...
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg shares a story from a golf outing where an awkward stranger handed him a Gospel pamphlet asking, "Am I Going to Heaven?" He praises the bold evangelism of Protestants but critiques the pamphlet's nar...
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Am I Going to Heaven? A Pamphlet, Protestants, and Catholic Truth (#374)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] In the final part of "The Church and Her Fathers," Greg introduces key Church Fathers—their lives, writings, teachings, and accomplishments—highlighting their unity on core Catholic doctrines despite mino...
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The Church and Her Fathers, Part 4: From Apostles to Fathers--The Church's Timeless Unity (#373)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] In Part 3 of "The Church and Her Fathers," Greg tackles an anti-Catholic X post dismissing the Church Fathers as mere “fragments” of history, connecting it to the series’ exploration of the Church’s visib...
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The Church and Her Fathers, Part 3: Voices of the Early Church (#372)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] In part two of the series on the Church, Greg delves deeper into Catholic teachings from the Catechism, emphasizing the Church as both visible and invisible, human and divine. He explores the three-fold n...
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The Church and Her Fathers, Part 2: Militant, Suffering, Triumphant—And What It Means for You (#371)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] In Part 1 of a four-part series called “The Church and Her Fathers,” Greg dives into a pet peeve: why evangelicals insist on calling early Christianity a “movement” instead of “the Church.” Tracing the te...
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The Church and Her Fathers, Part 1: It's Called "The Church," So Say The Church (#370)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] In this second part of the baptism series, Greg Sshifts to adults and older children, explaining when infant rules end (around age seven per canon law) and how personal intention takes over. He outlines t...
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] In this first part of a two-episode series on Catholic baptism, Greg explores the doctrinal heart of the sacrament, explaining why infants are baptized and how it aligns with Scripture and ancient Church ...
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg and Cory dive into the often-confusing generational conflicts simmering in many Catholic parishes, where aging baby boomers shaped by 1960s and 70s pop culture clash with younger millennials and Gen ...
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Old Progressives vs. Young Trads: Generational Battles in the Pews (#367)
[DONATE WITH PAYPAL] Greg and Cory revisit the challenges parents of small children face in bringing their children to Mass. In Episode #360, Greg had responded to a listener named Claire who shared that teaching her kids to ...
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Kids in Church, Part 2: Discipline? Boredom? Learning? (#366)
