Vices and Devices
Laymentality
Kyel and Matt discuss the constant battle we wage against ourselves due to our own concupiscence, and our tendencies to allow our fallen nature to lead us towards ruin. How should we view these moments when our depravity is brought to the forefront, and why does God allow us to undergo such trials?
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The Year of Penance
Laymentality
Kyel and Matt discuss the inevitability of change, and how we should turn to God for support during times of change. Stick around until the very end of the episode if you want to hear a brief reflection Matt shares about the life his Grandad lived.
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Death, In Brevity
Laymentality
Matt speaks briefly on the topic of death on the heels of his Grandad's passing. Please pray for the soul of Dennis Dusek. Grandad, pray for us.
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It's About Time!
Laymentality
Kyel and Matt dive straight into a philosophical discussion, and Matt immediately shares a somewhat heretical opinion about “reality” that he doesn’t really believe, and is somewhat confused as to why he said it at all, but will leave it in the podcast because Kyel did such a good job of using it to kick the conversation in the right direction. It’s worth noting that “reality” is objective, not subjective, and is therefore not relative to each person’s individual life experiences, feelings, o
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Lead Me, Lord.
Laymentality
Kyel and Matt discuss a particular situation in Matt’s life in which he’s trying to discern the will of God. Spoiler alert, it revolves around the third commandment; “Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day.”
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Let Freedom. . . Reign?
Laymentality
Kyel and Matt discuss a couple current events that seem to all point towards a common theme, namely, an affront on our individual freedom and liberty. The question, then, is what is the Christian response to these issues, and how, as a Christian, should we view “freedom”?
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To Know, Or Not To Know
Laymentality
Kyel and Matt ask the question; “Is it better to live a life in ignorance of the Gospel Truth, or to be fully aware of God’s laws and therefore required to follow them?”
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God's Presence
Laymentality
Kyel and Matt discuss the importance of being aware of God’s presence in our lives at all times, based on the contents of a book Matt is currently reading; “The Practice of the Presence of God”.
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Emotional Inclinations
Laymentality
Kyel and Matt discuss a smorgasbord of topics, starting with our prayer life reflecting reckless abandon to God’s love, leading to a discussion of the “nuclear family”, followed by a dive into how to control and direct our emotions, and finally ending in a debate over the ways in which we should be subject to the authority of the Catholic Church.
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Should We Flee to the Mountains?
Laymentality
Kyel and Matt discuss the overall climate in our current society surrounding racial injustices and the various reactions coming from groups with differing points of view. As Christians, how should we view all of this? Are we finding ourselves losing our peace in the midst of all the civil unrest? What did Jesus and the Apostles teach us that might be useful for us to keep in mind when the world seems to be falling apart around us?
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“The City of God” by St. Augustine. https://www.amazon.com/City-God-Image-Classics-Augustine/dp/0385029101
“As the men turned and walked on toward Sodom, Abraham remained standing before the LORD.23Then Abraham drew near and said: “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?24Suppose there were fifty righteous people in the city; would you really sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people within it?25Far be it from you to do such a thing, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! Far be it from you! Should not the judge of all the world do what is just?”g26The LORD replied: If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.27Abraham spoke up again: “See how I am presuming to speak to my Lord, though I am only dust and ashes!h28What if there are five less than fifty righteous people? Will you destroy the whole city because of those five?” I will not destroy it, he answered, if I find forty-five there.29But Abraham persisted, saying, “What if only forty are found there?” He replied: I will refrain from doing it for the sake of the forty.30Then he said, “Do not let my Lord be angry if I go on. What if only thirty are found there?” He replied: I will refrain from doing it if I can find thirty there.31Abraham went on, “Since I have thus presumed to speak to my Lord, what if there are no more than twenty?” I will not destroy it, he answered, for the sake of the twenty.32But he persisted: “Please, do not let my Lord be angry if I speak up this last time. What if ten are found there?” For the sake of the ten, he replied, I will not destroy it.i
33The LORD departed as soon as he had finished speaking with Abraham, and Abraham returned home.” Genesis 18: 22-33
“53Are you greater than our father Abraham,* who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be?”f54Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’55You do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would be like you a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word.g56Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it* and was glad.h57So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?”*58* Jesus said to them,i “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.” John 8:53-58
“God has all eternity in which to listen to the split second of prayer put up by a pilot as his plane crashes in flames.” Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis