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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