Ep 224 - The Church Is a Field Hospital and a Battle College. Are You Enrolled?

When's the last time you went to confession? If your stomach just tightened, push play. In Part 2 on our Into the Breach series, we cover the three questions he sets out to answer and the first contexts he lays out for them. Then we get practical: how to pray when you don't know how, why doing something hard every day builds you into a man, and why I'm handing you a challenge for this week. We're going into the archives for now. We're working on a new structure for the show, and I can't wait to share it with you. In this episode: Olmsted's three questions: What does it mean to be a Christian man? How does a Catholic man love? Why does fatherhood matter so much? Old evangelization vs. the new evangelization, and why faith without deep roots breaks the first time it's challenged Don't know how to pray? Start there. Jesus meets you in it Using your phone for good instead of the stuff too many men use it for Why reverent liturgy brings people back, and what Fr. Dom's maniple has to do with it The Church as a field hospital and a battle college: heal, then train Make your bed, take the cold shower, skip the snooze. Hard things build virtue Men and women are complementary, not competitors Why "the war is won" doesn't mean the battles are over This week's challenge: Go to confession. Find your parish's schedule online and go. You'll have a knot in your stomach. Go anyway. References from the episode: Into the Breach by Bishop Thomas Olmsted Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com/tmc) or Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/manlycatholic/membership) Subscribe to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxrRLZNk4WqPdgcac5vuWEQ Check out our website: https://www.themanlycatholic.com Get delicious coffee from Mystic Monk Coffee: https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/ Download TAN Digital to access the incredible TAN Library! Use code MANLYCATHOLIC to get 50% off: https://tanbooks.com/tan-digital-app/?gc_id=10316277314&h_ad_id=730848595836&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=10316277314&gbraid=0AAAAADyykAwicqF-HKPia6TTPy8QAcIPz&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtfXMBhDzARIsAJ0jp3BvOz3u8c1HzCclma7fM0Vf-DUe6eJ5O0dUN0jTbV4sZZaLuCg6lZMaAomQEALw_wcB Contact us at [email protected]