Godsplaining
Welcome to Godsplaining: a podcast featuring contemplative preachers and their contemporary age. Considering topics philosophical, theological, cultural, and beyond, Godsplaining presents ideas from the Church’s tradition and brings them to bear on our lives’ most urgent questions. Each week, join the Dominican friars as they muse on all things Catholic.
Episodes

52 minutes ago
52 minutes ago
Fr. Bonaventure and Fr. Patrick welcomes author Professor Francis Beckwith on this week's Guestsplaining episode to discuss the radically different beliefs between Christianity and Mormonism. What does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints believe? What makes Mormonism quintessentially American? What do the last days and end times look like according to Mormonism? What can we learn from followers of the the LDS church?
Find Professor Francis Beckwith's new book entitled, "A Catholic Engagement With Latter Day Saints," here: https://ignatius.com/a-catholic-engagement-with-latter-day-saints-celdsp/
His website can be found here: https://sites.baylor.edu/francisbeckwith/
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3 days ago
3 days ago
Enjoy this bonus episode from the Godsplaining Day of Recollection in New York City! Fr. Bonaventure and Fr. Gregory discuss giving up in the right direction, sanctity, trusting the Lord to take over, failing forward, the saints of the past, God as the gardener, and much more.
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5 days ago
5 days ago
Hot take alert! Do companies use our data? What would St. Thomas Aquinas know of digital addiction as a modern problem? What does excessive stimuli do to our minds? How do we use this technology in a healthy way? Fr. Gregory and Fr. Patrick do a deep dive into digital addiction and how to begin to overcome it on this week's episode of Godsplaining.
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7 days ago
7 days ago
Fr. Patrick and Fr. Joseph-Anthony sit down for a thoughtful look at the pontificate of Pope Francis. His time as the 266th successor to St. Peter was marked by both widespread praise and significant controversy.
How should Catholics process a papacy that was, for many, both inspiring and perplexing? Join us as we reflect honestly on Pope Francis’s legacy, celebrating his achievements and taking seriously the questions his leadership leaves for the Church.
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Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
With his upcoming visit to the Vatican, JD Vance went viral with his talk about Ordo Amoris. But what is the Ordo Amoris? Is it Biblical? What does St. Thomas Aquinas say about it? Am I supposed to love others more than myself? Where does the world of politics fit into the order of love? On this week's episode of Godsplaining, Fr. Gregory and Fr. Patrick teach us the proper order of love.
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Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Postmodernism. What is it, and what does reality, freedom and technology have to do with it? On this episode of Godsplaining, Fr. Gregory and Fr. Joseph-Anthony host Bobby Angel to discuss the bumpy road toward your vocation, trust and belonging in the Lord, and bringing back beauty.
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Saturday Apr 12, 2025
Saturday Apr 12, 2025
Fr. Patrick, Fr. Joseph-Anthony and Fr. Bonaventure meditate on the Palm Passion Sunday readings of mass this week, discussing the intimacy of the face, the Holy Name of Jesus, and giving what we have to the Lord.
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Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
The banter is 10/10. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Bonaventure are at it again on this week's episode of Godsplaining. What is the principle of double effect? What if an effect is immoral? Are we 'allowed' to kill? What does St. Thomas Aquinas have to say about this principle?
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Saturday Apr 05, 2025
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
Fr. Patrick, Fr. Gregory and Fr. Bonaventure read and meditate upon the readings on the fifth Sunday of Lent, discussing choosing and pleasing God, sharing Christ's suffering and passion, St. Thomas Aquinas' final words, and more.
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Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
We know you've wondered: what do the friars do in their free time? In this week's episode, Fr. Gregory and Fr. Joseph-Anthony talk culture, celebrities, addiction, distraction and more. Is everyone just dying? What should we really do with our free time? How do we engage with art? This and more on this week's episode of Godsplaining.
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