Godsplaining
Welcome to Godsplaining: Each week Dominican friars tackle the questions that keep you up at night—faith, doubt, culture, philosophy, theology, and real life. Expect clear Catholic answers, big ideas, and conversations that spark “aha” moments without (too much) jargon. Whether you’re a cradle Catholic who loves Thomas Aquinas or just curious, pull up a chair and think deeper with us. New episodes every Thursday—subscribe now.
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Monday Feb 17, 2025
Monday Feb 17, 2025
Fr. David Michael Moses joins this week's episode of Guestsplaining! Fr. Gregory and Fr. Joseph-Anthony get Fr. David Michael's take on the future of the priesthood, the sacraments as rejuvenation, the expectations of priests and how to support them and more.
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Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Does God exist? An age-old question. On this week's episode of Godsplaining, Fr. Bonaventure and Fr. Patrick talk atheism, theism, Christianity, and objectives to the Faith. What is the moral argument? Why do the innocent suffer? Why do people NOT believe?
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Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Guestsplaining: Social Media & Apologetics w/ @GrassrootCatholic
Fr. Gregory and Fr. Patrick welcome Keith Downey, @grassrootcatholic, to this week's episode of Guestsplaining to talk standing up for our Faith, relevance in the Catholic realm of social media, being a whimsical Christian, finding his wife on CatholicMatch, the hidden joys of marriage and more.
To tune into Keith's radio show!https://www.grnonline.com/listen/joy
To follow Keith on social media @grassrootcatholic
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Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Does Fr. Bonaventure make Fr. Gregory laugh in this episode of Godsplaining? Yes. Obviously. This week, the friars discuss what friendship is, being 'friends' with authors that are 'long-dead', how Jesus is our best friend, what we can learn from philosophers who have passed on, and more.
Join Fr. Patrick and Fr. Gregory this summer in pilgrimage to ROME! To sign up for updates when more information becomes available, click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepbiosABohhozuXorNbEjel610HDKtRC0TPwN3yHM6rl41Pg/viewform
For info on the upcoming Young Adult Retreat this spring in Dallas, TX, click here: https://godsplaining.org/closer-to-the-cross-young-adult-retreat/
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Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
On this captivating episode of Guestsplaining, Fr. Gregory welcomes author Rod Dreher to discuss his recent publications, the Occult, demons and stories of exorcisms, and other themes of "The Hidden World." What really is a UFO? What are demons actually capable of? Is New Atheism dead? This and so much more on this week's episode of Guestsplaining.
Rod Dreher's books can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Rod-Dreher/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ARod%2BDreher
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Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
What does being saved ACTUALLY mean? How do I talk to my non-believing friends about Christ's salvation? On this week's episode, Fr. Patrick and Fr. Joseph-Anthony discuss salvation through Christ, His love for all, the importance of evangelization, and much more.
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Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Author and teacher Thomas Griffin joins Fr. Patrick and Fr. Gregory on this week's episode of Guestsplaining to talk about St. Francis of Assisi. They discuss giving all to Jesus, how St. Francis was 'nuts', and what holiness really is. Is Gen Z getting more religious?
For Thomas' book, "Let us Begin: St. Francis' Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World" can be found here: https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/let-us-begin-saint-francis-s-way-of-becoming-like-christ-and-renewing-the-world?ga_ref_list_id=undefinedga_ref_list_name=Search%20
Results For more of Thomas' projects, see here: emptytombproject.org
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Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Fr. Bonaventure and Fr. Gregory discuss Servant of God, Luigi Giussani on this week's episode of Godsplaining. Monsignor Giussani was an explosive evangelizer and educator for the faith, founding Communion Liberation, and leading a life fixed on Christ. What can we learn from him? Tune into this week's episode to find out!
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Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Fr. Isaiah of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (the CFRs) and composer and producer J.J. Wright join Fr. Gregory this week to talk their new project, music connecting people, the role the Lord plays in their work, experimenting with music, and more. Join us for this episode of Guestsplaining!
Find Fr. Isaiah's music on Spotify, Apple Music, and here on YouTube under https://www.youtube.com/ @cfrs
More on Fr. Isaiah and to support the Franciscan Friars here: https://www.franciscanfriars.com/
For CD's and journals, go to https://monkmanual.com/
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Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/
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Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
The New Year is HERE! On this episode of Livesplaining, all of the Godsplaining Friars are going to bring you up to date on what we have planned this year. A 2025 pilgrimage? Friars re-locating? Where's Fr. Jacob-Bertrand? Publications? So many things! Tune into this episode of Livesplaining to hear all the things.
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Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/
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