Something I would love to see more allowance for is a willingness from people in positions like Matt's, to be able to share personal/moral struggles the way Matt does in this video. I get the impression that for those reacting negatively to this video that you think Matt is advocating some kind of liberal, anything-goes attitude in parenting. Instead, what I hear is Matt sharing his own struggle of having been too tightly wound up and idealistic with his kids - which puts a lot of pressure on them and can frustrate their emotional and spiritual development. He's not saying, don't have standards; don't have rules. He's saying, I didn't get the balance right. And that's something I can relate to. Virtue is a balance between a deficit and an excess. If someone says, I was too excessive about discipline, that doesn't mean he's saying the deficit is better - just that he didn't find the right balance. We need to do a better job of appreciating that distinction and not jumping to short-sighted conclusions.
Thanks Brian, you definitely get it. I love listening to these good men. Honestly sharing parenting struggles and the balance there in …shows Matt’s humanness seeking redemption and balance …humility mic drop.
I'm curious: how could there *possibly* be "more allowance for ... a willingness from people in positions like Matt's, to be able to share personal/moral struggles the way Matt does in this video"??
Well said, Brian, and I completely agree. My husband and I have gone through that same journey of learning to balance perfectionism and idealism with leading with love.
Matt Fradds parenting advice has really helped me to rethink a lot. My son just turned 2 today and already I’m trying to find a way to balance relaxing and discipline.
We went with negotiables and non-negotiables strategy. eg non-negotiable we attend Mass weekly as a family. Negotiables sorted out in our one hour family meeting, I'm big on monthly family meetings even if formalities only last 10minutes and we just end up eating ice-cream, playing scrabble and talking NBA for the rest of it. Everyone has a say in our family meeting, whoever has the rosary talks for 5min max, we decided when kids reach 3yo they can give their opinion/suggestions too but at the end of the day the "magisterium" mom/dad decide.
The quote at 1:49:20 actually comes from St. Therese of Lisieux who was quoting her spiritual father, Father Pichon. The exact quote from Father Pichon is: "There are really more differences among souls than there are among faces".
I don't know how many times I wished for my dad to ask "What do you like about this?". I think it's the one difficult part in our otherwise fantastic relationship. I hope I can do better with my kids.
M*A*S*H is an amazing show. It is one of the only shows that I'll watch repeatedly. (I really enjoy TV and movies and I watch a variety of stuff, and yhere is quite a lot of great shows available...but MASH is my favorite/comfort show. It's so good. Thanks Thursday!
Could you ask Fr in future interviews how parents are to deal with adult children who have become atheists? It is too late to go back and make changes in how we raised them. At the time, we heard if we took them to Mass, prayed at home, relied on God, involved in our parish, had Catholic friends, they would most likely not leave the church ( which has been true for hundreds of years) but now, when some kids go to college they leave the church and more often now, have become atheists. This happened in our family and we now have unbaptized grandchildren, and are heartbroken. Many Catholic parents are in the same situation as we are. I'm sure we made mistakes in the past even though we thought we were doing the right things at the time. What can we do now? Please Matt, have a discussion that addresses this, there are a lot of parents who need guidance for this issue.
Pray for your children and never stop praying for them for a return to their faith. Apologize to them if there was anything that could have driven them away. A lot of times the falling away is exactly what is needed to bring them back. I was gone for 13 years, but I have to go on that journey in order for God to meet me where I was at . My parents never stopped praying for me. Everyone’s story will be different and we don’t always see what God is doing or the outcomes of things. Your kids have free will and will make choices no matter how good of a job you have done, and that’s where you come in with prayer for them, but don’t chastise them or put up walls to quit talking to them if they aren’t practicing, just keep praying.
Nick picking…that’s me! We are together 5min and I say things like “You didn’t wear that to school again you wore it yesterday! And why didn’t you comb your hair? You will never get a gf looking like that! Let’s pray..I’m going to listen to this daily..until I get it😤
I am posting another comment responding to the positive framing given to Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, CGS for short. This is a New Age catechism not approved by the USCCB. The creator of this catechism. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is based on Theosophical tenets, not the Catholic Magisterium. Sofia Cavaletti, its creator, wrote it using Maria Montessori;s Theosophist views. Maria Montessori was raised Catholic but was heavily influenced by revolution and theosophy. The CGS program encourages children to participate in other religions. An organization called the Center for Children and Theology is closely associated with CGS USA and holds the annual CGS workshop, Weaving Our Gifts. Not only do they promote the prayers of other religions, but they also sell materials to be used in the CGS atrium such as hands-on Islam and hands-on Buddhism material to be used in the atrium. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd teaches these concepts in conflict with Magisterium Maria Montessori’s idea of learning religion was condemned by Pope Pius X as an error of Modernism, which he also stated is the synthesis of all heresies. See the CGS Exposed website and Sensus Fidelium YT channel for more information. This program should not be in any Catholic Church. Remember- the New Age damages lives and harms souls. If this program is in your church, share these facts with your Pastor and Rel. Ed director and remove CGS from your church.
Jesus himself said we are to Walk and talk with him and his father as we would a good friend. He also said to pray in our "closets" and if we must pray in public it should be the Lords Prayer.
How would you reconcile Our Lady’s expectations of the children of Fatima, for example - as far as prayer and sacrifice, and needing to be disciplined in order to receive their Heavenly reward (such as Francisco needing to do more work) - with the advice here about letting go of expectations in parenting?
I saw OSB and thought “hmmmm…. I wonder….” And yes!! He’s at St Vincent Archabbey!! I live 7 minutes from the Basilica (4 if there are no red lights.) I can see the Basilica from my house. I’ll be there tomorrow at the basilica for the penance service. Hopefully I can get my brother to go. He seems interested in Catholicism (hasn’t been to confession in years). Prayers would be appreciated
Addressing the awkward silence after the movie reference, Thursday, His Girl Friday, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, classic movie, great movie. Thanks for the mention. I got it.
Darn. I surely wish I had heard this conversation about 20 years ago. What a sadness in my heart for not having these pearls of parenting wisdom. But despite my stupidity, praise God, my 5 children are so deeply in the arms of the Church. God is merciful indeed.♥️
Oh my! I NEEDED to hear the part about suffering and having the Lord love us out of being stuck. Having been wounded in my childhood with sexual abuse, I know logically to invite the Lord in my suffering, but now I know I need to make more of an effort to invite Him in, not be so afraid, and let Him love me out of that place. Thank you!
My son is 25 and still lives at home, he lives in his room playing video games until late in the night. He built his own computer system just for the video games. The other day he came down so depressed and admitted he has to give up gaming as it is ruining his life. Now we are trying to help him as he gives us this addiction. It really started during the pandemic. It is very sad!
I had such a feeling of peace in listening to Father's voice and approach, such a loving approach (!) and Matt, as always, amazing! I will share with my grown children who hope to have their own families one day. Thank you!! (and all this without even getting one third through the podcast so far! :)
One of the benefits is being a "peter pan" on the spectrum is an always youthful world view. So I don't have to condescend to my boys level, I share their love for the same things - Halo, Star Wars, LOTR et al - but I can also lead them to have a scholastic world view of those pop culture items, to analyse the author's intent (without disturbing the soul of the work) which in turn leads them to a general love for the wisdom that has come from an exegesis of the symbolism and to the summa itself.
Oh wow just 🤩 I’m on a Silent Retreat right now (full habited Nuns) and as a female version of you Matt -I’m having a heck of a time with a couple of grandsons that I’ve pretty much raised…and oh you guys opened my eyes!!!I never want to hear about their video games…I say things like you say to Avala..(I’m a stand up Comic only for AA now and the Sisters) so you know how I think and talk..Matt is. Comic) here’s one for you…I’ve got something going constantly like now I woke up it’s about 3:30 am…but when ppl suggest we be silent …to let God speak..I say My God is powerful and He wants my attention He will speak through my headphones or the TV or the person I’m speaking with..still think that by the way…b/c in a sense He does get my attention when He wants to..I don’t know..I’m rambling but Matt can figure this out🤐 God Bless you and the good Father! 🙏🏼✝️
i'm a Catholic and an avid gamer. anytimes I have played online with others I try to coalesce with like minded peoples where we can share openly about faith and life. I even thought about having twitch streaming and having a Faith positive focus. EDIT, I know no one will answer but why is there a cut @ 2:33:56
I love this. As we do this experiment of unschooling (yes unschooling) in my family, I find more and more prominent Catholics talking about this sense of falling in love with the passions and talents that God has given our children. It’s really beautiful.
I unschool my child as well and she loves Catholicism. She is getting confirmed a couple years earlier than usual because she asked to be. She does novenas and consecrations on her own or asks if she can join me. She is already very good at evangelization. She is not afraid to defend the faith in person and when she is on her games. She also defends the unborn unapologetically.
My experience is that people love to praise my family when at Mass but are upset at my household's strict discipline and are terrified to see us play roughly. I cannot imagine myself relaxing discipline at Mass as my family grows, but it's yet to be shown whether I can confer the sense of pious duty to my children that reveals the liturgy as an important sacrifice for helping those we love. I would also concede that a family needs to have the full gambit of reverent prayer environments from the welcoming no-obligation invitation to the we have to wage war against the evil one (the latter in accordance with the spiritual maturity of each individual - not age). Mass of course is when everyone throws on the war paint. (Young Father still speaking - I'll reflect on this in 10 years) I'll note that proper discipline is never mixed with rage or anger; it is better for children to be unruly than to fear being undesirable. This is the only fact that might temper my discipline in the future. Said another way: discipline is useless if it doesn't allow for children to both live happily and live well. Only God can make saints.
Loved the first sets of questions about God as distant and disturbing thoughts during prayer. I'm personally so glad someone asked those things. It's really hard to be honest about the stuff we find so disgusting about ourselves and the answers were incredibly helpful to me. Great interview.
your kids are still so young... the teens and early 20's are tough when they want to push back on what you KNOW is best for them. it's really difficult to avoid sounding as though you're criticizing them.
Just an observation: When a child is coloring while another "adult" activity is occurring, that child may well be listening far more intently than one would imagine.
I love your guest!! What a holy man!! I'm surprised nobody rebukes you for your slip ups on bad language... I feel like your bad language within the presence of your holy guest is equivalent to Farting out loud in the confessional !! Hahaha bro where's your temperance. Your an influencer!! Your no longer a regular bloke!! ... forgive me... rant done... man, it's easy to point from the comment section! 🤣. Ok carry on friend
Minecraft and Doctor Who... I would have so much fun hanging out with you kids. My daughter is just starting to get into video games and I am so excited to play with her.
I do love these long form discussions on PWA. I've been introduced to so many interesting and inspiring people. I love how folks like Fr. Boniface and Sr. Miriam James Heidland can translate spirituality in such human terms as to make it accessible and doable. I'm also very okay with all the side roads that Matt can tend to wander down in the conversation.
Not trying to troll but I feel like for all the talk of not Googling things right away, there’s a lot of that that goes on the show from the “Jamies”. Fr. Boniface is amazing!! I feel like there were a few times where we were not hearing him, but instead listening to side conversations between Matt and Thursday or Neil. My constructive criticism would be to have the background team stay more background and let your guest be the highlighted. Love the show & Matt & Fr. B!
This episode with Fr. Boniface was great. Was like being a part of a group Spiritual Direction session in a way. Have found Bowen Family Systems coupled with "lessons learned" in the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises to be eye opening. In a way that was some of what you talked about without referencing directly.
Hi Matt, I was touched by your conversation about condescending to the interests of your kids. What a blessing for them! The discussion about video games was also great! I recently posted a Catholic reflection on how good video game stories can be edifying and help us strive for holiness if you’re interested in checking it out.
I'm actually a gamer and a streamer myself. I don't use a distinctly catholic approach to my gaming selection per se, but I do say a prayer before broadcasting where I ask that God help make me an example of His Christian love and grace.
I’m remembering my father… Times we ate out how he showed me how to scoop my Mexican food all up into a fresh hot flour tortilla and another time I was home on leave from USMC and he told me that we were similar because we both wore a uniform. I miss him.
Regarding Video Games, i think its like how politic is based on Culture. Evangelization through Culture is very effective rather than just forcing your children to read the bible. And this Evangelization is even more effective with the religious symbolism is not to "in your face" to the point of parody. My mother tried to do that and I became an Atheist for years. The one that want me to pick up the bible again when are Chronicles of Narnia and a video games called Persona 3. So, I think Catholic need to join the space. Use that as a tool to influence but never forget to be kind and smart. “wise as serpents, harmless as doves”
I definitely think I watch too much, but I get so much done. At times I use it to fall asleep. Frankly, I can’t watch tv or movies any more they are filthy. Also, I can stay up with news from a Christian perception. Oh but I wish I wanted to pray, read the Bible, or exercise as much as I like TH-cam. Kind of pathetic in a way. Thanks for sharing your struggles, and solutions.
Catholicism is a false religion Jesus said himself. There is one mediator between God and man, the Lord Jesus Christ. Also When we believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins was buried and rose again we are born again. Ephesians 2:8and 9 for by grace are we saved through Faith and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works.
Love isn't always nice, ya know. The idea that Christianity or Christ himself is/was always kind and gentle isn't in the Bible I read at church every week.
Sorry, I cannot get past the scraggly beard. There was a priest in my past who had such a beard who I had bad feelings about. But I love your show and will be back.
Do yourself a favor and never ever get so carried away with yourself so much that you forget where you are and Who you represent that you repeat that vulgar phrase about “should.” James Martin uses that, so you’re not in good company
Something I would love to see more allowance for is a willingness from people in positions like Matt's, to be able to share personal/moral struggles the way Matt does in this video. I get the impression that for those reacting negatively to this video that you think Matt is advocating some kind of liberal, anything-goes attitude in parenting. Instead, what I hear is Matt sharing his own struggle of having been too tightly wound up and idealistic with his kids - which puts a lot of pressure on them and can frustrate their emotional and spiritual development. He's not saying, don't have standards; don't have rules. He's saying, I didn't get the balance right. And that's something I can relate to. Virtue is a balance between a deficit and an excess. If someone says, I was too excessive about discipline, that doesn't mean he's saying the deficit is better - just that he didn't find the right balance. We need to do a better job of appreciating that distinction and not jumping to short-sighted conclusions.
I think this cuts to the source of Matt's success as a podcaster. His honesty in his struggles is typically the source of the best moments on PWA
Well said Brian, keep up the good work on your channel.
Thanks Brian, you definitely get it. I love listening to these good men. Honestly sharing parenting struggles and the balance there in …shows Matt’s humanness seeking redemption and balance …humility mic drop.
I'm curious: how could there *possibly* be "more allowance for ... a willingness from people in positions like Matt's, to be able to share personal/moral struggles the way Matt does in this video"??
Well said, Brian, and I completely agree. My husband and I have gone through that same journey of learning to balance perfectionism and idealism with leading with love.
Matt Fradds parenting advice has really helped me to rethink a lot. My son just turned 2 today and already I’m trying to find a way to balance relaxing and discipline.
We went with negotiables and non-negotiables strategy. eg non-negotiable we attend Mass weekly as a family. Negotiables sorted out in our one hour family meeting, I'm big on monthly family meetings even if formalities only last 10minutes and we just end up eating ice-cream, playing scrabble and talking NBA for the rest of it. Everyone has a say in our family meeting, whoever has the rosary talks for 5min max, we decided when kids reach 3yo they can give their opinion/suggestions too but at the end of the day the "magisterium" mom/dad decide.
Absolutely love it. I have so many "aha" moments. I understand so much more so much better. God bless you Father Mike.
I'm one of the users who've listened to a LOT of hours of PWA lately, but I listen to it like a podcast while I work. It beats news radio any day. ^_^
The body is connected to the soul is connected to the spirit, I believe
FR BONIFACE HI 🙏 I USED TO LISTEN TO YOU ALL THE TIME. WHERE I LIVE NOW I CAN'T PICK UP YOUR RADIO STATION. I MISS YOU😪😪 GOD BLESS YOU 🙏✝️🙏✝️
The quote at 1:49:20 actually comes from St. Therese of Lisieux who was quoting her spiritual father, Father Pichon. The exact quote from Father Pichon is: "There are really more differences among souls than there are among faces".
Our society has forgotten the “repent, go and sin no more” part!!!!
I don't know how many times I wished for my dad to ask "What do you like about this?". I think it's the one difficult part in our otherwise fantastic relationship. I hope I can do better with my kids.
1:24:25 till 1:25:30 is gold! ♡
M*A*S*H is an amazing show. It is one of the only shows that I'll watch repeatedly. (I really enjoy TV and movies and I watch a variety of stuff, and yhere is quite a lot of great shows available...but MASH is my favorite/comfort show. It's so good. Thanks Thursday!
Could you ask Fr in future interviews how parents are to deal with adult children who have become atheists? It is too late to go back and make changes in how we raised them. At the time, we heard if we took them to Mass, prayed at home, relied on God, involved in our parish, had Catholic friends, they would most likely not leave the church ( which has been true for hundreds of years) but now, when some kids go to college they leave the church and more often now, have become atheists. This happened in our family and we now have unbaptized grandchildren, and are heartbroken. Many Catholic parents are in the same situation as we are. I'm sure we made mistakes in the past even though we thought we were doing the right things at the time. What can we do now? Please Matt, have a discussion that addresses this, there are a lot of parents who need guidance for this issue.
Pray for your children and never stop praying for them for a return to their faith. Apologize to them if there was anything that could have driven them away. A lot of times the falling away is exactly what is needed to bring them back. I was gone for 13 years, but I have to go on that journey in order for God to meet me where I was at . My parents never stopped praying for me. Everyone’s story will be different and we don’t always see what God is doing or the outcomes of things. Your kids have free will and will make choices no matter how good of a job you have done, and that’s where you come in with prayer for them, but don’t chastise them or put up walls to quit talking to them if they aren’t practicing, just keep praying.
I whole heartedly stand behind M.A.S.H. being the greatest tv show of all time. There's not one show that even comes close.
Socratic method - Montessori - always a vehicle for greater growth
I'm 35. MASH is the greatest tv show ever!
A great time🙏🥰
Nick picking…that’s me! We are together 5min and I say things like “You didn’t wear that to school again you wore it yesterday! And why didn’t you comb your hair? You will never get a gf looking like that! Let’s pray..I’m going to listen to this daily..until I get it😤
The copy of the rule that I have says one pint a day, and I am sticking to it
Did you notice that the 2022 World Champion - football Star, makes the Sign of the Cross on TV after scoring? Lionel Messi is openly Catholic.
I am posting another comment responding to the positive framing given to Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, CGS for short. This is a New Age catechism not approved by the USCCB. The creator of this catechism. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is based on Theosophical tenets, not the Catholic Magisterium.
Sofia Cavaletti, its creator, wrote it using Maria Montessori;s Theosophist views. Maria Montessori was raised Catholic but was heavily influenced by revolution and theosophy.
The CGS program encourages children to participate in other religions. An organization called the Center for Children and Theology is closely associated with CGS USA and holds the annual CGS workshop, Weaving Our Gifts. Not only do they promote the prayers of other religions, but they also sell materials to be used in the CGS atrium such as hands-on Islam and hands-on Buddhism material to be used in the atrium.
The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd teaches these concepts in conflict with Magisterium
Maria Montessori’s idea of learning religion was condemned by Pope Pius X as an error of Modernism, which he also stated is the synthesis of all heresies. See the CGS Exposed website and Sensus Fidelium YT channel for more information. This program should not be in any Catholic Church.
Remember- the New Age damages lives and harms souls. If this program is in your church, share these facts with your Pastor and Rel. Ed director and remove CGS from your church.
This chap does seriously look like Maximilian Kolbe. Now I know why I thought he looked familiar! Great interview - thanks!
Corn nuts are DELICIOUS!
Great talk as always. Thank you!
According to Father Ripperger, there are some spells in the Harry Potter series that are real, not sure about all, but some, for sure
Jesus himself said we are to Walk and talk with him and his father as we would a good friend. He also said to pray in our "closets" and if we must pray in public it should be the Lords Prayer.
I can’t figure out what he means by dopamine baseline. Can anyone explain it to me? Thanks!
The Boy in the Striped Pijamas & The Stoning of Soraya M awsome movies!!!
❤
That was an hysterically funny line - and you know which one I mean.
At first, I thought that he's Fr. Columba Jordan of Called For More. My bad.
How would you reconcile Our Lady’s expectations of the children of Fatima, for example - as far as prayer and sacrifice, and needing to be disciplined in order to receive their Heavenly reward (such as Francisco needing to do more work) - with the advice here about letting go of expectations in parenting?
Matt, the world is not ending. Chill out.
The tree is also tapped 3 times for what they call “tears” or resin
02:36:00 trent took down the video on harry potter responding to Fr Ripperger for some reason.. maybe he thought Father was actually right?
But but ... i LOVE Broccoli!
Hmm, I wonder who Thursday could be! 🤔
the 'girl friday' comment was clever an old term some in the office whose job was everything they are told to do
But seriously; deliberately not choosing to call someone by their proper name, can be a form of bullying and establishing power structures
Any comment on Fr. Pavane yet?
Incense did not cure my neighbor’s cancer and suffering
This discourse is sick!
Dear Matt, please no more cussing. 🙏🏼❤️🔥
God bless.
The Catholic Church is false and not from God
Is Matt drinking vodka?
Ideals are to be seen, however dimly, never grasped.
Pathetic cussing and total disrespect while speaking about Godly matters…as followers of Jesus Christ we are to curb these worldly temptations
Fr. Boniface is like the male version of Sr. Miriam James. They both speak with such gentleness.
So true!!!!
I saw OSB and thought “hmmmm…. I wonder….” And yes!! He’s at St Vincent Archabbey!!
I live 7 minutes from the Basilica (4 if there are no red lights.) I can see the Basilica from my house. I’ll be there tomorrow at the basilica for the penance service. Hopefully I can get my brother to go. He seems interested in Catholicism (hasn’t been to confession in years). Prayers would be appreciated
God bless and beautiful journey Neil. You were wonderful to help. Say an Ave for Neil his future wife and their journey if you see this.
Addressing the awkward silence after the movie reference, Thursday, His Girl Friday, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, classic movie, great movie. Thanks for the mention. I got it.
Darn. I surely wish I had heard this conversation about 20 years ago. What a sadness in my heart for not having these pearls of parenting wisdom. But despite my stupidity, praise God, my 5 children are so deeply in the arms of the Church. God is merciful indeed.♥️
This was like chicken soup for the soul .. my first time seeing Father Boniface.
This interview with Fr. Hicks is like an early Christmas present.
Joyeux Noël 🥳
Oh my! I NEEDED to hear the part about suffering and having the Lord love us out of being stuck. Having been wounded in my childhood with sexual abuse, I know logically to invite the Lord in my suffering, but now I know I need to make more of an effort to invite Him in, not be so afraid, and let Him love me out of that place. Thank you!
Matt, your interviews never fail to ooze the grace of God. As a father who struggles in many of these things, I thank you and Fr. for this.
My son is 25 and still lives at home, he lives in his room playing video games until late in the night. He built his own computer system just for the video games. The other day he came down so depressed and admitted he has to give up gaming as it is ruining his life. Now we are trying to help him as he gives us this addiction. It really started during the pandemic. It is very sad!
I had such a feeling of peace in listening to Father's voice and approach, such a loving approach (!) and Matt, as always, amazing! I will share with my grown children who hope to have their own families one day. Thank you!! (and all this without even getting one third through the podcast so far! :)
I could listen to Fr talk all day
One of the benefits is being a "peter pan" on the spectrum is an always youthful world view. So I don't have to condescend to my boys level, I share their love for the same things - Halo, Star Wars, LOTR et al - but I can also lead them to have a scholastic world view of those pop culture items, to analyse the author's intent (without disturbing the soul of the work) which in turn leads them to a general love for the wisdom that has come from an exegesis of the symbolism and to the summa itself.
Oh wow just 🤩 I’m on a Silent Retreat right now (full habited Nuns) and as a female version of you Matt -I’m having a heck of a time with a couple of grandsons that I’ve pretty much raised…and oh you guys opened my eyes!!!I never want to hear about their video games…I say things like you say to Avala..(I’m a stand up Comic only for AA now and the Sisters) so you know how I think and talk..Matt is. Comic) here’s one for you…I’ve got something going constantly like now I woke up it’s about 3:30 am…but when ppl suggest we be silent …to let God speak..I say My God is powerful and He wants my attention He will speak through my headphones or the TV or the person I’m speaking with..still think that by the way…b/c in a sense He does get my attention when He wants to..I don’t know..I’m rambling but Matt can figure this out🤐 God Bless you and the good Father! 🙏🏼✝️
i'm a Catholic and an avid gamer. anytimes I have played online with others I try to coalesce with like minded peoples where we can share openly about faith and life. I even thought about having twitch streaming and having a Faith positive focus.
EDIT, I know no one will answer but why is there a cut @ 2:33:56
What a lovely, gentle soul.♥️
I love this. As we do this experiment of unschooling (yes unschooling) in my family, I find more and more prominent Catholics talking about this sense of falling in love with the passions and talents that God has given our children. It’s really beautiful.
I unschool my child as well and she loves Catholicism. She is getting confirmed a couple years earlier than usual because she asked to be. She does novenas and consecrations on her own or asks if she can join me. She is already very good at evangelization. She is not afraid to defend the faith in person and when she is on her games. She also defends the unborn unapologetically.
@@laraluna9365 hopefully she’s defending Jesus Christ and the Gospel because he’s the only way to the Father ✝️
@@Proverbs--tx6yr tell me you’re a prideful Protestant without saying so is basically your comment. Nice try troll.
@@Proverbs--tx6yrcan't defend Jesus if you cherry pick your words to create a religion that puts you at the center.
@@laraluna9365imagine your entire religion being in protest of the Church that Christ built.
My experience is that people love to praise my family when at Mass but are upset at my household's strict discipline and are terrified to see us play roughly. I cannot imagine myself relaxing discipline at Mass as my family grows, but it's yet to be shown whether I can confer the sense of pious duty to my children that reveals the liturgy as an important sacrifice for helping those we love. I would also concede that a family needs to have the full gambit of reverent prayer environments from the welcoming no-obligation invitation to the we have to wage war against the evil one (the latter in accordance with the spiritual maturity of each individual - not age). Mass of course is when everyone throws on the war paint.
(Young Father still speaking - I'll reflect on this in 10 years)
I'll note that proper discipline is never mixed with rage or anger; it is better for children to be unruly than to fear being undesirable. This is the only fact that might temper my discipline in the future.
Said another way: discipline is useless if it doesn't allow for children to both live happily and live well.
Only God can make saints.
Parenting is the ultimate teacher. It is so difficult as a mom raising two boys alone, and In Christ, in these days!
The peace and joy of Christ emanates from Fr Boniface....and you too Matt.☺
Loved the first sets of questions about God as distant and disturbing thoughts during prayer. I'm personally so glad someone asked those things. It's really hard to be honest about the stuff we find so disgusting about ourselves and the answers were incredibly helpful to me. Great interview.
So emotional watching this. Beautiful
your kids are still so young... the teens and early 20's are tough when they want to push back on what you KNOW is best for them. it's really difficult to avoid sounding as though you're criticizing them.
Yes! Love hearing Fr. talk about Catechesis if the Good Shepherd! Such a great solution to our catechesis problem in our church!
Just an observation: When a child is coloring while another "adult" activity is occurring, that child may well be listening far more intently than one would imagine.
Haha! Father is awesome at not falling into Matt's pitfalls! Good on you father!
I love your guest!! What a holy man!! I'm surprised nobody rebukes you for your slip ups on bad language... I feel like your bad language within the presence of your holy guest is equivalent to Farting out loud in the confessional !! Hahaha bro where's your temperance. Your an influencer!! Your no longer a regular bloke!! ... forgive me... rant done... man, it's easy to point from the comment section! 🤣. Ok carry on friend
Minecraft and Doctor Who... I would have so much fun hanging out with you kids. My daughter is just starting to get into video games and I am so excited to play with her.
5 minutes in. Wow. Catholicism is cool. Deep. Engaging. Now to continue the podcast.
I do love these long form discussions on PWA. I've been introduced to so many interesting and inspiring people. I love how folks like Fr. Boniface and Sr. Miriam James Heidland can translate spirituality in such human terms as to make it accessible and doable. I'm also very okay with all the side roads that Matt can tend to wander down in the conversation.
Matt talking about his kids destroys me every time
Not trying to troll but I feel like for all the talk of not Googling things right away, there’s a lot of that that goes on the show from the “Jamies”.
Fr. Boniface is amazing!! I feel like there were a few times where we were not hearing him, but instead listening to side conversations between Matt and Thursday or Neil. My constructive criticism would be to have the background team stay more background and let your guest be the highlighted.
Love the show & Matt & Fr. B!
I often listen to Fr. Boniface on We Are One Body radio. What a blessing he is.
This episode with Fr. Boniface was great. Was like being a part of a group Spiritual Direction session in a way. Have found Bowen Family Systems coupled with "lessons learned" in the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises to be eye opening. In a way that was some of what you talked about without referencing directly.
Thank you Matt for this interview. Fr Boniface is a wonderful spiritual father.
Hi Matt, I was touched by your conversation about condescending to the interests of your kids. What a blessing for them! The discussion about video games was also great! I recently posted a Catholic reflection on how good video game stories can be edifying and help us strive for holiness if you’re interested in checking it out.
I’ll have to listen to this! Matt you always have the most wonderful speakers! Please have Fr John Riccardo on your show!
Suffering without God is destructive. Suffering with God is redemptive, purifying and sanctifying.
Can we post just the part where matt shares his family rosary testimony so i can share it with my mom?
Unfortunately for those moving to our fair and wonderful state of CO, it’s ridiculously expensive now. Please plan way ahead!
Fr Hicks is an amazing shepherd 🙏🐠🕊️
I teach CGS ! Love to hear it mentioned
Satan can enter from anywhere. Once they are in college there is nothing you can but pray for them. Love your wife.
I'm actually a gamer and a streamer myself. I don't use a distinctly catholic approach to my gaming selection per se, but I do say a prayer before broadcasting where I ask that God help make me an example of His Christian love and grace.
This is GOLDEN! Loved the parenting spiritual thoughts and praying to hear more!
"God forbid the rosary becomes conjoined with Dad's anger" GOLDEN.
I’m remembering my father… Times we ate out how he showed me how to scoop my Mexican food all up into a fresh hot flour tortilla and another time I was home on leave from USMC and he told me that we were similar because we both wore a uniform. I miss him.
Regarding Video Games, i think its like how politic is based on Culture. Evangelization through Culture is very effective rather than just forcing your children to read the bible. And this Evangelization is even more effective with the religious symbolism is not to "in your face" to the point of parody. My mother tried to do that and I became an Atheist for years. The one that want me to pick up the bible again when are Chronicles of Narnia and a video games called Persona 3. So, I think Catholic need to join the space. Use that as a tool to influence but never forget to be kind and smart. “wise as serpents, harmless as doves”
I definitely think I watch too much, but I get so much done. At times I use it to fall asleep. Frankly, I can’t watch tv or movies any more they are filthy. Also, I can stay up with news from a Christian perception. Oh but I wish I wanted to pray, read the Bible, or exercise as much as I like TH-cam. Kind of pathetic in a way. Thanks for sharing your struggles, and solutions.
Catholicism is a false religion Jesus said himself. There is one mediator between God and man, the Lord Jesus Christ. Also When we believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins was buried and rose again we are born again. Ephesians 2:8and 9 for by grace are we saved through Faith and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works.
Love isn't always nice, ya know. The idea that Christianity or Christ himself is/was always kind and gentle isn't in the Bible I read at church every week.
Have person contact fr. Chris Alar about girlfriend n priest hood......
Sorry, I cannot get past the scraggly beard. There was a priest in my past who had such a beard who I had bad feelings about. But I love your show and will be back.
2:23:09 Hi Matt, so how did you manage to have no stupid commercials constantly interrupting your videos?
Do yourself a favor and never ever get so carried away with yourself so much that you forget where you are and Who you represent that you repeat that vulgar phrase about “should.” James Martin uses that, so you’re not in good company
Matt, please tell me that Thursday’s nickname is a G. K. Chesterton reference.
it is
Based!
God never wanted denominations. He gave us one (1!) Bible and we have the internet. We don't need church clubs.
That's the rad trad problem. Rules. Externals. A language not understood
“Your girl Friday”? Did anyone get it? 🤷🏼♂️