Pints With Aquinas

 @TheCounselofTrent  and  @JustPearlyThings  join the show for our first ever in studio debate! The debate focuses on if Marriage harms the lives of men financially, psychologically, and sexually. Support the Show (and see our Interview with Jordan Peterson): https://mattfradd.locals.com  Show Sponsors: https://strive21.com/matt https://hallow.com/mattfradd

In this Episode Father talks about whether Christians can have fun. If human life is serious, and we have a serious task is fun nonsensical indulgence?

Mother Natalia talks about today's Gospel the story of the Man Born Blind. She talks about the uninvited healing, and his obedience to the commands of Christ.

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Father Pine, looks at the thought of great minds on curiosity. He asks if it is a vice and how we ought to treat it as christians.

Dr. Alex Plato is an associate Professor of philosophy at Franciscan university. He has done extensive study of Elizabeth Anscombe, Post-Liberalism, and Epistomology. He and Matt speak on Capitalism, Distributism, and Evidentialism. Support and Follow Alex's Work:   @Platos_Academy   https://platosacademy.locals.com/ Support us on Locals: https://mattfradd.locals.com/support Show Sponsored By: https://hallow.com/mattfradd  https://strive21.com/matt

Father Pine, seeing the rise in fasting in secular culture, takes another look at Catholic Fasting.

Mother Natalia brings us into some recent events in her life that have deepened her meditations on Compassion, Gentleness and Healing. She then shares these lessons with us.

Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy at Boston College. He has written over 100 Books. He is a convert to Catholicism from Calvinism. He is an extremely sought after speaker. He joins Matt to talk about a wide range of topics. Support the Show:  https://mattfradd.locals.com Show Sponsors: https://hallow.com/mattfradd https://strive21.com/matt https://peterkreeft.com An Ocean Full of Angels: https://www.amazon.com/Ocean-Full-Angels-Autobiograph-Adam/dp/1587315904  

Mother Natalia taks about Beauty and What Pope Benedict had to say about it.

Father Pine give advice for healing and freeing yourself from habitual sexual sins.

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Father Gregory Pine talks about patience in suffering. How do we cultivate patience? How is it related to courage and fortitude?

Joe Heschmeyer, Catholic Answers Apologists, joins the show. Matt Fradd and Joe talk about culture, commentary, "experts" and wisdom of the crowd, and much more! Support the Show: https://mattfradd.locals.com Show Sponsors: https://strive21.com/matt https://hallow.com/mattfradd Joe's Links:  @shamelesspopery  https://www.catholic.com/profile/joe-heschmeyer https://shop.catholic.com/apologists-alley/joe-heschmeyer-resources/  

Mother gives us three lessons that she has taken from stories in Abraham's life. These are insights we can all apply to our lives.

Father talks about how we know things and ways we come to beliefs. He does this to show that Faith is rational and reasonable.

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Mother talks about modernity's common misconceptions about Compassion. Then, she walks us through what we can learn about real compassion from observing the Crucifixion.

Fr. Pine asks questions about demonolgy and spiritual warfare that can help us balance our attention of the paranormal against the attention we pay to God and the good.

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