Best Thomas V Mirus Podcasts (2023)

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Catholic Culture Audiobooks

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St. Francis de Sales - Introduction to the Devout Life | Pt. 3 (Ch.1-10) 1:15:38

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"Anyone who will calmly consider what he has done without God, cannot fail to realize that what he does with God is no merit of his own; and so we may rejoice in that which is good in us, and take pleasure in the fact, but we shall give all the glory to God alone, who alone is its author." Part 3 Chapter 1 - How to Select That Which We Should Chief…

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The Catholic Culture Podcast

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160 - The Vocation of Thomas Aquinas - Matthew Minerd 1:38:15

9h ago1:38:15

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Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P.’s definitive scholarly biography of St. Thomas Aquinas has recently received its third edition. Translator Matthew Minerd returns to the Catholic Culture Podcast to discuss what we can learn from Fr. Torrell about the life of St. Thomas and the context in which works like the Summa theologiae were written. This episode is …

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Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast

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Sacrilege against Mary in the new Padre Pio film 58:23

4d ago58:23

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The new film Padre Pio, directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Shia LaBeouf, is ruined by a pornographic and sacrilegious scene involving abuse of a sacred image. James Majewski and Thomas Mirus contend that conscientious Catholics must not see this movie. They explain the difference between portraying an act and committing that act, and how that li…

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Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina

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3.3 Cities of God: Antioch, the City of Lights 21:36

11d ago21:36

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3.3 Cities of God: Antioch, 'First Called Christian' Antioch, in so many ways, was the place where the lights first went on. It was the first city in the ancient world to have street lamps and unending night life. It was the city where the disciples were first called Christians. And it blazed brightly for centuries, in the lives and words of the Fa…

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The Catholic Culture Podcast

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The Catholic sobriety test w/ Phil Lawler and Jeff Mirus 1:19:17

14d ago1:19:17

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In the last of the YouTube livestreams related to Catholic Culture’s May fundraising campaign, Jeff Mirus and Phil Lawler discuss their approach to writing responsible, sober commentary during a time of crisis in the Church: that is, when the news is crazy, how can we talk about it sanely? We're a week into CatholicCulture.org's May fundraising cam…

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Catholic Culture Audiobooks

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When artists feel lonely in the Church - w/ James Majewski and Thomas Mirus 1:12:04

20d ago1:12:04

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In this livestream, James Majewski and Thomas Mirus we discussed errors artists can fall into in pushing back against a moralistic approach to art found within the Church. Rather than reacting away from rigidity to excessive openness, the mature Catholic artist has to get over himself and be a servant. Also discussed: The relation between order and…

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The Catholic Culture Podcast

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When artists feel lonely in the Church (Livestream) 1:12:04

22d ago1:12:04

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In this livestream, James Majewski and Thomas Mirus we discussed errors artists can fall into in pushing back against a moralistic approach to art found within the Church. Rather than reacting away from rigidity to excessive openness, the mature Catholic artist has to get over himself and be a servant. Also discussed: The relation between order and…

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Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast

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When artists feel lonely in the Church (Livestream) 1:12:04

21d ago1:12:04

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In this livestream, James Majewski and Thomas Mirus we discussed errors artists can fall into in pushing back against a moralistic approach to art found within the Church. Rather than reacting away from rigidity to excessive openness, the mature Catholic artist has to get over himself and be a servant. Also discussed: The relation between order and…

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Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast

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The last great silent epic: Napoleon (1927) 1:04:12

25d ago1:04:12

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After three years discussing the Vatican’s 1995 list of 45 important films, Thomas and James have finally reached the final movie! Made in 1927, it’s a five-and-a-half-hour long, epic, technically dazzling silent film about Napoleon. Napoleon trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6504eRh5h6M This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If…

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Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina

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3.2 Cities of God: Jerusalem, the City of Origin 21:18

27d ago21:18

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Jerusalem, the holy city — a city built with compact unity and beloved by the Apostles — was the first home of the Christian Church. Sacred to the Jews, it was for the early Christians a pilgrim destination. Melito and Egeria and Gregory of Nyssa visited there. Cyril reigned there as bishop. John of Damascus moved there. In any consideration of Chr…

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Catholic Culture Audiobooks

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Mike Aquilina Q&A on the Church Fathers 1:36:18

28d ago1:36:18

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We thought Catholic Culture Audiobooks listeners might be interested in this discussion with Mike Aquilina, host of Way of the Fathers, also on the Catholic Culture Podcast Network. For those who missed the YouTube livestream Q&A with Mike Aquilina on May 8th, 2023, here is the audio. It was a lively conversation where Mike fielded viewer questions…

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The Catholic Culture Podcast

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Mike Aquilina Q&A on early Christianity 1:36:18

29d ago1:36:18

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For those who missed the YouTube livestream Q&A with Mike Aquilina on May 8th, 2023, here is the audio. It was a lively conversation where Mike fielded viewer questions about important cities of the early Church, early evidence for papal primacy, the role of charity in the early Church, Origen, the providential role of easy travel for the spread of…

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Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina

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Mike Aquilina Q&A on early Christianity 1:36:18

28d ago1:36:18

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For those who missed the YouTube livestream Q&A with Mike Aquilina on May 8th, 2023, here is the audio. It was a lively conversation where Mike fielded viewer questions about important cities of the early Church, early evidence for papal primacy, the role of charity in the early Church, Origen, the providential role of easy travel for the spread of…

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The Catholic Culture Podcast

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159 - Person and Act: John Paul II's Philosophy w/ Timothy Flanders 1:33:34

1M ago1:33:34

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Catholic University of America Press recently launched a major new series: the English Critical Edition of the Works of Karol Wojtyła/John Paul II. The first volume of the series was a new translation of Wojtyła's 1969 book Person and Act, along with related essays. In Person and Act Wojtyła set forth the foundation of his blend of phenomenology, T…

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Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina

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Livestream announcement 2:12

1M ago2:12

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We'll be doing YouTube livestreams on the next 3 Monday evenings, as part of CatholicCulture.org's May fundraising campaign. In these freewheeling conversations, you'll have the opportunity to ask questions and prompt discussion in the live chat box! 5/8, 8pm ET - Mike Aquilina (host, Way of the Fathers podcast) 5/15, 8pm ET - Thomas Mirus & James …

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Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast

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Livestream announcement 2:12

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We'll be doing YouTube livestreams on the next 3 Monday evenings, as part of CatholicCulture.org's May fundraising campaign. In these freewheeling conversations, you'll have the opportunity to ask questions and prompt discussion in the live chat box! 5/8, 8pm ET - Mike Aquilina (host, Way of the Fathers podcast) 5/15, 8pm ET - Thomas Mirus & James …

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Catholic Culture Audiobooks

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Livestream promo 2:12

1M ago2:12

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We'll be doing YouTube livestreams on the next 3 Monday evenings, as part of CatholicCulture.org's May fundraising campaign. In these freewheeling conversations, you'll have the opportunity to ask questions and prompt discussion in the live chat box! 5/8, 8pm ET - Mike Aquilina (host, Way of the Fathers podcast) 5/15, 8pm ET - Thomas Mirus & James …

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The Catholic Culture Podcast

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Livestream announcement 2:12

1M ago2:12

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We'll be doing YouTube livestreams on the next 3 Monday evenings, as part of CatholicCulture.org's May fundraising campaign. In these freewheeling conversations, you'll have the opportunity to ask questions and prompt discussion in the live chat box! 5/8, 8pm ET - Mike Aquilina (host, Way of the Fathers podcast) 5/15, 8pm ET - Thomas Mirus & James …

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Catholic Culture Audiobooks

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem - Mystagogical Lectures on the Eucharist 24:52

1M ago24:52

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“When the Master himself has explicitly said of the bread, ‘This is my body,’ will anyone still dare to doubt? When He is Himself our warranty, saying, “This is my blood,” who will ever waver and say it is not His Blood?” These the two final catechetical lectures given by Cyril to catechumens around 349 A.D are termed the Mystagogical Lectures. In …

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The Catholic Culture Podcast

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Highlights: Christopher Tolkien, William Byrd, A Hidden Life, poetry-painting collaboration 1:06:25

1M ago1:06:25

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This episode features highlight clips from episodes 50, 58, 60, and 66 of the Catholic Culture Podcast. 50: A Catholic Composer in Queen Elizabeth’s Court, Pt. II – Kerry McCarthy https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/episode-50a-catholic-composer-in-queen-elizabeths-court-pt-iikerry-mccarthy/ 58: A Hidden Life Film Review w/ James Majewski ht…

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Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast

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The Miracle Maker (1999) w/ Timothy Reckart 1:05:27

1M ago1:05:27

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The Miracle Maker, a little-known animated Gospel film with Ralph Fiennes as the voice of Jesus, deserves a place in any Christian family's Easter viewing. Its beautifully crafted mix of stop-motion and traditional 2D animation engages the imagination without dominating it in a way that live-action cinema can't. It's also a masterful piece of adapt…

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Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina

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3.1 Cities of God: Introduction to Series 3 17:14

1M ago17:14

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With this introductory episode we begin our exploration of the cities where the Fathers lived and taught. At first these were cities that raged against the Gospel and persecuted the Church. The Fathers brought them to faith. Each city was different from all the others—and each became more perfectly itself through its encounter with Jesus Christ. We…

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Catholic Culture Audiobooks

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St. Ignatius of Antioch - Letter to the Magnesians 11:27

1M ago11:27

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"It is not enough to be Christians in name. It behooves us to be such in fact. [...] So let us become His disciples. Let us learn to live the life that Christianity calls for. No one with any other name than this can belong to God." St. Ignatius was the third bishop of Antioch. The only extant writings by St. Ignatius are the seven letters he wrote…

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The Catholic Culture Podcast

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158 - City of God vs. City of Man - Timothy Flanders 1:21:08

2M ago1:21:08

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It's time for a big-picture look at Church history! Timothy S. Flanders joins the podcast to discuss his book City of God vs. City of Man: The Battles of the Church from Antiquity to the Present. The book is a synthesis of the approaches of St. Augustine and Christopher Dawson, whom Timothy calls the two greatest Catholic historians. Themes discuss…

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The Catholic Culture Podcast

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157 - A New Faerie Tale in Verse - Marly Youmans 53:35

2M ago53:35

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Marly Youmans joins the podcast to talk about her new verse tale, Seren of the Wildwood, the story's relation to the biblical giants or Nephilim, and the difference between myth and faerie. Publisher's description of Seren of the Wildwood (Wiseblood Books): Seren is born on the brink of Wildwood, realm of shadowy fey who listen and laugh–who someti…

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Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina

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Patristic Pilgrims’ Progress 14:14

2M ago14:14

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Christianity is the odd religion that does not require pilgrimage, but Christians do it anyway, and in great numbers, as they have since the earliest days of the Church. Many of the early Fathers made the journey to the holy sites. They trekked to the Holy Land to walk in Jesus’ footsteps and to Rome to honor Peter and Paul. How can we follow their…

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Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast

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Rome, Open City (1945) w/ Elizabeth Lev 59:02

2M ago59:02

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Filmed in Rome just after its liberation from the Nazis, while the rest of Italy was still at war, Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City documents a unique moment in the history of the Eternal City. With its story of working-class Italians secretly resisting Nazi occupiers, Open City did much to dispose Americans more kindly toward a defeated Italy,…

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Catholic Culture Audiobooks

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St. Melito of Sardis - On the Passover 48:46

2M ago48:46

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"For the one who was born as Son, and led to slaughter as a lamb, and sacrificed as a sheep, and buried as a man, rose up from the dead as God." A vernacular version of the earliest surviving Easter vigil homily by a second-century bishop about whom little is known. Full text: https://www.kerux.com/doc/0401A1.asp Alternate translation: https://sach…

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Catholic Culture Audiobooks

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Pope St. Leo the Great - Three Lenten Sermons 31:58

2M ago31:58

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"People are shown to be not particularly spiritual at other times if they do not prove themselves to be more spiritual in these days." St. Leo the Great's pontificate was described by Pope Benedict XVI as “undoubtedly one of the most important in Church history”. His 96 extant sermons, given during the period 440-461, reveal his great desire for th…

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The Catholic Culture Podcast

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156 - Can music be sad? 32:30

2M ago32:30

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It's universally acknowledged that music effects our emotions. But does it actually make sense to talk about music "expressing", emotions in any intrinsic sense (that is, can music itself be happy or sad)? And even if it does, should we treat emotional expression as the essential purpose of music, or the criterion by which we judge musical beauty? …

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Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast

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Can a Holocaust film offer hope? Schindler's List (1993) 1:20:51

2M ago1:20:51

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Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List - which was included on the Vatican's 1995 list of important films - is generally acclaimed as a masterpiece, yet some critics have called it a Hollywood falsification of its subject matter, either because it does not sufficiently show the brutality of the Holocaust, because the story is told from the point of vi…

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Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina

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The Mother of All Vigils 15:20

3M ago15:20

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’Twas the night before Easter, and all through the Church every heart was stirring. The early Christians kept a Vigil that made a lasting impression. The symbols were elemental: fire, water, darkness, nakedness, music, dramatic preaching, surprising chalices, and more-than-marathon endurance. Prepare for your Easter Vigil by learning about theirs. …

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