St Joseph's Chamber: Recent Episodes
Matt M-C
This presentation is an explanation of why I became and remain a Catholic, in discussion with two members of the church of the latter day saints. For me, this just about sums it up nicely. Enjoy!
We discuss why to think about praying the WHOLE Rosary, all 20 mysteries, everyday. And how to do it.
In a sea of total confusion due to all the contradictory messages we hear today, how do we know what to trust?
We look briefly at the mercy of the Catholic Church in offering us all indulgences. Forgive the occasional poor recording of these episodes, but I hope someone somewhere benefits! God bless
From the movie Jaws we trace the many different kinds of Jesus offered to us and ask: is it enough to believe in "a Jesus"?
Here I outline 3 basic worldviews - atheism, agnosticism and theism - and I demonstrate that if consistency of thought is the goal, one will always be led to belief in one true dogma and thus one supreme Religion
Is knowledge simply gained by the study of texts and thinking (academia), or is there another path?
A long episode, where I describe my journey from Agnostic materialism (practical Atheism) to Protestant Christianity, then to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, finally finding my port in the Holy Catholic Church
From the Prophet Hosea, God foretells that his people will have to live in tents, and such is the life of every Christian. In a collapsing world, and even in our collapsing lives, there is still only one Rock: The Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, who never changes and is always stable
Here I explain why I came to believe in the Papacy and therefore the truth of the Catholic Church
Here we outline profound and fundamental distinctions between Protestantism and Catholicism when it comes to how to worship God
A historical explanation of the Title of titles, what St John of Damascus calls the summary of the entire Gospel
How do we know our experience of Jesus is authentic? Paul tells us from his own history
Verses 1-7, where we see that in as much as Christianity is a religion of the Incarnation of God, so it is a highly sacramental religion with a divinely appointed priesthood
Theology can never be divorced from the Church or the world, and it is only ever a humble start, it can never be the end
God can be known in some sense because of divine revelation, which is Christ and his gospel
A story from the Desert monks which beautifully exemplifies what it looks like to truly love another person