The Main Street Catholic: Recent Episodes
Fr. John Wachowicz
A podcast from the Church of St. Patrick in Huntington, New York, hosted by the Associate Pastor, Fr. John Wachowicz. Tune in for brief discussions regarding Roman Catholicism, as well as answers to various topics submitted by listeners.
Fr. John wraps up the series on the Book of Revelation, as well as this season of the Main Street Catholic, with St. John's vision of sin, history, eternity, liturgy, and pretty much everything else.
Fr. John explains the concept of accidental unity as it pertains to governments and societies in a fallen world.
Having discussed in last week's episode the end of history, Fr. John takes this opportunity to explain the rest of history in 16 minutes.
Fr. John offers the symbolic worldview as a hermeneutic key to the Book of Revelation, the Scriptures, and our own experience of the world.
Fr. John discusses St. John's authorship of the Book of Revelation, as well as a proposed structure for the Book.
Fr. John begins his Easter season discussion of the Book of Revelation by explaining what makes prophecy, prophecy, and how the Book of Revelation fits into the Scriptures and salvation history.
Fr. John uses the books of the Old Testament to shed light on the account of the woman caught in adultery found in chapter 8 of John's Gospel.
Fr. John uses Soren Kierkegaard's understanding of the three modes of moral motivation as a hermeneutic key to our Lord's parable of the prodigal son.
Fr. John reflects on the role of silence in the spiritual life, modeled after Christ and the Biblical Saints.
Fr. John discusses the light of Tabor as a window into perceiving God's glory rather than simply conceiving of It.
Fr. John discusses Christ's ordeal in the desert through the lens of the threefold objects of temptations described by the Christian Scriptures and tradition.
Fr. John reflects on St. Anthony the Great as a model of Lenten prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, and some practical tips for growing in those virtues.
Fr John explains what happens when a priest is called to give the "Last Rites" to a dying Christian.
Inspired by the life of Cardinal Newman, Fr. John contemplates the evangelical nature of the Beatitudes.
Fr. John discusses the spiritual life as a call from God to holiness, not something as merited by ourselves.
Fr. John discusses the leitmotif of fulfilment that runs throughout Salvation History and the spiritual life.
Fr. John uses Scriptural imagery to describe how to move with haste under the Spirit's direction.
Fr John discusses St. Paul's exhortation to rejoice in the season of advent, and its connexion to the emotional and spiritual life.
Fr. John discusses the Biblical notion of worship as transfomative rather than a mere ethical obligation.
Fr John discusses the Church's understanding of the liturgical year as the Kingdom of God entering into time, by discussing the concept of time, and the Church's baptism of different understandings of it.
Fr. John discusses the Church's teaching on the Kingship of Christ, and the connexion between our moral and political lives as a means of manifesting Christ's Kingship to the world.
Fr. John discusses the end of the world: its theorisation in every religion and ideology, the Church's teaching on it, and how to apply it to our lives.
Fr. John discusses the existential roots of the horror genre as a violation of the natural law. The need for a personal return to an intrinsic understanding of the moral order.
Fr. John discusses Stoicism and Buddhism, the underlying philosophies behind so much of modern 'self-improvement.' How are they different from Christianity, and how does this affect my prayer life?
Fr. John discusses the nature of demons, the manners in which they operate, and a few things that we can do to resist their influence in our lives.
Fr. John discusses Wisdom in the Catholic tradition, and cultivating it with the remembrance of our final end.
Fr John discusses annulments in the Catholic Church - what they are, how they work, and FAQs about them.
A podcast from the Church of St. Patrick in Huntington, New York, hosted by the Associate Pastor, Fr. John. Tune in for brief discussions regarding Roman Catholicism, as well as answer to various topics submitted by listeners.