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Become Who You Are

What’s the meaning and purpose of my life? What is my true identity? Why were we created male and female? How do I find happiness, joy and peace? How do I find love that lasts, forever? These are the timeless questions of the human heart. Join Jack Rigert and his guests for lively insights, reading the signs of our times through the lens of Catholic Teaching and the insights of Saint John Paul ll to guide us. Saint Catherine of Siena said "Become who you are and you would set the world on fire".

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#632 Your Soul Needs Training Just Like Your Body:...

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2025/06/13

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Ever feel like you're giving your all to work, relationships, and personal goals, but treating your spiritual life like an afterthought? Michael Pacer joins Jack to explore the disconnect that's leaving so many men unfulfilled and searching for something more. Michael, president of 5 Stones and author of "Prayers for Catholic Men," brings his unique gift of making complex spiritual realities accessible to everyone. As a former trial attorney wh...

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#631 What is Truth? Does it Exist? Can I find it? Did...

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2025/06/10

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Something extraordinary is happening in Catholic churches across America and Europe—pews that once sat half-empty are filling with young faces. This isn't a momentary blip but a genuine spiritual awakening among a generation raised in moral relativism who are now seeking objective truth. When these seekers arrive, they bring questions. One of the most common: "Didn't the Bible say that Jesus had brothers and sisters? Deacon Frank joins Jack. ...

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#630 Sean asked, "Am I Gay?": Discovering Your True...

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2025/06/06

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What happens when a young Catholic man wonders if he might be gay after developing a deep friendship with another guy? This question opens the door to a profound exploration of identity, desire, and our ultimate purpose as human beings. The cultural narrative tells us we are defined by our attractions and feelings—that they represent our immutable identity. But what if there's something deeper? What if our attractions, even when they feel confu...

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#629 Saint Carlo Acutis: The Inspiring Story of God's...

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2025/06/02

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Something extraordinary is happening in Catholic communities worldwide. Young people are flocking to churches, filling pews, and rediscovering ancient truths in surprising numbers. What's drawing this digital generation back to tradition? The answer may lie in the example of Carlo Acutis, the "saint in sneakers" who died at just 15 but left an indelible mark on modern Catholicism. Mary Beth Bracy joins us to explore "God's Influence...

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#628 The Power of Reading Scripture in A Digital Age:...

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2025/05/30

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Young men are rising up and searching for the truth in a world that has consistently lied to them. Despite growing up in a toxic culture and relentlessly bombarded with digital distraction, they're discovering something profound: Scripture offers the authentic guidance, healing, and path they crave. In this Episode Deacon Greg Ferrell joins Jack to explore how daily Scripture reading, using an ancient technique called Lectio Divina, can transfo...

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#627 Young People Leading A Catholic Renaissance: Gen...

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2025/05/27

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Something unexpected is happening in France. In a nation known as one of the world's most atheistic countries, Catholic churches are suddenly filling up with young faces. This Easter alone, over 10,000 adults were baptized into the Catholic Church—a staggering 160% increase from just eight years ago. Most remarkably, 42% of these new Catholics are young adults between 18-25 years old. Dr. Anne Hendershott, professor of sociology and director of...

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#626 Your Personal Trainer! "Coached By The Cure"...

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2025/05/23

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What happens when we drop a 19th-century saint into our smartphone-saturated world? Kevin Wells, author of Coached by the Cure, Lessons in Shepherding with St. John Vianney joins Jack to explore this provocative question—and the answers might shake your perception of modern spirituality. Wells begins with a startling comparison: the smartphones we casually place in our children's hands are functioning as "miniature Ouija boards," disconnecting ...

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#625 The Extraordinary Story of Mexico’s Child Martyr...

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2025/05/19

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The extraordinary story of a 13-year-old martyr provides a powerful lens through which we examine modern faith challenges. Writer and Catholic convert Avery Lane joins us to share the remarkable testimony of José Luis Sánchez del Río—"Joselito"—who was tortured and killed during Mexico's Cristero War for refusing to renounce his faith. Avery's own journey from secular humanism to Catholicism frames our exploration of Joselito's story. We trace ...

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#624 Satan Doesn't Have His Own Clay: How Reclaiming...

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2025/05/16

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Something is stirring among young people today. They feel a growing unease—a sense they've been deceived but can't quite articulate what's wrong. This profound conversation with Mark Schmitt uncovers the root of our cultural malaise and offers a path toward authentic freedom. We explore what happens when desires created good become twisted and distorted. Mark shares his personal journey from repression... to indulgence... to eventual freedom.&n...

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#623 The Emperor Has No Clothes: Gender Ideology,...

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2025/05/12

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Something has gone terribly wrong with our culture, and young people know it. Across America, children are being subjected to dangerous transgender ideologies that defy biological reality and common sense. We're witnessing an unprecedented assault on truth itself. In schools across Illinois, administrators force girls to change in front of biological males in locker rooms, citing reinterpreted Title IX regulations. Meanwhile, the same education...

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#622 IVF Is Not The Way--The False Promises of...

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2025/05/08

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Dr. Stacey Trasancos never planned to write a book about IVF, but with President Trump promising to expand access to IVF, she felt compelled to explain why artificial reproduction conflicts with Christian teaching on human dignity and procreation. The heart of the issue lies in what Trasancos calls the principle of inseparability—anything that divorces "lovemaking" from "life-giving" violates God's design for human reproduction. While con...

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Sacred Warriors: Young Men Reclaiming Their Hearts...

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2025/05/06

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The human heart has an extraordinary capacity for resilience. Even in our current era—where young men grow up bombarded by toxic influences that rob their innocence and shatter their moral imagination—something remarkable is happening. They're awakening to the sacred. Mike Pacer, president of Five Stones and author of "Prayers for Catholic Men," joins Jack to explore how prayer is transforming young men's lives against all cultural odds. Pacer ...

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#620 Kurt Mahlburg: Courageous Leadership in...

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2025/05/02

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The battle for religious freedom has reached new heights in Australia as New South Wales enacts legislation making it illegal to pray with someone about their sexuality—even if they explicitly request such prayer. Kurt Mahlburg, Australian writer and senior editor at The Daily Declaration, brings urgent clarity to this troubling development and its implications for believers worldwide. What sounds like dystopian fiction is now reality: Christia...

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#619 Defeating Modernism, A Battle for Truth: Satan's...

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2025/04/29

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Author Jim Valois takes us on a journey through the dangerous waters of modernism – not the technological or cultural kind, but the theological heresy that threatens to undermine Catholic teaching at its core. For young people seeking solid ground in a world of shifting values, this confusion can be particularly devastating. The conversation opens with Jim's personal story of reverting to Catholicism after years in evangelicalism. His experienc...

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#618 The Great Sacrament of Marriage: A "Divine...

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2025/04/25

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Marriage as a divine sacrament is radically misunderstood in our secular age. While many see it merely as a social contract or romantic bond, its true nature runs infinitely deeper – it's a visible sign that reveals God's invisible mystery of Trinitarian love. Young people today are increasingly abandoning marriage altogether, finding it easier to "just forget it" than attempt to understand its profound meaning. This tragic reality stems from o...

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#617 Exposing Corruption: The Deep Church and the...

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2025/04/23

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” "Who's going to save the Church? Not the bishops, not the priests, not the religious. It's up to you, the lay people." These prophetic words from Bishop Fulton Sheen echo throughout my conversation with Professor Janet Smith, whose retirement plans gave way to a renewed mission exposing corruption within the Catholic Church. Professor Smith shares how the 2018 McCarrick scandal shattered her trust in Church leadership, revealing a darkness far ...

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#616 Anxiety: A Catholic Guide To Freedom From Worry...

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2025/04/22

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Anxiety has infiltrated every corner of modern life, from casual conversations to clinical settings, creating what Art Bennett and Dr. Lianna Bennett Haidar aptly call "the age of anxiety." Their new book along with Lariane Bennett, Anxiety: A Catholic Guide To Freedom From Worry and Fear... offers profound insights into why anxiety has skyrocketed across all age groups and how Catholic wisdom provides unique pathways to freedom. Discover ...

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#615 Pope Francis Passes Away, Trump Battles Judges...

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2025/04/21

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” A pivotal Supreme Court decision has temporarily halted deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, creating fresh challenges for immigration enforcement while spotlighting deeper cultural divisions across America. Join Jack and Tom...discussing how cartels strategically infiltrate communities by compromising local judicial systems. A recent case in New Mexico perfectly illustrates this strategy – a judge resigned after federal agents arrest...

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#614 Early Update For Holy Thursday! Sin, Death, and...

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2025/04/17

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Against all odds, young men across the country are awakening to the sacred residing in their hearts. Jack delivers the Friday Claymore Miletus Christi update on Holy Thursday! Inviting listeners to step back into the most profound story of all time during the holiest weekend of the year. The battlefield between love and lust, truth and lies, is first fought within each individual human heart. This spiritual warfare represents the fundamental ch...

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#613 Finding Truth in a Culture of Chaos:...

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2025/04/16

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The hollowness beneath our culture is beginning to collapse, and young people are noticing. During this Holy Week conversation, we explore the remarkable spiritual awakening happening among Gen Z as they reject the moral emptiness of our hypersexualized society. When a culture "breathes out" God, it loses its moral compass—first objectifying women, then dehumanizing the unborn, and finally corrupting childhood itself. Yet amid this darkne...

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