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," dis...
May 23, 2025•48 min•Ep. 626
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&ap...
May 19, 2025•40 min•Ep. 625
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...
May 16, 2025•42 min•Ep. 624
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 educatio...
May 12, 2025•36 min•Ep. 623
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 reproduc...
May 08, 2025•42 min•Ep. 622
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 cultu...
May 06, 2025•36 min•Ep. 621
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: Christians ...
May 02, 2025•49 min•Ep. 620
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 experien...
Apr 29, 2025•40 min•Ep. 619
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 real...
Apr 25, 2025•42 min•Ep. 618
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...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 617
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. Discove...
Apr 22, 2025•49 min•Ep. 616
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 arrested a Tren...
Apr 21, 2025•41 min•Ep. 615
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 choice...
Apr 17, 2025•27 min•Ep. 614
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...
Apr 16, 2025•32 min•Ep. 613
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Judy Keene, author of "Single and Catholic: Finding Meaning in Your State of Life," reveals that 47% of Catholics over 18 are single, yet this demographic often feels forgotten in church messaging and ministry. • Catholic singles include never-married, divorced, widowed, and separated individuals • Keene's personal journey includes periods of dating, engagement, and ultimately embracing singlehood as God's will • Prayer and disc...
Apr 14, 2025•45 min•Ep. 612
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Claymore Milites Christi Friday Episode! We're living in what might be the most toxic culture in human history, yet something remarkable is happening. Young people are waking up, sensing there must be more to life than what modern society offers. Their hearts are restless, seeking authentic meaning beyond the chaos. Father Wayne Sattler joins us to share wisdom from his powerful book "Remain in Me and I in You: Relating to God as a Person...
Apr 11, 2025•59 min•Ep. 611
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What makes Christianity fundamentally different from every other religion in human history? Matthew McKenna, Ph.D candidate in theology at Ave Maria University, joins Jack for a fascinating journey through G.K. Chesterton's masterpiece "The Everlasting Man" to answer this crucial question. Read Matthews Article "How to Compare Religions" Please support our sponsored business: Aim Utility Advisors TJ Lally | 630-990-3400 As ...
Apr 09, 2025•51 min•Ep. 610
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The freedom to educate your children according to your own values is under unprecedented attack. Tom Hampson, a former private investigator with extensive experience fighting child exploitation, joins the conversation to expose the concerning assault on homeschooling rights. We begin by examining the shocking levels of government waste and corruption revealed in recent interviews with Elon Musk, highlighting how a survey that should have cost $10,0...
Apr 07, 2025•43 min•Ep. 609
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What happens when a skeptical World War II sergeant decides to "blow a priest out of the confessional" by confessing his extensive list of sins? The result is utterly unexpected and life-changing. Through the compelling true story of Sergeant Columban's encounter with Padre Pio, we witness how a moment of defiance transformed into a profound spiritual awakening. When this stigmatic friar revealed the sergeant's long-forgotten ch...
Apr 04, 2025•13 min•Ep. 608
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The battlefield of the human heart is where our greatest struggles—and our most important victories—take place. In this episode of Claymore, we explore how men can use temptation as an invitation to prayer and turn from a cycle of shame into a pathway to freedom and authentic masculinity. At the core of this message is that temptation itself is not sin . Using the Claymore Battle Plan as our guide, we unpack how the desires and passions God placed ...
Apr 04, 2025•19 min•Ep. 607
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What happens when you hand high school students Aristotle, Aquinas, and Dante instead of dumbed-down material? According to teacher Jon Bishop, they respond with remarkable enthusiasm and depth. With only 30% of American high school students reading at minimum proficiency standards across the Nation, skyrocketing mental health issues, and declining academic outcomes despite increased spending... Rather than following educational fads, John advocate...
Apr 02, 2025•38 min•Ep. 606
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Gerard Migeon, CEO of Natural Womanhood, takes us on a compelling journey through the world of fertility awareness and women's health that challenges conventional wisdom about birth control and reproductive healthcare. What began as a personal awakening when he returned to his Catholic faith evolved into a mission to fill the knowledge gap around natural approaches to family planning and women's health. The conversation reveals how the me...
Mar 31, 2025•48 min•Ep. 605
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Friday Claymore! There's an awakening happening among young men today - a rediscovery of the sacred against seemingly impossible odds. Having grown up in perhaps the most toxic, propaganda-filled culture in history, many are now rejecting moral relativism and asking the fundamental questions that have driven men throughout all ages: What is the truth of things? How should I live? Here are 4-5 discussion questions based on the episode: 1. Redis...
Mar 28, 2025•38 min•Ep. 604
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Thomas Hampson, private investigator who works undercover to expose child trafficking and exploitation, joins us for a powerful exploration of dangerous ideologies threatening children's wellbeing. The conversation begins with an examination of Representative Kelly Cassidy's vocal opposition to bills protecting minors from permanent medical procedures, revealing the troubling disconnect between progressive rhetoric and the actual harm bei...
Mar 24, 2025•38 min•Ep. 603
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What happens when an entire generation of young men grows up amid pornography, hookup culture, and endless lies about what it means to be a man? They start sensing there's something deeply wrong, even if they can't articulate exactly what. That's where Claymore steps in – a discipleship movement for Gen Z men who are done with the emptiness and ready to discover authentic truth. Discussion Questions From Today: 1. As a young man, how...
Mar 21, 2025•31 min•Ep. 602
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What if the deepest mysteries of love, marriage, and human sexuality are actually encoded in an ancient biblical story most people have never fully explored? In this profound episode, we dive into St. John Paul II's examination of Tobias and Sarah's marriage from the Book of Tobit - a story where the marriage bed became either a place of death or redemption. At its core, this episode reveals how our current cultural battles over sexuality...
Mar 19, 2025•40 min•Ep. 601
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” When over 100 CIA and intelligence agency employees are caught using classified communication channels to discuss their polyamorous lifestyles and sexual exploits, we must ask ourselves: who's protecting our national security? This corruption in America extends far beyond government agencies. Our educational system has become a battleground where organizations like Planned Parenthood and SEICUS push comprehensive sexuality education on childre...
Mar 17, 2025•45 min•Ep. 600
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The Claymore podcast presents a battle plan for Gen Z men who sense something wrong with our increasingly toxic culture and are searching for authentic purpose and identity. • Miletus Christi and Claymore are initiatives from John Paul II Renewal Center designed as battle plans for young men • Our crisis stems from rejecting objective truth and embracing subjective constructs of feelings • When God is forgotten, we lose understanding of ourselves a...
Mar 14, 2025•32 min•Ep. 599
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Maximus in the line in the Gladiator, “What we do here echos in eternity!” The dismal reality of American education hits hard with the revelation that only 30% of children nationwide can read at proficiency standards - a benchmark already twice watered down since 2000. But this literacy crisis merely scratches the surface of a deeper cultural problem: the systematic removal of virtue from our educational systems and social fabric. Parents must recl...
Mar 10, 2025•20 min•Ep. 598
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The first Friday in Lent! This episode dives into the ongoing battle for the soul of our society amid growing cultural turmoil. We discuss the Claymore Battle Plan and its implications for reclaiming life-affirming values. - Examining the essence of spiritual warfare in contemporary society - The significance of the Claymore Battle Plan for personal and communal renewal - Addressing the pressing issues surrounding culture and morality - The role of...
Mar 07, 2025•52 min•Ep. 597
