Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Imagine for a moment facing the sweltering heat of a Chicago summer, only to find that your recording session has been disrupted:) That's where our story begins in this episode of the "Become who you Are" podcast. Jack will take you through the unexpected twists and turns, including a missed interview with Linda Pieper and Michael Warren Davis, author of "After Christendom," and a deep dive into Bishop Sheen's propheti...
Jun 19, 2024•44 min•Ep. 506
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” How do we protect the mental and physical well-being of our children in a world that often distorts fundamental truths about love, marriage, and family? The Church has the answers and teaches beautiful lessons about human sexuality and our identity as sons and daughters of God, lessons that promote human flourishing. Yet, gender activists and their allies in the government and in the media denounce the Church's message of love as harmful and h...
Jun 16, 2024•57 min•Ep. 505
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Today we explored the profound question of eternal life, delving into Jesus' transformative love and its power to inspire meaningful change in our hearts and in the world. Join us as Jack unpacks Jesus' teachings from Matthew 5:20 and 19:16 where He calls for a righteousness that reaches beyond the letter of the law and issues stern warnings about leading others into sin. Reflecting on the lost sense of morality in today's society, w...
Jun 14, 2024•43 min•Ep. 504
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Is the disintegration of the family the root of societal ills? In this compelling episode of the Become Who You Are podcast, we dive into the rich teachings of St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body to uncover how the breakdown of family values contributes to issues like gang violence and a lack of respect for life. The idea of the home as the "domestic church" takes center stage as we discuss the vital role that marriage and family...
Jun 12, 2024•38 min•Ep. 503
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What if the ultimate battle between good and evil is happening right now, not just in ancient texts but in our daily lives? Join Jack on this thought-provoking episode of the Become Who You Are podcast, where we take a deep dive and explore how Jesus' confrontation with the Jews of His day mirrors the moral and spiritual struggles we face today. From the venomous backlash against God in the public square to the political and social unrest surr...
Jun 07, 2024•42 min•Ep. 502
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Can marriage mirror the divine love of Christ for the Church? On today's episode of Become Who You Are, we unpack this profound question with the help of insightful Co-host Linda Piper. Dive deep with us into the richness of St. John Paul II’s theology of the body Audience #92 as we discuss how our lived experiences, particularly in marriage and family, call us to embody the love of Christ amidst contemporary challenges. Our exploration contin...
Jun 05, 2024•41 min•Ep. 501
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What if the world you see isn't what it seems? What two questions can I ask to cut through all the confusion between good and evil? Join us as we uncover the intricate spiritual battle lines drawn between good and evil in our modern world. Drawing from the profound insights of Cardinal Raymond Burke and Cardinal Caffarra, we dissect the accelerating presence of evil rooted deeply in the human heart and the critical importance of choosing a sid...
Jun 03, 2024•55 min•Ep. 500
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What if the energy and passion of youth could lead us to a deeper understanding of love, truth, and beauty? On this episode of "Become Who You Are," join Jack on a transformative journey inspired by John Paul II's " Dilecti Amici- Dear Friends " We tackle the complex challenges young people face in today's world, which often seems lost in a collective amnesia of divine purpose. Discover how recognizing the larger narra...
May 31, 2024•34 min•Ep. 499
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Do modern views of love miss the mark? Discover how Catholic theology, with its Trinitarian love story, contrasts sharply with today's self-centered perspectives. We tackle the profound connection between love and suffering, drawing inspiration from Christ's sacrificial love for the Church. By stepping into this divine love story, we find grace, redemption, and the capacity to love sacrificially in our own lives and relationships. Join Li...
May 29, 2024•33 min•Ep. 498
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Facing the world today can sometimes feel like standing at the edge of a cliff, with the winds of cultural and spiritual turmoil threatening to push us over. Join me, Jack Rigert, as we navigate these tempestuous times, guided by the wisdom of Pope John Paul II and the poignant biblical story of Christ's encounter with the rich young man. This episode is a heartfelt call to the youth, and to all who mentor them, to recognize the fine line betw...
May 24, 2024•32 min•Ep. 497
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” "I, Sister Faustina Kowalska, by the order of God, have visited the Abyssess of Hell so that I might tell souls about it and testify to its existence. The devils were full of hatred." (Faustina's Diary, #741). The scenes were horrible, monstrous, "the shrieks and groans" terrifying... You no longer have to visit Hell to hear the demons. The demons are amongst us. Sister Lucia of Fatima wrote, "The last great battle bet...
May 22, 2024•38 min•Ep. 496
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Tom Hampson joins us to navigate the turbulent waters of faith and its intersection with evolving societal norms. Our conversation ventures into the heart of "The Battle for the Church," dissecting the contentious ground where love, compassion, and biblical principles collide, particularly within the United Methodist Church's evolving stance on LGBTQ issues. It's not just a discussion about church politics — we're examining...
May 20, 2024•41 min•Ep. 495
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” “In you there is hope, for you belong to the future, just as the future belongs to you. For hope is always linked to the future; it is the expectation of future good things.” -- Pope John Paul ll As a Christian virtue hope is linked to the expectation of those eternal good things which God has promised to man in Jesus Christ. And at the same time, this hope, as both a Christian and a human virtue, is the expectation of the good things which man wil...
May 17, 2024•40 min•Ep. 494
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” "The body, in fact, and only the body, makes visible the invisible: the spiritual and the divine. It has been created to transfer into the visible reality of the world the mystery hidden from eternity in God, and thus to be a sign of it" (TOB 19:4). Join Linda and Jack as they discuss what the world seeks to destroy, the beauty of love. This is episode #89 of Saint John Paul II's "Man and Woman He Created Them, A theology of the...
May 15, 2024•39 min•Ep. 493
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Daniel Fitzpatrick and I discuss "Restoring the Lord's Day" his new book, written in a way that is like a balm for the body and the soul. How Reclaiming Sunday will flow over and revive our Human Nature. We live in a culture and a society in need of healing, and our conversation turned to the sanctuary of Sundays, a day that seems to have lost its sacredness amidst our hectic schedules. As Daniel and I shared personal stories and the...
May 13, 2024•52 min•Ep. 492
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” It’s always been a love story… and I knew it in second grade Jesus turned, saw them following, and said to them, “What Do you seek?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means teacher), “where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come and see” (John 1:38-39) I’ve been studying, teaching and speaking on Pope John Paul II’s work, especially his theology of the body for almost 17 years now and as dense as his extensive body of work can seem at times it...
May 11, 2024•43 min•Ep. 491
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Join Linda and Jack as they discuss St Paul's letter to the Ephesian's through the lens of Saint John Paul II's TOB. Follow us on X: John Paul II Renewal @JP2Renewal Catch up with the latest on our website: jp2renew.org S ign up for our Newsletter!! JPll Renewal Center email list Contact Jack: [email protected] Please Support the show "The future of humanity passes by way of the family"--John Paul II. Please send donations ...
May 08, 2024•40 min•Ep. 490
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Dale Ahlquist, President of the GK Chesterton Society, and I dissect the profound impact of 'Localism' as the antidote to the swelling tide of globalism. Prepare to uncover the treasures and enduring wisdom of the Catholic Churchs social teaching, offering a blueprint for ownership and independence that stands in stark contrast with the shortcomings of both unbridled capitalism and socialism. Feel the pulse of community empowerment as we ...
May 06, 2024•33 min•Ep. 489
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” It should not surprise us by now but it does...that our children's innocence and the moral compass of our education system are under siege, with ideologies utterly obliterating the moral imaginations of the young minds we're meant to nurture and protect. Join me and Tom Hampson as we expose the skewed gender ideologies that are used as a cover to infuse pornography into educational materials. Our discourse is not for the faint-hearted; it...
May 03, 2024•33 min•Ep. 488
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The peace Christ offers is not just a tranquil absence of discord but the transformative power of divine grace. Through the lens of John Paul II's Theology of the Body, #87, we enter Part 2 of this great body of work, "The Sacrament" In Jesus' Passion and the triumph over sin and death, we are offered "redemption of the body" and the power of Divine Life and Love, Grace, to rise with him and overcome the temptations of...
May 01, 2024•36 min•Ep. 487
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” It started when I commented on Sachin Jose’s post on X of a picture of Russell Brand reciting the Rosary and encouraging people to do the same. Brand, who has millions of followers on social media, has been sober for some seventeen years after struggling with drugs and alcohol addiction. Add the announcements from Candace Owens, Tammy Peterson, and the fact that there were a record number of Baptisms in France, 12,000 people, adults and adolescents...
Apr 28, 2024•34 min•Ep. 486
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The transformative journey that would lead Dom David Watters, a son of missionaries living in Kathmandu, to the serene life of a Benedictine Monk of Perpetual Adoration. Dom David Waters joins us from the emerald hills of Ireland to share his remarkable path from the vibrant streets of Kathmandu to the sacred silence of a monastery. His tale is an invitation to explore the enchanting liturgy that called to him, the Benedictine discipline of interwe...
Apr 26, 2024•45 min•Ep. 485
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Linda Pieper and I confront the "3S highway to nowhere" head-on. Challenging the pervasive narratives that lead to... Self-seeking, i.e. PRIDE, Sexual Liberation, i.e. LUST, and a reliance on the god of the State, i.e. Tyranny. Evil begins at the level of the individual human heart and so does the solution: the "Redemption of the Body/Person". The VICTORY over sin and death, that Jesus Christ has brought and revealed...the "...
Apr 24, 2024•43 min•Ep. 484
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Discover why contemplating our eternal destiny is more crucial now than ever as we navigate society's shifting ideologies. This episode of the Become Who You Are podcast invites you on a journey through John Paul II's inspirational teachings, directly impacting today's youth and the world at large. Embark on an exploration of the stark contrasts: the Christian acknowledgment of human imperfection and salvation's calling versus s...
Apr 22, 2024•37 min•Ep. 483
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” As our discourse unfolds, the ephemeral world collides with the timeless kingdom of God and the essence of true human dignity. Embark with us through the sacred corridors of marriage and divine destiny often clouded by today's cultural distortions. Linda Piper helps us peel back the layers of misconception shrouding young love's permanence, and the societal pressures distorting our relationship ideals. This is Audience #85 of Men and Wome...
Apr 17, 2024•40 min•Ep. 482
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” I have been a fan of Jason Jones ever since he was an executive producer of Bella , still one of my all-time favorite movies. He was also an associate producer of The Stoning of Soraya M , is a pro-life activist, popular podcast host, and tireless human rights worker. His humanitarian efforts have aided millions in Afghanistan, Nigeria, and the Ukraine, as well as pregnancy centers and women’s shelters throughout North America. Jason’s pro-life jou...
Apr 16, 2024•52 min•Ep. 481
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” It's an injustice what is being done to today's children. We are engaged in a definitive battle between what Pope John Paul II called the culture of life and the culture of death. In this battle there will be no grand leader or political force riding in on a great white stallion to rescue humanity...YET THERE IS A HERO!...or better yet millions of heroes. That hero is you and millions of others, who through their collective actions realiz...
Apr 12, 2024•29 min•Ep. 480
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Love is indeed "ecstasy" not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, but rather as a journey, an ongoing exodus out of the closed, inward looking self, towards liberation through self-giving, and thus towards authentic self-discovery and indeed..the discover of God. The profound impact of our choices in love—be it in marriage or celibacy—on our path to our truest selves and God. In our intimate conversation, we contrast the hallowed nat...
Apr 10, 2024•36 min•Ep. 479
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” As the shadow of today's Solar Eclipse swept across our skies I have to accept that the emotions and tears that left some of them speechless (or so they said while they continued to speak) were truly heart felt. I hope so. Let us pray for our bothers and sisters, the talking heads of Mass Propaganda, that they may go home and "ponder what sort of greeting this might be" (Luke 1:29). It's more than interesting that the event that...
Apr 08, 2024•48 min•Ep. 478
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The Final Episode in our series! You wont want to miss this. The final Rules are about getting to know how the enemy works and getting to know thyself! A discussion of Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits based on the Rules of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. These rules help us to become aware of and understand the different movements of our soul so that we can begin to move away from spiritual anxiety and despair to the grace, healing and lo...
Apr 05, 2024•56 min•Ep. 477
