Claymore: Become Who You Are

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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". 

  1. MAR 27

    #714 The High-Stakes Battle For The Next Generation: Who Forms Them Wins The War

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” If you feel like something has shifted in your child’s school and you can’t quite name it, you’re not alone. We’re watching a real fight over who forms a child’s imagination, shapes their desires, and defines their identity: parents or institutions. Journalist and crime-fighter Tom Hampson returns to lay out why the conflict over school libraries, classroom materials, and sex education isn’t just policy, it’s a battle over foundational values and the protection of childhood innocence. We dig into Illinois as a case study and unpack how national sex education standards can influence what districts teach, even when families assume local control. We also talk about the real-world impact of explicit materials, including how early exposure can twist a child’s view of sexuality and accelerate a pipeline toward pornography through books, devices, and recommended online content. Visit Tom!! https://thomasrhampson.substack.com/ Then we turn to the legal ground that’s moving under everyone’s feet. Tom explains why Mahmoud v Taylor matters for parental rights, transparency, and religious opt-out protections, plus what parents can do when schools resist disclosure. We end with a practical path forward: learn what’s being taught, check what’s in the library, show up at school board meetings, and build local support so you’re not fighting alone.  If this conversation helps, subscribe, share it with a parent you know, and leave a review so more families can find it. Join us! https://jp2renew.org/ Support the show

    26 min

  2. MAR 24

    #713 The Claymore Battle Plan Introduction! Getting To The Heart of Things

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The world is loud, confusing, and relentless and it is shaping men into spectators. We refuse that. We start with a sharper claim: the battle isn’t mainly political, personal, or psychological. It’s spiritual. Drawing from Ephesians 6, we talk about what it means to fight “not against flesh and blood,” and why misidentifying the enemy wrecks marriages, families, and your interior life. This is the Introductory Episode from the Claymore Battle Plan Handbook! Join us in this year-long journey! St Catherine of Siena said that if you “Become Who You Are" that you would set the world on fire! St Athanasius an early Church Father and Doctor of the Church said that the Son of God became man so that we might become like God! I’d take a wild guess but most of us are just a bit “disconnected” from the Divine life that these saints are pointing us too.  Yet St JPll said that there is an “echo” of this story, this divine life that we are created for inscribed in each human heart and if we put on the proper lens we can get in touch with this ECHO within us in such a way  we have that aha moment!  Claymore Milites Christi website Subscribe to us on X Visit our YouTube Channel and Subscribe!  Email us at info@jp2renew.org with questions and comments for the next Episode! We use first names only and don't share your personal information:)  If this stirs something in you, don’t let it fade. Subscribe, share this with one man you trust, and leave a review so more men can find the fight worth fighting. Support the show

    26 min

  3. MAR 19

    #712 Body and Soul Restoration In 2 Simple Steps: The 10-Minute Claymore Morning Ritual, And Meditate on One ACT Each Week

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Temptation isn’t the end of the story and it isn’t even a sin. That one truth can crack open a path out of shame, especially for young men trying to live with integrity in a porn-saturated culture where the cycle of “try hard, cave, repeat” feels inevitable.  We talk through the Claymore approach to Catholic formation and spiritual battle using a real moment from a men’s conference in Milwaukee. Three teenage boys spot a St Michael banner with a flaming Claymore sword, walk up with a father, and end up hearing something they’ve been aching for: a battle plan that’s actually doable. We unpack the big questions stirring in young hearts right now, identity, purpose, truth, love, and why we’re created male and female, and we speak plainly about sex, sexuality, lust, and the desire to be free.  The practical takeaway is simple enough to start today:  Order The Claymore Battle Plan Handbook!  Visit the Website: ClaymoreMilitesChristi.com Discuss and Meditate on One short “ACT” from the Claymore Battle Plan Handbook each week. Talk through the discussion questions with a brother, and commit to the 10-minute morning ritual. We call it “knees before the phone,” and it includes “praying with temptation,” a concrete way to redirect desire toward freedom and fulfillment. You’ll also hear Luke’s unforgettable line, “I’ve been praying for this,” and why we believe the world changes when we pass down what is true, good, and beautiful.  If this stirred something in you, don’t ignore it. Subscribe, share this with a young man you love, and leave a review so more people can find this conversation on spiritual battle, prayer, chastity, and Catholic discipleship. Support the show

    7 min

  4. MAR 17

    #711 The Claymore Battle Plan Explained: The Next “Luke” Is Waiting—Will You Step Forward?

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” You want a better life, a better marriage, a better country in which to raise your kids? Here is the truth of things: The world changes when we pass down what is true, good, and beautiful to the next generation. What does that mean? For one thing It means that you and I must be willing to proclaim the Gospel to them in a way that reaches them where they are hurting.  https://claymoremiliteschristi.com/ This is not brain surgery. Saint Paul, writing to Timothy, says: “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus: preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season” (2 Tim 4:1–2). Pause for a moment and think about that verse. Was Timothy Superman? Did he possess some advanced technology to reach the masses? Was he physically stronger or intellectually wiser than other men? No. In fact, he was young and somewhat reserved by nature. Yet Saint Paul called him to be manly—to be strong in the grace of God—and to step forward and preach the word. And he adds a sense of urgency: “…be urgent…in season and out of season.” Claymore Milites Christi exists to answer that call—to preach the word with urgency, in season and out of season, to a generation that is clamoring to hear the Truth, with a capital T. But someone must be willing to preach the word to them. Email us: info@jp2renew.org Support the show

    15 min

  5. MAR 14

    #710 President Donald Trump, Prometheus, Fire, and the Battle Between Good and Evil

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Prometheus stole fire from the gods and paid the price. That ancient story is the lens we use to talk about a very modern question: who gets to hold the “fire” today, and what happens to ordinary people when truth, energy, and freedom are locked behind a new Olympus? We start with the ache a lot of people feel right now, especially young men: the sense that shallow answers are everywhere, while meaning is harder to find. From there, we dig into why myths still matter, how archetypes repeat across history, and why the Prometheus story can function like a mirror for spiritual warfare and the battle between good and evil. I connect the symbolism of fire to creativity, discovery, civilization, and hope, then contrast it with the pull toward entropy, disorder, and chaos when we forget God and forget what it means to be human! Then we move into the controversial part: I retell Prometheus as a modern story and frame Donald Trump as a Prometheus-like figure battling entrenched power. I also make the line clear: Trump is not Jesus Christ, and politics cannot protect your soul. The decisive fight is still “Christ or chaos,” and it begins in the individual human heart, then spreads into marriage, family, church life, and the nation. To make this practical, I close with the Claymore Battle Plan Handbook, a three-step blueprint for restoring human dignity through truth and love: renew the heart, renew the family, then rebuild culture. If this challenged you or gave you hope, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. Also check out the Claymore Milites Christi Website!!  Support the show

    22 min

  6. FEB 24

    #709 The Divine Mercy Image, Sister Faustina, and the Battle for Souls

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” A quiet chair facing the sunrise changed the way we see the battle that surrounds us. In the soft light before daybreak, we talk about the power of beauty to steady the heart, the reality of spiritual warfare hiding beneath cultural noise, and why so many young men feel numb, angry, or lost. From there we chart a clear path: awe that awakens desire, prayer that clears the signal, and mercy that rebuilds what sin tried to destroy. We name the targets of our time with open eyes: the human person, marriage, and the child. We explain how early exposure to confusion, porn, and corrosive ideologies fractures identity and fuels anxiety and depression.  Yet the story doesn’t end in despair. We turn to Sister Faustina and the Divine Mercy image—two rays, one invitation—to trust Jesus in a way that is anything but passive. Mercy is not a loophole; it is the strength to rise again, to pass through the narrow gate, and to become fully alive. Download the Claymore Battle Plan!   If this resonates, subscribe, share the show with a friend who needs hope, and leave a short review so others can find it. Then take one step: whisper “Jesus, I trust in you,” and start the morning on your knees. The rest of the day will follow. Email us: info@jp2renew.org Support the show

    27 min

  7. FEB 20

    #708 A Zombie Is a Wounded and Lost Brother or Sister: Be Willing to Proclaim the Gospel to Them

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What if the “Zombies” you pass on the sidewalk aren’t monsters, but wounded brothers and sisters starved for truth and love? We open with a frank look at cultural fog—how propaganda, scandal fatigue, and the worship of power dulls the conscience—and why so many can’t “see” evil even when it marches in the open.  Then we chart a path out: Download the Claymore Battle Plan Outline and start each morning on your knees (before the Phone!!)  Join Claymore us as we trade slogans for sanctity and outrage for ordered love.  Contact us: info@jp2renew.org Subscribe, share this episode with someone who needs a map, and leave a review with one action you’ll start today to help a young person choose the narrow gate. Watch the Episode on YouTube Here is the interview with Tucker and Ian on Epstein Support the show

    32 min

  8. FEB 17

    #707 Infertile But Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can’t Conceive

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The dream was simple: marry young, welcome children, and let love grow. Then biology didn’t cooperate. Author and radio host Leigh Fitzpatrick Sneed joins us to unpack the hidden landscape of infertility—the grief, the pressure to “just do IVF,” the awkward silences at church, and the slow work of finding a path that honors both conscience and desire.  Her story moves from clinic waiting rooms to a newborn domestic adoption that arrived in weeks, then to twins and another son, and finally to a broader truth: fruitfulness is more than pregnancy. It’s the overflow of spousal love into family, parish, and community. We talk candidly about restorative reproductive medicine, the Creighton Model, and NaProTechnology—real care that seeks root causes without severing the unitive and procreative meanings of marriage. Leigh is clear-eyed: medicine can be hopeful and still hard, full of injections, surgeries, and timing that tests intimacy. Yet humor, friendship, and shared conviction can keep a couple together when the calendar takes over. We explore how to resist the glossy promises of IVF by understanding why it divides what belongs together and can treat children as products, not gifts. Purchase Infertile But Fruitful! Visit Leigh's Website On the Radio: Conversations with Consequences Or on Substack! https://catholicassociation.substack.com/ If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs courage today, and leave a review so others can find these stories of faithful fruitfulness. Contact Jack: info@jp2renew.org Support the show

    35 min
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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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  • Creator
    Jack
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    710
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    Clean
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    © 2026 Claymore: Become Who You Are
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