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. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. FEB 13

    #706 Why I Pray; My Journey Into the Power and Purpose of Prayer

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” What if the first ten minutes of your day decided the shape of your soul? We open with a simple practice—knees before the phone—and follow it into the deeper question beneath every search for meaning: why pray at all? Along the way, we travel from the noise of constant distraction to the quiet center where identity, desire, and purpose are forged, and we see how a small ritual can rewrite the way we love, work, and fight for what is good. We share the heartbeat of Claymore Milites Christi, our Apostolate for young men. Through story and reflection, we explore how actions flow from the heart, how choosing the good reshapes the person, and how prayer fills what we later pour out.  A moving reflection from James Van Der Beek reframes worth as gift, not achievement—“I am worthy of God’s love”—and becomes a doorway into the truth that love moves first. From there, we step into philosophy and poetry, letting beauty in the mountains and the words of C.S. Lewis widen our vision and break the spell of endless work and distraction. If this resonates, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review to help others find the show.  Eamil us for more information on Claymore: info@jp2renew.org Support the show

    24 min

  5. FEB 10

    #705 I Wonder What Sort of Tale We've Fallen Into?

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Feeling whiplash from a culture that calls chaos freedom and opinion truth? We step back and ask the question that reframes the noise: what sort of tale have we fallen into?  From the first lines of Genesis to the streets of our cities, we trace how order leads to freedom, how evil only distorts what is good, and why the human heart is the primary battleground. Along the way, we confront the early wounds of porn, the pull of relativism, and the emptiness of use, then chart a concrete path toward healing and purpose. We lean into the wisdom of St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, exploring why life is a love story set in a real conflict between good and evil. Y If you’re tired of drifting with the spirit of the age and ready to live on purpose, this conversation offers a map: order over chaos, communion over isolation, self-gift over self-grasping.  Grab the Claymore battle plan and start the Claymore 10-minute morning ritual! Share this episode with a friend who needs hope. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: what tale do you think we’ve fallen into? Discussion Questions • How does the “dictatorship of moral relativism” appear in your own life, and how can Saint John Paul II’s Theology of the Body help you recover meaning and direction? • What experiences of awe or beauty have stirred your heart, and how might they be leading you toward God’s love story? (John 1:38–39) • In what concrete ways can you step back from the world’s noise, including social media and pornography, in order to hear Christ’s invitation, “Come and see”? (See the Claymore Battle Plan Outline and Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2709)     Support the show

    27 min

  6. FEB 6

    # 704 Scholar Daniel Gallagher: "A Coherent Response to Gender Ideology"

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Start with this unsettling claim: You weren’t born in the wrong body—you were born in the wrong culture.  From there we dig into why so many young people feel disoriented, how institutions amplify that confusion, and what it takes to rebuild a sane, humane vision of the human person. Our guest, Daniel Gallagher of Ralston College, brings a rare mix of philosophical clarity, pastoral sensitivity, and classroom experience to a debate that often devolves into slogans. We map the core of gender ideology—the move to treat sex as secondary—and contrast it with a Christian anthropology that insists the body reveals the person.  We confront the cultural pressures on kids: pornography in schools, policies that erode innocence, and a vocabulary—like “gender dysphoria”—that can be stretched to fit activism more than care.  A recent New York verdict for a detransitioner underscores the stakes and the need for honest medicine, founded on the truth and do no harm!! Here is the link to Bishop Thomas' letter: https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/toledodiocese/redactor/BISHOP-THOMAS-RESPONSE-ON-GENDER-2025-FINAL2.pdf Here are some personal links for Daniel Gallagher!  Professional webpage: https://www.ralston.ac/people/daniel-gallagher Email: ralstoncollege@ralston.ac Medium profile: https://medium.com/@frdbg70 Support the show

    46 min

  7. FEB 3

    #703 Inside Claymore: A Quiet Awakening of Young Men Seeking Faith, Purpose and Brotherhood

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” A quiet awakening is spreading among young men who were raised on screens, shaped by porn, and numbed by AI simulations. We’ve watched them navigate a world where fake often passes for real and language tries to make the unthinkable sound humane.  When a viral doorstep exchange exposes the gap between “abortion is health care” and the instinctive horror at “aborting puppies,” the mask slips—and a more urgent question surfaces: what is true, and how do we live by it? We open up the cultural pressures squeezing Gen Z men—early exposure to hardcore porn, deep fakes that blur reality, and school ideologies that promise liberation but seed confusion.  From there, we introduce Claymore, a Catholic discipleship movement designed to meet this hunger with purpose, structure, and brotherhood.  Instead of vague spirituality, we offer a concrete path: daily prayer and the sacraments, a yearlong handbook of 52 short acts, accountability with real friends, a domestic church at home, and public witness that stands steady without rage. This formation heals the heart first, then renews marriages and families, and finally strengthens community and nation. Along the way, we map the battlefield clearly: the person is attacked, the family is weakened, and culture frays. The counterstrategy is just as clear—start with the heart, form a man in truth, and send him to love with courage. If you’re tired of noise and hungry for a life that means something, you’ll find a plan here you can actually live.  Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review to help more men discover a way back to reality, responsibility, and joy. Download the Claymore Battle Plan!  Watch Video of Josh and Follow us on X Support the show

    23 min

  8. JAN 30

    #702 Claymore And The Call To Truth: Gen Z, Faith, Nation, And Fighting A Culture Of Lies

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” A new name, a sharper mission, and a bold claim: the path back to national sanity runs through a return to truth about the human person. We open by sharing why our show now carries the Claymore banner and how the apostolate is walking with Gen Z men who sense, deep in their hearts, that life must be more than slogans, screens, and shifting rules. That instinct becomes our guiding thread as we tackle the breakdown of shared reality—from pandemic coercion to identity fragmentation—and the quiet ways language was bent until law and culture lost their grip on what is true. With researcher and crime investigator Tom Hampson, we map how a country once united by a creed and a moral vocabulary drifted into regulatory sprawl, selective enforcement, and competing tribes. We move beyond abstractions to the human cost: tradesmen taxed for dysfunction, kids catechized by confusion, and churches tempted to replace clear teaching with a compassion that dissolves justice. We draw on Scripture, natural law, and John Paul II’s theology of the body to argue that the deepest desires of the heart—love, meaning, and truth—can only flourish when anchored to reality as God made it. Join us, share this with someone who needs a clear path, and subscribe so you don’t miss the follow-up deep dive into the Claymore Apostolate. Your voice matters!  Follow Tom's Important work!  Read his latest and share it with your friends who are seeking the truth or confused about it.  Watch instead of listening Support the show

    48 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
    705
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    Clean
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    © 2026 Claymore: Become Who You Are
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