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Ask Catholics is a podcast run by a catechist and RCIA director to help people understand and better be able to explain the Catholic faith and to clear up a lot of misconceptions many people have when looking at Catholicism from the outside.

  1. 3D AGO

    📜❌⚖️✅ “Essentials: Who Decides?” — If It Matters… Then It Matters Who Decides

    📜❌⚖️✅ “Essentials: Who Decides?” — If It Matters… Then It Matters Who Decides It sounds beautiful. “In essentials, unity… in non-essentials, liberty… in all things, charity.” But there’s a problem hiding in plain sight: Who decides what counts as *essential*? Because if you can’t answer that, you don’t actually have unity—you have a thousand private judgments pretending to agree. Take baptism. If it’s just a symbol, then fine—debate it. Infant or adult, sprinkle or immerse, take your pick. But if it’s what Scripture actually presents it as— the ordinary way God brings us into covenant, cleanses us, and incorporates us into Christ— then suddenly it’s not optional. It’s essential. And now the stakes change. Now it’s not just preference. Now it’s obedience. And baptism is just the beginning. The same fracture shows up everywhere: Faith alone—or faith that lives and works? Private interpretation—or a living teaching authority? Sacraments as symbols—or as actual means of grace? Once everything gets pushed into the “non-essential” category… the word *essential* stops meaning anything at all. And here’s the deeper problem: If Scripture is left to private judgment, then every person becomes their own final authority. And once that happens? You don’t get clarity. You don’t get unity. You get fragmentation—with Bible verses. Because yes— you can find a verse to support almost anything. But Scripture itself warns what happens next: The ignorant and unstable twist it to their own destruction. So no—the solution isn’t less authority. It’s the right authority. Not private interpretation… but the public, living interpretation of the Church. Because if everything is optional… eventually, even the Gospel is. And in the end? Everyone has a pope— either the one in Rome… or the one in the mirror. 🎶 **“Essentials: Who Decides?”** — a track for converts, cradle Catholics, Scripture nerds, and anyone who’s realized the question isn’t *whether* something matters… but *who gets to say so.* #Catholic #CatholicFaith #PetersBarque #CatholicMusic #BibleStudy #Theology #CatholicTruth #ApostolicChurch https://petersbarquemusic.com https://x.com/petersbarque https://instagram.com/petersbarque https://tiktok.com/@petersbarque https://facebook.com/petersbarque https://music.apple.com/us/artist/peters-barque/1857703433 https://open.spotify.com/artist/07uvm7SPGUVwYdxELtbXv8 https://ko-fi.com/petersbarque Peter's Barque is a catechetical musical project by Justin West. He’s a catechist, not a musician. The music and art are AI-assisted—but the words, heart, and soul are his. Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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  2. APR 22

    Cadence Change

    **𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗕 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴?** 😅🎶 Fair question. **𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀** 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱. And honestly, I’m deeply grateful. Peter’s Barque has grown faster than I expected, and part of that has meant writing, recording, editing, and releasing at a pace that has been exciting… but probably not sustainable forever. 𝗦𝗼 𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 **𝗮 𝟭+ 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀**. That does **not** mean I’m slowing to a crawl. **52 songs a year is still a huge undertaking.** That is still a lot of writing, a lot of production, a lot of catechesis, and a lot of trying to make things that are actually worth your time. But I do want to protect a few things. First, **I do not want to burn out.** I love doing this. It is the fulfillment of a long-term passion, and I want to keep loving it. Second, **I want to keep the quality high.** I would rather make songs that are sharper, stronger, and more re-listenable than just flood the feed because I technically can. And third — probably most importantly — several people have told me that when I release songs too quickly, they barely get time to sit with one before the next one shows up. They want to actually dive in, enjoy it, share it, think about it, maybe argue with it a little, and let it stick. I think that’s right. Some of these songs need a little room to breathe. They need **a week to stretch their legs.** Also, a lot of you have started asking for things like **DVDs** and **merch**, and I’m genuinely excited to develop that stuff too — but that takes time as well, and I’d rather do it well than slap it together. 𝗦𝗼 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲, **𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.** So that’s the plan moving forward: **Mondays are the main drop day.** But it’s still **1+**. That means some weeks may still get a bonus song or two, especially when feast days, big debates, good ideas, or my schedule make it make sense. So no, Peter’s Barque is not going quiet. It’s just moving from a sprint pace to something a little more deliberate, so the songs can land better, last longer, and hopefully serve you better. Thank you for listening, sharing, commenting, arguing, encouraging, and helping this thing grow faster than I ever expected. **100 songs in 120-ish days is insane.** Now let’s see what **52+ a year** can do. -Justin West Peter's Barque **U.I.O.G.D.** **Ut In Omnibus Glorificetur Deus** "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘉𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥" #short Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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  3. APR 20

    📖🎙️ **"Call No Man Father?" — The Favorite Mic Drop… That Falls Apart**

    📖🎙️ **"Call No Man Father?" — The Favorite Mic Drop… That Falls Apart** “Call no man father.” You’ve seen it. You’ve heard it. Dropped like a mic… conversation over. Except… it’s not. Because in the *same breath*, Jesus also says not to call anyone “teacher.” And yet — **Ephesians 4** — God *gives teachers to the Church.* So either: Scripture contradicts itself… the apostles ignored Jesus immediately… or maybe… we’re not reading the whole thing. --- Paul literally says: 👉 *“I became your father in Christ Jesus”* (1 Cor 4:15) And just in case that wasn’t clear — he was **celibate**. No wife. No kids. Still calls himself a father. Peter calls Mark his “son.” John writes to “little children.” The language is everywhere. --- So what’s going on? Jesus wasn’t banning vocabulary. He was condemning **spiritual pride** — the kind that loves titles… but not responsibility. Because if you take it *literally*? You don’t just lose “father.” You lose “teacher.” You lose “doctor” (which literally means teacher). You lose “Mr.” and “Mrs.” (which come from “master”). At that point… language itself falls apart. --- 🎶 **"Call No Man Father?"** — a track for converts, cradle Catholics, Scripture nerds, and anyone who’s ever heard that verse used like a conversation-ending argument. --- ## 🔖 **Suggested Hashtags** #Catholic #CatholicFaith #PetersBarque #CatholicMusic #BibleStudy #Theology #CatholicTruth #ApostolicChurch --- ## 🔗 **FOLLOW PETER’S BARQUE** * **Website:** https://petersbarquemusic.com * **X:** https://x.com/petersbarque * **Instagram:** https://instagram.com/petersbarque * **TikTok:** https://tiktok.com/@petersbarque * **Facebook:** https://facebook.com/petersbarque --- ## 🎧 **LISTEN TO THE MUSIC** Available on all major platforms: * **Apple Music:** https://music.apple.com/us/artist/peters-barque/1857703433 * **Spotify:** https://open.spotify.com/artist/07uvm7SPGUVwYdxELtbXv8 --- ## ☕ **SUPPORT THE PROJECT** If you’d like to support future songs: * **Ko-fi:** https://ko-fi.com/petersbarque --- ## Disclosure Peter's Barque is a Catechetical musical project by Justin West. He's a Catechist, not a musician. The music is created principally through digital means, and the art is AI (but the words/heart/soul is all still him) Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

    5 min

  4. APR 19

    This is one of my favorite proofs against private interpretation outside of scripture...

    This is one of my favorite proofs against private interpretation outside of scripture... #short Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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  5. APR 19

    The people who often think they are railing against man-made Traditions are oftentimes swallowing th

    The people who often think they are railing against man-made Traditions are oftentimes swallowing them Hook Line and sinker Sola scriptura is a man-made tradition added to the scriptures that not only is itself not found in scriptures so it fails its own test, but it is in fact anti-scriptural. Premise 1: Sola scriptura, that is Scripture alone is the sole infallible binding source of Authority for the Christian (Only Ss are As) Premise 2: the Canon of scripture is not found in Scripture (No CS are Ss) Therefore: the Canon of scripture is not authoritative or binding (No CS are As) Now it is a given that this conclusion is problematic but it flows logically from the two premises so either one of those premises is incorrect, or else the conclusion is valid. #short Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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  6. APR 18

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    🗝️🪨🗝️ #short Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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  7. APR 18

    It's Saturday... Maybe stop in today?

    It's Saturday... Maybe stop in today? #short Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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  8. APR 17

    📜✨ "Blessed Are..." — The Beatitudes Flip the Scoreboard The world says: win, dominate, take, asse

    📜✨ "Blessed Are..." — The Beatitudes Flip the Scoreboard The world says: win, dominate, take, assert. Christ says: blessed are the poor… the meek… the merciful. One of those sounds like losing… until you realize which Kingdom actually lasts. The Beatitudes aren’t soft sayings or poetic fluff—they’re a direct challenge to how we define success. Jesus doesn’t bless power, comfort, or control. He blesses dependence, sorrow over sin, restraint, hunger for righteousness. And yeah—this is where people get tripped up. “Poor in spirit” doesn’t mean worthless—it means you know you need God. You’re not clinging to wealth, status, or your own self-sufficiency like it’s enough. “Meekness” isn’t weakness—it’s strength under control. The ability to act… and choosing restraint. Every line cuts against the grain: The world says: protect yourself. Christ says: be merciful. The world says: follow your heart. Christ says: purify it. The world says: avoid conflict. Christ says: make peace—even when it costs you. And then He goes further— if you actually live this way, expect pushback. Because the Beatitudes don’t just describe a lifestyle… they reveal a completely different Kingdom. 🎶 "Blessed Are..." — for converts, cradle Catholics, Scripture nerds, and anyone who’s ever wondered why Jesus’ definition of “blessed” feels so backwards… until it suddenly makes perfect sense. https://petersbarquemusic.com https://x.com/petersbarque https://instagram.com/petersbarque https://tiktok.com/@petersbarque https://facebook.com/petersbarque https://music.apple.com/us/artist/peters-barque/1857703433 https://open.spotify.com/artist/07uvm7SPGUVwYdxELtbXv8 https://ko-fi.com/petersbarque Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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