Claymore: Become Who You Are

Jack
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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. 2d ago

    #765 Saint John Paul II: The Man And His Mission. "Be Not Afraid!"

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” October 22, the feast day of Saint John Paul II!   Jack reflects of the life of Saint John Paul II who never reduced Christianity to “be nicer” or “try harder.” He preached the practical reality that an encounter with Jesus Christ restores the heart, clarifies the mind, and gives us the courage to live in a world where darkness has spread.  His story addresses the questions most people carry quietly: Who am I? What is the meaning and purpose of my life? Why does love matter so much, and why do so many people feel lonely, anxious, and stuck?  John Paul II’s answer starts with the interior life transformed by grace. Without prayer, silence, and a real openness to God, we live on the surface, and freedom collapses into license. With grace, reason can seek truth again, conscience can be formed, and we can actually become people capable of self-giving love. Karol Wojtyła endured family loss, Nazi occupation, forced labor, and communist oppression, and he learned firsthand how ideologies attack the human person. That’s why he insisted the real battle is anthropological: are we accidents shaped by power and appetite, or persons made in the image of God?  We close with the most challenging witness of all: his final years. As Parkinson’s weakened him, his message didn’t shrink, it sharpened. Dignity is not measured by strength, productivity, beauty, or independence. Human Dignity comes fro who we are, sons and daughters of God.  If this conversation helps you, subscribe, share it with a friend! Join us! Claymore Milites Christi Support the show

  2. 5d ago

    #764 An FBI Raid Tests One Dad’s Courage And Faith; Fighting For the Family with Mark Houck

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” A quiet morning at home turned into a pre-dawn raid with guns drawn and a house full of kids. That’s the moment Mark Houck describes when we talk about what happened after he stepped in as a dad at a pro-life prayer vigil outside Planned Parenthood in Philadelphia. He had been praying there for years, but when his son was harassed and he intervened, the fallout grew into a federal case that made international news. We walk through the sequence that followed: why Mark says the intimidation was the point, what it’s like to face the weight of the DOJ, and how a jury ultimately acquitted him.  Join Us, November 11! Dinner and Fellowship with Mark Houck Then we zoom out to the heart of Claymore’s message: authentic Catholic masculinity, spiritual battle, and why the “final battle” lands on marriage and the family. Mark shares why he poured years into men’s ministry, why p*rn*graphy is not just a private struggle but a culture-shaping force, and why smartphones and unfiltered internet access can act like a time bomb for kids. We get practical about vigilance, formation, and fathers leading their household as a domestic church, even when you feel unqualified (we all do:) If this conversation hits home, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs some hope, and leave a review so more men can find it. What’s one concrete step you think fathers should take right now to protect and lead their families? Contact Jack Claymore Milites Christi Support the show

  3. Oct 16

    #763 November 3: A Battle Between Good and Evil, Nick Shirley Inspires Gen Z

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” The easiest way to get lost in election season is to get involved in the vitriol or allow your emotions to manipulated and lose sight of the core issues.  Jack goes the other direction and puts a simple Christian framework on the table: picture a triangle; if the human heart, marriage and the family, form one corner of the base and with Christ and the Church as the cornerstone at the other end...then extending out from this base, political life including the laws of the land, will reflect and also support those values.  When that base cracks, the top of the triangle (culture, polity, etc) will collapse in on itself. This is where we find ourselves today...so we should not be shocked to see issues related to marriage, family, life, and religious liberty show up on the ballot. Among these include abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia, and attempts to redefine marriage away from the lifelong union of one man and one woman ordered toward children...so we set out to explain why some policies are “intrinsically evil acts,” why a Catholic conscience cannot bless them, and how to think clearly when the “best option” is simply the choice that limits evil. Just as important, we insist that truth without love and mercy is destructive: faithful citizenship means opposing unjust laws while loving, serving, and accompanying the vulnerable. Watch! Nick Shirley Looks to Inspire the Youth to Fight for Their Ideals - 10/09/26 Visit us at Claymore milites Christi. com Subscribe, share this with a friend who dreads political conversations, and leave a review to help more people find the show. What principle do you wish every Christian voter would agree on before stepping into the voting booth? Support the show

  4. Oct 9

    #762 The Mid-terms: The Family, Patriotism, and God---The Soul of a People

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Something feels different about the stakes right now, and it’s not just gas prices or party politics. The fight underneath the headlines is spiritual, and it runs straight through the family. When faith goes lukewarm, culture doesn’t stay neutral. It gets filled by whatever is loudest, most coercive, and most willing to redefine reality.  We walk through what national decline looks like when it accelerates: collapsing borders, rising disorder, bureaucratic growth, speech labeled as “hate,” parents treated as threats, and moral relativism turning “my truth” into law.  Along the way we react to commentary from Mike Steiger and Jeff Childers, using their examples to show how strange coalitions can form around shared “sacred cows” even when they disagree on almost everything else, united by hostility to Christianity and the Western moral framework it helped build. Claymore Milites Christi! The Claymore Battle Plan! Promethean Action!  Jeff Childers, Covid and Coffee! Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation and join the work. Support the show

  5. Oct 2

    #761 In A Matter of Life and Death; Choose Life! On the Feast Day of Saint Therese

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Recorded on the feast day of Saint Therese of Lisieux. Her “Little Way” of humility, confidence, and love, a path to find life, when the world feels loud, divided, and spiritually confused. Jack reads Luke 10 and takes Jesus seriously when he sends disciples out like “lambs among wolves.” To bring love and truth, and peace, into the places we live, refusing to get sidetracked, and even learning when to step back and let your peace return to you.  Jack reflects on the mid-terms and names the spiritual battle head-on, including the “mystery of evil” when people can practice faith while supporting policies that harm the innocent and undermine religious freedom. Rather than getting lost in personalities or slogans, we keep it concrete with clear questions about protecting children, honoring biological reality, and choosing life. If you are seeking "the Truth of things" and want practical answers, visit Claymore Milites Christi!  Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Support the show

  6. Sep 29

    #760 A Spiritual Awakening: The World Is Passing Away, Saint John Paul II and Archbishop Fulton Sheen: Prophets for Our Time

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Something feels different lately, like the pressure is rising and the stakes are getting clearer. We name that feeling for what it is: a spiritual battle that doesn’t start “out there,” but in the human heart, where truth competes with addiction, comfort, fear, and compromise. We pull threads from Scripture, Catholic spirituality, and spiritual warfare to explain a simple but demanding vision of the human person: body and soul plus grace. When we say yes to Christ and actually ACT, grace becomes alive and changes us. That is why we keep coming back to ACTION: love is a verb, self-gift is the path to freedom, and the interior fight has to come before any public fight. From there we zoom out to the culture, using the prophetic witness of Saint John Paul II and Archbishop Fulton Sheen to diagnose what happens when a society forgets God. John Paul II’s experience under Nazism and Communism shapes his insistence on human dignity, moral truth, and authentic freedom. Sheen’s warnings about the spirit of the world, distraction, and a “cut flower civilization” land hard, and they lead to practical steps like the Claymore 10-minute morning ritual, prayer, sacrifice, the sacraments, and disciplined daily choices. The Battle is real and it starts in the heart of each and every one of us! Join us at Claymore Milites Christi.com If this conversation challenges you, don’t just nod along. Share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review so more people can find the path from fear to truth and from talk to action. Support the show

  7. Sep 25

    #759 The Spirit of New Things: Pope Leo XIII, John Paul II, and the Battle for the Human Person

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Something is forming the next generation right now, and it’s probably not neutral. We sit with a blunt premise: when a culture forgets God, human dignity gets severed from its source, and the dominoes start falling in homes, churches, and civic life. That’s not abstract theory to us, it shows up in anxious young people, fragile marriages, and a society that can’t agree on what a person is.  Jack walks through the Claymore Battle Plan as a practical Catholic formation path for men, fathers, and families who want a way back to solid ground. The starting line is intentionally simple: “knees before the phone,” a 10-minute morning ritual, and a short daily reading that builds a stronger interior life over time. We also share why community matters, because nobody is meant to fight this battle alone. Then he zooms out to Catholic social teaching and the “spirit of new things,” drawing from Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum and Pope John Paul II’s Centesimus Annus. Industrial upheaval then looks different from artificial intelligence now, but the core questions don’t change: What is the human person? What is freedom for? What must the state recognize rather than create? We unpack the “three necessary societies” (family, civil society, Church), subsidiarity, and why the real battleground is the human heart in an age of smartphones, pornography, social media, and AI. Start today! Review the Claymore Battle Plan! If you’ve felt overwhelmed by the speed of change, this is your map and your first step. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s trying to rebuild, and leave a review with your answer: what’s one habit you’ll change this week to put formation back in the driver’s seat? Support the show

  8. Sep 22

    #758 Running Out of Time? Why Trump Matters, 60 Million Adults Abused As Children, The "Safe Home" That Isn't

    Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” “Child trafficking” can sound like something that happens somewhere else, to someone else’s kid, at the hands of strangers. But the harder truth is that some trafficking in the United States starts inside the home. The Trump Administration Stands for more than politics as normal. The Battle is Real and its between good and evil.  Read Tom's Article and More at Illinois Family Institute Visit Claymore Milites Christi...Subscribe for more, share this with someone who works with kids, and leave a review to help more listeners find the show. What warning sign do you think your community is most likely to overlook? Support the show

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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
    762
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Claymore: Become Who You Are
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