The Based Catholic Jessica Kramer

Episode 26 Special Guests include: Franciscan Theology Professor, Dr. John Bergsma & Father David.

Are we willing to suffer for our beloved? If we liken the analogy of marriage to our relationship with God, how many of us simply use God rather than love Him for His own sake? In this episode I get into the different perspectives on suffering between protestants and Catholics with fellow Catholic convert, Dr. Bergsma. We discuss why we have to suffer, why Catholics "offer up" their sufferings, why it seems the wicked prosper and the just are punished, and what we can learn about enduring faith from Joseph in the Old Testament. Then I talk with Fr. David about spiritual discernment, if suffering is sent from God or the devil, and I learn something I did not know about the book of Job!

*Jordan Peterson/Father Dave Pivonka Clip

*Father Patrick Schultz Homily - "We Become The Saints We Don't Want To Be"

Episode 25 Special Guest includes: Father Patrick Schultz from the Diocese of Cleveland.

I'm sure you've heard that famous Dr. Peter Kreeft quote: "Abortion is the Antichrist’s demonic parody of the eucharist. That’s why it uses the same holy words, “This is my body,” with the blasphemous opposite meaning." You could say that secular liberalism's sacramental substitute for the eucharist is a body *not* given up for another.

In the same way, consider our culture's obsession with therapy. Is it a cope for a lack of sacramental confession and/or spiritual direction? Is meditation and manifesting alternative replacements for prayer? Is the Anti-Christ society's warped preference for a savior? I pose all these questions to Father Pat, one of my favorite young priests! We also discuss the sacrament of confirmation and the need to bring back reverence and beauty in the liturgy, something that was suppose to remain in the mass post-Vatican II, but has unfortunately been obliterated by cringe suburban Catholicism.

Episode 24 Special Guests include: Them Before Us President and Founder, Katy Faust & The Spectator's Teresa Mull.

Issues related to marriage and family within liberalism's structure have long been decided based on what's best for the individual (i.e. the parent, the adult), never considering or in favor of what's best for the child. Katy goes child-centric in our conversation surrounding why biology matters, the agendas of adoption agencies, and how a regime that allows for reproductive technology like IVF to exist makes Ishmaels (like thousands of frozen embryos). Then I talk with Teresa about why moving to small town America might be the answer to our prevailing woes of wokeness!

Episode 23 Special Guests include: Declan Leary & Brent Bozell III.

If one of the founding fathers of the modern conservative movement, Brent Bozell Jr were alive today (and still living in America), he'd probably be on the FBI's Catholic Extremist watch list. I interview Declan and his son Brent to discuss this lost piece of conservative media history and the Catholic giant he was, his disenchantment with conservative politics after returning to the States from Catholic Spain, and his legacy with Triumph Magazine...and ask, could a *new* Triumph be the answer to the growing dissatisfaction with conservative media many on the Right are experiencing? 

Episode 23 Segments include: Krames Korner

Episode 22 Special Guest includes: Professor James Wilson.

We conclude our discussion on John Paul II's The Jeweler's Shop with the third and final act of the play. Then I give my take on what I consider the missing rhetoric surrounding the two-parent household discussions and how they benefit children. Are the roles of mother and father interchangeable? Are two parents in the home all that matter, or do children deserve a married mother and father? Then I ask Catholic millennial women their thoughts on motherhood!

Episode 22 Segments include: Call Her Traddy, Krames Korner

Episode 21 Special Guest: Professor James Wilson.

They say divorce is down but that's only because marriage rates are too. In a post-marriage culture, how do we defend marriage if we don't even know what it is? I speak with Professor Wilson and we break down the first two acts of the profound play written by Pope Saint John Paul II, "The Jeweler's Shop," a meditation on marriage. Each of the three acts dives into a couple's marriage and teaches us something about love. You won't want to miss this one!