Episodes

Friday Feb 21, 2020
Forte Catholic Ep 176-Neti Pots, the Desert Fathers & a VERY special guest
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Liv Harrison cohosts and drives Taylor mental! Our first segment revolves around Liv's insanity, Taylor's meal preferences & neti pots.
We have a VERY special guest this week making their debut as a Forte Catholic guest. This person has a meant a lot to Taylor throughout his life and the interview is one of our favorite's of all time.
In the final segment, Taylor and Liv learn about the Desert Fathers and how we bad we are at Catholicism.
All music used on the show is by Brandon “BeTheSymbol” Morel. Find his music at bethesymbol.com.
Episode art by Rebekah Landry.
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Friday Feb 21, 2020
The Gary Zimak Show - Episode 050 - Holiness Is For Everyone!
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
As we head into the season of Lent, the Church reminds us of our call to holiness. With the help of the Holy Spirit, it is totally possible for us to speak and act like Jesus. It can be challenging at times, but it can definitely be done. Join Gary as he looks at the Mass Readings for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Even though we may feel otherwise, holiness really is for EVERYONE!

Friday Feb 21, 2020
When Constructive Criticism Is ... NOT! 😲
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
When do you say something and how do you say it - so it is TRULY constructive? Listen in and apply this to your conversations today!

Friday Feb 21, 2020
Beneath the Surface - What Is Truth?
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
There can be no happiness outside of truth. What is truth? Let's delve beneath the surface.

Friday Feb 21, 2020
Catholic Answers Live - Which Catholic Doctrine Troubles You?
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Questions Covered:
- 01:36 - What is the point of praying the Hail Mary prayer when you can pray the Jesus prayer?
- 11:12 - How do Catholics understand hell? I don’t ever hear about it in my church.
- 15:40 - What is the substantiation for Catholic sacred tradition and theology?
- 21:44 - Can the pope change Catholic doctrine?
- 34:22 - How can Catholics believe in purgatory?
- 45:43 - Are St. Paul’s letters (or other letters) infallible? How can we know?

Friday Feb 21, 2020
Catholic Answers Live - Which Catholic Doctrine Troubles You?
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Questions Covered:
- 11:43 - How can the Church accept annulments when Christ said divorce was wrong?
- 20:28 - How can the Church teach that NFP is acceptable as a contraceptive?
- 31:10 - How can the Church allow indulgences? Isn’t that made up and corrupt?
- 35:50 - How can I explain the infallibility of the papacy?
- 44:45 - Didn’t Jesus pay our debt? How could we still have something to “pay”?

Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Champions Podcast - Episode 10 - Paul Tesori- PGA Tour Caddie
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
- Talks about growing up in the church but how he slowly walked away from faith as he entered college. He calls it the 3 G’s, girls, golf and good times!
- Working for Shawn O’Hara and he was doing well. He was considered one of the top caddies in the world, but was still feeling completely empty. He had money, homes, relationship with a girl he wanted but nothing filled the whole inside. Summer of 2010 he decided to do something about it. He was the reason for the broken relationship sand broken problems and he was baptized. That was his transformational moment
- Talks about how once he was saved he thought everything would get better, but it didn’t
- Talks about how Webb Simpson won the ACC Championship and that was his goal as a college player, his senior year he won, he had accomplished what he set out to do and woke up the next morning and had this massive feeling of sadness and depression and didnt know what it was. But later was told by a mentor that this is what it was like to have an idol, accomplish and idol and realize that the idol will never satisfy us
- Talks about how he got into being a caddie and what a day in the life of a caddie looks like
- Talks about his son Isaiah who has Down syndrome
- He talks about the Tesori Family Foundation. Raised almost $1 mil since 2014. All Star Kids Clinics for kids with Special Needs. Visit at tesorifamilyfoundation.org

Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Reflexión de las Buenas Nuevas del Viernes 28 de Febrero, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
El ayuno de comidas placenteras no tiene un valor duradero si no nos ayuda a parecernos más a Cristo frente a los demás.
Para reflexionar más sobre el tema de este podcast mira el video de GNM “Los Sacrificios son Solidaridad con Cristo” en http://gnm-media.org/whats-the-value-of-sacrifices/ [Con subtítulos en castellano].
El texto de este audio puedes encontrarlo en nuestra web en http://gnm-es.org/reflexiones-de-las-buenas-nuevas/?useDrDate=2020-02-28.
Suscríbete para recibir las Reflexiones de las Buenas Nuevas por correo electrónico o por mensaje de texto a tu celular en https://gnm-es.org/reciba-las-reflexiones-diarias/

Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Reflexión de las Buenas Nuevas del Jueves 27 de Febrero, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
La santidad es la decisión de obedecer a Dios sin importar lo que sea.
Para profundizar tu experiencia de Cristo durante esta Cuaresma, consulta nuestros videos, PalabrasVivas y meditaciones en https://gnm-es.org/cuaresma-temas/
El texto de este audio puedes encontrarlo en nuestra web en http://gnm-es.org/reflexiones-de-las-buenas-nuevas/?useDrDate=2020-02-27.
Suscríbete para recibir las Reflexiones de las Buenas Nuevas por correo electrónico o por mensaje de texto a tu celular en https://gnm-es.org/reciba-las-reflexiones-diarias/

Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Reflexión de las Buenas Nuevas del Miércoles 26 de Febrero, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Al lidiar con nuestra necesidad de cambio, si nos mantenemos enfocados en la misericordia de Dios, nos sentimos ayudados, sanados y, finalmente, resucitados.
Para profundizar tu experiencia de Cristo durante esta Cuaresma, consulta nuestros videos, PalabrasVivas y meditaciones en https://gnm-es.org/cuaresma-temas/
El texto de este audio puedes encontrarlo en nuestra web en http://gnm-es.org/reflexiones-de-las-buenas-nuevas/?useDrDate=2020-02-26.
Suscríbete para recibir las Reflexiones de las Buenas Nuevas por correo electrónico o por mensaje de texto a tu celular en https://gnm-es.org/reciba-las-reflexiones-diarias/

Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Reflexión de las Buenas Nuevas del Martes 25 de Febrero, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Cuanto más le dejamos a Jesús transformar nuestras heridas en bendiciones, más fácil se hace resistir al pecado.
El texto de este audio puedes encontrarlo en nuestra web en http://gnm-es.org/reflexiones-de-las-buenas-nuevas/?useDrDate=2020-02-25.
Suscríbete para recibir las Reflexiones de las Buenas Nuevas por correo electrónico o por mensaje de texto a tu celular en https://gnm-es.org/reciba-las-reflexiones-diarias/.

Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Reflexión de las Buenas Nuevas del Lunes 24 de Febrero, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
La fe debe ser ejercitada mediante la confianza, que es una decisión, ni un sentimiento ni un don.
El texto de este audio puedes encontrarlo en nuestra web en http://gnm-es.org/reflexiones-de-las-buenas-nuevas/?useDrDate=2020-02-24.
Suscríbete para recibir las Reflexiones de las Buenas Nuevas por correo electrónico o por mensaje de texto a tu celular en https://gnm-es.org/reciba-las-reflexiones-diarias/

Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Reflexión de las Buenas Nuevas del Domingo 23 de Febrero, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
El amor de Dios es superior a todo lo demás. Prueba que el amor vence al mal.
El texto de este audio puedes encontrarlo en nuestra web en http://gnm-es.org/reflexiones-de-las-buenas-nuevas/?useDrDate=2020-02-22.
Suscríbete para recibir las Reflexiones de las Buenas Nuevas por correo electrónico o por mensaje de texto a tu celular en https://gnm-es.org/reciba-las-reflexiones-diarias/

Thursday Feb 20, 2020
The Mark of Cain
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
We move from the original sin of Adam and Eve to the story of Cain and Abel. Cain is marked for his deplorable sin—but what was the mark of Cain? On this episode of The Road to Emmaus, Scott Hahn suggests that Cain marked himself by giving himself over to the devil and envious malice.

Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Bishop Ronald Gainer - Gospel Reflection for February 23, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020

Thursday Feb 20, 2020
How Can I Love THAT Person_ 🤨
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
The reality of life is we are human and imperfect. So, how do we love everyone? We know it is a sin if we don't ... Hope this helps, have a blessed and loving day!

Thursday Feb 20, 2020

Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Manage Your Money God's Way - Tackle Your Taxes
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Filing your tax return is a once-a-year event but paying attention to your taxes all year could easily save you thousands of dollars.
The goal is to be tax neutral–not paying too much or too little. The Compass blog has more on what to consider in adjusting your W-4 so you can come out as close as possible to that net zero goal.
Our guest on this podcast is Matt Marcoux, CFP and co-founder of CandorPath Financial.

Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Manage Your Money God's Way - Lessons From A Financial Trainwreck
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
The WealthSimple.com website features interesting people telling their financial life stories in their own words.
While many of the stories are uplifting as people have gotten their finances straightened out, many of the stories are so sad as the people have gotten themselves in to terrible financial situations.
This is the story of one couple who did just about everything wrong in their finances. AND they continue to make the same mistakes.
Here’s their story and suggestions about how we at Compass Catholic can help people recover from these same mistakes.

Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Catholic Answers Live - Open Forum Part 2 2-18-2020
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.
Questions Covered:
- 06:45 - Is baptism by desire valid in the Church’s eyes?
- 13:25 - A priest told me that I cannot be absolved for my sins. What can I do?
- 20:26 - How does Lucifer tie into the book of Enoch?
- 28:35 - What is required in order to become a saint of the Church?
- 35:10 - Who was Annas. the high priest?
- 39:47 - Does getting Last Rites guarantee that you’ll go straight to heaven?
- 44:23 - How does the Magisterium view Catholics praying with non-Catholics?
- 47:44 - There are people saying that the Novus Ordo is not valid and that all people who attend it are liberals. Who are these people and why do they say this? Is this a new schismatic movement?

