#matt fradd

[lilaccatholic]

Man, I feel like every clip I see from Pints with Aquinas lately Matt Fradd is demeaning women. Really sad to see it, I used to love his interviews :/

[jameslmartello]

Getting Attacked by the Occult (Jason Evert)

[tomyfellowplutonians]

[rosecorcoranwrites]

Happy Halloween 🎃

[man-4-allseasons]

I'd be curious to know how many Ruthenians there are out there. After watching Matt Fradd's interview with a Ruthenian priest, his explanation of entering into that tradition was really interesting. It sounds like a beautiful tradition. Linked below:

[ominouspositivity-or-else]

shout out to that dream i had where Matt Fradd called me "The death of catholic art" i think it's a proud moment for me

[eternal-echoes]

Tagged by @austerity-audacity-asceticism thank you!!! I always like getting tagged in these kind of things.

(Starting a new post because the original one is long)

*throws my football at you* PERSONALITY TEST TIME.

1) The last Podcast you listened to? with reasons.

My answer : I usually don’t listen to podcast but when I was on a roadtrip with my sister she suggested we listen to a Catholic podcast and I believe it was The Matt Fradd show interviewing Michael Knowles

2) what was the last fanfic you read? What did you like about it?

My answer : I think it was a My Happy Marriage fanfic months back. I can’t remember which one exactly but I remember liking the domestic fluff aspect of it

3) You favorite discord server?

My answer : I’m not on discord anymore. My friend invited me to one but I was never active in it.

4) open Pinterest and show the first think it recommends you!

My answer :

5) If your comfortable, show me something from your notes app!

My answer :

The to-do list yesterday. I was only able to do 3 of them and continuing some of them today.

6) Show us who you last gave a like on Tumblr! And why?

My answer : https://www.tumblr.com/lovers-romance/762869936051912704?source=share

I’ve always liked this person’s aesthetic taste.

7) Show us a picture that's in your galary that you are proud off/like/are comfortable sharing.

My answer :

selfie picture with my Master thesis.

8) final question, what was the last YouTube video you watched?

My answer :

Not sure if I’ll watch this anime recommendation but this is the last YouTube video I watched.

I usually don’t tag anyone but I will this time:

@colormipretty @noriko04 @coruscanttojerusalem

@elegyofemptiness42 @all-hail-trudos

@thathilomgirl @prarthnaoffthedeepend

I just see some of you guys in my notifications quite often and I thought this is a nice way to get to know you more.

But feel free to ignore this.

[cheerfullycatholic]

There's also an app or website called covenant eyes for anyone who is struggling with previous anon. I think it's through Jason Evert or Matt Fradd

Thank you for the suggestion!

[sunshineandrosesnoraincamemyway]

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As far as i’m aware (correct me if I’m wrong) technically only Roman Catholics are forbidden from becoming the monarch of England. It’s says nothing about Byzantine Catholics.

This is how we make Britain Catholic again

[ave-immaculata]

i'm the person who asked about LGBT relationships. i just don't agree with keepcatholic's response. i think defining marriage/sex ONLY as for procreation doesn't make sense because heterosexual couples also have sex to be together and experience pleasure, which is an echo of God's heavenly joy and unity. and i don't understand why this couldn't apply to commited homosexual couples.

I do want to point out that he said it's for the union of the couple and procreation. Sex is beautiful and wonderful and unifying and absolutely meant to be pleasurable; the problem comes when we seek that pleasure or intimacy for its own sake rather than the sake of our spouse or, disorderedly without openness to life. just like a spouse shouldn't invoke their marital right to the damage or harm (emotional or otherwise) of their spouse, the act should be open to life. likewise they shouldn't be using contraception to inhibit the procreative nature of the marital act, it disrupts these two purposes (I hope that helped)

I'd highly recommend the theology of the body and Matt Fradd's resources on the topic as well!

[physicsgoblin]

Matt Fradd always calling his wife "my bride" almost brings me to tears

[thelionessandmedusa]

For anyone else who might be going through it or if you’re going through a hard time in the future I recommend Thomas Aquinas’s 5 cures for sadness. This is from Matt Fradd’s Pints with Aquinas podcast.

1. Pleasure

Sometimes your sorrow is so great that you struggle to enjoy the pleasures of life. However, wholesome pleasures have a powerful healing effect on the soul.

Enjoy a good meal. Go for a walk. Read a book. Don’t let pain give you a cynical view of life. While we rightly decry the materialism of our age, we can use these God-given pleasures to increase our joy and peace.

2. Weeping

Because they know its healing effect, some people have an easier time weeping. Others hold it in. We’re especially looking at guys who think it’s “unmanly” to weep. Remember that the Bible records Christ Himself weeping.

Weeping cleanses our souls and helps us start afresh. While not every sad situation calls for weeping, don’t completely inhibit your tears.

3. The sympathy of friends

When you’re grieving, one of the greatest dangers is shutting yourself off from those who care about you. Granted, we all need some time to ourselves. Just don’t let it last too long. Otherwise, you’ll be left alone with your sad thoughts and God doesn’t want that!

4. Contemplating the truth

Thinking about the goodness and beauty of reality reminds you that sorrow doesn’t have the last word. Creation reveals God and His love. Christ took on our human nature to share His amazing plan of salvation.

Reading Scripture (especially the Psalms) and contemplating the great truths of our faith help us put our sadness in perspective.

5. A good bath and sleep

You thought St. Thomas was going to only give philosophical answers, didn’t you? For all his learning, he was a practical man. He wrote, “Sorrow, by reason of its specific nature, is repugnant to the vital movement of the body; and consequently whatever restores the bodily nature to its due state of vital movement, is opposed to sorrow and assuages it.” He then mentions a bath and sleep as great ways to alleviate sorrow.

Although they won’t banish all sorrow from your life, these remedies will help you manage it better, so you can live in the joy and love that God calls you to.

[catenaaurea]

what is the catholic opinion on investing (stock market, etc)? ive always felt like it was something usurious, but id like to know the official opinion of the church.

i tried searching it but all i could find is stuff about 'sinful stock' which is an economic term and a website called 'catholicinvestments' which obviously is pro-investment.

feel free to ignore if you dont know the answer

I don’t know the real answer but Trent Horn did a debate on Matt Fradd’s channel not too long ago on a very similar topic. I haven’t watched it so I can’t take a side or tell you if either of them are correct. From what I had seen in the past, I think Trent is sort of a hyper capitalist which might come into play but I’m not entirely sure.

I believe Prummer’s moral theology touches on a lot of intricate stuff like investing but I’m a long way off from diving into that so this is the best I can do for now.

[rosecorcoranwrites]

Reminds me of a horror story by Matt Fradd where a dude is alone with his dog and it sits up, looks at him, and says, "No one will ever believe you," then lays back down again and from that point on continues to act like a dog.

The dude tries to tell his wife who, of course, does not believe him. And he goes crazy, because no matter how much he tries to get the dog to speak again, it refuses, or else he already was crazy and it never spoke the first time.

if i was an animal and i knew i was being observed and researched i would do something super fucked up. but only once. never again. ruin their lives. keep them guessing.

[martinwilliammichael]

Jonathan Roumie’s Experience on ABC’s ‘The View’: ‘I Gave Rosaries to Everybody’

Earlier this year, well-known Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie was a guest on the ABC talk show, “The View.”

Roumie discussed his role as Jesus on the hit series, “The Chosen,” and how his life has changed because of it.

Roumie recently joined Catholic speaker and podcast host Matt Fradd on “Pints with Aquinas” and shares what his experience was like appearing on “The View.”

“I think for a millisecond I was like, ‘Oh, I wonder how this is going to go,’” Roumie shares. “But I was never worried. I prayed about it, of course.”

The Catholic actor added that just like “everything else that I’ve committed to on this journey, I have to surrender it.”

“I’m like, ‘Lord, you’ve given me this opportunity. It must be for a reason.’ So, I’m not going to worry about the consequences; I’m not going to worry about anything. I’m just going to go authentically be who you made me to and just be present to people,” he says.

Roumie goes on to say that the response was “overwhelming.”

“People were more nervous for me than I was nervous for me,” he says. “I’m like ‘Well, they’re people. They’re just people.”

Roumie shares that after the segment, he spoke with each of the show’s hosts and gave them rosaries, which they all “happily accepted.”

After his experience, Roumie points out that he realized that “there are so many people that are just on a journey.”

“They’re searching,” he explains. “They may not necessarily believe, they may not necessarily know what to expect, but they’re searching, and they were open to what I was bringing to them through the Holy Spirit.”

Francesca Pollio Fenton, September 5, 2024

Adapted from: www.ewtn.co.uk

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.