Loud Cars Bother Me Now | November 16, 2025

In this episode, Monsignor Wolf reflects on his 70th birthday and uses small annoyances to open a larger reflection on civility, hidden suffering, and the danger of loose talk about civil war. History, media literacy, and prayer guide us toward mercy, truth, and peace, with a closing poem on the gifts of age.• loud noise and fraying civility as signals of respect• hats in church as a cultural practice of reverence• grades and metrics failing to measure real life• living with an unseen disability and fear• choosing charity because most pain is hidden• historical lessons on civil war rhetoric and cost• media bias, sincere belief, and critical listening• prayer for enemies as the only way forward• poem “An Odd Plus” on the strange gifts of age************Father Don Wolf is a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Living Catholic also broadcasts on Oklahoma Catholic Radio several times per week, with new episodes airing every Sunday.