Try that in a Small Town with Fr. Sean O’Brien

Fr. Sean O'Brien joins us in studio to talk about evangelizing, Catholic culture, and encounter. In this episode we discuss: The importance of prayer in evangelization Involving the community in small towns Tips on evangelization The importance of listening in evangelization You can check out Fr. Sean's podcast here. Exodus 90 – JOIN US for EASTER 50 Support Us on Patreon Become a Patron! Over 40 interviews, a course with Karlo Broussard, a 10 part series on the domestic church, a course on fitness and virtue by Pat Flynn, and free thank you gifts for supporting the show! Click here to join Join Our 2025 Pilgrimage     Select International Tours in the best in the business. We are planning on a 2024 pilgrimage. Click here so you won’t miss it. Living Beyond Sunday: Making Your Home a Holy Place Our new book is available for pre-order from Ascension Press! “I love this book. It provides wise counsel with beautiful simplicity. 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Sean O'Brien: [00:00:00] [00:01:00] The Catholic Man Show contains high levels of manliness. If you think you may be too weak to withstand the manliness represented in the following program, please do yourself a favor and stop listening now. If you choose to continue in spite of this warning, If at any time you feel yourself overcome by the manliness, stop immediately and consult your closest medical professional. And now, for the not so fair, faint, or frilly, [00:02:00] we present The Catholic Men's Show. Adam Minihan: Welcome to the Catholic Man Show. Alleluia. I said it. I said it. Alleluia. It was a long time coming. We're on the Lord's team, the winning side. So raise your glass. Adam and Anne here with Sir David Niles. We also have a good friend, fellow priest of the Diocese of Tulsa in Eastern Oklahoma. And of God. And of God. Also a brother in law to David  David Niles: Niles. In the order of Malchizedek.  Adam Minihan: Also a, a good friend of ours all the way from kindergarten as  David Niles: well. It's kindergarten class reunion  Fr. Sean O'Brien: right here. It's a few years ago, that's  David Niles: it. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, just a handful.  Adam Minihan: Father Sean O'Brien. [00:03:00] Great to have you  Fr. Sean O'Brien: here. Good to be here. Adam Minihan: We also have Jim here. Jim. Jim, it's been, it's been a long 40 days.  David Niles: We'll see what Jim is back. Yeah, we'll see how you rate the yummy skill today. I'm not sure, I'm not sure what your rating is gonna be. I'm interested to tell, to  Fr. Sean O'Brien: hear. Today. But he is here with his strength. I feel very secure. Yes. I am sitting  David Niles: next to him. I feel like our whole conversation is gonna be like  Adam Minihan: more at ease. Yeah, we were pretty People uptight the last 40  Fr. Sean O'Brien: days. You just never know. People can break through the door. Not sure. Totally. And that's gonna be okay  David Niles: if they do. I mean, if they do now. Oh yeah. If they do now, yeah. Yeah. You get what you, you get what you, you sow what you reap. It's their own fault. No. You reap what you sow, Anna. Yeah. Although, ironically, you also do sow what you reap because those are the seeds that you have. Unless you buy the  Adam Minihan: seeds. Unless you do that. We have entered into a new season, a new liturgical season. The best. The best season. I've also entered into a new stage of fatherhood. Oh. I have now entered into [00:04:00] the stage of fatherhood of Did you turn out the lights,  David Niles: fatherhood?  Adam Minihan: Yes. One that I never thought I would, I would get to, because I just did not think that was gonna be, that was gonna be me. Mm hmm. My, my dad did it all the time. Yeah. I did not think it was that big of a deal growing up. I did not think that it was something, you know, Really to, to, like, be concerned about. It's like three cents for the light to be on.  David Niles: Especially now with  Fr. Sean O'Brien: LEDs. So are you feeling, are there more lights being left on? Yes. Is the electricity the issue? Is it? Oh,  Adam Minihan: that's not it. It's not, no, it's just like It's the principle of the thing. Right. It's about having order and, like, having responsibility in  Fr. Sean O'Brien: the home. We're conservatives here. We will conserve  David Niles: electricity. That's right. We don't leave the water running in the sink. That's right. When you're not  Adam Minihan: there, don't leave the light on. I just did not realize that I was going to come to this. To this level of fatherhood, but here I am.  David Niles: Congratulations to you. Yeah, I've also been at this level. For a while. And it's very weird. You know, and it [00:05:00] sneaks up on you. Turn off the lights! A little bit. It does. It's not like one day You just decide. You put on a new pair of pants and then you're, you know, that kind of dad. You just kind of realize, at some point, you hear words coming out of your  Adam Minihan: mouth and you say, I haven't heard those words for 20 some odd years. And it was from my  David Niles: father. Right. Right. Like, Obi Wan Kenobi. It's like, that's a name I have not heard in a long time....