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AfterMass
by Ana Munley
AfterMass is the podcast for Catholics who want more than just Sunday. If you’re tired of checking the “Catholic” box without seeing real transformation in your life, this is for you.Hosted by Ana Munley, Catholic wife and mom. Send an email and share your thoughts to: [email protected] episodes drop every Tuesday on Spotify, YouTube, Apple + Amazon Podcasts.Find Ana on TikTok and Instagram: @anamunleyand our Podcast socials: @aftermasspodcast
Episodes
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A Pastor Had Kids Smash Mary Statues. Here’s Who She Really Is.
This episode is brought to you by Abundantly Yours.. where I get all my rosaries, Catholic apparel and gifts! Find them here: abundantlyyours.org/aftermass Mary might be the most misunderstood woman who ever lived. Some say Catholics worship her, some treat her as a side character in the Gospel,...
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Exorcists’ Advice for Halloween: Prayers, Costumes, and Where to Draw the Line
🌹 Abundantly Yours’ custom baby & children’s rosary sale is ON through 10/25, bigger than Black Friday! Order now for Christmas: https://abundantlyyours.org/aftermass Is Halloween spiritually dangerous? Can your kids take candy from the house with the gory decorations? Where’s the line on...
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The Modesty Debate Nobody Knows They’re Having (Shane Gillis, Sydney Sweeney)
🌹 Custom baby & children's rosary sale starts tomorrow 10/15, the biggest of the year! Shop Abundantly Yours: https://abundantlyyours.org/aftermass Sydney Sweeney's nearly nude sports betting ad was called degrading to women. Weeks later, Shane Gillis was called a misogynist on SNL for…
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The Church Allowed the Death Penalty for Centuries. So Why Is It Wrong Now?
🌹 Custom baby & children’s rosary sale starts 10/15, the biggest of the year! Shop Abundantly Yours: https://abundantlyyours.org/aftermass The Pentagon plans to livestream the December firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, which would be the first public execution in America…
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The Cornell 7 and the Sin Christians Are Committing Online
🌹 Shop the Abundantly Yours custom baby and children’s rosary sale, October 15 to 25. It’s their biggest sale of the year on kids’ rosaries, even bigger than Black Friday, and ordering early means your custom rosary arrives well before Christmas: abundantlyyours.org/aftermass The Cornell 7 case…
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The Rosary Won This Battle: Why October 7th Is Mary's Feast
🌹 THIS WEEK ONLY: Get a FREE rosary pouch with any rosary from Abundantly Yours for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary: https://abundantlyyours.org/aftermass In 1571, the Ottoman navy was about to take the Mediterranean, and the whole Church was asked to pray the Rosary. Today we tell the story...
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The True Christian History of Halloween
🌹 Preorder the NEW St. Francis & St. Gemma rosaries from Abundantly Yours: https://abundantlyyours.org/aftermass Every October, Catholics are told Halloween is a pagan festival in disguise. Today we look at the real history: how All Saints' Day spread from Rome, why early Irish Christians kept...
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St. Faustina Reveals What Jesus Does in Your Last Breath (Today is Her Feast Day!)
🌹 Preorder the NEW St. Francis & St. Gemma rosaries from Abundantly Yours: https://abundantlyyours.org/aftermass On her feast day, we look at what Jesus told St. Faustina about the final moments of life: the hidden grace He offers at the very end, the promises attached to the Chaplet of Divine...
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LIFE/CHANNEL UPDATE.
AFTERMASS: https://aftermass.org FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER: https://aftermass.org/#newsletter Taking September off from YouTube + the podcast 🤍 I’m giving myself the month of September to spend some real time working on AfterMass and a few other projects that have been sitting in my brain for a…
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The Ancient Israelite Law That Explains Mary's Crown
Tomorrow, August 22, the Church celebrates the Queenship of Mary, eight days after the Assumption. Most Catholics have said "Hail, Holy Queen" hundreds of times without knowing where that title actually comes from or what it means in practice. The answer isn't in medieval royal courts. It's in…
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Padre Pio Reveals the Sin Almost Nobody Confesses
Padre Pio spent decades hearing confessions, and the sin he came back to most wasn't the one people expected. It was gossip, and more specifically what the Church calls detraction and calumny, revealing or fabricating things about someone who isn't in the room. This video breaks down the…
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Scientists Measured What The Rosary Does To Your Heart and Brain
A team of Italian cardiologists put people on heart monitors and had them pray the rosary in Latin. What they measured surprised even the researchers: praying it at a normal pace slowed people's breathing to almost exactly six breaths a minute, a rate where the heart and blood pressure systems…
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Fr. Mike Schmitz Explains What You Need To Know About Purgatory
Purgatory gets treated two ways: either as an overcomplicated invention or as something Scripture never actually supports. Both are wrong. Drawing on a video Fr. Mike Schmitz made years ago on Ascension Presents, I break down what purgatory actually is: three simple claims, real scriptural…
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This Simple Practice Has Transformed My Suffering
What if the inconveniences, exhaustion, and suffering you experience every day could actually become prayer? I first heard this practice from Catholic author and speaker Megan Hjelmstad at the Defending the Faith Conference at Franciscan University. Megan is the author of Offer It Up: Discovering...
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The 40 Days St. Francis and Padre Pio Both Took Seriously
St. Francis fasted 40 days every year and it left wounds that never healed. Padre Pio kept the same devotion for the same reason. It's called St. Michael's Lent. It starts this Saturday, August 15th and almost no Catholic outside Franciscan circles has heard of it. In this episode I cover the...
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Scrupulosity Explained: Is It a Sin or Is It OCD?
Saint Ignatius of Loyola once considered walking off a cliff because he couldn't stop confessing sins he wasn't even sure he'd committed. That's scrupulosity and it's more common than most Catholics realize.In this video: what scrupulosity actually is, how it's different from a normal working...
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Things Your Guardian Angel Can and Can’t Do
Can your guardian angel read your mind? See your dreams? Know your future? Can you name your guardian angel, and what happens to your angel when you die? Catholic teaching on guardian angels is a lot more specific than most people realize. In this video, we're going through 13 questions about...
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The 4 Catholic Temperaments Explained: Your Strengths, Vices & Virtues
Are you sanguine, choleric, melancholic, or phlegmatic?The four temperaments have been used by Catholic spiritual writers for centuries as a way of understanding our natural strengths, weaknesses, and patterns in the spiritual life. In this episode, we break down all four temperaments, where the...
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What Will Heaven Actually Be Like? Fr. Ripperger Explains
Fr. Chad Ripperger recently sat down with Shawn Ryan and shared some fascinating Catholic theology about what awaits us after death. Will we interact with relatives who have died? Will we really see our entire family lineage? Did Jesus have a guardian angel? And what does God’s mercy actually…
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Fr. Chad Ripperger Explains How Guardian Angels Speak to You
Have you ever wondered how your guardian angel communicates with you? In this video, we break down Fr. Chad Ripperger's explanation of how guardian angels interact with us, how to speak to your guardian angel, and how to recognize the difference between angelic promptings and spiritual deception....
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You Fast Twice a Year. That's Why You're Stuck.
Most Catholics fast twice a year and wonder why the same sin is still sitting there untouched. Fasting isn't a diet or a once-a-year obligation, it's a weapon most of us have never picked up. In this video: the actual mechanics of why fasting works, how to start (even if you've never fasted...
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What Happened Before Genesis Even Started
Before Adam. Before Eve. Before the world even existed - there was a war. This video walks through the real story of Lucifer's fall, the first battle in Revelation, and how that one moment set up everything that happens in the garden, on the cross, and in your life right now. If you only know the...
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What Happens to Your Soul in the First Hour After You Die
What actually happens to your soul in the first hour after death? Not the funeral or the grieving, the soul itself. In this video I walk through what the Church actually teaches: the particular judgment that happens immediately at death, why purgatory isn't a punishment but a purification, what…
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Fr. Chad Ripperger: What Really Happens in the First 5 Minutes of an Exorcism
Fr. Chad Ripperger, one of the most experienced exorcists working today, has talked openly about what actually happens in the first minutes of an exorcism, and it's nothing like the movies. No screaming, no spectacle. In this video I break down the quiet, disciplined process behind it: the months...
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Every Part of the Catholic Mass, Explained (Finally)
Most Catholics have sat through the Mass hundreds of times and couldn't tell you why any single part happens when it happens. It's not a personal failure.. it's just that nobody ever handed us the blueprint. In this video I walk through the entire structure of the Mass, piece by piece: the...
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"You Will Know Them By Their Fruits." Here's What That Actually Means.
How do you know which Catholic voices online you should actually trust? Jesus already gave us the answer. In this video, we unpack what "you will know them by their fruits" really means, what the fruits of the Holy Spirit actually are, and why this teaching is one of the most practical tools for...
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What Padre Pio Said Every Catholic Should Read Before Bed
The last thing you put into your mind before sleep matters more than most people realize. Padre Pio believed those final moments before bed shape your spiritual life in profound ways. Here's what he recommended, why he recommended it, and how a simple nighttime habit can change the way you end...
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What Actually Happens the Moment You Confess?
What really happens the moment a priest says the words of absolution? This isn't just about feeling better after confession. The Church teaches that something objective and supernatural takes place, whether you feel it or not. Let's walk through what actually changes in your soul, why penance...
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The Hidden Influence of the People Around You
Padre Pio believed the people around us shape our spiritual lives far more than we realize. In this video, we look at what he taught about hidden influence, quiet encouragement, and why some of the people closest to us can either help us grow closer to God or slowly pull us away without anyone...
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The Habit St. John Vianney Said Keeps Christians Lukewarm
Most people think becoming lukewarm happens all at once. St. John Vianney said it usually happens through one small habit repeated over and over again. In this video, we'll look at what he observed after decades in the confessional, why so many faithful Catholics slowly drift spiritually, and…
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I Changed How I Receive. Here's Why.
Most Catholics have never been taught the real history behind how we receive communion, or that the "old-fashioned" option is actually still the universal norm. I'm sharing what changed for me, the Eucharistic fast most people don't know existed and being honest about the part of this I haven't...
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The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel - July 16, 2026
"Whosoever dies wearing this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire." That's what Mary said to St. Simon Stock in 1251. This Thursday, July 16th, is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the day the Church commemorates that apparition. In this video I explain what the Brown Scapular actually is,...
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The 10 Virtues of Mary That Terrify the Devil (St. Louis de Montfort)
St. Louis de Montfort identified 10 evangelical virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary, virtues so powerful that living them out is described as spiritual warfare against the devil himself. In this video, we walk through all 10: profound humility, lively faith, blind obedience, continual prayer,...
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The Sin I Struggle With Most as a Catholic
I used to think this was too small to confess. I was wrong. This isn't about explosive anger, no yelling, no scenes. This is about the sharp comment, the edge in your tone, the words you'd never write down and show someone. Scripture calls it out directly in James 3. St. Francis de Sales built…
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What Vatican II Actually Said (And Why Catholics Still Argue About It)
Vatican II is probably the most debated event in modern Catholic history. Some Catholics blame it for everything. Others defend every change that followed it. But very few people have actually read the documents themselves. In this video, we walk through: • Why Vatican II was called• What the...
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The Vision That Explains What Happens After Your Last Breath (St. Faustina's Vision)
St. Faustina Kowalska was given a vision of standing before the judgment seat of God, seeing her own soul completely exposed the way God sees it. In this video, we walk through what she saw about the moment of death, the 3 calls Jesus makes to every soul before it dies, and why the Vatican…
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Why the Trad Wife Movement Doesn't Actually Feel "Traditional" Or Christian
Trad wife content is everywhere right now - Savanna Faith Stone, Ballerina Farm, Nara Smith, Estee Williams - and people are picking a side and telling us to pick a side but I'm not picking a side. I think the real problem isn't the lifestyle, it's the posture. In this video I break down what's...
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Every Catholic Should Know This Before July 4th
Happy Fourth of July. Most Americans know the names George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams. But almost nobody knows the story of the Catholic family that helped shape the United States from its very beginning. In this video, we look at the remarkable lives of…
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Scientists Discovered What Happens When You Write Scripture by Hand
What if one of the simplest spiritual practices was also one of the most powerful for your brain? Recent neuroscience has found that writing by hand activates your brain in ways typing simply doesn't. Memory improves. Learning deepens. New neural connections form. But here's what's fascinating:...
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Why the SSPX Just Consecrated Four Bishops Against the Pope
Today, July 1, 2026, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) consecrated four new bishops in Écône, Switzerland without papal approval, despite repeated public appeals from Pope Leo XIV not to proceed. So what is the SSPX? Why did this happen? Are they Catholic? What's the difference between the SSPX...
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Padre Pio Revealed What Happens to Your Soul at Communion
What Happens To Your Soul w happens to your soul when you receive Holy Communion? Padre Pio spent more than fifty years celebrating the Holy Mass while bearing the wounds of Christ. He called the Eucharist the greatest gift God has given the Church and believed the moments immediately after...
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The Prayer Advice I Wish Someone Had Told Me Years Ago
If you've ever wanted a real prayer life but didn't know where to start, this video is for you. We're talking about the questions most people never answer: who you're actually talking to, what to do when prayer feels dry, why your mind wanders, how long you should pray, and the habits that help...
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Here's Everything You Wanted to Know (Not My Normal Content..Sorry LOL)
I'm answering some Q&As you've all asked!Thanks for being here and for making this little corner of the internet feel like a community. I hope you leave feeling like we know each other a little better.If you enjoyed this style of video, let me know in the comments and subscribe if you're new…
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Cardinal McElroy Removed Fr. Rossetti.. Was It Fair?
Monsignor Rossetti is a 74 year old exorcist with 50 years of ministry. He posted a 5 minute Facebook video sharing a personal opinion about UFOs and four days later everything he built was gone. Another exorcist said the exact same thing to 2.5 million people and faced no consequences. But what...
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Paul Was Afraid of Being Disqualified. Are You?
Once saved always saved is one of the most comforting ideas in modern Christianity. It's also one of the most dangerous. Here's what Scripture, the early Church,and the saints actually say about whether salvation can be lost and what the Catholic Church teaches that most people on both sides…
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Padre Pio's Warning About the Last Days (And What As Catholics We Must Do Now)
Padre Pio warned that the greatest dangers to souls in the last days wouldn't come from outside the Church, but from confusion, spiritual complacency and the loss of the sense of sin. In this video, we're looking at what Padre Pio actually said, how his warnings compare to what we're seeing today...
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What Mortal Sin Actually Does To Your Soul (The Church Doesn't Sugarcoat This)
What is mortal sin? and what does it actually do to your soul? In this episode, we break down the three conditions for mortal sin, why sanctifying grace disappears completely, why you won't feel it happening, what the saints (Padre Pio, St. John Vianney, St. Thomas Aquinas) said about it and why...
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Why Padre Pio Prayed This One Prayer Every Single Day for 50 Years
Everyone knows Padre Pio for the stigmata, the bilocation, and the confession lines that wrapped around the monastery. But almost everything famous about Padre Pio.. the wounds, the suffering, his entire spiritual life.. traces back to one thing: his daily devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.…
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Can Demons Put Thoughts in Your Mind? Here's What the Church Teaches
Have you ever had a disturbing thought appear out of nowhere and wondered where it came from? Can demons influence our thoughts? Can they plant ideas in our minds? What does the Catholic Church actually teach about intrusive thoughts, temptation, and spiritual warfare? In this video, we explore…
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The Real Reason Prayer Feels So Hard Sometimes and What To Do
Why does your mind suddenly wander the moment you start praying? Is it just normal human distraction... or could something deeper be happening? In this video, we'll look at what saints like St. Teresa of Ávila, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. John Cassian, and St. Francis de Sales taught about...
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AfterMass is the podcast for Catholics who want more than just Sunday. If you’re tired of checking the “Catholic” box without seeing real transformation in your life, this is for you.Hosted by Ana Munley, Catholic wife and mom. Send an email and share your thoughts to: [email protected] episodes drop every Tuesday on Spotify, YouTube, Apple + Amazon Podcasts.Find Ana on TikTok and Instagram: @anamunleyand our Podcast socials: @aftermasspodcast
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