Fr. Dom's Homs - My Lord and My God: How the Resurrection Changes Everything for Men

The tomb is empty. The wounds are real. And Christ is standing right in front of you...what are you going to do about it?Fr. Dominic breaks open the Second Sunday of Easter and delivers a message that every Catholic man needs to hear. This isn't a feel-good Easter recap. This is a challenge to stop sitting on the sidelines of your faith and start living like the resurrection actually happened.Fr. Dom walks through Acts of the Apostles and shows us what the early Church looked like in real time — men who were warned, reprimanded, flogged, and came back praising God. Peter, who denied Christ at His darkest hour, was now preaching fire in front of the same people who handed Jesus over to be crucified. We also dig into the Shroud of Turin. 700+ documented wounds. Over a third of His blood lost before He even reached the cross. A burst of 30 trillion watts of ultraviolet light energy for 1/40 billionth of a second that burned the image of Christ into linen. And then there's Thomas. Doubting Thomas didn't just wonder; he demanded proof, and Christ gave it to him. But here's the challenge Fr. Dom lays out: Thomas had to touch the wounds of Christ. We get to receive Him every single time we approach the altar. Are we treating the Eucharist like that? Are we saying, "My Lord and my God"?I'm issuing you a direct challenge in this episode: pick up Luke and then Acts of the Apostles, read them straight through, and find the sacraments hiding in the text. They're all there. Baptism, Confirmation, Reconciliation, the Eucharist — the early Church was living what we still have access to today. There is gold in them there hills. Go find it.The enemy doesn't rest. Neither can we.💬 3 POWERFUL QUOTES FROM THE TRANSCRIPT:"Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, whose sins you retain are retained — and that very same gift through Jesus happens in these confessionals." — Fr. Dominic"Faith is more precious than gold — more precious than anything this world can offer." — Fr. Dominic, echoing St. Peter"We do more than touch Him. We consume Him. Let us say, 'My Lord and my God.'" — Fr. DominicKEY TAKEAWAY — IMPLEMENT THIS WEEK:Go to Confession. Don't wait. Don't negotiate with yourself about whether you need it. The same risen Christ who breathed on the apostles and said "Whose sins you forgive are forgiven" is waiting for you in that confessional. Walk in. Walk out clean. Then receive the Eucharist the way Thomas touched those wounds — with full conviction and full surrender.SHOW NOTES:Consider supporting the podcast on our Buy Me A Coffee page (https://buymeacoffee.com/tmc) to help grow the show to reach as many men as possible!Subscribe to our YouTube page: (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxrRLZNk4WqPdgcac5vuWEQ)Check out our website Get delicious coffee from Mystic Monk CoffeeDownload TAN Digital to access the incredible TAN Library! Use code 'MANLYCATHOLIC' to get 50% OFF your subscription!Contact us at [email protected]