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Spiritual Blindness, Busyness, and Becoming Better Men
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- The Catholic Man Show
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- Nov 26, 2025
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Summary
This episode starts with an apology and an update. It’s been a wild stretch—hospital visits, birthday mishaps, broken teeth, truck trouble, cows and pigs headed to the processor—but also a lot of grace and gratitude. Adam shares about Lady Haylee's recent medical scare during pregnancy, the prayers from patrons, and what it’s like to walk through real uncertainty as a husband and father. The guys reflect on how quickly life can tilt from “normal” to “barely holding it together,” and yet how God can still anchor everything in hope and gratitude. Over whiskey (a Pseudo Sue malt from Iowa), Adam and David shift into the main topic: spiritual blindness —how easy it is for men to be convinced we’re right, standing for the truth, and yet be totally off the mark. Drawing from Scripture, the lives of the apostles, St. John of the Cross, Aquinas, and even Dante, they explore: In This Episode: Real-life trials and gratitude Haley’s hospitalization and recovery Kids’ birthdays, chipped teeth, and car trouble How chaos at home can either crush us or deepen our trust in God Miracles, doubt, and the desire for “proof” “If God would just give us a miracle, evangelization would be easy” The everyday miracles we ignore: the Eucharist, confession, conversions Why even those who saw Jesus’ miracles still doubted and fled Spiritual blindness in the apostles and in us Peter’s “I’ll never deny you” moment—and the fall that followed The apostles missing who Jesus really is, even after years of walking with Him Looking back on friendships and seasons of life and realizing, “I was blind to how unhealthy that really was” How our culture and attachments distort our judgment Bringing politics into our faith and letting ideology outrank the Gospel The overworking dad: when “providing” becomes an e…