031: Part 2 of Soul Surfing with a Man Named "Bear"

The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Matthew Leonard

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 831 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

What does the spiritual life of a ninja blackbelt surfer look like? The answer might surprise you. (The dude quotes Aquinas, for crying out loud.) Join me for the conclusion of my conversation with adventurer and EWTN radio host Bear Woznick. We're getting deeper into the practicalities of meditative prayer and the overall trajectory of the spiritual path for Catholics. But that's not all. A big part of the discussion centers around what it means to actually "let go and let God," and what happens when you do. (You'll even hear how in the world I ended up on a mountain in Guatemala three months after leaving the corporate world.) We'll also dissect something a lot of Catholics have never heard of, called penal substitution. It's the theory of salvation that Bear and I used to hold as Protestants, but makes no sense of the Cross or human suffering. God bless and enjoy! Matt P.S. Don't let Lent just slide by. Grab it by the horns! Click the link to get a free, short chapter from my book Louder Than Words. It's called Beer, Chocolate & Value-Added Suffering and it will transform your perspective on Lent and the whole spiritual life!

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0:00.0	This is the art of Catholic.
0:15.0	Seek first the kingdom and his righteousness and all these things shall be yours as well.
0:21.6	Matthew 633.
0:24.1	That passage in Matthew was read at my wedding and in his proven
0:27.0	more and more true with each passing year than right 15 years now. All we need to do in
0:34.1	order to find peace is to give ourselves over to God. Conform our wills to His. In fact,
0:39.8	now it's basically the definition of perfection, our will matching up with gods.
0:45.0	And once that happens, people life really begins.
0:49.3	And that's a lot of what you're going to hear in this episode of the Art of Cat-like,
0:52.6	which is the conclusion of my interview with the Ninja Surfer Adventure or EWTN Radio
0:59.4	host guy named Bear Wasnik.
1:02.6	So if you didn't listen to episode 30, stop now and go back.
1:07.3	Then come back and listen to this one because I'm going to jump right back into the conversation
1:10.7	we were having about prayer, the spiritual life, and the adventure of the Catholic life in
1:16.7	God.
1:17.7	Now before I jump into it, I hope you guys are enjoying the free streaming of the Bible
1:22.0	and the Virgin Mary over at Bible and the Virgin Mary.com.
1:26.5	As of the time of this podcast publishing, lessons three and four are up on the site.
1:33.5	And there are 12.
1:34.9	So you won't be too far off if you go and start now.
1:37.6	And of course, you can always go and grab one of the workbooks from the site and catch up
1:41.9	with the review notes that are in the books.
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