Best of Jesuitical: Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the Mass

Jesuitical

America Media

Spirituality, Christianity, News, News Commentary, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 949 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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On this last "best of" episode of summer 2025, Zac and Ashley resurrect an interview with the always entertaining Father Dave Dwyer, the executive director of Busted Halo, a media outreach of the Paulist Fathers, and the author of the book “Mass Class: Your Questions Answered.” Is there a question you have about the Catholic Mass that you’ve always been too embarrassed to ask? Like: When we say, “Only say the word and my soul shall be healed,”...what’s “the word”? Well, you’re in luck. Press "play." Mass Class: Your Questions Answered, by Father Dave Dwyer What’s on tap? Pick your poison: Negroni You can follow us on ⁠X⁠ and on ⁠Instagram:⁠ @jesuiticalshow You can find us on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/groups/jesuitical⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please consider supporting Jesuitical by becoming a ⁠⁠digital subscriber⁠⁠ to America magazine at⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.americamagazine.org/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast from America Media for Saints and sinners.
0:14.9	You can join us each week for honest conversations about the Catholic Church in our world today,
0:19.4	sometimes over drinks. I'm Ashley McKinless,
0:21.8	and I'm joined by Zach Davis. Great to be with you, Ashley. Great as always to be here. Have you
0:26.4	ever sat in Mass and just wondered, why do they say that or why do the bells go off at that time?
0:31.9	All the time, especially now that it's summertime and my mind wanders more than usual. I'm
0:37.2	trying to pray, but sometimes,
0:38.6	you know, the mind does what it wants. Also, I'm altar serving at the parish. So I'm, like,
0:43.1	tasked with doing some of these things. And I'm like, what's the point of this? Yeah, so we brought
0:46.9	all of our questions about the mass to Father Dave Dwyer back in 2022. He had a new book at the time
0:53.5	called Mass Class, Your Questions Answered,
0:55.9	which looked at some of the common questions that Catholics have or maybe the misconceptions
1:00.0	they have about the Mass. And it was really enlightening. Even if you've been a Catholic your
1:04.3	entire life, I think there's something in this conversation that might surprise you. Yeah, like maybe
1:09.2	if you've always wondered what the word is when we say,
1:12.6	say the word, and my soul shall be healed.
1:14.7	Well, you're in luck.
1:15.6	Father Dave gets into that and so much more.
1:17.9	So stick around for our conversation with Father Dave Dwyer about everything you wanted to know about the mass.
1:39.7	Music The Mass. Joining us in studio is Father Dave Dwyer.
1:43.1	Father Dave is the executive director of Busted Halo, a media outreach of the Paulus Fathers,
1:48.9	and the host of the Busted Halo show Week Nights on Sirius XM.
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