Clear Creek Monk's Advice for Men: Fight Demons, Fast, and Protect Your Family

The Catholic Man Show

Leisure, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we sit down with Fr. Morey, the prior at Clear Creek Abbey, to discuss the vital role of fathers in passing down faith and tradition. Fr. Morey shares insights from his life as a Benedictine monk, including the importance of spiritual protection for families, the power of fasting as a group, and how manual labor connects men to reality. We dive into why a lack of tradition signals a loss of culture, the spiritual warfare fathers face, and practical advice for men striving for holiness. Plus, learn about the "deposition of charges" at the monastery and why relics, not money, are the true treasure. Join us for a conversation filled with wisdom from the cloister, recorded at the ninth annual Catholic Man Campout at Clear Creek Abbey.

Key Points:

The role of fathers as spiritual protectors of their families.
Why fasting and prayer are essential for building virtue.
The connection between manual labor and a man’s soul.
How receiving and transmitting tradition is key to a thriving culture.
Clear Creek Abbey’s fundraising efforts to complete their monastery.
Call to Action: Visit clearcreekmonks.org to support the monastery’s mission.

Transcript

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0:00.0	What are you going to receive?
0:01.5	What traditions, what goods do we want to give to our children?
0:06.8	And I think that it's something that we just don't think about as a culture, culturally speaking.
0:12.4	Sure.
0:12.8	And I think that means we don't have a culture.
0:15.1	If there's nothing to be handed on, then there is no culture.
0:19.5	It's just like a blank plate.
0:23.7	I don't know what it is, but it's not a culture.
0:30.4	Father Mori, welcome to the show.
0:32.1	Thank you, gentlemen.
0:32.9	Good to be here.
0:33.6	It's great to be out here at Clear Creek.
0:35.4	I hear that there is some news happening. There's not a whole lot of breaking news that happens at Clear Creek Abbey,
0:41.3	but I hear that there is some breaking news.
0:44.3	Well, we're hoping to do groundbreaking if we can continue our fundraising sufficiently.
0:49.3	That would finish out the monastery.
0:51.3	That's probably one thing we need to do before we can make a foundation.
0:55.2	We just got a lot of monks.
0:58.4	Which is a good problem to have. It's the best problem to have. Yeah.
1:02.2	Okay, but that's not what I was talking about. But out of all of those monks, you were just
1:06.6	recently named prior. Is that, is that the right way to say it? Yes, the prior.
1:12.0	I was the sub-prior.
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