Fr. Gregory Pine, Fr. Patrick Briscoe, & Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress on the Power of the Rosary + Q&A
The Catholic Man Show
The Catholic Man Show
4.8 • 768 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Why does the Rosary matter? How do you pray it well when distractions hit? And what about devotion to Mary — is it too much, or exactly what we need?
In this episode of The Catholic Man Show, Adam and David welcome three Dominican priests:
• Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.
• Fr. Patrick Briscoe, O.P.
• Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress, O.P.
They dive into:
✅ The history and power of the Rosary
✅ Practical advice on handling distractions in prayer
✅ The Luminous Mysteries and why they matter today
✅ Mary’s role as Mediatrix of Grace
✅ Live audience Q&A
This lively, insightful, and often funny conversation will deepen your love for the Rosary and inspire greater devotion in your prayer life.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't think that you accommodate the faith in a way, like by debasing it, we'll make it easier for them to enter in. No, it's like turn it up to 11. Yeah. You know, because at the end of the day, what people want is the real deal, but we have to be able to help them in acknowledging the genuine roadblocks, like the real obstacles, which are the obstacles posed by our own sinfulness and viciousness. but like hey this i don't't say that in judgment, I say in terms of like, let's facilitate. |
| 0:23.1 | Let's make it possible. |
| 0:28.6 | Okay, hey, welcome to this episode of The Catholic Command Show. |
| 0:31.5 | It's great to have you guys back, Father Gregory Pine. |
| 0:34.6 | We have Father Patrick Briscoe. |
| 0:36.1 | And we have Father Joseph Anthony. Here. And we have Father Joseph Anthony. |
| 0:38.5 | Here's the deal of Father Joseph Anthony. How did you get to have two first awesome names? |
| 0:43.9 | I asked for 12 and they said drop it down to two. So that's how I ended up there. |
| 0:48.4 | Art of the deal. Yeah, exactly. No, I actually, I wanted Joseph. That was my goal. |
| 0:54.4 | I wanted to have Joseph. |
| 0:55.6 | And when we entered, our novice master had told us, you know, if you want to keep your baptism with name, that's fine. |
| 1:02.0 | If you want to take a religious name, that's great. |
| 1:04.3 | Suggest three, and then he would pick one. |
| 1:07.5 | Obedience. |
| 1:08.3 | Yeah, I went into the meeting as a cocky young college student and I said, well, here's |
| 1:13.0 | the one name is Joseph. |
| 1:14.8 | I was like he's big in my life. |
| 1:17.4 | He's made a, took away a lot of hurdles to me entering the order. |
| 1:20.6 | So obviously, you know, he's going to be the one for me. |
| 1:24.4 | And Knobst Master looked at me and said, no, there's too many damn Josephs in this province. Take another name. I was quick on my feet and I said, what if I took a two name, did a double name? Joseph Joseph. Say keep it to five syllables or less. And I was like, oh, do, do, do, do, okay. So I ended up with Joseph Anthony. |
| 1:44.8 | Nice. |
| 1:45.6 | Very Southern. |
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