Husband, Dad, Priest, Oklahoman: an interview with Fr. Justin Fletcher

Catching Foxes

Luke and Gomer

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Tv & Film

4.8 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2022

⏱️ 171 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Justin Fletcher is a priest of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. He was an Episcopal priest, married with kids, and converted to Roman Catholicism. He is also a student and lover of the Catholic liturgy and explains things so incredibly well. I interviewed him about two months ago in my house at 9pm with my buddy, Brian Jones, and we ended around 2am, which was awesome. This was my first recording using my new soundboard and I screwed up MY microphone. So I apologize.

Topics Include:

the Readings (Lessons) and why they are doxological and not didactic
what lay people are expected to do during Mass
how the novus ordo tends to cater to those wanting didacticism
how Catholicism is different in kind, not degree, from all forms of Protestantism
Oklahoma living
Irishman joining the ... Anglican-use Ordinariate?
shedding culture and reclaiming culture
rootedness and being settled in one's surroundings and people
Funeral liturgies and my desire to die
funerals are not a 'celebration of life'
CS Lewis' book That Hiddeous Strength
Finally, what's it like being a married Catholic priest?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, Gomer here, and I am coming at you with a new and special episode of Catching Foxes.
0:08.5	I actually recorded this over maybe around two months ago.
0:11.9	Yes, definitely two months ago.
0:13.3	Father Fletcher, who is the pastoral administrator of presentation of the Lord Catholic Church,
0:18.3	which is a church of the ordinary and the chair of St. Peter.
0:24.2	He sat down with me and Brian Jones, the occasional co-host.
0:28.4	We sat down in my house, and here's the deal. This was the first time I had my new recording equipment because my old thing that I used to use with Luke for five years just totally died.
0:32.9	So I bought this mega beast to record live shows really, really well, and I didn't know how to use it,
0:39.1	and I turned the noise gate feature too high. They sound great, but it would clip my audio
0:44.4	all the time. Drove me nuts. So I have spent about 25 hours editing this show. I have never
0:51.2	edited a show more in my life. It has been epic. So I really wanted to get
0:56.3	this show out. So I'm going to try to release it. Yes, I'm actually not fully finished with it. I'm
1:01.2	recording this, not fully finished with it. Standard Catching Fox's style. I'm going to try to release it
1:05.6	as one standalone three hour and like 10 minute show. And if that doesn't work, I'll be sad, but I'll release it in two special episodes.
1:13.1	So if you queue up Catching Foxes right now and you see it's an hour and a half or something
1:16.3	like that, then you know I failed and couldn't do it all as one show and uploaded to our
1:21.0	hosting thingy.
1:21.9	So here it goes.
1:23.6	Here it goes.
1:24.2	Thanks to our friends over at BetterHelp.com.
1:26.4	We all love them. H-E-L-P, BetterHelp, for sponsoring this episode of Catching Foxes.
1:34.0	I'm telling you, I have not mentioned that every single time I go to church at presentation.
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