Restraining the Instinct: Purifying Memory and Guarding the Heart

The Catholic Man Show

Leisure, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Adam and Dave start with a lighthearted story about a suspicious liquor store and end up diving into one of the most serious struggles facing men today: restraining our instincts.

They reflect on:

The challenges of summer routines, distractions, and drifting prayer lives
The importance of order and rhythm in family and spiritual life
How our passions can overwhelm us if not properly trained
Practical steps for purifying the memory and avoiding near occasions of sin
The balance between embracing God’s gifts and remembering the Giver
What it means to fight temptation as husbands and fathers, especially in seasons of abstinence
Encouragement from the spiritual masters: why pressure can be good and why we must never assume we’re immune from temptation

With humor, honesty, and practical advice, Adam and Dave remind us that peace is the tranquility of order and that holiness requires vigilance, fraternity, and grace.

Transcript

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0:00.0	So I apologize to you, Dave. I was working late tonight, working at the office.
0:18.4	And I was like, I got to hurry. gotta hurry I gotta get over here to record
0:21.0	because we're recording tonight and I last week I showed you like a bunch of these
0:26.5	whiskeys that I had bought yeah and I was like I'm so excited about all these and I
0:30.5	realized on my way over I was like I bet he thinks that I'm home like a normal person who
0:34.8	you know goes home at a normal time after work.
0:39.4	And we'll be bringing over a whiskey.
0:42.7	I was like, no, that's not the case for me.
0:47.1	And so I was stopping to get a quick bite to eat because I hadn't eaten even dinner yet.
0:50.2	And so I stopped at this Bill and Ruth sandwich store. And I was like, man, I probably should try to get something because Dave's not going to have
0:55.7	anything and I looked right right over next to this bill and earth and it was like oh a liquor store
1:01.6	look at that I didn't even know that one was there sweet profitable I walk into this liquor store
1:09.4	and I don't know what kind of front
1:13.4	this liquor store is
1:14.7	but I walk in
1:17.0	and there's like six bottles of
1:19.9	like very well
1:23.6	whiskey you know liquors
1:25.7	and there's like one cheap
1:27.3	whiskey yeah and one little refrigerator well, you know, liquors. And there's like one... Like cheap whiskey.
1:28.1	Yeah.
1:29.2	And one little refrigerator that had monster energy drinks in it and one little
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