Why the Ordinary Catholic Life Is So Beautiful (Fr. Simon Esshaki) | Ep. 572

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Father Simon Esshaki, a Chaldean Catholic priest from San Diego with over 500K TikTok followers joins Matt to talk about why he became a priest, what celibacy actually means, confession and how to pursue sainthood no matter your state in life. Ep. 572 - - - 📚 Resources mentioned: True Devotion to Mary by Saint Louis de Montfort: https://a.co/d/09d9YDsY Litanies of the Heart by Jerry Crete: https://a.co/d/085DNhnW - - - Today's Sponsors: St. Paul Center: Share your faith with others this Easter Season by joining the Easter Accompaniment Challenge. Sign up and become a member today at https://stpaulcenter.com/pints Hallow: Deepen your personal relationship with God today. Visit https://hallow.com/MattFradd to get 3 months free. Seven Weeks Coffee: Save up to 25% with promo code 'PINTS' at https://sevenweekscoffee.com/PINTS Good Ranchers: Get $25 off your first order and FREE meat for life when you use code PINTS at https://GoodRanchers.com - - - Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: ⁠⁠https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe⁠⁠ 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. - - - 📕 Get my newest book, Jesus Our Refuge, here: https://a.co/d/bDU0xLb 🍺 Want to Support Pints With Aquinas? 🍺 Get episodes a week early and join exclusive live streams with me! Become an annual supporter at 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mattfradd.locals.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠ - - - 💻 Follow Me on Social Media: 📌 Facebook: https://facebook.com/mattfradd 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/mattfradd 𝕏 Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Pints_W_Aquinas⁠⁠⁠ 🎵 TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠https://tiktok.com/@pintswithaquinas⁠⁠⁠ 📚 PWA Merch – ⁠⁠⁠https://dwplus.shop/MattFraddMerch⁠⁠ 👕 Grab your favorite PWA gear here: https://shop.pintswithaquinas.com - - - Privacy Policy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dailywire.com/privacy⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.5	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.5	From rags to riches.
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0:07.0	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
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0:12.4	A life dedicated to revenge.
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0:52.7	know they need to go to confession, but they're
0:54.4	afraid or they're really embarrassed?
0:57.4	Jesus is there to save you.
0:59.0	Jesus is there to give you his love and his mercy and he's there to take the sin of the
1:03.7	world, to take your sin that is this weighty burden on you.
1:08.3	The Lord wants to take it.
1:09.7	This desire to belong to something beautiful, something ancient.
1:13.6	What happened? We're not being told to want it. Everything feels so fluid, so cheap, so mass-produced, so unsacred.
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