Avoiding Babylon

Day 7 in a series of daily readings and meditations from "The School of Jesus Crucified" by Father Ignatius of the Side of Jesus. Rob will read sections from this book aloud daily throughout Lent to help draw us in deeper to our blessed Lord's Passion. Today we meditate on Our Lord's agony in the garden. #catholic #christian #lent ******************************************************** Avoiding Babylon was started during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. During these difficult and dark days, when most of us were isolated from family, friends, our parishes, and even the Sacraments themselves, this channel was started as a statement of standing against the tyrannical mandates that many of us were living under. Since those early days, this channel has morphed into an amazing community of friends…no…more than friends…Christian brothers and sisters…who have grown in joy and charity. Avoiding Babylon does not criticize the hierarchy or institutional Church, especially Pope Francis. We recognize there is an unprecedented crisis in the Church, but we feel that there are other shows that address these issues that are more qualified than us. Instead, we try to remind ourselves and those who enjoy the channel that being Catholic is a joyful and exciting experience. We seek true Catholic fraternity and eutrapelia with other Catholics who, like us, are doing their best to live out their vocation with the help of God’s Grace. Above all, we try to bring humor and joy to the craziness of this fallen world, for as Hillaire Belloc has famously said: “Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!” https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Telegram Chat: https://t.me/+AMwZ2f9ChPg5NWNh RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

Catholic comedian Jeremy McLellan joins us to discuss cheating on your Lenten penance on Sundays as well as whatever crazy topics/videos Anthony can find before show time. ******************************************************** Avoiding Babylon was started during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. During these difficult and dark days, when most of us were isolated from family, friends, our parishes, and even the Sacraments themselves, this channel was started as a statement of standing against the tyrannical mandates that many of us were living under. Since those early days, this channel has morphed into an amazing community of friends…no…more than friends…Christian brothers and sisters…who have grown in joy and charity. Avoiding Babylon does not criticize the hierarchy or institutional Church, especially Pope Francis. We recognize there is an unprecedented crisis in the Church, but we feel that there are other shows that address these issues that are more qualified than us. Instead, we try to remind ourselves and those who enjoy the channel that being Catholic is a joyful and exciting experience. We seek true Catholic fraternity and eutrapelia with other Catholics who, like us, are doing their best to live out their vocation with the help of God’s Grace. Above all, we try to bring humor and joy to the craziness of this fallen world, for as Hillaire Belloc has famously said: “Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!” https://www.avoidingbabylon.com Telegram Chat: https://t.me/+AMwZ2f9ChPg5NWNh RSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rss

Episode 15 of our Traditional Catholic Trivia show, "So You Think You Know the Faith?" Tonight for guests we will have Jason & Mark from Trad Men, Connor McHugh from Plotlines, Robbie returning from last week, hopefully Angela from Integrated with Angela Erickson, and maybe a few others! Join in the live chat on YouTube for a chance to win a prize! #Catholic #Catholicism #Trivia #Christianity #Bible #Traditional Trad Men - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2mZ... Plotlines - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOLf... Integrated with Angela Erickson - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpmA... Robbie's Family Story can be found in "Catholic, Traditional & Black" edited by David Gray - https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-Traditional-Black-Anthology-Discourse-ebook/dp/B09T3Y29R6

Episode 14 of our Traditional Catholic Trivia show #Catholic #Catholicism #TraditionalCatholic #Christianity to donate to our tip jar click the PayPal link below https://www.paypal.me/abbateanthony?locale.x=en_US

Rob and I ask my little sister to come on and tell us about her journey from being engaged to be married to discerning a religious vocation. #catholicism #Passionistnun #Trad #tradcatholic

Episode 13 of our Catholic Trivia game. Special guests tonight are the News from the Pews crew. Fawaz, Rick Barrett, and Steve Cunningham. #Catholic #Catholicism #CatholicTrivia #AnthonyStine #SensusFidelium

Latest Catholic Trivia Show. Tonight we read the hysterical iTunes reviews from our fans. Special guest is Anthony Stine. #Catholic #Catholicism #Trivia #returntotradition Please consider supporting the show financially by donating money for prizes and to help pay the subscription fees necessary for producing the show: https://linktr.ee/avoidingbabylon

This conversation was not a debate. It was an attempt on my part to explain some Catholic traditions and scripture interpretations that are typically misunderstood by Protestants. It’s also a good example of how to discuss these topics in charity and not having it become an argument where people talk past one another.

Episode 11 of the Catholic trivia show, "So You Think You Know the Faith?" Tonight features our first woman (yes, we know what a woman is) contestant, Margo! Who knows, her friend Michael Knowles might pop by. #Catholic #Trivia #Catholicism #Christianity #Bible

Episode 10 of our Catholic Trivia show. Guests tonight Joe Bocca, Mark Robertson from Tradmen Podcast, Connor McHugh, Trevor from Tridentine Brewery, #catholic #catholicism #catholictrivia

Rob and I are going to watch the much anticipated sequel to the Mass of the Ages documentary tonight and then jump on to have an interactive discussion about what everyone thought. #catholic #Catholicism #MassoftheAges #CameronO’Hearn #EricSammons #FatherDaveNix #JeremiahBannister #TimFlanders #MeaningofCatholic

Episode 9 of the Catholic trivia show, "So You Think You Know the Faith?"

What should we Catholics do when faced with persecution? We will look at the example of Cardinal Zen who was recently arrested by the atheist Chinese Communist Party. We will also discuss possible upcoming persecution as the result of a future ruling on abortion in the United States.

Just a couple of normal Catholics talking about subjects that come up in day to day life. Tonight will be a conversation with a former Catholic school teacher on the state of Catholic schools. He will share his story of how he was fired for being an orthodox Catholic.

Episode 5 of Catholic trivia show, "So You Think You Know the Faith?"

This is an ancient homily from the patristic era for Holy Saturday. It is one of my absolute favorites and I wanted to share it.

6th Episode of the Catholic Trivia Show, "So You Think You Know the Faith?"

We go over both useful and humorous advice for married couples with Anthony, Rob B, and Rob F.

Episode eight of our Catholic trivia show. Special guests tonight are Kennedy Hall of Life Site News & The Kennedy Report, traditional Catholic rapper & musician E-Knock, Jake from Mass of the Ages, and Jason & Mark from the TradMen podcast

What is Thelema? How does it relate to other "new age" beliefs and practices? How do we reach those of our friends and family who may be involved in such things? We will discuss these things with a former Thelemite who found his way to the Catholic Church and now strives to become a saint.

A leaked draft of the Supreme Courts upcoming decision on overturning Roe was released. What are the implications for the country? With special guest Steve Cunningham from Sensus Fidelium

Episode 7 of our Catholic trivia show. Tonight’s special guests are Matt Gaspers from CFN and Anthony Stine from Return To Tradition