Have you ever heard of the hound of heaven? In this episode, I talk about who he is and the origins of this hound with Bishop Mark Hagemoen from the Diocese of Saskatoon. Read Psalm 139 to get a reflection on who this hound is. The Hound of Heaven comes from a poem by Francis Thompson. Please subscribe, review, and share this podcast with a friend. This will help the show grow and expand the mission. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/discipleonamissionGet a Disciple on a Mission hoodie: https://discipleonamission.com/Thank you for listening and sharing with a friend! Continue following Christ as his disciple. Jerome

Is the Priesthood awesome? Good question. In this episode, I talk with my new friend, Reilly Kaup. We both get fired up about the priesthood. I think the priesthood can sometimes get a bad rep nowadays for quite a few reasons. But consequently, it can get overlooked by some guys or they do not consider a possible call to follow Christ as one of his Priests. I do believe the world needs Priests and Christ is always calling. We get into some of the obstacles, sacrifices, joys, and aspects of this vocation that we think are awesome. Comment and let us know what you thought of the conversation. Please subscribe, review, and share this podcast with a friend. This will help the show grow and expand the mission. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/discipleonamissionGet a Disciple on a Mission hoodie: https://discipleonamission.com/Thank you for listening and sharing with a friend! Continue following Christ as his disciple. Jerome

Welcome to the Disciples on a Mission Podcast! Please subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with a friend. This will help the show grow and expand the mission. Hey friends, If you would like to support the mission of these videos and podcasts please consider becoming an official Patreon and community member. It is just 7 dollars a month and it will help us to continue creating content like this consistently if you join, you will get access to a monthly Q & A Livestream session where we can talk about the wild adventure of following Christ. Prayerfully discern if you are called to financially support the podcast and become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/discipleonamissionGet a Disciple on a Mission hoodie: https://discipleonamission.com/

Spoilers Alert! It was almost midnight when I was swinging at high speeds from one skyscraper to the next. The moon and city lights led me on until the adrenaline rush ceased as a result of waking from this reoccurring dream I would have as a boy. During my early teenage years, I wanted to be Spider-Man. There was something so attractive about being a hero and fighting off the "bad guys". This passion and love for spiderman was certainly "aroused by the attraction of the good."^1^ Superhero movies or stories like Spider-Man helped make the reality of good and evil evident to me as a child and even now. All human beings seem to have a common understanding that there is good and evil in this world. To come to a belief in the existence of good and evil seems to be the first step in accepting the reality of a moral life and the idea of Christian freedom. This understanding of objective morality plays an essential role in the life of every Christian. It informs man to order his life and actions towards the good and to resist evil. The more good or truth in one's life results in greater freedom (Jn 8:32, _RSV_). For even though I wanted to be spiderman, I also recognized the seductive lure of being a villain. We can see this clearly in the story of _Spider-Man and Venon_. However, this phenomenon is nothing new for "man, enticed by the Evil One, abused his freedom at the very beginning of history."^2^ Yet, one might question what this has to do with the person of Jesus Christ or a life in Christ. The reality of moral acts means there is a reality of sin. A sin which man cannot be free of by human means or human power as a result of the division within man between good and evil,^3^ This constant, dramatic, struggle leaves all humanity in need of a savior. This is the role, mission, and purpose of Jesus Christ and it is through grace we are restored from what sin has damaged in us.^4^ Christ modeled this way of love and invited all to abide in him (Jn 15:5-7). Without the sacrifice of Christ man would still be enslaved because it is "for freedom Christ has set us free" (Gal 5:1). With this great power of freedom, comes great responsibility and I pray for the grace to use it in order to authentically live a life in Christ.^1^ Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed. (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference,2000), 1765. ^2^ Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes (7 December 1965), 13 §1. ^3^ Gaudium et Spes, 13 §2. ^4^ CCC 1708.In this episode, my brother, Luc, and I talk about the new Spider-Man movie no way home and some analogies we found. Hopefully, this episode will get you more curious about the person of Jesus Christ and make you want to learn more about him, read about him in scripture, and actually speak to him in prayer. Please subscribe, review, and share this podcast with a friend. This will help the show grow and expand the mission. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/discipleonamissionGet a Disciple on a Mission hoodie: https://discipleonamission.com/

In this episode, my brother, Luc, and I talk about who Jesus is and why we should follow him. He says he is God, yet he is also a man. He is the Word made flesh for us. He has made faith tangible and sanctified all life for us.  My journey in the faith came from really experiencing a call from Christ to follow him. And experiencing this call, I can trust he will lead me. Seeing others live out a life like Christ and act in persona Christi has moved my heart. Seeing how powerfully transforming the love of Christ is through the witness of the saints making sacrifices in joy for others has given me the desire to do the same. "We know that his manhood was of the same clay as our own; if this were not so, he would hardly have been a teacher who could expect to be imitated. If he were of a different substance from me, he would surely not have ordered me to do as he did, when by my very nature I am so weak. Such a demand could not be reconciled with his goodness and justice"-Saint Hippolytus Priest and MartyrPlease subscribe, review, and share this podcast with a friend. This will help the show grow and expand the mission. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/discipleonamissionGet a Disciple on a Mission hoodie: https://discipleonamission.com/