Podcast
Petersboat
Hosted by Father Rob Ketcham · EN
from the parish of Christ the King, Commack, NY
48episodes
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An Ocean of Second Chances | The Monday After
Apr 1300:19:50Summary readyI grew up “looking in” at the Church. I felt that way even when I was in the Seminary studying for the priesthood, like I didn’t really belong there. And I feel that way now that I’m ordained. It’s not the virtue of humility; it’s just what it is for me, but it shapes the way I preach to people (and speak to you hear). I’m always like Thomas in that way: the other guys see it first before me, and then I get let in to the thing later. I’ve come to understand about myself that I am a man completely dependent on second chances. My only hope for holiness (or heaven) is in second chances. And when I preach I tend to consider of first importance those in the church who may feel like they’re looking in at something from the outside and need a second chance.
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A Resuscitating Friendship | The Monday After
Mar 2400:14:15Summary readyWith time and openness to the resuscitating friendship of Christ, friendship between men is possible. Lazarus shows us this.
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Alone Together with The Eternal Sunrise | The Monday After
Mar 1600:21:02Summary readyTo be Christian is to be alone, but to be alone together with Christ and with one another in the Church. We are those blessed few who have been sought and found by Christ, the Eternal Sunrise, Who shines us who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and Who guides our feet into the way of peace.
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An Unexpected Restoration to Life | The Monday After
Mar 900:12:34Summary readyLife isn't programmed, but it isn't entirely random either. It seems that Our Lord knew the Samaritan woman would be at the well, just as He knows where to find us when we're hiding, or just in need of restoration.
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Hope for Family Life and World War | The Monday After
Mar 200:22:42Summary readyIs it necessary that all conflict must become all-out war? Is the annihilation of the enemy what makes for peace? Or, is there some way to permit that there will always be conflict in a fallen world, but that not all conflict needs to lead to the tearing apart of peoples. In fact, what if there were a way to be drawn even closer together through conflict?
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How Authority Drives Out Demons | The Monday After
Feb 2400:22:07Summary readyWhat drives out demons is not fascination with evil; that often makes it worse. Rather, fascination with Christ reorders us. When we humble ourselves before Him, He repairs the breach between us and the authority of God in our lives and evil is cast out.
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Artificial Intelligence vs. Real Knowledge | The Monday After
Feb 1600:17:53Summary readyThe developers of AI began by directing their large languages models through a kind of Constitution, “Do this, and don’t do that,” but they quickly learned that in some mysterious way those models tended to "do what they want” anyway, disobeying the parameters and rules.Now the designers of this false utopia are almost pleading with the software to function with good intentions, and to make decisions based on what is best for the human person. They are asking it to “be nice,” as if that were enough.
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To Be Light and Salt | The Monday After
Feb 1000:24:20Summary readyA word about coming alive by dying to ourselves, finding fulfillment in emptying ourselves, and living with Christ on the cross.
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The Fire of Faith and Its Fireplace | The Monday After
Feb 200:03:52Summary readyIn the heart of every man there is a desire for God that burns like a fire in need of a fireplace, lest it burn destructively in the world. The Church, as Mother of the Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love, can tame the Natural Virtues of Prudence, Temperance, Justice and Fortitude in such a way as to enable us to wield them toward God, our original desire, our first love.
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Is our problem really the law? | The Monday After
Jan 2600:17:28Summary readyWe hear people saying, "Law! Law! Law!" And we've got great laws, and a great Constitution. So what's the problem? Why isn't yelling, "Law!" working? Is there something missing? Something more essential, even necessary?
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