Tom sits down with a close friend, Paul Henley, to discuss how maintaining friendships is vital to the challenge of navigating various changes in one's life.

Br. Francisco and Tom discuss how we as humans respond to change in our lives and the weight that comes when we are forced to accept that our lives might not be how we expected.

Why does there seem to be a increase in obsession and fascination for the demonic and disturbing? Br. Francisco and Tom explore the answer and how they believe it is a corruption of the innate human desire to experience the transcendental of beauty.

Br. Francisco is joined by Lauren Scharmer, a licensed, clinical social worker from St. Louis, MO, who specializes in treating addictions, to discuss the overlap between St. Benedict's 12 Steps of Humility and AA's 12 Steps of Recovery.

Br. Francisco, Nate, and Tom discuss the similarities of being a monk and being a soldier and how both call one to something greater than oneself.

Br. Francisco and Tom discuss the distinction between leisurely and lazy activities and how one contributes to communion, culture, and relationship, while the other does the exact opposite.

Br. Francisco shares the story of his diaconate ordination and what it means to him to be a deacon in the Church.

Br. Francisco and Tom react to the newly elected Pope Leo XIV and what it will mean for the Church to have a pope from America.