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The episode explores the strange and mystical aspects of Catholicism with guest W. Tyler Allen.

Catholicism is full of weird things. I’m talking about venerating the bones of saints or the bodies of saints that refuse to decay. Or the stigmata, the wounds of Christ showing up on our bodies. I’m talking about bilocation and trippy dreams and Eucharistic hosts that start to bleed. You know: weird things. Too often, we dismiss these phenomena. We put our heads down and go about our neat and tidy religious practices. We don’t like things that don’t have logical, rational answers. Except, we confess a Christ who rose from the dead and a God who is present in all things and the literal body and blood of Jesus present at each and every Mass. So, if we’re being honest, the strange stuff is kind of the heart of the whole religion. And that means, we need to lean into it. We need wrestle with it. We need to step forward to meet the God who is present therein, beckoning us to find within the strange and the unusual the Spirit speaking. Because that which is weird and unexplainable? Well, that means the only answer is God. And we would do well to listen. That’s in large part the mission of today’s guest. W. Tyler Allen is the host of the podcast “St. Anthony’s Tongue,” where he…

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