The Eucharistic Man: Why Gratitude Is a Virtue, Not a Mood | The Catholic Man Show
About this episode
The episode discusses the birth of a new baby and the importance of gratitude and tradition among friends and family.
There's a new Niles in the world. Joshua Benedict Rex was born this week, and Dave wants you to know how stressful it all was. For the dad, that is. The pressure. The anxiety. All those things. None of which come to mind right now. Joke's on Dave, though, because Lady Pamela got to the birth center, the midwife offered to break her water, and Joshua arrived eleven minutes later. That's boy number three, bringing the count to three boys and four girls. Adam got the "we're going in" text at the hospital, stopped to pray, and barely beat the birth. The baby's a content little guy. A stereotypical Niles baby, the spitting image of baby Davy. Baptism's in a couple weeks with Uncle Father Sean, godparents are Sarah and Drew, and somewhere in there is a real theology question the guys throw to the priests who listen: can you name godparents after the fact for a baby baptized in a rush? Asking for a Mary. That birth set the whole table. Every time a baby comes into this circle of friends, the men pull their money, buy one nicer bottle of whiskey, sign it with the kid's name, and drink it together. They call it the "baby bottles" tradition. It blends friends into family. And it's exactly…
People in this episode
Hosts: Dave, Adam
Topics covered
- gratitude
- birth
- tradition
- family
- baptism
- faith
Keywords
- Eucharistic Man
- gratitude
- baby birth
- whiskey tradition
- baptism
- Sacred Heart
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: the bishops of America, Sacred Heart of Jesus
Products: Glendalough, Irish whiskey
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