Practical Catholic
Welcome to “Practical Catholic” where David Suess, will discuss how practical, Catholicism is in our lives and making Catholicism Practical to live
Episodes
Many Parents view Technology as one big frustration because they can only see the trouble it brings, whether it is the smart phone or internet. But technology can actually make a parent's job easier and become the "bad guy" when technology is used to enforce a family policy. Many companies use technology to enforce corporate polices and security. Families can do this as well to enforce family IT polices in the IT Challenge. This w...
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December 3, 2020 • 59 mins
Technology is here to stay, and more importantly technology is an integral part of our daily lives whether at work or at home. But technology especially at a young age has many problems, such as technology addiction leading to poor social skills and a computer alter ego, or cyber bullying, predators and a lot of bad information, such as pornography, or violence that can shape our child's views of life. As stated in my last episod...
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November 20, 2020 • 63 mins
Technology is here to stay and is a great part of our lives, but is technology spiritually healthy? There is a wide spectrum of parents on the issue of technology. From the far right, who do not like technology and do not allow it, to the far left who have abdicated their parenting to technology and allow kids to freely use technology. They use technology on their kids like a pacifier is for infants. To keep them occupied and qui...
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November 13, 2020 • 66 mins
Have you ever been chained up, either emotionally or intellectually or feel paralyzed or limited at work or family or even in your own identity. The worst stereotype in life are the ones we put on ourselves that limit us and tells us that "I don't do this," or "that's not me". As Catholics, we tend to bottle ourselves up and see the world as a bunch of "don’t's" or "No's" or feel like we are constantly judged by others. God only ga...
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November 9, 2020 • 53 mins
COVID has currently killed over 231,000 people in the US and 1.2 million people world wide. That is a large number of deaths. Why would God allow this virus to kill people? Is there even a God who cares? We can always question God and his wisdom especially when great tragedy occurs such as a pandemic or natural disaster or even personal tragedies like cancer or heart failure that leads to death. Death is tragic, and we have to ...
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S2 EP-07: Who should I vote for President this year? It's not about the Economy!! (October 29, 2020)
October 29, 2020 • 59 mins
If you are asking the question, who should I vote for President this year, I totally understand. This presidential election is really tough to decide on who to vote for. On the one side, we have president Trump who is pitching the economy, "Law & order," relationships with foreign nations to bring peace, and minimizing the COVID-19 pandemic to open the economy. You have Vice-President Biden, who is pitching a better and universal ...
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October 22, 2020 • 60 mins
Dealing with difficult people is not easy to do. Many people either try to avoid them or try to reason or argue with them which either leads to anger, mistrust and rarely goes anywhere. When dealing with difficult people, we think, why can't they just get it? Or maybe we are optimistic and we think, if only they can get this one point, and then we beat them over the head with this one point.
Hello, everyone. Today's episode is abou...
Hello, everyone. Today's episode is abou...
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October 15, 2020 • 69 mins
Last episode, we discussed that great saints and mass shooters both heard voices. Great saints heard angelic voices to do great things while mass shooters heard diabolical voices to commit horrible shootings. The world chalks the latter as some crazy and mentally ill person, yet mental issues don't make a person a killer. It's these voices that lead people to do great acts or the worst of actions. We all hear and listen to voice...
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October 9, 2020 • 62 mins
What does Adam Lanza, the grade school shooter of Newtown, CT, who killed 27 people, of whom 20 were young children under the age of 7, Stephen Paddock, the Vegas shooter who killed 61 people and injured 861, of whom 411 were by his own gunfire, and St Francis and St Joan of Arc have in common? Answer: All four of them heard "voices in their head." But why such different actions and results, one group are infamous shooters, while ...
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October 2, 2020 • 65 mins
The blame game is as old as Adam and Eve. Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the Serpent rather then taking the responsibility and saying forgive me Father for I have sinned. The Blame game destroys families, businesses, and even countries. It is the first and primary source of concrete, external manifestation of disunity and charity.
When two spouses or parent child or business partners, start saying "well it's his or her fault", this...
When two spouses or parent child or business partners, start saying "well it's his or her fault", this...
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September 24, 2020 • 66 mins
We often are told by the Priests in Homilies, or in retreats or even in confession or spiritual direction that we need to forgive, but rarely do they ever tell us how to forgive. It is wonderful to hear the Gospel reading which states that we should forgive not just 7X7, but 70X7. It's easier said then done!! It can even be frustrating hearing that we need to forgive and the benefits of forgiving, but not knowing how to do it. H...
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September 16, 2020 • 65 mins
Great and Holy Men and Women are made in Times of Crises, are you one of them? In this Covid pandemic crises, which has devastated our economy and relationships and society, we have an opportunity to become holy and great. And how do we become holy and great in this crises? Easily by doing our DUTY. In World War II, it was the citizens and soldiers simply doing their duty, who made the "greatest generation". Our generation has ...
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February 27, 2020 • 61 mins
Hello, Everyone. Today's episode is about the spirit of Mercy and how to obtain this great spirit. As mentioned before, Mercy is so important to relationships. It is the "buffer" among individuals in a relationship, so relationships don't fall apart. Many Families fall under the "spirit of criticism" rather then the spirit of mercy, which can tear down a family or another person self esteem. This spirit of criticism can hit even ...
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February 22, 2020 • 61 mins
Many times good Catholic parents send their kids to a Catholic University all for the wrong Reasons. It might be because it has the major their child is pursuing, or is famous, or has great connections, or has a good football team, or it stands out in the secular world.
But as parents our last major influence is the college or university to which we send our children. Many of my college friends became atheists because they were edu...
But as parents our last major influence is the college or university to which we send our children. Many of my college friends became atheists because they were edu...
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February 13, 2020 • 57 mins
Hello, everyone! Millions of Americans will be celebrating St. Valentine's day this year with candy, flowers, Romantic dinners, cards, etc. But does this really help us really find true Love and deepen our relationships? Those who are married, engaged or even dating understand that they were probably at first attracted by something that made them get more intimate with the other person. Maybe it was their looks, or conversation, or...
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February 6, 2020 • 62 mins
Last week, we discussed "Is Adoption an Option" from an adoptee standpoint. Today's episode is about "Is Adoption and option" from a parent who adopts perspective.
Hello, everyone. Today's episode is about adopting a child from my own experience and point of view. We will go over the challenges and successes to help those who want to adopt or parents who have adopted. Real life advice from Practical Catholic. 06-Feb-2020
Hello, everyone. Today's episode is about adopting a child from my own experience and point of view. We will go over the challenges and successes to help those who want to adopt or parents who have adopted. Real life advice from Practical Catholic. 06-Feb-2020
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February 1, 2020 • 56 mins
Last Friday was the Pro-Life March in Washington, DC, and many will hold the sign "Adoption is an Option.” But is adoption an option? I recently joined an adoptee group, where many were disparaging their adoptions, one even implying that adoption is "legal human trafficking,” and a recent post of a young Korean adoptee who committed suicide.
Hello, everyone. Today’s episode is about adoptions from my own experience and point of vi...
Hello, everyone. Today’s episode is about adoptions from my own experience and point of vi...
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January 23, 2020 • 61 mins
"Damit, I am sick and tired of you and this family!!" Would you believe I once said that to my wife. A lot of people would not believe it. Many Catholics have anger issues. Pent up anger that eventually explodes into a horrific verbal and sometimes physical abuse.
Today we are going to talk about anger, its effect on the home, work, and a person's spiritual life, what causes anger, determining if anger is justified or not and how ...
Today we are going to talk about anger, its effect on the home, work, and a person's spiritual life, what causes anger, determining if anger is justified or not and how ...
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January 17, 2020 • 62 mins
Listen to David Suess at Practical Catholic. Mobile devices such as the iphone and andoid phones in the Catholic Church typically have a bad rap and are usually frowned on. Even at Mass they start telling people to silence or turn off their mobile devices. You just have to look at kids on their phones who are constantly texting, engaging in social media or taking picture of themselves. It's so addictive.
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Hello, everyone. Today's epi...
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January 10, 2020 • 63 mins
Listen to David Suess at Practical Catholic as he discusses learning from clichés. As I get older, I am realizing that a lot of the clichés that we know, such as the grass is always greener on the other side, are so true. They have such timeless wisdom that I started listening to them. We need to listen to them, but there is only one cliché that I totally disagree with, which I will explain at the end of this episode. But in mos...
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