5 Rules EVERY Man Must Break 

I love an Aussie accent, me.

@rubberkid100 first thought I had

Must get stronger when he goes back to Australia. I’m the same way with my Brooklyn accent - rarely emerges in full-force outside of home.

@@taciturntacitus7745 was gonna point this out

I’m the same with my Scottish one. You have to tone it down a bit so people hear everything you’re saying. 😂

No one deserves hell, I pray for everyone

Now if we can get ONE speech on the lost virtues of femininity.

@@zsedcftglkjh As a Catholic woman, I agree 😄

To be honest I’d say much of the culture today has NOT been exposed to the tradition of Christianity. When I came to the church I had some vague stereotypes and a very sparse understanding. I realized that I knew basically nothing about the faith. Increasingly, people are growing up with almost zero exposure, it’s back to pagan times

Most people I know have a severe lack of understanding of Christianity. Literally most atheists out there think the Christian God is one that's visible, material, complex, fallible, and can coexist with other "gods". They make up questions like "if God created the Universe, then who created God?" and "why do you believe in your God but deny Zeus/etc? Aren't they the same claims?" Many believe that Jesus is meant to be some sort of demigod and the Father is something like Zeus. Most people in the West severely lack the very basics, and ask questions that would've been seen coming out of converts from Paganism. World's crazy, I tell you.

Yes, in Sydney

I think of three things that might help you. (I assume your catholic in all of these, but if you are merely Christian you can do it all but confession) Go to confession, this will strengthen your will against temptations. Get a spiritual director, they can help you work out how to live the best. Join a group of Catholic men to share life and be good friends with. That might help, having a brotherhood.

Also more directly practical tips, I have your same experience in some ways in terms of loving my family righteously, I struggle with that. As a child, obey your parents. As a husband, while you should exercise headship in your family, if your wife is not submitting, don’t complain about it, just accept it. Get back to the basics. If you have a wife “love your wife as Christ loved the church”, you might have heard this but one common definition of love is to will the good of another, so see what is good for your wife and then seek to get her it, whether it be a gift, or doing the dishes, or having a conversation with her, taking her out on a date. If you have children, your duty from the Lord is to raise them up in the catholic faith if you are catholic, if you aren’t and are merely Christian, of course you should raise them Christian too, also to raise them up humanly aswell, to support their education etc. Of course as a catholic myself as he said, look into the claims of the Catholic Church, and maybe you will find as I have, they are true, good and beautiful. Since you are a sincere follower of Christ, that is for your benefit. Pray and ask God for both what to do and the grace to do what is right. May the Lord be with you.

As a man, your duty and sacrifice is to do upon others what THEY need. What does your wife need? Does she need love, attention, companionship? Does she seek learning? Is there something she wants? Is she feeling overwhelmed or tired? Does she have her time to hang out with friends? What do your kids need? In their learning, basic necessities, Christian instruction, guidance? Of course, don't ever forget about your parents. Be there, especially as they grow old. Teach your family and lead them to God. Hold nightly prayers, get some Bible reading, do some rosary together. These are your first ministries. After you cover them, you should seek out what your neighbors and friends may need. Read the Beatitudes and live them. Ultimately, you should focus on yourself. To love others as you love yourself presupposes you love yourself. Take care of you, make sure you get your learning, prayers, free time, etc. I hope this was good enough for some practical ideas.

I think the best way to summarize everything is the Golden Rule: Do unto others what you'd want to have done to yourself. This is a positive rule, meaning that it doesn't tell you what you _shouldn't_ do, but what you SHOULD do. It's a call to action. It's not "don't take other people's food", it's "give other people food"

Great talk Matt! Keep advancing the kingdom!

A huge proportion of murders go unsolved.

I’m gonna go with “it’s a joke”

A lie is saying a falsehood with the intention to deceive. Since everyone knew he was joking and not serious, then he is not intending to deceive them. And hence it is a falsehood but he does not intend to deceive and almost no one is deceived. I hope that helps, I struggled/struggle with these questions too. I usually precise falsehood jokes with joke so that it is obvious that I am not telling the truth, so it is not a lie (with the intention to deceive)

As a woman who had an absentee father, his “joke” made me feel like a treasure. *sigh* 😊

I have settled on that its not actually a lie, because circumstances and social conventions indicate the real truth, so its not actually at variance with the mind