Mmm...locusts!

Let's talk about the Apostles! After all, we profess in our Creed that we believe our Church is Apostolic. That must mean the Apostles are kind of important. Where did they go after the Resurrection, and how did they die? Yeah, we'll cover that—but guess what? This is MMM...Locusts! where you either barely get anything on-topic, or you get WAY more than you actually want. Hey, every show needs a niche.

We prattle around talking about some other belief systems, with Rob giving us some insight into his non-denominational days. And other stuff. Honestly, trying to follow our stream of consciousness gets exhausting. But in a good way!

What's the most embarrassing thing you've ever done? We get into some detail (probably too much) about our biggest faux pas in life, and how God has used them to teach us and (hopefully) make us better. As a teacher, God is hilarious, and his methods are just bonkers, man.

Come, join us for a rousing game of "Catholic Jeopardy!", sort of. Credit is due to stillcatholic.com, us we used their "Catholic Trivia" questions without alteration or, frankly, verification of accuracy. So if any of the trivia answers are wrong, don't blame us. Actually, do blame us, but blame them too. There's always enough blame to go around, isn't there?

Basically a hodge podge of topics—Mike's Buddha t-shirt among them. Notably, we discuss the fact that MMM...Locusts! is up for an award at the 13th Annual Podcast Awards in the Religion & Spirituality category (podcastawards.com)! Rob bares his soul (as usual). Plus, Lee talks about throwing a perfect spiral.

Unfortunately, we probably need to talk about the recent Pennsylvania Grand Jury report regarding the tragedy of child molestation by certain priests, and the Church's response to it. Certainly not our usual direction of discussion, but one we would be remiss to ignore. (As usual, we get to it eventually.) We're not experts in what to do about it—we just try to talk it out a little.

A very special episode of MMM...Locusts! We went backpacking and tried to record the show out in the woods! It kind of worked, until it didn't. But then it did again. Sort of. Anyway, give it a listen. (Special bonus Rosary content in the after-show!)

What kind of world do we live in? Well, one where opinions are increasingly frowned upon, unless they are sanctioned by the agenda of the moment. You certainly have to watch what you say, because people are more and more easily offended, and offending people is becoming a high crime. Ha HA! Try to be funny now, you stupid Catholic podcasters! We'll shut you down quick! We'll make you wish you never—wait... which side am I on?

There was once a young gentleman named Adam Boyle who knew more about Catholicism than the three of us put together on our best day. Adam's a sophomore at Franciscan University of Steubenville, and he joins us to talk some Theology and Catechetics, yo. Listen and learn. We did!

Rob can't resist playing a game too, so he brings in "Would You Rather?" and, well, we play "Would You Rather?" Deep theology? No. But there are some questions with moral leanings, so we actually do delve into Christian thought a bit. And Mike is so, so wrong about everything.

Mike's 3-episode game moratorium has expired, and he wastes no time getting back to it. With questions pulled right out of "Catholicism for Dummies," it's 'answer-correctly-or-sing-an-80's-song' time once again. We're sorry.

Few things divide Protestant and Catholic Christians as profoundly as the topic of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As converts, we all had our issues with her and have come to love her very much... Unfortunately, this episode does little to either bridge the division, or to express our devotion. However, if you're looking for crude comments about the Brady Bunch, we gotcha covered. I'm pretty sure the devil worked overtime to distract us from our intended topic on this one.

Do you believe in extra-terrestrials? Would the discovery of life on other planets mean the end of Christianity? Well, if you can muddle through about a half hour of us prattling on about nothing, we might actually talk about that. (This is part 14 in our ever-expanding quest to prove that no one knows less about more than we do.)

Prayer. What is it? How do you do it? What does it accomplish? Does it matter? Why are you listening to us talk about it? Don't you have anything better to do? Why am I speaking in questions? What's your favorite color? What is the average flight speed of a coconut-laden African swallow?

FORGIVE, FORGIVE, FORGIVE! That’s what we’re made to do, what we’re called to do, and what we just find so dad-gummed hard to do. Why? We have no idea, but we sure do like to talk about it. Also, skeezy TV preachers ripping people off. Is ‘skeezy’ a word?...

How many Mikes is too many? Perhaps two is not enough. Guest host Mike Pastor joins us in-studio as regular host Mike Work calls in from out of town. Inspired by his leaving, we talk about the alarming phenomenon of folks leaving the Church. We also laugh insensitively about wiener dog maulings.

We may have a problem. We seem to have trouble NOT talking about bodily functions at least once during every show. Perhaps this is merely our commentary on the assertion of humankind's earthiness—contemplation of concupiscence embodied in the necessities of the flesh. Yeah, let's go with that. Also, we begin a discussion of the Creed—what it is, what it says, why we have one. Good stuff!

Talkin' 'bout Saints some more—Specifically, JP2, Mother T, and Venerable Fulton Sheen. Also, celebrity voice impressions, and Rob explains grass-fed butter. Because we refuse to be pigeon-holed.

Saints! That seems like a super-Catholicy thing to talk about, doesn't it? So we do. And somehow all that talk of holy people ends up leading Lee to give Rob the ultimate compliment. Which means that, obviously, this is a very dangerous topic. Listener beware!

Mike invents a game to test our knowledge of... well, something that may or may not involve quotes from the Bible. We run the gamut of emotions in this episode—tears, laughter, abject white-hot righteous fury. But mostly the fury thing. Come listen and find out how Mike's game show privileges were revoked.