Become Who You Are
What’s the meaning and purpose of my life? What is my true identity? Why were we created male and female? How do I find happiness, joy and peace? How do I find love that lasts, forever? These are the timeless questions of the human heart. Join Jack Rigert and his guests for lively insights, reading the signs of our times through the lens of Catholic Teaching and the insights of Saint John Paul ll to guide us.
Saint Catherine of Siena said "Become who you are and you would set the world on fire".
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- 2020 - 2025
#258: The New Sex Ed Standards in Illinois Public Schools Have Declared War On Our Children and Put Targets On Their Backs
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Parents must not only be aware of but must stand up against the war that has been declared on the innocence of children! Will we continue to stand by an…
#257: "It's A Great Time To Be Alive!" Freedom Friday, August 26 year of our Lord 2022.
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The great Dr. Peter McCullough who courageously stood up and said , "first do no harm" when the Covid Vaccines came out. He urged caution until we could…
#256: Sermon on the Mount; "But I say to you: whoever looks at a woman to desire her (in a reductive way) has already committed adultery with her in his heart"
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John Paul II begins this Audience, “Let us recall the words of the Sermon on the Mount to which we are turning in this present cycle of our Wednesday re…
#255: "Creating Hell on Earth", The humility of Jesus versus the Pride of Man, (This is TNSH for August 28th)
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"My child conduct your affairs with humility" (Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29)
What makes human beings so full of Pride? We are like the point of a needle in …
#254: The Road Less Traveled Leads to a New Culture of Life and Human Flourishing; Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (3)
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The United States Declaration of Independence states, "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by…
#253: Christ Appeals to the Human Heart; Anxiety and Depression have become epidemic in our culture
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Christ has what the world seeks...if only the world had eyes to see and ears to hear.
The darkness that Pope John Paul II often called the culture of…
#252: Take The Next Exit To A Better Life; Buckle up for TNSH for August 21, 2022
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And Someone said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them, "Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will s…
#251: President Trump, Archbishop Vigano, Cardinal Burke, You and I; This is Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (Episode 2)
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Archbishop was right about Donald Trump!
We are engaged in a definitive battle between the forces of the culture of life and the culture of death. In thi…
#250: Did Stacey Abrams really just say that about the life of a child? We are in a battle; let's define the battlefield!!
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Pope Paul VI warned us in Humanae Vitae, we didn't listen, but it all came true!
Join Linda and Jack as they discuss St. John Paul II's Wednesday Audienc…
#249: Jesus said, "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would be that it were already kindled!" Buckle up for TNSH August 14th!
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This is Tuesday Night in the Smith Home for Sunday August 14th, 2022. The idea behind it? Pick a night of the week, any night that you can gather family…
#248: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness; "A" 3-step plan to take back our world from the grip of the culture of death... There is no plan "B" (part 1)
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We are engaged in a definitive battle between the forces of the culture of life and the culture of death. In this battle there will be no grand leader o…
#247: Women and Men of today! "Be not afraid", Sexual Union is meant to be Beautiful! Life and Love is Stronger than Death; Choose Life!
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"The man had relations with his wife, Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, 'I have produced a man with the help of the Lord'" (Gen 4:1).
From t…
#246: Three Clear Signs of the Time Pointing to the Destructive Processes going on. Buckle up for TNSH August 7th!
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America had been over-run and all of her Institutions infiltrated while the Boomers, Millennials and Generation Z slept. Thinking they were living on a …
#245: "Knowledge" and Procreation; Two Visions of Life and Love.
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Includes a discussion of "feminine genius". A woman is radically relational yet she is told to put her heart on hold. Why?
Will a hook-up fill the heart…
#244: Super Bowl MVP and Lombardi Trophy Winner, Cooper Kupp, passed the glory of his achievement to the Lord above
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Join Jack for Tuesday Night in the Smith Home, Scripture Reflection for July 31st!
After the game which saw Kupp make 8 receptions and score 2 touchdowns…
#243: "Walk As Children Of The Light"; bringing about a transformation of culture
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Jack contrasts the wisdom of his grandmother who only went through 3rd grade with the darkened intellects of the so-called elite with PhD's.
Pope John…
#242: The Human Person yearns for meaning, beauty and freedom...yet how often are we lead to a counterfeit, a lie.
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In light of Roe v. Wade it seems that many have lost their mind. How sad to think that our bodies were created to express love and holiness. Instead we …
#241: The disciples say to Jesus, "Lord, teach us to pray"..."Our Father"...Its always been a love story
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This is Tuesday Night in the Smith Home. Jack's Meditation on Scripture for Sunday July 24th.
These were men who were already very religious, men who al…
#240: Do you remember the first time you experienced the fire of Desire? I do, and I will never forget it. Jack and Mark , no holds barred, getting real.
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The power of love as attraction... played out in real time... is this true love? Is this the happiness that your heart seeks?
Entering into the mystery …
#239: Becoming a Christ Centered Family, "Tuesday Night in the Smith Home" Meditation for Luke 10:38-42
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Meditation on the Gospel of Luke 10:38-42 for Sunday July 17, 2022
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Also LISTEN TO Podcast #232: What is "Sex"? Wha…