The Exorcist Files

You asked. He answered. Father Martins weighs in on the Lindsay Clancy case, and how he distinguishes the voice of God from the voice of the enemy. We also bring you some fascinating history with King Louise IX and Father finally talks about his favorite Hockey player of all time...

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Timestamps
0:00
01:00:08 | Opening Reflection & Call to Prayer
01:00:58 | Welcome & Season 3 Announcement
01:03:12 | The Lindsay Clancy Tragedy & Demonic Discernment
01:08:32 | How God Communicates & Discerning the Voice of the Lord
01:14:06 | St. Ignatius Loyola’s Three Modes of Discernment
01:21:54 | Approaching God with Childlike Petition vs. Demands
01:23:21 | God Speaking Through Scripture, Books, & Movies
01:28:03 | Feast of King Louis IX: Monarch as Servant
01:35:25 | Vault Question: House Guests & Spiritual Concerns
01:37:39 | Burial, Cremation, & Relics of the Saints
01:40:00 | Overcoming Regret, God’s Plan, & the Brokenness of Peter
01:44:53 | NHL Legends, Wendel Clark, & Jeremy Roenick
01:49:18 | Wrap-Up & Prayer Request for Henry
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Investor and businessman John Kim has studied AI extensively. As a Christian he has prayed about AI extensively. What role if any does AI play in the future of the Church?
In our first of episode addressing the topic, Ryan interviews John Kim, a prominent New York businessman who shares what he thinks the future is going to look like as Christians grapple with a technology that is changing the foundations of how we work and create.

00:00 Cold Open: The Stomach Growl
00:20 Welcome & Meet John Kim
01:31 The Catholic Icebreaker
04:54 MIT Testimony: When God Rewired My Brain
10:03 Ask for Wisdom, Not Just the Outcome
13:12 Discerning God Voice in Business Decisions
17:33 AI as a Tool: Where Christians Fit
25:41 Is There a Christian Edge Against AI?
28:47 Human Presence: What Stays Scarce
30:17 Mozart, Salieri, and the AI Gospel Hit -- AD BREAK 2: Casper + Mars Men
41:20 Elvis,Math, and the Robot Golfer
46:02 Creative Destruction and the Christian Advantage 55:16 Spain,
Contentment, and the Tesla Bet
66:25 Stewardship, Prosperity Gospel, and Raising Samuel Right
84:22 Scheduled Divine Boredom and Hearing God's Voice
91:44 The Stomach-Growl House Negotiation
96:48 Mammon, Power, and the Loneliness of Wealth
103:06 AI, End Times, and the Tower of Babel
108:23 - Proving you're not an avatar
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"Don't try to be an on the spot exorcist". In a new interview of Vault questions, Father Martins shines some light on the role of spiritual authority, how to trust in God with our finances, and whether entire locations could experience genrational cursing.

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Chapters

00:00 Cold Open: Demons Are Liars
00:58 A Video Episode from San Diego
01:29 When the Mother Is the Spiritual Head
03:41 Retirement, Grain Bins, and Trust
06:02 Do Souls Choose Their Parents?
07:49 Can a Parish or a Diocese Be Cursed?
09:55 Fr. Martins' Book Club
14:25 Sponsor
16:58 Shackleton's Scotch, Continued
17:17 If Someone Manifests in Front of You
21:56 Correcting the Record on Authority
24:21 The Relic of Mary Magdalene
26:56 Sponsor
31:02 The Family Spiritualist
32:13 Obsession, Vexation, and Evangelization
35:48 Why He Won't Catalog Demons
39:04 Free Will in Heaven, and the Seven Levels
42:28 Three Places Where Heaven Touched Down
46:14 Do the Saints Hear Silent Prayers?
47:53 Immediate Judgment
52:04 The Compulsion and the Rosary
54:50 Close

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Three years in, Fr. Carlos Martins does something the show has never done: he puts his producer and co-host on the stand and interviews Ryan about his journey and how the show has impacted him.

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Timestamps
00:00 Cold Open: The Fraud, the Bias, and the Mess
00:59 Fr. Martins Puts Ryan on the Spot
01:17 I Thought You Were a Fraud
03:32 What He Believed Before Any of This
05:15 The Exorcist Stereotype, and the Men He Met
07:57 Sixty Percent Is Sometimes Enough
08:30 Name Three Things You Have Learned
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15:00 What Surprised Him Most About Catholicism
17:44 Statues, Altars, and Stones of Remembrance
18:18 The Convergence Nobody Expected
19:43 Drama or Catechesis: Where the Line Sits
22:41 The Dad Joke Dispensation
24:31 Favorite Case, Best Case, Most Hated Case
28:12 Someone Offered to Pay for the Answer
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31:44 Why Gary Will Not Be Spoken Of
32:50 The Case That Got Under His Skin
35:19 Clergy Complaints and Parents Using It as a Lesson
36:30 A Playground for Many Men
38:35 Sex as a Delivery Mechanism
39:34 The Biggest Misconception About Evil
41:44 You Are a Bad Judge of What You Would Do
42:36 The Episode That Vanished, and the Detroit Blackout
43:39 Can a Christian Be Possessed?
45:55 What He Would Say to a Skeptic
48:34 Show Me the Video Means Less Every Year
48:57 Is It Really That Crazy?
51:26 Would a Million Dollars a Month Buy an Episode a Day?
54:19 Thirty Hours of Post for One Hour of Show
55:52 The Email That Made It Worth It
59:56 How Three Years Changed His Walk With God
01:01:33 A Beautiful Theological Mess
01:05:26 Sign-Off
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It is by far the most debated and contentious episode in the canon of Exorcist Files episodes. And for good reason. For many Yoga is a lifestyle and exorcise that confers real health benefits. For others it represents a spiritual practice that cannot be separated from its roots. In a return to the case file Father Martins breaks down why he believes it is an issue for Christians.

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Timestamps:
00:00 | Cold Open: A Serpent Spirit That Lives in Your Spine
00:38 | The Most Controversial Case We Have Aired
01:45 | The Paratrooper, and What Martins Will Not Argue With
04:11 | Freemasonry Got a Declaration. Why Not This?
06:27 | Jeremy the Firefighter: You Do Not Have To Mean It
07:12 | Gym Clothes or Malice, a Door Is a Door
08:41 | Awakened, a Primer: Gloria, Paul, and a Sunday Class
09:48 | The Page Was Blank
11:47 | Rolled Audio: Father David’s Voicemail
12:59 | Pulling the Weed Versus Getting the Root
15:44 | Feral Cat, Not Water Buffalo
17:01 | Sponsor Break
21:21 | Dr. Gallagher’s Parallel Case, and the Medical Caveat
23:49 | The Church Walk Was a Diagnostic
24:33 | Tree Pose, and a Demon That Gave Its Name
25:59 | Rolled Audio: The Manifestation
27:02 | Why They Crawl Like Snakes
28:12 | Sponsor Break
31:34 | A Rattlesnake Only Rattles When It Senses Danger
33:03 | Two Different Injuries: Guilt and Rights
36:28 | Was Skipping Mass the Real Door?
37:39 | Was It Even a Yoga Demon?
39:30 | Ten Exorcists Around a Kitchen Table
40:40 | Yoga Did Not Invent Stretching
42:43 | The Reddit Objection and the Cursed Object
44:48 | Christian Yoga and Target Number One
46:25 | Close: Go For a Walk
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