What happens when a Catholic man refuses to stay comfortable, quiet, and hidden?

In this powerful episode of *The Manly Catholic*, Fr. Dom sits down with Marshal Brummel, a Catholic convert, husband, and father who decided that belief without action is a lie. This is not a theoretical conversation. This is about boots-on-the-ground Catholicism. Real evangelization. Real spiritual warfare.

Marshal shares his journey from decades of atheism into the Catholic Church, drawn by beauty, reason, Scripture, and the undeniable authority of the sacraments. But the heart of this episode is not his conversion. It is what came *after* it.

As a husband and new father, Marshal watched his neighborhood and culture openly celebrate disorder and sin. Instead of retreating, complaining, or staying silent, he responded like a man formed by the Church has always taught men to respond. He went out.

You will hear how Marshal and a small group of Catholic men entered Pride events, markets, and public spaces armed not with anger or signs, but with prayer, fasting, confession, the Eucharist, and clarity. They went two by two. One spoke while the other prayed. They asked a single question that opened hearts immediately: *What is love?*

What followed were encounters with atheists, Protestants, lukewarm Catholics, pastors, wounded souls, and people who openly opposed Christianity. Instead of hostility, they were met with openness. Confessions poured out. People asked to be taught how to pray. Catholics asked for help to take their faith seriously again.

This episode exposes a hard truth: the culture is not as hostile to the Gospel as Catholic men have been led to believe. The greater problem is fear, comfort, and silence inside the Church itself.

We talk plainly about spiritual warfare as the Church has always understood it. Preparation through confession. Strength through the Eucharist. The necessity of prayer before action. Charity without compromise. Truth without hatred. Love that is willing to suffer.

We also confront the collapse of evangelization in the modern Church. Conversion numbers are abysmal. Most parishes bring in zero converts per year. This is not someone else’s problem. It is ours.

This episode is a direct challenge to Catholic men. If you are tired of watching the culture win ground while the Church retreats, this conversation is for you. If you feel a fire in your chest that you have been trying to ignore, this will strip away your excuses.

The Gospel was never meant to be private.
Catholicism was never meant to be passive.
Men were never meant to be silent.

Press play. Then ask yourself what God is calling *you* to do.

**References in This #episode :**

* Confession and the Holy Eucharist
* Divine Mercy Chaplet
* Spiritual Warfare Rosary
* Holy Water and Blessed Salt
* St. Martin of Tours
* St. Thomas Aquinas on the definition of love
* Scripture: Romans, Corinthians, Leviticus, Matthew, the Beatitudes

**Powerful #quotes from the Episode:**

* “If you go out and you want to talk to people about God, they’ll talk to you.”
* “We’re not fighting people. We’re fighting the powers and principalities behind them.”
* “If you’re doing the small things to avoid the big things God is calling you to do, stop.”

**Key #challenge for Men:**
This week, stop hiding your faith. Speak openly about God in one concrete, public way. Say you went to Mass. Ask someone if you can pray for them. Obedience comes before comfort.

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