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2,000 years of wisdom for your finances. WalletWin Founders Jonathan and Amanda Teixeira put the personal back in personal finance as they explore the intersection of faith and finance and help Catholics get out of debt, build wealth, and change the world through generosity. (And have fun doing it.)
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#146 Are You Living Maximum Fruitfulness?

The Catholic Money Show from WalletWinJun 01, 2022

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Explore the moral implications of the seventh commandment and gain insights you can use to examine your own use of material goods.


Visit the episode page on our website for text from the Catechism and a full transcript of this episode.


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Music in this episode is by Dylan Gardner – check out his album Almost Real on iTunesSpotify, or wherever you listen to great music.

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Unlocking the Wisdom of Matthew 6

Unlocking the Wisdom of Matthew 6

Delve into a reflection on Matthew 6 with Amanda.


40 Days to Financial Freedom


Music by Dylan Gardner


Matthew 6

“Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

2 “Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

“And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this:

Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
    On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our debts,
    As we also have forgiven our debtors;
And lead us not into temptation,
    But deliver us from evil.

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

“And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.

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Today we talk about one of St. Padre Pio's most famous quotes... kind of. 😁


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🎸 Music in this episode is by Dylan Gardner – check out his album Almost Real on iTunesSpotify, or wherever you listen to great music.

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Music in this episode is by Dylan Gardner – check out his album Almost Real on iTunesSpotify, or wherever you listen to great music.

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📃 For a Full Transcript of this episode, visit https://walletwin.com/forgiving-financial-mistakes/


🎸 Music in this episode is by Dylan Gardner – check out his album Almost Real on iTunesSpotify, or wherever you listen to great music.


⏱️ Timestamped Overview

[00:01:11] Money Together: Strengthening finances for relationships.

[00:04:35] Divorce due to communication issues, missed opportunity.

[00:07:29] Breach in trust: damaging for close relationships.

[00:11:42] Financial mistakes can vary in severity.

[00:14:19] Recovering from financial loss is easier.

[00:17:47] Culture loathes humility; it's not valued anymore.

[00:20:00] Understanding others' feelings before forgiving is important.

[00:25:47] Forgiveness is a blessing, commit to it.

[00:27:15] Unforgiveness destroys us from the inside.

[00:31:31] Practical tips for open and honest communication.

[00:35:33] Rebuilding trust with honesty and involvement.

[00:36:35] Challenge: Reflect on financial mistakes and forgiveness.

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[00:13:11] More freedom, no-guilt spending

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[00:20:12] Tips and insights on discerning the amount of fun money in your budget



Music in this episode is by Dylan Gardner – check out his album Almost Real on iTunesSpotify, or wherever you listen to great music.

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Class-Action Lawsuit Sites


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Music in this episode is by Dylan Gardner – check out his album Almost Real on iTunesSpotify, or wherever you listen to great music.

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Holy Indifference to Being Rich or Poor

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Get Your Ticket for The Catholic Money Summit at CatholicMoneySummit.com - Hear from Trent Horn, Jacob Imam, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, Mike and Alicia Hernon, and dozens more!


THE FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

Man is created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.

And the other things on the face of the earth are created for man and that they may help him in prosecuting the end for which he is created.

From this it follows that man is to use them as much as they help him on to his end, and ought to rid himself of them so far as they hinder him as to it.

For this it is necessary to make ourselves indifferent to all created things in all that is allowed to the choice of our free will and is not prohibited to it; so that, on our part, we want not health rather than sickness, riches rather than poverty, honor rather than dishonor, long rather than short life, and so in all the rest; desiring and choosing only what is most conducive for us to the end for which we are created.



Music in this episode is by Dylan Gardner – check out his album Almost Real on iTunesSpotify, or wherever you listen to great music.

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The Proverbs 31 Guide to Your Money

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Speaking of Summits, talks from the Catholic Mom Summit are now available on FORMED.org. To commemorate the release, we’re sharing the audio of Amanda’s talk - A Proverbs 31 Guide to Family Finances - here on the podcast. Check out the rest of the talks on FORMED.org today.



Music in this episode is by Dylan Gardner – check out his album Almost Real on iTunesSpotify, or wherever you listen to great music.

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When Spending Without a Plan is Good

When Spending Without a Plan is Good

Jonathan and Amanda discuss a passage from Fr. Jacque Philippe's book, Searching for and Maintaining Peace.


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The Passage Read in This Episode:


“Our Difficulty in Believing in Providence The first obstacle is that, as long as we have not experienced concretely the fidelity of Divine Providence to provide for our essential needs, we have difficulty believing in it and we abandon it. We have hard heads, the words of Jesus do not suffice for us, we want to see at least a little in order to believe! Well, we do not see it operating around us in a clear manner. How, then, are we to experience it? It is important to know one thing: We cannot experience this support from God unless we leave Him the necessary space in which He can express Himself. I would like to make a comparison. As long as a person who must jump with a parachute does not jump out into the void, he cannot feel that the cords of the parachute will support him, because the parachute has not yet had the chance to open. One must first jump and it is only later that one feels carried. And so it is in spiritual life: “God gives in the measure that we expect of Him,” says Saint John of the Cross. And Saint Francis de Sales says: “The measure of Divine Providence acting on us is the degree of confidence that we have in it.” This is where the problem lies. Many do not believe in Providence because they’ve never experienced it, but they’ve never experienced it because they’ve never jumped into the void and taken the leap of faith. They never give it the possibility to intervene. They calculate everything, anticipate everything, they seek to resolve everything by counting on themselves, instead of counting on God. The founders of religious orders proceed with the audacity of this spirit of faith. They buy houses without having a penny, they receive the poor although they have nothing with which to feed them. Then, God performs miracles for them. The checks arrive and the granaries are filled. But, too often, generations later, everything is planned, calculated. One doesn’t incur an expense without being sure in advance to have enough to cover it. How can Providence manifest itself? And the same is true in the spiritual life. If a priest drafts all his sermons and his talks, down to the least comma, in order to be sure that he does not find himself wanting before his audience, and never has the audacity to begin preaching with a prayer and confidence in God as his only preparation, how can he have this beautiful experience of the Holy Spirit, Who speaks through his mouth? Does the Gospel not say, …do not worry about how to speak or what you should say; for what you are to say will be given to you when the time comes; because it will not be you who will be speaking, but the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you (Matthew 10:19)? Let us be very clear. Obviously we do not want to say that it is a bad thing to be able to anticipate things, to develop a budget or prepare one’s homilies. Our natural abilities are also instruments in the hands of Providence! But everything depends on the spirit in which we do things. We must clearly understand that there is an enormous difference in attitude of heart between one, who in fear of finding himself wanting because he does not believe in the intervention of God on behalf of those who lean on Him, programs everything in advance to the smallest detail and does not undertake anything except in the exact measure of its actual possibilities, and one who certainly undertakes legitimate things, but who abandons himself with confidence in God to provide all that is asked of him and who thus surpasses his own possibilities. And that which God demands of us always goes beyond our natural human possibilities!”


Music is by Dylan Gardner – check out his album Almost Real on iTunesSpotify,

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Why a Catholic View on Money is ESSENTIAL
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To Be Boldly Generous
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How to Celebrate the Easter Octave on Any Budget
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Why Do Men Resist Financial Education?
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How to Be a Good Steward of Your Health

How to Be a Good Steward of Your Health

Amanda sits down with Jessica Castillo of A Thriving Catholic to chat about how the muscles we build as good stewards of our money can be applied to our we take care of the gift of our health.


Connect with Jessica at her website: https://www.athrivingcatholic.com/


[00:01:27] Former Army Officer finds spiritual joy through health and wellness and starts a coaching business to help other Catholic women do the same.

[00:10:25] Physical health affects spirituality. Good stewardship of body allows us to bring ourselves more fully to God.

[00:14:26] Embrace lifestyle of gratitude rather than deprivation.

[00:19:02] Purpose for money and physical health; use surplus for good; discover unique charisms.

[00:25:31] God gives us our bodies as a gift; we should care for our bodies to show gratitude and do the work God has given us to do.

[00:29:48] Miracle baby born premature survived and achieved great things.

[00:32:11] Relying too much on money/health can lead to failure.

[00:36:55] Personal health decisions depend on individual circumstances; questioning goals and trade-offs can be helpful.

[00:40:23] Be aware of thoughts and actions; use will to stop; make informed decisions.

[00:41:43] Prepare for mission through physical and prayer components, such as diet, fasting, sleep, movement, Rosary, and Lectio Divina.


Music in this episode is by Dylan Gardner – check out his album Almost Real on iTunesSpotify, or wherever you listen to great music.

Mar 21, 202345:21
The Weekend That Changed Our Marriage

The Weekend That Changed Our Marriage

It’s been one year since we attended our very first Family Board Meeting Weekend with Mike and Alicia Hernon of Messy Family Project…what have the fruits been? Would we do it again? Can it benefit your family too? Find out in this episode of The Catholic Money Show.


👉 Click here to learn more about the upcoming Family Board Meeting Weekend: https://walletwin.com/boardmeeting


Mentioned in This Episode:


Discussion Notes:

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:01:46) Virtual family board meeting weekend with binder, books, and resources for couples.

(00:05:17) Special offer: Signup for the Family Board Meeting Weekend at WalletWin.com/boardmeeting and get a free BIG Catholic Calendar.

(00:07:13) Creating intentional space as a family, having family meetings, getting blinders off and assessing resources to move forward.

(00:11:07) Family switch necessary to keep up with growing children; discussion of values, recipes, and relationships to create legacy.

(00:13:00) Exploring family relationships, making big life decisions, attending a weekend event and going all-in.

(00:19:04) Couple decides to go on year-long RV adventure.

(00:21:05) God-given desire blocked, walk to solve pickle, discernment needed, God catches us when we leap into His will.

(00:22:30) Discernment process for marriage: planting seeds, growth in both spouses, lightning bolt moment, confirmation, door/window opens.

(00:27:17) Family dynamic issues addressed in board meeting; more conflict due to more time together; counseling helping.

(00:32:09) Family planning to grow through infertility treatments and adoption.



Music in this episode is by Dylan Gardner – check out his album Almost Real on iTunesSpotify, or wherever you listen to great music.

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