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(LifeSiteNews) — On this episode of The John Henry Westen Show, I sat down with Fr. Clay Hunt, the “Cowboy Priest.” We discussed how the faithful can be sustained by assisting at Mass and receiving the sacraments during this dark period in the Church and culture, his ministry, current political and cultural issues, how the faithful can grow in holiness in 2025, and more.
After briefly discussing what Hunt has been up to recently, I noted that we are living in strange times, with wars, four years of the Biden administration, and even confusion from the Church hierarchy. I asked him how he could remain so joyful in these dark times.
Hunt emphasized that the sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist, help sustain him and can help sustain all the faithful during confusing times.
“The purpose of [Our Lord’s] coming, the purpose of His being born unto us, is precisely the Church and the sacramental life of Holy Mother Church. And the summit of that is the Holy Eucharist,” Hunt said.
“What sustains me is precisely the daily celebration of the Eucharist, the daily reception of the Eucharist. The Lord was the one who said, ‘When you eat my flesh and drink my blood, I live in you, and you live in me.’ And so, therefore, we’re able to endure. Or we have what’s supernatural that lifts up our spirits and gives us the strength, the fortitude, the grace, and even the joy to push forward one day at a time,” the priest added.
A bit later, Hunt stressed that in addition to the sacraments, the faithful need to pray each day, especially the Holy Rosary.
“We have to pray every day, and oftentimes people will ask me, ‘Well, what should I pray?’ … I tell them oftentimes, ‘The most powerful prayer after the Holy Mass is the Rosary.’ We should pray the Rosary daily, and even multiple Rosaries a day. And these things are what sustain us and bring grace and strength from on high, for us to handle the daily life,” Hunt said.
Later in the episode, I asked Hunt about pro-life activists like Joan Andrews Bell, who have been unjustly imprisoned and have decided to treat their prison cell like a monastery and live as a hermit.
The priest highlighted how beautiful it is for activists to offer up their imprisonment for Christ and commended their willingness to fight for the unborn.
“It’s not just a dream or a beautiful thing for us to consider to be holy to God, and to fight the good fight. But in fact, it’s absolutely necessary; just anger should take possession of us so that we would be motivated and moved to [take] action,” Hunt said.
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John-Henry is the co-founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of LifeSiteNews.com. He and his wife Dianne have eight children and they live in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario, Canada.
He has spoken at conferences and retreats, and appeared on radio and television throughout the world. John-Henry founded the Rome Life Forum, an annual strategy meeting for life, faith and family leaders worldwide. He is a board member of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family. He is a consultant to Canada’s largest pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and serves on the executive of the Ontario branch of the organization. He has run three times for political office in the province of Ontario representing the Family Coalition Party.
John-Henry earned an MA from the University of Toronto in School and Child Clinical Psychology and an Honours BA from York University in Psychology.
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