Michael McGlinn
Episode 209
30 JAN 2023
Having received countless scholarship offers, he was an offensive lineman for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first part of the 1990s and played in all four major bowl games in four consecutive years; the Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Cotton Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl, and he is a part of the Catholic Athletes for Christ speakers bureau. Today, he gives concerts all over the world and also makes short films that explore much of the thematic content in his music in order to reveal an intimate look at the Merciful Face of Christ and the faithful become confident in God. He is the founder of Sistine Films, a production company that specializes in emotionally impactful story-based content that reveal the true face and heart behind leaders and their organizations.
Notable guest quotes:
“I went to an all-guys Jesuit high school… The Catholic faith was always part of the culture in our home. I sang and was an altar server.”
“I had a priest in the family, my uncle… he was a beloved priest of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, for 54 years… I have fond memories growing up with family Masses.”
“I had a Division I scholarship to every major university with the exception of Florida State because they recruited all their linemen in state… I was blessed with a lot of honors… I was a USA Today All-American.”
“Our Lord knew what he was doing when He set up the whole context of a Confession.”
“Some other things developed that year that ultimately led me to pick up the holy rosary and I never let go and that’s when the rest of my career at Notre Dame really started to take off.”
“I’m a young man at college and I’m picking up a rosary and I’m praying a decade every night and I’m beginning to pray and this manifests in me starting to return back to the holy Mass on my own volition, not when we would go as a team – which, we always had Mass.”
“I was so starved for God, and our Lady really helped reveal that starvation to me and helped me orient back to Him.”
“I was… going to Daily Mass… I was praying all the (Luminous) Mysteries every single day as well, and I was also doing 30 minutes of Adoration in front of the Blessed Sacrament every day.”
“I really believe that our Lady walked me to her Son. Her Son walked me to His heart.”
“Adoration itself isn’t just time before the tabernacle or the monstrance, it’s a way of life.”
“Everyday when I film or work I always consecrate that project to our Blessed Mother. I always ask for her intercession and assistance.”
Related link:
Website Michael mentioned to watch some of his work (“short films, documentaries, talks by priests”)
