Abraham Lucas
Episode 219
10 APR 2023
He was chosen one year ago this month in the third round of the National Football League Draft, 72nd overall by the Seattle Seahawks. He is an offensive tackle who appeared in all but one of Seattle’s 17 games this past season and was named to the All-Rookie Team. He also played his college football there in the Pacific Northwest, having been a four-year starter at right tackle for Washington State, starting 42 consecutive games. He was the first Cougars offensive lineman in program history to earn All-Pac-12 Conference honors four times and would go on to play in the Senior Bowl. During his student-athlete days in high school he was named All-USA Washington second-team by USA Today.
Notable guest quotes:
“Two weeks after I was born, I was baptized on All Saints Day, which is kind of a way to kick off my ministry, I guess, being Catholic.”
“I did my Montessori school at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Bothell, Washington… And then I went to St. Thomas More in Linwood, Washington, for kindergarten through eighth grade, and then I went to Archbishop Murphy from ninth to twelfth (grade).”
“I’m a cradle Catholic… and… our family was the Catholic family, that’s what we did, it’s who we were, it’s who we are still to this day.”
“Those retreats that I went to, they were always times where I really connected and had great experiences just being in front of the Blessed Sacrament and hearing from priests, hearing from the bishop, about, just, the faith and deepening my understanding of it and the Catholic religion as a whole, and I think it was very formative for me in my youth.”
“It really kind of put things into perspective for me of, like, yeah, (Confirmation) is just the start and if I’m going to do it, which I am, then I have to be as committed as I can be and essentially be in line with it.”
“Looking back at it now I can see that that obstacle was God calling me to push myself to the limit and maximize my potential and be who I’m supposed to be through football, and football, in a way, has become like a ministry for me. And, granted, being a football player is not my identity, it’s just what I do to glorify God – it’s one of the things that I do to glorify God.”
“I lost people in my life. That was really where, kind of the faith-based stuff really, really came into play and where I really, really relied on it more.”
“If you want to get spiritually stronger, well you lift heavy spiritual weights and that involves heavier adversity.”
“Ask the Lord to prepare you for the challenges that He has in store for you, and that you may meet them with grace and trust in Him fully.”
“I try to be active in my church community back home as much as I can.”
“I was heavily involved in the Newman Center for the later half of my college career… It was great. The priest up there, Father Paul, is fantastic… we did a lot of one-on-one work together. And I could call him any time of the week. If I needed to go to confession twice I week I could call him, and he’d make it happen.”
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