Episode 49

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26th Sep 2023

Chris Farley's Catholic Faith w/The Real Matt Foley.

You may know how he died, but do you know how he lived? You’ve heard of his vices, but have you heard of his virtues? You know of his demons, but do you know of his angels and saints?

Chris Farley wasn’t merely a man filled with fear, doubt, and despair. No! He was a man of great faith, Catholic faith!

Meet Fr. Matt Foley. That’s right, Matt Foley isn’t merely a man “living in a van down by the river.” In fact, he’s a Catholic priest who happened to be one of Chris Farley’s closest and dearest friends.

While Fr. Foley had to end up celebrating Farley’s funeral, he first and foremost celebrated life with Chris for well over 15 years of friendship, starting with playing rugby with him in college to seeing him through S.N.L and Hollywood superstardom.

So join His HoliMess and “The Real Matt Foley” as they shed significant light on Chris Farley’s Catholic faith and devotion. We can almost guarantee that most of you have never heard about this side of Chris Farley’s life, not in this detail. After all, the world celebrates sinfulness and ignores saintliness. Take an hour of your time to celebrate Farley’s saintliness. After all, Norm MacDonald told Howard Stern that Chris Farley was an angel. This episode hopes to supplement that and explain why.

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Featuring music by Mike Mangione. Find his brand new album here, https://www.mikemangione.com/.


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A Holy Mess
With His HoliMess Father Paul
Fr. Paul Houlis is, in no way, His Holiness, but he sure is, “His HoliMess.” He knows from personal experience that one’s life can truly be a beautiful, holy, mess.
Are we not all, in some way, “A Holy Mess?” After all, holiness is messy! We live in a messy world, and God entered the depths of its “messiness” and made it “holy”. He can do the same for one’s life!
So tune in, and bring your mess with you. You’ll find out that God doesn’t just clean the mess of one’s life but uses it! He turns our mess into a beautiful message of hope…if we let Him.
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Fr. Paul Houlis is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, in New Jersey. Before entering the seminary, he pursued a career in stand-up comedy and acting in New York City. His life was flipped upside down shortly after the tragic events of 9/11/2001. Faced with the close reality of death, he starting asking questions about life. He soon found that true life was found in living a life for others, not just for self. "If you get me through this I'll dedicate my life to helping your children," he cried out to GOD. The rest is history.
Fr. Paul desires to use his love for comedy and entertainment to help bring others joy. After all, the Christian person must be a person of joy. For GOD truly is a JOY to the world....even in it's mess.
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Fr. Paul Houlis is, in no way, His Holiness, but he sure is, “His HoliMess.” He knows from personal experience that one’s life can truly be a beautiful, holy, mess.
Are we not all, in some way, “A Holy Mess?” After all, holiness is messy! We live in a messy world, and God entered the depths of its “messiness” and made it “holy”. He can do the same for one’s life!
So tune in, and bring your mess with you. You’ll find out that God doesn’t just clean the mess of one’s life but uses it! He turns our mess into a beautiful message of hope…if we let Him.
Join “His HoliMess” for a clean, but very messy podcast.

Fr. Paul Houlis is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, in New Jersey. Before entering the seminary, he pursued a career in stand-up comedy and acting in New York City. His life was flipped upside down shortly after the tragic events of 9/11/2001. Faced with the close reality of death, he starting asking questions about life. He soon found that true life was found in living a life for others, not just for self. "If you get me through this I'll dedicate my life to helping your children," he cried out to GOD. The rest is history.
Fr. Paul desires to use his love for comedy and entertainment to help bring others joy. After all, the Christian person must be a person of joy. For GOD truly is a JOY to the world....even in it's mess.