Living Catholic with Monsignor Don Wolf

Why are more people going to Confession? | July 5, 2026

Confession lines used to be short enough that a priest could sit for an hour and hear only a handful of people. Now we’re seeing the opposite, and it’s not just in one parish or one generation. In this episode, I share what I’ve watched change across Oklahoma and beyond, including the moment it clicked for me at a national youth gathering where priests heard confessions for hours on end and the line still kept moving. Changing the schedule helps, but it doesn’t create desire on its own. What draws people is something deeper: a need to be healed, to tell the truth, and to hear mercy spoken out loud. When life feels shaky and sin feels heavy, the words of absolution can feel like oxygen.  ************ Father Don Wolf is a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Living Catholic also broadcasts on Oklahoma Catholic Radio several times per week, with new episodes airing every Sunday.

"Something is Moving in the Church and We Should Pay Attention" | June 28, 2026

Good news can feel almost suspicious when you have lived through decades of grim headlines about the Church. We are seeing something different right now: record numbers of adult converts at Easter, packed Rite of Election liturgies here in Oklahoma, and even surprising reports from places like France. I walk through what we are hearing on the ground and why it may signal a real moment of Catholic renewal, not just a feel-good story. I have seen spikes come and go, and sometimes big numbers are just big numbers. Still, it is worth asking what God may be doing in our time. My best read is simple: people are starving for meaning, they have tried “everything else,” and they are finally ready for a road that leads somewhere. And underneath all of that is the deepest attraction of the Church: not perfection, but forgiveness and redemption. ************ Father Don Wolf is a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Living Catholic also broadcasts on Oklahoma Catholic Radio several times per week, with new episodes airing every Sunday.

"D-Day Reminds Us That Victory Has a Price" | June 7, 2026

June 6, 1944 is a date most of us can picture without opening a book, but why does Normandy carry so much weight when World War II included so many other invasions, fronts, and losses? In this episode, I start with the history we think we know, then pull back to show how “D-Day” went from a generic military label to a single moment that now represents sacrifice, courage, suffering, and national will in the American imagination.  How do we speak about God’s providence in history without drifting into dangerous claims that God automatically endorses our side? I contrast the propaganda legend of the Angel of Mons with the sober truth that no angels are required to explain sacrifice, yet God is still Lord of all human life, even the grim responsibilities of defense in a fallen world.  ************ Father Don Wolf is a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Living Catholic also broadcasts on Oklahoma Catholic Radio several times per week, with new episodes airing every Sunday.

"A Priest Looks at 45" | May 31, 2026

A life can turn on a single promise, and you rarely understand it on the day you make it. Monsignor Don Wolf looks back to 1981, when he was ordained a Catholic priest at Our Lady’s Cathedral in Oklahoma City, then walks forward through 45 years of priesthood with the kind of detail only memory and gratitude can sharpen: a hot, humid day, a cranky air conditioner, and the strange feeling of realizing how fast decades pass. ************ Father Don Wolf is a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Living Catholic also broadcasts on Oklahoma Catholic Radio several times per week, with new episodes airing every Sunday.

"Memorial Day and the Work of Remembering" | May 24, 2026

Memorial Day can feel like a switch flips and suddenly it’s summer, but we don’t want the holiday to become just another weekend that disappears into the blur. In this episode, we talk about the pace of time and the quiet danger of sleepwalking through our days, when everything is “busy” yet almost nothing is remembered. If we don’t pause on purpose, the moments that should shape us can slide into forgetfulness, and we end up losing not just details, but meaning. ************ Father Don Wolf is a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Living Catholic also broadcasts on Oklahoma Catholic Radio several times per week, with new episodes airing every Sunday.