No Nonsense Catholic
Matthew Arnold
Show overview
No Nonsense Catholic has been publishing since 202, and across the 1822 years since has built a catalogue of 245 episodes. That works out to roughly 210 hours of audio in total. Releases follow an irregular cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 51 min and 51 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.4 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2021, with 56 episodes published. Published by Matthew Arnold.
From the publisher
Good information about the Catholic faith is more readily available today than ever before. Yet, there is still widespread confusion about Catholic belief and practice. Officially, it is the job of the Catholic bishops to clear up such confusion. But in the current reality, lay Catholics need to take it upon themselves to know, share, and defend their faith. Every week Catholic author and speaker Matthew Arnold gives clear and simple witness to the Catholic Faith without obscuring, complicating, or watering down the exclusive claims of Christ and His Church. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said, “I am the way and the truth and the life… and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 14.6; 8.32). And that is no nonsense.
Latest Episodes
View all 245 episodes30 Dec 24 – Farewell Broadcast
Today’s Topics: 1) Christmas and the Virtue of Purity 2) Is hell empty? 3) Suffering and Joy: Can a Catholic be an Optimist? 4) Feast of St Stephen. Test Flight of New Podcast https://studio.youtube.com/video/b5JguX4u9io/edit
16 Dec 24 – Joy Is a Choice
Today’s Topics: 1) Gaudete Sunday; “Three Comings” of the Lord 2) Zep 3:14-18a; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18 3) The Imitation of Christ: Book 1, Chapter 15: “On Works Done Out of Charity” 4) Intergenerational Curses; Baptism of John v. Baptism of Jesus  
23 Dec 24 – Christmas Time IS Here
https://rumble.com/v6287bq-23-dec-24-no-nonsense-catholic-christmas-time-is-here.html Today’s Topics: 1) 1 Cor 4.1-5; Luke 3.1-6 2) Vincent Price Catholic Convert; the Inside Story of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” 3, 4) The Reason for the Season, Luke 2:1-7
09 Dec 24 – Discovering the Bible’s “Second Canon”
Today’s Topics: 1) The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, Chapter 6: “Concerning Inordinate Affections” 2) Second Sunday of Advent Readings (Year C) Baruch 5:1-9; Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11; Luke 3:1-6 3) Discovering the Bible’s “Second Canon” 4) Spanish Bishops: “Intergenerational Healing” has no basis in Catholic Doctrine https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260752/intergenerational-healing-has-no-basis-in-catholic-doctrine-spanish-bishops-affirm
02 Dec 24 – Spiritual Stockholm Syndrome
Today’s Topics: 1) What is Advent? 2) First Sunday of Advent Readings (Jeremiah33:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3:12—4:2) 3) Gospel for the First Sunday of Advent: Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 4) Spiritual Stockholm Syndrome
25 Nov 24 – The Return of the King
Today’s Topics: 1) The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe – Dan 7:13-14; Rev 1:5-8; John 18:33b-37 2) Understanding the promise of Jesus in John 14:13-14 in the context of unanswered prayers 3) Why non-Catholics may not receive the Eucharist https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/side-by-side-communion-is-not-ecumenism 4) What it means to be the Body of Christ
18 Nov 24 – Watch and Pray: The Virtue of Vigilance
Today’s Topics: 1) Pope’ new letter on a day for celebrating local saints 2) St Callistus Chapel; Readings from 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time 3) The Virtue of Vigilance 4) Thomas à Kempis on Desire for the Eucharist
11 Nov 24 – The Communion of Saints
Today’s Topics: 1) Sad News and Exciting News 2) Bishop Strickland, the TLM, and the End of the Synod 3) The Communion of Saints; Readings for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 4) Living in the Presence of God  
04 Nov 24 – Saintly Pope’s Spiritual Survival Guide
Today’s Topics: 1) “As We Enter the New Millennium” 2) JPII and Saintt Bernard of Clairvaux 3) Deuteronomy 6:2-6; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 12:28b-34 4) What is Holiness?; Book Three, Chapter 57 of “The Imitation of Christ”
28 Oct 24 – The Secret of the King
Today’s Topics: 1) Traditional Gospel for the Feast of Christ the King (John 18:33-37) 2) Christ the King A Tale of Two Feasts 3) “It is good to hide the secret of a King” 4) The Bible and the Catechism
21 Oct 24 – How to Avoid Distractions at Mass
Today’s Topics: 1) Heaven and Hell 2) Gospel for 21st Sunday after Pentecost (Matt.18.23-35) The Unforgiving Servant 3) How to put on “the Armor of God” (Eph. 6) 4) How to Avoid Distractions at Mass
14 Oct 24 – The Fatima Message at 107
Today’s Topics: 1) Forgiveness – The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, Matthew 18:23-35 2) What Our Lady of Fatima wants from You 3) Saint Edward the Confessor; Why persecution is a sign of the True Church 4) Are their Errors in the Documents of Vatican II?
07 Oct 24 – A Spiritual Anchor in a Sea of Chaos
Today’s Topics: 1) Without the Heart of Jesus We Don’t Know How to Love https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259293/bishop-munilla-in-quito-without-jesus-christ-we-don-t-know-how-to-love 2) The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary: Heaven’s Key to Peace 3) Why Catholicism Shrinking https://www.groundedcatholic.com/articles/the-catholic-church-is-shrinkingheres-four-reasons-why 4) Katholic Kryptonite Question of the Day: Why do Catholics believe in God?
30 Sep 24 – Celestial Messengers: Discovering the Nine Choirs of Angels
Today’s Topics: 1) Not all religions are paths to God 2) Gospel for Michaelmas (Matthew 18.1-10) 3) Virtue of Simplicity 4) Guardian Angles and the Nine Angelic Choirs
23 Sep 24 – The Power of Penance and Fasting
Today’s Topics: 1) Catholics upset by Vatican Document’s use of “BCE” https://catholicherald.co.uk/outrage-as-vatican-drops-before-christ-for-before-common-era/ 2) Readings for the 18th Sunday After Pentecost: 1 Cor. 1.4- 8; Matt. 9.1- 8 3, 4) Confession, Indulgences, and Fasting
16 Sep 24 – Are All Religions a Path to God?
https://rumble.com/v5f6z9x-16-sep-24-no-nonsense-catholic-are-all-religions-a-path-to-god.html Today’s Topics: 1) Pope Francis: “All religions are a path to God” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dDlMe2r0k8 Ephesians 4.1-6 and Instruction of the One Only Saving Faith 2) Matthew 22.35-46; Perfect Love of God and Two Natures in Christ 3) Can You Exclusively Attend the Novus Ordo and Still be a Traditional Catholic? 4) How the Fight for Tradition is like the Story of Gideon; What are the Ember Days?
09 Sep 24 – Why Synodality is a Sham
Today’s Topics: 1) Young Catholic Women Bringing Back the Veils https://www.thefp.com/p/the-young-catholic-women-bringing 2) Good and Evil Have Not Changed 3) Why Synodality is a Sham https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/why-synodality-is-a-sham 4) Readings for 15th Sunday After Pentecost, Gal. 5.25 – 6.10; Luke 7.11-16
02 Sep 24 – Persecution, Patience, and Perseverance
Today’s Topics: 1) Persecution, Patience, and Perseverance 2) Some points on the Celebration of the New Mass 3) Evangelization and Conversion https://sjvlaydivision.org/debunking-myths-around-evangelization/ 4) A Personal Relationship with Jesus
26 Aug 24 – Missing the Mark: Sins of Omission
Today’s Topics: 1) Sins of Omission 2) The price of clarity is the risk of insult 3) 14th Sunday After Pentecost, Epistle (Gal. 5.16-24); Gospel (Matt. 6.24-33) 4) You cannot serve God and Mammon
05 Aug 24 – Spiritual Leprosy
Today’s Topics: 1) Can You Recognize Superstition? https://www.ncregister.com/blog/quiz-on-superstition 2) Modern Errors Catholics Should Know and Avoid https://www.ncregister.com/blog/8-modern-errors-every-catholic-should-know-and-avoid 3) Luke 17.11-19: Jesus Heals Ten Men with Leprosy 4) The “Tuppernacle” and the Abomination of Desolation https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/they-made-my-daughter-cry-at-world-youth-day