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In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses what to with discouragement and desolation. How do we fight back against our spiritual enemies? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes St Ignatius of Loyola's Prayer Against Depression – EWTN Global Catholic Television Network Depressed? Demoralized? What's the Difference? (Fr. Robert McTeigue S.J.) 6/10/22 Christian resilience is not what you think What Should You Do When You Are Discouraged? The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times Doomscrolling Past Christ When It's Time to Fast from the News Doomscrolling Past Christ (Dr. Darrick Taylor) 8/15/22 "Devout Catholic" Joe Biden makes sign of the cross at pro-abortion rally to deride Florida's abortion ban | Not the Bee Black athletic director of Baltimore high school arrested for creating AI deepfake of white principal to stage race hoax | The Post Millennial Tennessee passes death penalty for child rapists. Here's some of the twisted reasoning why some Dems opposed it. 59-year-old Breaks Women's World Record for the Longest Time in an Abdominal Plank Position Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Leila Lawler to discuss do-something-ism, McTeigue's Axiom, and unsatisfactory attempts at Eucharistic Revival. Can revival ever occur if those in charge refuse to address the problems that got us in our current position? Show Notes Eucharistic revival is not something our bishops know about Like Mother, Like Daughter Eucharistic devotion cut off at knees: two little examples The 8th National Eucharist Congress | October 17-20, 1938 The Catechesis of Tradition – Padre Peregrino Catholic Art Institute Catholic Art Institute - YouTube Retrieving Sacred Art (Kathleen Carr) 4/9/24 Eucharistic Art & Culture (Kathleen Carr) 4/23/24 Contagious Faith: Why the Church Must Spread Hope, Not Fear in a Pandemic: Philip F. Lawler Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Catherine Palaluk of The Catholic University of America to continue the discussion on her latest book through Regnery Publishing, Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth. What are the effects of many years of denigrating motherhood and family life? Show Notes Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth Women Defying the Birth Dearth (Dr. Catherine Pakaluk) 2/8/24 The Women Defying America's Birth Dearth: An Interview with Catherine Pakaluk ━ The European Conservative Q&A with Catherine Pakaluk, Author of Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth The State Can't Save the American Family Seoul, South Korea Considers Paying Couples $72,500 Bonus per Baby What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster When Medicine Mandates Murder The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God: George Weigel Rerum Novarum: On Capital and Labor (Pope Leo XIII, 1891) Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Kathleen Carr of the Sacred Art Institute to discuss beauty, liturgy, and the cultivation of good aesthetic taste. Why is sacred art so compelling, and why does it inspire so many conversions? Father Finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Sacred Art & Adoration Presentation: The Eucharist as a Source of Beautiful Art & Culture | Catholic Art Institute Vision of Paschal Bayolon by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Mediocrity Will Convert No One, but Beauty Will: The Purpose of Sacred Art in the Modern World| National Catholic Register Catholic Art Institute Catholic Art Institute - YouTube Conference 2024 | Catholic Art Institute Liturgical Arts Journal The Difference of an Interior Restoration: St. Mary's in Menasha, WI ~ Liturgical Arts Journal Before and After: Holy Innocents in Long Beach, California ~ Liturgical Arts Journal Before and After: St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Janesville, Wisconsin ~ Liturgical Arts Journal Looking for Jesus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Letter to Artists, (April 4, 1999) | John Paul II Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life Does the Church Need Good Music? (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski) 7/13/23 Do Catholics Really Need Beauty? (Cornelius Sullivan) 8/28/18 Diocese of Brooklyn Eucharistic Revival Mass at Louis Armstrong Stadium (Queens, NY) The 8th National Eucharist Congress | October 17-20, 1938 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

On this special podcast-extended episode welcome back Fr. Tad of the National Catholic Bioethics Center to dive deep in discussion of controversial topics of human fertility, IVF, and the concept of embryo adoption. What are the moral issues involved in these beginning of life processes, and at this point what can be done for the children left in these cryogenic orphanages? Show Notes Father Tad's Website The National Catholic Bioethics Center Making Sense of Bioethics FatherTad.com | Lectures Father Tad — The Struggle of Infertility Father Tad — Why is IVF Wrong? Making Sense of Bioethics: Column #217 : Poking the Hornet's Nest of IVF Making Sense of Bioethics: Column #216 : Surrogacy and Child Trafficking Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 006: Babies in Test Tubes Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 013: Thawing the Frozen Embryo Myths Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 035: Fire in the Clinic! Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 048: What Should We Do with the Frozen Embryos? Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 066: Humans in "Frozen Orphanages" Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 137: Orphans in Liquid Nitrogen Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 165: It's Not Just About the Frozen Embryos Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith The Frozen Embryo Problem Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day Adoption: Prayer and Educational Resources | USCCB The Concentration Can: When Does Human Life Begin? an Eminent Geneticist Testifies: Lejeune, Jerome Pope Paul VI Institute The Gianna Center | Catholic Health Want a Baby? Get the App! - Let's Talk About This (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 09/24/21 Selling Embryos & Making A Killing (Dr. Tara Sander Lee) 7/10/23 Women & Children For Sale (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 1/24/24 An Honest Look at IVF (Leila Lawler) 3/4/24 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue finishes his week long analysis of Dignitas Infinita. What is the most important duty of the Church, and what might the emphasis in recent Vatican documents lead one to believe the answer is? What context must we read this document in? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus (November 1, 1900) | LEO XIII Dignitas Infinita and the Idolization of Man - Crisis Magazine On the Question of Human Dignity - The Lepanto Institute The Cult of the Imperial Self A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper PE Coach Pairs Unmotivated Students to Run with Shelter Dogs–Adoptions Soar Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Michael Pakaluk of the Catholic University of America to discuss Grace, sin, and the odd silences within Dignitas Infinita. Why is the Gospel urgency missing from a document on human dignity, and what has replaced it? Show Notes Dr. Pakaluk Tweet: "I've so far only defended 'Infinity Dignity' in print. But there's plenty wrong with it..." What's Right about 'Infinite Dignity' - The Catholic Thing The Dangers of Half-Truths | Michael Pakaluk | First Things The Other Footnote in Amoris Laetitia | Michael Pakaluk | First Things By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why – Catholic World Report Can There Ever Be a Just War? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 03/25/22 Anger: When is It Time to Pull the Pin? SUMMA THEOLOGIAE: The vices opposed to perseverance (Secunda Secundae Partis, Q. 138) The Catechism of The Council of Trent Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse from The Ruth Institute to discuss the strong statements against gender ideology within Dignitas Infinita. How can this document be useful for Catholics working in the public square? Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Is the Pope Catholic After All? | Jennifer Roback Morse and The Ruth Institute Substack Jennifer Roback Morse and The Ruth Institute Substack Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why – Catholic World Report Gender Ideology's Verbal Engineering| National Catholic Register Gender Ideology's Verbal Engineering, Part 2: An Irrational Agenda That Few Want| National Catholic Register Believe data, not activists: Transgenderism among kids is mostly a fad The Ruth Institute Allied Organizations | #ResistPride The Ruth Institute | Top 5 Myths Dr J Show Archives – Ruth Institute The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine The Ruth Institute's Transgender Resource Center Courage International Who Is Silencing Therapists? (Fr. Paul Sullins) 1/3/24 Why Transgenderism? Why Now? (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse/Dr. Paul Hruz) 11/7/22 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. John Perricone of Iona College to continue the discussion on Dignitas Infinita. What does Catholic tradition have to say about the true nature of human dignity? Fr. McTeigue finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Sacrosanctum Concilium: A Lawyer Examines the Loopholes On the Question of Human Dignity - The Lepanto Institute Does Jesus Love You Just the Way You Are? - Crisis Magazine Is Opposition to Illegal Immigration a Sin? - Crisis Magazine By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Can There Ever Be a Just War? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 03/25/22 The First (Bitter) Fruits of Synodality (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 11/17/23 The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Anne Hendershott of Franciscan University of Steubenville to begin our week-long discussion on Dignitas Infinita. What is moral mumbling, and what ought to have been highlighted in the document? Is this all the Church can say about human dignity? Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity Hiring for Mission at Catholic Colleges and Universities - Crisis Magazine Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why – Catholic World Report The Politics of Envy - Dr. Anne Hendershott Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education The Politics of Deviance: Dr. Anne Hendershott Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! What's Catholic about Catholic Higher Education? (Dr. Anne Hendershott) 3/6/24 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses life within the Easter season. How can you know that you lived Lent well, and if you didn't, how can you reform your life now to be ready should God grant you another Lent? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Four Signs you might not be ready for Easter (but there's still time!) Why celebrate Easter joy amid tears and flames? How to make Easter the connecting thread of past, present, and future Three Tasks that Easter demands of us Good Friday by Christina Rossetti | Aleteia A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper Edward Feser: Two problems with Dignitas Infinita Harvard student calls Chris Rufo's anti-plagiarism campaign racist, proposes reviewing ALL college faculty | Not the Bee Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Peter Kwasniewski to discuss the second half of his latest book from Angelico Press in light of the recent document from Rome. How are we to respond to confused and confusing directives? Show Notes Bound by Truth: Authority, Obedience, Tradition, and the Common Good by Peter Kwasniewski | Angelico Press Tradition and Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski | Substack Dr. Peter Kwasniewski | Website True Obedience in the Church: A Guide to Discernment in Challenging Times Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life Cantabo Domino Obedience and Hope In Times of Trial (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski & Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J.) 04/13/22 Does the Church Need Good Music? (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski) 7/13/23 Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era St. Joseph's Apprentice Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Pastor and canon lawyer Fr. Gerald Murry of EWTN to begin the discussion on the newest Vatican document on human dignity. Why is the United Nations being cited as a credible source, and why isn't Quas Primas and the social reign of Christ the King? Show Notes Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Infinita" on Human Dignity By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Jesus didn't "turn the other cheek"—neither should you Thomas Aquinas: De Regno | English & Latin Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on the Feast of Christ the King Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome Kathleen Carr of the Sacred Art Institute to discuss the universal need for beauty in the life of man. How does the absence of liturgical beauty affect us, and how can sacred art aid in evangelization? Father Finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Mediocrity Will Convert No One, but Beauty Will: The Purpose of Sacred Art in the Modern World| National Catholic Register Catholic Art Institute Catholic Art Institute - YouTube Conference 2024 | Catholic Art Institute Sacred Art Prize Gallery 2023 | Catholic Art Institute Sacred Art Prize Gallery 2022 | Catholic Art Institute Sacred Art Prize Gallery 2021 | Catholic Art Institute Sacred Art Prize Gallery 2020 | Catholic Art Institute Way of Beauty Art Tour – National Gallery of Art, Saturday Apr 13, 2024 The Cult of the Imperial Self Fynders Keepers Brokerage and Church Supply Looking for Jesus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Letter to Artists, (April 4, 1999) | John Paul II Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Eric Sammons of Crisis Magazine to discuss gimmick, pandering, and the utter farce by those in authority who call for us to be a "listening Church". Why write and then pay attention to surveys meant to pander to those who do not believe? Show Notes Following the Unfaithful - Crisis Magazine The False Hope of a "More Apostolic Church" - CatholicCitizens.org The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston's Catholic Culture | Phil Lawler Courage International The Cult of the Imperial Self The False Hope of a "More Apostolic Church" - CatholicCitizens.org Happy Despite Them: The four groups entirely excluded by the Synod Excluded From the Synod? (Leila Lawler) 11/15/23 I'd Like to Tell the 2015 Synod Fathers about my Friend, Pete Alternatives to Pride (Fr. Kyle Schnippel) 6/15/23 Being Prepared for Tough Talk at Thanksgiving (Fr. Bochanski) 11/24/21 Models of Courageous Love (Fr. Philip Bochanski) 07/26/21 Does the Church Hate Homosexuals? (Fr. Bochanski) 11/21/18 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses Nineveh, repentance, and Psalm 78. What does it take to bring about conversion, in ourself and in others? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Psalm 78 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition This 28-year-old Dutch woman is scheduled to be euthanized in May because she is depressed and it's sad how happy she seems about it | Not the Bee 87-year-old concentration camp survivor is one of 11 pro-lifers recently arrested by FBI Message of Akita on 50th Anniversary Is More Timely Than Ever Doomscrolling Past Christ French government cracks down on priest who said homosexual relations are sinful Michigan mayor says he's been asked to stop the eclipse | Not the Bee Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss the virtue of Hope in light of the Resurrection. If Christians are called to be out-of-sync with the desires of the world, why do so many compromise to try and fit in? Show Notes 28 Year Old Netherlands Woman to Legally Commit Suicide for Depression – Creative Minority Report Biden Honors Transgender Visibility Day While Demanding No Religious Messages on Easter Eggs. – Creative Minority Report Out with Christianity and In with ??? - Creative Minority Report Orrin Tucker - I've Been Waiting For Your Phone Call For 18 Years Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium" Despair, Presumption, and Other Falsehoods (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/9/23 Beware of Hopium and Copium (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/24/23 Can Pain Be a Near Occasion of Sin? Why Can't We Reason With Pain and Sin? How to Unite Mind, Soul, and Body Against Sin Faith, Hope, Love - Josef Pieper Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Joseph Pearce to discuss an article in his Unsung Heroes of Christendom series in Crisis Magazine highlighting E.F. Schumacher. What can an economist teach us about the true meaning of the phrase "the common good"? Show Notes Joseph's Website The Unsung Convert Who Converted Millions to Catholic Teaching - Crisis Magazine Unsung Heroes of Christendom - Crisis Magazine Small is Still Beautiful: Economics as if Families Mattered | Joseph Pearce Return to Order: From A Frenzied Economy to An Organic Christian Society – Where We've Been, How We Got Here, and Where We Need to Go Rerum Novarum: On Capital and Labor (Pope Leo XIII, 1891) Quadragesimo Anno: Reconstruction of the Social Order (Pope Pius XI, 1931) Centesimus Annus: On Catholic Social Teaching (Pope John Paul II, 1991) Thomas Aquinas: De Regno | English & Latin Small Is Beautiful ( 1973) E. F. Schumacher | Internet Archive What is Distributism? Understanding a Controversial Alternative to Socialism and Plutocracy - The Imaginative Conservative Hilaire Belloc and the Catholic Cultural Revival - Crisis Magazine Reclaiming the Trades: A New of Form of Higher Education (Mike Sullivan) 12/19/23 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Mary Carmichael of Homeschool Flip House to discuss humility, flexibility, and the importance of fostering community in the creation of a successful homeschool family. What's the real purpose of education, and why is that so easy to lose track of? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Homeschool Flip House Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace - Sarah Mackenzie Leisure: The Basis of Culture - Josef Pieper Is Homeschooling Right for Your Family? (Mary Carmichael) 8/3/22 Mid-Term Homeschool Checkup (Mary Carmichael) 11/21/22 Examination of Conscience" for Homeschooling Parents Catholic Homeschool Community Are We Educating for Freedom? Does Modern Education Endanger the Soul? How They Lit New York For Easter - 1956 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Shawn Carney of 40 Days for Life to discuss the attractiveness of Truth, the repulsiveness of "at least" Catholicism, and the joy that comes from fighting on the winning side. How are we to celebrate our victories without resting on our laurels? Show Notes 40 Days for Life 40 Days for Life | Search Your Location Day 41 Magazine DAY 41: Late-Term Abortion Halted on Operating Table! To the Heart of the Matter: The 40-Day Companion to Live a Culture of Life What to Say When: The Complete New Guide to Discussing Abortion Thomas Aquinas: De Regno | English & Latin Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In this Holy Week special episode, Fr. McTeigue reads more excepts from his next book project to help us better enter the Sacred Triduum. How can we overcome the apathy of familiarity and pray fruitfully from the Passion into the Resurrection? Show Notes The Plenary Indulgences of Holy Week, Easter Octave and Divine Mercy Sunday for Everyone| National Catholic Register Getting the spiritual works of mercy right When you're ready to stop talking and start doing, turn here Good Friday by Christina Rossetti | Aleteia Poem: "An Autobiography in Five Chapters" by Portia Nelson Stations of the Cross composed by Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei during his imprisonment in Communist China Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Sarah Cain, better known as The Crusader Gal to discuss mischief within corporate medicine and purveyors of "The Science". Are we right to have lost confidence in much of the medical industry? Father Finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes When Medicine Mandates Murder The Crusader Gal Homefront Crusade 90% of U.S. Cheese Contains GMO Made by Pfizer | GreenMedInfo | Blog U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine Interview 1762 – James Corbett Produces a Biosecurity Data Dump Dehumanizing the Vulnerable (revised): William Brennan Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse 'will spark US food & car supply issues & strengthen calls to cut foreign imports' Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

This Monday in Holy Week we welcome back Raymond Ibrahim to discuss the ongoing Muslim persecution of Christians. As we contemplate the sufferings of Christ, how can we best fight against ignorance and misinformation? Show Notes The Muslim Persecution of Christians Reports - Archive 'Dirty Christians—I'm Going to Kill You All!' The Muslim Persecution of Christians, February 2024 Impregnating Infidels: Another Form of Jihad Iran: Muslim converts to Christianity, is charged with 'propaganda against state' and 'insulting Islamic beliefs' Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam Defenders of the West (Raymond Ibrahim) The Eastern Defenders of Christendom (Raymond Ibrahim) 11/17/22 The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs The Regensburg Lecture - w/ Intro by Fr. James Schall Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue reflects on death, grief, and sorrow as we prepare or Holy Week. He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Easter When God Went All "Dirty Harry" on Me Should we be angry with the dead? Seriously… how can death be "unexpected"? The art of dying well | St. Robert Bellarmine Preparation for death; or, Considerations on the eternal maxims | St. Alphonsus Liguori Who wants to think of death? I do, and I want you to, and here's why Death? It's about time! Rebuking death in 2020 Sickness as a Harbinger of Death Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

As we prepare for Holy Week, we welcome Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J. to discuss his latest book with TAN Books about the book of Isaiah. What can Isaiah teach us about the value of knowing our history, and what is the difference between optimism and hope? Show Notes Commentary on the Book of Isaiah: An In-Depth Look of the Gospel of the Old Testament Isaiah's Job To Be a Prophet is a Blessing and a Burden Passing the "redemption point": The Limits of Prophecy The Promise of Prophecy Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back John Horvat II of The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property and Return to Order to discuss the result of living a divided life via his latest article for The Imaginative Conservative. What happens to Christians when they attempt to compartmentalize their faith? Show Notes Liberals and the Libel of "Christian Nationalism" ~ The Imaginative Conservative The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property Return to Order The Book | Return to Order: From A Frenzied Economy to An Organic Christian Society – Where We've Been, How We Got Here, and Where We Need to Go Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era The Death Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press Restoration Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press The two reasons totalitarian states detest the Church Thomas Aquinas: De Regno | English & Latin What Is Christian Nationalism? (Doug Wilson) 1/4/24 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Cameron O'Hearn of Horselord Films to discuss the third episode in the Mass of the Ages trilogy premiering online today. How is this one different from the first two, and what will come next in their promotion of Tradition? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Mass of the Ages | Website GUARDIANS OF TRADITION (Official) Trailer Watch Guardians of Tradition in Theaters Watch Mass of the Ages: Episode 3 — Guardians Of Tradition Law, Love & Liturgy (Fr Gerald Murray, Cameron O'Hearn) 08/12/21 Watch Mass of the Ages: Episode 1 — Discover the Traditional Latin Mass Who Improved the Mass? (Cameron O'Hearn) 5/24/22 Watch Mass of the Ages: Episode 2 — A Perfect Storm The Cutting Edge: Priest Posts 1966 Video as Response to "Mass of the Ages" | New Liturgical Movement Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Michael Hichborn of The Lepanto Institute to discuss the latest bombshell report on Catholic Relief Services and their links to the promotion of contraception and abortion in Africa. What did they find, and what has been the response to the report? Show Notes REPORT: Catholic Relief Services, Government Funding, and Contraception - The Lepanto Institute Catholic Relief Services - The Lepanto Institute Charity Report Charity Reports - The Lepanto Institute Moral Theologian Calls on Bishops to Withdraw Support from Catholic Relief Services - The Lepanto Institute PRI Investigation Finds CRS In Violation Of Papal Teaching Study Links Catholic Relief Services to Contraception, Abortion Programs in Africa Getting the spiritual works of mercy right Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the effects of modern idolatry. Who are these "dark gods", and what have they inspired in modern western society? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes 'The dark gods are back': enraged crowds, psychosis and possession. Ashenden Scripted Are the dark gods back: Enraged crowds, psychosis and possession? - Catholic Herald To Be a Prophet is a Blessing and a Burden Passing the "redemption point": The Limits of Prophecy The Promise of Prophecy A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine The Cult of the Imperial Self Thomas Aquinas: De Regno | English & Latin Breaking Up With Pornography (Steve Pokorny) 10/10/23 Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on the Feast of Christ the King We Need To Be Clear About Who Rules the World What Is Christian Nationalism? (Doug Wilson) 1/4/24 Diocese of Buffalo announces sale of headquarters to pay sex abuse victims Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Peter Kwasniewski for the first discussion on his latest book with Angelico Press: Bound by Truth. What does it mean that we're in a crisis of obedience, and what is the true common good? Show Notes Bound by Truth: Authority, Obedience, Tradition, and the Common Good by Peter Kwasniewski | Angelico Press Tradition and Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski | Substack Dr. Peter Kwasniewski | Website True Obedience in the Church: A Guide to Discernment in Challenging Times Obedience and Hope In Times of Trial (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski & Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J.) 04/13/22 Thomas Aquinas: De Regno | English & Latin Fisheaters - Catholic Library Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Ft. Worth Texas to discuss the graces of living a properly sacramental life. How are both clergy and laity to grow in their likeness of Christ? Show Notes The Eucharist is the 'source and summit' of Christian life. What does that really mean? | America Magazine The Lie of Eucharistic Hospitality (Fr. Casey Jones) 2/29/24 Who Needs Worship? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 1/20/23 Worship for God…or for Us? - Crisis Magazine A Eucharistic Revolt | Crisis Magazine What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review Whatever Happened to the Sabbath? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 5/25/23 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back great friend of the show Fr. John Perricone to discuss his latest articles in Crisis Magazine. What ill effects have come from stripping militaristic language away from the common presentations of the Faith? Father McTeigue finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Father John Perricone | Website Catholicism Is About Swords - Crisis Magazine Of "Healing Priests" and Other Strange Intrusions - Crisis Magazine Does Jesus Love You Just the Way You Are? - Crisis Magazine The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows | Marians of the Immaculate Conception Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox Will there be a Eucharistic revival? Still Concerned About the Eucharistic Revival: A Response to Tim Glemkowski - Crisis Magazine The Song of Roland Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome Fr. Peter Stravinskas to discuss his article in Catholic World Report about the recent scandalous funeral service at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Why continue to speak about it, and what must change in order to avoid stories like this in the future? Show Notes An avoidable debacle: On the scandalous funeral service at St. Patrick's – Catholic World Report The Priestly Society of Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman Catholic Education Foundation Catholic Arena - Cathedral Funeral Organisers Cite Fiducia Supplicans in Defence What Happened At Funeral in Saint Patrick's Cathedral This Week? — Catholic Arena Getting the spiritual works of mercy right Drag Queens Desecrate Church—Who Let Them? Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue once again opens up the mailbag to answer listener questions. Keep sending in questions to our Ask Father page to get in for next time! Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Prayer of the Heart: The Contemplative Tradition of the Christian East | Fr. George Maloney S.J. Byzantine Catholic Prayer For the Home Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom | English Only Prison Meditations of Father Alfred Delp Letters and Papers from Prison | Dietrich Bonhoeffer Imitation of Christ: Classic Devotions in Today's Language | Thomas à Kempis Life of Christ: Bishop Fulton J. Sheen The Public Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Vol. 1 What Jesus Saw from the Cross: A. G. Sertillanges The Execution of Jesus the Christ (Medical Cause of Our Lord's Death During His Illegal Crucifixion) The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete To the Heart of the Matter: The 40-Day Companion to Live a Culture of Life What to Say When: The Complete New Guide to Discussing Abortion Speaking for the Unborn: 30-Second Pro-Life Rebuttals to Pro-Choice Arguments A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper Faith, Hope, Love - Josef Pieper In Tune With The World: A Theory of Festivity - Josef Pieper How to Speak How to Listen: Mortimer Adler Thank You for Arguing, Fourth Edition (Revised and Updated): What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion: Jay Heinrichs Why Johnny Can't Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers: T. David Gordon I Have Someone to Tell You: A Jesuit Heralds the Gospel Father Elijah: An Apocalypse | Michael O'Brien Norms for General Absolution | EWTN ASK FATHER: Priest berated me for confessing venial sins and then used the wrong form of absolution. What should I do? | Fr. Z's Blog Can pain be a near occasion of sin? Anger: When is It Time to Pull the Pin? Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss the latest manifestations of a society that has chosen against Christ. Why is it so important to remain faithful when all seems lost? What signs of hope are there if we repent and get to work? Show Notes This is What Ghouls Sound Like. Listen as France Votes to Enshrine Abortion as a Right Illinois Seeks to Change Definition of "Abused Child" to One that Includes Parents Who Don't Believe in Gender Swapping or Abortion. – Creative Minority Report The New Normal. Parents Lose Custody of Child Because They Refuse to Acknowledge Gender Change. – Creative Minority Report Shhhh. Doctors admit link between transgender hormone therapy and cancer in leaked emails but don't tell patients. – Creative Minority Report The two reasons totalitarian states detest the Church Criminal Attacks On American Churches Up 800 Percent In Last Six Years Peaceful Pro-Lifers Listed as Terrorists – Creative Minority Report Biden Doesn't Agree with Catholic Church's Position Defending Life. Duh. – Creative Minority Report You're What's for Dinner. Cannibalism Endorsed by Science Mag Italian "Catholics" Reverting to Ancient Pagan gods Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Anne Hendershott of Franciscan University to discuss her latest articles in Crisis Magazine and Catholic World Report on Catholic higher education. What makes a university distinctively Catholic, and why do so many within these institutions act in ways opposed to their stated mission? Show Notes Ex Corde Ecclesiae Still Matters | Crisis Magazine Ex Corde Ecclesiae (August 15, 1990) | John Paul II Feminist theologians express frustration, hopes for October's synodal assembly – Catholic World Report Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education The Poor Old Liberal Arts The Dying of the Light: The Disengagement of Colleges and Universities from Their Christian Churches | James Tunstead Burtchaell The Cardinal Newman Society Evaluating Catholic Schools (Kelly Salomon/Dr. Denise Donohue) 5/16/23 Reclaiming the Trades: A New of Form of Higher Education (Mike Sullivan) 12/19/23 College of St. Joseph the Worker Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Sarah Cain, known as The Crusader Gal to diagnose our culture, both in secular society and within the Church. Why do so many seem committed to insanity? Is there good news to be found anywhere? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes CPAC: Too Gay to Conserve Drag Queens Desecrate Church—Who Let Them? Losing Our Culture, One Word at a Time - by Sarah Cain Yearning for No Service - by Sarah Cain - Homefront Crusade They Don't Make Funerals Like They Used To (Timothy Williams) 03/15/22 Getting the spiritual works of mercy right Quote by Fulton J. Sheen from Life Of Christ

We welcome back Leila Lawler to discuss false compassion and the emotional manipulation being used to sidestep the numerous moral concerns surrounding IVF. When has this strategy been used in previous cultural issues, and are Catholics on track to fall for it again? Show Notes Like Mother, Like Daughter The aborted fetal cell research world you know nothing about The Concentration Can: When Does Human Life Begin? an Eminent Geneticist Testifies: Lejeune, Jerome Pope Paul VI Institute The Gianna Center | Catholic Health Follow Alabama's Supreme Court. IVF Is Disgusting and Evil The Effect of Conflict of Interest on Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice Guidelines: Can We Trust the Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine? Fact and Fiction in the Alabama Frozen-Embryo Case Democrats File Bill to Make IVF a "Right," Destroying Human Beings With No Accountability - LifeNews.com Selling Embryos & Making A Killing (Dr. Tara Sander Lee) 7/10/23 Women & Children For Sale (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 1/24/24 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue reads some excepts from his upcoming book project to spark your Lenten meditations. How can we best pray with Christ as we move through this time of mortification? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Just Another Lent at Saint Typical's (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/23/24 The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows | Marians of the Immaculate Conception Suscipe | St. Ignatius of Loyola How Gratitude Can Transform Your Life Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Casey Jones of the Diocese of Venice in Florida to discuss Eucharistic profanation, false enthusiasm, and the ill effects of misunderstanding Sunday Mass. What response has Fr. Jones had to preaching uncomfortable truths? Show Notes Seton Naples | YouTube The Grave Danger of Receiving the Eucharist Unworthily Catholics and Protestants in Germany announce intercommunion move despite Vatican objections A Eucharistic Revolt (Fr. Casey Jones) 3/22/23 Getting the spiritual works of mercy right Is Your Parish Like a Convenience Store? Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox The Worship of Taylor Swift (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/28/23 Redemptionis Sacramentum (March 25, 2004) Christ Will Cleanse the Temple (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/11/23 The Real Presence - St. Peter Julian Eymard Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back author and canon lawyer Fr. Gerald Murray of EWTN to discuss the willful neglect of canon law seen in recent headlines within the Church. What is the effect of both clergy and laymen acting as if law doesn't matter? Show Notes Vatican Doctrine Office Reaffirms That Catholics Cannot Be Freemasons Report: Cardinal Calls for 'Permanent' Dialogue with Freemasons| National Catholic Register Cardinal Nichols Prohibits Traditional Easter Triduum Services| National Catholic Register What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review Seven Sorrows Devotion Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back journalist and artist Julian Kwasniewski of Wyoming Catholic College to discuss his latest articles in The Catholic Thing and Crisis Magazine. How might the rise of so-called AI relationships cause us to make a radical choice for reality? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Why I Love AI (It's Not Why You Think) - The Catholic Thing AI "Girlfriends" Prove Modern Men Don't Think Women Are Human - Crisis Magazine The Body is the Alphabet of the Soul We Can't Compete With AI Girlfriends - by Freya India You Don't Need To Document Everything - by Freya India Loneliness is a lucrative industry! - by Freya India Artificial intelligence - Infogalactic Which Face Is Real? What We Learned in 2023 About Gen Z's Mental Health Crisis Breaking Up With Pornography (Steve Pokorny) 10/10/23 Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back author and journalist Kennedy Hall to discuss his latest article in Crisis Magazine. How can we benefit this Lent by meditating on the reality of Hell, and why have the Four Last Things been so often neglected? Show Notes Hellfire is Realer Than Real - Crisis Magazine The Justice and Yes, the Mercy of Hell Want a better Lent? Go to Hell! Fra Angelico - The Last Judgment The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete The Screwtape Letters (The C.S. Lewis Signature Classics) Nefarious: The Must-See Movie (Cary Solomon) 5/15/23 How Christ Said the First Mass: or, The Lord's Last Supper - Fr. James Meagher A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses another disturbing aspect of St. Typical's: not taking Lent seriously. What can the faithful do to act against half-hearted pretending? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review Sunday Mass At St. Typical's (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/21/23 The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows | Marians of the Immaculate Conception 4 Signs you might be spiritually dead Lent: No more deals with the devil! Good Friday by Christina Rossetti | Aleteia Poem: "An Autobiography in Five Chapters" by Portia Nelson Stations of the Cross composed by Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei during his imprisonment in Communist China Tuberville acknowledges 'hard' situation for women after Alabama IVF ruling With God in Russia: The Inspiring Classic Account of a Catholic Priest's Twenty-three Years in Soviet Prisons and Labor Camps He Leadeth Me | Fr. Walter Ciszek, S.J. Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome therapist Dan Lawson of Catholic Therapy Solutions to discuss the modern state of marriage and the family. How can couples course correct in order to achieve their goals? Show Notes Catholic Therapy Solutions Hearts Renewed Treasuring the Goods of Marriage in a Throwaway Society Smuggling Hope Podcast: How to Build Your Family Culture | Spotify Why Is Family Life So Hard? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/29/22 The Enemies of Love | Aelred Watkins How to unite mind, soul, and body against sin Why can't we reason with pain and sin? Can pain be a near occasion of sin? Why do we desire what's bad for us? Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J. to discuss his latest articles in First Things and Catholic World Report about Fiducia Supplicans. Why were those who raised concerns about the document labeled as hypocrites? Show Notes More Confusion About Same-Sex Blessings | John Finnis, Robert P. George, ​Peter Ryan, S.J. | First Things Persona Humana - Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics Hypocrisy and same-sex blessings – Catholic World Report Canon Law vs Pastoral Practice? (Fr. Gerald Murray) 1/8/24 Is Rome Deliberately Confusing Us? (Matt Archbold) 1/9/24 What Tradition Says About Blessings (Dr. Joseph Shaw) 1/10/24 What is a Couple Anyway? (Kennedy Hall) 1/11/24 A Closer Look at the Latest from Rome (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 1/12/24 Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why – Catholic World Report Cardinal Müller: Efforts to Explain 'Fiducia Supplicans' Add to Confusion Over Document Oregon bishop bars blessings for same-sex couples in diocese - UCA News Pontifex Minimus by Paul V. Mankowski | Articles | First Things Courage International Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Shawn Carney of 40 Days For Life to discuss the witness given by those who choose to pray outside of abortion clinics during Lent. How can this lead to a growth in the virtue of Hope? Father finishes with some Timely Thoughts. Show Notes 40 Days for Life 40 Days for Life | Search Your Location Day 41 Magazine To the Heart of the Matter: The 40-Day Companion to Live a Culture of Life What to Say When: The Complete New Guide to Discussing Abortion 5 Lenten Resolutions...and 5 Ways to Mess Them Up--PODCAST Season 9, Episode 7 Abortion Is Not a Sacrament Biden and Harris Target Abortion Laws, and Trump, on Roe's 51st Anniversary - The New York Times Biden campaign puts reproductive rights front and center as it plans to tie Trump to abortion bans Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr Rebecca Oas from the Center for Family and Human Rights to discuss recent movements from the World Health Organization. Why are they rushing a treaty about future pandemics, and how are they involved in scientific sleight of hand while pushing transgenderism? Show Notes World Health Organization: Friend or Foe? (Fr. Robert McTeigue S.J.) 5/27/22 Congressmen Worry New Pandemic Treaty May Silence Critics - C-Fam Concerns About the WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty - C-Fam ANALYSIS: The Bureaucratic Threat of a New Pandemic Treaty - C-Fam Comment on WHO guideline on the health of trans and gender diverse people - C-Fam "Trans" Activists Write UN Guidelines on "Trans" Care - C-Fam Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the power of words by sharing some of his favorite quotes. Why should we create and share commonplace books? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists What is a Commonplace Book? (4 Types Expained) The Lost Art of Reading? (Dr. Darrick Taylor) 2/12/24 Losing Our Culture, One Word at a Time | Sarah Cain The Good Catastrophe: Why Everyone Should Read Great Literature - Intellectual Takeout Fountain Pen Basics — The Gentleman Stationer Q&A: Top 5 Fountain Pens for Beginners Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Mary Carmichael of Homeschool Flip House to discuss living Lent as a family. How do our spiritual enemies make use of anxiety to distract us from the true purpose of our Lenten practices? Show Notes Homeschool Flip House 40 Lent Activities for Families (That Are Simple And FUN) Lenten Resources – Holy Heroes The Catholic All Year Compendium - Signature Copy Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family 40 Simple Lenten Traditions For Families (With Little To No Prep Work) The Liturgy of the Hours | Word on Fire Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!