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We welcome back Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk of the National Catholic Bioethics Center to discuss brain death and the ethically concerning technologies involved in organ donation. Why are some choosing to tinker with the definition of death? Show Notes Father Tad's Website The National Catholic Bioethics Center Making Sense of Bioethics FatherTad.com | Lectures To Die Well Seriously… how can death be "unexpected"? Bioethics on Air: Episode 120: Dead Enough is Good Enough: Update on Determining Brain Death and NRP Address to an International Conference on Organ Donation | Pope St. John Paul II (August 29, 2000) Procuring Organs Over My Dead Body Does the Catholic Church Have Doubts About Brain Death? Neither Ethical nor Prudent Integrity in the Determination of Brain Death: Recent Challenges and Next Steps Holding the Line on Brain Death 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network 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 walks through his latest article published in Crisis Magazine. Does the bad behavior seen at St. Typical's really display an inward resentment of God? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Why Do (Mass-going) Catholics Resent God? - Crisis Magazine What To Do When the Truth Hurts (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 5/31/24 "We May Not Fully Understand…" Reality Beyond Words: Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Part 1 | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Incomprehension, Wonder, and the Search for Truth: Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Part 2 | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Vindicating Mystery Against Its Rationalist Enemies: Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Conclusion | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Cheap Grace vs. Costly Grace 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 Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute to discuss her latest in City Journal on the Racial Justice Act of 2020 in California. What was Operation Windstar, and how are unrelated accusations of historical racial bias being used to overturn criminal convictions? Show Notes California's Looming Crime Catastrophe | City Journal California Racial Justice Act for All Signed Into Law | Official Website San Francisco Police Department will stop releasing most mug shots to combat racial bias | CNN When Race Trumps Merit (Heather Mac Donald) 6/29/23 Race, Fact and Law (Heather Mac Donald) 7/26/23 White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era: Shelby Steele No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men 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. Judge Glock of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on the debt crisis facing major cities. Given the seemingly insurmountable debt they face, is it wrong to ask whether the municipal budgets were designed to fail? Show Notes How Debt Ate Chicago | City Journal U.S. Debt Clock World Debt Clocks Debate: 75 Years after A-Bomb - Did Welfare Cause Detroit's Decline and Lack of It Cause Hiroshima's Rise? - Frank Report Hiroshima vs. Detroit: Then and Now Another Look at School Choice (Dr. Corey DeAngelis) 8/9/23 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 Steve Malanga of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on homelessness, and the government responses fueled by do-something-ism. How much worse have government housing policies made the situation? Father finishes with some Timeless Thoughts. Show Notes Gimme (Government) Shelter | City Journal U.S. Debt Clock World Debt Clocks Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences | The Imaginative Conservative The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs: John Cogan Fathers: The Great Adventurers of the Modern World - The Catholic Gentleman No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men Do Men Need to Apologize for Masculinity? (Dr. Anthony Esolen) 5/26/22 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 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 Jim Meigs of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on plagiarism and an anti-scientific trend within the scientific community. Is ideology valued above truth even within scientific journals? Show Notes Unscientific American | City Journal The Great Debate: Dinesh D'Souza v. Dr. Michael Shermer - The Thinking Conservative Two DEI deans at elitist MIT accused of being serial plagiarists 'An Existential Crisis' for Science: Institute for Policy Research The Sokal Hoax: The Sham That Shook the Academy: The editors of Lingua Franca How Alan Sokal Won the Battle but Lost the 'Science Wars' – Commentary Magazine Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters: Abigail Shrier Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences | The Imaginative Conservative The Hidden Life of Hilary Cass - by Sarah Cain The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students 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 virtues needed to commit to the truth. How can we prepare ourselves to better hear and accept difficult and painful calls to conversion? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes An Unteachable Society and the Church Does modern education endanger the soul? Why do we lie to ourselves? What will make people more likely to accept the "truthiness" of truth? Are we educating for freedom? Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! Docilitas: On Teaching and Being Taught: Fr. James Schall S.J. Diocese of Buffalo plans merger of one-third of its parishes Diocese of Buffalo Announces Plan to Reshape the Number of Parishes through Merger 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. Mitch Pacwa, S.J. of EWTN to begin to scratch the surface in discussing Eastern Catholicism. How did the spread of the twelve apostles lead to such liturgical diversity within the Catholic church, and how can we best appreciate and participate in this rich history? Show Notes Why Istanbul Is Not Constantinople (Anymore) Answering Orthodoxy - A Catholic Response to Attacks from the East: Michael Lofton Finding A Hidden Church - Eastern Christian Publications The Forgotten: Catholics of the Soviet Empire from Lenin through Stalin Fr. Pacwa Interviews Fr. Daniel Dozier | EWTN Live The Light of the East | EWTN The Eastern Catholic Church Explained: 7 Fascinating Facts All Roman Catholics Should Know 20 ANSWERS: EASTERN CATHOLICISM | EWTN Religious Catalogue Light of the East Podcast Fr. Thomas Loya Fr. Thomas Loya - Tabor Life Institute 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 Morse of the Ruth Institute to discuss the newly instituted Ex-Gay Visibility Day to be celebrated on June 2nd. Why do proponents of the sexual revolution despise those who advocate for sexual orientation change? Show Notes Ruth Institute Counseling Freedom For All – Ruth Institute References, Sources, and Citations – Ruth Institute Parent Resources – Ruth Institute Refute the Top 5 Gay Myths – Ruth Institute Father Sullins Research – Ruth Institute The Dr. J Show - Podcast Free - YouTube Gay no More: Testimonies from Women and Men who Journeyed away from an LGBT Identity - YouTube Born That Way? Dr. Sullins Puts the Myth to the Test (And Finds It Wanting) | Dr. J Episode 209 pt2 Courage International Who Is Silencing Therapists? (Fr. Paul Sullins) 1/3/24 Human Dignity and the Gender Agenda (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 4/17/24 Don't Be Fooled by the Rainbow (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 6/1/23 Five Ways to Protect Your Family (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 5/8/23 Sexual Identity–Behavior Discordant Heterosexuals in Britain: Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyle 2010–2012 The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along Discernment in the Service of Friendship - Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J Breaking Up With Pornography (Steve Pokorny) 10/10/23 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 Liz Yore of Yore Children to discuss the history of the Catholic Church in China and the reports of an upcoming renewal of the Vatican's secret deal with China. Is there any reason to believe that this won't be another slap in the face of the many missionaries and martyrs who ministered to the people of China? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Cardinal Kung Foundation The Pope's Cabinet: Pius XII's Secret War for Saving Jews | Johan Ickx The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi Divini Redemptoris On Atheistic Communism - Papal Encyclicals To the new Minister of China (16 February 1947) | PIUS XII Cupimus imprimis. - All'Episcopato, al clero e ai fedeli della Cina (18 gennaio 1952) | PIO XII On the Supranationality of the Church - Papal Encyclicals Communism and the Church in China - Papal Encyclicals The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai's Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom Jimmy Lai | Acton Institute Catholic Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai: 'The Lord is suffering with me' Catholic pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai gets jail time for involvement in Hong Kong Tiananmen Square vigil Pro-democracy Catholic Jimmy Lai marks 1,000th day in jail awaiting trial The Life of Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei | Msgr Stephen M DiGiovanni Cardinal Kung Foundation - Our Lady of China prayer Ten facts you should know about the Chinese Marian shrine of Sheshan - ACN International Vatican Conference on Catholic Church in China Reflects the Vatican's Compromises Vatican makes fresh overture to China, reaffirms that Catholic Church is no threat to sovereignty | AP News VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: the "new beginning" of the Council of Shanghai and the mission of the Church today - Agenzia Fides Vatican offers assurances as China sets out rules for dialogue - Catholic Herald Vatican makes fresh overture to China, reaffirms that Catholic Church is no threat to sovereignty - ABC News The Pope wants Chinese Catholics to be 'best among citizens,' Cardinal Parolin says Vatican wants China deal to be renewed | Crux Parolin's 'no diplomacy' diplomacy for a Chinese Church VATICAN - Between memory and prophecy. Insights from the "Council of Shanghai" documents - Agenzia Fides Vatican Apologizes for Catholic Missionaries in China, Calls on Communist "Bishops" to Rule the Chinese Church 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 skepticism, credulity, and the intersection of symbol and mystery. What's wrong with the desire to always "understand" and "comprehend" the mysteries of the Faith? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes "We May Not Fully Understand…" Reality Beyond Words Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Part 1 | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Worship in a Time of War The Once and Future Roman Rite: Returning to the Traditional Latin Liturgy after Seventy Years of Exile "Three Essential Books for Laity" Bundle | Os Justi Press Illusions of Reform: Responses to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy in Defense of the Traditional Mass | Os Justi Press Does a past-less present mean a hopeless future? Why We Need the Holy Spirit Peachy Keenan: "I want to know where this boy went to college because that's where I'll send my daughters" Kansas City Has 'Separated' From Employee Who Doxxed Harrison Butker | The Daily Wire Remember the New Jersey gym owner who was fined for opening up during lockdowns? He has now been cleared of all charges | Not the Bee Baltimore to cut number of parishes, as city's population declines | Crux 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 O'Neill of EWTN, known as The Miracle Hunter to continue our discussion on the latest Roman document about discerning supernatural phenomena. Given the changes in the process of discernment, how is his work likely going to change going forward? Is he going to be out of a job soon? Show Notes The Miracle Hunter Science and the Miraculous: How the Church Investigates the Supernatural Explore With The Miracle Hunter Show Page They Might Be Saints: On the Path to Sainthood in America Norms of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith for proceeding in the discernment of alleged supernatural phenomena New Liturgical Movement: Divine Chastisement in the Traditional Roman Missal Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox "We May Not Fully Understand…": Reality Beyond Words Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters | Annie Dillard 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. Mark Miravalle of Ave Maria University to continue our discussion on the latest document from Rome on discerning supernatural phenomena. Will this document help or hinder devotions to classic Marian apparitions, and what are we to make of the factual and historical errors in the document? Show Notes Dr Mark Miravalle's Website Private Revelation: Discerning With the Church | Dr. Mark Miravalle Introduction to Mary | Dr. Mark Miravalle Norms of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith for proceeding in the discernment of alleged supernatural phenomena Reporting of Diane Montagna #1 Reporting of Diane Montagna #2 New Liturgical Movement: Divine Chastisement in the Traditional Roman Missal Where Tears Flowed from Heaven: Our Lady of La Salette | Catholic World Report Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima Fatima: A Message More Urgent Than Ever Fatima: 100 Questions and Answers about the Marian Apparitions Acheiropoeta: Not Made By Hands Studies in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! 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 Mike Aquilina of of The Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology to continue our week long assessment of the latest document out of Rome. What is the historical and biblical basis for Marian apparitions, and why should we still pay attention to them today? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Mike Aquilina's Website Norms of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith for proceeding in the discernment of alleged supernatural phenomena Reporting of Diane Montagna #1 Reporting of Diane Montagna #2 The Biblical Roots of the Marian Doctrines | Catholic Answers Magazine Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox Protestant Objections to Mary (Mike Aquilina) 8/16/23 Mary's Voice in The Gospel of John (Dr. Michael Pakaluk) 02/24/21 Mary's Voice in the Gospel According to John Keeping Mary Close: Devotion to Our Lady through the Ages – Mike Aquilina History's Queen: Exploring Mary's Pivotal Role from Age to Age | Ave Maria Press Mary in Early Christian Faith and Devotion: Stephen Shoemaker Peoria Diocese to reduce the number of parishes in the diocese by half | Catholic News Agency Catholic diocesan hermit approved by Kentucky bishop comes out as transgender 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. Gerald Murray of EWTN to begin our week long assessment of the latest document out of Rome on supernatural phenomena and Marian apparitions. What do the categories in the document mean, and what are we to make of the confusing contradictions as a result of their definitions? Show Notes Norms of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith for proceeding in the discernment of alleged supernatural phenomena Reporting of Diane Montagna #1 Reporting of Diane Montagna #2 Pascendi Dominici Gregis - On the Doctrine of the Modernists | Pope Pius X - 1907 Mythomania Definition | Collins English Dictionary Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox Calming the Storm: Navigating the Crises Facing the Catholic Church and Society New Liturgical Movement: Divine Chastisement in the Traditional Roman Missal 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 Ask Father McTeigue 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal - Day 1 Ask Father McTeigue 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal - Day 2 Ask Father McTeigue 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal - Day 3 Ask Father McTeigue 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal - Day 4 Ask Father McTeigue 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal - Day 5 The FAQs: The Johnson Amendment and Political Speech in Churches Address of Senator John F. Kennedy to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. | Sept. 12, 1960 Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! The Five First Saturdays Devotion Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition Canon Law & Confession (Fr. Gerald Murray) 4/17/23 Ten Commandments for the Scrupulous (2013) The Doubting Disease: Help for Scrupulosity and Religious Compulsions - Joseph W. Ciarrocchi The Once and Future Roman Rite: Returning to the Traditional Latin Liturgy after Seventy Years of Exile Theology and Sanity - Frank Sheed Masterpieces Saved from Notre Dame Fire Now Restored and Back on View: It's 'Miraculous' Princeton 'Hunger Strikers' Complain University Isn't Monitoring Their Vital Signs | ZeroHedge Religious symbols to disappear from Warsaw council offices - English Section - polskieradio.pl The Stolen White Elephant, by Mark Twain 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 of the Center for Family and Human Rights to discuss the pandemic treaty being proposed by the World Health Organization. Is this a chance to enact ideology through opportunism? What is the appeal for developed nations to sign on to such a treaty? Show Notes The Center for Family and Human Rights | C-Fam Latest Draft of WHO Pandemic Treaty Revealed - C-Fam US and China Agree to Keep Pandemic Treaty Negotiations Secret - C-Fam Controversial WHO Negotiations Spill into Public View - C-Fam U.K. Rejects Radical WHO Pandemic Treaty That Could Undermine National Sovereignty - LifeNews.com Britain refuses to sign global vaccine treaty that would force it to give away fifth of jabs Sen. Ron Johnson Provides Update on WHO Pandemic Preparedness Agreement Senate Republicans Letter Cautioning Against WHO Treaty Letter of 22 State Attorneys General Cautioning Against WHO Treaty The World Health Organization Doesn't Like You (Dr. Rebecca Oas) 2/19/24 What is the Biosecurity State? (James Corbett) 2/20/23 WHO International Health Regulations Interview 1762 – James Corbett Produces a Biosecurity Data Dump 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 of Tradition Family, and Property to discuss his latest article in the Imaginative Conservative. How are Christians to respond to a major crisis, and why is it a good thing to be broken out of 'business as usual' mentality? Show Notes A Lady With a Hat Found Trouble in Paradise | The Imaginative Conservative Resistance Writer by Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity The Cult of the Imperial Self A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium" 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 Dr. Jacob Imam from the College of St. Joseph the Worker to discuss the value of Christian labor. Why start a new college, and why try and save the university system? Father finishes with some Timely Thoughts. Show Notes College of St. Joseph the Worker Timber Framing Course — The Workshop Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work The Cult of the Imperial Self Peter Schiff asks, is a college degree worth the cost? Reclaiming the Trades: A New of Form of Higher Education (Mike Sullivan) 12/19/23 The Death Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press Restoration Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era The Cult of the Imperial Self A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine Twitter Thread: "These Pro-Life advocates stood for the Five..." Peaceful Pro-Life Advocate Lauren Handy Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison BREAKING: Pro-life activist John Hinshaw sentenced to 21 months in prison for protesting at abortion clinic | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com Joe Biden Putting Peaceful Pro-Life Americans in Prison is a Horrible Travesty of Justice - LifeNews.com Woman Who Biden Put in Prison for Protesting Abortion Denied Heart Medication After Stroke - LifeNews.com 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 to discuss his latest in Crisis Magazine. How do attempts to create Heaven on Earth lead to a resentment of God, and why do so many Christians fall for it? Does God accept the rivalry of utopian idolatry? Show Notes Heaven Is Only in Heaven - Crisis Magazine A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine Reflections: HALF-HEARTED CREATURES - C.S. Lewis Institute The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis - Alan Jacobs Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West: R.R. Reno Horace - "You may drive out nature with a pitchfork…" Trusting the Experts Is a Sign of Spiritual Decline - Crisis Magazine The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete Does Jesus Love You Just the Way You Are? | Crisis Magazine What's Missing in the Eucharistic Revival - Crisis Magazine Sapientiae Christianae (January 10, 1890) | LEO XIII 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!

Did you miss the final live version of Ask Father during the On-Air Appeal? Check out Father's answers to your questions, and please consider donating to The Station of the Cross to help us continue the great work of The Catholic Current. Do continue to send in your questions as well, since Ask Father is a regular feature on The Catholic Current. 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal: "This is My Body... This is My Blood." Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Did you miss the live version of Ask Father during the On-Air Appeal? Check out his answers to your questions sent in, and please consider donating to The Station of the Cross to help us continue the great work of The Catholic Current. 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal: "This is My Body... This is My Blood." Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Did you miss the live version of Ask Father during the On-Air Appeal? Check out his answers to your questions sent in, and please consider donating to The Station of the Cross to help us continue the great work of The Catholic Current. 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal: "This is My Body... This is My Blood." Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Did you miss the live version of Ask Father during the On-Air Appeal? Check out his answers to your questions sent in, and please consider donating to The Station of the Cross to help us continue the great work of The Catholic Current. 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal: "This is My Body... This is My Blood." Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Did you miss the live version of Ask Father during the On-Air Appeal? Check out his answers to your questions sent in, and please consider donating to The Station of the Cross to help us continue the great work of The Catholic Current. 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal: "This is My Body... This is My Blood." Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes Finding, Remembering, and Sharing Wisdom (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/16/24 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 Joseph Pearce for another episode from his series in Crisis Magazine on the Unsung Heroes of Christendom: this time highlighting Roy Campbell. What does a 20th century poet have to do with the preservation of the writings of St. John of the Cross, and why has he been all-but written out of history? Show Notes Joseph's Website Unsung Heroes of Christendom - Crisis Magazine A Convert Among Communists and Carmelites - Crisis Magazine Unafraid of Virginia Woolf: The Friends and Enemies of Roy Campbell | Joseph Pearce C.S. Lewis & Roy Campbell: The Best of Friends & Enemies - Crisis Magazine Poems Every Catholic Should Know The Man Who Saved the Papers of St. John of the Cross ~ The Imaginative Conservative The Poems of St. John of the Cross - Translated by Roy Campbell The flaming terrapin by Roy Campbell The Georgiad : a satirical fantasy in verse by Roy Campbell 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 for another episode from his series in Crisis Magazine on the Unsung Heroes of Christendom, this time highlighting St. Nicholas Owen. What can this master craftsman teach us about bravery and self sacrifice, and how is it that his story is not better known? Show Notes Joseph's Website Unsung Heroes of Christendom - Crisis Magazine The Unsung St. Nicholas - Crisis Magazine What Fr. John Gerard's escape teaches us now | Catholic Culture Faith of Our Fathers The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest: Fr. John Gerard, S.J. Campion's 'Brag' | EWTN 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 is the new Timeless Thoughts segment for today's Remastered Timely Tuesday episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Shote Notes Catholicism Is About Swords (Fr. John Perricone) 3/12/24 The Great Shantytown Plausibility Structure | Doug Wilson Interview with NYU protester: "I really don't know... [turns to friend] Why are we protesting here?" | Not the Bee Reality Rejected: New NPR CEO Says 'There Are Many Truths' - Intellectual Takeout 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 once again discuss the madness in the world and the sanity of Christ. What happens when man attempts to create "Heaven on Earth"? Show Notes Feds Mandate Time Off for Abortion Joe Biden Makes the Sign of the Cross at an Abortion Rally Pennsylvania Priest Arrested. But Don't Worry, It's Just a Candy Crush Addiction. The Far Right's Campaign to Explode the Population | Politico Biden administration redefines sex discrimination in Title IX to include 'gender identity' – Catholic World Report Teen Girls Refuse to Throw Shotput Against Male after Court Tosses Law Banning Boys from Competing in Girl's Category Don't Homeschool Your Kids, They'll be Weird. Meanwhile, Students at Public School Walkout After Being Attacked by Furries. Seriously. Interview with NYU protester: "I really don't know... [turns to friend] Why are we protesting here?" | Not the Bee Pittsburgh police will no longer respond to calls that are not 'in-progress' emergencies amid resource crunch | The Post Millennial Criminal Attacks On American Churches Up 800 Percent In Last Six Years Tracker: Over 400 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches Since May 2020 - CatholicVote org 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!

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!