No Nonsense Catholic

By Matthew ArnoldReligion & Spirituality Christianity Religion

No Nonsense Catholic episodes

December 31, 2024 30 Dec 24 – Farewell Broadcast
Today’s Topics:
1) Christmas and the Virtue of Purity
2) Is hell empty?
3) Suffering and Joy: Can a Catholic be an Optimist?
4) Feast of St Stephen. Test Flight of New Podcast
https://studio.youtube.com/video/b5JguX4u9io/edit
52 min
December 16, 2024 16 Dec 24 – Joy Is a Choice
Today’s Topics:
1) Gaudete Sunday; “Three Comings” of the Lord
2) Zep 3:14-18a; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18
3) The Imitation of Christ: Book 1, Chapter 15: “On Works Done Out of Charity”
4) Intergenerational Curses; Baptism of John v. Baptism of Jesus

52 min
December 16, 2024 23 Dec 24 – Christmas Time IS Here
https://rumble.com/v6287bq-23-dec-24-no-nonsense-catholic-christmas-time-is-here.html
Today’s Topics:
1) 1 Cor 4.1-5; Luke 3.1-6
2) Vincent Price Catholic Convert; the Inside Story of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
3, 4) The Reason for the Season, Luke 2:1-7
52 min
December 09, 2024 09 Dec 24 – Discovering the Bible’s “Second Canon”
Today’s Topics:
1) The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, Chapter 6: “Concerning Inordinate Affections”
2) Second Sunday of Advent Readings (Year C) Baruch 5:1-9; Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11; Luke 3:1-6
3) Discovering the Bible’s “Second Canon”
4) Spanish Bishops: “Intergenerational Healing” has no basis in Catholic Doctrine
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260752/intergenerational-healing-has-no-basis-in-catholic-doctrine-spanish-bishops-affirm
52 min
December 02, 2024 02 Dec 24 – Spiritual Stockholm Syndrome
Today’s Topics:
1) What is Advent?
2) First Sunday of Advent Readings (Jeremiah33:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3:12—4:2)
3) Gospel for the First Sunday of Advent: Luke 21:25-28, 34-36
4) Spiritual Stockholm Syndrome
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November 25, 2024 25 Nov 24 – The Return of the King
Today’s Topics:
1) The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe – Dan 7:13-14; Rev 1:5-8; John 18:33b-37
2) Understanding the promise of Jesus in John 14:13-14 in the context of unanswered prayers
3) Why non-Catholics may not receive the Eucharist
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/side-by-side-communion-is-not-ecumenism
4) What it means to be the Body of Christ
52 min
November 18, 2024 18 Nov 24 – Watch and Pray: The Virtue of Vigilance
Today’s Topics:
1) Pope’ new letter on a day for celebrating local saints
2) St Callistus Chapel; Readings from 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
3) The Virtue of Vigilance
4) Thomas à Kempis on Desire for the Eucharist
52 min
November 11, 2024 11 Nov 24 – The Communion of Saints
Today’s Topics:
1) Sad News and Exciting News
2) Bishop Strickland, the TLM, and the End of the Synod
3) The Communion of Saints; Readings for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
4) Living in the Presence of God

52 min
November 04, 2024 04 Nov 24 – Saintly Pope’s Spiritual Survival Guide
Today’s Topics:
1) “As We Enter the New Millennium”
2) JPII and Saintt Bernard of Clairvaux
3) Deuteronomy 6:2-6; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 12:28b-34
4) What is Holiness?; Book Three, Chapter 57 of “The Imitation of Christ”
52 min
October 28, 2024 28 Oct 24 – The Secret of the King
Today’s Topics:
1) Traditional Gospel for the Feast of Christ the King (John 18:33-37)
2) Christ the King A Tale of Two Feasts
3) “It is good to hide the secret of a King”
4) The Bible and the Catechism
52 min

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Good information about the Catholic faith is more readily available today than ever before. Yet, there is still widespread confusion about Catholic belief and practice. Officially, it is the job of the Catholic bishops to clear up such confusion. But in the current reality, lay Catholics need to take it upon themselves to know, share, and defend their faith.