Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. opens up the mailbag in this edition of Let’s Talk About This, answering listener questions for the first three segments of the show before finishing with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

The Gift: Creation by Kenneth Schmitz

Sacred Story Whole Life Confession

Undoer of Knots

Frederick Coplestone S.J. History of Philosophy Series

Elements of Philosophy by William Wallace

Failing Foundations by Sarah Cain

Dies Irae on YouTube

Aquinas Treatise on Happiness

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John Horvat joins the show to talk about the good, the true, and the beautiful, and how our society has abandoned these pillars. How might we reinsert them back into the lives of our children, and build a truly Catholic culture?

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The Problem Is the Banana on the Wall

Making Sense Out of Our Childless & Childish Age 

Luce: Mascot of Vatican Surrender to Pop Culture 

Jubilee 2025: Luce, Tokidoki, & Brand Management 

In Tune With The World: A Theory of Festivity - Josef Pieper  

Let’s Take A Closer Look: Father, Truth Is Divisive!

The Death Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press

Restoration Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press

“What Can a Room Full of Boys at a Chivalry Camp Do in Today’s World?” - TFP Student Action

Call to Chivalry Camps - TFP Student Action

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The fallacy of explaining something clearly and expecting people to understand and accept what you say is fraught with disaster. Following St. Bernadette's example, we can avoid this pitfall.

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Let’s Take A Closer Look: Are You Guilty of This?

We welcome back Fr. John Perricone, professor of philosophy at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, as Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., talks about the demise of DEI. What would a real Catholic education look like if there were no DEI? Father also finishes with timely thoughts.

Show Notes:

RIP, DEI: The End of Our Captivity - Crisis Magazine 

In Tune With The World (Book) 

The Reconstruction of the Republic (Book)

Dept of Education warns states to eliminate DEI policies in public schools or lose federal funding — Post Millennial

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How could it be that the fundamental elements of mortal sin and good preaching would be the same?

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Let’s Take A Closer Look: Good Preaching is Like Mortal Sin

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses raising mature disciples of Christ. Can we offer our children an example better than flowchart theology at St. Typical's? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

Dancing Teenagers around Relics of St. Maria Goretti

Parenting and Pop Culture - Aleteia 

What are we preparing our children for, if not how to face difficulty? 

Have we surrendered our kids to the popular culture - Aleteia 

Dance in the Liturgy | EWTN 

Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for This Urgent Time by Marva J. Dawn 

Ignatius Catholic Study Bible

Thomas Aquinas: Catena Aurea - Matthew: Latin & English

Thomas Aquinas: Catena Aurea - Mark: Latin & English

Thomas Aquinas: Catena Aurea - Luke: Latin & English

Thomas Aquinas: Catena Aurea - John: Latin & English

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We welcome back Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute to discuss ideological colonialism, DOGE, and the untold history of USAID. Was USAID really immoral from its very beginning?

Show Notes

A Question of Charity - The Lepanto Institute

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

Federal government agencies are using, on average, just 12% of the space in their DC headquarters...

Nearly 90% of Feds’ Office Space in D.C. Going to Waste, Government Report Finds

Is it fair to ask: why does an American President upholding American law precipitate a ‘major crisis’?

Trump’s NGO Apocalypse ━ The European Conservative

Apostolic Letter issued "Motu Proprio" Intima Ecclesiae natura on the Service of Charity (11 November 2012) | BENEDICT XVI

Catholic Clarity about Charity (Dr. Michael Pakaluk) 2/6/25

Poverty, Inc.

Ministry or Apostolate?: What Should the Catholic Laity Be Doing - Russell Shaw

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How did martyrs do it? Grace is not magic, nor does it happen by chance.

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Let’s Take A Closer Look: Magic and Martyrs

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss DOGE, grift, and restoring sanity to women's sports. What are we to make of the response of those in government who prefer to both work and spend in secret? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

DOGE vs. FEMA Is Here

How American Educators Are Conning Kids - by Frannie Block

Trump mass-fires military academies' 'boards of visitors' in purge of 'woke leftist ideologues' 

Media Should Investigate Federal Waste Instead Of The People Uncovering It 

House Democrats denied entry into Education Department - POLITICO

Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United States of America (10 February 2025) | Francis

Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Archbishop Allen Vigneron of the Archdiocese of Detroit; Appoints Bishop Edward Weisenburger as Successor | USCCB

Catholic bishops rebuke Trump’s asylum changes, suggest ‘canonical penalties’

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What if you are at Mass and the priest says, "In the name of the creator, the redeemer, and the sanctifier."  What would you do?

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Let’s Take a Closer Look: Don’t Fix the Mass