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We welcome back Steve Ray to answer viewer questions about the Bible, from the Earth's creation in 6 days to who were Magi were. Father finishes with timely thoughts.

Show Notes

Steve Ray's Website: Defenders of the Catholic Faith

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Truth Written in Stone: The Apologetics of Archaeology

Kings, Shepherds, and the Gospels | Catholic Answers Magazine

Rediscovering the Book of Genesis (Steve Ray) 1/25/24

Genesis: A Bible Study Guide and Commentary | Steve Ray

St. John's Gospel: A Bible Study Guide & Commentary | Steve Ray

Six Biblical Myths Debunked (Steve Ray) 10/22/24

Ignatius Catholic Study Bible

3 Steps to praying the Psalms, and finding hope in our darkness

How to get more than you expect from praying the Psalms

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Are you just going through the motions while your mind is elsewhere and focused on more worldly matters? Let us all have an examination of conscience about how we think about God, how we pray, and how we serve the Church.

Let's take a closer look.

Watch on YouTube: Have You Quiet Quit on God?

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?

Show Notes

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.

Let's take a closer look.

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?

Let's take a closer look.

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.

Let's take a closer look.

Let's Take A Closer Look: Magic and Martyrs