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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?

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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