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We welcome Fr. John Paul Kern, O.P. to discuss the Rosary and to promote the upcoming Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage. Why should we pray the Rosary, and how can we pray it more fruitfully? Father finishes with some Timeless Thoughts, reflecting on his now 33 years in religious life.

Show Notes

Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage

Latin Rosary With Subtitles - Joyful Mysteries

Latin Rosary With Subtitles - Sorrowful Mysteries

Latin Rosary With Subtitles - Glorious Mysteries

How the Rosary Became an Extremist Symbol - Archived Version

Who's Scared of the Rosary? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/26/22

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We welcome back Fr. Bill Watson S.J. of the Sacred Story Institute to discuss synodality, discernment, and the Church in Germany. How are we to find and maintain our peace in the midst of troubling headlines?

Show Notes

Will the Synod on Synodality Change Church Moral Teaching? - Ask Fr. Bill #128

Sacred Story Institute

Synod.va

INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS

LCWR members discuss stark reality of future leadership in religious life | National Catholic Reporter

Doomscrolling Past Christ - Crisis Magazine

Confessing Your Whole Life (Fr. Bill Watson, S.J.) 4/20/23

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In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue discusses the Eucharistic irreverence seen at World Youth Day. What was so controversial, and who thought it was a good idea? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.

Snow Notes

The Eucharist at WYD? | Fr. Z's Blog

World Profanation Day - Crisis Magazine

Eyewitness Report from WYD - Savannah Dudzik

Anonymous Eyewitness Report from WYD

Rites of Ordination of a Bishop, of Priests, and of Deacons

Chapter VI: The Requisites for the Celebration of Mass | USCCB

Catena Aurea: Commentary On the Four Gospels Collected Out of the Works of the Fathers: Volumes 1 to 4 (Illustrated) - Kindle edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

FBI turns over docs on Catholic 'extremism' to Judiciary Committee amid contempt threat

FBI offices coordinated on Catholic targeting memo: Jim Jordan

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We welcome back Fr. Robert Nixon OSB of the Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity to discuss the spiritual classic by Thomas à Kempis: The Imitation of Christ. Why does this work continue to have such power, and what have the good people at TAN Books done to bring it to a new generation of Catholics?

Show Notes

The Imitation of Christ (Deluxe Edition)

Imitation of Christ: Classic Devotions in Today's Language

The Commentaries - Imitation of Christ

New Norcia

Can reading books save your soul?

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We welcome Dr. Corey DeAngelis of the American Federation for Children to discuss school choice and parental rights. What does the education landscape look like, and is there any hope for the future?

Show Notes

Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools are Failing Today's Students

American Federation for Children

Education Freedom Pledge

The School-Choice Election Wave - WSJ

Georgia Democrat defects to GOP after she says Dems 'crucified,' 'abandoned' her | Fox News

The Little Red Schoolhouse Could Do With a Little Competition - WSJ

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We welcome back Dr. John Bergsma of the Saint Paul Center to discuss humility, scripture, and priestly formation. With so many resources now available, why are many Christians still biblically illiterate? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. 

Show Notes

Jesus and the Old Testament Roots of the Priesthood – St. Paul Center

The Word of the Lord – St. Paul Center

Living Sacrifice: The Priesthood in Scripture – St. Paul Center

Ten-Day Free Trial of Emmaus Academy | St. Paul Center

Biblia Clerus

Bible Basics for Catholics: John Bergsma

A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture: Scott Hahn

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We welcome back Dr. Darrick Taylor of Controversies in Church History podcast to discuss an article of his from Crisis Magazine. What does traditionalism, orthodoxy, and obedience mean, and at what point does the preference for familiarity become normalcy bias?

Show Notes

Is Traditionalist Catholicism a Sect? - Crisis Magazine

Controversiae Ecclesiasticae | Controversies in Church History Podcast

EXCLUSIVE: Archdiocese of Kansas City Comments on SSPX in Light of Recent Immaculata Church Consecration - Catholic Family News

Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion: Ronald Knox

True Obedience in the Church: A Guide to Discernment in Challenging Times

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Father McTeigue opens up the mailbag once again to answer some of the listener questions that have been submitted recently. Did yours make it in? Keep sending in your 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

Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum

On Facilitating Reception of Communion in Certain Circumstances | EWTN

MEMORIALE DOMINI

How Ancient Is Communion in the Hand? | Catholic Answers

Debunking the myth that today's Communion in the hand revives an ancient custom - LifeSite

What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Ten Ways to Crush the Morale of Priests

Cheating God and Our Children With Shoddy Worship | Aleteia

The Magis Center

The Death Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press

Restoration Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press

Ohio's Pro-Abortion Amendment Is Slated to Go Nationwide | Rally for Life and Children - Aaron Baer

The treatment of our Eucharistic Lord at World Youth Day... | Lepanto Institute Twitter

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We welcome historian and archivist Dr. Johan Ickx of to discuss his latest book with Sophia Institute Press. Why is Pope Pius XII so consistently slandered, and what is the truth of his efforts during the second World War?

Show Notes

The Pope's Cabinet - Sophia Institute Press

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin: Erik Larson

PIUS XI - Mit Brennender Sorge (March 14, 1937)

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We welcome back Fr. John Perricone of Iona College to discuss his latest article in Crisis Magazine. Why is it so wrong to believe that Jesus "loves us just the way we are", and more importantly who would even want that statement to be true?

Show Notes

Does Jesus Love You Just the Way You Are? | Crisis Magazine

Life of Christ: Fulton Sheen

My Path to Heaven: A Young Person's Guide to the Faith

Fasting & Abstinence — What You Need To Know (Matthew Plese) 3/2/23

The Spiritual Combat: and a Treatise on Peace of Soul

Imitation of Christ: Classic Devotions in Today's Language

The Commentaries: The Imitation of Christ | TAN Direction: Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB

In the Likeness of Christ: Fr. Edward Leen CSSp

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