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That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, Book 3)

2a:T4aa,Father Robert McTeigue continues his “Novel Prophecies” series with C.S. Lewis’ That Hideous Strength. Lewis imagines a society where experts and institutions seek greater control over human life. What happens when the pursuit of progress leaves morality and human dignity behind? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, Book 3) The Abolition of Man Taliessin through Logres and The Region of the Summer Stars A Catholic professor put Talarico on the spot over abortion last night, and it was BRUTAL Bishop Olson Statement Teen Triathlete Raises More Than $30,000 to Donate Bikes and Riding Lessons to Low-Income Families Daily Readings: Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!2b:T9e0,

Show Notes

The Abolition of Man

Taliessin through Logres and The Region of the Summer Stars

A Catholic professor put Talarico on the spot over abortion last night, and it was BRUTAL

Bishop Olson Statement

Teen Triathlete Raises More Than $30,000 to Donate Bikes and Riding Lessons to Low-Income Families

Daily Readings: Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time

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The Real Reason Modern Catholic Music Sounds So Bad | The Deep

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We welcome back seasoned journalist Erika Ahern to discuss why so much modern Catholic music seems out of place at Mass. How did praise-and-worship styles become so common, and what has been lost as a result? Could a return to Gregorian chant, polyphony, and silence help to restore the sacred character of the liturgy?

Show Notes

Musica Sacra

Pew Missal 2027 Edition

Why Catholics Can't Sing: Revised and Updated With New Grand Conclusions and Good Advice

Sing Like a Catholic

What Many Priests No Longer Believe

Why Praise and Worship Music is Praise, But Not Worship

Fr. Robert McTeigue SJ presents "The Scandal of Mediocrity" - Catholic Art Institute 2026 Conference

The Problem With “Mary Did You Know”

The LOOPcast

The Deep

The Cantor Sings (The Yoo-Hoo Song)

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Canadian Parliament Defeats Bill to Ban Euthanasia of Mentally Ill People

2d:T4e0,We welcome back seasoned journalist Erika Ahern to discuss why so much modern Catholic music seems out of place at Mass. How did praise-and-worship styles become so common, and what has been lost as a result? Could a return to Gregorian chant, polyphony, and silence help to restore the sacred character of the liturgy? Show Notes The Real Reason Modern Catholic Music Sounds So Bad | The Deep Musica Sacra Pew Missal 2027 Edition Why Catholics Can't Sing: Revised and Updated With New Grand Conclusions and Good Advice Sing Like a Catholic What Many Priests No Longer Believe Why Praise and Worship Music is Praise, But Not Worship Fr. Robert McTeigue SJ presents "The Scandal of Mediocrity" - Catholic Art Institute 2026 Conference The Problem With “Mary Did You Know” The LOOPcast The Deep The Cantor Sings (The Yoo-Hoo Song) iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!2e:T9fb,

We welcome bioethicist Amanda Achtman to examine Canada's growing use of medical assistance in dying. What does the expansion of MAID reveal about the ways society responds to suffering, disability, and old age? How can we ensure that people receive the care and companionship they need, rather than offering death as an answer? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Dying to Meet You

The War on the Vulnerable: Canada’s MAID Experiment Ten Years Later

Canada’s possible expansion of MAID for mental illness is worrisome, including for high schools

10 years, 100,000 deaths: How Canada became the euthanasia capital of the world

Cost Estimate for Bill C-7 “Medical Assistance in Dying”

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Why Do You Repeat Your Sins?

2f:T4aa,We welcome bioethicist Amanda Achtman to examine Canada's growing use of medical assistance in dying. What does the expansion of MAID reveal about the ways society responds to suffering, disability, and old age? How can we ensure that people receive the care and companionship they need, rather than offering death as an answer? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Dying to Meet You Canadian Parliament Defeats Bill to Ban Euthanasia of Mentally Ill People The War on the Vulnerable: Canada’s MAID Experiment Ten Years Later Canada’s possible expansion of MAID for mental illness is worrisome, including for high schools 10 years, 100,000 deaths: How Canada became the euthanasia capital of the world Cost Estimate for Bill C-7 “Medical Assistance in Dying” iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!30:T564,Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his “Novel Prophecies” series with C.S. Lewis’ Perelandra. What can Lewis' portrayal of the struggle between innocence and temptation teach us about original sin and the need for redemption? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes Perelandra Why Do You Repeat Your Sins? City in Iowa just opened up a city council meeting with a prayer to SATAN ANOTHER ONE: Satanic Temple Opens Battle Ground, Washington City Council Meeting with Prayer Praising SATAN Exposing the quiet revolution changing Church teaching Sister Helen Alford, O.P. suggests that Jesus was initially "flirting" with the Samaritan woman at the well in the Gospel of John Lindsay Clancy-Style Horror Stories Pile Up As Moms Turn On Their Own Children ‘You’re Walking!’ – Dad Surprises Children Having Recovered Ability to Walk After Serious Brain Injury Daily Readings: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!31:Tb8d,

Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his “Novel Prophecies” series with C.S. Lewis’ Perelandra. What can Lewis' portrayal of the struggle between innocence and temptation teach us about original sin and the need for redemption? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

Perelandra

City in Iowa just opened up a city council meeting with a prayer to SATAN

ANOTHER ONE: Satanic Temple Opens Battle Ground, Washington City Council Meeting with Prayer Praising SATAN

Exposing the quiet revolution changing Church teaching

Sister Helen Alford, O.P. suggests that Jesus was initially "flirting" with the Samaritan woman at the well in the Gospel of John

Lindsay Clancy-Style Horror Stories Pile Up As Moms Turn On Their Own Children

‘You’re Walking!’ – Dad Surprises Children Having Recovered Ability to Walk After Serious Brain Injury

Daily Readings: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Our Lady of Knock Was Not Alone

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We welcome back Steve Ray, convert and expert tour guide of the Holy Land, to discuss Marian devotion and some of the Church’s most famous apparitions. What can Catholics learn from Guadalupe, Lourdes, Fatima, Knock, and Champion, and how should we approach these apparitions without treating private revelation as something Catholics are required to believe?

Show Notes

Knock Talk by Steve Ray at Knock

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Christ Is King, but Marriage Is Nothing?

33:T42b,We welcome author Arthur Schaper to discuss why marriage still matters and why Christians should be willing to defend it. What happens when marriage is treated as a private preference rather than the foundation of family and society, and what does it look like for Christians to stand for marriage when doing so comes with a cost? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Christ Is King, but Marriage Is Nothing? The Christian Nation We Aren’t Ready For If it’s not Godly love, it’s not real love A martyr for marriage? Does God Have Good News for Gays? Learning to love what God has made Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!34:T902,

We welcome author Arthur Schaper to discuss why marriage still matters and why Christians should be willing to defend it. What happens when marriage is treated as a private preference rather than the foundation of family and society, and what does it look like for Christians to stand for marriage when doing so comes with a cost? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

The Christian Nation We Aren’t Ready For

If it’s not Godly love, it’s not real love

A martyr for marriage?

Does God Have Good News for Gays?

Learning to love what God has made

Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why

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Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy)

35:T4af,Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his “Novel Prophecies” series with C.S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet. Lewis imagines a world that has not suffered the same rebellion against God as our own. What can that contrast teach us about original sin and the grace we receive through sacred worship? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy) The Gift: Creation (Aquinas Lecture) Against Fate: An Essay on Personal Dignity Character of the Happy Warrior Errors and Heresies of Our Time UK Govt Announces New ‘Ministry of Truth’ to Tackle Alleged Disinformation New Church Architecture: Baker Architects's Gothic Church for Jackson, Missouri Daily Readings: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!36:Ta42,

Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his “Novel Prophecies” series with C.S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet. Lewis imagines a world that has not suffered the same rebellion against God as our own. What can that contrast teach us about original sin and the grace we receive through sacred worship? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

The Gift: Creation (Aquinas Lecture)

Against Fate: An Essay on Personal Dignity

Character of the Happy Warrior

Errors and Heresies of Our Time

UK Govt Announces New ‘Ministry of Truth’ to Tackle Alleged Disinformation

New Church Architecture: Baker Architects's Gothic Church for Jackson, Missouri

Daily Readings: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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The Soul of Sponsorship: The Friendship of Fr. Ed Dowling, S.J. and Bill Wilson in Letters

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We welcome Carol Berry, founder of Restoring Women Outreach, to discuss her work helping women recover from addiction and rebuild their lives. What does it take to rebuild a life after addiction, and how can faith and practical support help along the way? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Restoring Women Outreach

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Is this how the consummation of the world begins?

38:T447,Fr. Robert McTeigue reflects on the meaning and purpose of time. If our lives are a journey toward God, how should that change the way we face suffering, death, and the choices we make each day? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes Is this how the consummation of the world begins? A Brief History of Our Annihilation Vatican marks 60 years of Nostra Aetate with new document stating Christ is the ‘one and only Redeemer’ Christian Bale Opens Long-Dreamed of Foster Care Village Aimed at Keeping Siblings Together How to Think About God: A Guide for the 20th-Century Pagan Daily Readings: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!39:T93b,

Fr. Robert McTeigue reflects on the meaning and purpose of time. If our lives are a journey toward God, how should that change the way we face suffering, death, and the choices we make each day? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

A Brief History of Our Annihilation

Vatican marks 60 years of Nostra Aetate with new document stating Christ is the ‘one and only Redeemer’

Christian Bale Opens Long-Dreamed of Foster Care Village Aimed at Keeping Siblings Together

How to Think About God: A Guide for the 20th-Century Pagan

Daily Readings: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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God’s holy weapons against Satan, Part 1: The gift of prophecy

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We welcome Father Dave Tomaszycki of the Archdiocese of Detroit to discuss his new collection of Fulton Sheen’s writings on the demonic. How does such a compilation come together, and why do Sheen’s warnings still matter today?

Show Notes

On the Demonic

God’s holy weapons against Satan, Part 2: The gift of kingship

God’s holy weapons against Satan, Part 3: The gift of priesthood

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What Many Priests No Longer Believe

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We welcome convert and musician Josh Long to take a hard look at liturgical music. Why has the liturgy become more focused on entertainment than worship, and what would it take to restore sacred music to its proper place? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Vaguely Pious Noises

The Cantor Sings (The Yoo-Hoo Song)

Messy Mondays: How to Write a Worship Song (In 5 Minutes or Less)

The Worship Song Song by Random Action Verb Worship

Parody Of Our Modern Church Service

Why Catholics Can't Sing: Revised and Updated With New Grand Conclusions and Good Advice

Sing Like a Catholic

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Darkness at Noon: A Novel

3c:T413,We welcome convert and musician Josh Long to take a hard look at liturgical music. Why has the liturgy become more focused on entertainment than worship, and what would it take to restore sacred music to its proper place? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Vaguely Pious Noises What Many Priests No Longer Believe The Cantor Sings (The Yoo-Hoo Song) Messy Mondays: How to Write a Worship Song (In 5 Minutes or Less) The Worship Song Song by Random Action Verb Worship Parody Of Our Modern Church Service Why Catholics Can't Sing: Revised and Updated With New Grand Conclusions and Good Advice Sing Like a Catholic iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!3d:T810,

Father Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon. How does a society lose its sense of truth, and what happens when people stop questioning the claims of those in power? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament – Federation of the Holy Spirit (5 September 2026)

Bishop Mutsaerts - Open letter to His Holiness on “Synodality”

Bonnie Pierce, the Anti-Lindsay Clancy

Daily Readings: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Advice from an aging, repentant sinner

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In this special episode, Father Robert McTeigue speaks candidly about the faith, the Church, and the moral challenges of our time. From St. Peter Claver and modern slavery to abortion and spiritual discipline, Father tackles the crises around us and the personal work of living the faith.

Show Notes

St. Peter Claver

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No, Adoption and Third-Party Reproduction Are Not the Same

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We welcome Patience Sunne, Engagement Director at Them Before Us, to examine the differences between adoption and surrogacy or IVF. What happens when the desire of adults to have a child takes precedence over the child’s needs? How do these practices shape a child’s sense of identity and connection to his or her biological family? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

The "Primal Wound"

Them Before Us

It's A Girl

Babies, Made to Order: The New York Times Sounds the Reproductive Technology Alarm

Orchid Health

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Survivals and New Arrivals: The New and Old Enemies of the Catholic Church

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Father Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Sinclair Lewis’ It Can't Happen Here, a novel that asks whether totalitarianism could take root in America. What should we be watching for, and what does it mean to remain faithful when the culture demands conformity? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

It Can't Happen Here

Whose side are you on?

The 2 reasons totalitarian states detest the Church

Wishful Thinking Will Kill Us | Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.

The Life of Julia

Florida Teens Design Charity App to Help Generous Locals Deliver ‘Pizza for a Purpose’

Daily Readings - Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

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41:T49e,Father Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Sinclair Lewis’ It Can't Happen Here, a novel that asks whether totalitarianism could take root in America. What should we be watching for, and what does it mean to remain faithful when the culture demands conformity? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes It Can't Happen Here Survivals and New Arrivals: The New and Old Enemies of the Catholic Church Whose side are you on? The 2 reasons totalitarian states detest the Church Wishful Thinking Will Kill Us | Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. The Life of Julia Florida Teens Design Charity App to Help Generous Locals Deliver ‘Pizza for a Purpose’ Daily Readings - Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!42:T5f0,

We welcome author and literary critic Liza Libes to examine the contemporary status and future prospects of literary study. Is classic literature losing its place in our culture as short-form media and changing classrooms redefine how we read? If so, what will it take to bring it back?

Show Notes

Pens and Poison

Liza Libes

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Do the Math: Why Europe May Not Pull Through

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We welcome Belgian scholar Drieu Godefridi to take a hard look at what lies ahead for Europe. As birth rates fall and migration increases, the continent is also facing economic troubles and a growing loss of cultural and religious identity. Is there reasonable hope for improvement? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

How the EU is Controlling the Ceuta Story

Asylum seekers told rape and harassment illegal in UK in new Home Office booklet

Why Comfortable People Don’t Revolt: Propaganda, Debt, and Control

EU President Ursula von der Leyen says that savings accounts are a problem

The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God

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The Machine Stops - E.M. Forster

44:T469,We welcome Belgian scholar Drieu Godefridi to take a hard look at what lies ahead for Europe. As birth rates fall and migration increases, the continent is also facing economic troubles and a growing loss of cultural and religious identity. Is there reasonable hope for improvement? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Do the Math: Why Europe May Not Pull Through How the EU is Controlling the Ceuta Story Asylum seekers told rape and harassment illegal in UK in new Home Office booklet Why Comfortable People Don’t Revolt: Propaganda, Debt, and Control EU President Ursula von der Leyen says that savings accounts are a problem The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!45:T560,Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops. Written more than a century ago, the story imagines people living apart from one another and relying on technology for nearly everything. Does Forster's world still look quite so far-fetched today? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Machine Stops - E.M. Forster Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again Moms Love This Initiation Ritual Freshmen Must Go Through at This Oklahoma High School Christianity-hating activist moves to tear down historic Los Angeles cross — but proud LA group is having none of it White liberal woman says she aborted her baby because of how much she loved him Daily Readings - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!46:Td3e,

Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops. Written more than a century ago, the story imagines people living apart from one another and relying on technology for nearly everything. Does Forster's world still look quite so far-fetched today? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

Moms Love This Initiation Ritual Freshmen Must Go Through at This Oklahoma High School

Christianity-hating activist moves to tear down historic Los Angeles cross — but proud LA group is having none of it

White liberal woman says she aborted her baby because of how much she loved him

Daily Readings - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Kneeling Before the World, 60 Years On

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We welcome back historian and friend of the show Dr. Darrick Taylor to examine how the Church's relationship with the modern world has changed since Vatican II. What have Catholics gained and lost in trying to keep pace with a culture that has changed so dramatically?

Show Notes

A Catholic seminary in New Jersey that once trained boys for the priesthood is set to become the fourth campus of an expanding Islamic school network

My Appeal to Pope Leo XIV: The TLM Is Easier for Me to Actively Participate In

A Remaining Christmas (Hilaire Belloc)

In Tune With The World

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The Revenge of Amoris Laetitia

48:T401,We welcome back historian and friend of the show Dr. Darrick Taylor to examine how the Church's relationship with the modern world has changed since Vatican II. What have Catholics gained and lost in trying to keep pace with a culture that has changed so dramatically? Show Notes Kneeling Before the World, 60 Years On A Catholic seminary in New Jersey that once trained boys for the priesthood is set to become the fourth campus of an expanding Islamic school network My Appeal to Pope Leo XIV: The TLM Is Easier for Me to Actively Participate In A Remaining Christmas (Hilaire Belloc) In Tune With The World iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!49:T7fe,

We welcome licensed moral theologian Eamonn Clarke to discuss the legacy of Amoris Laetitia ten years after its publication. Has the push for a more flexible pastoral response created greater confusion about marriage, annulments, and cohabitation? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Ten years after Amoris laetitia: proclaiming the Gospel with families today

Amoris Laetitia - Thematic Framework

Precepts of the Church: Basic Norms for Active Catholics

The Number One Reason for Divorce… and How to Avoid It

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Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

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Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World Revisited. Huxley warned that propaganda and technology could make people easier to control. Are we seeing some of that today, and if so, what can we do about it? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

The Inner Ring

76 Fallacies

Propaganda Watch | The Corbett Report

Daily Readings - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

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So Perhaps My Podcast Was A Bit Of A Downer...

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We welcome back Karl Denninger from Market Ticker to evaluate the economic issues facing America, from runaway debt and rising healthcare costs to job losses and the AI boom. How serious are these problems, and what can ordinary Americans do now to prepare?

Show Notes

You Have Died Of Mathematics

The Market Ticker

Leverage: How Cheap Money Will Destroy the World

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Catholic Governor Approves Abortion Up Until Birth

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We welcome back friend of the show Matt Archbold to examine the growing rejection of truth in our culture. What happens when truth is replaced by ideology, and how can Catholics remain faithful to Christ in a culture that increasingly rejects the good, the true, and the beautiful? Father finishes with Timeless Thoughts.

Show Notes

Whom Do You Serve?

The Massachusetts bishops' polite collapse

Cambridge academics reject university’s attempt to end row over Jason Arday

Who Hired the Ridiculous Jason Arday at Cambridge? I Have the Names.

Catholic priest gets tens of thousands of baseball fans to exchange the Sign of Peace during game between Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds

University of Michigan Will Hide Letter Grades for Freshman Students’ Mental Health

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Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

4d:T4d6,We welcome back friend of the show Matt Archbold to examine the growing rejection of truth in our culture. What happens when truth is replaced by ideology, and how can Catholics remain faithful to Christ in a culture that increasingly rejects the good, the true, and the beautiful? Father finishes with Timeless Thoughts. Show Notes Whom Do You Serve? Catholic Governor Approves Abortion Up Until Birth The Massachusetts bishops' polite collapse Cambridge academics reject university’s attempt to end row over Jason Arday Who Hired the Ridiculous Jason Arday at Cambridge? I Have the Names. Catholic priest gets tens of thousands of baseball fans to exchange the Sign of Peace during game between Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds University of Michigan Will Hide Letter Grades for Freshman Students’ Mental Health iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!4e:T9f3,

Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, a novel about a society in which suffering has been largely eliminated at the cost of freedom, family, and individuality. What does Huxley’s imagined world tell us about the things that people are willing to give up for an easier life? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

The Far Side - Sheep Cartoon

How To Be a Nonconformist: 22 Irreverent Illustrated Steps to Counterculture Cred from 1968

Cheese Lovers Unite: The Benefits of Full-Fat Dairy Documented in Study Without Cholesterol Rise or Weight Gain

Chesterton on Cheese

Daily Readings - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Hume’s Guillotine, Euclid’s Catapult: Induction, Axioms, and Objective Ethics

4f:T4a7,Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, a novel about a society in which suffering has been largely eliminated at the cost of freedom, family, and individuality. What does Huxley’s imagined world tell us about the things that people are willing to give up for an easier life? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited The Far Side - Sheep Cartoon How To Be a Nonconformist: 22 Irreverent Illustrated Steps to Counterculture Cred from 1968 Cheese Lovers Unite: The Benefits of Full-Fat Dairy Documented in Study Without Cholesterol Rise or Weight Gain Chesterton on Cheese Daily Readings - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!50:T44f,We welcome back William M. Briggs, known as Statistician to the Stars, to take up the question of whether there are things we can know for certain about right and wrong. How do faith, reason, and logic help us to spot the difference between a sound moral argument and a persuasive one that is simply incorrect? Show Notes Hume’s Guillotine, Euclid’s Catapult: Induction, Axioms, and Objective Ethics Right And Reason: Ethics in Theory and Practice Can Bayesianism Quantify True Belief? Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air Thomas Aquinas: The Division and Methods of the Sciences Real Philosophy for Real People W.M. Briggs: Statistician to the Stars! Science Is Not The Answer iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!51:Tb2c,

We welcome back William M. Briggs, known as Statistician to the Stars, to take up the question of whether there are things we can know for certain about right and wrong. How do faith, reason, and logic help us to spot the difference between a sound moral argument and a persuasive one that is simply incorrect?

Show Notes

Right And Reason: Ethics in Theory and Practice

Can Bayesianism Quantify True Belief?

Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air

Thomas Aquinas: The Division and Methods of the Sciences

Real Philosophy for Real People

W.M. Briggs: Statistician to the Stars!

Science Is Not The Answer

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Lampedusa Migrant Production: The Gospel According to PR Stunts

52:T5e2,We welcome back child advocate attorney Liz Yore to discuss Europe's growing migration crisis, including the mass crossings at Ceuta and Lampedusa and questions surrounding unaccompanied minors. How should Catholics respond to the Church's response to the crisis, and what will continued mass migration mean for European society and its Christian communities? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Lampedusa Migrant Production: The Gospel According to PR Stunts ceuta 2.0: armies march on their stomachs The Foreigner as Curse: A Holistic Reading of the Old Testament on Migration Ceuto: the failure of liberal immigration rhetoric White Slavery in the Barbary States Ignorant or Wicked? Does God "loathe" the Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury? The Spiritual Crisis Destroying Europe The Impossibility of Proposition Nations The Rape Gang Inquiry Report Yore Children Ban Sharia Ceuta: The Time-Lapse Photo Of Western Collapse The $1.2B Refugee Services Program that Funds Pro-Asylum Religious Groups Catholic bishops of Massachusetts statement opposing late-term abortion bill iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!53:Tda6,

We welcome back child advocate attorney Liz Yore to discuss Europe's growing migration crisis, including the mass crossings at Ceuta and Lampedusa and questions surrounding unaccompanied minors. How should Catholics respond to the Church's response to the crisis, and what will continued mass migration mean for European society and its Christian communities? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

ceuta 2.0: armies march on their stomachs

The Foreigner as Curse: A Holistic Reading of the Old Testament on Migration

Ceuto: the failure of liberal immigration rhetoric

White Slavery in the Barbary States

Ignorant or Wicked? Does God "loathe" the Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury?

The Spiritual Crisis Destroying Europe

The Impossibility of Proposition Nations

The Rape Gang Inquiry Report

Yore Children

Ban Sharia

Ceuta: The Time-Lapse Photo Of Western Collapse

The $1.2B Refugee Services Program that Funds Pro-Asylum Religious Groups

Catholic bishops of Massachusetts statement opposing late-term abortion bill

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After Stranger Gives Boy a Piano, a ‘Mozart Level’ Is Revealed in Spite of Autism

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Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Robert Hugh Benson's The Dawn of All, imagining a society where the Catholic faith shapes education, politics, and everyday life. Is Benson describing an impossible ideal, or reminding us of something we've forgotten? Father concludes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

The Dawn of All

Daily Readings - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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LIFE and DEATH on the Modern Battlefield

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We welcome back political commentator and friend of the show Bill Whittle to discuss the rise of autonomous weapons and the growing role of artificial intelligence in war. As the human role in combat continues to shrink, what becomes of accountability, restraint, and mercy?

Show Notes

The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914

The Night They Burned Shanghai

The Bedford Incident

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Colossus

Fail Safe

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The Therapeutic Erasure of Sin

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We welcome author and teacher John Melnikov to consider how therapeutic language has found its way into Catholic conversations about sin and forgiveness. Where should Catholics draw the line between understanding human weakness and excusing it? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

The Writing of John Melnikov

The triumph of the therapeutic; uses of faith after Freud

Nefarious

Mister Frost

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Timely Topics: Pre-Teen Suicide (John Horvat) 1/28/20

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