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Traditional Catholics: Facts & Figures (Fr. Donald Kloster) 3/8/23

In our continuing look at matters liturgical, we welcome back Fr Donald Kloster to discuss his latest survey on Catholics who attend the Latin Mass as highlighted in LifeSiteNews. Who are they, what do they believe, and why are they such a lightning rod within the positions of authority in both the Church and in the world? Latest Data Show Latin Mass Continues to Flourish In the US Despite Vatican Suppression | LifeSite Liturgy Guy The Growth of the Latin Mass: A Survey - Crisis Magazine The Once and Future Roman Rite: Returning to the Traditional Latin Liturgy after Seventy Years of Exile Decade-Long Decline In Worldwide Priestly Vocations Continues France: Traditional Priests Account for 20% of 2018 Ordinations | liturgy guy FBI Under Pressure for Targeting Catholics in Leaked Document Mass of the Ages Episode 2 — A Perfect Storm: The Story of the New Mass After Vatican II Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Finding Liturgical Truth (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski) 3/7/23

We welcome back Dr. Peter Kwasniewski of Catholic Family News, Rorate Caeli, and OnePeterFive to continue the discussion this week on traditional liturgy. What role does receptivity play in the handing down of liturgical tradition? Father Finishes with Timely Thoughts. Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Missae Pro Missa Are Traditionalists Guilty of "Private Judgment" Over the Popes? | OnePeterFive As Synodality Summit Looms, Navigating A Papacy's Imperial Phase | Crux The Conformist Cardinals | Crisis Magazine The Primacy of Tradition and Obedience to the Truth Our Lady Teaches Us the Meaning of the Mass St Basil the Great's Teaching on Traditions Referenced | On THe Holy Spirit Chapter 27 A Traditionalist's Spiritual Charter | OnePeterFive Why Restricting the TLM Harms Every Parish Mass | Crisis Magazine Cheating God and Our Children With Shoddy Worship | Aleteia Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Closing the Door on Tradition? (Dom Alcuin Reid) 3/6/23

In this podcast-extended episode, we welcome Dom Alcuin Reid, founding prior of the Monastère Saint-Benoît to discuss recent moves limiting traditional forms of worship. What is the mindset of those opposed to ancient forms of liturgy, and why the urgency to enact moves against it? The One Thread By Which the Council Hangs: a Response to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy | OnePeterFive Does Traditionis Custodes pass Liturgical History 101? | Catholic World Report Does 'Traditionis Custodes' Pass the Juridical Rationality Test? | Os Justi Press Church Life Journal Insults Eastern Liturgies with Amateur Scholarship | OnePeterFive Sacrificing Beauty and Other Errors | Crisis Magazine Misrepresentation of Mediator Dei, Sacrosanctum Concilium, and Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI | Crisis Magazine The Genesis of the Novus Ordo and "Theological and Spiritual Flaws" of the TLM | Crisis Magazine Unity, Charismatic Masses, and Africa | Crisis Magazine Mischaracterization of the TLM, Then and Now | Crisis Magazine Mythbusting: "African Catholicism is a Vatican II Success Story" | New Liturgical Movement Mass of the Ages Episode 2 — A Perfect Storm: The Story of the New Mass After Vatican II Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Straight Talk about Sin, Guilt and Shame (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/3/23

In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue plays audio from a recent homily of his to discuss the right understanding of guilt and shame. Is all shame toxic? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Lent: Sin Can Kill You; Shame Doesn't Have To The Living-Death of Crippling Shame Hershey's Faces Backlash After Featuring Biological Male in Ad Honoring International Women's Day › American Greatness No-Nonsense California GOP Mayor Eliminates Homelessness in His City With Simple, Logical Approach Catholic book store in Florida sues city over mandate employees must use 'preferred' pronouns GERMAN BISHOP CALLS OPPONENTS OF SYNODALITY DIABOLICAL Fulton Sheen: Good Friday Admirable Evasions: How Psychology Undermines Morality: Dalrymple, Theodore Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

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

We welcome back Matthew Plese of Catechism Class (dot) com, Catholic Family News, and The Fatima Center to discuss his latest book on fasting and abstinence. Why have the requirements for fasting lessened over the years, and why does he think it would be beneficial for us to do more than what is currently on the books? What can our ancestors in the Faith teach us? The Definitive Guide to Catholic Fasting & Abstinence A Catholic Life The Fellowship of St. Nicholas The Fellowship of St. Nicholas - Telegram The Monastic Fast | The Fatima Center Who Needs Another Lent? (Dr. Scott Hahn) 2/15/23 Have You Prepared For Lent? (Fr. Bill Watson, SJ) CatechismClass.com

Frontline Reports on the Battle for Life (Shawn Carney) 3/1/23

We welcome back Shawn Carney of 40 Days For Life to discuss their first post-Dobbs Lenten campaign. Why are pharmacies getting into the abortion business, and what does he think is next in the ongoing battle for life? Killing Disabled Babies for Profits The Demonic Dutch Embryo Act Seeks to Balance Respect for Human Life with "Scientific Progress." Planned Parenthood Director Complains Half of Abortion Customers Don't Show Up When Pro-Life People Pray Massachusetts Democrat Told To Step Down After Abortion Comments Leave Parents Irate | Fox News Project Rachel 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 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Updates on the National Catholic Men’s Conference (Joe Condit) 2/28/23

We welcome back Joe Condit of the Catholic Speakers Organization to discuss the upcoming National Men's Conference. Why hold such a conference, and what are men likely to learn when they attend? Father Finishes with Timely Thoughts. The National Men's Conference The National Men's Conference - Speakers List The National Men's Conference Social Platform Star-Studded Men's Conference is Making Men Better Husbands, Brothers, and Leaders Through Christ | Catholic Online Why Men Hate Going to Church David Murrow's Why Men Hate Going to Church – MirrorLabs Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Does the TLM Have A Future (Dr. Joseph Shaw) 2/27/23

We welcome back Dr. Joseph Shaw of Una Voce and the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales to discuss the latest document from Rome regarding the traditional liturgy. What is the basis for shutting down traditional Masses, and why does that seem to be a top priority among those in authority? The Liturgy, the Family, & the Crisis of Modernity The Problem of Religious Traditionalists | The Critic Magazine The Dictastery for Worship Tattled and Got Some Tape and Glue to Patch Up Their Paddle The Schismatic Trads Were Right? Francis' New Rescript on the TLM | OnePeterFive The Rescript: Back to the Catacombs? Ex Post Facto Legislation From the Holy See? | Catholic Culture TLM:  Dead and Buried? (Dr. Joseph Shaw) The Case for Liturgical Restoration by Joseph Shaw | Angelico Press Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Fact-Checking Clerics, Part 2 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/24/23

In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue dissects another statement attributed to a Cardinal of the Church. What is the "pastoral approach", and why do some think it's both different from and opposed to telling the truth about sin and grace? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. A Church Called to Love Perfectly - Cardinal Blase J. Cupich | Chicago Catholic Cardinal Cupich and the Hermeneutics of the Abyss | Catholic World Report Let's Fact-Check A Cardinal (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/3/23 The Cost of Communion - Is the Eucharistic Congress Too Expensive? Catena Aurea: Commentary On the Four Gospels Collected Out of the Works of the Fathers: Kindle edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

The Prayer Book for Tired Parents (Debbie Cowden) 2/23/23

We welcome Debbie Cowden of EWTN to discuss the book she co-wrote for Sophia Institute Press with her husband: The Prayer Book for Tired Parents. How can stressed and exhausted parents provide for the spiritual growth of their children and transform their home into a domestic church? The Prayer Book for Tired Parents How one book is helping Catholic parents raise saints through the sleepless nights Parenting in the pop culture: Prepping our children for Heaven or Hell? Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

The Endless Lent of Persecuted Christians (Raymond Ibrahim) 2/22/23

In this Ash Wednesday episode, we welcome back author and scholar Raymond Ibrahim to discuss the grim realities of being a Christian in certain parts of the world. We owe it to the blood of the martyrs to not only tell the truth as to why Christians are being slaughtered, but to use this Lent to prepare to be as  faithful as them for our own upcoming trials. Remembering the 21 Martyrs 'People Were Just Flying in the Air': The Muslim Persecution of Christians, January 2023 Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam Defenders of the West (Raymond Ibrahim) The Eastern Defenders of Christendom (Raymond Ibrahim) 11/17/22 Pope Benedict XVI & Islam (Raymond Ibrahim) 1/3/23 Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West Who Needs Martyrs? (Greg Cook) 12/27/22 The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs The Regensburg Lecture - w/ Intro by Fr. James Schall Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Any Good News for Faithful Catholics? (Dr. Anthony Stine) 2/21/23

We welcome back Anthony Stine of Return To Tradition to discuss the hot headlines in the Church. In this era of Mercy, why do some groups of faithful Catholics find themselves driven out to the peripheries? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. A New Vatican Move Against the Latin Mass—With Or Without Canonical Authority | Catholic Culture Does 'Traditionis Custodes' Pass the Juridical Rationality Test? | Os Justi Press True Obedience Rescript Ex Audientia – The Dictastery for Worship Ttattled and Got Some Tape and Glue to Patch Up Their Paddle | Fr. John Zuhlsdorf Saint Peter Damian: Let Us Rejoice In the Joy That Follows Sadness Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

What is the Biosecurity State? (James Corbett) 2/20/23

We welcome back James Corbett of the Corbett Report to discuss the rise of the Biosecurity State. He claims that the groundwork for it was laid decades ago. Why is that? What is the psychological effect of living in an ever-changing "new normal"? The Federal Government Is Tracking the Unvaccinated | Dr. Joseph Mercola New Diagnosis Codes for COVID-19 Immunization Status Interview 1786 - WHO's Sordid History of So-Called Pandemics - The Corbett Report COVID-911: From Homeland Security to Biosecurity - The Corbett Report "Cause Unknown": The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Love and Hate Between Church and State (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/17/23

In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue discusses the absolute sovereignty of Christ the King compared to the secular rulers of this world. We all must choose who it is that we will serve, but what does life look like once we've made our choice? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. FBI Internal Memo Warns against 'Radical Traditionalist Catholic Ideology' FBI Retracts Memo Labeling Traditional Catholics 'Violent White Supremacists,' Pushing Infiltration Of Christian Communities Joe Biden's FBI: "Beware of Latin Mass Catholics!" The FBI's Targeting of Traditional Catholics Recalls … the Inquisition | The Stream The Two Reasons Totalitarian States Detest the Church Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era Christians at the End of the Pax Americana: From A Warfare State to A Welfare State Loving & Charitable Response of Grandmother to Her Gender Nonconforming Granddaughter Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

The Best Catechism You’ve Never Heard of (Mathew Plese) 2/16/23

We welcome back Matthew Plese of Catholic Family News and CatechismClass.com to discuss catechesis and how to apply old wisdom to the modern errors through his book, The Roman Catechism Explained for the Modern World. Why is it that Catholics don't know their faith, and what can be done about it? The Roman Catechism Explained for the Modern World SPECIAL REPORT: The Roman Catechism Explained with Matthew Plese - Catholic Family News The Definitive Guide to Catholic Fasting & Abstinence CatechismClass.com A Catholic Life: Indulgences for Teaching and Learning Christian Doctrine Old Errors and New Labels - Fulton Sheen Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!