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The Catholic CurrentThe Ethics of Catholic Media (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/25/25In the modern age, we are all producers. Every time we hit send. Given that, how should Catholics interact differently? How should we conduct ourselves within the context of Catholic social teaching, knowing that people have a right to the possession of their reputation, for example? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness. Show Notes A prayer before connecting to the internet | Fr. Z's Blog Do we need a review of Church teaching on reputation and slander? Watch out for these moral (and psychological!) sins when sharing online Was Fulton Sheen a p...2025-07-2546 minThe Catholic CurrentOn the Use and Abuse of Hope (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/18/25How are we to live with hope without falling into presumption? How do we avoid despair while surrounded by a world that is crumbling? Get the answers on today's episode of Let's Talk About This. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes Faith, Hope, Love: Pieper, Josef Beware of “Hopium” and “Copium” The Fabric of Hope: Glenn Tinder Hope, wishful thinking and presumption — what’s the difference? The Weight of Glory: Lewis, C. S.: iCatholic Mobile The Station of th...2025-07-1846 minThe Catholic CurrentAnti-Human, Anti-Christ? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/11/25Are we properly equipping Christians for the battles ahead, or has the Church become less like a warship and more like a cruiseliner? In this episode of Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue looks further at the spiritual movements that Catholics are faced with and discusses how we ought to be responding. Show Notes The Drama of Atheist Humanism (Henry De Lubac) God and Philosophy (Etienne Gilson) The God of Faith and Reason: Foundations of Christian Theology There used to be a better class of atheist Old...2025-07-1146 minThe Catholic CurrentShouldn't Catholics Be Smarter? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/4/25In this week's Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue posits the notion that the graces conferred upon a Catholic can help him to become a better scholar, intellectual, or searcher of the Truth. The Faith provides a proper grounding for explorations and centers him rightly. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes Catholic Brain Death? | Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. A Gilson Reader: Selected Writings of Etienne Gilson There used to be a better class of atheist The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Me...2025-07-0446 minThe Catholic CurrentTrans-Erasure of Human Nature (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/27/25In this week's edition of Let's Talk about This, Father McTeigue exposes the connections between Marxist ideological goals and the trans movement, including the important spiritual undertones of this battle. Show Notes Court upholds Tennessee’s ban on certain medical treatments for transgender minors - SCOTUSblog Does Transgenderism Have a Future? | Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine Ruth Institute Courage International The Gender Accelerationist Manifesto : Vikky Storm & Eme Flores : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Transs...2025-06-2746 minThe Catholic CurrentThe Sad History of Catholic American Politics (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/20/25Do you know the history of Catholicism in America? Do you know where the term "social justice" originated, and how that differs from its usage today? In today's episode of Let's Talk about This, Father McTeigue walks us through the answers to these questions. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes 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. Robe...2025-06-2051 minThe Catholic CurrentThey’re Lying to Us About Mass and Vocations (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/13/25Why are dioceses unwilling to examine what is failing, and why vocations are down in most of the country? What messages have we been sending to young men for decades? Are they listening for the call? Fr. McTeigue, S.J. takes on these questions in this week's episode of Let's Talk About This. He finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes Looking Backward in the Diocese of Charlotte - Crisis Magazine The Class of 2026 - by John Carter - Postcards From Barsoom What Many Priests No L...2025-06-1351 minThe Catholic CurrentLet's Help the Diocese of Charlotte! (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/6/25The Charlotte Diocese has been dominant in the news cycle for the bishop's attempts to both reduce access to the Latin Mass and eliminate reverence in the Novus Ordo. In this week's Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue discusses what the GIRM really calls for, and how parishes could worship better. Show Notes Why a bishop’s preferences can never become law – Catholic World Report Charlotte’s War on Reverence: A Priesthood Undone - Crisis Magazine Rorate Exclusive: The Anti-Traditional and Anti-Liturgical Pastoral Letter to be Sent by the Bishop of Charlott...2025-06-0651 minThe Catholic CurrentMaking Excuses for God? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 5/30/25Could you explain the Ascension in a way that makes sense to a non-believer? Why would it be that the Ascension of God is better than having Him with us in a more tangible way? Fr. McTeigue explains what is often left out of explanations about this important Feast. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes Hail the Day That Saw Him Rise Are you tired of making excuses for God? What the Ascension teaches us about our bodies Russia rejects Vatican offer to...2025-05-3051 minThe Catholic CurrentLet’s Choose a Better Future (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 5/23/25Since South Korea, with its advanced technological culture, has one of the highest suicide rates along with other signs of societal despair, what does that suggest about the direction we're heading? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness. Show Notes South Korea Is Everything Wrong With Society Why South Korea is Collapsing: The Coming Economic Crisis South Korea Is a Dystopia South Korea Archives - Zeihan on Geopolitics The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God The Church Speaks to the Modern World: The Soci...2025-05-2351 minThe Catholic CurrentAre We Losing Our Minds (or Our Memories?) - Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. 5/16/25What have we lost through an ignorance of our collective history? What are we being manipulated into forgetting? Father McTeigue confronts these questions in this week's episode of Let's Talk About This. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes Nicholas Carr | What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains Teachers Quit because of Technology The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember Amusing Ourselves to Death 20th (twentieth) edition Text Only: Neil Postman The Hacking of t...2025-05-1651 minThe Catholic CurrentLearning to Live Forgiven (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 5/2/25Can you distinguish between guilt and shame? Can you live a life of contrition without drowning beneath the crippling shame of your sins? Fr. McTeigue would like to explain how you are called to live, as a loved sinner. He finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Furious Longing of God The Devil You Don't Know: Recognizing and Resisting Evil in Everyday Life: Cameli, Louis J. Learning to love what God has made This might be the best trick the devil has up h...2025-05-0252 minThe Catholic CurrentDid Saints Perform Abortions? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/25/25Planned Parenthood activists have begun proclaiming that saints performed abortions and that abortion was once not considered a sin by the Church. Fr. McTeigue takes apart these deceptions and sheds truth on the lies. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Didache | EWTN Flash of Light When Human Egg is Fertilized (Video) Epistle to Diognetus What Did St. Thomas Aquinas Believe about "Ensoulment?" | Catholic Answers Q&A Has the Church Really Changed Its Teaching on Abortion? | Catholic Answers...2025-04-2553 minThe Catholic CurrentA First Response to the Death of Pope Francis (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/21/25In the wake of the death of Pope Francis, Fr. McTeigue seeks three different perspectives: a Jesuit, Fr. Fessio; a pastor, Fr. Casey Jones; and a shepherd, Bishop Olson. He closes with his own thoughts about how we should focus and pray in the coming days and weeks. Show Notes Universi Dominici Gregis (February 22, 1996) | John Paul II Matthew 16:18-20 - Bible Gateway St. Catherine of Siena Novena Bishop Olson Interviewed iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off...2025-04-2152 minThe Catholic CurrentBooks Are the New Luxury (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/11/25In today's episode of Let's Talk About This, Father looks at the world of reading, and the world that doesn't read. Do we lose more than we realize when we turn away from the written word and towards other mediums? Why has reading become a sign of status? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Why everyone stopped reading (YouTube) Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, 2nd ed: McEntyre, Marilyn Beauty in the Word: Rethinking the Foundations of Education Ano...2025-04-1152 minThe Catholic CurrentThe Socially Acceptable Addiction (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/4/25In today's episode of Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue explores how our addiction to our phones is affecting our culture, our relationships, and our souls. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains: Carr, Nicholas Redeemed Vision: Setting the Blind Free from the Pornified Culture The Death Of Christian Culture...2025-04-0452 minThe Catholic CurrentSin Makes Us Stupid (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/28/25In today's episode of Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue explores the effect of sin on our lives, as well as the connection between sin and pain. He instructs listeners in the different ways that they can learn to resist sinful habits. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes American Antigone: Archbold, Matthew - Books Why Do You Repeat Your Sins? Why do we lie to ourselves? How to unite mind, soul, and body against sin Advice from an ag...2025-03-2851 minThe Catholic CurrentCan We Be Good Without God? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/21/25In today's episode of Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue analyzes the history of those who have created worldviews and ideologies that exclude God while attempting to enact a utopian vision. He also scrutinizes some contemporary advocates of such policies, and shows exactly where their arguments fall apart. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Can we be Good without God? On the Political Meaning of Christianity Liberty: Rethinking an Imperiled Ideal Against Fate: An Essay on Personal Dignity Pagan America: T...2025-03-2151 minThe Catholic CurrentLoneliness, Solitude, Isolation—What’s the Difference? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/14/25If we cannot distinguish between loneliness, solitude, and isolation, we will not be able to fight against what can be a crippling source of pain. We live in a fallen world, and we must know how to identify what is merely normal human emotion, as well as lies from the Devil. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Life of Solitude: Finding God in the Solitude of Francisco Palau The cure for loneliness the world won’t tell you about The Loneliness of...2025-03-1451 minThe Catholic CurrentIs It 1943 Again? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/7/25Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. takes on this week's Let’s Talk About This by comparing the time that we are in now with a prior year in which so much change was taking place. Can we use the mistakes of the past to forge a better future? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis The Year Of Our Lord 1943 (Book Review) What 2018 Can Learn from 1943 Return of the Strong...2025-03-0751 minThe Catholic CurrentAre You Down to Your Last Lent? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/4/25Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. presents a pre-Lenten special, so that listeners might be ready to embrace this penitential season, and draw closer to Christ. Show Notes Do We Really Need Another Lent? Lent: Because we’re running out of time and into eternity Alligator OK to eat on Lenten Fridays, archbishop clarifies | Catholic News Agency The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows | Marians of the Immaculate Conception Cardinal Dolan Compares Catholic Fasting to Ramadan iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use C...2025-03-0451 minThe Catholic CurrentAsk Father Mailbag #7 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/21/25Fr. 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 Aq...2025-02-2151 minThe Catholic CurrentWhy Won’t We Help Our Children to Be Holy? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/14/25In 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...2025-02-1452 minThe Catholic CurrentWhat Does IVF Do to Our Souls? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/7/25In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses IVF and the horrific practice of having frozen embryos turned into jewelry. How did we get to the point where we not only celebrate, but sentimentalize our sin? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Horror of Human Embryo Jewelry | Desiring God IVF Embryo Jewelry, Custom Fertility Jewelry About Embryo Jewelry, Custom Fertility Jewelry – Revive Jewelry Selling Embryos & Making A Killing (Dr. Tara Sander Lee) 7/10/23 Human Fertility and...2025-02-0752 minThe Catholic CurrentThe Cult of the Machine (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 1/31/25In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses cooperation with the living God, the power of nature, and the modern idolatry of technology. Are we the masters or the servants of the tools that we have created? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Cross and the Machine | First Things Paul Kingsnorth Episode 9: Against Paul Kingsnorth Technology Is Not Neutral - Crisis Magazine Analog Hunger in a Digital World: Confronting Today's Identity Crisis The Wo...2025-01-3152 minThe Catholic CurrentWe’re Not Hoping & Coping Our Way Out of This One (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 1/24/25In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue again discusses Acedia and the subtle idolatries of delusional optimism. How can we break from the desires for others to "do the work" for us? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Beware of “Hopium” and “Copium” Symposium on Catholics & American Political Life | New Oxford Review A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper Faith, Hope, Love - Josef Pieper Kingship Of Christ and Organized N...2025-01-2452 minThe Catholic CurrentEnding the Year with a Clean Conscience (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 12/30/24This is the new closing segment for today's Encore episode. Why is it necessary to ensure that we end the year with a clean conscience? Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes Who’s Ready for Another New Year? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 12/15/23 A Detailed Catholic Examination of Conscience Prayer of Firm Purpose of Amendment Prepare the Way of the Lord with a Good Confession | Catholic Culture iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Mer...2024-12-3010 minThe Catholic CurrentPre-Christmas Reflections (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 12/23/24This is the new closing segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes Pre-Christmas Reflections (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 12/23/22 Cur Deus Homo: Why God Became Man: St. Anselm 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! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify...2024-12-2310 minThe Catholic CurrentWeekend Readiness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 11/29/24This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes Who Needs Another Advent? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 12/1/23 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! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the...2024-11-2910 minThe Catholic CurrentAsk Father Mailbag #6 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 9/27/24In 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 Catena Aurea - Matthew Catena Aurea - Mark Catena Aurea - Luke Catena Aurea - John The Magis Center for Reason and Faith Fides et Ratio (14 September 1998) | John Paul II A Closer Look a...2024-09-2753 minThe Catholic CurrentRethinking Our Words and Images (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 9/20/24In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses spreading the Gospel in the age of short-form digital video. It's crucial to use, master, and capture all technology for Christ and His Kingdom, but why does Father still recommend the written word? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Resistance Writer by Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity The Humiliation of the Word: Jacques Ellul Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power: Josef Pieper Caring f...2024-09-2053 minThe Catholic CurrentWeekend Readiness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 9/6/24This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes The Mind in the Service of Christ (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/2/24 Daily Readings for September 8th, 2024 Telling uncomfortable truths is now considered ‘terrorism’ in Britain Dublin Archbishop introduces three-year renewal plan for archdiocese The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTei...2024-09-0610 minThe Catholic CurrentWeekend Readiness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/30/24This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes Scenes from the War Against God and Man (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 10/20/23 Daily Readings for September 1st, 2024 Proof-of-citizenship voting bill push could threaten government shutdown Ohio bill would allow parents to claim tax credit for babies in the womb The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to t...2024-08-3010 minThe Catholic CurrentWhat's Your Parish Good For? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/23/24In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses his latest article in Crisis Magazine evaluating the effectiveness of many parishes. In the next persecution, are the parishioners of St. Typical's more likely to rise to the occasion, or fall to the level of their training? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Parishes Preparing Their People for…What Exactly? - Crisis Magazine Why Do (Mass-going) Catholics Resent God? - Crisis Magazine What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review 2024-08-2353 minThe Catholic CurrentWeekend Readiness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/16/24This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes The Dark Gods Have Returned (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/15/24 Daily Readings for August 18th, 2024 Death of Sr. Agnes Sasagawa, locutionist of Our Lady of Akita Photo Released of Would-Be Assassin Thomas Crooks Walking Around Building with a Gun Before Shooting President Trump Report: Female SS Agent Nursed Baby at Trump Campaign Event; Agents Snoozed a...2024-08-1610 minThe Catholic CurrentRecommitting to Spiritual Warfare (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/9/24In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the deadly allure of normalcy bias when it comes to spiritual warfare. What are we to do when we discover that something other than God has a hold on us? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Anything but helpless during this dark time: Let us call on this power Both Christ and Satan have chosen you 5 Steps to fight the wickedness: Remind yourself (and Satan) that you are not helpless 2024-08-0953 minThe Catholic CurrentWeekend Readiness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/2/24This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes What Can We Learn from Nineveh? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/5/24 Pete Buttigieg: ‘Men Are More Free’ When Abortion Is Legal 'It's Evil': Fans Erupt in Anger After Olympic Boxer Alleged to Have Male Chromosomes, Defeats Female Fighter in Under a Minute Illegal migrant from Venezuela left her receipt at the grocery store. Cashier took a photo... | Twitter...2024-08-0210 minThe Catholic CurrentWho’s Ready for Another Synod? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/12/24In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the Instrumentum Laboris for the October session of the Synod on Synodality. Is this one as bad as the one from 2023? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes New ‘Instrumentum Laboris’ Focuses on How to Implement Goals of Synod on Synodality| National Catholic Register “Instrumentum laboris” for the Second Session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 2024) The Synod: A Crash Landing? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/25/23 The...2024-07-1253 minThe Catholic CurrentA Closer Look at Papal Speculations (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/21/24In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the trend towards relativism in recent documents to come out of Rome. How are all of the documents connected, and what can we expect in the future? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Bishop of Rome: Primacy and Synodality in the Ecumenical Dialogues and in the Responses to the Encyclical 'Ut unum sint,' Ecumenism and papal primacy: Vatican releases status report on dialogues | USCCB ‘The Bishop of Rome’: A brief...2024-06-2152 minThe Catholic CurrentWeekend Readiness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/14/24This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes Confronting the Demon of Discouragement (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/26/24 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! 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!2024-06-1410 minThe Catholic CurrentWhy Do (Mass-going) Catholics Resent God? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/7/24In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue walks through his latest article published in Crisis Magazine. Does the bad behavior seen at St. Typical's really display an inward resentment of God? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Why Do (Mass-going) Catholics Resent God? - Crisis Magazine What To Do When the Truth Hurts (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 5/31/24 “We May Not Fully Understand…” Reality Beyond Words: Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Part 1 | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Pe...2024-06-0752 minThe Catholic CurrentWeekend Readiness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 5/3/24This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes Finding, Remembering, and Sharing Wisdom (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/16/24 Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! 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!2024-05-0310 minThe Catholic CurrentConfronting the Demon of Discouragement (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/26/24In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses what to with discouragement and desolation. How do we fight back against our spiritual enemies? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes St Ignatius of Loyola’s Prayer Against Depression – EWTN Global Catholic Television Network Depressed? Demoralized? What’s the Difference? (Fr. Robert McTeigue S.J.) 6/10/22 Christian resilience is not what you think What Should You Do When You Are Discouraged? The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Ti...2024-04-2652 minThe Catholic CurrentSecond Thoughts about Lent (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/1/24In 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 Rea...2024-03-0152 minThe Catholic CurrentJust Another Lent at Saint Typical’s (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/23/24In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses another disturbing aspect of St. Typical's: not taking Lent seriously. What can the faithful do to act against half-hearted pretending? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review Sunday Mass At St. Typical’s (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/21/23 The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows | Marians of the Immaculate Conception 4 Signs you might be spiritually dead Lent: No more deals wit...2024-02-2352 minThe Catholic CurrentAsk Father Mailbag #3 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 1/5/24Father McTeigue begins the new year by opening up the mailbag to answer some 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 Let’s Talk About This - Ask Father Mailbag (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/30/23 Ask Father Mailbag #2 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/4/23 The Five First Saturdays Devotion Ten Ways to...2024-01-0553 minThe Catholic CurrentWho Needs Another Advent? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 12/1/23In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the season of Advent beginning this Sunday. How are we to take out the trash during this liturgical season? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Getting Advent Right - Aleteia Beware of “Hopium” and “Copium” Spanish Catholics Prayerfully Protest Police U.S. Saw Record High Suicides in 2022 › American Greatness Rethinking Forgiveness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/2/23 Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeig...2023-12-0152 minThe Catholic CurrentScenes from the War Against God and Man (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 10/20/23In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue walks through his latest article in New Oxford Review. What did some recent travel reveal to him about the state of the Church and the world? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass, before outlining near future plans for the show. Show Notes: The Cult of the Imperial Self Who Needs Worship? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 1/20/23 Why Mass Doesn’t Need To Be “New and Improved” Our Lady Teaches Us the Meaning of the...2023-10-2052 minThe Catholic CurrentWhat Is the Boniface Option? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 9/29/23In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue discusses the new book by Andrew Isker, The Boniface Option. We're living in a sick system made sick by design. Why are so many hesitant and unable to admit this? More importantly, what do we do about it? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Boniface Option: A Strategy For Christian Counteroffensive in a Post-Christian Nation | Andrew Isker Mere Christendom: The Case for Bringing Christianity Back into Modern Culture - Leading by Faith to Convert Secularism...2023-09-2952 minThe Catholic CurrentOld Weapons for New Evils? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 9/15/23In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue finishes the discussion from last week by explaining the tried and true spiritual resistance training program to fight against the new manifestations of evil. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Meet the New Faces of Evil (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 9/8/23 The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete With God in Russia: The Inspiring Classic Account of a Catholic Priest's Twenty-three Years in Soviet Prisons and Labor Camps - Fr. W...2023-09-1552 min
Herald of the Gospel Sermons"Where Is Your Treasure?", preached on June 23, 2023"Where Is Your Treasure?", preached on June 23, 20232023-06-2306 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons"Choosing Our Father", preached on June 21, 2023"Choosing Our Father", preached on June 21, 20232023-06-2104 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons"Do Christians Have Enemies?", preached on June 20, 2023"Do Christians Have Enemies?", preached on June 20, 20232023-06-2007 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons"Why Did God Choose Us?", preached on June 18, 2023"Why Did God Choose Us?", preached on June 18, 20232023-06-1807 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons"26 Years of Priesthood", preached on June 15, 2023"26 Years of Priesthood", preached on June 15, 20232023-06-1610 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Because I Said So.”, preached on June 14, 2023“Because I Said So.”, preached on June 14, 20232023-06-1405 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Can You Afford It?”, preached on June 12, 2023“Can You Afford It?”, preached on June 12, 20232023-06-1204 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“You Probably Won’t Like Heaven”, preached June 11, 2023“You Probably Won’t Like Heaven”, preached June 11, 20232023-06-1114 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“What Is True Generosity?”, preached on June 10, 2023“What Is True Generosity?”, preached on June 10, 20232023-06-1005 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Do You Know What Love Is?”, preached on June 8, 2023“Do You Know What Love Is?”, preached on June 8, 20232023-06-0807 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Holy Thursday—How Good Is Your Memory?”, preached on April 6, 2023“Holy Thursday—How Good Is Your Memory?”, preached on April 6, 20232023-06-0623 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons"Where Are Your Idols?”, preached on June 5, 2023"Where Are Your Idols?”, preached on June 5, 20232023-06-0504 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Who Needs the Trinity?”, preached on June 4, 2023“Who Needs the Trinity?”, preached on June 4, 2023
2023-06-0412 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“What Have We Been Commanded to Preach?”, preached on June 1, 2023 “What Have We Been Commanded to Preach?”, preached on June 1, 20232023-06-0104 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Don’t Keep It to Yourself”, preached on May 31, 2023“Don’t Keep It to Yourself”, preached on May 31, 20232023-05-3102 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Forgotten Pentecost?”, preached on May 29, 2023“Forgotten Pentecost?”, preached on May 29, 20232023-05-2906 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Who Needs Pentecost?”, preached on May 28, 2023“Who Needs Pentecost?”, preached on May 28, 20232023-05-2809 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons"I Am Not Responsible for Your Blood", preached on May 23, 2023"I Am Not Responsible for Your Blood", preached on May 23, 20232023-05-2405 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons"Nothing's Too Good for the Troops!", preached on May 21, 2023"Nothing's Too Good for the Troops!", preached on May 21, 20232023-05-2210 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons"The Truth about the Ascension", preached on May 18, 2023"The Truth about the Ascension", preached on May 18, 20232023-05-1813 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Daily Bread, Daily Word”, preached on May 17, 2023“Daily Bread, Daily Word”, preached on May 17, 20232023-05-1706 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Walking Away from a Fight?”, preached on May 15, 2023“Walking Away from a Fight?”, preached on May 15, 20232023-05-1506 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Do You Hope? Why?”, preached on May 14, 2023“Do You Hope? Why?”, preached on May 14, 20232023-05-1409 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“The People Who Should Know Better”, preached on April 18, 2023“The People Who Should Know Better”, preached on April 18, 20232023-05-1304 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons"One of These Things Is Not Like The Other", preached on May 11, 2023"One of These Things Is Not Like The Other", preached on May 11, 20232023-05-1209 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Love, Joy & Other Errors”, preached on May 11, 2023“Love, Joy & Other Errors”, preached on May 11, 20232023-05-1106 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Did Jesus Have a Motto?”, preached on May 9, 2023“Did Jesus Have a Motto?”, preached on May 9, 20232023-05-0906 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Too Full for Heaven?”, preached on May 7, 2023“Too Full for Heaven?”, preached on May 7, 2023
2023-05-0707 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Faith or Magic?”, preached on May 6, 2023 “Faith or Magic?”, preached on May 6, 2023
2023-05-0606 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Praying Family Back to the Church”, preached on May 4, 2023“Praying Family Back to the Church”, preached on May 4, 20232023-05-0410 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Telling Your Truth or The Truth?”, preached on May 3, 2023“Telling Your Truth or The Truth?”, preached on May 3, 20232023-05-0306 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Can You Recognize Christ’s Voice?”, preached on April 30, 2023“Can You Recognize Christ’s Voice?”, preached on April 30, 20232023-04-3009 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“God’s Best & Final Offer”, preached on April 29, 2023 “God’s Best & Final Offer”, preached on April 29, 20232023-04-2905 min
Herald of the Gospel Sermons“Unity or Complicity?”, preached on April 27, 2023This is the inaugural episode of this podcast.
“Unity or Complicity?”, preached on April 27, 20232023-04-2709 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons"Are You Tired of Winning Yet?", preached on April 20, 2023"Are You Tired of Winning Yet?", preached on April 20, 2023
2023-04-2007 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“How Do You Know that You Believe?”, preached on April 16, 2023“How Do You Know that You Believe?”, preached on April 16, 2023 2023-04-1608 minHerald of the Gospel Sermons“Called by Name" preached on April 14, 2023“Called by Name" preached on April 14, 20232023-04-1505 min
The Catholic Conversation3/31/23 - Fr. Robert McTeigue on Rebuilding Our CultureFr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. explores the challenges of our secular culture and how Catholics can help rebuild it. His book is Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era.2023-03-3156 minThe Catholic CurrentThe Common Good—and Other Distractions (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/17/23In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue discusses why most appeals to "the common good" are actually disingenuous diversions from discussing the truth. Why do so many Christians take the easy way out? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. The Pestilence of Pulpit Politics by Roger Scruton Catechism of the Catholic Church on The Common Good - PART 3 SECTION 1 CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 2 Reclaiming Catholic Social Teaching - Anthony Esolen Fr. Robert McTeigue On Spiritual Warfare And A Brief History of Our Annihilation C...2023-03-1752 minThe Catholic CurrentFact-Checking Clerics, Part 3 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/10/23In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue discusses the latest article that Cardinal McElroy wrote in response to some of his critics who raised issues over his previous article. What does he get wrong about conscience, and why is it important to get Catholic sexual ethics right anyway? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness, recapping this liturgical issues week to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Cardinal McElroy Responds to His Critics On Sexual Sin, the Eucharist, and LGBT and Divorced/Remarried Catholics | America Magazine Let's Fact-Check A Cardinal (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/3/232023-03-1052 minThe Catholic CurrentFact-Checking Clerics, Part 2 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/24/23In 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...2023-02-2452 minThe Catholic Current4 Year Anniversary (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/19/22On this special episode of The Catholic Current, Fr. McTeigue celebrates the four year anniversary of hosting the show. He reminisces about his unlikely journey into Catholic radio, and shares highlights of the past year. As always, he finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. No One Could’ve Known (Except God) Pop Culture and Traditional Values (Bill Whittle & Nick Laing) 2/16/22 Evil, Villains, and Good Stories (Bill Whittle & Nick Laing) 3/17/22 Are You Really Born That Way? (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 2/28/22 Getting Un-Confused About Gender (Dr...2022-08-1952 min
Ignatius Press PodcastAuthor Interview with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.https://www.ignatius.com/Real-Philosophy-for-Real-People-P3672.aspx
The philosopher Paul Weiss once observed, "Philosophers let theories get in the way of what they and everyone else know." For many, the very word "philosophical" has become all but synonymous with "impractical".
Yet whether we like it or not, almost every corner of our lives—from dissertation writing to channel surfing—brings us face to face with competing philosophies and world views, each claiming to tell us definitively what it means to be human. How can we know which one is right? And what difference does it make?
2022-03-2131 minThe Catholic Conversation12/12/20 - Fr. Robert McTeigue, Finding TruthThat doesn't sound right, but I can't put my finger on it. Do you ever have those thoughts? It's difficult sometimes to know what is true. Fr. Robert McTeigue discusses a framework for finding truth and his book, Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living. Today's episode is brought to you in part by Notre Dame Federal Credit Union https://notredamefcu.com/arizona.2020-12-111h 04
Catholic Answers Focus#308 A World Broken into “Worldviews” - Fr. Robert McTeiguePeople today live in physical proximity to one another even as they occupy very different worlds. Father Robert McTeigue, author of Real Philosophy for Real People explains how we got here, and some possible cures.2020-12-0900 min
Classical Theism PodcastPhilosophy for Regular People w/ Fr. Robert McTeigue S.J.What is philosophy and why is it important? How do faith and reason relate to each other? How can we think about worldviews? What is a human person? Fr. Robert McTeigue joins me to discuss these questions and more on a bonus episode. Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., is a member of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus. He has lectured worldwide on philosophy and theology. A member of the National Ethics Committee of the Catholic Medical Association, he is host and producer of the radio show The Catholic Current on the Station of the...2020-11-0433 min
Your Catholic Life with Jon LeonettiFr. Robert McTeigue on his book and the importance of Philosophy in our livesFr. Robert McTeigue on his book and the importance of Philosophy in our lives by Jon Leonetti2020-09-2200 min
The FurrowThe Real Meaning of Lent (An interview with Father Robert McTeigue, SJ)In this episode, we invite Father Robert McTeigue, SJ, to discuss and reflect on the real meaning of Lent. When we ask ourselves the perennial question, "What should I give up for Lent?" are we really doing enough? If you're feeling lost, confused or uncertain about where you stand this Lent, you won't want to miss this episode.Here's a link to Father McTeigue's book, "I Have Someone to Tell You: A Jesuit Heralds the Gospel" which can be purchased on Amazon: http://a.co/59KovPyYou can also follow Father's weekly columns on Aleteia by visiting www.aleteia.org/author...2018-03-1552 min
THA TalksEdition 133 - Rev. Robert McTeigue - A Jesuit MetaphysicianFather Robert McTeigue, SJ, is a member of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus. A professor of philosophy and theology, he has taught and lectured in North and Central America, Europe and Asia and is known for his classes in both rhetoric and medical ethics. He has long experience in spiritual direction, retreat ministry and religious formation and now works in seminary education. His weekly column can be found on Wednesday mornings at Aleteia.org, and an archive of his columns can be found in the link section bellow. Related links: http://al...2016-10-2455 min
THA TalksEdition 11 - Rev. Robert McTeigue - The Society of JesusFather Robert McTeigue, SJ, is a professor of philosophy at Ave Maria University and a long time serving Jesuit Priest and is a member of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus. He has taught and lectured in North and Central America, Europe and Asia and is known for his classes in both rhetoric and medical ethics. He has long experience in spiritual direction, retreat ministry and religious formation and now works in seminary education. His weekly column can be found on Wednesday mornings at Aleteia.org, and an archive of his columns can be found in the lin...2014-04-0759 min