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In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the need to meditate on the Four Last Things as we approach Lent. Why is the common method of Lenten preparation seen at St. Typical's insufficient? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Want a better Lent? Go to Hell! 3 Easy steps to the worst Lent ever! The Concept of Sin: Josef Pieper Holy Week & The Four Last Things (Fr. Bill Watson, S.J.) 4/3/23 A Drama of Exile and Other Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning God Wants You to Confess Your Sins to a Priest | Catholic Answers Magazine Church Militant Field Manual 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!

We welcome back Dr. Catherine Pakaluk of The Catholic University of America to discuss her upcoming book with Regnery Publishing. Why do well-meaning attempts to counter falling birthrates fail, what are the true motives for having large families, and why must government programs fall short of a meaningful solution? Show Notes Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth | Dr Catherine Pakaluk Fighting the Democrat's Pro-Abortion Platform | BillWhittle.com What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster - Jonathan V Last The Children We Never Had (Anna Reynolds) 10/12/23 Why Despise Children? (Fr. Robert McTeigue S.J.) 8/12/22 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!

We welcome back author and scholar Raymond Ibrahim to update us on the more recent attacks against Christians. Why is there continued media silence on such attacks, and why is hope for a "Muslim Reformation" a foolish idea? Show Notes 'A Field of Jihad' The Muslim Persecution of Christians, December 2023 (Christmas Edition) The Muslim Persecution of Christians Reports - Archive Thousands Fill Dublin Streets in Protest Against Migrant Invasion (Video) | The Gateway Pundit | by Margaret Flavin The Genocide of 'The Sunday People': 365,000,000 Christians Persecuted Worldwide :: Gatestone Institute Islam: Theory vs Experience - American Thinker Brief Video: Bookmark Brief at EWTN The New Vichy Syndrome: Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism | Theodore Dalrymple Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam The Endless Lent of Persecuted Christians (Raymond Ibrahim) 2/22/23 Defenders of the West (Raymond Ibrahim) 7/25/22 The Eastern Defenders of Christendom (Raymond Ibrahim) 11/17/22 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!

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss some of the latest headlines in the Church and in the world. Is there anywhere to turn to for hope? Father finishes with some Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Exclusive: Lourdes bishop hopes to make decision on Rupnik mosaics by spring | Catholic News Agency Christian vet who beheaded Satanic statue at Iowa Capital charged with hate crime. Wait. Hate Against Who? Seattle Archdiocese announces plan to merge parishes | Catholic News Agency Republican Governor of Montana Removes 14 Year Old From Parents Who Said No to Gender Transition. You Don't Need Horns to Worship Satan. Just a Mirror. Preparation for Total Consecration to the Immaculate according to St Maximilian M. Kolbe A Treasury of Traditional Catholic Novenas Fisheaters - Catholic Library 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!

We welcome back Dr. John Bergsma of The Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology to discuss their newest free Lenten resource, the Exodus & Exile Challenge. How can the book of Exodus help us to strive towards our true home, both during Lent, and beyond? Show Notes Exodus & Exile Challenge – St. Paul Center Exodus & Exile - Trailer Lent: Sin Can Kill You; Shame Doesn't Have To Straight Talk about Sin, Guilt and Shame (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/3/23 Who Needs Another Lent? (Dr. Scott Hahn) 2/15/23 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!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the role of the mind in Christian discipleship. What does worthy worship have to do with the use of the intellect? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes: Christianity and Philosophy | Etienne Gilson Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! The God of Faith and Reason: Foundations of Christian Theology - Robert Sokolowski Reason and Revelation in the Middle Ages - Etienne Gilson The Mind That Is Catholic: Philosophical and Political Essays | Fr. James Schall, S.J. Is Science a Gateway to God? (Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.) 12/7/23 Does the Church Need Good Music? (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski) 7/13/23 Do We Need Catholic Poetry? (Dr. Anthony Esolen) 8/25/22 Suspect Who Destroyed Satanic Display at Iowa Capitol Charged With a 'Hate Crime' – PJ Media Religious converge on Vatican amid falling numbers, growing scandals | Crux 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!

We welcome back Fr. Casey Jones of the Diocese of Venice, Florida to discuss the upcoming season of Lent and the faith of the life of parishioners. How can pastors better lead their congregations in the life of faith? Show Notes Father Bux: 'Fiducia Supplicans' Does Not Belong to the Authentic Magisterium, Calls on Cardinal Fernández to Resign - Edward Pentin Fr. Casey Jones - When Jesus Speaks, Demons Listen Seton Naples - YouTube Catholic Schools Week 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!

We welcome back Missy Martinez-Stone of the Center for Client Safety (formerly Reprotection) to discuss the trauma of abortion, and especially the recent push for widespread use of abortion pills. How can we best change the hearts of those operating under misplaced compassion? Show Notes: Center for Client Safety Project Rachel Biden commemorates Roe v. Wade's 51st anniversary by accusing GOP of endangering women - LifeNews.com Jill Biden Invites Woman Who Had Her Disabled Baby Aborted to be Her State of the Union Guest - LifeNews.com Abortion Pill Reversal Has Saved 4,500 Babies From Abortions, Like This One - LifeNews.com Abortion Drugs Kill Babies and Hurt Women, But They Can be Reversed and Save a Child's Life - LifeNews.com The American Association of Pro life Obstetricians and Gynecologists | AAPLOG Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine Catholic Response to Crisis Pregnancy (Ally Laake) 5/18/23 Mater Filius Locations | Mexico, USA & Latin America Goodbye to Roe! Now What? (Fr. Robert McTeigue S.J.) 6/24/22 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!

We welcome Dr. William Boegel of The Opal House Guatemala to talk us through the process of responding to a radical calling from God. Why ought we leave our comfort zones in order to serve Him? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes: The Opal House Guatemala Stretched for Greater Glory: What To Expect From The Spiritual Exercises - George Aschenbrenner Serving Christ on Mission in Asia (Tricia Bølle) 6/8/22 Old Errors and New Labels (1931) | Fulton J. Sheen Old Errors & New Labels – Let's Talk About This (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 11/12/21 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!

We welcome back Fr. John Perricone to discuss his latest in Crisis Magazine. How did the methodology seen in the Synod on Synodality help lead to Fiducia Supplicans, and what is "magical thinking"? Show Notes The Time of Magical Thinking - Crisis Magazine Pascendi Dominici Gregis (September 8, 1907) | PIUS X The Syllabus Of Errors - Papal Encyclicals The Cult of the Imperial Self The False Hope of a "More Apostolic Church" - CatholicCitizens.org 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!