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In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses marking our milestones with the graces that correspond to the liturgical year. How can we avoid squandering the gifts given to us in the Incarnation? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.   Show Notes The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity by Lee Strobel The Case for Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger by Lee Strobel Virtual Tour — Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart Nativity of Christ Displayed at U.S. Capitol for First Time Ever.  Forgiving Ourselves and Being Forgiven: Taking Out the Trash for Advent  Catholic Encyclopedia | Candlemas Candlemas | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia War of the Jersey Shore! | Did Iranian Navy Carriers Launch Drones Over New Jersey? 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 Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome Dr. Michael Artigues of the American College of Pediatricians to discuss the case being argued in the Supreme Court regarding so-called transgender medicine for children. What are the long term physical, emotional, and moral side effects of these interventions, and how can physicians genuinely care for children in pain?   Show Notes SCOTUS Takes Up Case on Sex Changes for Minors — Here's What You Need to Know ACPeds Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case Supporting Tennessee's Right to Protect Children From Harmful Transgender Interventions Brief of Amici Curiae: The American College of Pediatricians, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, American Association of Christian Counselors, Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, Catholic Medical Association, and Christian Medical & Dental Association in Support of Respondents Doctors Protecting Children Biological Integrity Irreversible Damage & The Transgender Craze (Abigail Shrier) 02/01/21 Teens, Transgender & Suicide (Dr. Michelle Cretella) 11/15/21 Are You Really Born That Way? (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 02/28/22 Transgenderism and the Law (Dr. Leor Sapir) 03/21/22 Why Transgenderism? Why Now? (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse/Dr. Paul Hruz) 11/7/22 The Transgender Leviathan (Pedro Gonzalez) 12/19/22 Standing Firm Against Transgender Distortions (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) UK government declares 'indefinite' ban on subjecting children to puberty blockers - CatholicVote org 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 Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Raymond Ibrahim to discuss the danger of widespread historical ignorance, the truth about slavery, and the difficulty of finding true information. How can we learn to overcome the power of The Narrative?   Show Notes Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam Crucified Again: Exposing Islam's New War on Christians | Raymond Ibrahim The Battle of Yarmuk: An Assessment of the Immediate Factors behind the Islamic Conquests Paperback | Raymond Ibrahim Raymond Ibrahim | Website Celebrity Endorsements (and Origin of the Word 'Hypocrite') Were 'Whites' ever 'dragged out of their homes and made to work'? Media Employs Fake History to Demonize 'Crusader Fanboy' Pete Hegseth - The Stream Fake History Alert: Because Whites Were Never Enslaved, DEI Must Continue Quote Origin: Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Condemned To Repeat It  The Truth About Slavery: Past, Present and Future  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mercedarians  The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery Slavery—The Rest of the Story (Dr. Paul Kengor) 11/20/23 William Wilberforce | Infogalactic 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 Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Kathleen Carr of the Catholic Art Institute to discuss humility and the difference between innovation and restoration for classic beauty. What did the efforts at Notre Dame do right, and what did they do very wrong? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Catholic Art Institute Support the Catholic Art Institute Way of Beauty: Rekindling Eucharistic Amazement Through VISIO Divina - Dr. Jem Sullivan Making Time for Sacred Art (Kathleen Carr) 9/17/24 Mediocrity Will Convert No One, but Beauty Will: The Purpose of Sacred Art in the Modern World| National Catholic Register Looking for Jesus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Letter to Artists, (April 4, 1999) | John Paul II Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life Does the Church Need Good Music? (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski) 7/13/23 Do Catholics Really Need Beauty? (Cornelius Sullivan) 8/28/18 Critics Say New Church-Approved Plans for Notre-Dame Will Make the Place Look Like Disneyland | Artnet News France's heritage authorities back controversial plans for Notre-Dame Cathedral's interior | Catholic News Agency Top French designer created new vestments for Notre Dame The Saint Bede Studio in Australia: Purveyors of Fine Vestments ~ Liturgical Arts Journal Free Barabbas! - Beauty and Compromise at Notre Dame Gavin Ashenden reflects on the reopening of Notre Dame The Spiritual Rebirth of Notre Dame Cathedral | EWTN News In Depth 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 Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the root cause of the madness seen in recent news headlines. How can we act to overcome our rebellious nature in time for Christmas? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.   Show Notes Justice Kentaji Jackson says laws banning sex changes for young children are "sort of the same thing" as banning interracial marriage. Listen to Justice Alito run laps around the ACLU lawyer who thinks toddlers can choose their gender | Not the Bee Supreme humiliation: Justices Brown-Jackson and Sotomayor disgrace the Court | Not the Bee "I Am Sin" | Igniter Media French TV Channel Fined for Calling Abortion the World's Leading Cause of Death ━ The European Conservative  Bible boom: Why are people buying so many Bibles? | Catholic News Agency  Transgender and nonbinary people oppose bathroom ban with dancing takeover of women's toilets in congressional building | Blaze Media  Senate report shows only 6% of federal workers show up to work in person, and that's just the tip of the iceberg | Not the Bee A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine In Tune With The World: A Theory of Festivity - Josef Pieper   On Promoting Devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ | Catholic Culture Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus | EWTN 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 Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Jennifer Morse of the Ruth Institute to discuss an important new book that she contributed to on the many destructive lies of the sexual revolution. What is behind the phrase "Lived Experience" and why do many appeal to it in order to subvert Catholic teaching?   Show Notes Lived Experience and the Search for Truth: Revisiting Catholic Sexual Morality Responding to the Vatican: Lived Experience Validates Church Teaching | The Ruth Institute Healing From the Sexual Revolution – Ruth Institute The Ruth Institute Dr J Show Archives – Ruth Institute Courage International Don't Be Fooled by the Rainbow (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 6/1/23 Five Ways to Protect Your Family (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 5/8/23 The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here's Why – Catholic World Report A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine I'd Like to Tell the 2015 Synod Fathers about my Friend, Pete The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete Can Pain Be a Near Occasion of Sin? Why Can't We Reason With Pain and Sin? How to Unite Mind, Soul, and Body Against Sin Nefarious: The Must-See Movie (Cary Solomon) 5/15/23 Nefarious | Official Website Listen to Justice Alito run laps around the ACLU lawyer who thinks toddlers can choose their gender | Not the Bee 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 Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. of Ignatius Press to discuss the loss of trust in news sources and educating oneself beyond The Narrative. How can we rise above the white noise of perpetual media coverage and seek Truth?   Show Notes After Action Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Lessons Learned and a Path Forward | Final Report of The  Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic  Committee on Oversight and Accountability: U.S. House of Representatives  The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading: Mortimer Adler  How to Be a Conspiracy Realist (James Corbett) 10/20/22 What is the Biosecurity State? (James Corbett) 2/20/23 Conspiracy Theories and the Church (Dr. Darrick Taylor) 6/26/24 Covid: True or False? (Dr. Robert Malone) 3/13/23 Covid Masks: Facts & Fantasies (James Agresti) 02/09/22 76 Fallacies: Dr. Michael LaBossiere 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 Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Anna Reynolds of Inspire Virtue to discuss her latest article on family in Crisis Magazine. What is behind the apparent contempt for large families in modern society, and how can we begin to heal this complex issue? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Real Population Growth Means Strong, Faith-Filled Families - Crisis Magazine The Children We Never Had (Anna Reynolds) 10/12/23 What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster: Jonathan V Last Demographic Winter: The decline of the human family Watch Demographic Bomb: Demography is Destiny | Prime Video The Government Will Pay You to Have Babies in These Countries Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth Motherhood and Human Dignity (Dr. Catherine Pakaluk) 4/24/24 Why Despise Children? (Fr. Robert McTeigue S.J.) 8/12/22 Morbid Safetyism | Catherine Ruth Pakaluk | First Things Car Seats as Contraception 10-year-old walks alone a mile away from Georgia home, leading to his mother's arrest Philosophy of Household | John Cuddeback | LifeCraft Charles Peguy on Fatherhood 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 Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss acedia, courage, and misunderstandings of the virtue of Hope. How can fidelity to our state in life help lukewarm Christians to join the fight?   Show Notes Forgiving Ourselves and Being Forgiven: Taking Out the Trash for Advent  Four Words to Guide Your Advent Season  St. Charles Borromeo: On the Meaning of Advent Doomscrolling Past Christ - Crisis Magazine Onlyfans Model, Dem Women Say Trump Election 'Forced' Them to Get Sterilized Rather Than Lose 'Reproductive Rights'  southern orders: DANGER! DANGER! DANGER! WILL ROBINSON!  988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 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 Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

This 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 Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!