The Catholic Current

We welcome back Fr. Robert Nixon OSB to discuss his recent translation of a work of St. Bonaventure through TAN Books. As the Triduum begins, how must we worship so that the Cross doesn't become as shocking as beige wallpaper in the life of a Christian? The Seven Last Words of Christ What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review New Norcia The 7 Last Words of Christ (Fr. Paul McDonald) Victory Over Vice: The Seven Last Words and the Art of Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins - Fulton Sheen The Seven Last Words - Fulton Sheen Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

On this Tuesday of Holy Week, we welcome back Sarah Cain, the Crusader Gal, to discuss silence through her article from Crisis Magazine. Why is our culture so afraid of silence, and what does constant idle noise do to our souls? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Into the Silence | Crisis Magazine Ten Ways to Crush the Morale of Priests What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

On this Monday of Holy Week, we welcome back Fr. Bill Watson S.J. of the Sacred Story Institute to discuss the Four Last Things. Why are they not taught, and where is the sense of the urgency of the Gospel in modern notions of Christianity? Sacred Story Institute Ask Fr. Bill: Fear for the End of the World? Ask Fr. Bill: What Happens After You Die? - Part 1 Ask Fr. Bill: What Happens After You Die? - Part 2 - Heaven Ask Fr. Bill: What Happens After You Die? - Part 3 - Purgatory Ask Fr. Bill: What Happens After You Die? - Part 4 - Hell Ask Fr. Bill: What Happens After You Die? - Part 5 - Judgement Ask Fr. Bill: What Happens After You Die? - Part 6 - New Heavens & New Earth Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue explains why it's not too late to have a good Lent and shows us how we can work with Christ towards sanctity and victory. How Do You Know if You're Ready for Holy Week? (Aleteia) 4 Signs You Might Not Be Ready for Easter (But There's Still Time!) (Aleteia) Easter Must Wait; Let Us First Go to the Cross (Aleteia) What Many Priests No Longer Believe (Homiletic and Pastoral Review) The Agonie - George Herbert (GeorgeHerbert.org) Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome Rafael Mangual, Nick Ohnell Fellow and head of research for the Policing and Public Safety Initiative at the Manhattan Institute, to discuss reforms to the criminal justice system. What's going on, and what can we do about it? Embracing Failure (City Journal) Will America's "Second City" Finally Put Safety First? (City Journal) Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most (Center Street Publishing) Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome John Ketcham, director of state and local policy and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, to discuss New York State, New York City, the relationship and futures of the two, and how these principalities and powers affect the rest of the United States. Where To, New York? (City Journal) Destroyed by Discovery: How New York State's Discovery Law Destabilizes the Criminal Justice System (Manhattan Institute) Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back geopolitical analyst and author Martin Gurri of City Journal to discuss political ideologies and agendas. What is populism, why is it a bad idea, and where do we go from here? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. In Search of a Right Populist Ideology (City Journal) The 2 Reasons Totalitarian States Detest the Church (Aleteia) The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millenium (Amazon) Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Judge Glock of the Manhattan Institute and City Journal to discuss the Federal Reserve's often-questionable allocation of financial resources and their bizarre willingness (or even eagerness) to bail out megabanks at the expense of U.S. taxpayers. The Fed Goes Underwater (City Journal) Bizarro Supply-Side Economics (City Journal) Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue warns us to not become addicted to the spiritually deadly drugs of "hopium" and "copium". What do they have to do with the deadly sins of Presumption and Despair? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Why does he hope that you have a miserable Sunday? Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium" Doomscrolling Past Christ - Crisis Magazine 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 Faith, Hope, Love - Josef Pieper In Tune With The World: A Theory of Festivity - Josef Pieper Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome author and researcher Mary Eberstadt to discuss her follow-up book on the ill effects of the sexual revolution through Ignatius Press. What caused her to write a follow-up book so soon? What does empirical data reveal that supports the sexual moral teachings of the Catholic Church? Adam and Eve After the Pill, Revisited How The False Promises Of The Sexual Revolution Created A New Religion A Brief History of Our Annihilation | Crisis Magazine Why Conservative Churches Are Growing: A Study in Sociology of Religion - Dean Kelley Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!