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The Cult of the Machine (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 1/31/25

The Catholic Current

Release Date: 01/31/2025

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Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. warns of a ditty that you might hear in the coming days, "Mary did you know?" and explains how it cancels Christmas. Watch on YouTube:   Show Notes   

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In this first installment of his Advent reflection series, Father Robert McTeigue, S.J., shares his sermon for the First Sunday of Advent—an unflinching call to spiritual alertness. He invites listeners to pray for humility, clarity, and generosity this season as we live as people destined for glory.

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In this week's edition of Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue examines the fading of Christendom through history, culture, and theology, pushing back against claims that its decline is either inevitable or desirable. He challenges the Church to reckon with how we arrived here and what rebuilding authentic Catholic civilization must look like. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes            

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What should we be doing this Advent? No, not about the lights, or the tree, or even the presents. What should we be doing as Catholics? Fr. McTeigue takes a closer look. Watch on YouTube:

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What happens when a prominent Catholic hierarch seems to have made…ahem…a misstatement—on a world stage? Father McTeigue has a suggestion. Watch on YouTube:

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How do we consider the End Times without falling into hysteria or the date-guessing that contradicts scripture? In this week's Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue explores what we can and should be doing. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes

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In 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 World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

 Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It

Gerald Gardner and the Origins of Wicca: Emerging Worldviews 21 - Breakpoint

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) - IMDb

Colossus The Forbin Project (1970)

The Practice of the Presence of God: Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection

Montana kills bill to jail priests for 5 years for not revealing what they hear in counseling - LifeSite

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Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works!

"Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist

Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify

Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel

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