Let’s Take A Closer Look: Good Preaching is Like Mortal Sin
Release Date: 02/17/2025
Let’s Take A Closer Look: Are You Guilty of This?
The Catholic Current
The fallacy of explaining something clearly and expecting people to understand and accept what you say is fraught with disaster. Following St. Bernadette's example, we can avoid this pitfall. Let's take a closer look.
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Goodbye to DEI? (Fr. John Perricone) 2/18/25
The Catholic Current
We welcome back Fr. John Perricone, professor of philosophy at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, as Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., talks about the demise of DEI. What would a real Catholic education look like if there were no DEI? Father also finishes with timely thoughts. Show Notes:
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Let’s Take A Closer Look: Good Preaching is Like Mortal Sin
The Catholic Current
How could it be that the fundamental elements of mortal sin and good preaching would be the same? Let's take a closer look.
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Why Won’t We Help Our Children to Be Holy? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/14/25
The Catholic Current
In 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
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Poverty: It’s Where the Money Is (Michael Hichborn) 2/13/25
The Catholic Current
We welcome back Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute to discuss ideological colonialism, DOGE, and the untold history of USAID. Was USAID really immoral from its very beginning? Show Notes
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Let’s Take A Closer Look: Magic and Martyrs
The Catholic Current
How did martyrs do it? Grace is not magic, nor does it happen by chance. Let's take a closer look.
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Is Everything Fake? (Matt Archbold) 2/11/25
The Catholic Current
We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss DOGE, grift, and restoring sanity to women's sports. What are we to make of the response of those in government who prefer to both work and spend in secret? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes
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Let’s Take a Closer Look: Don’t Fix the Mass
The Catholic Current
What if you are at Mass and the priest says, "In the name of the creator, the redeemer, and the sanctifier." What would you do? Let's take a closer look.
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What Does IVF Do to Our Souls? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/7/25
The Catholic Current
In 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
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Catholic Clarity about Charity (Dr. Michael Pakaluk) 2/6/25
The Catholic Current
We welcome back Dr. Michael Pakaluk of the Catholic University of America to discuss the corruption of the virtue of Charity, synodality, and the role of the laity in ordering secular affairs through his latest article in The Catholic Thing. Why do many Bishops defy the roles laid out by Vatican II? Show Notes
info_outlineHow could it be that the fundamental elements of mortal sin and good preaching would be the same?
Let's take a closer look.