No Nonsense Catholic

No Nonsense Catholic

Good information about the Catholic faith is more readily available today than ever before. Yet, there is still widespread confusion about Catholic belief and practice. Officially, it is the job of the Catholic bishops to clear up such confusion. But in the current reality, lay Catholics need to take it upon themselves to know, share, and defend their faith. Every week Catholic author and speaker Matthew Arnold gives clear and simple witness to the Catholic Faith without obscuring, complicating, or watering down the exclusive claims of Christ and His Church. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said, “I am the way and the truth and the life… and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 14.6; 8.32). And that is no nonsense.

Episodes

December 30, 2024
Today's Topics: 1) Christmas and the Virtue of Purity 2) Is hell empty? 3) Suffering and Joy: Can a Catholic be an Optimist? 4) Feast of St Stephen. Test Flight of New Podcast https://studio.youtube.com/video/b5JguX4u9io/edit
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Today's Topics: 1) Gaudete Sunday; "Three Comings" of the Lord 2) Zep 3:14-18a; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18 3) The Imitation of Christ: Book 1, Chapter 15: "On Works Done Out of Charity" 4) Intergenerational Curses; Baptism of John v. Baptism of Jesus  
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December 16, 2024 51 mins
https://rumble.com/v6287bq-23-dec-24-no-nonsense-catholic-christmas-time-is-here.html Today's Topics: 1) 1 Cor 4.1-5; Luke 3.1-6 2) Vincent Price Catholic Convert; the Inside Story of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" 3, 4) The Reason for the Season, Luke 2:1-7
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Today's Topics: 1) The Imitation of Christ, Book 1, Chapter 6: "Concerning Inordinate Affections" 2) Second Sunday of Advent Readings (Year C) Baruch 5:1-9; Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11; Luke 3:1-6 3) Discovering the Bible’s “Second Canon” 4) Spanish Bishops: "Intergenerational Healing" has no basis in Catholic Doctrine https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260752/intergenerational-healing-has-no-basis-in-catholic-doctrine-spani...
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Today's Topics: 1) What is Advent? 2) First Sunday of Advent Readings (Jeremiah33:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3:12—4:2) 3) Gospel for the First Sunday of Advent: Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 4) Spiritual Stockholm Syndrome
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November 25, 2024 51 mins
Today's Topics: 1) The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe -  Dan 7:13-14; Rev 1:5-8; John 18:33b-37 2) Understanding the promise of Jesus in John 14:13-14 in the context of unanswered prayers 3) Why non-Catholics may not receive the Eucharist https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/side-by-side-communion-is-not-ecumenism 4)  What it means to be the Body of Christ
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Today's Topics: 1) Pope' new letter on a day for celebrating local saints 2) St Callistus Chapel; Readings from 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time 3) The Virtue of Vigilance 4) Thomas à Kempis on Desire for the Eucharist
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November 11, 2024 51 mins
Today's Topics: 1) Sad News and Exciting News 2) Bishop Strickland, the TLM, and the End of the Synod 3) The Communion of Saints; Readings for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 4) Living in the Presence of God  
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Today's Topics: 1) "As We Enter the New Millennium" 2) JPII and Saintt Bernard of Clairvaux 3)  Deuteronomy 6:2-6; Hebrews 7:23-28;  Mark 12:28b-34 4) What is Holiness?; Book Three, Chapter 57 of "The Imitation of Christ"
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October 28, 2024 51 mins
Today's Topics: 1) Traditional Gospel for the Feast of Christ the King (John 18:33-37) 2) Christ the King A Tale of Two Feasts 3) "It is good to hide the secret of a King" 4) The Bible and the Catechism
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Today's Topics: 1) Heaven and Hell 2) Gospel for 21st Sunday after Pentecost (Matt.18.23-35) The Unforgiving Servant 3) How to put on "the Armor of God" (Eph. 6) 4) How to Avoid Distractions at Mass
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October 14, 2024 53 mins
Today's Topics: 1) Forgiveness - The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, Matthew 18:23-35 2) What Our Lady of Fatima wants from You 3) Saint Edward the Confessor; Why persecution is a sign of the True Church 4) Are their Errors in the Documents of Vatican II?
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Today's Topics: 1) Without the Heart of Jesus We Don't Know How to Love https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259293/bishop-munilla-in-quito-without-jesus-christ-we-don-t-know-how-to-love 2) The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary: Heaven's Key to Peace 3)  Why Catholicism Shrinking https://www.groundedcatholic.com/articles/the-catholic-church-is-shrinkingheres-four-reasons-why 4) Katholic Kryptonite Question of the Day: Why d...
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Today's Topics: 1) Not all religions are paths to God 2) Gospel for Michaelmas (Matthew 18.1-10) 3) Virtue of Simplicity 4) Guardian Angles and the Nine Angelic Choirs
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Today's Topics: 1) Catholics upset by Vatican Document's use of "BCE" https://catholicherald.co.uk/outrage-as-vatican-drops-before-christ-for-before-common-era/ 2) Readings for the 18th Sunday After Pentecost: 1 Cor. 1.4- 8; Matt. 9.1- 8 3, 4) Confession, Indulgences, and Fasting
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https://rumble.com/v5f6z9x-16-sep-24-no-nonsense-catholic-are-all-religions-a-path-to-god.html Today's Topics: 1) Pope Francis: "All religions are a path to God" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dDlMe2r0k8 Ephesians 4.1-6 and Instruction of the One Only Saving Faith 2) Matthew 22.35-46; Perfect Love of God and Two Natures in Christ 3) Can You Exclusively Attend the Novus Ordo and Still be a Traditional Catholic? 4) How the Fi...
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September 9, 2024 51 mins
Today's Topics: 1) Young Catholic Women Bringing Back the Veils https://www.thefp.com/p/the-young-catholic-women-bringing 2) Good and Evil Have Not Changed 3) Why Synodality is a Sham https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/why-synodality-is-a-sham 4)  Readings for 15th Sunday After Pentecost, Gal. 5.25 - 6.10; Luke 7.11-16
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Today's Topics: 1) Persecution, Patience, and Perseverance 2) Some points on the Celebration of the New Mass 3) Evangelization and Conversion https://sjvlaydivision.org/debunking-myths-around-evangelization/ 4) A Personal Relationship with Jesus
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Today's Topics: 1) Sins of Omission 2) The price of clarity is the risk of insult 3) 14th Sunday After Pentecost, Epistle (Gal. 5.16-24); Gospel (Matt. 6.24-33) 4) You cannot serve God and Mammon
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August 5, 2024 51 mins
Today's Topics: 1) Can You Recognize Superstition? https://www.ncregister.com/blog/quiz-on-superstition 2) Modern Errors Catholics Should Know and Avoid https://www.ncregister.com/blog/8-modern-errors-every-catholic-should-know-and-avoid 3) Luke 17.11-19: Jesus Heals Ten Men with Leprosy 4) The "Tuppernacle" and the Abomination of Desolation https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/they-made-my-daughter-cry-at-world-youth-day
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