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Bringing Christ to the World and the World to Christ! Producer and Host Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. illuminates today's issues with the love of Christ and the authority of His Church. Each show features expert guests that shed light on relevant and important topics.
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In this week's Let's Talk About This, Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. reflects on tradition, warning against celebrations that keep the sentiment while sidelining Christ Himself. Drawing on Scripture, the Church Fathers, and emotive Christmas poetry, he identifies the most decisive event of human history. He concludes with Weekend Readiness, preparing you for Sunday Mass.
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Fr. Robert McTeigue is joined by Holy Land expert Steve Ray to help listeners enter more deeply into the mystery of the Nativity. They walk through Bethlehem and beyond, illuminating what Christ, Mary, and Joseph encountered at His birth, and how this vivid "composition of place" can transform our prayer and worship today.
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As Christmas approaches, Father Robert McTeigue, S.J. reflects on memory, tradition, and what it truly means to celebrate the birth of Christ. He challenges us to cherish what we have received at Christmas and faithfully hand it on to the next generation.
Watch on YouTube: Christmas Traditions: Ashes or Fire
We are joined by Dr. Darrick Taylor, to ask the question: How might Advent lead to a life of conversion? Moreover, what does Advent have to do with death? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
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Christ Transforms the End: A Reflection for Advent - Crisis Magazine
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Are you dreading returning home for Christmas? Perhaps your family has fallen away from the Faith or they treat you badly? Father McTeigue takes a closer look at how to handle these scenarios.
Watch on YouTube: Can't Go Home for Christmas?
Father McTeigue explores why Advent can only be fully understood in light of Christ's final return, how Natural Law restrains the man of lawlessness, and why every generation must remain vigilant in the spiritual battle that has raged since Calvary. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
The Return of the King: Discourses on the Latter Days by Henry James Coleridge
We welcome back Dr. Catherine Pakaluk to discuss the birth dearth, and how the way that children are raised plays a role in the decision to avoid having families. If economic incentives aren't enough, what should we be doing differently?
Show Notes
Why Children Became Useless: Faith and the Future of the Family | Catherine Ruth Pakaluk | 2025
Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth
<...What does taking out the trash have to do with Advent? Fr. McTeigue takes a closer look.
Watch on YouTube: Advent: Time to Take Out the Trash!
We welcome Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss how Christmas has changed over recent decades, and how we ought to approach the season. We end with special guest Viviana Falleti, who introduces us to the joy of her children's books, just in time for Christmas.
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Chevy's New Christmas Ad Marks the End of an Era - Cypher News
Our Lord came to us in history, remains with us in mystery, and will return to us in glory. That last part is often overlooked. Father McTeigue offers a corrective.
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Get ready for the Apocalypse with this one neat trick!
The Four Great Evils of the Day | Henry Edward Manning
Discourses On The Latter Days | Father Henry James Coleridge S.J.
We welcome back Shawn Carney of 40 Days for Life, to discuss the fallacy of the so-called Seamless Garment. Is it true that a pro-lifer who exclusively fights against abortion is doing something wrong, or not doing enough?
Show Notes
The "Seamless Garment" Is Quiet Propaganda for Abortion. – Padre Peregrino
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: Please Don't Cancel Christmas
Show Notes
https://www.catholic.com/tract/immaculate-conception-and-assumption
https://www.papalencyclicals.net/pius09/p9ineff.htm
https://aleteia.org/2015/12/09/the-problem-with-mary-did-you-know/
We welcome Ryan McMaken from the Mises Institute to discuss why the SNAP program keeps expanding, and how it was originally designed not to alleviate poverty, but to raise food prices. Father closes the episode with Timely Thoughts.
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41 Million (One in Eight) US Residents Are on Food Stamps |...
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.
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.
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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: What Do You Want for Advent?
We welcome S.A. McCarthy from The American Spectator to the show, to discuss how Islam conquered Catholic Spain, and what American Catholics ought to learn from the mistakes of Europe. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
How Islam Conquered Catholic Spain — Again | The American Spectator
American Christians: Heed the Example of Decimated Europe | The American Spectator
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: To a Hierarch…with Regret…
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.
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The Return of the King: Discourses on the Latter Days
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