No Nonsense Catholic
220 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -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.
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28 Jun 23 – Remove Stumbling Blocks from Your Life
June 29, 2023 00:50 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Rom 6:3-4, 8-11; Mt 10:37-42 2) Remove Stumbling Blocks from Your Life 3) Setting Boundaries 4) The Kingdom is Within You
21 Jun 23 – Is Traditional Catholicism a “Sect”?
June 21, 2023 20:55 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Romans 8:18-23; Luke 5:1-11 2) Is Traditionalist Catholicism a Sect? https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/is-traditionalist-catholicism-a-sect 3) Do We Need a Data-Driven Church? https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/do-we-need-a-data-driven-church 4) The World Meeting on Human Fraternity https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/06/15/the-world-meeting-on-human-fraternity-was-a-sad-exercise-in-soda-pop-solidarity/
14 Jun 23 – The Sacred Heart of Jesus
June 14, 2023 21:05 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) 1 Peter 5: 6-11; Luke15: 1-10 2) A few things you may not know about the Sacred Heart of Jesus https://aleteia.org/2023/06/01/this-little-known-saint-is-a-perfect-mentor-this-month/ https://www.churchpop.com/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-devotion-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus/ 3) The Immaculate Heart of Mary; The 12 Promises Attached to Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus 4) The 12 Promises (cont.) Prayers to the Sacred Heart
07 Jun 23 – The Incomparable Lauda Sion
June 07, 2023 21:15 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MB1) 1 John 3:13-18; Luke14:16-24 2) Combatting Impurity 3, 4) Corpus Christi and the Incomparable Lauda Sion
31 May 23 – The Truth About Joan of Arc
May 31, 2023 20:57 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Romans 11:33-36; Matthew 28:18-20 2) What's New About Evangelization? 3) Tradition vs. The Past 4) Truth About Joan of Arc
24 May 23 – The Bible on True Worship
May 24, 2023 20:55 - 58 minutes - 34.1 MBToday's Topics: 1) Pentecost (Acts 1.1-4) 2, 3) The Bible on True Worship 4) "Active Participation" for Catholic Parents https://thelampmagazine.com/blog/how-parents-participate-at-mass?fbclid=IwAR2mioMoTmFGVfJGiLRgl2PId2TwJ_8V2pUQz_CIOBGf3jBg4U5p03Ma8-0
17 May 23 – The Dangers of a Complaining Spirit
May 17, 2023 19:04 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) John 13.31-33a, 34-35 2) Sacrilegious Communions and the Betrayal of Judas 3) Stop Complaining 4) Seven Calming Activities You Can Do without Screens
10 May 23 – Is Devotion to Mary Essential to Salvation?
May 10, 2023 16:40 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1, 2) Jn 10:27-30; Luke15. 4-7 3, 4) Is Mary Essential to Salvation
03 May 23 – Benedict’s Bombshell Revisited
May 03, 2023 20:55 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) May is the Month of Mary 2, 3) Benedict's Bombshell Revisited https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/41013/full-text-of-benedict-xvi-essay-the-church-and-the-scandal-of-sexual-abuse 4) Saint Catherine of Siena: Model for Catholic Laity in the Current Crisis
26 Apr 23 – What Is an “Approved Apparition” Really?
April 26, 2023 22:15 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Luke 16.19—31 2) The Truth about Garabandal 3) What Constitutes an "Approved Apparition" 4) A Rule of Life for Lay Catholics
19 Apr 23 – Is Divine Mercy Legitimate?
April 19, 2023 20:44 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Garabandal; Is Divine Mercy Legitimate? 2) 1 John 5.4-10; John 20.19-31 3) Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them 4) Seven Biblical Reasons Not to Worry
12 Apr 23 – He is Risen
April 12, 2023 21:01 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Traditional Gospel for Easter Mark 16:1-7 2) The Empty Tomb - Biblical Evidence That Jesus Actually Died and Arose from the Dead 3) The Shroud of Turin: Physical Evidence of the Resurrection 4) Important Facts about Easter & Divine Mercy https://www.churchpop.com/2023/04/08/6-important-facts-about-easter-every-catholic-should-know/ https://www.churchpop.com/2023/04/10/how-to-obtain-the-unique-plenary-indulgence-jesus-offers-on-divine-mercy-sunday/
05 Apr 23 – Whereto Art Thou Come?
April 05, 2023 20:35 - 50 minutes - 29.6 MBToday's Topics: 1, 2, 3, 4) Judas, Peter, and the Passion
29 Mar 23 – Passiontide
March 29, 2023 22:14 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Passion Sunday - John 8.46-59 2) Customs (and abuses) of Passiontide 3) Wither Benepapism? https://onepeterfive.com/whither-benepapism/ 4) Question Box: Are Protestants Christians?
22 Mar 23 – Dissent by the Numbers
March 22, 2023 21:41 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1, 2) Luke 1:26-38 2, 3) Can modern art be liturgical art? https://www.crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-anti-language-of-modernist-art Modern church interiors, what do they say to the faithful? 3, 4) How many "practicing" Catholics dissent from Church Teaching?
15 Mar 23 – Why the TLM is the “Mass of Vatican II”
March 15, 2023 20:37 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Why the TLM is the "Mass of Vatican II" 2) Praying with a Medieval Mentality 3) Ephesians5.1-9; Luke11.14-28 4) "Man-Centered" Worship
08 Mar 23 – Give It Up for Lent
March 08, 2023 22:04 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) 1 Thess. 4.1-7; The Transfiguration Matt.17.1-9 2) Give it up for Lent 3) Indulgences and Sacramentals
01 Mar 23 – The Passion and the Holy Face
March 01, 2023 22:02 - 50 minutes - 29.5 MBToday's Topics: 1) 2 Cor. 6. 1-10; Matt. 4. 1-11 2) Devotion to the Holy Face 3, 4) February the Month of the Sacred Passion
22 Feb 23 – Ash Wednesday & Traditions of Lent
February 22, 2023 16:30 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) 1 Corinthians 13.1-13 2) Luke 18.31-43 3) Joel 2.12-19; Matt. 6.16-21 4) Fasting and Abstinence
15 Feb 23 – Is It Time to Abandon Apologetics?
February 15, 2023 23:08 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Is it time to abandon apologetics? 2) The Parable of the Sower Luke 8.4-15 3, 4) Effective and non-effective faith
15 Feb 23 – Questions on Guardian Angels
February 15, 2023 23:02 - 51 minutes - 30.3 MBToday's Topics: 1) Questions and answers on Guardian Angels 2) How to walk a person to vocal prayer, and then to and through mental prayer 3, 4) Greg Locke and his movie on deliverance called "Come out in JESUS' name" came out on 13 Feb 23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeH2Y12FCGU
08 Feb 23 – Translators are Traitors!
February 08, 2023 21:55 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) New Translation for Formula of Absolution https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251513/when-will-the-new-wording-for-the-prayer-of-absolution-used-in-the-sacrament-of-penance-take-effect 2) Jesuit Priest Denies Transubstatiation https://www.crisismagazine.com/opinion/jesuits-misbehaving-yet-again 3, 4) Septuagesima and the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard (1 Cor. 9.24-10.5; Matthew 20.1-16)
01 Feb 23 – Deep Dive: Jesus’ Formula for Happiness
February 01, 2023 21:59 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1, 2, 3) The Beatitudes: Matthew 5.1-12a 4) "Attacks against Catholic Churches are pure bigotry" https://www.oursundayvisitor.com/attacks-against-our-churches-are-bigotry-pure-and-simple/ "The debt we owe to the Beatitudes" https://excorde.org/2023/this-sunday-popular-historians-book-shows-the-beatitudes-world-changing-power
25 Jan 23 – The Word of God
January 25, 2023 21:48 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) The Signs of the Kingdom of God (Matthew 8:1-13) 2) Devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus 3, 4) Reflections on Palm 119 and Biblical meditation
18 Jan 23 – “One Weird Trick” to Transform Your Parish
January 18, 2023 22:43 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) The Wedding Feast at Cana, John 2:1-11 2) Biblical strategies to overcome bad habits 3) One weird trick to transform your parish https://thedialog.org/catechetical-corner/reverent-worship-catholic-culture-and-devotion-transform-a-parish-fr-michael-rennier/?fbclid=IwAR203E5S2t-X9aeKILJe7lghdEa8zEM1iHAF_pZOXeVyMPe2LxTQXjMOevU 4) Healing the "rupture of experience"
11 Jan 23 – When Does Christmas Really End?
January 12, 2023 17:58 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1, 2) Adoration of the Magi: Taken from Matthew 2.1-12 3) Four Radical Proposals for Eucharistic Revival https://www.crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-radical-proposal-for-the-usccbs-eucharistic-revival?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare&fbclid=IwAR1oXIZRu-z2nJ9FgfEOBCsV_AklUE7IDYHafgOJhDa7TmDqJgGE1-nlH1A 4) When Does Christmas Really End? https://thericatholic.com/stories/when-does-christmas-actually-end,13460#:~:text=While%20the%20traditional%20date...
04 Jan 23 – Resolutions and How to Keep Them
January 04, 2023 22:43 - 52 minutes - 30.5 MBToday's Topics: 1) Reflections on Pope Benedict https://www.churchpop.com/2016/04/15/8-things-probably-didnt-know-pope-benedict-xvi/ 2) The most popular Christian Resolution 3) The Holy Name of Jesus 4) Growing in Virtue: Resolutions and How to Keep Them https://guideposts.org/positive-living/12-positive-habits-and-how-to-keep-them/?utm_source=YWI&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SC_CNTN_ZZ&_kx=cODB4qQXetuM71emiesx6fx03CD6_fJv5Aueen1drbw%3D.ULfBBz
28 Dec 22 – What Did Padre Pio Really Say About the Mass?
December 28, 2022 22:00 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) What Padre Pio Really said about the Mass? A new generation of Catholics discovers Latin Mass 60 years after Vatican II https://nypost.com/2022/12/24/a-new-generation-of-catholics-is-discovering-latin-mass/?fbclid=IwAR3PQqIs7o6sXJBOOE5_LwtX4eQZVcT65BVJk4td5elcRzeee2f6u2iDmHk 2) What the Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac can Teach Us about Modern Hatred of the Old Mass 3, 4) Wolves in Sheep's Clothing; ministry vs. apostolate
21 Dec 22 – Christmas Time is Here
December 22, 2022 00:02 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) 1 Cor 4.1-5; Luke3.1-6 2) Vincent Price Catholic Convert; the Inside Story of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" 3, 4) The Reason for the Season, Luke2:1-7
14 Dec 22 – It’s Better in Latin!
December 14, 2022 21:55 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Gaudete Sunday (EF), Phil. 4.4-7; John 1.19-28 2) Why Is December 8th NOT A Holy Day of Obligation In Some CatholicCircles/Calendars? 3) What Every Catholic Needs to Know About the Prayer to Saint Michael 4) It's Better in Latin!
07 Dec 22 – Advent Customs & the Immaculate Conception
December 08, 2022 01:51 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Matthew 11:2-10 2, 3) Update on the German Synodal Way; Customs of Advent; Advent Music 4) John Duns Scotus & the Immaculate Conception
30 Nov 22 – Prepare for His Coming
November 30, 2022 22:58 - 50 minutes - 29.3 MBToday's Topics: 1) Live Honestly as in the Light, Romans 13:11-14; The Coming of the Son of Man & The Parable of the Fig Tree, Luke 21:25-33 (New Catholic Bible) 2) Advent & the 3rd Coming of Christ 3) Unconvincing propaganda against the Latin Mass: The public embarrassment of Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2022/11/earlier-today-dr.html 4) Imitation of Christ - Of a Good, Peaceable Man
23 Nov 22 – Where the Body Is – There the Eagles Will Gather
November 24, 2022 00:37 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Olivet Discourse Matthew 24.15-35 2) "Where the body is there the eagles will gather." 3) What's wrong with Rings of Power? 4) Human & Christian Freedom
16 Nov 22 – God Can Change What Seems Unchangeable
November 16, 2022 22:15 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Jesus Heals a Sick Woman and Raises a Dead Girl (Matthew 9:18-26) 2) 14 Questions and Answers About Forgiveness https://www.presentationministries.com/series/publications/publication-14Quest-247827 3) What Every Catholic Needs to Know About Relics 4) Is It Time to Stop Using the Label “Traditional Catholic”? https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/is-it-time-to-stop-using-the-label-traditional-catholic Traditional Catholic Stats
09 Nov 22 – Encore: The True Story of the Sword in the Stone
November 09, 2022 19:47 - 48 minutes - 28.2 MBToday's Topics: 1) The Parable of the Weeds and the Wheat Matthew 13.14-30 2) The True Story of the Sword in the Stone 3) The "Gift" of Traditionis Custodes 4) Cardinal Vicar of the diocese of Rome Forbids all Traditional Sacramental Rites Except TLM and outlaws Traditional Easter Triduum
02 Nov 22 – Christ the King and Eucharistic Revival
November 02, 2022 20:52 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) The First Hearing before Pilate (John 18:33-37) 2) Christ the King 3) Prayer to Saints & Purgatory 4) What’s Really Needed for a “Eucharistic Revival”? https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2022/10/25/whats-really-needed-for-a-eucharistic-revival/
26 Oct 22 – What’s Really Needed for a “Eucharistic Revival”?
October 26, 2022 22:25 - 51 minutes - 29.9 MBToday's Topics: 1) John 4:46-53 (New Catholic Bible) Jesus Heals the Official’s Son 2) The Catholic Truth About Halloween 3, 4) What’s Really Needed for a “Eucharistic Revival”?
19 Oct 22 – It’s the SIN, Stupid!
October 19, 2022 20:45 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Matthew 22:2-14 (New Catholic Bible) The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 2) Notre Dame Professor Calls Pro-Lifers ‘White Nationalist Catholic Hate Groups’ https://irishrover.net/2022/10/keough-school-professor-offers-abortion-access-to-student/ The "Synod on Synodality" 3) A Priest’s Challenge for All Catholics: Worship at Sunday Mass – Your SalvationDepends on It! https://www.churchpop.com/2021/10/28/a-priests-challenge-for-all-catholics-worship-at-sunday-mass-your-salv...
12 Oct 22 – Five Reasons Mary Should Reign as the Queen of Your Heart
October 12, 2022 21:53 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) 2Kings 5.14-17 The Cure of Naaman 2) The Rosary/ Five Reasons Mary Should Reign as the Queen of Your Heart https://www.churchpop.com/2018/08/22/5-reasons-mary-should-reign-as-the-queen-of-your-heart/ 3) 5 Things Catholics Need to Take Seriously Again https://churchpop.com/2014/11/14/fundamentalists-right-things-catholics-seriously/ 4) Sunday Mass – Your Salvation Depends on It! https://www.churchpop.com/2021/10/28/a-priests-challenge-for-all-catholics-worship-at-sunday-...
05 Oct 22 – Is It Too Late to get Vatican II Right?
October 05, 2022 20:42 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Matthew 22:34-46, The Greatest Commandment 2) Is it too late to get Vatican II right? https://www.osvnews.com/2022/09/20/through-study-and-prayer-its-not-too-late-to-get-vatican-ii-right/ 3) A lesson from the Lone Ranger 4) More keys to effective prayer https://guideposts.org/prayer/how-to-pray/30-ways-to-move-forward-in-faith/
28 Sep 22 – Keys to More Effective Prayer
September 28, 2022 22:42 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) The Queen is Dead - Long Live the King 2) Luke16:19-31: The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus 3, 4) Keys to More Effective Prayer https://guideposts.org/prayer/how-to-pray/30-ways-to-move-forward-in-faith/
21 Sep 22 – Encore: The Best Kept Secret of Vatican II
September 21, 2022 16:10 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) The White Tree of Gondor and the Theological Virtues 2, 3, 4a) The Best Kept Secret of Vatican II https://www.crisismagazine.com/2020/vatican-ii-a-lawyers-perspective https://fatima.org/news-views/kalb-on-vatican-ii-exactly-so/ http://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2005/december/documents/hf_ben_xvi_spe_20051222_roman-curia.html 4b) The Final Mystical Vision of Saint Padre Pio https://churchpop.com/2016/10/17/the-meaning-of-st-padre-pios-final-mystical-v...
14 Sep 22 – The Lost Parables of Luke
September 14, 2022 21:00 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1, 2) Luke 15 3) Active Participation at Holy Mass 4) Ways to Avoid Distractions at Holy Mass
07 Sep 22 – A Change is Coming to Confession: What You Need to Know
September 07, 2022 21:42 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Galatians 3:16-22; Luke 17:11-19 2) There are changes coming to a confessional near you! https://www.catholicherald.com/article/columns/new-translation-of-absolution-prayer/ Five reasons why Catholics don’t evangelize https://catholicmissionarydisciples.com/news/reasons-why-catholics-dont-evangelize Five bible verses to help you find joy https://www.guideposts.org/faith-and-prayer/prayer-stories/power-of-prayer/5-bible-verses-to-help-you-find-joy 3, 4) Five bible v...
31 Aug 22 – Ten Memorable Sayings of Our Lord
September 01, 2022 16:34 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Sir3:17-18, 20, 28-29; Heb12:18-19, 22-24a; Lk14:1; 7-14 2, 3) "Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day Award" - "Webster's has a Word for It Award" 4) Ten Memorable Sayings of Our Lord
24 Aug 22 – The Mystery of Prayer
August 24, 2022 20:54 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) 1Corinthians 15:1-10; Mark7:31-37 2) The Seven Sacraments 3) The Mystery of Prayer 4) Mary in August
17 Aug 22 – Encore: Saint Bernard & the Queenship of Mary
August 17, 2022 19:12 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MB10 Aug 22 – Encore: Humility and the TLM
August 10, 2022 16:44 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MB03 Aug 22 – You Can’t Take It with You
August 03, 2022 20:58 - 51 minutes - 29.8 MBToday's Topics: 1) Luke 12:13-21 New Catholic Bible 2) Arlington Bishop divides Catholics in the name of unity https://onepeterfive.com/arlington-bishop-divides-catholics-in-the-name-of-unity/ 3) Should saying Mass at the beach be a crime? https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2022/08/should-beating-the-heat-by-saying-mass-at-the-beach-in-the-water-be-a-crime 4) Enjoy being a loser https://www.osvnews.com/2022/07/25/enjoy-being-a-loser-christian/ Persecution and Peace of Soul
27 Jul 22 – Of Rites and Rights
July 28, 2022 17:52 - 51 minutes - 29.7 MBToday's Topics: 1) Rom. 6.19-23; Matt. 7.15-21 2) Do Priests need permission to say the Traditional Mass? 3) Putting on the Armor of God 4) Salvation by Faith Alone?