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.

06 Dec 23 – What Every Catholic Needs to Know About Evangelization

1, 2, 3, 4) What every Catholic Needs to Know About Evangelization Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:15 — 29.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | Anghami | RSS | More

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29 Nov 23 – What Do We Know?

Today’s Topics: 1) On Temptation to Leave the Church 2) The Mystical Passion of the Church: Stripping of the Garments 3) GOSPEL1st Sunday of Advent – St. Luke 21.25-33 4) Eucharistic Revival: Four Radical Proposals Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:06 — 29.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio |

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15 Nov 23 – Ten Ways to Avoid Purgatory

Today’s Topics: 1) New Priests are more conservative/orthodox, Saint Gertrude’s Prayer for the Holy Souls 2) The Parable of the Cockle and the Wheat 3) The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven 4) Ten Ways to Avoid Purgatory Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android |

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08 Nov 23 – God Can Change What Seems Unchangeable

Today’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 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:12 — 29.8MB)Subscribe:

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01 Nov 23 – Is It Too Late to get Vatican II Right?

Today’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/ Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:12 — 29.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio |

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25 Oct 23 – The Eucharistic Revival’s Elephant in the Room

Today’s Topics: 1) The Eucharistic Revival’s Elephant in the Room 2, 3) Feast of Christ the King (John 18:33-37) 4) Some questions to enliven the Synod https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/10/18/questions-to-enliven-synod-2023/ Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:13 — 29.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podcast Index | Email |

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18 Oct 23 – How to Avoid Distractions at Mass

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 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:28 — 29.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio |

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11 Oct 23 – Five Reasons Mary Should Reign as the Queen of Your Heart

Today’s Topics: 1) 2 Kings 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) Five 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-mass-your-salvation-depends-on-it/ Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:12 —

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04 Oct 23 – The Knight Who Gave Us King Arthur

Today’s Topics: 1) Medieval wisdom in Tertio Milenio Ineunte; Forgotten Endings 2) Interview with Dr. Cecelia Linton on her book The Knight Who Gave Us King Arthur 3) Gospel for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 22: 1–14), The Parable of the Marriage-Feast 4) Active Participation Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:14 — 29.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts

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27 Sep 23 – On Synods and Sedevacantism

Today’s Topics: 1) On Synods and Sedevacantism 2) Is the Real Problem with the Novus Ordo that it is simply “Too Long?” https://catholicreview.org/cardinal-dolan-are-sunday-masses-just-too-long/ 3) Gospel for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost (Matt. 9.1-8); Origin of the Rosary 4) Origin of the Rosary (cont.) Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:14 — 29.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts |

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