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.

05 Feb 24 – Are Catholics Cannibals?

Today’s Topics: 1) 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/ 2) Rediscovering the Four Constitutions of Vatican II 3) Just How Many Protestant Denominations Are There? https://www.ncregister.com/blog/just-how-many-protestant-denominations-are-there 4) 5th Sunday Ordinary Time Mark1.29-39; 1 Corinthians 9.16-19; 22-23 / Saint Thomas Aquinas’ Mystical Experience

29 Jan 24 – Our Lady’s Prophecies for Today

Today’s Topics: 1) Messages of Our Lady of Good Success and Our Lady of America 2) Statistics on Newly Professed Religious 3) 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, 1 Corinthians 7.32-35; Mk 1.21-28 4) Saint Bernard and Marian Devotion

22 Jan 24 – Why Should I Believe in Catholicism?

Today’s Topics: 1) Francis on Hell, and New Book Fails to Explain Why Protestants Convert to Catholicism https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/01/14/new-book-fails-to-explain-why-protestants-convert-to-catholicism/ 2) Motives of Credibility and the Gospel for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mk 1.14-20)3) Repent and Believe – What is Evangelization? 4) Correcting a Vague Translation https://blog.adw.org/2024/01/a-concern-for-a-vague-translation-in-the-lectionary-and-a-missed-moment-for-teaching/

03 Jan 24 – Resolutions and How to Keep Them

Today’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  

27 Dec 23 – Why the TLM is for ALL Roman Catholics

Today’s Topics: 1) Every Parish should Have a TLM https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2019/01/should-priest-introduce-usus-antiquior.html?fbclid=IwAR0zdbYYNTnkMdwptd7OOkbO6PSJlWnY_M15NzttwMugbvGimE0kcarqCPk 2) The “Anxiety of Saint Joseph” 3) The Nativity 4) 12 Days of Christmas

20 Dec 23 – Signs of Life

Today’s Topics: 1) Cardinal Gregory and the “dominant” rite https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/cardinal-gregory-and-dominant-rite/ 2) Choosing Between New and Old https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/choosing-between-new-and-old 3) Gospel for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Luke 3.1-6) Necessity of Penance 4) A Catechism to Reclaim Catechisms https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-catechism-to-reclaim-catechisms

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