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In today's episode, Dr. Randall Smith explains that the basic tenants of the natural law are simpler than most think...

Full Episode Here: https://youtu.be/qMypOIgF7TY

For Aquinas, the Natural Law Is Simpler Than You Think

In anticipation of the March for Life tomorrow, here is another clip from our discussion of Dr. Delgado who pioneered Abortion Pill Reversal.

Get his book "Abortion Pill Reversal" here: https://ignatius.com/abortion-pill-reversal-aprp/?searchid=0&search_query=abortion+pill+reversal
Full Discussion is here: https://youtu.be/8qUiRIu9B8o

It's Not Too Late to Choose Life

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם! Oh, you don't know Hebrew, you say? Well, it's what Jesus (and Mary) used to pray.

3: Hebrew for Dummies: Introduction

Fr. Fessio reads a passage from Miracles by C.S. Lewis to explain the proper use of the historical critical method.

94: C.S. Lewis and the Historical Critical Method

Fr. Fessio points out that in Hebrew the word “faith” means something a bit different than it does in English.

125: What Does Faith Require?

"Peace be to you," Jesus says. But do we really know Christ's peace?

56: Peace and the Church

Fr. Fessio encourages Eucharistic reverence while avoiding scrupulosity.

79: Is Jesus Present in Every Molecule of the Eucharist?

God gives EACH of us—laymen, priests, nuns, monks, bums—our own gifts. If only we'd accept them!

62: Just Follow YOUR Call

"Dark energy" is a scientific fact, but nobody is talking about what it proves: there is something beyond this universe—something very, very powerful indeed.

64: Astrophysics Point to God [Science and Love, pt. 2]

"Be perfect"? According to the original Greek, this is possible only if we first know WHAT we are.

16: But You Can, in Fact, Be Perfect (Perfectionism, pt. 2)

Fr. Fessio explains what “oremus invicem,” “ad majorem dei gloriam,” and “amor meus pondus meum” mean and why you should use the often.

128: Three Latin Phrases You Should Use

When you know God's will, no obstacle is insurmountable.

38: The Meaning of Perseverance (Colossians Up Close, pt. 3)

Francis X. Maier has been immersed in the life of the Church at different levels for decades. As senior aide to Archbishop Charles Chaput for more than twenty years, and as editor-in-chief of the National Catholic Register for many years before that, he got to know the leaders and major players in the American Church in both professional and personal settings.
When he sat down to write a book offering a snapshot of Catholic life in the U.S., he had many contacts in high places to whom he could reach out. But they wouldn’t be able to tell the whole story.
In writing his new book <a href='https://ignatius.com/true-confessions-tch/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=True+Confessions&amp;utm_id=True+Confessions'>True Confessions: Voices of Faith from a Life in the Church</a>, Maier conducted more than one hundred candid interviews with individuals living and working in the Church. These included bishops and priests as well as laymen and women serving in various leadership roles. But they also included husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, parish priests and religious sisters living their vocations in low-profile ways: faithfully carrying out their professional duties, loving their families, and building up their local communities.
In this episode, host Andrew Petiprin speaks with Maier about what he learned about the American Church while conducting these interviews, and about how our current situation—colored as it is by scandals, political division, and secularism—contains many sources of profound hope.
Find True Confessions by Francis X. Maier at <a href='https://ignatius.com/true-confessions-tch/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=True+Confessions&amp;utm_id=True+Confessions'>Ignatius.com</a>.

Francis X. Maier: A layman surveys the American Church today

Romans 12:1–2. God wants to make you NEW—not just your body, but your whole way of thinking and feeling.

32: ”The Renewal of Your Minds”

There was a time when Steve Dawson found himself in trouble with the law, mired in destructive
behaviors and relationships. Today he spends his days sharing the Good News with anyone who will
listen, as founder and president of Saint Paul Street Evangelization (in between these two stages of his
life, he says, he could be found downing Jack Daniels while watching Mother Angelica).
 
Struck by how Jehovah’s Witnesses, Evangelicals, Mormons, and even atheists are comfortable
preaching about their beliefs in the streets, Dawson has devoted his life to combating the perception
that street evangelization “isn’t a Catholic thing.” In fact, preaching, teaching, and sharing the Good
News in public are practices that go all the way back to the Apostles, and many great saints have
engaged in them.
 
During his years as a street evangelist, Dawson and his team have honed skills and developed methods
of communicating the Faith in simple, accessible, and compelling ways. In this episode, Andrew Petiprin
speaks with Dawson about his powerful conversion story, some of the amazing things that he’s seen in
his years of street evangelizing, and why the basics of evangelization are important for every Catholic to
master—whether they’re sharing the Faith on the street, in the workplace, or in their own families.
Related reading: “Catholic Evangelization: Stories of Conversion and Witness”, now available at
<a href='http://ignatius.com/'>Ignatius.com</a>.
Learn more about Dawson’s work at Saint Paul Street Evangelization: <a href='https://streetevangelization.com/'>https://streetevangelization.com/</a>

“Evangelization is about showing up”: Steve Dawson on taking the Gospel to the streets

Since Vatican II, the use of Latin in Mass has radically decline. . . . But in this episode, Fr. Fessio reviews what Vatican II said about using Latin at Mass.

What Vatican II Actually Said About Using Latin at Mass

Why do we ask God to “lead us not into temptation” in the Our Father? Father Fessio explains that this statement has its roots in the Old Testament and that “temptation” actually refers to a place. . .

90: Lead Us Not Into Temptation

The universe is full of tiny coincidences, but somehow, all of these work together to bring about God's greatest creation:  human life itself.

25: The Butterfly Effect

On the Feast Day of St. Therese of Lisieux, we will be discussing two books about her parents: "LEONIE MARTIN: A Difficult Life" and "A FAMILY OF SAINTS: The Martins of Lisieux" (links below).
 


<a href='https://www.ignatius.com/Leonie-Martin-P1468.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0Ai_ds7RLVHpwiu6iLjG4-07AVWA6nVO6LA69C7uU7pfvp8nvNSsDZBNs'>https://www.ignatius.com/Leonie-Martin-P1468.aspx</a>
<a href='https://www.ignatius.com/A-Family-of-Saints-P2199.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2K53EcN1k0mHdB0uTx22GdgoyR6lkuQVddyH_Kd24WQTcVN-mJCtyVCzM'>https://www.ignatius.com/A-Family-of-Saints-P2199.aspx</a>
 


Our guests will be Kris McGregor, who runs the Discerning Hearts website/podcasts, and also hosts the radio show "Inside the Pages, and Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OMV, a frequent speaker on EWTN who has written eight books on Ignatian discernment and prayer, a biography of Venerable Bruno Lanteri, and a book on the Liturgy of the Hours.

Let's Talk about St. Therese's Parents & Family

The answer is YES. And that's how it is supposed to be.

45: Who Is Speaking in the Psalms—God, David, or Israel?

Broken-down buses, long lines, fractious tourists, strikes—and countless encounters with God’s immense providence. These are just some of the memorable experiences recounted by Irish tour guide Kieran Troy in his new book, “In the Stars the Glory of His Eyes,” which takes the reader to some of the most evocative Catholic pilgrimage sites: Vatican City, the Holy House of Nazareth in Loreto, the shrine of Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo, the Abbey of Montecassino, and many more.
In this episode, Troy speaks with Ignatius Press editor Thomas Jacobi about the book, and about the inspiring, exhausting, and often comical experiences he’s had over decades of leading groups of pilgrims to many of Christendom’s most beloved places. With wit and charm, Troy gives a first-hand account of Christ at work in all the beautiful messiness of pilgrimage.
Find the book, “In the Stars the Glory of His Eyes: Tales of an Irish Tour Guide in Rome,” here: https://bit.ly/3E8aWG5

Tales of an Irish tour guide in Rome

The university is uniquely Catholic in its origin, and yet currently, higher level education on elite campuses is a “red-hot mess,” according to George Weigel. In this episode, Andrew Petiprin sits down with George Weigel to discuss academia and the intellectual life, not simply as a theoretical enterprise left for those who dwell in an ivory tower, but as driver of culture and social life. They discuss the role of the Church in academia, the scholarly legacy of Pope St. John Paul II, the importance fighting the culture war, and the troubles facing the Western civilization.
These topics are also the focus of Weigel’s most recent book “Pomp, Circumstance, and Unsolicited Advice: Commencement Addresses and University Lectures,” where he tells students that true academic learning is carrying on the great Catholic tradition.
 
Get Your Copy of “Pomp, Circumstance, and Unsolicited Advice”: <a href='https://ignatius.com/pomp-circumstance-and-unsolicited-advice-pcap/?searchid=2246581&amp;search_query=pomp+circumstance'>https://ignatius.com/pomp-circumstance-and-unsolicited-advice-pcap/?searchid=2246581&amp;search_query=pomp+circumstance</a>
 
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George Weigel: The Importance of Being an Intellectual and a Culture Warrior

Fr. Fessio is beginning a series on the Mass, and today he explains the difference between “old” vs the “new” Mass and which he will follow going forward in this series. 
Get your copy of The Mass of Vatican II: https://ignatius.com/mass-of-vatican-ii-mv2p/?searchid=3424209&search_query=the+mass+of+vatican+II

The “Old” vs The “New” Mass

The collect has not only changed since Vatican II, but it has changed throughout the history of the Church. In this episode, Fr. Fessio explains what the development of the collect from the very beginning of the Church.

The Conclusion of the Introductory Rites

Jeremy Christiansen was a young married man, raising his children in the Mormon faith in which he’d grown up himself, when he began experiencing doubts about the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. As he looked at his upbringing, his marriage, and everything he had always believed to be true, Christiansen began a journey of spiritual questioning that led him away from Mormonism and ultimately into the Catholic Church.
Christiansen’s process of conversion is the subject of his new memoir, <a href='https://ignatius.com/from-the-susquehanna-to-the-tiber-fstp/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=From+the+Susquehanna+to+the+Tiber&utm_id=From+the+Susquehanna+to+the+Tiber'>“From the Susquehanna to the Tiber,”</a> available now at Ignatius.com.
In this episode, our host Andrew Petiprin speaks with Christiansen about the destabilizing experience of losing his faith in Mormonism, the joys and challenges of finding a spiritual home in the Catholic Church, and how the Church can better understand and engage with Mormons.
Related links:
<ul><li><a href='https://ignatius.com/from-the-susquehanna-to-the-tiber-fstp/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=From+the+Susquehanna+to+the+Tiber&utm_id=From+the+Susquehanna+to+the+Tiber'>“From the Susquehanna to the Tiber: A Memoir of Conversion from Mormonism to the Roman Catholic Church”</a> by Jeremy Christiansen</li>
<li><a href='https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/05/11/logically-navigating-the-journey-from-mormonism-to-the-catholic-church/'>“Logically navigating the journey from Mormonism to the Catholic Church”</a> by Casey Chalk</li>
<li><a href='https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/12/06/to-be-deep-in-history-is-to-cease-to-be-mormon-an-interview-with-jeremy-christiansen/'>“To be deep in history is to cease to be Mormon: An interview with Jeremy Christiansen”</a> by Paul Senz</li>
</ul>

A convert from Mormonism speaks: Jeremy Christiansen on faith, certainty, and staring into the void

Evolution's real, but it isn't everything. Biology brings us to the Lord, and I'll prove it—with cholesterol. STAY TUNED NEXT EPISODE FOR MORE ON SCIENCE.

63: Microbiology Points to God [Science and Love, pt 1]

Fr. Fessio talks about gender and claims that there are three genders?! But listen closely . . . he’s not saying what you may think . . .

99: A Jesuit Speaks About Gender

Want to get good quality books into the hands of your kids?! Then ditch the mainstream book fairs and invite the Ignatius Press book fairs to come to your kids’ school!
<a href='http://www.ignatiusbookfairs.com'>www.ignatiusbookfairs.com</a>
 
Katie Bogner is a middle-school teacher, influencer, and faithful Catholic, and she joins Rose Trabbic today to talk about getting kids to read and the Ignatius Press Book Fairs. Katie gives insightful suggestions on how to encourage kids to read more and highlights the great need for a safe place that parents can trust to get good books into the hands of their kids.
With so much agenda and immorality creeping into most secular book fairs, Ignatius Press is committed to giving parents peace of mind by not only publishing quality books and novels for your kids but also by promoting secular books that are safe for your children. The books in our book fairs are hand-selected by our team to ensure that your children are reading books that are not only morally uplifting but also personally engaging. Please check out our bookfairs, and specifically Katie’s own children’s books at <a href='http://www.ignatiusbookfairs.com'>www.ignatiusbookfairs.com</a>.
 
Katie’s Children’s books:
--All About Advent &amp; Christmas: <a href='https://store.ignatiusbookfairs.com/all-about-advent-christmas'>https://store.ignatiusbookfairs.com/all-about-advent-christmas</a>
--All About Lent and Holy Week: <a href='https://store.ignatiusbookfairs.com/all-about-lent-holy-week'>https://store.ignatiusbookfairs.com/all-about-lent-holy-week</a>
 
Katie’s website for free teacher resources: <a href='https://www.looktohimandberadiant.com/'>https://www.looktohimandberadiant.com/</a>
 
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Katie Bogner: Get Safe, Quality Books for Your Kids at Ignatius Book Fairs

The collect has not only changed since Vatican II, but it has changed throughout the history of the Church. In this episode, Fr. Fessio explains what the development of the Collect from the very beginning of the Church.

147: The Conclusion of the Introductory Rites

Fr. Fessio explains the historical and Scriptural origin and meaning of the Gloria.

144: The Origins of the Gloria

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2025 was a big year for Ignatius Press--the release of the Study Bible, the start of two new apps, and the beginning of Ignatius Press Partners. Learn about these new initiatives and please consider donating. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

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Christmas Appeal: Thankful for 2025 and Looking Forward to 2026

There are three dimensions to the Mass: the historical, the cosmic, and the personal. And in this episode, Fr. Fessio outlines the historical dimension of the Mass by examining the Old Testament and the life of Christ. 
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The Historical Dimension of the Mass

Today’s episode marks the beginning of Fr. Fessio’s series on the Mass. In this episode, he explains how the Mass is central in the sacramental order.

129: Fr. Fessio Starts A Series on The Mass

Twenty-five years ago, the future Pope Benedict XVI released his pivotal work “The Spirit of the Liturgy,” and today we are blessed to be joined by Archbishop Cordileone and one of Pope Benedict’s own students, Fr. Fessio.
Get Pope Benedict XVI’s The Spirit of the Liturgy: <a href='https://ignatius.com/the-spirit-of-the-liturgy-commemorative-edition-splcep/?searchid=2985996&amp;search_query=spirit+of+the+liturgy'>https://ignatius.com/the-spirit-of-the-liturgy-commemorative-edition-splcep/?searchid=2985996&amp;search_query=spirit+of+the+liturgy</a>
 
In today’s episode, Fr. Fessio recounts the first time he learned about Cardinal Ratzinger writing “Spirit of the Liturgy” as well as his initial response reading the book. Archbishop Cordileone also outlines how this work has impacted his decisions in his own archdiocese. Finally, they highlight several practices that they believe every Catholic and parish should implement.
Fr. Fessio and Archbishop Cordileone both agree that this is one of Pope Benedict’s greatest works and that it can lead the way for a Liturgical renewal in the Catholic Church.
 
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Celebrating 25 Years of Pope Benedict XVI's Spirit of the Liturgy w/ Archbishop Cordileone

Saint Paul says we must fight not just well, but BEAUTIFULLY.

73: Have I Fought the Good Fight?

If you are still on the fence about what to give up this Lent, here is Fr. Fessio's suggestion!