Episode 158 debuts on December 19, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Why Matter Matters. My guest is Dr. David Lang, adjunct professor of logic at Boston College and of systematic Thomistic philosophy at Our Lady of Grace Seminary, also in Boston.

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• Why Matter Matters — book by David P. Lang, Ph.D., at IndieBoud.org or alibris.com (please don’t support Amazon.com!)
• The ‘Circumcision’ Decision: A Catholic Critique — (while you’re at it!) Dr. Lang’s book on the subject we discussed last time, is also available at IndieBound.org and alibris.com
• The Gnostic Resurgence: Why Matter Matters — by David P. Lang, Ph.D. at catholicculture.org

Russian Icon of the Theotokos, called, “The Multiplier of Wheat” (details)

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Episode 157 debuts on December 12, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is The Marian Character of Advent. My guest is Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M., director of the Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom.

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• • Our Lady of the Expectation, Lady of ‘O’ — by Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • The Great Preparation — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Maria’s Advent — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Get into the Advent Spirit — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Our Lady of the “O” — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Definition and Etymology of the word “matrix” — at dictionary.com and etymonline.com respectively (this word, and its Marian significance, was mentioned toward the end.) 

Spanish Statue of “Nuestra Señora de la O” (credits)

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Episode 156 debuts on December 5, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Worship ‘Ad Orientem.’ My guest is Dr. Peter Kwasniewski.

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• How Contrary Orientations Signify Contradictory Theologies — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at newliturgicalmovement.org
• Does facing east at Mass rely on a picture of God as someone ‘out there and up there’? — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at lifesitenews.com (a response to an objection to the article above)
• Liturgical Orientation — FIUV position paper at unavoce.ru (very good overview)
• “Concerning Worship towards the East” — from On the Orthodox Faith by Saint John of Damascus, at ccel.org
• Conversi ad Dominum — (good quotes from Saint Augustine and Msgr. Klaus Gamber) at rorate-caeli.blogspot.com
• ‘Ad Orientem’ Liturgy: To What End? — by Father Thomas Kocik at onepeterfive.com
• “Convertere, Israël, ad Dominum Deum Tuum!” — by Br. Evagrius Hayden, O.S.B., at newliturgicalmovement.org

“The Mass of Saint Gregory the Great” by Adriaen Isenbrandt

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Episode 155 debuts on November 28, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Veils and Veiling. My guest is Lily Wilson, of Veils by Lily.

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• Why Women Should Wear Chapel Veils in Church — by Brian Kelly at catholicism.org
• Headcoverings in Church — Una Voce Federation Position Paper, N. 22, at unavoce.ru (excellent resource!) 
• 1 Corinthians 11 and Ephesians 5:22-24 — at drbo.org, referenced in the show, to be read in conjunction with each other
• The Theological Significance of the Veil — at veilsbylily.com, excellent video of a sermon, referred to in the show
• Wearing a Veil at Mass: It’s Not Just About You Anymore and Putting into Perspective Our Doubts and Worries About Veiling — good short articles for ladies at veilsbylily.com
• Religious Veil — Catholic Encyclopedia article on veiling nuns and other consecrated religious women, at newadvent.org
• The Chapel Veil — at YouTube.com, a video of women relating their experience with veiling 

Icon of the Protection (Veil) of the Most Holy Mother of God. In most Slavic languages the word “cerement” has a dual meaning of “veil” and “protection.” The Russian word Pokrov (Покров), like the Greek Skepi (Σκέπη), has a complex meaning. First of all, it refers to a cloak or shroud, but it also means protection or intercession. For this reason, the name of the feast is variously translated as the Veil of Our Lady, the Protecting Veil of the Theotokos, the Protection of the Theotokos, or the Intercession of the Theotokos. (from “Protection of the Mother of God,” at an Orthodox site, but Eastern Rite Catholics practice the devotion, too, which is pre-schism.)

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Episode 154 debuts on November 21, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Has Divine Revelation Ceased?

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• Has Divine Revelation Ceased? — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• The Pope, the Church, and the Paraclete — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Continuous revelation — the Wikipedia article on what religions believe in it
• Lamentabili Sane (condemning the Modernists) — by Pope Saint Pius X, at papalencyclicals.net
• Decrees of the First Vatican Council — at papalencyclicals.net
• ‘There will be no further Revelation’ — excerpt from the CCC at scborromeo.org
• What is Private Revelation? — by Raymond Taouk, at catholicapologetics.info

The Transfiguration, 1480 (oil on panel) by Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516); 115×154 cm; Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

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Episode 153 debuts on November 14, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is What is a Catholic Church?

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• The Latin Mass and the Orthodox — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org (mentioning important notions of sacred space and its liturgical utility)
• Tired Old Arguments against Tradition — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org (ditto)
• THE DEDICATION OF THE ARCHBASILICA OF OUR SAVIOR, THE LATERAN BASILICA OF ST JOHN — at reginamag.com
• Archbasilica of St. John Lateran — at Wikipedia.org
  
• Solemn Consecration of a Church — short PDF at fsspolgs.org
• Mass Propers for the Feast of November 9 — at average-catholic.com

High Altar of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome

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Episode 152 debuts on November 7, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Is Jesus ‘My Personal Lord and Savior’?”

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• Is Jesus Really Our Friend? — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Quas Primas (on the Kingship of Christ) — by Pope Pius XI, at vatican.va
• Christ the Conqueror — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Christology for Joe — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org

Kneeling and Touching [Saint Thomas], Martin Schongauer and workshop, panel from a late 15th-century altarpiece. Photo by Martin Schongauer – Thomas, Helena from the Netherlands, 2008-10-22 15:24, CC BY 2.0, Link.