What God is Not – Details, episodes & analysis

This week Fr. Michael takes inspiration from a prayer said by the Maronite priests at the end of Divine Liturgy. He talks about how important the altar is to a priest and how the priest is "tethered" to the altar. He then expounds further into sacred spaces that are important to the lay people and monastics, and how each person can be reminded of this before or after leaving that space. 

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This week Mother Natalia talks about how we are formed by the community around us. She gives examples of formation within a monastic community, family, and friends. She talks about how our formation can lead us down the wrong paths, but through God's grace how we can turn back to the truth.

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This week we’re delighted to welcome Anthony D'Ambrosio and Andrew Holzschuh who wrote, directed, and filmed the movie Triumph of the Heart about St. Maximilian Kolbe. We talk about some of the things that inspired Fr. Michael and Mother Natalia as they watched the film, the beauty found within the movie, and the message of Christian hope that we can take from the movie.

References:

Triumph of the Heart Tickets

Frassati Film

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This week Fr. Michael expands on a mini-topic request on the death of infants. We talk about death and mourning, the various hymns of farewell used, why limbo came to be a concept, and the reality of evil and death.

References:
The Hope of Salvation for Infants who Die without being Baptized
Scruples and the Sacraments
The Reed of God

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This week Mother Natalia reflects on two different encounters she recently had. The encounters led her to reflect on being Jesus to others and gently evangelizing others.

References:
Evil Thoughts Five through Eight (the one about anger)
The Philokalia Volume 2

Father Michael and Mother Natalia Out and About
Chris Stefanik - Nobody Wants to Talk about This

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We're in person this week! This week Father Michael walks through the prayers that are said as a bishop is vested at a hierarchical Divine Liturgy. Plus we've got a minitopic on confession.

References:
CSYSK Episode on Priestly Vesting Prayers
Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson

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This week Mother Natalia and Fr. Michael talk about places in scripture where we see the theme of light as they reflect on SEEK24’s theme of Be the Light.

References:
Romans 13:12
1 John 1:5-7
John 4:7-42
Hymns for the feast of the Theophany of the Lord
SEEK24

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This week we're joined by special guest, Mother Petra! Mother Petra and Mother Natalia talk about experiencing an ache for beauty and how that ache can be given to us by God. We talk a lot about C.S. Lewis, a favorite of both Mother Petra and Mother Natalia.

Plus we've got a mini-topic on praying with religious art.

References:
Mother Petra on The Journey Home
The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Reflections on the Psalms by C.S. Lewis
Letting Gifts be Gifts
Beginning to Pray by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom
CaringBridge Site for Brian

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This week we're joined by special guest Kyle Washut, president of Wyoming Catholic College. We talk about how our relationships across all areas of life impact each other, the founding of Wyoming Catholic College, and what it's like to intentionally create a college that "breathes with both lungs."

References:
Poustinia by Catherine Doherty
Erin Planned

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We've got a crossover episode! Fr. Michael records this week with Fr. Mike Rapp from Catholic Stuff You Should Know. Fr. Mike asks Fr. Michael all the questions about Byzantine tradition and practices.

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