What God is Not

This week Fr. Michael talks about the ordinariness lived out in a mother's vocation and her hiddenness in that ordinariness. He talks about three women who have given reflections on specific Gospel passages, and how those passages have convicted the moms in their vocation. We also talk about sacrifices that parents make as they raise their children.

References:
Matthew 6:5-6
John 3:30
Matthew 8:16 - 20

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This week we're joined by special guest Fr. Boniface Hicks. Mother Natalia and Fr. Boniface talk about sensitivity. They talk about being a person who is perceived as "too sensitive" and interacting with people who are more sensitive than ourselves.

References:
What Humility is Not with Fr. Boniface Hicks
Institute for Ministry Formation
Grief to Grace
Tenderness

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This week Mother Natalia talks about being open and vulnerable, receiving healing the Lord provides, and the general brokenness which both of them have. We talk about online personalities and how the personalities should not become our end-all be-all in terms of knowing Jesus and following Him.

References:
All Rise for Judge Natalia

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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 we're joined by Alex from Voice of Reason! We recorded this episode live at the Metropolitan Assembly in New Jersey. Fr. Michael and Alex talk about living a life of service and holiness, imitating the holy people around us, and bringing others to the faith.

References:
God With Us
Voice of Reason (YouTube)
The Forgotten: Catholics of the Soviet Empire from Lenin through Stalin
Finding a Hidden Church

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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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