Introducing our New Sisters
This week we're joined by special guest, Mother Gabriella. Mother Natalia and Mother Gabriella reflect on the recent tonsure of Sister Marta...
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What God is Not
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Responding to God's Invitation
This week Mother Natalia takes inspiration from spiritual direction she's given and talks about the importance of silence and looking for Go...
Barrenness Fulfilled
This week Fr. Michael talks about examples of barrenness in scripture and how the Lord fulfilled people's requests. He talks about wanting t...
Friends under the Fig Tree with Fr. Nathanael, OSB
This week we're joined by special guest, Fr. Nathanael. Fr. Nathanael and Mother Natalia share how they received their names, their love of...
Hold Fast
This week Fr. Michael talks about how he thinks about putting together a homily. He uses a recent Sunday Gospel and Epistle to show how he t...
Thanksgiving Prayers
This week Fr. Michael walks through the Thanksgiving Prayers the congregation is invited to pray after Divine Liturgy. References: The Divin...
Preparing for the Divine Liturgy Part II
This week Fr. Michael picks up where he left off on last week's episode and continues walking through some of the prayers that the congregat...
Preparing for the Divine Liturgy Part I
This week Fr. Michael walks through some of the prayers that the congregation are invited to say before Divine Liturgy begins. References: T...
The World's Refuse
This week Fr. Michael reflects on a passage from 1 Corinthians. He considers what it means to be scum of the earth, the world's refuse, and...
Monastic Heart of Mary
This week Mother Natalia reflects on a talk she recently gave at the Byzantine Young Adult convocation on the monastic heart of Mary. She sp...
Ignore Evil
This week Mother Natalia uses a quote from Elder Porphyrios as a jumping off point to talk about relinquishing control that evil has over us...
We Have Seen the True Light
This week Fr. Michael talks about a conversation he had with a pilot about the beauty of nature that is seen as the pilot flies the plane. F...
A Monastic, A Theologian, and Jess with Fr. Chris and Jess
This week we're joined by special guests Jess Allen and Fr. Chris Seith. Jess talks about intentionally practicing liturgical living. She gi...
A Confession Practicum
This week Mother Natalia gives some examples of how to go to confession, specifically in the Byzantine tradition. Fr. Michael outlines some...
Child-like not Child-ish
This week Fr. Michael takes us through homilies he gave on Matthew 11 while on a recent retreat. He pulls out themes of childlikeness, refle...
Family, Concert, and Bar Ministry with Adam and Noelle Mering
This week we're joined by special guests, Adam and Noelle Mering. They talk about their work counseling families and doing concert and bar m...
Discerning Married Priesthood with Nick and Lorena Towle
This week we're joined by special guests Nick and Lorena Towle, parishioners at Fr. Michael's outreach. Nick recently discerned a call to pr...
Growing in the Daily Grind
This week Mother Natalia shares a story of personal growth and also ways that she can improve. She connects that story to our daily need to...
Fire, Water, Work, and Community
This week Fr. Michael reflects on themes found in the scripture passages leading up to Pentecost. He talks about the meaning of fire and wat...
A Long-Expected Parts Episode with Dr. Gerry Crete
This week we're joined by special guest, Dr. Gerry Crete. Dr. Gerry talks about Parts Work and how we see it played out in Lord of the Rings...