2 January 2021 | Ss. Basil & Gregory | Eugene, Ore.

In this first episode of the new year, I share some musings  on nature and the revelation of God from a trip I took this Christmas octave through the Pacific Northwest with a brother seminarian, my interpretation of Shakespeare’s obscure poem “The Phoenix and the Turtle” (by far the most metaphysical and mystical of his poems, and my favorite of them alll!), this podcast’s first ever Tolkien segment - discussing the first and only of his collected letters I have yet read - and the Cappadocian Fathers we honor today in the Church’s calendar. Why is St. Basil so great, and why is St. Gregory called “The Theologian”? You’ll find out in about an hour if you hit play now! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Opening music: “Puer natus in Bethlehem,” sung by King’s College Choir, dir. Stephen Cleobury, 2019. All rights reserved.