What God is Not

By Father Michael O'Loughlin and Mother NataliaReligion & Spirituality Christianity

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November 29, 2023 Serving the Servant
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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44 min
November 22, 2023 Light: An Eastern Perspective
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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1 hr 6 min
November 15, 2023 The Ache Speaks with Mother Petra
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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1 hr 15 min
November 08, 2023 Wyoming Byzantine Catholic
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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1 hr 9 min
November 01, 2023 Byzantine Stuff You Should Know
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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59 min
October 25, 2023 Courage in the Cross
This week Fr. Michael reflects on the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. In this feast, we shower the cross in the church with flowers to show the significance and importance of the feast. Fr. Michael talks about the need for us to look at our personal crosses with this same sort of significance and reverence.

Plus we've got a mini-topic this week on dating.

References:
Ministering to Monsters
Mother Iliana on Pints with Aquinas

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1 hr 16 min
October 18, 2023 Useless but not Worthless
This week Mother Natalia talks about usefulness vs worthlessness. Our worth is not found in what we do but who we are. This is certainly a hard topic for us to process and we need reminded of this regularly.

We also have a mini-topic on holiness.

References:
A Sign of Uselessness
Death in the Shadows by Paul McCusker

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1 hr 8 min
October 11, 2023 Garments of Skin
This week Fr. Michael talks about the parable of the wedding banquet found in Matthew, another scripture passage that has confused both him and Mother Natalia. We talk about inspiration we've had from the passage, linking it back to the Garden of Eden and Adam and Eve's nakedness. We talk about our need to give up our attachments in order to accept the glorious garment given to us at the resurrection.

Plus we've got a mini-topic from a Patron. Thanks to everyone who supports us on Patreon!

References:
Matt 22:1-14
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
Be Not Afraid Episode
Fear of the Lord Episode
The Symbolic World Podcast

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October 04, 2023 Hot Mess Hot Takes
This week Mother Natalia talks about the Protoevangelion of James and walks through some of the tradition found within it. We talk about traditions jointly shared between the Eastern and Western churches, and some of the traditions that are believed in the East.

References:
Protoevangelion of James

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1 hr 16 min
September 27, 2023 Ministering to Monsters
Today's episode is inspired by an episode from The Symbolic World. Fr. Michael uses the Pentecost for the Zombie Apocalypse episode to talk about ministering to those in the world and meeting people where they're at in their lives.

References:
Pentecost for the Zombie Apocalypse

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1 hr 8 min