What God is Not

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

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June 02, 2021 Dokimos Part 1
The monastery has a new member of the community! Sister Natalia and Father Michael talk about the service for the entrance of a dokimos, specifically Intern Olivia! We've broken this up into two episodes.

Also, it's our one year anniversary! Thanks for being a listener!

References:
The Year of Grace of Our Lord by Lev Gillet
An overview of the different steps in the vocation process at Christ the Bridegroom Monastery

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42 min
May 26, 2021 Live Q&A: Sleepy Prayer and the Chotki
A few weeks ago Father Michael and Sister Natalia were on Instagram Live. We recorded that session for our general podcast listeners. If you want to see this "in person", we've saved the video up on IGTV.

References:
Our episode on The Jesus Prayer

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1 hr 2 min
May 19, 2021 Lessons from Little Ones
Who's keeping track of consecutive in-person recordings? We're at four now!

This week Sister Natalia talks about lessons she's learned from her encounters with children and how those encounters lead her to reflect on her relationship with God.

References:
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

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1 hr
May 12, 2021 Worthy of the Effort
Another in-person episode. This week Father Michael and Sister Natalia talk about putting forth effort to pray during Divine Liturgy.

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50 min
May 05, 2021 Tripping Ourselves Up
Another week of in person recording! What a blessing.

This week Sister Natalia reflects on some things she learned during her retreat, including how we can get in the way of the work God wants to do in our lives.

References:
How to Profit From Your Faults by Claude-Joseph Tissot
Homily on the Healing of the Paralytic by Alexander Schmemann
Litany of Trust
Litany of Humility
Lux Catholic - iPhone
Lux Catholic - Google Play

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59 min
April 28, 2021 One Day in LA
Sister Natalia and Father Michael are in person this week! In this episode they talk about what it's like to be out and about as a nun and priest and the encounters they have which they only have because they're dressed as a nun or priest.

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1 hr 5 min
April 21, 2021 Actually About Community
This week we're joined by Fr. Joel Barstad who talks about his thoughts around the Cappadocian House Document.

References:
Cappadocian House Document - written by Fr. Joel Barstad

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1 hr 1 min
April 14, 2021 Banter or Brilliance?
Fr. Michael and Sister Natalia talk about the beauty and necessity of community. Fr. Michael has a realization on the differences in people with structured personalities vs people with unstructured personalities.

References:
Communion and Liberation - movement founded by Fr. Giussani and Fr. Carron in Milan, Italy
Cappadocian House Document - written by Fr. Joel Barstad
20 Answers: Eastern Catholicism by Fr. Daniel Dozier
The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander

A few weeks ago Sister Natalia read a poem she wrote while on poustinia. Here's a link to that poem if you want to read it and pray with it.

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58 min
April 07, 2021 Lord, Help My Unbelief
Happy Bright Week! This week Sister Natalia walks through the Gospel for Thomas Sunday. We talk about Thomas' unbelief, our unbelief, and asking for grace and strength to believe.

References:
John 20:19 - 31, Gospel for Thomas Sunday
The Bible and the Holy Fathers for Orthodox
The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander
Humane Vitae
Ancient Christian Commentary - John 11 - 21 edited by Joel C. Elowsky

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58 min
March 31, 2021 Word from a Homilist: Resting at the Cross
This week Father Michael talks about a theme he's picked up in the Sunday Gospels of the Great Fast, and in this episode he walks through Mark 9:17 - 31.

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59 min