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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 thinks about homilies and how we can link passages to our daily lives.Thanksgiving Prayers
This week Fr. Michael walks through the Thanksgiving Prayers the congregation is invited to pray after Divine Liturgy.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 congregation are invited to say before Divine Liturgy begins.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.
Be Attentive
This week Fr. Michael walks through the phrase "Let us be attentive. Peace be to all. Wisdom, be attentive!" that we hear during Divine Liturgy.
Tethered to our Altars
This week Fr. Michael takes inspiration from a prayer said by the Maronite priests at the end of Divine Liturgy.
SECRETS Part II
This week Fr. Michael continues his topic on Secrets of the Liturgy Revealed, talking about the prayers that are prayed quietly by the priest during Divine Liturgy.In the Greatness of Your Mercy
This week Fr. Michael reflects on a sentence in a prayer that the priest prays during Divine Liturgy, "...in the greatness of your mercy you have brought all things out of nonexistence into being..."
The Good and Evil of Remembering
This week Fr. Michael talks about anamnesis and relates it to our day-to-day life. He talks about the origins of anamnesis in Liturgy and how we can remember the good God has done in our individual prayers.