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Prayer, Retreat -

This week Mother Natalia talks about her retreat and the fruits of her retreat. She talks about how this retreat helped her learn or relearn to “just be” with Jesus, not necessarily learning anything, or having a divine revelation, but just learning to be and rest.

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Marriage, Married Priesthood, Priesthood, Special Guest -

This week we're joined by special guests Fr. Nathan Symeon and his wife Ali. Fr. Nathan Symeon and Ali talk about married priesthood from their own perspective and experience.

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Bears, Escape Room, Theology of the Body -

This week we're joined by several special guests who participated in an escape room with Mother Natalia and Father Michael. Mother Natalia reflects on how they each reacted within the escape room (one of those haunted house type ones), and how the reactions tended to break down by gender lines.

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Coptic Orthodox, Servanthood, Special Guest -

This week Mother Natalia and Father Michael are joined by two special guests, Mother Gabriella from Christ the Bridegroom Monastery and Natalie Bishay, a Coptic Orthodox since birth. Natalie shares some of the beauties of Coptic Orthodoxy, including their mentality of being servants and their process of electing men for the priesthood.

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Dormition, Mary, Theotokos -

This week Fr. Michael and Mother Natalia do a "reaction audio" of the canon for the Dormition of the Theotokos.

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Friendship -

This week Fr. Michael uses Aristotle's writings to talk about the three types of friend in preparation for an article he's writing on friendship.

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Authenticity, Scripture -

This week we're joined by special guest, Fr. Travis! In today's episode, Mother Natalia reflects on Romans 12 where St. Paul describes the marks of a true Christian. Mother Natalia talks about some practicalities in interacting with others, those that are interested in our true Catholic selves and those that aren't.

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Holy Land, Pilgrimage -

This week Fr. Michael recaps his recent time in the Holy Land where he was the chaplain for a 10 day pilgrimage. He talks about the areas they traveled, where the Lord spoke to him in prayer, and being inspired by the people he encountered on the trip. 

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Mary, Theology of the Body, Theotokos -

This week Father Michael talks about the difference between men and women, the wholistic beauty of the human person, and how Mary epitomizes everything which is good and beautiful about women. It's an interesting one!

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Work -

This week Mother Natalia uses a reflection from Bishop John Michael Botean about work as her inspiration for today's episode.

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