Universalis: Mass & Liturgy of the Hours

An “ordinary spirituality” for the slow river of Ordinary Time. Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus. “Too many saints!” Saint Olaf Haraldson, King of Norway. India, and Saint Alphonsa Muttathupadathu. Blessed Justin de Jacobis in Abyssinia. Episode notes.

Saints Anna and Joachim. Saint Mary Magdalen. Saint James. Saint Bridget of Sweden. Episode notes.

Blessed Thérèse of Saint Augustine and her companions. The Carmelites. Blessed Inácio de Azevedo. St Bonaventure. Naboth’s vineyard. St Ambrose on the mysteries. How to listen to older episodes of this podcast. Episode notes.

Saint Benedict and his rule; and how to live it when we are not monks. Episode notes.

Why choose St Peter? How to like St Paul? Abraham the negotiator. Episode notes.

Two more theological feasts: Corpus Christi and the Sacred Heart. Episode notes.

The theological season of the year. The Most Holy Trinity - two pictures which may help. Dorothy L. Sayers and creation. Cardinal Manning, Pope Leo XIII and the social teaching of the Church. Episode notes.

Power cuts and electricity. Power restored with the coming of the Spirit. Life in power. Popes Leo XI and XII. Saint José de Anchieta and Saint Lidwina. Episode notes.

Loss and greyness after the Ascension. What is the Spirit? The absence of the Spirit. Fear of the Spirit and of life. Pope Leo X. Hope is coming: Ezekiel and the valley of bones. Episode notes.

Leo V, Leo VI, Leo VII, Leo VIII. Leo IX and Gregory VII and their reforms. Saint Philip Neri: his life and example. The kingdom of Heaven is like ginger beer. The fizz of the Catholic Reformation. And where are we? Episode notes.

Papal names; Leo I, Leo II, Leo III, Leo IV. Madagascar and its saints. Saint Rita of Cascia. The lost manuscript that was found at the fishmonger’s. Episode notes.

Habemus Papam! A deep reflection on conclaves and on elections of all kinds. The power of the Holy Spirit as the Person who can unite the “I” of each one of us into a meaningful “We”. Our will as electors; our wishes as electors; and the difference between the two. Episode notes.

The living bread. Transubstantiation misunderstood. The baby Church. The Pope's final lesson to us. Humility. Episode notes.

The glorious events of Easter week this year. Changing attitudes to the Papacy over the last 50 years. Our part in the election of the next Pope. A warning against politics, and three prayer intentions. Episode notes.

Easter joy as an engine for the soul. The Resurrection as a step forward, not back. Our own healing and our own resurrection. The Easter Alleluias. Episode notes.

How the whole creation praises God, and how we praise him through it, liturgically, with sun, moon, leaves, ash, oil, bread, wine, wood, fire, light, wax, smoke, and water.

The inevitable tragedy: tragedy, not melodrama. Caiaphas the prophet; Caiaphas in the confessional. More about Confession. The Mission to the Rusty: a dream. Episode notes.

Laetare Sunday, purple and white mixed. The Prodigal Son as a model for Confession. Why sin makes sense. Some questions and answers about Confession. A pure heart. Episode notes.

The Liturgy of the Hours: how to do psalms, and the origin of the psalm-prayers. How to get the psalm-prayers in Universalis. The Annunciation; the namelessness of God; St Etheldreda’s and the tax-collectors. An example of justice. Episode notes.

The Transfiguration in Lent and out of it: two views of the same landscape. "Do not judge", and when and how we have to judge. Judgement as love and justice as virtue. How to donate: universalis.com/donate Episode notes.

Giving up things for Lent. Social media, and the still centre invaded by noise. Reconquering the still centre and inviting God in. The Scriptures as paint applied year by year. Paying other people to do our charity. Jonah and comedy. Ezekiel and hereditary guilt. The anniversary of this podcast. How to donate: universalis.com/donate Episode notes.

The Book of Job. Some Lenten exercises. Almsgiving: secret or public? How the Word on Fire conference went. Episode notes.

The Book of Ecclesiastes. Greek philosophy and Jewish wisdom. Where true value comes from. The goodness of work. How Universalis started. Get up and do something! Episode notes.

The Book of Proverbs. Wisdom literature in general. "The Creed in Slow Motion" and next weekend's Word on Fire conference. Episode notes.

Saint Scholastica; the Shipwreck of St Paul; Our Lady of Lourdes; Saints Cyril and Methodius, and the Basilica of San Clemente. Episode notes.

Candlemas, the feast of the Purification of Mary and the Presentation of the Lord. Purification. The celebration and sanctification of transitions. Episode notes.

Sunday of the Word of God. Reading; listening; commentaries. Lectio Divina. Saint Thomas Aquinas. Episode notes.

The wedding-feast at Cana. Joy, pleasure and delight. Episode notes.

The Baptism of the Lord. Baptism. The uncanonised Henry Edward Manning. Episode notes.

The Epiphany. Melchizedek and the Magi. Episode notes.

The Christmas feasts. The Holy Family. The Finding in the Temple. Episode notes.

The O Antiphons concluded. Christmas starts the night before. Which is more important, Christmas or Easter? Incarnation, rescue and love. Stephen (and Paul), John and the Holy Innocents. Episode notes.

Gaudete Sunday. The countdown to Christmas with the O Antiphons. Episode notes.

Echoes between the First Readings and the Gospel. The Immaculate Conception. Our Lady of Guadalupe. Episode notes.

Advent and the new liturgical year. Cribs. Isaiah, rich food and wine. St Francis Xavier. The English Standard Version (ESV). New e-books. Some exercises for Advent. Saint Nicholas. Episode notes.

The end of Ordinary Time; the end of the world; how to read the Apocalypse. Christ the King; ourselves as kings. Episode notes.

The feasts of the four Roman basilicas; our reasons for fearing the gift of death. Episode notes.

Saints Martin of Tours, Margaret of Scotland, Elizabeth of Hungary and Albert the Great. Friar Julian, the lost Hungarians and the Mongols. More of the gift of death. Episode notes.

Saint Nuno Álvares Pereira. Saint Charles Borromeo. The gift of death. Episode notes.

All Saints, All Souls; Heaven, Purgatory, Hell and judgement. Episode notes.

Pope Saint John Paul II. Episode notes.

Saint Teresa of Ávila. Saint Callistus.

Saint John Henry Newman; the Feast of the Holy Rosary. Episode notes.

Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, the Holy Guardian Angels. Episode notes.

Saint Vincent de Paul; the prophet Ezekiel.

The martyrdom of Saint Cyprian; the stillness at the heart of the fight; the blessing of a martyr. The Korean Martyrs and the human race. Episode notes.

St Peter Claver. The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Episode notes.

The two-year cycle of readings. St Gregory the Great. Mother Teresa. Episode notes.

St Augustine and St Monica. Episode notes.

Our Lady, Mother and Queen. Octaves and their history. The First Readings in the Office of Readings. The book of Ecclesiastes. The two-year cycle. Episode notes.