#1474: Ch. 13C, The Sacrifice of the Mass by M. Gavin, S.J.

The Sacrifice of the Mass continues, with an explanation of the “Last Gospel”, read at the end of an Extraordinary Form Latin Rite Mass.
Chapter 13C.
14:05.

By the way, I also updated Ch. 13A. There was a lot of rattling noise on it from my old headset microphone, which I have now replaced.

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#1473: Ch. 13B, The Sacrifice of the Mass by M. Gavin, S.J.

The Sacrifice of the Mass continues, as all the pre- and post-Communion prayers are explained, all the way to the dismissal. But wait, there’s more!
Chapter 13B.
22:05.

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#1460: Part 3, “Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen” by St. Gregory Thaumaturgus

The “Oration and Panegyric” continues, as St. Gregory tells us how he managed to meet Origen in the first place.
Part 3
13:43.

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#1459: Part 2, “Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen” by St. Gregory Thaumaturgus

The “Oration and Panegyric” continues, with thoughts on gratitude, God, and guardian angels. (if you listened to the Thanksgiving thing, you’ve heard most of this.)
Part 2
16:13.

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#1458: Pt. 1, “Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen” by St. Gregory Thaumaturgus

The “Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen” begins! St. Gregory Thaumaturgus (soon to be shanghai’d into becoming bishop of his hometown) made a speech to his teacher, Origen, as a thank you for all his kindness to both Gregory and his brother and fellow pupil, Athenodorus, on the occasion of their leaving to go home [...]

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#1020: Chs. 10, On Prayer by Origen

On Prayer continues, as Origen discusses the various recipients of prayer, and the forms of prayer which are properly directed to each.
(For example, Origen points out that one can clearly ask ordinary living sinful people to forgive your sins against them specifically, in ordinary speech; and this technically counts as a prayer. To pray is [...]

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#1006: Ch. 9, On Prayer by Origen

On Prayer continues, with a discussion of four different types of prayer.
The classical division (shared by Jews and Christians) is petition, praise/adoration, thanksgiving, and contrition. Origen goes with Paul’s list to Timothy: request, prayer, thanksgiving, and intercession. Interesting stuff!
Chapter 9: The Four Moods of Prayer
9:23.

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#1005: Chs. 7-8, On Prayer by Origen

On Prayer continues, as Origen discusses the place of prayer in human life, and scriptural examples of the power and importance of prayer.
Chapters 7-8
16:03.

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