Episodes

  • Episode 106: Pope Francis
    Apr 27 2025

    The books discussed in this episode are:

    1. Dilexit Nos: On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ by Pope Francis
    2. Evangelii Gaudium by Pope Francis
    3. Misericordiae vultus and Misericordia et misera by Pope Francis
    4. Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home by Pope Francis
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    22 mins
  • Episode 105: Fifth Week of Lent 2025 - Duccio di Buoninsegna's Paintings of the Passion
    Apr 7 2025

    The book recommended in this episode is:

    Duccio di Buoninsegna by Cecilia Jannella

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    16 mins
  • Episode 104: Fourth Week of Lent - Lenten Music by Palestrina
    Mar 31 2025

    This week's recommendation is Palestrina 6 performed by the The Sixteen.

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    12 mins
  • Episode 103: Third Week of Lent 2025 - Alexander Schmemann's Great Lent
    Mar 24 2025

    The book discussed in this episode is Great Lent: Journey to Pascha by Alexander Schmemann.

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    10 mins
  • Episode 102: Second Week of Lent 2025 - T.S. Eliot's Ash-Wednesday
    Mar 17 2025

    The book discussed in this episode is: Ash-Wednesday by T.S. Eliot.

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    10 mins
  • Episode 101: First Week of Lent 2025 - St. Bernard's Sermons for Lent
    Mar 10 2025

    The book discussed in this episode is: Sermons for Lent and the Easter Season by St. Bernard of Clairvaux

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    13 mins
  • Episode 100: St. John Cassian - Interview with Thomas Humphries
    Mar 7 2025

    The books recommended in this episode are:

    1. The Institutes by St. John Cassian
    2. The Conferences by St. John Cassian
    3. On the Incarnation of Christ: Against the Heretic Nestorius by St. John Cassian
    4. Cassian the Monk by Columba Stewart
    5. John Cassian by Owen Chadwick

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    31 mins
  • Episode 99: Learning Latin - Interview with Charles G. Kim
    Feb 28 2025

    The books discussed in this episode are:

    1. Biblia Sacra Vulgata
    2. De imitatione Christi (The Imitation of Christ) by Thomas À Kempis
    3. Collationes in orationem dominicam (Sermon-Conferences on the Our Father) by St. Thomas Aquinas
    4. Sermones de tempore (Sermons for the Liturgical Year) by St. Augustine
    5. Epitome Historiae Sacrae by Fr. Charles François Lhommond...and for a Latin textook....
    6. Ecclesiastical Latin: A Primer on the Language of the Church by Charles Kim

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    30 mins
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