Universalis: Mass & Liturgy of the Hours

May 08 2024 16
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The Universalis apps and website give you the Mass readings and every Hour of the Liturgy of the Hours for every day of every year. This podcast continues the theme. It tells you how to use Universalis and regularly points you to the highlights of the liturgy of the coming days.

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The week ahead – from the Ascension to 18 May

May 08 2024 16 mins  
The Ascension as art and as drama. The time of waiting. The structure of a single Hour. From the Fall to the coming of the Spirit. Episode notes.

The week ahead – from 5 to 11 May

May 02 2024 15 mins  
The last few days before the Ascension; the disciples as school-leavers. The psalm with Leviathan; delight in creation. St Gorg Preca. The date of the Ascension. Episode notes.

The week ahead – from 28 April to 4 May

Apr 25 2024 15 mins  
Saint Joseph the Worker. The mysterious 7th Hour in the Liturgy of the Hours. Episode notes.

The week ahead – from 21 to 27 April

Apr 18 2024 14 mins  
Acts, St John and the Apocalypse. What is the Liturgy of the Hours? A week of missionaries. Episode notes.

The week ahead – from 14 to 20 April

Apr 11 2024 12 mins  
What it means to be a saint; “Saint You”. Madagascar, Ireland, Africa, England. Justin Martyr and the beginnings of Christianity. The unnoticed saints. Episode notes.

The week ahead – from 7 to 13 April

Apr 04 2024 14 mins  
Highlights of the coming week. The apprentice Apostles. What is the risen Jesus? Our bodies and ourselves. Thomas, faith and reason. Could Mary have said No? Theology as music. Episode notes.

The week ahead – from 31 March to 6 April

Mar 28 2024 14 mins  
Highlights of Easter week. “Drunk on the Spirit”. Coming to terms with un-bereavement. Salvation history as drama. Reasons for avoiding the Liturgy. “At Easter there can be no fear”. The earliest Patristic passages. Alleluia!!! Episode notes.

The week ahead – from 24 to 30 March

Mar 21 2024 13 mins  
Highlights of the coming week, Holy Week. Communication by means of silence. The Passion and how we encounter it. Julian of Norwich. The first and last Mass. The empty church and the end of everything. Episode notes.

The week ahead – from 17 to 23 March

Mar 14 2024 11 mins  
Highlights of the coming week, the fifth week of Lent. St Patrick, and local calendars around the world. Episode notes.

The week ahead – from 10 to 16 March

Mar 07 2024 8 mins  
Highlights of the coming week, the fourth week of Lent. Episode notes.