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We wrap up season 1 with a look back to earlier episodes, discuss prayer book spirituality, and launch our Facebook page.You can find our Facebook Page HERE. (https://www.facebook.com/liturgypodcast)Please email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe appreciate your listenership very much and we look forward to connecting with you during season 2!

This week we are joined by The Right Reverend Hector Monterroso, Bishop Assistant in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, about the ordination of a Bishop and the sacramental rite of Confirmation.Episcopal Diocese of Texas Website: www.epicenter.orgPlease email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe appreciate your listenership very much!

This week we dive into two great feast days in the church: Pentecost and Trinity Sunday.Please email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe appreciate your listenership very much!

This week we welcome The Reverend Francene Young, chair of the Commission on Ministry in the Diocese of Texas, to discuss the formal discernment process and the Ordination of a Priest.Diocese of Texas Ordination ProcessPlease email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe appreciate your listenership very much!

This week we welcome The Reverend Becky Sparks, Deacon at Christ Episcopal Church in Temple Texas, to discuss the ministry of a Deacon.Here is a link to Christ Episcopal Church in Temple, TX: www.christchurchtemple.orgPlease email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

Today we are joined by The Very Reverend Bertie Pearson, Rector at Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown Texas. Bertie explores the history Apostolic Succession. Here is a link to Berie Pearson Podcast "The History of Christianity".Please email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

Today we discuss calling. What is your calling? How do we train ourselves to listen for God. Join us as we explore the very simple, but foundational part of our identity as Christians.Please email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe appreciate your listenership very much!

This week we explore the burial liturgy found in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer (BCP). This is one of our greatest examples of an Easter liturgy. Sit back and relax as we take you on a journey through this sacred liturgy.Please email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe appreciate your listenership very much!

Today we dive into the season of Easter and explore ways in which this season might inform our lives. Please email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

This is a special deep dive into the movements of Holy Week known as the Sacred Triduum.Please email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

This week we explore the depth of our liturgy for the sick and those who are at the time of death.Please email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

Today we are joined by The Venerable Jordan Haynie WareArchdeacon for Social Justice and Community Connection, Diocese of EdmontonRector, Good ShepherdANDThe Reverend David Wantland, Associate RectorPalmer Memorial Episcopal Church, HoustonTo discuss the imporant question: What is sin?Here is a link to Jordan's Podcast “Two Feminist Annotate the Beatified”.Please email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

Today we are joined by The Very Reverend Bertie Pearson, Rector at Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown Texas. Bertie explores the history and use of private confession in the church.Here is a link to Berie Pearson Podcast "The History of Christianity".Please email if you have questions or if we can be of assistance to you on your spiritual journey. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

This is part 1 of 2 parts on confession. This week we explore the General Confession.Book References: 1.) For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann 2.) Where God Happens: Discovering Christ in One Another by Rowan Williams3.)The Great Divorce by C.S. LewisQuotes: "Confession takes two forms. According to the one, we give thanks for blessings received; according to the other, we bring to light and examine what we have done wrong. We use the term confession both for the grateful appreciation of the blessings we have received through divine favor, and for the admission of the evil actions of which we are guilty. Both forms produce humility. For he who thanks God for blessings and he who examines himself for his offences are both humbled. The first judges himself unworthy of what he has been given; the second implores forgiveness for his sins."-St. Maximos the Confessor "Various Texts on Theology, the Divine Economy, and Virtue and Vice" found in the Philokalia Volume 2 pg. 226 #63"Once a brother committed a sin in Scetis, and the elders assembled and sent for Abba Moses. He, however, did not want to go. Then the priest sent a message to him, saying: Come, everybody is waiting for you. So he finally got up to go. And he took a worn-out basket with holes, filled it with sand, and carried it along. The people who came to meet him said: What is this, Father? Then the old man said: My sins are running out behind me, yet I do not see them. And today I have come to judge the sins of someone else. When they heard this, they said nothing to the brother, and pardoned him."Desert Wisdom: Sayings from the Desert Fathers. Translated and illustrated by Yushi Nomura. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

Today we talk about fasting. We explore its history as a spiritual practice and its practical uses today. Several quotes are mentioned which you can find below: Here is a link to the 1979 Book of Common Prayer Online: https://www.bcponline.org/Quote 1: Evagrios the Solitary Man cannot drive away impassioned thoughts unless he watches over his desire and incensive power. He destroysdesire through fasting, vigils and sleeping on the ground, and he tames his incensive power through long suffering,forbearance, forgiveness and acts of compassion. For with these two passions are connected almost all the demonic thoughts which lead the intellect to disaster and perdition. It is impossible to overcome these passions unless we can rise above attachment to food and possessions, to self-esteem and even to our very body, because it is through the body that the demons often attempt to attack us. It is essential, then, to imitate people who are in danger at sea and throw things overboard because of the violence of the winds and the threatening waves.Texts on Discrimination in Respect of Passions and Thoughts In the Philokalia Volume 1 pg. 39Quote 2: St. Maximos the Confessor Many human activities, good in themselves, are not good because of the motive for which they are done. For example, fasting and vigils, prayer and psalmody, acts of charity and hospitality are by nature good, but when performed for the sake of self-esteem they are not good.Four Hundred Centuries on Love: Second Century #35 Found in the Philokalia Volume 2 pg. 71Quote 3: Alexander ShmemannUltimately, to fast means only one thing: to be hungry–to go to the limit of that human condition which depends entirely on food and, being hungry, to discover that this dependency is not the whole truth about man, that hunger itself is first of all a spiritual state and that it is in its last reality hunger for God.Great Lent: Journey to PaschaBrin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

Today we dive into the liturgy for Ash Wednesday and how it prepares us for our spiritual journey during Lent. Here is a link to the 1979 Book of Common Prayer Online: https://www.bcponline.org/Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

Today we dive into the important question: Who needs the Church?Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

This week we pick up our discussion of the two great sacraments of the church. Today we focus on the sacrament of Holy Eucharist.Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

Today we discuss one of the two great sacraments of the church, Baptism. What is Baptism? Why is it important? Join us as we explore this powerful sacrament.Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

Today we introduce the sacraments and sacramental rites.Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

Today we welcome The Reverend Daniel Strandlund who serves as the Vicar of St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church in Buda, TX. We dive into the doctrine of the Incarnation and what it means for our lives today in 2020! Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with comments and question.Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

This week we depart from our study of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and talk about spiritual giving as it relates to the holidays. We will explore the differences in holiday giving this year and how it may not be so different after all. Justin pulls heavily from former Archbishop of Cantebury Rowan William's book entitled "Being Disciples: A guide to Christian Practice".

This week we finish our exploration of the daily office by exploring Noonday Prayer, Compline, and the Daily Devotions. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with comments and question. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.org Justin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.orgWe apppreciate your listenership very much!

Today we discuss Evening Prayer as we further our discussion of daily prayer. In this episode Brin quotes from the following source: "Thanksgiving for the Light: Toward a Theology of Vespers," Diakonia 13 (1978) p. 46. "The Offices at the beginning and end of the day are just ritual moments symbolic of the whole of time. As such they are a proclamation of faith to the world and partake of our mission of witness to Christ and His salvation. They are also a praise and thanksgiving for this gift of salvation in Christ. Lastly they are our priestly prayer as God's priestly people for our needs and those of the entire world. That is what Liturgy means. That is what Vespers means. As a matter of fact, that is what life means."

This week we continue our discussion of the Daily Office by taking a deep dive into Morning Prayer.

This week we discuss the origin of a daily prayer life from the early monsatics through the daily office in the 1979 BCP.

In this episode, we discuss the church year, calendar of feasts, fasts, and devotions.

This week we discuss the Collects and Prayers/Thanksgivings as found in the 1979 BCP. Please email us if you have any questions.Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.orgJustin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.org

Praying as Jesus prayed, and also something about the ups and downs of the life of faith.Please email us if you have any questions. Brin Bon: brin@incarnationatx.orgJustin Yawn: jyawn@stlukesonthelake.org

This week we dive into how scripture informs and deepens our spirituality by looking at the differeing lectionaries within the Book of Common Prayer.

This episode we discuss a brief history of common prayer from Judaism to monasticism to the family room. Who uses the BCP and what do they use it for? How does this book help me live a life of di

In this episode we quote works from Flavius Josephus and Esther Chazon. From Josephus please see his work entitled "Antiquities of the Jews". For Chazon plese see "Patterns of Daily Prayer in the Second Temple Period".

How praying shapes discipleship in the liturgical tradition. We quote Dietrich Bonhoeffer from his "Life Together" among others.