Universalis: Mass & Liturgy of the Hours

Saint Matthew and his Gospel. Why have Gospels? Why have three synoptic Gospels? The madness of Q. Can investment bankers be saved? Episode notes .

Faith: more than a theological virtue. Hope: a hard virtue. The civilised martyrdom of St Cyprian. The Korean martyrs: "I am".

Saints, Blesseds, and canonisation. Our relationship with the saints. Blessed (soon to be Saint) Pier Giorgio Frassati and Blessed (soon to be Saint) Carlo Acutis. Saint Peter Claver. Episode notes .

Confirmation, catechesis and the Creed. "I" and "we" revisited. Saint Gregory the Great; bishops as icebergs. Mother Teresa and why people hate her. More saints to hate! Differing views of judgement. The Litany of Loreto. Episode notes .

The end of the world and the Day of the Lord. Zephaniah and how to read a prophet. ‘Whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth.’ Saint Louis. St John Chrysostom. Saints Monica and Augustine. Our Lady of Częstochowa (and Hilaire Belloc). Episode notes .

Our Lady, Mother and Queen. The Rosary, Scripture verses, Danish and Latin. Southwark Cathedral and its catechists. We are all catechists of a kind: here's how Universalis and The Creed in Slow Motion can help. Episode notes .

The Assumption: what exactly it means. The birth of a doctrine and its development. The Old Testament roots of Marian belief. Episode notes .

Abraham's Auction revisited. Why we need so many saints. The Curé of Ars. Saint Cajetan. How can bankers be saved? Episode notes .

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 .