Description

In this episode, we reflect on how to integrate the rhythms of the liturgical year into our everyday lives. We talk about the different graces available to us in each liturgical season, and how by living these seasons year after year, we are slowly being taught how to thrive. We also reflect on the value of our attention, what it means to be human, and how sacramentals can help call our attention back to God. Living liturgically is not simply another thing to do, but an invitation to become the women God created us to be.

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Journal Questions:

• How is the Lord inviting me to embrace liturgical living?
• Who is the Mother Church inviting you to become in our season of Ordinary Time?
• What have I been meditating on in daily life and how can I savor the Gospel?
• Is there somebody or something that has taken God's place at the center of my life?
  

Discussion Questions:

• How do the Church's liturgical rhythms and practices differ from how you live your life?
• What holds your attention throughout the day?
• What would it look like to embody the rhythms of the Church?
• What's one way you'd like to embrace liturgical living in this season?

Quotes to Ponder:

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring)

"Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love." (J. R. R. Tolkien, Hobbit Movie) 

"The word "liturgy" originally meant a "public work" or a "service in the name of/on behalf of the people." In Christian tradition it means the participation of the People of God in "the work of God." Through the liturgy Christ, our redeemer and high priest, continues the work of our redemption in, with, and through his Church." (CCC 1069)

Scripture for Lectio:

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven." (Ecclesiastes 3:1)

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Timestamps:

00:00 Rooted for Good

01:17 Intro

02:18 Welcome

05:36 The Circular Rhythm of Life

09:07 We Need Holy Order

13:04 What Does it Mean to Be Human?

15:32 God is Meant to Be at the Center

19:15 The Gift of Attention

23:17 Sacramentals to Help Us Remember the Divine

26:58 Where is the Holy Spirit Calling Us?

28:11 One Things