Episodes
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Eucharistic Miracles | S7 E16
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
"Eucharistic miracles are these kind of odd aberrations where the ordinary looks kind of boring, but then these extraordinary miracles where the host turns into blood or flesh is actually really the ordinary thing. But we think of it as a miracle."
LG Question: Should priests sing along with the congregation?
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Cultural & Cosmic Roots of the Blessed Sacrament | S7 E15
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
The Liturgy Guys look at some of the roots of the eucharist in creation and in human culture. How is wine a hierophany? What is a hierophany anyway? Listen to find out!
LG Question: If two Eucharistic processions converge, how do we handle having two monstrances with two hosts?
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Jean Hani on the Eucharist | S7 E14
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
We revisit one of Denis McNamara's favorite philosophers, Jean Hani, and his book The Divine Liturgy: Insights Into Its Mystery. Hani is one of the foremost thinkers on the sacrifice of the mass.
LG Question: When praying the Rosary, do you have to focus solely on canonized scripture?
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Liturgy Quiz X | Baptism Edition | S7 E13
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Let the quiz commence! Test your baptism knowledge against intellectual titans, Denis McNamara, Christopher Carstens, and Jesse Weiler.
LG Question: Is Ash Wednesday a Holy Day of Obligation?
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Why Do You Believe in God? | S7 E12
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Christopher Carstens throws a curveball question to the group. Why do the Liturgy Guys believe in God? And why do we believe Christ our savior? This season is all about the Eucharist, but we can't begin to understand the Blessed Sacrament without asking ourselves these questions.
LG Question: What are your five favorite Catholic books?
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Stay tuned for Christopher's guest appearance on the Five Books for Catholics podcast.
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Pope Benedict XVI | S7 E11
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Pope Benedict XVI, through his teachings and leadership, laid the foundation for everything The Liturgy Guys are about. This week we discuss his enormous impact on the Church, and on our own lives.
LG Question: Can priests arrange their altar like Pope Benedict XVI in the so-called "Benedictine Arrangement?"
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Friday Jan 20, 2023
Saints and the Eucharist | S7 E10
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 20, 2023
We're talking the saints. We're concluding the USCCB document on The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church. It concludes with sanctity and holiness. And so we'll look at some of the saints who have had the Eucharist as a center of their life on their way back to God. And take that as the final word that the bishops want us to hear. Gain sanctity.
LG Question: Is it possible to have two mass intentions for one mass? Or do we have to move the intention to another day? This came up when our parish had a memorial mass for Pope Benedict XVI.
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Friday Jan 13, 2023
Conversion | S7 E9
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
The topic today is conversion. Turning away from sin. The sacrament of penance is a great way to respond to the gift of the Eucharist.
Liturgy Question: Why do some confession booths have three doors when only two people are talking?
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The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church
Friday Jan 06, 2023
The Eucharist Transforms Us | S7 E8
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
The Eucharist transforms us. We are alive in Christ, living more fully, and then we take that divine life out to the world.
Liturgy Question: Sometimes my parish adds extra bell rings during the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Are those rings needed, and what do they mean?
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Responding to the Gift | S7 E7
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
How do we respond to the gift of the Eucharist? With worship and thanksgiving. That's this week on The Liturgy Guys.
Friday Dec 16, 2022
The Paschal Mystery Machine | S7 E6
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
The Liturgy Guys conclude their review of Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church, the document published by the USCCB.
Season Seven is all about the Mystery of the Eucharist.
Inspired by the National Eucharistic Revival.
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Friday Dec 09, 2022
The Real Presence of Christ | S7 E5
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
This week's episode is all about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Because this season is all about the National Eucharistic Revival.
The Liturgy Guys continue their overview of the document put out by the USCCB, Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church.
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Friday Dec 02, 2022
The Sacrifice of Christ | S7 E4
Friday Dec 02, 2022
Friday Dec 02, 2022
The Liturgy Guys continue their review of Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church, the document published by the USCCB.
Season Seven is all about the Mystery of the Eucharist.
Inspired by the National Eucharistic Revival.
For more Catholic content, visit Ex Corde at Benedictine College.
Friday Nov 25, 2022
The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church | S7 E3
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
The Liturgy Guys review Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church, published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.z
Season Seven is all about National Eucharistic Revival.
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Friday Nov 18, 2022
Taking the Pew Survey | S7 E2
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
The Pew Survey revealed that only one third of Catholics believed in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. But is that what the results actually reveal? Was the infamous Pew Survey asking the right questions?
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Friday Nov 11, 2022
The National Eucharistic Revival | S7 E1
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Friday Nov 11, 2022
The Liturgy Guys are jumping on board the National Eucharistic Revival. What is the Eucharist all about? Why is it a thanksgiving? Why is it a sacrifice? Why is a rite? Why it an offering? Why is it a mystery? This season, Denis McNamara, Christopher Carstens, and Jesse Weiler tackle the big questions about the Blessed Sacrament.
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Saturday Jul 09, 2022
Pope Francis Apostolic Letter | DESIDERIO DESIDERAVI | S6 E35
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
I bet you thought the Liturgy Guys were finished, didn't you? Well, so did they! But then Pope Francis wrote another Apostolic Letter about the Liturgy???
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
The Concluding Rites | S6 E34
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
The Mass has ended, and so has Season 6 of the Liturgy Guys. Go in peace.
Friday Jun 17, 2022
The Communion Rite | S6 E33
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Last episode was about how to receive the Eucharist. And this one is too!
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Communion Rites and Rongs | S6 E32
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
The Liturgy Guys discuss how to receive The Holy Sacrament!
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Communion Rite BINGO! | S6 E31
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
The Liturgy Guys talk all things Communion Rite. Including the Lord's Prayer, the Rite of Peace, and the Fraction. General Instruction of the Roman Missal No. 80-83.
Friday May 27, 2022
The Chief Elements of the Eucharistic Prayer | S6 E30
Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
Does everyone have their General Instruction of the Roman Missal? Good. Turn to the section on The Eucharistic Prayer and No. 79: The chief elements making up the Eucharistic Prayer may be distinguished in this way...
Friday May 20, 2022
Eucharistic Prayer No.3 | S6 E29
Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
The Liturgy Guys delve a bit deeper into the text of Eucharistic Prayer No. 3.
Wednesday May 18, 2022
The Eucharistic Prayers | S6 E28
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
The Liturgy Guys reflect on the four Eucharistic Prayers and some of their, "particular features."
Friday Apr 29, 2022
The Liturgy of the Eucharist Pt. II | S6 E27
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
The Liturgy Guys have hit warp drive. In this episode, they cover everything from the Offertory Chant all the way to the Prayer of the Offerings. That's No. 23 — No. 30 in the Order of Mass.
Friday Apr 22, 2022
The Liturgy of the Eucharist | S6 E26
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Welcome to The Liturgy of the Eucharist! By no means the last episode on this topic! Or even the seventh to last!
Order of Mass No. 21 No. 22.
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Jean Hani and The Divine Liturgy Pt. II | S6 E25
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Completing our detour sandwich! Liturgy Guys finish their discussion on Jean Hani, and his reflections on the nature and meaning of the Holy Sacrifice. Now we’ll be fully prepared to dive into the Liturgy of the Eucharist!
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Trivia for Triduum | S6 E24
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Easter Triduum approaches! The Liturgy Guys share some of their favorite factoids about this most holy season. For example, did you know it's not pronounced, "Tri-Doom?"
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Jean Hani and The Divine Liturgy Pt. I | S6 E23
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Before diving into the Liturgy of the Eucharist, The Liturgy Guys discuss the nature and meaning of the Holy Sacrifice. For help, they turn to the works of French philosopher Jean Hani.
Denis has been struck with, "Hani-itis," a self-diagnosed very contagious, non-real disease (as well as Appendicitis, a medically diagnosed, non-contagious, very real disease for which he received an appendectomy last weekend—all is well, though prayers are appreciated) and he hopes to inflict the former, not the latter, on this fellow Liturgy Guys.
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
The Homily | S6 E22
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
The Liturgy Guys discuss the Homily, the Creed, and the Universal Prayer.
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Psalm-body Up There Likes Me | S6 E21
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
This episode is all about the Responsorial Psalms in the Liturgy of the Word. Feel free to sing your own responses, but remember, The Liturgy Guys won't be able to hear them unless you type them out, and send them to questions@liturgyguys.com.
Friday Mar 04, 2022
The Word of the Lord | S6 E20
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
This episode is all about the Liturgy of the Word. Thanks be to God!
This is also the episode where you hear Denis' campaign slogan for class president.
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Liturgy Quiz of the Word | S6 E19
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
This week, we set the table for Liturgy of the Word with another unofficial Liturgy Quiz.
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Collect-ing Our Thoughts | S6 E18
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
The Liturgy Guys begin with a discussion on the Gloria, and move in to what is known as the "collect."
Friday Feb 04, 2022
The Penitential Act | S6 E17
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
"Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault..."
This week, The Liturgy Guys acknowledge their sins, and discuss the Order of Mass No. 4: The Penitential Act.
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Divinization | S6 E16
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
This week, The Liturgy Guys turn to Patristic documents and sacred scripture to ponder the question of Divinization. What does it mean to, "...become God?"
Friday Jan 21, 2022
The Sign of the Cross | S6 E15
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
In our triumphant conclusion to the first part of the Introductory Rites in the Order of Mass, The Liturgy Guys discuss the first words spoken by the Priest to his flock... or should they be sung?
Friday Jan 14, 2022
The Priest Celebrant’s Chair | S6 E14
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Folks, the Priest Celebrant has reached his chair, and The Liturgy Guys are on the edge of their seats (well, actually, they should be standing). This week, we discuss the significance of the Priest Celebrant's Chair.
Friday Jan 07, 2022
The Profound Bow | S6 E13
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
The Liturgy Guys are back from their mid-season break to take us step by step through the Order of Mass. We are now at the foot of the altar, where the Priest makes a profound bow, "...venerates the altar with a kiss and, if appropriate, incenses the cross and the altar. Then, with the ministers, he goes to the chair."
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Liturgy Quiz Part VIII (Advent Edition) | S6 E12
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
This week on The Liturgy Guys, Denis and Jesse go head to head in a battle of wits against Chris Carstens’ nearly unbeatable Liturgy Quiz. But this time they have a little help. Today’s episode was filmed in front of a live studio audience at Benedictine College. Let’s see if D-Mac’s students have been doing their homework.
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