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Father Fessio in Five — 120 episodes
172: Orate Fratres
171: Why the Priest Washes His Hands at Mass
170: Don’t Overlook This Prayer
169: A Simple Prayer in the Mass Reveals the Meaning of Suffering
168: Explaining an Often Overlooked Part of the Mass
167: How Wine Making Reflects the Life of a Christian
166. The Mysterious Life-Giving Properties of Water
165: Fr. Fessio Prefers the Prayers of the Novus Ordo
164: Pope Benedict on the Purpose of Sacrifice and Worship
163: Why Bread and Wine?
162: The Offertory Used to be More Elaborate
Physical Books Are Better Than Ebooks
161: The Two Halves of the Mass
160: Vatican II Brought Back the Prayers of the Faithful
159: Beliefs Worth Dying For
158: Fr. Fessio Explains the Origins of the Nicene Creed
157: Explaining the Ancient Origins of the Homily
156: Fr. Fessio Explains the Prayers Around the Gospel
155: Why the Gospel Procession Matters
154: Woman Get Things Done in the Church
153: What Happened to the Sequences?
152: The History of the Responsorial Psalm
151: “Deo Gratias” Means More Than “Thanks be to God”
150: Vatican II Positively Changed the Readings
149: Why Do Catholics Have an Ambo?
148: The Liturgy of the Word and Jewish Worship
147: The Conclusion of the Introductory Rites
146: Vatican II Changed the Collect
145: What Are We Singing about in of the “Gloria”?
144: The Origins of the Gloria
143: The Only Greek Spoken at Mass
142: Why God Forgives Us at Mass
141: The Divine Office Connects to the Mass
140: What We Confess at Mass
139: What Vatican II Actually Said About Using Latin at Mass
138: Why the Priest Says “The Lord be with you”
137: Explaining the Sign of the Cross
136: Why Does the Priest Kiss the Altar?
135: The Meaning Behind the Priestly Vestments
134: Fr. Fessio Explains Why We Call the Mass, “The Mass”
133: The Mass in the Road to Emmaus
132. The Cosmic Dimension of the Mass
131. The Historical Dimension of the Mass
130. Explaining the Mass of Vatican II
129: Fr. Fessio Starts A Series on The Mass
128: Three Latin Phrases You Should Use
127: Would You Recognize the Holy Family?
126: A Small Lesson in Hebrew
125: What Does Faith Require?
124: Why You Should Say "Pax huic domui" When Entering a House
123: The Greatest in the Kingdom of God
122 Special Episode: Why Catholics Should Kneel
121: Is the Our Father the Best Prayer?
120: Do You Know What “Deo Gratias” Means?
119: You Should Use This Latin Phrase
118: Atheists and Christians See Sunsets Differently
117: The First and Last Words of the Psalms
116: Should You Trust A.I.?
115: Finding God in the Mystery
114: Explaining the Simplicity of God
113: Why is John the Baptist the Greatest Man Born of Woman?
112: The Wisdom of St. Gregory of Nyssa
111: Understand the Symbols of the Holy Spirit
110: Fr. Fessio’s Favorite Bible Verses
109: Reinforcement Learning—The Final Step of Making A.I.
108: Post-Training—The Third Step of Making A.I.
107: Training—The Second Step of Making A.I.
106: Pretraining—The First Step of Making A.I.
105: Computers Do NOT Know ANYTHING
104: Making Artificial Intelligence Simple
103: What is “Opus Dei”?
102: How Does God Dwell in Us?
101: Life is Like a Greek Race
100: Unpacking St. Ignatius’ Suscipe Prayer
99: A Jesuit Speaks About Gender
98: Did Jesus Have Faith?
97: What is Our “Daily Bread”?
96: Forgive Our "Debts" or "Trespasses"?
95: Inspiration of Scripture
94: C.S. Lewis and the Historical Critical Method
93: The Historical Critical Method
92: God With Us
91: The Great Mystery
90: Lead Us Not Into Temptation
89: From Faith to Agape
88: Why Reread Things?
87: Imperfect Offerings
86: Creating a Network of Reliable Information
85: Fake It Till You Make It
84: Are You Thankful for Neologisms?
83: The Significance of the Cross
82: Why God Wanted Us to Discover Wine
81: Fr. Fessio Explains Wine Making
80: God in the Atomic World
79: Is Jesus Present in Every Molecule of the Eucharist?
78: Can We Call Somebody a Fool?
77: His Mercy is on Those Who Fear Him
76: Faith in God
75: Thrown Into The Fire
74: Hope in a Chaotic World
73: Have I Fought the Good Fight?
72: Notes from the Underworld
69: What Happened to the Old Hebrew Law?
68: WHY?
67: Fine, We Share the Divine Nature—So What?
66: Simon Peter Says: God Makes Us Divine
65: Quantum Physics Point to God [Science and Love, pt. 3]
64: Astrophysics Point to God [Science and Love, pt. 2]
63: Microbiology Points to God [Science and Love, pt 1]
62: Just Follow YOUR Call
61: Don't Just "Be Good," But GO
60: Don't Fear the Reaper
59: God Makes Himself Small
58: At Meribah and Massah [The Best Part of Waking Up, pt. 2]
57: The Best Part of Waking Up
56: Peace and the Church
55: The Art of Moving On
54: No Time to Pray?
53: Lead Us Not into Temptation
52: You Have to March to Be Christian