E99: Fr. Michael O’Loughlin

In this episode, we are joined by Fr. Michael O’Loughlin to talk about Eastern Catholicism. We cover much ground; we talk about chotkis, icons, the Jesus prayer, the great schema, the great schism, and rites. If you’re curious about Byzantine Catholicism, this is the episode for you.

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Show Notes

00:00 Intro

01:55 Fr. O’Loughlin’s road to Byzantine Catholicism

06:00 The Byzantine Liturgy is kid friendly

07:18 American Ruthenian Church

11:08 To the four corners of the world

14:53 The great schism

16:27 Catholic meets Orthodox

19:35 The great schema

24:17 Chotkis, The Jesus Prayer, and Hesychasm

29:19 Windows into heaven

32:52 Sensory experience

34:50 We’re all still Catholic

36:15 Receive like a baby bird

37:30 Rites and Churches

41:40 Adapt to the culture you are in

45:20 The three steps of the spiritual life

50:12 Pray for union

54:20 Priestly blessing

Links

The Way of a Pilgrim: https://a.co/d/09pBjfL 

Hesychasm: https://orthodoxwiki.org/Hesychasm 

https://byzantinela.com 

Becoming Byzantine: https://www.youtube.com/@becomingbyzantine2827 

Light of the East podcast: https://byzantinecatholic.com/podcast 

What God is Not podcast: https://whatgodisnot.com