Ex Corde

02/03/2023

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?

‎Show The Liturgy Guys, Ep Why Do You Believe in God? | S7 E12 - Feb 3, 2023

01/29/2023

This week on The Extraordinary Story, we will look at the parables of the kingdom and compare them to the church today. You may have noticed what I have noticed, and that weeds have choked the life of the kingdom in so many areas of the church. But let’s also notice how great the results are. Whenever one of us sows a mustard seed of faith.

This week on The Extraordinary Story, we will look at the parables of the kingdom and compare them to the church today. You may have noticed what I have noticed, and that

01/29/2023

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?”

01/22/2023

The Season Two Premiere of The Extraordinary Story, a podcast about the life of Christ. We pick up from last season with the beheading of John the Baptist. John was trapped in a dungeon. Both he and the ruler who killed him were asking, “Who is Jesus?” That’s exactly the question we are asking today.

Welcome back to The Extraordinary Story, a podcast about the life of Christ. We pick up from last season with the beheading of John the Baptist. John was trapped in a dungeon.

01/20/2023

The Eucharist is our path to sainthood.

LG Question: Can there be two mass intentions for one mass?

We’re talking sainthood. 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

01/18/2023

"The fight for racial justice isn’t over — but Jesus Christ shows the way forward, and it’s a way of truth and love."

Dr. Jacqueline Rivers spoke at Benedictine College on Martin Luther King Day. Read about what she had to say:

Dr. Jacqueline Rivers spoke at Benedictine College on Martin Luther King Day about the myths of racism and Truth incarnate, Jesus Christ.

01/17/2023

"For too long, Catholics in America have sort of resigned ourselves to accepting that the Church is on the wane, secularism is ascendant, and that we are destined to be a tiny remnant of the faith that struggles forward."

Read today's article on Ex Corde about Christianity's future:

Don't believe the secular media narrative that Christianity is dying. Let's start by looking at the numbers ...

01/16/2023

Dr. Christopher Shingledecker, assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at Benedictine College, has plans to observe the “C/2022 E3” comet discovered by California’s Zwicky Transient Facility Comet with students at the college’s Daglen Observatory when the comet is visible on the first two days of February.

Learn more about this once every 50 millennia event:

Every once in a while there is a once-in-a-millennium event like the year 2000. But how often do you get a once-every-50-millennia event?

01/13/2023

The sacrament of penance is a great way to respond to the gift of the Eucharist.
LG QUESTION: Why do some confession booths have three doors when only two people are talking? http://ow.ly/p9rP50Mq8fL

‎Show The Liturgy Guys, Ep Conversion | S7 E9 - Jan 12, 2023

01/11/2023

Tory Baucum, director of Benedictine College’s Center for Family Life, has been elected to the Polish Academy of Sciences and appointed by Polish President Duda to the Copernicus Academy. He will be inducted February 19.

Learn more:

Catholic leaders in America have been weighing in on Tory Baucum’s appointment to Poland’s international Copernican Academy.

01/06/2023

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?

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

12/30/2022

How do we respond to the gift of the Eucharist? With worship and praise. That’s this week on The Liturgy Guys.

12/30/2022

As we approach the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, learn about what makes Mary unique:

On the the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, don’t forget: Jesus himself says that we are each meant to be his mother.

12/28/2022

"The feasts of St. Stephen and the Holy Innocents are a sad yearly reminder that believing in Christmas can mean death for the most persecuted religion worldwide, Christianity."

Read today's article on Ex Corde about Deborah Emmanuel of Lagos, Nigeria who was stoned to death for her faith in 2022:

Deborah Emmanuel's name means Christmas. She represents Christians worldwide who suffer like the Holy Innocents and St. Stephen.

12/27/2022

Raven parent Kim Halpin, the mother of three alumni of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas was recently featured on an episode of the CBS news program 60 Minutes about the miracles that have been experienced in Lourdes, France.

Learn more about the interview:

Raven parent Kim Halpin, the mother of three alumni of Benedictine College was featured on the CBS news program in December.

12/26/2022

As we celebrate St. Stephen's feast day today, learn more about this defining saint for Christians:

In a strange but very Christian honor, the best known hymn for his feast day is not about him, but about someone who behaved like him.

12/22/2022

"Gifts wrapped and ready? Check. Stockings hung by the chimney with care? Check. Confession? We went on Wednesday. Mass? We’re going to try to go at midnight this year."

What's left to do before Christmas? Read about how the Church calls us to prepare before The Nativity of the Lord:

Four different roads lead to Jesus at four different Masses this Saturday and Sunday. But each one poses the same question.

12/21/2022

"God communicates with us constantly. Every once in a while, he uses words."

Read today's article on Ex Corde about what the creche says about who God is:

... and what the Blessed Sacrament repeats each day.