The Archdiocese of Portland has asked the laity to stop raising their hands, and to stop holding hands, during the Our Father at Mass. Its Office of Divine Worship says the orans posture belongs to the priest. Nick Cavazos of The Traditional Thomist joins Joe McClane to explain what the Church's law says, where the practice came from, and why posture at Mass matters.

Then: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn exposed the Soviet gulag and told the West, "Men have forgotten God." His grandson, Dmitri Solzhenitsyn, is a Russian Orthodox layman who has written a book on healing the thousand-year split between Rome and the Orthodox. He wants reunion, and he says it must come on Orthodox terms. Joe asks him the questions a Catholic has to ask.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Nick Cavazos: the orans posture, hand-holding, and the Our Father at Mass
• Dmitri Solzhenitsyn on his grandfather, his own return to faith, and why he wrote Reuniting Rome with the Orthodox
• How the Great Schism really happened: not one day in 1054, but four centuries
• The filioque, and why he thinks it is nearly solved
• The papacy: Vatican I, the Council of Florence, and Matthew 16
• What happens to the Eastern Catholic Churches in a reunited Church?
• Why young Americans are choosing Orthodoxy, and what Catholics should learn from it

SCRIPTURE:

• John 17:21 - "That they all may be one"
• Matthew 16:18-19 - "Thou art Peter"
• Luke 17:20-25 - Gospel of the day
• Exodus 17:11-12 - Moses' hands raised in prayer

GUESTS:

• Dmitri Solzhenitsyn, author of Reuniting Rome with the Orthodox: How the Great Schism Unfolded, and Might Yet Be Healed (Creed & Culture) https://creedandculture.com
• Nick Cavazos, The Traditional Thomist
  https://www.youtube.com/@thetraditionalthomist

REFERENCED:

• EWTN News on the Archdiocese of Portland and the Our Father: https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/no-more-holding-or-raising-hands-during-the-our-father-archdiocese-says

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CatholicMatch.com sponsors The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network and the Joe McClane YouTube channel. https://www.catholicmatch.com/

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