Mother Natalia is back and it’s her first visit to the new set. She shares her vocation story as well as insights into Byzantine spirituality, sin, suffering, and intimacy with God.

Ep. 582

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Christ The Bridegroom Monastery: https://www.christthebridegroom.org
What God Is Not Podcast: https://whatgodisnot.com

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⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Introduction
00:06:45 – Preserving Eastern vs. Western traditions
00:12:05 – The resurgence of interest in Eastern Catholicism
00:17:17 – Mother Natalia’s vocation story
00:25:27 – Purification through communal life
00:32:19 – Confession & the priesthood
00:39:05 – Discernment & life profession
00:45:13 – The religious habit
00:54:25 – Intimacy with God
01:02:03 – Theosis & the true self
01:14:25 – Sin, identity & shame
01:20:11 – Suffering in the Christian life
01:29:53 – Peter walking on water
01:33:58 – The healing of the paralytic
01:42:56 – Lessons Learned from monastery life
01:49:36 – Discerning a vocation

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