Happy feast of St. Ephrem the Syrian! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Dr. Matthew Bunson to discuss this great theologian and poet of the early Church. Other guests include Fr. John Gavin to discuss St. Gregory the Great on sin, and Kevin Schmiesing with This Week in Catholic History. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…
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From a Prayer of St. Ephrem of Syria
O LORD, Master of my life, grant that I may not be infected with the
spirit of slothfulness and inquisitiveness, with the spirit of ambition and vain talking.
Grant instead to me, your servant, the spirit of purity and of
humility, the spirit of patience and neighborly love.
O Lord and King, grant me the grace of being aware of my sins and of not thinking evil of those of my brethren.
For you are blessed, now and ever, and forever. Amen.
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Dr. Benjamin Reinhard, author of The High Hallow: Tolkien’s Liturgical Imagination
