A Lorica is a prayer recited for protection in which the petitioner invokes the power of God as a safeguard against evil. lōrīca originally meant “armor” or “breastplate.” The title is taken from St. Patrick’s Breastplate, his much loved prayer written in 433 A.D.
Lorica
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A Lorica is a prayer recited for protection in which the petitioner invokes the power of God as a safeguard against evil. lōrīca originally meant “armor” or “breastplate.” The title is taken from St. Patrick’s Breastplate, his much loved prayer written in 433 A.D.
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June 7, 2026
Episode 315 - Our Image, Our Likeness
<p>On Trinity Sunday we do not simply confess a doctrine—we behold the mystery of what it means to be human. From the beginning God declared, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Yet humanity could never fully understand itself until the Triune God revealed Himself. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit completes that revelation, opening our hearts to know the Father through the Son and to share in their eternal communion of love.</p> <p>Sin darkened our vision and left us strangers to our own purpose. But at Pentecost the Word is no longer written on tablets of stone; God Himself comes to dwell within His people. The Holy Spirit inscribes the divine life upon the heart, restoring what was lost and drawing us into the very life of the Holy Trinity. Only by knowing who God is can we finally become who we were created to be.</p> <p>The mystery of the Trinity is therefore not an abstract truth but the pattern of our lives. We are made in the image of the God who gives Himself in perfect love, and so we become fully human only by doing the same. In taking up the cross, in dying to ourselves, and in offering ourselves to God and one another, we enter ever more deeply into the likeness of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, in whose communion all creation finds its true home.</p>
May 31, 2026
Episode 314 - Today the Harvest is Reaped
<p>Pentecost is the great harvest of God's saving work. What began in the Incarnation, passed through the Cross, the Resurrection, and the Ascension, now reaches its glorious fulfillment as the Holy Spirit is poured out upon the Church. The promise is complete: God not only comes to dwell among His people, but within them, making them partakers of His own divine life.</p> <p>The Spirit gathers into one what sin had scattered. The confusion of Babel gives way to the communion of the Kingdom. Hearts once hardened are set aflame with holy love, fear gives way to boldness, and those who were captives become sons and daughters seated with Christ in the heavenly places. The victory of Pascha is no longer merely Christ's victory—it has become ours.</p> <p>Having received so great a gift, we are called to live according to the Spirit. The same Spirit who fills our hearts should fill our mouths with thanksgiving, praise, hope, and truth. The world may still rage, but its prince has been overthrown. We have received the Spirit of life and power. Today the harvest is gathered, the joy is made full, and the Kingdom of God is revealed within His people.</p>
May 21, 2026
Episode 313 - Where Christ Is
<p>The Ascension is not the departure of Christ from the world, but the completion of His saving work. The eternal Son descended into our humanity so that, as the Son of Man, He might ascend again, carrying our nature into the very life of God. He did not return to the Father empty-handed. He returned with the humanity He had taken from us, opening the way for us to share forever in His glory.</p> <p>This feast is therefore more than a mystery to admire—it is a summons to follow. Having been raised with Christ, we are called to continue the journey, setting our hearts and minds on the things above. The Christian life is one of continual ascent, not by escaping the world, but by fixing our love where Christ reigns and allowing every earthly affection to be ordered by His kingdom.</p> <p>In every Eucharist we are invited to "lift up our hearts," joining our offering to the eternal offering of Christ before the Father. The Ascension teaches us that our true life is already hidden with Him. Though we no longer behold Him with our eyes, faith draws us into His presence, where hope is fulfilled, love is perfected, and humanity finds its everlasting home.</p>
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