web02.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:08:15 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Lectio the Liturgy - Episodes Tagged with “Grace” https://lectiotheliturgy.fireside.fm/tags/grace Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0500 Give a woman a phrase, and she's going to want a visual to go with it. That's how it all started. You know those times - when you ask God to show you something amazing in Scripture. One weekend during Easter of 2016, the only thing that popped off the page of Scripture was "so that". So what was I supposed to do with that? "Nothing" was my first reaction because really, what kind of conjunction is that, anyway? Next week, another "so that" appeared. THEN, I went home and started diagramming Scripture, and I found myself, each day, diagramming a new verse. This method made the Scripture, and the Prayers of the Liturgy come alive. (p.s. "So that" is not like an equal sign.) I am a wife, mom, and a convert to the Catholic Faith. I love to read, travel, teach, and share the love of God. Tea and Scripture make for the best mornings, don't they? DISCLAIMER: No "grammar police" here! I have rediscovered my passion for diagramming sentences and in doing so, have found a whole new insight into prayer because I've found joy in the words. en-us episodic Praying with the Roman Missal Julie Storr Give a woman a phrase, and she's going to want a visual to go with it. That's how it all started. You know those times - when you ask God to show you something amazing in Scripture. One weekend during Easter of 2016, the only thing that popped off the page of Scripture was "so that". So what was I supposed to do with that? "Nothing" was my first reaction because really, what kind of conjunction is that, anyway? Next week, another "so that" appeared. THEN, I went home and started diagramming Scripture, and I found myself, each day, diagramming a new verse. This method made the Scripture, and the Prayers of the Liturgy come alive. (p.s. "So that" is not like an equal sign.) I am a wife, mom, and a convert to the Catholic Faith. I love to read, travel, teach, and share the love of God. Tea and Scripture make for the best mornings, don't they? DISCLAIMER: No "grammar police" here! I have rediscovered my passion for diagramming sentences and in doing so, have found a whole new insight into prayer because I've found joy in the words. no Catholic, christian, prayer, Roman Missal, liturgy Julie Storr julie@lectiotheliturgy.com Episode 80: Prayer after Communion 14 Sunday in Ordinary Time https://lectiotheliturgy.fireside.fm/80 6a0230a1-8c0f-401a-9709-1c65c280d692 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0500 Julie Storr full Julie Storr 4:10 no Toddlers are a hoot, aren’t they? They sure know what they want. However, God doesn’t bargain like parents do. If we don’t want to accept His gifts, we don’t have to. The choice is ours. I would suggest taking it, though, because the gift that He wants to give at mass is the prize of salvation a “great gift.” When we accept and understand how great this gift is, we will never cease to praise Him - and that means not just by what we say, but by how we live. Christian, Catholic, liturgy, prayer, grace Toddlers are a hoot, aren’t they? They sure know what they want. However, God doesn’t bargain like parents do. If we don’t want to accept His gifts, we don’t have to. The choice is ours.

I would suggest taking it, though, because the gift that He wants to give at mass is the prize of salvation a “great gift.”

When we accept and understand how great this gift is, we will never cease to praise Him - and that means not just by what we say, but by how we live.

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I would suggest taking it, though, because the gift that He wants to give at mass is the prize of salvation a “great gift.”

When we accept and understand how great this gift is, we will never cease to praise Him - and that means not just by what we say, but by how we live.

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