Universalis: Mass & Liturgy of the Hours
- Episodes
- 113
- Released
- weekly
- Latest episode
- Nov 6, 2026
About the podcast
The Universalis apps and website give you the Mass readings and every Hour of the Liturgy of the Hours for every day of every year. This podcast continues the theme. It tells you how to use Universalis and regularly points you to the highlights of the liturgy of the coming days.
Episodes 113
The week ahead – from 8 to 14 November
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. Saint Martin of Tours and Saint Leo the Great. More about Remembrance Cards. Dante again; the purification of sin; forgetting and remembrance. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 1 to 7 November
All Souls’ Day and the month of November. “Resurrection Is Now”: an experience from Australia. Death as completion, and praying for the dead. Remembrance Cards in Universalis. Saint Nuno Álvares Pereira …
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All Souls’ Day and the month of November. “Resurrection Is Now”: an experience from Australia. Death as completion, and praying for the dead. Remembrance Cards in Universalis. Saint Nuno Álvares Pereira, warrior and Carmelite. Episode notes.The week ahead – from 25 to 31 October
This coming weekend: why celebrating All Saints’ Eve and All Saints is so important. Saint Me. Finding friends among the saints. Protecting children against fear. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 18 to 24 October
Pope Saint John Paul II: ‘Do not be afraid’. Blessed Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa. Saint John of Capistrano and why we are not Muslims. Saint Antony Mary Claret: 15 assassination attempts and millions of books …
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Pope Saint John Paul II: ‘Do not be afraid’. Blessed Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa. Saint John of Capistrano and why we are not Muslims. Saint Antony Mary Claret: 15 assassination attempts and millions of books. Episode notes.The week ahead – from 11 to 17 October
Saint Callistus, and forgiveness. Saint Teresa of Ávila, and reform. Our Lady of Aparecida, and the poor and simple. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 4 to 10 October
St Francis of Assisi’s 800th anniversary, and some books about him. St Abraham the patriarch. St John Henry Newman. The feast of the Most Holy Rosary. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 27 September to 3 October
Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. The Guardian Angels. Martyrs from Japan and Brazil. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and her Little Way. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 7. Lust. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 20 to 26 September
Saint Matthew. The prophet Ezekiel. How Christianity is about being a better lover. Blessed Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 6. Gluttony. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 13 to 19 September
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 5. Avarice. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 6 to 12 September
Saint Peter Claver. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 4. Sloth. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 30 August to 5 September
Saint Gregory the Great. Mother Teresa. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 3. Wrath. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 23 to 29 August
Saint Augustine and Saint Monica. Our Lady of Częstochowa. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 2. Envy. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 9 to 15 August
The Assumption. The Divine Comedy: a prologue to a series on the Seven Deadly Sins. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 2 to 8 August
The Transfiguration, and theo-drama. Hierarchies and status: there is a saint for everyone. Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, the Curé of Ars. Confession and its power. “Resurrection Is Now” as a printed book …
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The Transfiguration, and theo-drama. Hierarchies and status: there is a saint for everyone. Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, the Curé of Ars. Confession and its power. “Resurrection Is Now” as a printed book. Episode notes.The week ahead – from 26 July to 1 August
Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus. The active and contemplative lives. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 19 to 25 July
Saint James and the pilgrim route to Compostela. Saint Mary Magdalene: Apostle to the Apostles, organiser of the caravan, and the woman freed from seven devils. About devils: yours and mine, and how to deal …
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Saint James and the pilgrim route to Compostela. Saint Mary Magdalene: Apostle to the Apostles, organiser of the caravan, and the woman freed from seven devils. About devils: yours and mine, and how to deal with them. Saint Bridget of Sweden, patron saint of Europe. Episode notes.The week ahead – from 12 to 18 July
Blessed Inácio de Azevedo and his companions: the veneration of places. Saint Thérèse of Saint Augustine and her Companions: the tyranny of liberty, and how to change the course of history. The Second Edition …
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Blessed Inácio de Azevedo and his companions: the veneration of places. Saint Thérèse of Saint Augustine and her Companions: the tyranny of liberty, and how to change the course of history. The Second Edition of the U.S. Divine Office. Episode notes.The week ahead – from 5 to 11 July
Saint Peter To Rot. ‘All human conflict is ultimately theological’. Saint Augustine Zhao Rang and his companions. On respecting the beliefs of others. Saint Maria Goretti. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 28 June to 4 July
Why choose Peter? The virtue of simplicity and the vice of prudence. The cemetery under the Vatican. How can we like Paul? What was it like to be him? Saint Thomas. Pier Giorgio Frassati, a saint for the first …
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Why choose Peter? The virtue of simplicity and the vice of prudence. The cemetery under the Vatican. How can we like Paul? What was it like to be him? Saint Thomas. Pier Giorgio Frassati, a saint for the first time. Episode notes.The week ahead – from 21 to 27 June
Saint John the Baptist. Martyrdom: a duty? Saint Thomas More. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 14 to 20 June
The Spiritual Reading page in Universalis. Saint Lidwina. Saint Elisha. Two anniversaries: G.K. Chesterton, and the birthday of Universalis. The story of the psalm-prayers in the Liturgy of the Hours. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 7 to 13 June
Corpus Christi: ‘Eat my flesh’ and the Last Supper. The work of the Holy Spirit and how the feast of Corpus Christi was born. St Thomas Aquinas and transubstantiation. The power of the Body of Christ. The …
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Corpus Christi: ‘Eat my flesh’ and the Last Supper. The work of the Holy Spirit and how the feast of Corpus Christi was born. St Thomas Aquinas and transubstantiation. The power of the Body of Christ. The Sacred Heart: the birth of the feast of love, and what it does for us. Episode notes.The week ahead – from 31 May to 6 June
The “theological season”. The Holy Trinity. Ourselves as trinitarian creators: Idea, Act, and Life. The Liturgy of the Hours continued: the Office of Readings. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 24 to 30 May
Pentecost and the Jewish Feast of Weeks. The Spirit bringing life to the Apostles and to us. “Go and teach all nations” and learning from them. Our hybrid Christian culture, both Jewish and Greek. Saint Philip …
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Pentecost and the Jewish Feast of Weeks. The Spirit bringing life to the Apostles and to us. “Go and teach all nations” and learning from them. Our hybrid Christian culture, both Jewish and Greek. Saint Philip Neri. The Holy Spirit and the Catholic Reformation. Compline, Psalm 90 and the wolves. Episode notes.The week ahead – from 17 to 23 May
The days after Ascension: a lost and gloomy time. The unknown Advocate. Life without life. Days without salt. Getting a handle on the Spirit. Giving life to a creation; images of fire and electricity. Salvation …
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The days after Ascension: a lost and gloomy time. The unknown Advocate. Life without life. Days without salt. Getting a handle on the Spirit. Giving life to a creation; images of fire and electricity. Salvation history as re-wiring. Arianism and Pope St John I. Blessed Raphael Louis Rafiringa and Madagascar. St Christopher Magallanes and the politeness of martyrs. Bernardino of Siena. The Liturgy of the Hours continued: Terce, Sext and None. Episode notes.The week ahead – from 10 to 16 May
The time after the Resurrection comes to the end: the Ascension approaches. Feet or sandals? Theo-drama, and the Ascension as drama. The Liturgy of the Hours continued: Vespers. Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 3 to 9 May
Fish shops and the Letter to Diognetus. The origins of the Liturgy of the Hours. A detailed walk through Lauds (Morning Prayer). Episode notes.
The week ahead – from 26 April to 2 May
The first mention of Christians. The disciple Jesus loved and why his Gospel is different. How the Apocalypse nearly didn’t make it into the Bible, and why we should be glad it did. The importance of Saint …
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The first mention of Christians. The disciple Jesus loved and why his Gospel is different. How the Apocalypse nearly didn’t make it into the Bible, and why we should be glad it did. The importance of Saint Joseph the Worker. Episode notes.The week ahead – from 19 to 25 April
The saints are back again! Mark; Justin (165); Ephraem, Marcellinus, Vincent, Domninus (4th century); Erkenwald and Egbert (7th century); Adalbert (10th century); Anselm (11th century); then back to George …
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The saints are back again! Mark; Justin (165); Ephraem, Marcellinus, Vincent, Domninus (4th century); Erkenwald and Egbert (7th century); Adalbert (10th century); Anselm (11th century); then back to George. ANZAC day and the secrets of the warriors. Episode notes.
These are the latest 40 of 113 episodes. You’ll find older episodes in the podcast’s feed.
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