On the Journey with Matt, Ken, and Kenny: A Walk through the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

On the Journey with Matt, Ken and Kenny, Episode 109 - Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part I

All Christians talk about worship, but not all understand it in the same way. What is our goal in gathering together regularly as a community of believers? What should we be doing when we're together? How does God ask us to worship Him, and how did the earliest Christians seek to honor Him when they gathered? In the first episode of this new series on how three Protestants came to embrace the Catholic teaching on the Mass, Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard compare their own experiences of leading Protestant worship gatherings with what they experienced when they first went to Mass, and discuss the questions each of them began to ask about what true Christian worship should look like.

On the Journey with Matt, Ken and Kenny, Episode 110: Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part II

In this episode, Matt, Ken and Kenny look at the Introductory Rites that take up the opening few minutes of the Mass, and discuss how they set the stage for the way that the liturgy will unfold. They also look at the role of Scripture in this part of the Mass, and how Catholic worship today connects back to the worship of the first Christians.

On the Journey with Matt, Ken and Kenny, Episode 111: Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part III

In this episode, Matt, Ken and Kenny dig into the Liturgy of the Word, the section of the Mass that focuses on Sacred Scripture. They look at the role of the Bible in Catholic worship, and compare it to the role that Scripture played in the worship services from their days as Evangelical Protestants.

On the Journey with Matt, Ken and Kenny, Episode 112: Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part IV

One of the misconceptions about Mass is that it is dead ritual that ignores the saving work of Jesus. Matt, Ken and Kenny show how Jesus is actually the central focus of the Mass, and there are numerous signals, from the readings and prayers, to our actions and postures, to the shape of the building itself, that point to the centrality of Jesus in Catholic worship.

On the Journey with Matt, Ken and Kenny, Episode 113: Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part V

For so many Christians, the high point of Sunday worship is the sermon. Why is it that for Catholics, the high point is Holy Communion? Matt, Ken and Kenny begin to dig into the theology underpinning why Catholics approach this question differently than other Christians, and why the Eucharist is the centerpiece of Catholic worship.