Uriel's Gifts
About this original series
Religious programming that actually works!In A (very different) Pastor's Study is a thrice-or-so-monthly examination of issues affecting your spiritual and secular lives.Mass For The Shut-out is a once-monthly celebration of The Divine for all to enjoy! All together in Uriel's Gifts, with answers to questions you may have been afraid to ask!
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# Episodes
100 episodes -
Rating
TV-G
Episodes of Uriel's Gifts
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Mass For The Shut-Out: Ostara 2012
Ostara is a celebration of fulfillment! Not that all of the promises made at Samhain have been fulfilled, but a special assurance that they will be. The next celebration, after all, will be of The God/ The Lord coming of age. And this one, we celebrate the fact that he is advancing toward that. In many ancient societies in which child mortality was common, a celebration at this point was appropriate. And here we also celebrate and make a point of something I keep repeating about because it is ...
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Release date
Mar 25, 2012
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Runtime
20:25
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Mass For The Shut-Out: Tempest Smith Day, Februa...
February 20th is Tempest Smith Day, and she deserves a day to mark her short life. On February 20, 2001, Tempest Smith died as a result of the relentless bullying she received from her classmates. She was shy, she liked to wear black "Gothic" clothing and, she was studying and following Wicca. She was also highly intelligent and talented. She wrote poetry, played the flute, and in general showd more depth to herself that most folks would expect in a middle-school girl. Had she lived, she would...
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Release date
Feb 19, 2012
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Runtime
25:30
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Thinking about Tempest Smith Day February 20th -...
Tempest Smith Day is February 20th. Tempest Kayne Smith died on February 20, 2001. She was twelve years old. She was shy, she liked to wear black "Gothic" clothing and she was studying Wicca. Because of that, she was the subject of years of daily bullying in school until the time when she could not take any more. She died by her own hand. When her classmates realized what their bullying had resulted in doing, many of them expressed apologies. And, of course, the faculty and administration at h...
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Release date
Feb 12, 2012
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Runtime
11:58
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Mass For The Shut-Out: Imbolc, February 2, 2012
Imbolc in some places is a Sabbat greeted with a feeling of relief. We've had winter with us for a while, the brightness and merriness of Yule is in the past, and what's been left to many of us is simply cold and perhaps a bunch of snow, too! At Imbolc, we celebrate the first stirrings of spring, with the first shoots of the heartier crops pushing their heads through the snow to be seen! We were made a promise at Samhain when we celebrated the life of the old year. That promise was re-stated a...
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Release date
Feb 5, 2012
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Runtime
23:40
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Mass For The Shut-Out: Yule December 21, 2011
It's Yuletide, and here's our Yuletide celebration, in our special chapel where all join in, no matter where you are! Yule is a special time, for so many reasons, not the least of which is its prominence in the Wheel Of The Year. After all, it is the first visible fulfillment of the promise made at Samhain. There was a death then, but also a promise of a new birth. And that's what we have here, and we celebrate it. In fact, most paths at the time of their Winter Solstice celebrate it, and for ...
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Release date
Dec 18, 2011
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Runtime
25:00
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Universal, Universalism And All Of Us - In A (ve...
The words "universal", "unity", and "universalism" get batted around a lot, as if they were something major and profound. And, of course, there are a number of people who use those words with the definition which they have come up with for themselves. How often have we heard someone speak of "unity" or "The Universal Church", and find that they are actually talking about an ostensibly grown-up version of the supposedly long-abandined childhood logic that says "playing with my ball in my yard e...
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Release date
Nov 28, 2011
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Runtime
11:30
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Mass For The Shut-Out: Veterans' Day, November 1...
In the United States, November 11th is set aside as Veterans' Day, a day to honor those who have served in the armed forces of the United States. Most countries have such a celebration, and well they should. Personally, I honor all veterans, including those who would have once been my enemies. It was originally called Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War. And even then, there were honors to those who had served in that war. In in the early 1950's, we ...
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Release date
Nov 12, 2011
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Runtime
25:22
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Celebrating Samhain! Mass For The Shut-Out Octob...
It's Samhain! The wheel of the year has completed another cycle, and so here we are. We are at the end, and we are at the beginning! This is, after all, the Celtic New Year. We can look back at all that we've accomplished this year, and look forward to what we want to accomplish in the new year just beginning! For some of us, just having made it through in some semblance of health can be looked upon as an achievment. And there's more, for those who look for it. Each Sabbat can be found in ever...
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Release date
Oct 30, 2011
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Runtime
23:26
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A Mabon Celebration! Mass For The Shut-Out Septe...
It's Mabon, and here we are in Mabontide ready for a celebration! Some call this the last harvest, Lammas being the first. Some call it the second of three with the final being Samhain. Either way, this is Mabon and we do celebrate the harvest at this time. Not only do we celebrate the harvest, we give thanks. In fact, it can be said that Thanksgiving as people in the USA celebrate it is Mabon transplanted to later in the calendar. And yes, we give thanks. Not just for the good things that are...
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Release date
Sep 24, 2011
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Runtime
25:37
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An Answer For So Many Issues - In A (very differ...
"Non nobis Domine, non nobis sed nomine toa da Gloriam." And before anyone uses their pre-conceived notions to dismiss this, let it be known that virtually every spiritual path has someone (or a few someones) who might be addressed as "Lord" or "Lady" and unto whom people ascribe all honor, including the ones referred to as simply "The Lord And Lady." "Not us Lord, not us but to your name give glory". And that is a pretty good solution to just about anything which I have to criticize about rel...
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Release date
Sep 19, 2011
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Runtime
13:57
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