Clumsy Theosis

Grab the Sword of the Spirit and start praying in the Spirit. It's the final episode of the series and time to finish suiting up for spiritual warfare. Listen as Richaél Lucero reveals what St. Paul meant by Word of God.* And how to use it for both defense and offense. You'll also learn how prayer in the Spirit binds and animates the whole armor of God. Plus how to actually do it. *Hint: it's not only the bible. This series combines a bible study on the armor of God and spiritual warfare. Each episode goes over one of seven pieces of armor. This is armor piece number one. SHOW NOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —This series. Listen to the rest of this series and share it with friends here. https://wp.me/P7RT88-1ag —Show notes: Get all the scriptures, quotes, resources, episodes, and links mentioned in this episode here >> https://wp.me/p7RT88-1m9 Follow me online! Website— www.clumsytheosis.net Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis Twitter— www.twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis Pinterest— www.pinterest.com/clumsytheosis

The Helmet of Salvation. Your fifth piece of armor in the spiritual battle. Its spiritual identity, another virtue. To find out which virtue, listen to Richaél Lucero. She learned the answer from St. Paul himself. Got instruction on its use from St. John Chrysostom. And practical advice from St. Cyprian of Carthage. You'll also hear some insights from two of your fellow listeners. SHOW NOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —This series. Listen to the rest of this series and share it with friends here. https://wp.me/P7RT88-1ag —Show notes: Get all the scriptures, quotes, resources, episodes, and links mentioned in this episode here >> https://wp.me/p7RT88-1k6 Follow me online! Website— www.clumsytheosis.net Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis Twitter— www.twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis Pinterest— www.pinterest.com/clumsytheosis

Get ready to put on two pieces of the armor of God today. The foot coverings of the gospel of peace and the shield of faith. Listen as Richaél Lucero explains the paradox behind the curious title of the gospel of peace. Because let's face it, it sounds odd in the context of training for battle. You'll also learn the striking reliance the shield of faith has on it, the belt of truth, and the breastplate of righteousness. SHOWNOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —This series. Listen to the rest of this series and share it with friends here >> https://wp.me/P7RT88-1ag —Show notes: Get all the scriptures, quotes, resources, episodes, and links mentioned in this episode here >> https://wp.me/p7RT88-1i8 Follow me online! Website— www.clumsytheosis.net Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis Twitter— www.twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis Pinterest— www.pinterest.com/clumsytheosis

Righteousness. It's common Christian jargon. But its meaning is often misunderstood. Combine it with a piece of armor—breastplate of righteousness—and it becomes more fuzzy. A fuzziness we can't afford in our spiritual warfare. Listen to Richaél Lucero for a clear explanation of the breastplate of righteousness. And its practical application in your daily battle. SHOWNOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —This series. Listen to the rest of this series and share it with friends here. >> https://wp.me/P7RT88-1ag —Show notes: Get all the scriptures, quotes, resources, episodes, and links mentioned in this episode here >> https://wp.me/p7RT88-1ep Follow me online! Website— www.clumsytheosis.net Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis Twitter— www.twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis Pinterest— www.pinterest.com/clumsytheosis

"Gird your loins with the belt of truth." It's the first instruction when putting on the armor of God. What's the belt of truth? How do you gird your loins with it? And what impact does this piece of armor have on your spiritual warfare? Richaél Lucero answers all of these questions. Plus where the belt of truth is most needed in your life. (It's probably not where you expected.) This series combines a bible study on the armor of God and spiritual warfare. Each episode goes over one of seven pieces of armor. This is armor piece number one. SHOWNOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —This series. Listen to the rest of this series and share it with friends here. —Show notes: Get all the scriptures, quotes, resources, episodes, and links mentioned in this episode here >> https://wp.me/p7RT88-1a0 Follow me online! Website— www.clumsytheosis.net Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis Twitter— www.twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis Pinterest— www.pinterest.com/clumsytheosis

Are you a Child of God? If you are, you're called to fight in a war. A spiritual war. In this episode I tell you what the Church and bible say about it and how to be victorious. Especially using what St. Paul calls "the armor of God." And how exercising the four roles (priest, prophet, king, and bridegroom) of a Child of God gives us power and authority in this fight. This is the first episode in a series that combines a bible study on the armor of God and spiritual warfare. HELPFUL LINKS: —Donate! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —This series. Listen to the rest of this series and share it with friends here. —Show notes: Get all the scriptures, quotes, resources, episodes, and links mentioned in this episode here >> https://wp.me/p7RT88-19J —Follow me online! Website— www.clumsytheosis.net Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis Twitter— www.twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis Pinterest— www.pinterest.com/clumsytheosis

With Divine Mercy Sunday being this weekend, Richaél Lucero explores the message of Divine Mercy that Jesus gave to St. Faustina in the 1930’s. This episode is jam packed! Learn the “ABC’s” of the Divine Mercy message, the necessity for trust, and the true understanding of mercy and how it embodies our relationship with God. Plus, how to receive the graces promised on the feast of Divine Mercy Sunday (even under social distancing restrictions.) **LINKS** —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH — Donate: https://www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Get the show notes for this episode here: https://wp.me/p7RT88-u6 SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow me! Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis/ Twitter— twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis VISIT MY WEBSITE: www.clumsytheosis.net

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Some of Jesus' last words on the Cross. Why those words? The answer lies in Psalm 22. Richaél Lucero gives a run through of this prophetic Psalm. Listen and hear how it parallels the Passion of Christ with eerie detail. You'll also learn the answer to the pressing question: why did Jesus speak those words on the Cross? And was he communicating a bigger message? SHOW NOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —Scriptures referenced: Click to view a table that lines up the parallel scriptures from this episode. https://wp.me/p7RT88-16P Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA! Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis/ Twitter— twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis Pinterest-www.pinterest.com/clumsytheosis/ VISIT MY WEBSITE: www.clumsytheosis.net

God prepared the Israelites for the Eucharistic covenant through his prophets. Look at the Last Supper and Crucifixion with Richaél Lucero. You'll learn how they fulfill God's promises given through the prophets. And what this new covenant in Jesus’ blood means for us today. This episode picks up from the episode before last, Jesus and the Eucharist Foretold by the Prophets. Wondering where we are along the biblical timeline? This fulfillment is about 500 year after the prophet Ezekiel according to the prophet Daniel. Throughout the series Richaél Lucero will examine one of the six key figures, the covenant they made with God and its meaning. SHOW NOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —This Series. Listen to the rest of this series and share it with friends here. clumsytheosis.net/salvation-history-series/ —Scriptures referenced: -Exodus 24:8 The sealing of the Mosaic covenant: “Behold, the blood of the covenant.” -Isaiah 42:6 God speaks to the this future divine ruler from the line of David: “... I have given you as a covenant to the people...” -Luke 22 Last Supper Narrative -Luke 22:20 Jesus introduces the New Covenant: “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” -Luke 22:18 Related to the Fourth cup of the Passover/Last Supper: “I will not drink of the fruit of the vine again until the Kingdom of God is here.” -Prophecies summarized and referred to can be found in: Isaiah 9:1-7, 11:1-6 Jeremiah 30-33 Ezekiel 34, 36, 37 Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA! Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis/ Twitter— twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis Pinterest-www.pinterest.com/clumsytheosis/ VISIT MY WEBSITE: www.clumsytheosis.net

Covenants: Expanded God's Family & Perfected by Jesus by Richaél Lucero

Today we begin to explore the final covenant in our series on salvation history—Jesus. Review prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel with Richaél Lucero. They reveal a covenant that is not confined to Jesus the God-man or his Passion and death. But includes the events in the Upper Room on Holy Thursday and the height of the Divine Liturgy we celebrate every Sunday—the Eucharist. You'll also learn why this covenant was foretold as a *new, everlasting, covenant of peace.* Throughout the series Richaél Lucero will examine one of the six key figures, the covenant they made with God and its meaning. SHOW NOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —This Series. Listen to the rest of this series and share it with friends here. clumsytheosis.net/salvation-history-series/ —Scriptures referenced: Pay particular attention to: Isaiah 9:1-7, 11:1-6 Jeremiah 30-33 Ezekiel 34, 36, 37 -Isaiah 9:6: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” -Isaiah 42:6 God speaks to the this future divine ruler from the line of David: “I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, Isaiah 55:1-3 God explains how this future covenant will work: “Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.” -Jeremiah 33:31-33 : “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant which they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. -Luke 22 Last Supper Narrative: “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” -In Ezekiel 36:24-27 we read this: “For I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all the countries, and bring you into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.” -In Ezekiel 37:25-26 goes on to say this: “... and David my servant shall be their prince for ever. I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will bless them and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.” Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA! Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis/ Twitter— twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis Pinterest-www.pinterest.com/clumsytheosis/ VISIT MY WEBSITE: www.clumsytheosis.net

King David is in the hot seat this week—week six of our series on salvation history. He's the most important figure in the Old Testament. David's "a man after God's own heart" after all. His life had many triumphs and some big falls. But of these vignettes, do we recall the covenant God made with him? Or that he was the first to live the role of Son of God since Adam—we're talking since creation here? Listen as Richaél Lucero answers these questions and more. Like, what about the blessing that came with being the Son of God and who it's supposed to benefit? Throughout the series Richaél Lucero will examine one of the six key figures, the covenant they made with God and its meaning. SHOW NOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —This Series. Listen to the rest of this series and share it with friends here. https://clumsytheosis.net/salvation-history-series/ —Episodes referenced: https://clumsytheosis.net/2020/09/11/how-to-navigate-the-psalms-with-the-davidic-kings/ —Scriptures referenced: -2 Samuel 7. God’s covenant with David. Pay particular attention to verses 5,8,9,11-16. -Psalm 89. God’s Covenant with David from David’s recollection (and prayers) -Psalm 89:27. Re: David. “And I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.” -Psalm 110. David is a “priest forever, from the order of Melchizedek” -1 Samuel 16:13. “The Spirit of God came mightily upon him from that day forward.” -2 Samuel 5. The Israelites use marriage covenant language (bone and flesh) when they make David their king. Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA! Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis/ Twitter— twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis Pinterest-https://www.pinterest.com/clumsytheosis/ VISIT MY WEBSITE: www.clumsytheosis.net

Week five of our series on salvation history is here. And Moses is our man. I say Moses, you say? Ten Commandments. Ten plagues of Egypt. The golden calf. Parting of the Red Sea. Wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. What do all these pieces of his story have to do with the covenant God made through him? What was the covenant even about? Find out today with Richaél Lucero. Plus! Learn why the freed Hebrew slaves of Egypt weren't actually free. And how that damaged the covenant. Throughout the series Richaél Lucero will examine one of the six key figures, the covenant they made with God and its meaning. SHOW NOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —This Series. Listen to the rest of this series here. https://clumsytheosis.net/salvation-history-series/ —Scriptures referenced: -Ex. 3-Burning bush. -Ex 4:22-23-“Let my first-born son go to serve me.” -Ex. 19:5-6-God’s promise to the Israelites. Making them a *royal priesthood.* -Ex. 24-God reveals himself to the Israelites at Sinai. -Ex. 24:8-First Sinai Covenant. “Behold the blood of the covenant which the Lord had made with you.” -Ex 32-Golden calf. -Ex. 33-Covenant restored after the golden calf. Called Second Siani covenant/ Levitical covenant. -Lev. 1-16-Priestly code. -Lev. 17- 27-Holiness code. -Book of Numbers-Wander in the wilderness for 40 years to Promised Land. -Book of Deuteronomy-Translates to “second law.” This is the Deuteronomic covenant. Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA! Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis/ Twitter— twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis VISIT MY WEBSITE: www.clumsytheosis.net

Abraham is the man of the hour during week four of our series on salvation history. And there are a lot of moving parts to his story: Before he was Abraham he was Abram. He was called out into the wilderness by God. He's responsible for the practice of circumcision. He sent his illegitimate son away. And was asked by God to slay his only-begotten (legitimate) son as a sacrifice. Are all these events random or do they fit together, and how? Richaél Lucero connects the dots to show the bigger picture at work. SHOW NOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —This Series. Listen to the rest of this series here. https://clumsytheosis.net/salvation-history-series/ —Scriptures referenced: -70 nations of the earth/Noah’s descendants. Genesis 10. -Tower of Babel—how the nations lost God’s favor. Genesis 11. -How they got back God’s favor. Through a descendant of Shem, Abram. Genesis 12. -Threefold promise to Abraham. Genesis 12: 1-3. “Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves.” -First covenant with Abram—a great nation. Genesis 15 ritual called “covenant between the pieces.” -Second covenant. Name changed from Abram to Abraham. Circumcision. Genesis 17. -John 3:16. For God so loved the world, he gave his only-begotten Son. -Third covenant. Binding of Isaac. The Calvary of the Old Testament. Genesis 22. Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA! Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis/ Twitter— twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis VISIT MY WEBSITE: www.clumsytheosis.net

We're on week three of the series on salvation history. This week's Old Testament figure, Noah. And there's more to his story than a cute children's tale. It's a story that puts the rumors of a mean, angry, and eager to smite God to bed. Through Noah, God redeems and renews the covenant Adam broken. Listen as Richaél Lucero reveals the details. And! how that reflects on your relationship with God. Plus we do a deep dive into the difference between covenants and contracts. Throughout the series Richaél Lucero will examine one of the six key figures, the covenant they made with God and its meaning. SHOW NOTES: —DONATE! Monthly or one-time: www.clumsytheosis.net/donate —Email list sign up: eepurl.com/gItxjH —Episodes Referenced: -The Bible, Salvation History, Adam, and Being a Child of God (Part 1) https://wp.me/p7RT88-Tv -[About Adam as Priest, Prophet, and Bridegroom.] The Bible, Salvation History, Adam, and Being a Child of God (Part 2) https://wp.me/p7RT88-YS —Definitions referenced: -Definition of a covenant. A sacred bond between two parties that makes them family by means of swearing an oath. That comes with conditions and a (self) curse if broken. —Scriptures Referenced: -God’s Promise to Noah. Gn 8:21-22 “I will never again curse the ground because of man, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” -God’s Covenant with Noah. Genesis 9 SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram— www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis/ Twitter— twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis VISIT MY WEBSITE: www.clumsytheosis.net