{"podcast":{"title":"Why Catholic?","slug":"why-catholic-5610697","podcast_index_feed_id":5610697,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1013538.rss","website_url":"https://whycatholic.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1013538/6bfeb1170a65ea8999a27e86835ad010.jpg","author":"Justin Hibbard","episode_count":187,"summary":"A podcast that dives into the what and why of Catholicism with Justin Hibbard","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T08:17:06.299952+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-catholic-5610697"},"episode":{"title":"#184 - Orient Yourself to the Mass","slug":"184-orient-yourself-to-the-mass","published_at":"2026-06-10T13:14:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-catholic-5610697/184-orient-yourself-to-the-mass","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-catholic-5610697","url":"https://whycatholic.substack.com/p/184","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201446536/001b6b7ab57bb743ac0c978a48f8eabc.mp3","summary":"Justin Hibbard continues our series on the Mass by talking about what it means to orient ourselves to the Mass. For Catholics, Mass isn’t a worship service we attend. It’s core to who we are. Learn how preparation and perspective can totally change how we think about the Mass, how we interact with the Mass, and how Mass can transform us. SOCIAL LINKS * Follow Why Catholic on Instagram. * Subscribe to Why Catholic on YouTube. * Follow Justin on Facebook. SHOW NOTES * Utah Catholic church offers Mass for repose of soul of late LDS president * The Eucharist at the Core: Flannery O’Connor and Elizabeth Ann Seton by Dr. Peggy Rosenthal * Why did St. Padre Pio’s Mass last for 3 hours? Get full access to Why Catholic? at whycatholic.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Justin Hibbard continues our series on the Mass by talking about what it means to orient ourselves to the Mass. For Catholics, Mass isn’t a worship servic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1258,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/why-catholic-5610697/episodes/184-orient-yourself-to-the-mass/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-catholic-5610697/184-orient-yourself-to-the-mass.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}