Jonathan Roumie

It was familiar to my dad and part of my mom's upbringing. And for myself and my sisters, it just didn't feel different. It just felt... Right? And so I'm in my first communion and my confirmation as a Catholic. And probably when I got into my early 20s, I was revisiting the idea of my Orthodox roots as cousins and family members were getting married in the Orthodox Church.

It was familiar to my dad and part of my mom's upbringing. And for myself and my sisters, it just didn't feel different. It just felt... Right? And so I'm in my first communion and my confirmation as a Catholic. And probably when I got into my early 20s, I was revisiting the idea of my Orthodox roots as cousins and family members were getting married in the Orthodox Church.

I so admired the beauty and the sanctity with which they approach the liturgy, which is quite different than Catholicism for the most part. I mean, there's Eastern Catholic rites, which are more similar to Greek Orthodox, but it was different. But it didn't draw me to go back completely. Because I think I just felt like, no, this feels like the truth as I understand it, in God's eyes.

I so admired the beauty and the sanctity with which they approach the liturgy, which is quite different than Catholicism for the most part. I mean, there's Eastern Catholic rites, which are more similar to Greek Orthodox, but it was different. But it didn't draw me to go back completely. Because I think I just felt like, no, this feels like the truth as I understand it, in God's eyes.

I so admired the beauty and the sanctity with which they approach the liturgy, which is quite different than Catholicism for the most part. I mean, there's Eastern Catholic rites, which are more similar to Greek Orthodox, but it was different. But it didn't draw me to go back completely. Because I think I just felt like, no, this feels like the truth as I understand it, in God's eyes.

This seems true. And it's the church that Christ himself ultimately started. And for... for the reasons God knows, and despite every effort to thwart it, especially the largest empire in the world at the time, despite the Roman Empire's attempts to stamp it out.

This seems true. And it's the church that Christ himself ultimately started. And for... for the reasons God knows, and despite every effort to thwart it, especially the largest empire in the world at the time, despite the Roman Empire's attempts to stamp it out.

This seems true. And it's the church that Christ himself ultimately started. And for... for the reasons God knows, and despite every effort to thwart it, especially the largest empire in the world at the time, despite the Roman Empire's attempts to stamp it out.

Yeah. It didn't happen. It's still going. And that means something to me. And so doing this show, playing the character of Jesus, working with the Halo app, you know, doing all these prayer and meditation challenges with them, learning more about other stories of faith, other people of faith through like the challenges that we have coming up for Lent here. I've grown deeper in my faith.

Yeah. It didn't happen. It's still going. And that means something to me. And so doing this show, playing the character of Jesus, working with the Halo app, you know, doing all these prayer and meditation challenges with them, learning more about other stories of faith, other people of faith through like the challenges that we have coming up for Lent here. I've grown deeper in my faith.

Yeah. It didn't happen. It's still going. And that means something to me. And so doing this show, playing the character of Jesus, working with the Halo app, you know, doing all these prayer and meditation challenges with them, learning more about other stories of faith, other people of faith through like the challenges that we have coming up for Lent here. I've grown deeper in my faith.

It's drawn me closer to the church to want to know more about the aspects of the church that I didn't necessarily grow up learning. I went to public school. So I had the Tuesday afternoon catechism or whatever the day was where you went to catechism. CCD. CCD after school. And I didn't learn any of the things that I've learned in the last several years because that's just not designed that way.

It's drawn me closer to the church to want to know more about the aspects of the church that I didn't necessarily grow up learning. I went to public school. So I had the Tuesday afternoon catechism or whatever the day was where you went to catechism. CCD. CCD after school. And I didn't learn any of the things that I've learned in the last several years because that's just not designed that way.

It's drawn me closer to the church to want to know more about the aspects of the church that I didn't necessarily grow up learning. I went to public school. So I had the Tuesday afternoon catechism or whatever the day was where you went to catechism. CCD. CCD after school. And I didn't learn any of the things that I've learned in the last several years because that's just not designed that way.

And the church has such a rich history and tradition. It's so vast. It's such a storehouse. There's so much to know and to learn. And through the experiences of playing Christ and getting to force myself to go into

And the church has such a rich history and tradition. It's so vast. It's such a storehouse. There's so much to know and to learn. And through the experiences of playing Christ and getting to force myself to go into

And the church has such a rich history and tradition. It's so vast. It's such a storehouse. There's so much to know and to learn. And through the experiences of playing Christ and getting to force myself to go into

prayer and meditation prior to every season, through these periodical prayer challenges, like we just did one in Advent for Halloween, and now we're doing the Pray 40, which starts today, Ash Wednesday. It's forced me to just spend more time in the presence of God, and it wants me to get closer to Him.

prayer and meditation prior to every season, through these periodical prayer challenges, like we just did one in Advent for Halloween, and now we're doing the Pray 40, which starts today, Ash Wednesday. It's forced me to just spend more time in the presence of God, and it wants me to get closer to Him.

prayer and meditation prior to every season, through these periodical prayer challenges, like we just did one in Advent for Halloween, and now we're doing the Pray 40, which starts today, Ash Wednesday. It's forced me to just spend more time in the presence of God, and it wants me to get closer to Him.