{"id":23422,"date":"2025-02-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=23422"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:27:14","slug":"rev-ricky-manalo-csp-worship-and-what-it-means-to-be-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2025\/02\/27\/rev-ricky-manalo-csp-worship-and-what-it-means-to-be-human\/","title":{"rendered":"Rev. 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Ricky Manalo, CSP, about faith and culture, vocation, liturgical music, what worship is, AI, what it means to be human, and polarization and unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Podcast:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/messyjesusbusiness\/content.blubrry.com\/messyjesusbusiness\/MJB_Episode_88_Fr_Ricky_Manolo.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Play in new window<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/MJB_Episode_88_Fr_Ricky_Manolo.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/messyjesusbusiness.com\/feed\/podcast\/\">Email<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/feed\/podcast\/\">RSS<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/catholic-podcast\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>A <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/18Cu6pVa-13C8vx6002TG9EOm-Dh9EA0X\/edit?tab=t.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transcript<\/a> of the sho<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>w is available.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00a0I define [worship] as any kind of response that we might have to something or someone holy&#8230;.worship could take place anywhere. It could take place when I&#8217;m going for a walk in Manhattan or I&#8217;m in the subway and I notice someone who&#8217;s in need of help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>-Rev. Ricky Manalo, CSP<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1660\" height=\"2202\" src=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Manalo-Photo-Ricky-Manalo-CSP.png\" alt=\"Rev. 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Ricky Manalo, CSP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE GUEST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Ricky Manalo, CSP, Ph.D. is a Paulist priest, a composer, theologian, and author. He is the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Catholic Music Composer of the Year Award by the Association of Catholic Publishers, and the 2018 Pastoral Musician of the Year Award by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. He studied composition and piano at the Manhattan School of Music, theology at the Washington Theological Union (WTU), and liturgy, culture, and sociology at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), Berkeley, CA. 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