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ECCLESIAL PEACE: POSTS ON A NUMBER OF INTERESTING SUBJECTS
I hope you like these posts and their variety. They belong to a Google website and thus have the same format as this blog. In fact, this is directly copied from the website. Each month, one or two...
View ArticleJULY 30TH: THE FEAST IN PERU OF ST ROSE OF LIMA.
MORE ABOUT ST ROSE LATER. FOR THE MOMENT, A FILM ABOUT THE ACTRESS TURNED BENEDICTINE NUN, DOLORES HART.
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THE ATTACK ON SYRIA BEING PLANNED BY THE UNITED STATES IS A CRIMINAL ACT
The Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, Gregory III Laham has launched an appeal, urging: "We must listen to the Pope's appeal for peace … Syria needs stability”VATICAN INSIDER STAFFROME "We must...
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SAINT JOHN CASSIAN ON CHRISTIAN LIFE and FR JOHN BEHR ON CHRISTIAN DEATH &...
OUR DIFFERENCE IN PRACTICE CONFORMS OUR UNITY IN FAITH(ST IRENAEUS)my source: MystagogyTHE IMMEDIATE AND ULTIMATE GOALS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFEby SAINT JOHN CASSIANAs we bind up another ecclesiastical...
View ArticleFATHER. JOHN BEHR ON EPISCOPACY IN THE EARLY CHURCH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS....
FATHER JOHN BEHR ON EPISCOPACY ACCORDING ST IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH AND ST IRENAEUS & IN MODERN TIMESA Double Take on Early ChristianityMIKE AQUILINATracking the growth of Christianity 2,000 years ago...
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THE TRAPPIST NUNS OF AZEIR, SYRIA: "They are going to bomb us!!" Three cheers...
(thanks to Jim Forest)Today we have no words, except those of the Psalms that the liturgical prayer puts onto our lips in these days:Rebuke the Beast of the Reeds, that herd of bulls, that people of...
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ECCLESIAL PEACE: IMAGE AND ICON by Dom Alex Echeandia osb AND OTHER POSTS ON...
"IMAGES AND ICONS": SESSION ONE, ICONS ARE A DOORWAY TO THE KINGDOM."IMAGES AND ICONS": SESSION TWO: THE ANNUNCIATION AND NATIVITY."IMAGE AND ICON": SESSION THREE: BAPTISM AND EUCHARISTIMAGE AND ICON:...
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A LETTER FROM CARDINAL TO PRESIDENT, A PHONECALL FROM POPE TO PREGNANT WOMAN,...
Letter To President Obama Regarding Syria September 4, 2013 President Barack Obama The White House Washington, DC 20270 Mr. President: As our nation contemplates military action in Syria, we want to...
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INTERVIEW WITH A NUN WHO KNEW SAINT NEKTARIOS
In 1984 at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Aegina, the late Metropolitan Hierotheos of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina, together with his Chancellor (now a Metropolitan of that province named Ephraim)...
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PATRIARCH GREGORIOS III SPEAKS ON ECCLESIOLOGY, ECUMENISM AND RELATIONS WITH...
Melkite Greek Catholic P A T R I A R CH A TEof Antioch and All the Eastof Alexandria and of JerusalemPope Francis is preparing an overhaul of the Curia. One area which needs to be revised...
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POPE FRANCIS AND THE MIRACLE OF THE ICON
my source: Sandro MagisterROME, September 12, 2013 – With the passing of the days the extraordinary nature of the vigil presided over by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on the evening of Saturday,...
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OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICANS BY VLADIMIR V. PUTIN: A PLEA FOR CAUTION
What Putin Has to Say to Americans About SyriaBy VLADIMIR V. PUTINPublished: September 11, 2013 MOSCOW — RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and...
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SEPTEMBER 14th, 2013: THE FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE CROSS
The fact that the jewelled cross at the centre of the apse of Sant'Apollinare en Clase in Ravenna is an icon of the Transfiguration of Our Lord indicates the close connection between the feast of the...
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JOSEPH PEARCE: HIS LIFE & HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEW EVANGELISATION
From Skinhead Bulldog to Catholic Man of Lettersmy source: The Catholic World ReportSeptember 06, 2013Joseph Pearce’s autobiography reveals his violent past and grace-filled conversion.Carrie...
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THE UNIVERSE: A DIVINELY WRITTEN ICON by Melissa Jones (Orth) & my commentary
TOWARD AN ECOLOGY OF TRANSFIGURATION: ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENT, NATURE, AND CREATIONEdited by John Chryssavgis and Bruce V. FoltzPublished by Fordham University Press, $125...
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THE HOLY TRADITION AND THE VENERATION OF MARY AND OTHER SAINTS IN THE...
In preparation for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th, I am going to give my readers a number of posts from different sources on the Blessed Virgin Mary, not to hide where we...
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HENRI de LUBAC AND CATHOLIC RENEWAL by Peter J.. Leithart
This article is of great importance for anyone who wants to know how to interpret Vatican II or to value its effects on the Church, or who wish to understand why de Lubac, Bouyer, Ratzinger and other...
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ABBOT PAUL'S HOMILY FOR ALL SAINTS & AN ORTHODOX SERMON ON THE SAME THEME
All Saints 2013 “I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne of the Lamb, dressed in white...
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THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS OF THE MONASTERY OF ST JAMES THE MUTILATED, MAR YAKUB
Mar Yakub- Situated at the foot of Anti-Lebanon, on a plateau of 1350 m. is the monastery of Mar Yakub (St. James the Mutilated) in Qâra. This monasterydates from the 6th century and is perhaps the...
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THE VOICE OF THE CHURCH MUST BE PROPHETIC by Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev
my source: The Moynihan LettersYour Holinesses and Beatitudes, Your Eminences and Graces, dear brothers and sisters, esteemed delegates of the Assembly:The World Council of Churches has a long and rich...
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