ORTHODOX TALKS ON MONASTICISM AND PRAYER
A first-class commentary of Lossky's "The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church", putting it in context:
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HOW TO ENTER INTO THE TIME AND SPACE OF GOD: CELEBRATING THE FEAST OF SAINTS...
SS. CYRIL AND METHODIUSmi fuente: La Enciclopedia CatólicaThese brothers, the Apostles of the Slavs, were born in Thessalonica, in 827 and 826 respectively. Though belonging to a senatorial family they...
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WHEN WE ENTER A CHURCH WE ENTER THE TIME AND SPACE OF GOD (POPE FRANCIS)....
The church is holy because it houses the gathered Church; and the altar is holy because it is on this table that Mass is celebrated. The real church is the Christian community: the building is only...
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MONASTIC SPIRITUALITy from St John´s Abbey, Minnesota
my source: St John's Abbey, USAPrayer and WorkAs Benedictine monks, we approach prayer in a distinctive, monastic way. We pray the Psalms, those ancient, iron-age poems given to the Church by the...
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THE PRIESTHOOD AND CELIBACY
A Case for Celibacy by PriestsBy Fr. Robert Barronmy source:Word on Fire(As seen on CNN.com)The scandal surrounding the Rev. Alberto Cutie has raised questions in the minds of many concerning the...
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APHORISMS OF ELDER SOPHRONY (SAKHAROV) The following words of Archimandrite...
my source: Pravmir“I am neither Greek nor Russian; I am an Athonite.”“I have been wearing a cassock for sixty years, but whenever I meet an Orthodox Christian or any other person, I bow my head low...
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ORTHODOX THEOLOGICAL DIALOGUE WITH CATHOLICS IN DANGER OF FAILURE, ACCORDING...
This is the first of three posts about Catholic - Orthodox relations. The second is by Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, representative of the Moscow Patriarchate; and the third is by me, writing from a...
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CARDINAL KASPER SUGGESTS AN ORTHODOX SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEM OF DIVORCE AND...
Kasper Changes the Paradigm, Bergoglio ApplaudsThe no-longer-secret text of the bombshell talk that opened the consistory on the family. With the indication of two paths of readmission to communion for...
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ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT
my source: Aleteia“Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises...
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ANOTHER PAPAL INTERVIEW
Vatican City, Mar 5, 2014 / 11:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Find below an English translation, by CNA's Estefania Aguirre and Alan Holdren, of the March 5 interview of Pope Francis with Italian daily...
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THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT - A
LENT 2014: Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent, March 9by Jim Forestmy source: PAX CHRISTI USAGenesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 | Romans 5:12-19 | Matthew 4:1-11“All these kingdoms I bestow on you if you...
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THE MELKITE CHURCH AND VATICAN II
INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT F. TAFT, S.J., PONTIFICAL ORIENTAL INSTITUTEmy source: Eparchy of NewtonL’Eglise Grecque Melkite au Councile (The Melkite Greek Church at the Council) was the original title of...
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BREAKING NEWS: PAN-ORTHODOX SYNOD, 2016 plus METROPOLITAN HILARION ALFEYEV:...
Orthodox Churches Will Hold First Ecumenical Council In 1,200 Years In IstanbulReuters | by Dasha Afanasieva and Tom Heneghanmy source: The Huffington PostISTANBUL, March 9 (Reuters) - Patriarchs...
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2nd SUNDAY OF LENT, celebrating the TRANSFIGURATION in the West and ST...
THE MASSThe Mass opens with the introit of the Feast of the Transfiguration:My heart said to You, I have sought Your countenance; I will seek Your countenance again, Lord. Do not turn Your face away...
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IRENA SENDLER: HEROINE
Bless the Lady PlumberIrena Sendler Remember this lady?my source: Kontraplan Sendler, a Roman Catholic, was born in Otwock, outside Warsaw, on February 15, 1910. Her father was a physician who...
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CHRISTIANITY EAST, CHRISTIANITY WEST by Rod Dreher
my source: The American ConservativeIf you’re a newcomer to Orthodox Christianity, one thing you hear a fair amount of is a deep hostility to Latin Christianity at the theological level. I’m not...
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LET US PRAY FOR PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE UKRAINE
This has been put together by Jim Forest, biographer of Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day, of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship.http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/69036.htmA LENTEN APPEAL FOR PEACESource: The...
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COMMUNION AND OTHERNESS by METROPOLITAN JOHN ZIZIOULAS plus St Peter Damian...
Communion and otherness — how can these two be reconciled? Are they not mutually exclusive and incompatible with each other? Is it not true that by definition the other is my enemy and my “original...
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NEW EVANGELISATION: FRS VACLAV HALIK & ROBERT BARRON and G. K. CHESTERTON,...
Theologian of paradox: Reflections on Tomas Halikby Frank Brennanmy source: Religion and EthicsWe Christians everywhere are still in the Easter season, celebrating the central event of our faith - the...
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