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THE ANNUNCIATION: CATHOLIC AND ORTHODOX
I am sorry that this is a day late, but the Annunciation is for us a permanent window into the Christian Mystery that can help us at any time.The Mystery of the Annunciation is the Mystery of Grace by...
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Singing and Dancing through Great Lentby fatherstephen (Orth.)my source: Glory to God fo All ThingsI grew up in a rural American Protestant culture. In many ways there was a level of piety that was...
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THE POPE AND THE PHILOSOPHER
What is this? An official press photo of the Pope and the President. The President is doing what is expected of all politicians in official photographs: he is grinning. But the Pope has decided...
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THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH AND THE PAPACY HOW THE DIALOGUE IS GOING
Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev said about eight years ago in an interview:"I would like to share one observation I made over my ten years of participation in the WCC and other inter-Christian dialogues....
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MYSTICISM, MONASTICISM AND THE NEW EVANGELISATION by Benjamin Mann and Abbot...
my source: Catholic World Reporthttp://hrmonline.org/The New Evangelization requires a rediscovery of Christian mysticism, and a revival of the monastic setting which is its natural homeBenjamin...
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PALM SUNDAY
Dom Prosper Gueranger on Palm SundayEarly in the morning of this day, Jesus sets out for Jerusalem, leaving Mary His Mother, and the two sisters Martha and Mary Magdalene, and Lazarus, at Bethania. The...
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MAUNDY THURSDAY 2014
Homily of Pope Benedict XVI At the Mass of the Lord's Supper my source: Catholicism On LineDear Brothers and Sisters, In his Gospel, Saint John, more fully than the other three evangelists, reports in...
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GOOD FRIDAY 2014
A GOOD FRIDAY TALK by Dom Alex Echeandia o.s.b.During this Lenten season we went through of particular events in Jesus’ life that reflect the purpose and meaning of today’s celebration: Good Friday of...
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HOLY SATURDAY 2014
Let us commemorate today the solemnity of the burial of Our Saviour. He has undone the bonds of death of those who were in hell, filled hell with His splendour, and roused from sleep those lying there;...
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CHRIST IS RISEN: HOLY SATURDAY - EASTER SUNDAY 2014
HRISTOS VOSKRESETranslationmy source: Glory To God For all ThingsPeople rejoice, nations hear:Christ is risen, and brings the joy!Stars dance, mountains sing:Christ is risen, and brings the joy!Forests...
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BALTHASAR, HIS CHRISTOLOGY AND THE MYSTERY OF EASTER by Aidan Nichols O.P (an...
Taken from Aidan Nichol's Introduction to Balthasar's Mysterium Paschalemy source: Ignatius Insight e-letterBalthasar presents the beautiful as the 'forgotten transcendental', pulchrum, an aspect of...
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IN-CHURCHING RUSSIA: JOURNEYING THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF ORTHODOXY TO RETURN...
http://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/05/in-churching-russiaIn-Churching Russia:Journeying through the efforts of Orthodoxy to return Russia to faithby John P. Burgess (thanks to Jim Forest)On the...
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BENEDICTINE SPIRITUALITY by JACQUES WINANDY Abbot of ClervauxSt Benedict "written" by a monk of PachacamacBenedictine spirituality? Perhaps this term is more ambiguous than it seems. Does it mean...
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FATHER LEV GILLET by Father Michael Plekon
The Monk in the CityPlekon Michael Fr.my source: agiazoniFather Lev Gillet: The Monk in the City, a Pilgrim in many worldsThe whole teaching of the Latin Fathers may be found in the East, just as the...
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THE GLORY OF GOD MANIFESTED AS DIVINE LIGHT AND AS KENOTIC LOVE EMBRACING...
In this post, I shall first give you a passage from the great Catholic theologian Fr Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Cross as interpreted by the Resurrection. I will then give you a passage from "The...
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THE HOLY TRINITY AND BEING AND REFLECTED IN THE CHURCH by Carl Olsen on the...
Jean Daniélou and the "Master-Key to Christian Theology" | Carl E. Olson | August 21, 2007 This article originally appeared in a slightly different form on the Catholic Exchange website."Without a...
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WHAT ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS CAN LEARN FROM POPE FRANCIS by Andrew Estocin...
my source: Orthodox Christian NetworkThe world will be watching from May 24-25, 2014 as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Pope Francis welcome each other in Jerusalem to observe...
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SAINT AELRED, SAINT OF SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIP
Patricia Carroll OCSO draws our attention to Aelred of Rievaulx, a Cistercian saint and spiritual writer who specialised in writing about friendship as an image of the relationship between God and each...
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NEWMAN AND THE STUDY OF THE FATHERS by fr Thomas McGovern
my source: Christendom Awake! websiteIt is not without significance that the Holy See felt it necessary to publish recently an instruction on the study of the Church Fathers, with special reference to...
View ArticleCHRIST THE PRIEST: N.T. WRIGHT, FR ROBERT BARRON & METROPOLITAN KALLISTOS WARE
THE IMAGE OF GOD: RUINED AND RESTOREDTHE KINGDOM AND THE CROSS: THE FORGOTTEN MESSAGE CHRIST THE PRIEST: JESUS CHRIST THROUGH THE OLD TESTAMENTTHE EUCHARISTIC SACRIFICE: WHO OFFERS WHAT TO WHOM
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