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THE THEOTOKOS AND THE CHURCH
my source: KandilakiBy His Eminence Metropolitan Hierotheos of NafpaktosThe Church of Christ, my beloved brethren, is the Divine-human Body of Christ. The Church of the Old Testament was spiritual and...
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THE WEEPING MADONNA, MYRRH PRODUCING ICONS AND MEDJUGORJE
Weeping Madonna of Syracuse, Sicily. 1953my source: Visions of JesusWatch/view video of Our Blessed Mother Mary weeping. Watch video report about these events. See here photos of the Reliquary that...
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AUGUST 15TH: THE DORMITION AND ASSUMPTION OF MARY, MOST HOLY MOTHER OF GOD.
View my Flipboard Magazine.CLICK THE ABOVEmy source: Called to CommunionToday, August 15, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven. On this day, the universal Church celebrates...
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DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN ORTHODOX THEOLOGY by Father Aidan Nichols O.P.
icon of the Mother of God, by Dom Alex Echeandiamy source: PhatmassIn Eastern Orthodox theology, the idea of dogma possesses specific characteristics of its own - owing to its special relationship with...
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RUSSIAN SPRING, HOLY WATERS AND HOPE for Orthodox-Catholic Relations By Jane...
Christ Pantocrator of Belmont"written" by Dom Alex Echeandia osbCommonweal / www.commonwealmagazine.org / 30 July 2014 Vast open fields stretch for miles toward the southern horizon, dark brown,...
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TOMORROW I GO TO MEXICO
.Tomorrow, Friday, August 22nd, I am off to Mexico City and to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe. I shall be there until my return to Peru on Saturday, September 6th. During that time, I shall...
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HOMILY ON PERSEVERANCE IN STABILITY By Abbot Paul of Belmont (UK)
Second Perseverance of Br Augustine Primavesi 22nd August 2014 Dear Br Augustine, you have been granted your Second Perseverance and, in fact, are now more than halfway through...
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MONASTICISM, CLERICALISM & THE PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS by Abbot Nicholas
The essence of monastic life is not clerical service which is possible only for some - but a radically converted way of life, available to all.my source: Catholic World Report“In the church, the...
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TOLKIEN AND BEOWULF by Jerry Salyer
Tolkien and BeowulfAugust 23, 2014Tolkien’s newly published translation of the Old English epic beautifully demonstrates that there is more reality in folklore than in the perverse fantasies by which...
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RECONCILING EAST AND WEST by Richard John Neuhaus
It is no secret that the quest for Christian unity has come upon hard times. As a Catholic, one’s first duty is to make it clear that the Catholic Church is neither wearied nor disillusioned about the...
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RECONCILING EAST AND WEST II: A STRONG REBUTTAL OF MET. HILARION ALFEYEV'S...
my source: St John Chrysostom - Orientale lumen.blogspot.co.ukFriday, 4 April 2014The Pan-Orthodox Council, Ukraine Crisis and Christian Unity | Interview with Metropolitan Hilarion |...
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"OF ONE MIND WITH THE CHURCH" : POPE FRANCIS CONFIRMS THAT ARCHBISHOP...
my source: AleteiaIn 1970, Father Oscar Romero was appointed auxiliary bishop of San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. Upon his consecration as a bishop, Romero adopted “To be of one mind with the...
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THERE ARE NO NO WINNERS IN A WORLD WAR by Metropolian Hilarion Alfeyev (plus)...
my source:BreitbartA century ago, the First World War began. On 28 July 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, then on 1 August, Germany declared war on Russia, and over the course of a few...
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RECONCILING EAST AND WEST III: THE POPE AND THE PATRIARCH
TWO PILGRIMS IN HOPEby Dale Coultermy source: First ThingsCan the Pope and the Patriarchhelp each other to understand and fulfil their different roles?(May 25th, 2024)On Sunday Pope Francis and...
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FROM RATZINGER TO BENEDICT by Avery Cardinal Dulles
my source: First Things, 2006Like his predecessor John Paul II, Benedict XVI was present at all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. Whereas Karol Wojtyla took part as a...
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RECONCILING EAST AND WEST IV: THE PAPACY: FROM OBSTACLE TO UNITY TO BECOME...
2. For the liturgy, "through which the work of our redemption is accomplished," [1] most of all in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, is the outstanding means whereby the faithful may express in...
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THE TRIUMPH AND UNIVERSAL EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
Non-Christians have often asked a very good question–why do Christians adorn their churches, homes, and necks with a symbol of abasement, terror, and torture? The feast of the Exaltation or Triumph of...
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GOD TEACHES EACH ONE OF US ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASISFragments of the meeting of the monastic sisters of St Elisabeth Convent on July 21, 2014Nun Joanna: I would like to ask you a question that has been...
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ON THE PROXIMITY OF GOD by Archpriest Andrew Lemeshono
Humankind searched for God, its Creator, for a long time. Submerged by the darkness of sin, it called upon the Heaven. Moans, cries, screams, suffering and illnesses filled the face of the earth;...
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