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Pope Benedict XVI: LECTURE BY H.E. CARDINAL RATZINGER “EUCHARIST, COMMUNION...
Pope Benedict XVI: LECTURE BY H.E. CARDINAL RATZINGER “EUCHARIST, COMMUNION AND SOLIDARITY” March 3rd, 2008.my source: Catholic Onlinemy source: this blog 05/10/2010Sunday 2 June 2002 Dear...
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A NEW WEBSITE ON POPE FRANCIS, SYNODALITY AND THE SYNODS
CONCILIARITY AND ECCLESIAL LOVEMonks and Mermaids has almost two thousand posts. Here is a multi-media, multi-source website with the posts referring to Pope Francis and Synods, giving us as complete a...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ABBESS OF ST.ELISABETH CONVENT: THE LORD GIVES EACH PERSON THEIR OWN MINISTRY.An interview with Abbess of St.Elisabeth Convent, Euphrosinia Abbess Euphrosinia, the Mother...
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CHRIST AND NOTHING by DAVID B. HART
Christ and Nothing by David Bentley Hartsource: AthenaeumFirst Things, October 2003The main points of the article can be summarized as follows: For contemporary culture there is no value higher than...
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WHAT DO THE CATHOLIC SYNODS AND THE ORTHODOX HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL HAVE IN...
In the website CONCILIARITY AND ECCLESIAL LOVE we put together all the posts that are in my blog "Monks and Mermaids" about the two synods on the family and added material to make the presentation more...
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AUGUST 6th THE FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD: THE CHRISTIAN PARADOX
THE TRANSFIGURATION by Dom Alex Echeandia O.S.B.Feast Day:August 6The Transfiguration of Christ is the culminating point of His public life, as His Baptism is its starting point, and His Ascension its...
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AN AMERICAN MONASTERY THAT FOLLOWS THE RULE OF ST BENEDICT CLOSELY
The Role of Monks in the Church I have chosen to borrow this page from the website of "Christ in the Desert" monastery in northern New Mexico because, according to our own abbot who visited it, it is a...
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MORE ON THE TRANSFIGURATION (Orthodox Contributions)
http://incommunion.org/2016/08/06/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-transfiguration/Thanks to Jim ForestAugust 6, 2016How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the TransfigurationBy Nicholas...
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LECTIO DIVINA FOR MONKS AND LAY PEOPLE
TALK TO HIS MONKS BY THE ABBOT OF BELMONT (UK)Brethren,......... It was a great joy, at the weekend, to have six members of the Manquehue Apostolic Movement, who are stationed at Ampleforth, come and...
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YOU SHOULD BE IN TUNE WITH LIFE a homily by Father Andrew
We have been to another century, another dimension today. The Liturgy is boundless… We cannot limit it to human things, be they a chord or a unique way of singing. The Church is eternal life, and...
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AUGUST 15th: THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY
NEWMAN AND DEVOTION TO OUR LADYby Fr Thomas McGovernmy source: Christendon Awake!It is not surprising that the recent advance in the cause of beatification John Henry Newman has generated interest in...
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THE LIMITS OF THE CHURCH by Fr Georges Florovsky
“The Limits of the Church” by Fr. Georges Florovskymy source: Orthodoxy and HeterodoxyThe following piece by Protopresbyter Georges V. Florovsky was originally published in 1933 in Church Quarterly...
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HOW MANY WILL BE SAVED? CHRIST'S ANSWER TO EACH OF US
21st Sunday of the YearThis teaching of Our Lord is introduced by a question, How many people will be saved? It is a sort of abstract question, one that can be discussed and answered in the comfort...
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THE CHRISTIANITY OF J.R. TOLKIEN author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the...
J.R.R. Tolkien: Three Amazing QuotesMatt Fraddmy source: Catholic AnswersMany of you are aware that J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a faithful Catholic.I’ve often...
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BENEDICT XVI BREAKS SILENCE TO THANK POPE FRANCIS FOR HIS GOODNESS by Ines...
my source: CRUX, Taking the Catholic Pulse Pope Francis, left, and retired Pope Benedict XVI embrace during a ceremony to celebrate Benedict's 65th anniversary of his ordination as a priest, in the...
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METROPOLITAN HILARION: I OWE EVERYTHING TO THE CHURCH
Source: DECRANNA DANILOVA, PH.D. | 27 JULY 2016my source: Pravmir.comMetropolitan Hilarion: I Owe Everything in My Life to the Church On the threshold of his 50th birthday, Metropolitan Hilarion of...
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10 MERCY QUOTES FROM POPE FRANCIS AND HIS HOMILY AT THE CANONIZATION OF THE...
Top 10 Mercy Quotes of Pope FrancisEDITOR's NOTE: Only two months into his papacy, Pope Francis has been eminently quotable. We've culled a few of our favorite quotes. If you have any you'd like to...
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POPE BENEDICT SPEAKS ABOUT HIMSELF
Pope Benedict speaks: 'I do not see myself as a failure'Pope Francis greets retired Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in 2015. (CNS/Maurizio Brambatti, EPA)Joshua J. McElwee | Sep. 8, 2016my source:...
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TH E NEW EVANGELISATION BEGINS WITH US
icon of Christ the TeacherThe ancient world was evangelised, not by professional missionaries, but by martyrs. Large parts of Europe were successfully evangelised by monks whose first concern was not...
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THE MONASTIC VOWS by Archpriest Demetrius Basalygo of Minsk (Russian...
my source: St Elizabeth's Convent, MinskSt Isaac the Syrian once said, «Monasticism is the paradise».We often think of the paradise as a place somewhere in the sky, but this is not exactly right. The...
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