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First Sunday of Advent Year B: Mark 13.33–37
Mark 13Jesus said to his disciples:"Be watchful! Be alert!You do not know when the time will come.It is like a man travelling abroad.He leaves home and places his servants in charge,each with his own...
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HEAVEN ON EARTH- MONASTICISM
St Paul the Hermit's MonasteryThe first Christian hermits seem to have established themselves on the shores of the Red Sea, where in pre-Christian times the Therapeutae, an order of Jewish ascetics,...
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DEC. 8th THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION and DEC. 10th, 2nd SUNDAY IN ADVENT
It came to me as a blow in the dark that, if my understanding of the Church is correct, if Orthodox churches and Catholic churches are identical, each being the same body of Christ because all...
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THOMAS MERTON'S LAST DAY: DECEMBER 10th, 1968 by JIM FOREST
Thomas Merton (Fr Louis) and the Dalai Lamamy source: Many thanks to Jim Forest for sending this to mewinner of the International Thomas Merton Society’s “Louie” award:The Root of War is Fear: Thomas...
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December 12th, 2017: OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, A WESTERN MIRACULOUS ICON.: not...
Misa Criolla for Our Lady of Guadalupe, 2014.from the Vatican4 Literally Awesome Facts About Our Lady of GuadalupeDec 11, 2014 | Posted byMatthew Sewellmy source: ChurchPOP“Am I not here, I, who am...
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THOMAS MERTON AND HENRI NOUWEN: WESTERN EXPLORERS OF THE CHRISTIAN EAST by...
mosaic at the church of Sts Cosmas & Damian in RomeAt different periods of my life, Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen were spiritual parents to me. Both were excellent confessors and counsellors. Both...
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ROMAN CATHOLIC RADICALS AND ORTHODOXY by Deacon Steve Hayes from South Africa
Thanks, once more, to Jim Forest for sending me this article.Dan Berrigan's poem 'Some'Jim Forest has just written a biography of a Jesuit priest, Daniel Berrigan, who died last year.Why would an...
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REFLECTIONS ON THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT byPope Benedict XVI during his...
Pope Benedict XVI on Gaudete Sunday:Reflections on the Third Sunday of Advent by Pope Benedict XVI during His Pontificate Gaudete Sunday: the Introitmy source: Actus EssendiOn eight occasions during...
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PREPARATION FOR CHRISTMAS: THE O ANTIPHONS
Monday, 18th December, 2017The second O Antiphon sung in keeping watch for the Lord’s Nativity:O ADONAI [God of the covenant] and Ruler of the house of Israel, You appeared to Moses in the fire of the...
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AWAITING CHRISTMAS: THE O ANTIPHONS
Monday, 18th December 2017The second O Antiphon sung in keeping watch for the Lord’s Nativity:O ADONAI [God of the covenant] and Ruler of the house of Israel, You appeared to Moses in the fire of the...
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ADVENT THOUGHTS: TO WATCH WITH CHRIST by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, CARDINAL...
my source: Living BulwarkPraising the Names of Jesus: The Antiphons of Advent by Jeanne KunIt is especially in the final week of Advent that our attention is fixed on the messianic promises proclaimed...
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ADVENT FOR MONKS: A SHORT CONFERENCE BY ABBOT PAUL and DANIELOU ON ADVENT BY...
We can see that this Word who seeks us and find us, that we may make response to him by seeking him in our turn, is the whole essence of the Gospel and the whole of Christianity. And in its turn...
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I HOPE YOU FIND THIS MULTI-MEDIA POST HELPFUL IN YOUR APPRECIATION OF...
CHRISTMAS EVELatin Introit for the 4th Sunday of Advent"Rorate caeli"Fourth Sunday of Advent Year B: Luke 1.26–38A reading from a Homily by St Bede the VenerableToday’s reading of the gospel calls to...
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ERASMUS: PROPHET OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, OF CONTINUITY AND NOT RUPTURE BY...
FIRSTLY, WATCH THIS:Ron Dart's book:...
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JANUARY 1st, 2018 THE SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. Ο ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΕΝ ΤΩ ΜΕΣΩ ΗΜΩΝ! ΚΑΙ ΗΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΣΤΙ ΚΑΙ ΕΣΤΑΙ.I'm afraid I am a bit unwell and have been ordered to bed with my feet higher than my head....
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GOD OFFERS MERCY TO ALL SO THAT ALL CAN BECOME SAINTS: POPE FRANCIS AND HIS...
The article below is typical of what is coming out of the camp of those opposed to Pope Francis. They are so convinced that he is wrong that they cannot take seriously any expressions of orthodox...
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JANUARY 7TH: WESTERN EPIPHANY AND EASTERN CHRISTMAS
The Christmas season is a wonderful example of unity in diversity. One year I had the joy of celebrating Christmas twice, once at Belmont on December 25th, and then with the Ukrainians in Gloucester...
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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO THE ROMAN CURIA:
Pope Francis speaks during his annual pre-Christmas meeting with top officials of the Roman Curia and Vatican City State and with cardinals living in Rome in the Clementine Hall Dec. 21 at the Vatican....
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WOMEN FOR THE CHURCH CHANTERS, READERS, AND THEIR SANCTIONED ROLES by Donna...
my source: Public Orthodoxysee: The Revival of the Office of Deaconess by the Patriarchate of AlexandriaMany Orthodox Christians across the globe welcomed the news that the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of...
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MEDJUGORJE TO BE RECOGNISED?
Vatican Investigation Declares First Days of the Medjugorje Apparitions Real and AuthenticRELEASE OF 'NORMS' ON APPARITIONS MAY HINT AT UPCOMING STATEMENT ON FAMOUS HERCEGOVINA APPARITIONmy source:...
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