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THE VISION by Archimandrite Lev Gillet
my source: coptichymnsIn this excellent article, Father Lev Gillet, an Orthodox monk, discusses what it means to have a "heavenly vision", and the importance of pursuing that vision in today's age....
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HOMILY OF ABBOT PAUL FOR THE 3RD SUNDAY & VARIOUS COMMENTARIES ON THE BURNING...
Lent 3 Cycle C 3rd March 2013 What a week this has been. More than enough has been said about Pope Benedict. We have...
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SUNDAY, MARCH 03, 2013Letter from Patriarch Kirill to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVIMarch 1, 2013Your Holiness!In these exceptional days for you, I would like to express the feelings of brotherly love in...
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PEACE: CATHOLICISM'S NOT IN TOTAL CRISIS:
Father Pierre-Marie Delfieux, founder of the Monastic Community of Jerusalem, died on Thursday, February 21st. His funeral was an occasion celebrated by many bishops, a large number of priests, a...
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A PILGRIM'S WAY, SEARCHING FOR GOD THROUGH ROMANIAN MONASTICISM
This is an excellent introduction to the Search for God and Orthodox Monasticism as long as their knowledge of Catholicism is not taken too seriously. It is well worth perusing.
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CATHOLIC VISION: CELEBRATION AND HUMILITY by Fr David Bird osb
CATHOLIC VISIONDuring my first couple of years in Peru, I used to wonder why images are so important to the peasants. They have fiestas in their honour and spend extended periods before them, holding...
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PASTORAL LETTER OF HIS BEATITUDE JOHN X, PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE...
mi source: The Orthodox ChurchHis Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, has prepared an extensive pastoral letter for his flock. It includes sections on Preaching, A Responsible...
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TUESDAY 11th OF MARCH: THE CONCLAVE OPENS
THE CHURCH THAT THE NEW POPE WILL GOVERNcardinals arrivingmy source: Sandro Magister It will be a Church with two thirds of the faithful in the southern hemisphere. With more Catholics in Manila than...
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HABEMUS PAPAM!! THE NEW POPE AND ST GREGORY THE GREAT
Cardinal Bergoglio has been elected pope as Francis I. He was Archbishop of Buenos Aires. When appointed to that post, he moved out of the archbishop's palace into an ordinary apartment, commuted...
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POPE FRANCIS
(From "L´espresso" no. 49, November 28 - December 5, 2002, original title: "Bergoglio in Pole Position")my source: Sandro MagisterMidway through November, his colleagues wanted to elect him president...
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POPE FRANCIS OF ROME & PATRIARCH JOHN X OF ANTIOCH ARE BOTH NEW: COMPARE THE...
We are celebrating because the Church has a new Pope who has taken as his patron saint St Francis of Assisi. A month before, the Orthodox Church of Antioch had a new Patriarch, John X. I have already...
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What I would have said at the Consistory: An interview with Cardinal Jorge...
Benedict XVI with Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio during the fifth General Conference of the Latin American and Caribbean bishops, at the sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida in Brazil, 13...
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THE ROMAN SOCRATES [ST PHILIP NERI] BY LOUIS BOUYER Cong. Orat.
my source:EWTNTHE ROMAN SOCRATES [ST. PHILIP NERI]by Father Louis Bouyer Cong. Orat.What place has Philip in such a garden as this, where even the loveliest flowers smell of brimstone? [ Reference is...
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TWO UNDERSTANDINGS OF CHRISTIANITY by Father Alexander Men
my source: www.alexandermen.com/Two_Understandings_of_ChristianityFather Alexander Men (1935-1990) was a great leader, and one may say architect, of religious renewal in Russia at the end of the Soviet...
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MARCH 19th FEAST OF ST JOSEPH and INAUGURATION OF POPE FRANCIS IN ROME
Before we get involved with popes and things, I would like to tell you what happened yesterday in my monastery in Pachacamac. A friend phoned me and asked if he could come and see me about nsomething....
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THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
mt source: Glory To God For All Things (an excellent Orthodox blog)I think this is the work of the daughter of Jim Forest. Obviously a chip off the old block!! It is VERY beautiful.Orthodox...
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GOD IS IMMEASURABLE LOVE - SAINT ISAAC OF NINEVEH
With the new Pope Francis urging us to regard the whole human race as brothers and sisters in the same family, and to respect and care for the weakest among us, and to respect and care for the whole of...
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POPE FRANCIS, ECUMENISM AND THE WORLD
THREE QUALITIES OF POPE FRANCIS By Metropolitan Siluan Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan of Buenos Aires, Argentina, official representative of the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch to the papal...
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PALM SUNDAY
Pope Francis as Archbishop of Buenos Aires washing the feet on Maundy ThursdayFrom a Palm Sunday homily in 2008:"Jesus goes out to meet people, instead of waiting for people to come looking for Him. He...
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ON THE EUCHARIST by Father Alexander Men (Orth)
Soon we shall be remember the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday. This is an article about the Eucharist, written by a great priest who lived and died in the service of God and the Church in difficult...
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