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my source: The Orthodox Christian ChannelMonday, April 9, 2012An Interview with Metropolitan Hilarion AlfeyevA year and a half ago, while searching for a recording of Bach's Matthaus-Passion to share...
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A TALE OF TWO POPES: CONTINUITY OR RUPTURE
The press has loved to dwell on the differences between Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Of course, it looks for news, and subtle differences are not news. They have to be transformed into...
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A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP, POPE FRANCIS ON WAR & PEACE DIRECT
(Please click}: PEACE DIRECTPope Francis: “War is the Suicide of Humanity”2 June 2013 / Vatican Radiomy source: Jim Forest“War is the suicide of humanity because it kills the heart and kills love,”...
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Quotes on Architecture by Pope Benedict XVI by Joseph Ratzinger Quotes Listed Chronologically Pope Benedict XVI, 2 November 2012: Venerable Brothers, Dear Brothers and Sisters! In this liturgy of the...
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THE HOLY TRINITY - 1 BY METROPOLITAN KALLISTOS WARE (ORTH) with a comment
If anyone knows anything about the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, he probably knows that one of the chief points of division is the placing of the "Filioque" into the...
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BENEDICTINE SPIRITUALITY
ABBOT PAUL'S CONFERENCE AS THE GENERAL CHAPTER APPROACHESAs you well know, General Chapter begins in two weeks’ time. Normally, we don’t think too much about it, as it takes place in another monastery...
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Father Thomas Hopko on THE SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH etc
INTRODUCTIONI have decided to balance this post with an account of Confession by a Catholic; but pride of place belongs to Father Thomas Hopko's lecture. Perhaps one of the most important set of...
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DOROTHY DAY, SAINT AND TROUBLEMAKER, a Lecture given by Jim Forest
This lecture was presented 8 June 2013 at the Portsmouth Institute, held at Portsmouth Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Rhode Island. Photos taken at the monastery are included in this set:...
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SAINTS PETER AND PAUL 2013
HOMILY OF ST GREGORY PALAMASThe following is from Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki. Saint Gregory lived in the 1300s and is a very important Saint of the Greek Orthodox Church. He is...
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PRAYING THE NAME OF JESUS (FROM "BATHED IN SILENT LIGHT, July Edition))
(To reach the posts, please click on the titles.)A CATHOLIC INTRODUCTION TO THE JESUS PRAYERby Peter Kreeft THE JESUS PRAYER - 1 INVOCATION OF THE NAME by Father Lev GilletTHE JESUS PRAYER - 2 THE...
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SAINT MACARIUS THE GREAT AND EGYPTIAN MONASTICISM
my source: Milk & Honey HOMILY OF ST MACARIUS OF EGYPTSt. Macarius of Egypt: What kind of change Christ works in the ChristianHe that comes to God, and desires to be the person that sitteth with...
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THE ENCYCLICAL BY TWO POPES: LUMEN FIDEI
ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFULON FAITH1. The lightof Faith: this is how the Church’s...
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FROM THE SAYINGS OF THE DESERT FATHERS
Abba Ammonas was asked, 'What is the "narrow and hard way?" (mt. 7.14) He replied, 'The "narrow and hard way" is this, to control your thoughts, and to strip yourself of your own will, for the...
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DOM GREGORY DIX REPLIES TO ARCHBISHOP ROWAN ON PAPAL PRIMACY
Dom Gregory Dix replies to Archbishop Rowan on Papal PrimacyMonsignore,We received much refrigerium, in these upper levels of Purgatory, by being allowed news of your Roman lecture in which - among...
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OUR HOLY FATHER ST BENEDICT
Benedict of Nursia (480 - 547) was a saint from Italy, and a rule-giver for cenobitic monks. His purpose may be gleaned from his Rule, namely that "Christ ... may bring us all together to life...
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SEEDS OF HOPE: THOMAS MERTON'S CONTEMPLATIVE MESSAGE by Jim Forest
Lecture given 27 October 2006 at the Auditorio Municipal de San Francisco, Centro Internacional de Estudios Misticos, in Avila, Spain; conference theme: “Seeds of Hope: Thomas Merton’s Contemplative...
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A. SOLZHENITSYN AND THE NEW EVANGELISATION"WHY ALEKSANDER SOLZHENITSYN MATTERS"a lecture given by Father Johannes Jacobse of the Antiochian Archdiocese of America (click title)Text of Address...
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CATHOLIC (incl. ORTHODOX) CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE: THE SHOCKING NATURE OF...
THE NOBEL PRIZE LECTURE BY ALEXANDR SOLZHENITSYN (CLICK) CATHOLIC CULTURE FOR TRUE HUMANISM Cardinal Giacomo Biffi Archbishop of Bologna "Faith in Jesus Christ who is 'the way, the truth, and the...
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