Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Eastern Christian Books: Of the Making of Saints

Eastern Christian Books: Of the Making of Saints
Pravoslavie: Fr. Dumitru Staniloae: The Cross as a Means of Sanctification and Transformation of the World

Through the Cross, Christ sanctified His body—the link with the world. He rejected the temptations sent to Him by the world, that is to taste the pleasures, to satisfy His needs unrestrained or to avoid pain and death. If we, in the same way, ward off the temptations of sin and patiently suffer the pain of death, sanctity can spread from His body to all bodies and throughout the world.
Pravoslavie: Orthodox Living in the Modern World: Steps to Spiritual Transformation
Archimandrite Sergius (Bowyer)
In this talk Fr. Sergius speaks on several important themes, including the benefits of pilgrimage for helping us to encounter God, the power of the saints, moving away from an inner monologue towards a dialogue with God beginning with a consistent prayer rule, and having an attitude of blessing and thanksgiving.
Chiesa: New Annulment Procedures. A Jurist Demolishes the Reform of Pope Francis

He is Professor Danilo Castellano, one of the leading experts on the subject. He judges the reform as “contradictory and inconsistent.” But Cardinal Kasper doesn’t like it, either

by Sandro Magister