Monday, April 06, 2015

Troparion Paskah

Troparion Paskah dalam berbagai macam bahasa:Bahasa Yunani: Christos anesti ek nekron, thanato thanaton patisas, ke...

Posted by Mengenal Gereja Katolik Melkit on Saturday, April 4, 2015

Fr. Cantalamessa's Good Friday Homily

Father Cantalamessa's Good Friday Homily"Ecce Homo"

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Friday, April 3, 2015

Fr Cantalamessa: All of Us, Our Institutions Have Risk of Being Like Pilate, Washing Our HandsReflects in Good Friday Homily on How What God Requests of Us Is Not Impossible

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Friday, April 3, 2015

Entering the Mystery




Pope Francis recited the Regina Coeli on Easter Monday, leading the pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square in a rousing chant of “Christ is risen!”
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, April 6, 2015

International Conference on Digital Media and Orthodox Pastorla Care

Wow! 75 experts in Orthodoxy & Digital Media from all over the world will be in Athens this May for a conference co-sponsored by OCN. We're looking forward to it!

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, April 6, 2015

Paschal Homilies, Part 2

Chiesa

On the Orthodox Dating of Easter

Why Orthodox Christian Easter Is Later than the Catholic One(via Byz TX)

Ferrara's Critique of Karl Keating's Book on Geocentrism

See this post regarding Keating's book.

To Discredit the Traditionalist Movement: What Really Motivates the Neo-Catholic Witch Hunters

2000 Interview with Fr. Aidan Nichols

Touchstone

Missed These Articles

Fr. Bouyer's memoirs hold high praise for Joseph Ratzinger, Magister noted, and Fr. Bouyer in turn was highly regarded...

Posted by Catholic News Agency on Saturday, September 20, 2014

His memoirs.
L'histoire secrète de l'Eglise au XXème siècle
La Croix article

So there was a colloquium held last year on his work... great!

A Facebook page in his honor.

Saturday, April 04, 2015

The Central Mystery of Christianity

From 2013: Into the Heart of the Liturgy

Oikonomia

“Better Marry Than Burn.” In Second Marriages, Too by Sandro Magister
The Orthodox Churches apply the apostle Paul’s saying to the divorced. And there are those who also want to introduce this practice into the Catholic Church. Including a theologian of the diocese of Bologna, the same of Cardinal Caffarra

Intro to Mysterium Paschale

Balthasar, his Christology, and the Mystery of Easter | Aidan Nichols OP | Introduction to Hans Urs von Balthasar's Mysterium Paschale

Degenerate neo-Thomism?

Is it the case that some Thomist philosophers think they can do theology because they've read the theological works of St. Thomas, relying upon him alone without consulting Sacred Scripture and the Fathers, and thus reducing theology to some version of philosophical theology (or metaphysical theology, as it is styled by some Orthodox)? They may give attention to conciliar documents and papal statements as boundaries for speculation, but that isn't enough.

Friday, April 03, 2015

Holy Thursday- Establishment of the Sacrament of Communion

The "Old Rite"

of Russian Orthodoxy...

The commission which will consider the possibility of recognizing the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church took place in Moscows.

Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Friday, April 3, 2015

Another Catholic Convert

The abbot of the High Monastery of St. Peter in Moscow, Hegumen Peter (Yeremeyev), tonsured the priest Constantine...

Posted by Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery on Thursday, April 2, 2015

Cappella Romana Sings Steinberg's Passion Week

Cappella Romana - Steinberg's Passion Week (LIVE)

Wanna hear Cappella Romana's world premiere recording of Steinberg's Passion Week on #TheChoralStream? Tune in on Good Friday (4.3.15) at 2pm CDT.Listen Here ----> http://bit.ly/SteinbergPassion

Posted by Choral Music from Classical MPR on Thursday, April 2, 2015

Dying with Christ

We will soon enter quite profoundly into the mystery of our salvation in as we journey with Christ from the raising of...

Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Thursday, April 2, 2015

Leopold Kohr

Leopold Kohr: Prophet of a Coming Decentralization? by Steven Yates

Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Cappella Romana for Holy Week

"Good Friday in Jerusalem" featured prominently this week on the Harmonia Early Music radio show.

Posted by Cappella Romana on Monday, March 30, 2015

Ever been curious about spending a weekend on tour with Cappella Romana? Here's your chance to see behind the scenes!

Posted by Cappella Romana on Saturday, March 21, 2015

10 Suggestions for Liturgical Renewal from Bishop Schneider

Bishop Schneider: 10 Elements of Renewal in the Liturgy

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

St. Maria Skobtsova of Paris

Today is the 70th anniversary of the martyrdom on St Maria of Paris. Elizaveta Pilenko, now known as Saint Maria...

Posted by Jim Forest on Tuesday, March 31, 2015

ECB: Mother, Martyr, Saint: On the Death of Maria Skobtsova

Feser on Denys Turner's Thomas Aquinas: A Portrait

Was Aquinas a Materialist?

I was thinking of buying the book but now I've lowered its priority on the wish list.

Archbishop Chaput on Religious Liberty

Religious Liberty 50 Years After Dignitatis Humanae by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.

Maronite Divine Liturgy for the 500th Anniversary of the Birth of St. Teresa of Avila 28 March 2015

Would Like to Read This

From Potlucks, Eucharist, and Ecumenical Dialogue by Nicholas Denysenko:

"In the January 2015 issue of Worship, Archimandrite Robert F. Taft, S.J., appealed to Catholic and Orthodox Christians to reinvigorate efforts for an authentic restoration of ecclesial intercommunion between the two Churches."

Didn't know Fr. Denysenko wrote for Pray Tell.

Holy Week Homilies from Benedict XVI

Chiesa: Paschal Homilies by Sandro Magister
Exercises on liturgical preaching for Holy Week. From the archive of Benedict XVI

Monday, March 30, 2015

Feast of the Commemoration of St. Gregory the Illuminator's torture and commitment to the pit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-EQp8zh8pFk#t=0

МИТРОПОЛИТ ВОЛОКОЛАМСКИЙ ИЛАРИОН ПОСЕТИЛ КАЗАНСКУЮ ДУХОВНУЮ СЕМИНАРИЮ

МИТРОПОЛИТ ВОЛОКОЛАМСКИЙ ИЛАРИОН ПОСЕТИЛ КАЗАНСКУЮ ДУХОВНУЮ СЕМИНАРИЮ28 марта 2015 года председатель Отдела внешних це...

Posted by Митрополит Иларион Алфеев (Metropolitan Hilarion) on Monday, March 30, 2015

More on Blessed Bishop Budka

5th Lenten Sermon of Fr. Cantalamessa

Fr. Cantalamessa's 5th Lenten Homily 2015East and West Before the Mystery of Salvation

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Friday, March 27, 2015

Of course, he has some positive words about the Catholic Charismatic movement.

"The Catholic charismatic movement is one of the many fruits of the Second Vatican Council, which, like a new Pentecost, led to an extraordinary flourishing in the Church's life of groups and movements particularly sensitive to the action of the Spirit. . . . How many lay faithful—men, women, young people, adults and the elderly—have been able to experience in their own lives the amazing power of the Spirit and his gifts! How many people have rediscovered the faith, the joy of prayer, the power and beauty of the Word of God, translating all this into generous service in the Church’s mission! How many lives have been profoundly changed!"

His second and third sermons of Lent this year.

Archbishop Ganswein on Pope Francis

Archbishop Georg Ganswein: 'Pope Francis is Full of Surprises'In Interview with La Nacion's Elisabetta Pique, Prefect of the Pontifical Household Says Benedict XVI "Impressed" By Successor

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Monday, March 30, 2015

Pope Francis on St. Teresa of Avila

Pope Francis said the life of St Teresa of Avila, characterized by “total self-giving to God,” is a “great treasure”...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 28, 2015

Pope: Saint Teresa of Avila is "A Teacher of Prayer"Sends Message to Discalced Carmelites for the Fifth Centenary of Spanish Mystic's Birth

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Monday, March 30, 2015

Pope Begins 'Prayer for Peace With Saint Teresa'Address Letter to Order of Discalced Carmelites That Will Be Published on March 28th

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Thursday, March 26, 2015

God’s Martyr, History’s Witness by Father Athanasius McVay

Kyiv-Halych was present for the book launch, along with Bishop Borys Gudziak of Paris and Bishop Hlib Lonchyna of...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 28, 2015

Dr. Marshner on The Journey Home

From 2014

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Divine Liturgy 150330





Palm Sunday with the Bishop of Rome




Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.His homily is at the link: http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/03/29/pope_francis_palm_sunday_homily/1133038
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, March 29, 2015

St. Mary of Egypt

Each of you knows that when we do not have any particular needs, when everything is just fine, our prayer begins to grow...

Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Sunday, March 29, 2015

If we were in that mood we would, when we come to the doors of the church, be, however little, like Mary of Egypt. We...

Posted by Orthodoxy and the World on Sunday, March 29, 2015

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Pope Francis on Mar Dinkha IV

Pope Francis has sent his condolences upon learning of the death of the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Dinkha IV.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 28, 2015

The Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, died on Thursday at the age of 79.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 27, 2015

Assyrian Patriarch Passes Away in MinnesotaIraq Native Patriarch Dinkha IV Brought Stability, Peace to a Church in Turmoil

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Friday, March 27, 2015

Update:

Pope Francis Sends Condolences for Death of Assyrian Patriarch of the EastRecalls His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV's Enduring Commitment to Improving Relations Among Christians

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Monday, March 30, 2015

A Discussion of Iconographic Tradition

Ressourcement

While in the past I may have been wary of the nouvelle théologie to one degree or another, their attempt to re-engage with the Church Fathers was praiseworth in intent, if not in execution. In the last year I've gradually drifted away from "Thomism of Strict Observance," not that I ever really considered myself a member of that school of Thomistic theology, though I was willing to read its texts. Having had a chance to delve into the Church Fathers more in the last year, it may be time for me to re-evaluate nouvelle théologie the 20th century Ressourcement movement and its members. (I have been a fan of Fr. Bouyer for quite some time, so I am thinking more of the Jesuits.)

Ressourcement theology, aggiornamento, and the hermeneutics of tradition by Marcellino D'Ambrosio

“Ressourcement,” “Aggiornamento,” and Vatican II in Ecumenical Perspective by Eduardo Echeverria

Related:
A Theologian for Our Times – Rediscovering Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange

I didn't know the Salve Regina website is associated with the FSSP, though I had been aware of the website's existence not too long after it was created. "It figures."

Friday, March 27, 2015

Fourth Lenten Sermon of Fr. Cantalamessa

On Friday morning Pope Francis attended the Lenten sermon of the preacher of the Pontifical Household, Franciscan Father...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 27, 2015

On Friday morning the preacher of the Pontifical Household, Franciscan Father Raniero Cantalamessa gave his fourth Lenten sermon in the Mater Redemptoris chapel in the Vatican.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 27, 2015

Santa Teresa de Jesús

Rorate Caeli: On the 5th Centenary of the Birth of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Catholic Reformer - Guest-post by Don Pietro Leone

Vida, Obra, Oración

More icons of the Carmelite saints would be beneficial for the West.

St. John Chrysostom Church, York, PA

Brandon writes: I thought I would share a couple pictures from my home parish in Pennsylvania! I always love seeing...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, March 27, 2015

website

Thursday, March 26, 2015

New Syro-Malankara Eparchies

Pope Francis on Thursday erected the new Eparchy (diocese) of St John Chrysostom of Gurgaon and a new Apostolic...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 26, 2015

A New Dominican Saint

A new Dominican saint . . . Praised be Jesus Christ!

Posted by Western Dominican Vocations on Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Related:

The student brothers of the Provinces of France and England meet at Oxford. Please pray for Dominican vocations and for all our brothers in formation throughout the world.

Posted by Western Dominican Vocations on Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Vocation Directors, Novice Masters, and Student Masters from the four U.S. Provinces, England, Ireland, and...

Posted by Western Dominican Vocations on Sunday, March 22, 2015

Vocation Directors of the four U.S. Provinces and the Provinces of England, Ireland and Argentina at the Interprovincial Formators' Meeting.

Posted by Western Dominican Vocations on Friday, March 20, 2015

Η προσευχή και η νηστεία απαραίτητα στοιχεία, εφόδια στην πνευματική πορεία μας προς την Βασιλεία του Θεού.

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Help my unbelief.

I believe, help my disbelief! Lord have mercy on me!

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 25, 2015

60 Minutes Story on Christian Persecution

The persecution of Christians is compared to the Holocaust. How long will the persecution of Christians in the Middle East continue?

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, March 26, 2015

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Gossip? Someone Needs to Squelch the Cardinals, Then.

GENERAL AUDIENCE: On Praying for the Synod on the Family"All the Pope, Cardinals, Bishops, priests, men and women...

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Pope At General Audience: Synod of Bishops Needs Prayers, Not GossipLeads Faithful in Prayer for Synod on the Family in...

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Another icon of the Holy Family, "Byzantinized" with the Greek--

Here is the prayer recited by Pope Francis at today's General Audience for the Synod on the Family.

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Wednesday, March 25, 2015

The Feast of the Annunciation

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

A New Sui Iuris Church







Another Western Saint in Need of an Icon Depiction?

Quote for March 24th"He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things."- St Alphonsus Liguori

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Also to be published by CUA Press in April 2015

Knowing the Natural Law: From Precepts and Inclinations to Deriving Oughts
Steven Jensen

The Incarnate Lord: A Thomistic Study in Christology
Thomas Joseph White, OP

Keith Lemna

He has written on Fr. Bouyer; perhaps he would be interested in a conference on Bouyer?

faculty page

Related:
Rev. Louis Bouyer: A Theological Giant | An Interview with Dr. Keith Lemna

"Perhaps the most fruitful terrain for future study of his thought at this point would be in comparing his work with Newman, say, or with that of Hans Urs von Balthasar. Balthasar, near the end of his life, placed his own thought in the "school" of Bouyer and the biblical scholars Heinz SchŸrmann and Heinrich Schlier. He distinguished this "school," all of whose adherents were rooted in biblical theology, from Henri de Lubac's ressourcement theology, with which Balthasar has generally been associated. The coherence between Bouyer's thinking and Newman's is worthy of its own special study. Moreover, only Pope Benedict XVI rivals Bouyer in being both a theologian and a scholar of liturgy. There is much that needs to be said regarding the uniquely liturgical theologies of both of these great men of the Church."

philpapers: "Louis bouyer's sophiology: A balthasarian retrieval," Heythrop Journal 52 (4):628-642 (2011)

Monday, March 23, 2015

Services for Fr. Thomas Hopko





Encyclical on Environmentalism to be Reviewed

Pope Francis To Review Encyclical on Ecology This WeekPontiff's Schedule Expected to Be Light, Says Vatican Spokesman

Posted by Zenit News Agency on Monday, March 23, 2015

Mariology as Theological Anthropology: Louis Bouyer on Mary, Seat of Wisdom.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Divine Liturgies, 150322





The Courage of Dietrich von Hildebrand

Crisis Magazine: Waging War against Hitler

Widow of a Martyr Speaks

Localism in Evangelization

Building Musical Bridges


Related:

Still a Bugaboo for Latin Traditionalists

Rorate Caeli: Colloquium on Religious Liberty in Norcia

Even though plenty has been writing either reconciling Dignitatis Humanae with previous papal statements or arguing that previous papal statements were not part of Sacred Tradition.

Romanian Masters

Saturday, March 21, 2015

The Feast of St. Benedict

March 14 on the Byzantine calendar.



Rorate Caeli: Fontgombault Sermon - Feast of Saint Benedict: "The Foundations of European Civilization are being destroyed by the liberally-minded."


Funeral for Fr. Thomas Hopko


Info at OCA.

Truncated video from today:

Do we speak of evil acts being blessings?

Blessing for the Church? How she handled it may be a blessing for the Church, but the act iself?



Interview with Archbishop Georg Gaenswein

Any Nuance?

A "New" Sui Iuris Church

Ordination of Archbishop Joël Mercier


Doing Some Reading on Sacrifice...

AntiphoN: Keith Lemma, Louis Bouyer’s Defense of Religion and the Sacred: Sacrifice and the Primacy of Divine Gift in Christian Liturgy

Friday, March 20, 2015

Discussion for the Sake of Discussion?

Chiesa: The Synod Market Index. Kasper Down, Caffarra Up

Six Monasteries

Fr. Matthew on Priesthood and Sacrifice

Fr. Matthew Baker: Priesthood and Sacrifice (Homily for Sunday of the Holy Cross)

Two More Lectures by Christopher Veniamin



Thursday, March 19, 2015

Memory Eternal.

Thomistic Circles: What is a Person?

Kasper on Francis, Again

How Pope Francis Sees the Church (via Pertinacious Papist)

Rethinking the Seminary

Seminaries: What Were and Are They For? by Fr. Anthony Perkins (via Byz TX)

Maxims for Christian Living by Fr. Hopko

Byzantine TX: 55 Maxims for Christian Living by the late Fr. Thomas Hopko

DSPT Aquinas Lecture 2015

St. Thomas Aquinas in Art & Legend by Michael Morris, OP



Embedded video can also be found here.

Fr. Thomas Hopko Has Passed

I will miss his series on Ancient Faith Radio




Jean Duchesne on Louis Bouyer



The second segment... "L'Esprit des Lettres accueille également Jean Duchesne pour son livre Louis Bouyer, édité chez Artège. L'auteur veut nous donner des clés de lecture pour comprendre et approfondir la pensée puissamment originale du père Louis Bouyer, souvent considéré comme l'un des grands théologiens du XXe siècle."

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Eastern Christian Books: In Honour of Thomas Hopko

Eastern Christian Books: In Honour of Thomas Hopko: The news has been circulating for more than a week that the Orthodox presbyter and theologian Thomas Hopko is in his last days. I met him b...

Figuring Him Out?

Chiesa: Vatican Diary / The two-step of the Argentine pope

Perfectly in keeping with tradition when he talks about abortion, divorce, homosexuality. But also open to changes in doctrine and practice. An anthology that intensifies the mystery

Paschal Evangelism

Aidan Hart on Inculturation in Iconography and Fostering Creativity

From 2012: Towards Indigenous and Mature Liturgical Arts

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Double Jubilee for the Dominicans

Actuosa, Again

NLM: A Note on Participation: What Can We Learn from the Word Actuosa? by Peter Kwasniewski

Funny that he cites Fr. Bouyer: "Louis Bouyer's definition is therefore perfectly on target: “Participation in the liturgy is the reception of sacramental grace through a living faith illumined and enflamed by the liturgy itself.”" After all, Fr. Bouyer was no Latin traditionalist.

Interior participation is nonetheless founded upon intelligibility of the liturgy.