Friday, January 06, 2017
Pravmir: St. John of Kronstadt on Prayer by Holy Hieromartyr Seraphim (Chichagov)
Father John had the greatest gift of prayer. This was his distinctive characteristic. He profoundly believed with all his heart in the grace, given ...
Father John had the greatest gift of prayer. This was his distinctive characteristic. He profoundly believed with all his heart in the grace, given ...
Pravoslavie: The Holy Name by Fr. Stephen Freeman
It is easy to say, without fear of contradiction, that no group within Christianity holds greater reverence for the name of Jesus, in word and in practice than Orthodox Christianity.
It is easy to say, without fear of contradiction, that no group within Christianity holds greater reverence for the name of Jesus, in word and in practice than Orthodox Christianity.
Thursday, January 05, 2017
The Incarnation
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
Probably none of you has experience of being in the street; I had it when I was a child and a youth, and it’s a very unpleasant feeling to know that you have nowhere to go and that you are totally unwanted in any of the places that shine with light, which obviously speak of warmth to you.
The Nativity of Christ in Chronology from the Creation of Man
Anatoly Vitvitsky
The goal of this article is to show the results of a calculation of the “5508 years” according to texts of the first translation of the lost original of ancient Hebrew Old Testament Books, made by the Israelite translators from the third to second centuries B.C. (the Septuagint) and preserved up to the twenty-first century in the Bible published by the Russian Bible Society in the Russian language.
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
Probably none of you has experience of being in the street; I had it when I was a child and a youth, and it’s a very unpleasant feeling to know that you have nowhere to go and that you are totally unwanted in any of the places that shine with light, which obviously speak of warmth to you.
The Nativity of Christ in Chronology from the Creation of Man
Anatoly Vitvitsky
The goal of this article is to show the results of a calculation of the “5508 years” according to texts of the first translation of the lost original of ancient Hebrew Old Testament Books, made by the Israelite translators from the third to second centuries B.C. (the Septuagint) and preserved up to the twenty-first century in the Bible published by the Russian Bible Society in the Russian language.
Pravoslavie: The New Year: The Mystery of Time
Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann
On New Year’s Eve we feel the mystery of time more powerfully than at any other time.
Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann
On New Year’s Eve we feel the mystery of time more powerfully than at any other time.
It seems that the editor of Pray Tell approves, by the wording of his title: Hope for Shared Communion for Married Couples
Luthernas do not constitute an Apostolic Church.
Luthernas do not constitute an Apostolic Church.
Wednesday, January 04, 2017
CWR: Byzantine and Catholic in the Secular Northwest By Jim Graves
An interview with the Very Reverend Fr. Richard Janowicz, pastor of Nativity of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church in Springfield, Oregon, and Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of St. Nicholas of Chicago.
Church website and FB page
An interview with the Very Reverend Fr. Richard Janowicz, pastor of Nativity of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church in Springfield, Oregon, and Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of St. Nicholas of Chicago.
Church website and FB page
Tuesday, January 03, 2017
What's next for the progressives?
Intercommunion: The Next Step in Theological Ambiguity? by John M. Grondelski
Theologian: Shared Communion With Protestants Would be Blasphemy and Sacrilege by Edward Pentin
Msgr. Nicola Bux reflects on the possibility this pontificate is sympathetic to Protestant theologian Jürgen Moltmann’s theory of “open Communion.”
Theologian: Shared Communion With Protestants Would be Blasphemy and Sacrilege by Edward Pentin
Msgr. Nicola Bux reflects on the possibility this pontificate is sympathetic to Protestant theologian Jürgen Moltmann’s theory of “open Communion.”
Drop the Filioque From Liturgical Use
I actually agree with this. Either procedit should be limited to being equivalent to ἐκπορευόμενον (drawn from scripture), or it should be admitted that the Latin translation is not 100% accurate, if procedit is equivalent to προϊέναι. Should the translations of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed be 100% faithful to the original Greek. Should that be a matter of discussion for a reunion council?
Pray Tell: What to Do With the Filioque
Posted by Liborius Lumma
The filioque debate is a well known ecumenical issue. I give my ideas for a viable solution, mainly with regard to the liturgy.
Pray Tell: What to Do With the Filioque
Posted by Liborius Lumma
The filioque debate is a well known ecumenical issue. I give my ideas for a viable solution, mainly with regard to the liturgy.
Pray Tell: January 1st in the 17th century Chinese Liturgy
Posted by Audrey Seah
In 1670, following approval received in 1615 from Pope Paul V, a translation of the Roman Missal was published in classical Chinese. In the Missal, the feast on January 1st contains all the same readings as the Latin Roman Missal but bears a different title. Instead of the feast of the “Circumcision of the Lord,” the liturgical calendar names the day the “Establishment of the Holy Name of Jesus” (立耶穌聖名).
Posted by Audrey Seah
In 1670, following approval received in 1615 from Pope Paul V, a translation of the Roman Missal was published in classical Chinese. In the Missal, the feast on January 1st contains all the same readings as the Latin Roman Missal but bears a different title. Instead of the feast of the “Circumcision of the Lord,” the liturgical calendar names the day the “Establishment of the Holy Name of Jesus” (立耶穌聖名).
Monday, January 02, 2017
CWR: “The Best Books I Read in 2016”
CWR editors and contributors share their favorite reads from the last year.
Carrie Gress:
CWR editors and contributors share their favorite reads from the last year.
Carrie Gress:
Warriors vs. Worriers: The Survival of the Sexes (Oxford University Press, 2014), by Joyce Benenson with Henry Markovits
A priest-friend recommended this book earlier this year and I’ve been mulling it over ever since (I now own it in hardcopy and the audio version). At its heart, the book describes men as warriors and women as worriers. Tossing aside any politically correctness pretense, Joyce Benenson speaks directly about the difference between men and women based on her extensive international research across generations.
The book is broken into two sections. The first part discusses men and how the best way to understand them—whether on a sports field or in the boardroom—is as warriors. Competition among them is open, but the attributes of each are appreciated when there is a shared goal or enemy.
Women, on the other hand, are worriers. From the earliest of ages, females show great signs of concern about life in general and have a running interior dialogue to help deal with real or perceived dangers. Instead of a hierarchy like men, women operate from a very egalitarian mindset, which produces a lot of hidden competition with other women (along with limited resources). In fact, Benenson explains, this competition is so hidden most women don’t know they do it. Benenson offers three strategies explaining the ways women can dismiss or remove the threat of other women to which any woman will be able to relate.
This is an incredible resource, especially for those interested in understanding the opposite sex. It has perhaps the unintended effect of reminding us that the vocations of men and women are different, which is why our behavior, thought patterns, and relationships are different as well.
Sunday, January 01, 2017
Saturday, December 31, 2016
News About Chiesa
Announcement To the Passengers. Starting January 1, 2017, All Aboard a New Vessel
The website “www.chiesa” is suspending publication. But it will continue with the blog “Settimo Cielo,” which will still offer just as rich a harvest of news, analysis, documents on the life of the Catholic Church
The blog Settimo Cielo.
The website “www.chiesa” is suspending publication. But it will continue with the blog “Settimo Cielo,” which will still offer just as rich a harvest of news, analysis, documents on the life of the Catholic Church
The blog Settimo Cielo.
Friday, December 30, 2016
From 2014
Korea Today - History of Korean Catholicism 천주교의 역사와 현황
See also: Korea Today Ep635 History of Korean Catholicism
Korea Today Ep636 Korea's first Catholic martyr
Korea Today Ep637 Catholicism in Korea: Its Evolution and History 한국 천주교의 특징
See also: Korea Today Ep635 History of Korean Catholicism
Korea Today Ep636 Korea's first Catholic martyr
Korea Today Ep637 Catholicism in Korea: Its Evolution and History 한국 천주교의 특징
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
CWR: The Holiness of Fr. Walter Ciszek, S.J.
A review of With God in America, a new volume containing various writings and interviews with the remarkable American priest who spent 23 years in Stalinist prisons.
By Edward N. Peters
With God in America landed on my desk hot off the press in September but various projects prevented me from turning to it for some weeks. Finally, late one Monday morning, I poured a cup of hot tea and settled down in my comfy recliner to peruse this collection of writings by and recollections about the American Jesuit missionary, Fr...
A review of With God in America, a new volume containing various writings and interviews with the remarkable American priest who spent 23 years in Stalinist prisons.
By Edward N. Peters
With God in America landed on my desk hot off the press in September but various projects prevented me from turning to it for some weeks. Finally, late one Monday morning, I poured a cup of hot tea and settled down in my comfy recliner to peruse this collection of writings by and recollections about the American Jesuit missionary, Fr...
Monday, December 26, 2016
Chiesa: The Pope Is Not Answering the Four Cardinals. But Few Justify Him
There are more and more cardinals and bishops, however, who are lining up in support of the authors of the five questions seeking clarification on the ambiguities of “Amoris Laetitia.” Here they are, one by one
There are more and more cardinals and bishops, however, who are lining up in support of the authors of the five questions seeking clarification on the ambiguities of “Amoris Laetitia.” Here they are, one by one
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Is there a procedure for downgrading a metropolitan see?
I would not be surprised if the Archdiocese of San Francisco shrinks in the short term, parishes having to be closed and the archdiocese reducing its operations because of lack of funding. Meanwhile the diocese of San Jose may be doing better -- is there precedent for a metropolitan see being downgraded and being replaced by another city as the local metropolitan see?
Friday, December 23, 2016
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Without stability, how can there be community?
Liturgy in non-liturgical Spaces by Nicholas Denysenko
A group of people to meet in a place other than a temple because they cannot afford to build one -- why couldn't they have some sort of makeshift worship space at a home instead? But how can there be an effective practice of charity for the average lay person without a stable network of people?
Having reflected on many years of visiting missions and serving in a non-liturgical space in Kyiv, I ask myself, is there an argument to be made for establishing Church communities that have no aspirations for permanent parish status, but gather where they can for prayer, fellowship, and perhaps learning and service? Are we comfortable with the possibility that we might have to fine-tune our rite to liturgize effectively in unfamiliar spaces? My initial response to these reflections is to suggest that liturgy in non-liturgical spaces illuminates the qualities of gathering for the privilege of offering liturgy, and embracing the fact that Christian identity need not be shaped solely by a particular parish community. Is there a future for mobile and nimble Church communities that do not aspire to become parishes?
A group of people to meet in a place other than a temple because they cannot afford to build one -- why couldn't they have some sort of makeshift worship space at a home instead? But how can there be an effective practice of charity for the average lay person without a stable network of people?
Pravoslavie: Speaking Painful Truth in Love: Orthodox Ecumenism and St. Justin Popovic by Phillip Calington
St. Justin was a puzzling figure during his lifetime, and remains so, more than 35 years after his repose in the Lord. He was himself never a bishop, which allowed him to speak and write even more freely and openly about the issue of ecumenism.
St. Justin was a puzzling figure during his lifetime, and remains so, more than 35 years after his repose in the Lord. He was himself never a bishop, which allowed him to speak and write even more freely and openly about the issue of ecumenism.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
CWR: Cardinal Burke: "No, I am not saying that Pope Francis is in heresy."
In an interview with CWR, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke discusses the current controversy over "Amoris Laetitia' and the questions he submitted with three other bishops to Pope Francis.
By CWR Staff
In an interview with CWR, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke discusses the current controversy over "Amoris Laetitia' and the questions he submitted with three other bishops to Pope Francis.
By CWR Staff
The Nativity Fast
Pravmir: Nativity Fast: Renewing Our Zeal for Life with God by Priest Robert Miclean
One of the most beautiful and favorite classical music of Advent, this time of preparation for Christ’s holy Nativity, is Bach’s popular cantata ...
One of the most beautiful and favorite classical music of Advent, this time of preparation for Christ’s holy Nativity, is Bach’s popular cantata ...
Metropolitan Anthony on Christian Community
Pravmir: If We Were a True Christian Community… by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
Pravoslavie: Notes on the order of deaconesses in the Eastern Church (3rd-12th century) by Fr. Silouan Thompson (original)
Pravoslavie: Anastasia Rakhlina, Archbishop Theophylact of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk
“Power—this word seems to have a negative meaning, but the power of Mt. Athos is Love, which does not coerce but inspires and fills the lungs with air.”
“Power—this word seems to have a negative meaning, but the power of Mt. Athos is Love, which does not coerce but inspires and fills the lungs with air.”
Monday, December 19, 2016
New Studies on Homosexuality
The New Atlantis: Special Report: Sexuality and Gender
via
The Entire 'LGBT' Narrative Just Crumbled by Matt Barber
The Traumatic Foundation of Male Homosexuality by Joseph Nicolosi
via
The Entire 'LGBT' Narrative Just Crumbled by Matt Barber
The Traumatic Foundation of Male Homosexuality by Joseph Nicolosi
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Saturday, December 17, 2016
How important to the Roman ecclesial tradition?
Fr. Hunwicke, Seminary training (2) :
(3) Para 4 cheerfully informs us (without explanation) that presbyters are ordained "by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit". Such epicletic enthusiasms do not conform to the spirit and genius (or the texts) of the Roman Church and her liturgy, in which the Episcopate is typologically aggregated to the Aaronic High Priest; the Presbyters to the Temple Priests; and the Deacons to the Levites. This was the clear teaching of the Roman Church from I Clement down to the aftermath of Vatican II, when Dom Botte got his hands on the Pontifical.
See also: Seminary training (1)
Vatican Issues New Document on Priestly Formation
Pope Tells Seminarians to Promote "Belonging"
(3) Para 4 cheerfully informs us (without explanation) that presbyters are ordained "by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit". Such epicletic enthusiasms do not conform to the spirit and genius (or the texts) of the Roman Church and her liturgy, in which the Episcopate is typologically aggregated to the Aaronic High Priest; the Presbyters to the Temple Priests; and the Deacons to the Levites. This was the clear teaching of the Roman Church from I Clement down to the aftermath of Vatican II, when Dom Botte got his hands on the Pontifical.
See also: Seminary training (1)
Vatican Issues New Document on Priestly Formation
Pope Tells Seminarians to Promote "Belonging"
CWR Dispatch: A canonical primer on popes and heresy by Edward N. Peters
Those engaging in loose talk about popes and heresy should be very clear about what is at issue.
(original)
For declaring a pope a heretic or deposing the pope -- under what circumstances and perspectives were the canons written? Was the perspective of the Universal Church, especially as embodied in an ecumenical council, included?
Those engaging in loose talk about popes and heresy should be very clear about what is at issue.
(original)
For declaring a pope a heretic or deposing the pope -- under what circumstances and perspectives were the canons written? Was the perspective of the Universal Church, especially as embodied in an ecumenical council, included?
Friday, December 16, 2016
Chiesa: Francis Doesn’t Like the Seminaries. Because They Form Priests Who Are “Rigid” and Incapable of “Discernment”
Over just a few days, a hailstorm of rebukes. Which show the pope’s irritation over the criticisms of “Amoris Laetitia,” these too the fruit, in his judgment, of a legalistic and decadent mentality
Bergoglio, Politician. The Myth of the Chosen People
The pope of mercy is also the one of the anti-capitalist and anti-globalization “popular movements.” Castro dies, Trump wins, the South American populist regimes crumble, but he isn’t giving up. He is certain that the future of humanity is in the people of the excluded
Over just a few days, a hailstorm of rebukes. Which show the pope’s irritation over the criticisms of “Amoris Laetitia,” these too the fruit, in his judgment, of a legalistic and decadent mentality
Bergoglio, Politician. The Myth of the Chosen People
The pope of mercy is also the one of the anti-capitalist and anti-globalization “popular movements.” Castro dies, Trump wins, the South American populist regimes crumble, but he isn’t giving up. He is certain that the future of humanity is in the people of the excluded
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Transfiguration of Our Saviour Greek Orthodox Church, Florence, South Carolina
website
Interesting attempt to inculturate the temple architecture to its South Carolina environment. Colonial/neo-classical style?
Interesting attempt to inculturate the temple architecture to its South Carolina environment. Colonial/neo-classical style?
Monday, December 12, 2016
Fr. Z links to a Regina interview with Edward Petin regarding Pope Francis. He also links to an open letter by the two major NNL theorists, John Finnis and Germain Grisez, to Pope Francis regarding Amoris Laetitia, made available by First Things.
Catholic Herald Online
It's not the first time that Germain Grisez has written publicly about/to Pope Francis.
Catholic Herald Online
It's not the first time that Germain Grisez has written publicly about/to Pope Francis.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
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