Friday, December 25, 2015

Mysterion Xenon

Magister in "Good Standing" Once Again

NCReg: Vatican Returns Magister's Press Credentials (via Fr. Z)

עִמָּנוּאֵל Immanuel

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

The Nativity icon is a beautiful reminder to praise the birth of Christ and to remember the celebration of Christmas is one for me and you. #myOCN #Nativityhttp://myocn.net/the-icon-of-the-nativity/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Eastern Christian Books: Holy Men on the Holy Mountain

Eastern Christian Books: Holy Men on the Holy Mountain

Nice Image of the Theotokos

Of Human Institution and of Positive Law

Fr. Hunwicke: Apostolos suos and Episcopal Conferences

Ad Orientem

‘Ad Orientem’: The Cardinal Virtues of Worship
Cardinal Robert Sarah and others encourage priests and people to look east.

(via Fr. Z)

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Who's Anchorless?

Rorate Caeli: 10th Anniversary of the Hermeneutic of Continuity Speech by Peter Kwasniewski

If Sacred Tradition is not to be identified with neo-scholasticism or Latin theologoumena, then maybe it isn't so difficult to figure out what is in continuity and what is not.

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Interview with Vicar General of Opus Dei

Mariano Fazio

More papalist than the current Society of Jesus?

Eastern Christian Books: Formation of the Syriac Churches: an Interview with Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

Eastern Christian Books: Formation of the Syriac Churches: an Interview with Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

Is the use of poetry and figurative language in Syriac theology culturally linked to the use of the same in the Old Testament? A Semitic preference for that approach? Or the absence of a developed philosophical tradition?

An Opus Dei Take on Marriage

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Correction from a NeoCath

Fr. Schall gives an approval of Michael Novak's latest on Catholic social teaching: Crisis: What “Social Justice” Really Means by Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Old Rome

Pope Francis, on the occasion of the Jubilee of Mercy, has granted that all the bishops of the world may impart the Papal Blessing with a plenary indulgence.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, December 13, 2015

More Branding

The official hymn of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in the Philippines.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, December 14, 2015

Third Advent Sermon

The third and final Advent sermon for 2015 was preached on Friday by the Preacher of the Pontifical Household, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., at the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the Apostolic Palace.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, December 18, 2015

Video of the Pope Emeritus

Der Weihnachtsbaum auf dem Petersplatz hat zwei Spitzen, eine für Papst Franziskus und eine für Papst em. Benedikt, wie die Pfälzer ihren Baum beschreiben. Er kommt aus Bayern, genauer gesagt aus dem Bistum Regensburg, daher hat die Delegation auch den bayerischen, emeritierten Papst Benedikt getroffen.

Posted by Radio Vatikan on Saturday, December 19, 2015

Prayer of the Heart

"Prayer, especially the Jesus Prayer (‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy upon me’), through which we are united to God, is...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, December 19, 2015