Thursday, January 07, 2016

The Baptism of Christ

Jesus restores water to its original intent, to truly clean, to truly refresh, and to truly satisfy our thirst.http://myocn.net/jesus-baptized/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, January 4, 2016

Ascetic Hesychasm

"It is true that the attitude on the part of ascetics towards the vagaries of human life provokes a variety of conflicting reactions in the psyche of the technically-orientated people of today."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, January 4, 2016

Fr. Michael Harper on the Holy Liturgy

"Fr. Michael Harper (1931-2010), Director of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, founding father and a Debuty Director of THE WAY, speaks on the Role of Holy Liturgy in Christian Faith."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, January 6, 2016

May Your Will Be Done...

"Our attitude is ‘May your will be done’. Then the potential develops within us to conceive of God as He is in His eternity."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Mt. St. Mary's College: Catholic and Dominican Institute - Sixth Annual Philosophy Workshop

Dei Verbum

5 Reasons to Read Dei Verbum

Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Chiesa: Nullity of Marriage. A Reform That Risks Sinking in the Dock

The extreme facility of the procedures was the solution contrived by Pope Francis to readmit the divorced and remarried to communion. But not everything is working out as planned. A commentary by the canonist Guido Ferro Canale

Monday, January 04, 2016

From Sr. Vassa for the New Year

"A 2-minute, New Year's reflection, on letting go and letting God, hosted by Dr. Sr. Vassa Larin of the University of Vienna in Austria."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, January 3, 2016

"Don't miss the award-winning New Year episode of Sister Vassa, featuring Saint Basil the Great and other puzzling, non-orthodox phenomena."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, January 2, 2016

Charismatic Theology

"Protopresbyter Emmanuel Klapsis, US, speaks on relationships among Charismatic and Academic Theology"

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, January 3, 2016

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"In this divine-human communion, man is enriched and in this he has his point of reference, which guides him and keeps him unabated on the path of truth which was revealed by Christ."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, January 3, 2016

New Book by Fr. Uwe Michael Lang

Insight Scoop: Fr. Uwe Michael Lang on how gesture, art, music, and architecture make present the sacred in the liturgy

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Hounds of the Lord

A new book on Dominican saints from Sophia Institute Press.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

A Step in the Right Direction?

Or getting away from the tradition of a particular Church without sufficient expalanation? Regardless of whether Sandro Magister likes the changes in emphasis or not, is his reporting accurate? If the Latins do move away from indulgences what change in teaching accompanies it? If none, then will the faithful be confused? A Latin traditionalist could argue that indulgences are the effect of God's mercy, in so far as He desires that we have a role in the economy of salvation.

Indulgences and Purgatory? Francis Has Mothballed Them

They were constituent elements of all the jubilees. But not of this one. The pope isn’t talking about them anymore, as if they would overshadow the absolute primacy of mercy