Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Rorate Caeli links to this sermon: Priestly celibacy is more than a discipline

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St. Aelred of Rievaulx

Once I Was a Clever Boy: St Ailred of Rievaulx



Of course the Institute of the Incarnate Word is Involved

A Fabro Symposium...


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Pope Francis on Mercy

During his weekly general audience, Pope Francis spoke on the mercy of God as spoken about in the Bible.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Sounds More Like a Defense of the Current Bishop of Rome

than something dealing with the occupants of that see for the last two centuries...

Catholic News Service's Carol Glatz reports on a new Italian title, RISPONDE PAPA FRANCESCO - “Pope Francis Replies: Every Interview and Press Conference.”

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, January 9, 2016

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Prayer

Fr. Stavros teaches that prayer is communication with God, a dialog that brings guidance, peace and balance to life.http://myocn.net/what-is-prayer-2/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Simeon and more...

"Now You dismiss Your servant, O Lord, in peace!"

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Chiesa: Married Priests. The Germany-Brazil Axis by Sandro Magister
In the accounts of a German theologian and a Brazilian bishop, Francis’s plan to allow local exceptions to the norm of clerical celibacy. Beginning with the Amazon

If the report is accurate, it is shameful that the liberals are linking one with the other. The patriarchate of Rome has more to worry about than solving the shortage of priests, and even if it were financially feasible to have married priests on a wide scale, there are other serious problems that need to be addressed first (and the financial problems of the churches is a part of the current crisis of the Latin churches).

Reaction at Rorate.

From Ancient Philosophy to Christian Wisdom

Fr. Brian Daley, SJ and Remi Brague

Monday, January 11, 2016

More Love from Magister for Benedict XVI

All the Mysteries of the First Sacrament. Unveiled

Collected here for the first time are the fifteen baptismal homilies delivered by Benedict XVI at the Easter Vigil and on the first Sunday after Epiphany, when he baptized adults and children

Fr. David Meconi, S.J. on EWTN Live

09/09/2015

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Eastern Christian Books: Will They or Won't They? On the Holding of Church Councils East and West

Eastern Christian Books: Will They or Won't They? On the Holding of Church Councils East and West

Fr. Silouan Justiniano on Naturalism and Abstraction in iconography


Fr. Silouan Justiniano continues his essay on Naturalism and Abstraction in iconography.

Posted by Orthodox Arts Journal on Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Saturday, January 09, 2016

What fruits of peace and justice without Christ and the Holy Spirit?

"That sincere dialogue among men and women of different faiths may produce the fruits of peace and justice" -- Pope Francis on Interreligious Dialogue

St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov): “The Activity of Prayer Is the Highest Activity of the Human Mind”
The one who seeks corruptible earthly blessings in his prayer rouses the indignation of Heaven’s King against himself. The angels and archangels-His ...

The Ancestors of Christ: What Do All These Names Mean? by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
The two readings which we have heard to-day, that of the Epistle and that of the Gospel present us with two aspects of Israel's faith and ...

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