Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Dialogue in Cairo

Glad to be partners with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ecumenical and international dialogues!

Posted by Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs on Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Khouria Krista West on Beauty in Orthodox Worship

Valuing Beauty in Orthodox Worship:Khouria Krista West suggests that we should pursue beauty in our churches/worshiphttp://myocn.net/valuing-beauty-in-orthodox-worship/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, February 6, 2016

Common Medicine

"Prayer is an aid in our lives: talking to God, forgetting earthly matters, ascending to heaven."

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, February 8, 2016

"Holy Mountain's Secret Cry"

"Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios, Ierotheos, speaks on Mount Athos' secret cry"

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Patriarch Bartholomew

Fr. Chris shares a reflection on the Patriarchate of Constantinople in preparation for the Holy and Great Council to be...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Pan-Orthodox Council will be upon us in a few short months. Find out what we can and can't expect. #myOCNhttp://myocn.net/authority-in-orthodox-christian-councils/

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, February 6, 2016

New Gracanica Serbian Orthodox Monastery

Matins at New Gracanica Serbian Orthodox monastery in Third Lake, IL. Thank you for sharing, Nebojsa!

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, February 10, 2016

"Union" or "Communion"?

Some will probably quibble with the wording of the article...

Apologia Pro Unia by Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille
I am a uniate, and I am not ashamed of being a uniate. The imperative of union—however problematic its execution—is from the Lord.



Fr. Rutler on Lent

Why We Need Lent by Fr. George William Rutler
Lent is a small familiarity with the inexhaustible drama of redemption in which eternity transfigures mortality.

Inspired to love (St Josemaria & Opus Dei) / Inspirados para amar (San Josemaría y el Opus Dei)

Saturday, February 06, 2016

The Hope of Universal Salvation

At least Aquinas and the scholastics gave a definition of hope and distinguished it from charity. In order to answer the question whether we can have the theological virtue of hope for the salvation of all, we must first define hope and determine whether it is the same as desire or wishing or is a kind of desire or wishing. Do we love all men (with charity) and thus desire their salvation? If yes, then can we not hope for their salvation as well?

"Universalist" hope is not the same as the belief that all will be saved.

Fr. Al Kimel: May We Only Wish for the Salvation of All?

But What Else Would He Say?

As a curial official who probably believes he has the responsibility to protect the institutional image of the papacy and of the Church...

Cdl. Müller discusses mercy, stresses continuity between Benedict and Francis



A Scientist Critiques The Force Awakens

One of the last entertaining sections of AICN: Copernicus on the Science of THE FORCE AWAKENS Part 1 and Copernicus on the Science of THE FORCE AWAKENS Part 2

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav on the Meeting of Francis and Kirill

UGCC: «I do not expect that much will change» - His Beatitude Sviatoslav on the Meeting of Pope Francis with Patriarch Kirill

His Beatitude Sviatoslav: “What sea our spirituality is similar to: “lively” sea of Galilee or Dead sea?

If You're in the Philadelphia Area

NLM: What Do Catholics Believe About Icons? Talk in Philadelphia, Saturday, February 13 by David Clayton
Pravmir: "The Psalms Are My Refuge": Archbishop Anastasios on Prayer
Archpriest John Breck

His Eminence Archbishop Anastasios (Yannoulatos) arrived in Albania in 1991, to assume archpastoral duties in this impoverished country, which during ...