"Sacrifice"

The thing that struck me was that I couldn’t explain to her, but it was a necessity that she go. Without sacrifices like hers the homestead is not viable.

The real gut check is the mapping of that onto oneself

Our lives are a blip and if we live well it is in our sacrifices https://t.co/Q6MKVbuSEj

— Joe Norman (@normonics) November 9, 2020

As One Could Guess, This is a Roman Catholic Essay

One that ignores Eastern Catholic canons and theology regarding marriage and ecclesial divorce. Latins need to stop speaking of the Church when they are really referring just to the patriarchate of Rome.

To see what the Church understands marriage to be, we must look to divine revelation in Holy Scripture and the Apostolic Tradition.https://t.co/3J4RDqAA5n

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) November 9, 2020

First Things

The Cathedral of St. John Lateran

Did you know that the Pope’s chair does not reside in Saint Peter's Basilica, but in the church of Saint John Lateran?

Today marks the dedication of Saint John Lateran, the oldest Western archbasilica commissioned by Constantine and seat of the Bishop of Rome. pic.twitter.com/TkkSnxbkfF

— IHE (@HumanEcologyCUA) November 9, 2020

Scotus on the Public Good

Scotus on the primacy of the political common good pic.twitter.com/rvsln4vu8O

— Jamie McGowan (@LegemPoneMihi) November 9, 2020

Bishop Bätzing Should Be Excommunicated

Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, has reaffirmed his view that intercommunion with Protestants should be possible, despite Vatican objections. https://t.co/d4QDIQ1XqA

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) November 9, 2020

Not Politically Correct

The Church helps sexual minorities overcome unnatural attractions—Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)https://t.co/bYLjZ4WJji

The Orthodox Church treats people with non-traditional orientations pastorally, not by expelling them from churches, but by helping them overcome their un... pic.twitter.com/ZVlKYWidtW

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) November 6, 2020

Hebraic Exceptionalism

Hebraic Exceptionalism and Western Exceptionalism (essay by Paul Krause) https://t.co/TQlJbUYjFJ

— ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) November 8, 2020

Imaginative Conservative

Byzantine Triumphalism

How much more do they have to lose before they learn the lesson? Lord have mercy. All jurisdictions will have to re-evaluate their notions of primacy and ecclesial authority before there can be full reconciliation. Matthew 20:25.

"The Church of Constantinople was blessed by God to be the guardian of the Tradition of the Apostles and the Fathers" #orthodox_times @EcuPatriarch

https://t.co/yQQ1syRyZZ

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) November 8, 2020

The Problem with Snippets

Is that they are too short and if they are valid, they must be understood within orthodoxy. One could read this from a Pelagian view, or from an orthodoxy synergist view.

Blessed Sunday☦️

"Think nothing and do nothing without a purpose directed to God. For to journey without direction is wasted effort."
-St. Mark the Ascetic pic.twitter.com/CacZ6K7ahX

— Ortho.Bro ☦️ (@bro_ortho) November 8, 2020

Nina Shea on the Sino-Vatican Agreement

This partnership comes at a very high price—for the Chinese Catholic Church and for the Vatican’s moral authority.https://t.co/r1t8cKutLk

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) November 8, 2020

Not a Fan of This Mosaic

It's as bad as the mosaic of Christ in the National Shrine. I am having a difficulty finding out from which temple this mosaic is; the photo itself has been used a lot without attribution.

Walter Hilton: "It is commonly said that a soul shall see our Lord within all things and within itself. True it is our Lord is within all creatures, but not on that manner as a kernel is hid within the shell of a nut, or as a little bodily thing is holden within another larger.》 pic.twitter.com/eCsoXyQBnr

— Akenside Institute for English Spirituality (@EngSpirituality) November 8, 2020

Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on St. Gregory of Nyssa

From our video archive, an exciting talk from Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on Saint Gregory of Nyssa - wonderfully entitled ‘Perpetual Progress, or Felix the Cat’! 🐈 https://t.co/BaDzqoIP6h

— IOCS - Cambridge (@IOCS_Cambridge) November 6, 2020

Oxford University Byzantine Society Call for Papers

#CallforPapers #CFP #Byzantinebrigade #Byzantine #History #conference @OxUniStudents @camedieval @CRASSHlive @kingshistory @clamskcl @IMEMSDurham @DumbartonOaks https://t.co/45m31FhqkL

— Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research (@OxfordByzantine) November 6, 2020

Sveta zaupokojena liturgija Hram Hristovog Vaskrenja Podgorica

Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica, Montenegro

Cathédrale de la Résurrection-du-Christ (Podgorica) 🇲🇪☦ pic.twitter.com/PIAp1TOxDu

— Gruzin 🇬🇪☦ (@gruziinn) November 5, 2020

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Szent Efrém Férfikar - Cserez pole sirokeje (arr. Bubnó Márk, szóló: Nagy Bertalan)

A Latin Apology for Roman Claims

Pope Peter defends the papacy while explaining its role and limits by Casey Chalk Joe Heschmeyer offers many of the standard Catholic arguments but also presents fresh material in his welcome and well-timed book.

Pope Peter: Defending the Church’s Most Distinctive Doctrine in a Time of Crisis by Joe Heschmeyer

A product of (Roman) Catholic Answers, so I expect no nuance or discussion of non-Latin ecclesiology or views regarding primacy.

Yet, as Heschmeyer rightly notes, popes can be both wrong or sinful, even egregiously so, without compromising the doctrine of papal infallibility. Infallibility does not mean impeccability. Nor does it mean everything the pope says or writes must be obeyed unquestionably. When the pope or the bishops exercise the powers of the ordinary or extraordinary Magisterium, we are right to obey. The rest of the time, as Heschmeyer rightly notes, we retain the right to ignore, or, given certain extraordinary circumstances, criticize what our Holy Father says or does.

This begs the question: When is the pope not exercising the powers of the ordinary or extraordinary Magisterium when he is putting forth his opinions regarding faith and morals?

Patriarch Mor Mikhayel Rabo aka Michael the Syrian

On November 7 the Syriac Orthodox Church remembers Patriarch Mor Mikhayel Rabo aka Michael the Syrian ♰ 1199.

He is described as “one of the greatest pontiffs of the Church of God, finest of the Patriarchs of Antioch, a scholar, famous chronicler, of graceful pursuit & deeds"

— Wisdom of the Syriac Orthodox Church ♰ (@SyriacMalankara) November 7, 2020

Yes, That is the Primary Purpose of Prayer

But there is a place for petitionary prayer as well.

"When we pray, it is certainly not a question of persuading God, of moving Him to change His providential dispositions; it is only a question of lifting our will to His heights, to will with Him in time what He has decided to give us from eternity." -Fr. R. Garrigou-Lagrange, OP

— Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP (@FrAquinasOP) November 7, 2020

The Peña Parra Case

A reminder that Becciu’s successor as sostituto was a curious choice of new broom… The Peña Parra case: An excellent test of Archbishop Vigano’s credibility | Catholic Culture https://t.co/kayz2SSBee

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) November 7, 2020