Featured Articles – Page 20

Mar

04

2015

By Fr. Michael Winn

The Great Fast – The Journey to Paradise

Mar

03

2015

By Robert Taft

Anamnesis not Amnesia – The Healing of Memories and the Problem of Uniatism

Christian Life, Faith, Featured Articles

21st Kelly Lecture, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, Canada 1 December 2000 The Very Rev. Archimandrite Robert F. Taft, S.J., Vice-Rector of the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome No one who keeps abreast of the religious news can be unaware that ecumenical relations between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches are in a period of crisis, worse, perhaps, than at any time since the official international ecumenical dialogue between these two communions began in the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council. The Eighth Plenary Session of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox…

Feb

16

2015

By Brent Kostyniuk

Walking Together

Both Lungs, Featured Articles

by Brent Kostyniuk For six years now, this column has worked at spreading the message of St. John Paul II who proclaimed that the Church – that is you and I – should breathe through both lungs, East and West. One who breathes through both lungs is Fr. Mark Woodruff a priest with bi-ritual faculties serving both the Latin and Ukrainian Catholic Churches in London, England. Having previously explained how he came to his deep appreciation for the East, Fr. Mark now offers his views and experience of East and West. Moreover, based on that experience, he challenges us to…

Feb

11

2015

By Fr. Roman Planchak

Living with Christ Great Lent at Home

Christian Life, Featured Articles, Liturgy

From the Eparchy of Newton. Resource for Great Lent at Home: Great-Lent-at-Home-Complete-w-Cover. PDF, 556KB, 28 pages)

Feb

11

2015

By Fr. Roman Planchak

Consecrate a Fast

Christian Life, Featured Articles

BEFORE THERE WERE FREEZERS and refrigerators, preparing for the Great Fast involved cleaning out any meat or dairy products on hand. In parts of Europe meats would be cured for consumption after Pascha. Many Greeks observe what has been called “Roasted Thursday” – the Thursday in Meatfare week when all meats would be cooked to be eaten by the weekend. Many Slavs observe maslenitsa, the Slavic version of carnival, using remaining dairy products to make blini and other rich pastries for Cheesefare week. Another aspect of preparing for the Great Fast – which has nothing to do with food –…

Feb

08

2015

By Fr. Michael Bombak

The Three Holy and Great Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom

Christian Life, Featured ArticlesBasil the Great, Bombak, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever!" Have you ever been to a symphony and noticed what happens before all the playing begins? All of a sudden you hear the first violinist play a note and everyone tunes their instruments to that one particular and distinct note. This note is the note "A 440." Without hearing it at the beginning the instruments would be in their own tuning instead of tuned together. Without being reminded of this note at the beginning of the show, the show wouldn't be a show. All the notes which the orchestra will play…

Feb

08

2015

By Brent Kostyniuk

Fr. Mark Woodruff </br>Bi-Ritual Faculties

Fr. Mark Woodruff
Bi-Ritual Faculties

Both Lungs, Featured Articles

by Brent Kostyniuk Back in September, Both Lungs recalled a particularly uplifting Divine Liturgy I attended while on holidays in London. The celebrant was Father Mark Woodruff who had been ordained in the Latin Church, but who had bi-ritual faculties. This month, Both Lungs visits with Father Mark to get a different perspective on the Eastern Church and its relationship with the West. Father Mark’s interest in the East began through ecumenical work. “For many years, I have been involved with Catholic ecumenical engagement. In England in the past we concentrated on unity among Western Christians, but in the last…

Feb

08

2015

By Fr. Roman Planchak

Instructions for Lent From Our Lord Jesus: Pray, Fast and Give Alms

Christian Life, Featured ArticlesAlms Giving, Fasting, Great Lent, Prayer

Matthew 6: 1-21, NKJV 1* "Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2 "Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4* so that your alms may be in secret;…

Feb

08

2015

By Fr. Roman Planchak

Lenten Prayer

Featured Articles, PrayerGreat Lent, Prayer

The Prayer of St. Ephrem O Lord and Master of my life, keep from me the spirit of indifference and despair, lust of power, and idle chatter. (Prostration) Instead, bestow on me, your servant, the spirit of wholeness of being, humility, patience, and love. (Prostration) Yes, O Lord and King, grant me the grace to be aware of my sins and not judge my brothers and sisters; for You are blessed, for ever and ever and. Amen. (Prostration) The Lenten Prayer of St Ephrem the Syrian, by Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann Of all lenten hymns and prayers, one short prayer can…

Feb

08

2015

By Fr. Michael Winn

Examination of Conscience for Adults