Category: ByzCath
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Lift High the Cross
Aposticha of the Elevation of the Holy Cross Hail, life-bearing Cross, invincible trophy of true religion, door of Paradise, support of the faithful, wall of the Church. Through you corruption has vanished utterly and been destroyed, the power of death has been swallowed up and we raised from earth to heaven. Unconquerable weapon, opponent of…
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Frankly, Kyrill
When should one change churches?
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Vo-Disc
Back in the 80s, VoTech was like a HS that people went to when they did not want to go to college. (Think it’s the same now?) Because of this it was often depicted as a place for lesser achieving students. I bet they are earning tons more money than most of my college friends.…
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Homily Endpoint
Here’s the way the Homily came out. The two halves got reversed. The Homily starts at about the 6 minute mark.
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Vlog, Homily Preview
The folks over at Blaze Media reprinted my essay, I was in Hell. The texts for the Sunday of the Man Born Blind: Glory Let us, the faithful, praise and worship the Word, co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, born for our salvation from the Virgin; for He willed to be lifted up on…
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How did this happen?
The True Story of how I ended up Byzantine Catholic.
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Paschal Hours
Christ is Risen! In the Eastern tradition, regular hourly prayers are suspended through bright week (from Pascha until the following Saturday). During that time the following Paschal Hours are read for all the “minor” hours – The midnight office, Prime, Terce, Sext and None and Compline – during the day (Matins, Vespers are also in special…
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Let Everything Praise
Everything in the universe is called to praise God – and we are duty-bound to do the calling.
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All Nations Shall Come
The slow process of Gentiles realizing, “There are gods and you’re pretty awesome among them, in fact, you’re so awesome there is only one God. You.”
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Shuv – שוב
Who needs to turn?
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Carlton your Doorman
What do we do when the enemies are really real?
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Make you to shine
What do we do when the enemies are really real?
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Enemies happen.
What do we do when the enemies are really real?
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When does the Passion start?
Today in our Julian Calendar parish, the Feast of the Annunciation coincided with the Sunday of the Holy Cross. This sparked this meditation on “When does the passion start?”
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High Noon
The prayer for “It’s the middle of the day and that guy in the next cubicle is about to get me fired.”
Orthoparadoxy 