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- Imrahil on 8 September – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – “The dawn foretelling the day”: “Sorry; my first paragraph was a quote (of our Reverend host) and should have been in italics.”
- on 8 September – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – “The dawn foretelling the day”: “I’ve always been puzzled that in the Vetus Ordo the Nativity of Mary is a feast of lesser weight (2nd…”
- on 8 September – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – “The dawn foretelling the day”: “For Eastern Catholics ( Orthodox in communion with Rome), the birthday of Mary. The Theotokos, is the Sunday Divine Liturgy.”
- on 8 September – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – “The dawn foretelling the day”: “As I said above…the faithful know it’s Our Lady’s birthday. Regardless of the rubrics, they are aware. They will find…”
- on Consubstantial with His Father. Consubstantial with His Mother.: “I find A Old Historian’s comment extremely moving. I wish Vatican insiders and clergy who are more interested in their…”
- on 8 September – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – “The dawn foretelling the day”: “The amount of evidence piling up gives weight to the prescience of the Ottaviani intervention. “… the Novus Ordo represents,…”
- on 8 September – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – “The dawn foretelling the day”: “Only in the “Bugnini” Vetus Ordo! before that it was a Double with simple Octave. So trumped the Sunday. It…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1115: “jaykay: Good eye! Regarding the very place where Julius Caesar was killed we have to move over from the V.…”
- on 8 September – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – “The dawn foretelling the day”: “Today’s feast is also, strangely, of lower rank in the Novus Ordo as well. The nativity of John the Baptist…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1115: “The inscription on the building draws one’s interest. The wonders of the web revealed that it’s at 19-23 Via Monte…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1115: “Ah, took me a couple minutes. 1. Qf3 threatens the rook on a8, whose only safe square is b8. Moving…”
- on Consubstantial with His Father. Consubstantial with His Mother.: “So I take it this means consubstantial with the Father in his divine nature and with Mary, his mother, in…”
- on Consubstantial with His Father. Consubstantial with His Mother.: ““IT IS ALL IN THERE.” As an altar boy in the mid-1950s, the last reading at mass, the “prologue” of…”
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Tag Archives: Orthodox
ASK FATHER: Validity of Catholic with Orthodox marriage
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Question on marriage: Canon Law says a Catholic marrying an Orthodox Christian by an Orthdox priest has a valid marriage (as long as the usual free to marry, openness to kids etc. are part of the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Msgr. Mannion supports ordination of deaconettes. Fail.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: One of our Diocesan (Salt Lake City) Priests [Msgr. M. Francis Mannion] wrote an op-ed for our local Diocese Newspaper entitled “Some Items That Caught My Attention Recently”. In this piece, (HERE) he talks about how the Eastern Rite … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Deaconettes, The Drill
Tagged deaconesses, deaconettes, Msgr. M. Francis Mannion, Orthodox
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47 Comments
Eastern Worship v. Western? Fair and unfair comparisons.
I ran into a couple videos online, one entirely unfair but mildly amusing and infuriating, the other more edifying and instructive. They both make a “comparison”, though shallow, of Orthodox and Catholic liturgical worship. First, infuriating and amusing and unfair. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Orthodox, Roman Rite, videos
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24 Comments
ASK FATHER: Why MUST one be in communion with Rome?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Why MUST one be in communion with Rome? The Eastern Church has celebrated the sacraments without communion with Rome for 1000 years, but still they have wonderworking Saints. GUEST “ASK FATHER” ANSWER from a priest who participates here: Why … Read More
ASK FATHER: Formal defection from Catholic Church to Orthodox Church
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My brother, who was baptized in the Catholic Church as an infant and received the sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation at the usual ages for our diocese, was received into the Greek Orthodox church by … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can Orthodox obtain indulgences through the Catholic Church?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am an Orthodox Christian. I believe that the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church are both Apostolic Churches, albeit, not in full communion. I converted to EO from Calvinism after being raised Pentecostal. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Both Lungs
Tagged indulgences, Indulgentiarum doctrina, Orthodox
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6 Comments
Fr. Z’s Voice Mail & ASK FATHER: Catholic and Orthodox wedding question
I’ve been monitoring my voice mail. A question came in a while back which I can now treat. Let’s have the audio… [display_podcast] This is an interesting question. I’m a Latin Church, Catholic priest and not really qualified to speak about … Read More
Orthodox Church to be re-built at World Trade Center
Here is a video which is a digital “tour” of the future St. Nicholas [Orthodox] National Shrine to be built at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. The video is pretty cool. I am not hot … Read More
ASK FATHER: Valid absolution from Orthodox priest, but not from SSPX priest?
From a reader… Quaeritur: Why is absolution from an Orthodox priest valid but absolution from an SSPX priest invalid? I was told by someone that this is one argument from the SSPX as to why their Confessions are valid. This … Read More
QUAERITUR: Greek island without a Catholic church on Sunday
From a reader: we will be on a Greek island without a Catholic church on a Sunday: can we attend the Greek mass and/or receive the Sacrament? You can, and I think should, attend the Greek Divine Liturgy if attending a … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can I be godfather to child of a former-Catholic, now Orthodox?
From a reader: A childhood friend of mine formerly a catholic “converted” to an Eastern Orthodox Church to get married. Now they are expecting their first child and have asked me to stand as sponsor for their child in their … Read More
The Russians aren’t coming! The Russians aren’t coming!
From Reuters: Exclusive: Orthodox leader urges Vatican to resolve dispute By Philip Pullella | Reuters – 23 hrs ago ROME (Reuters) – A senior leader of the Russian Orthodox Church on Monday called on the Vatican to do more to … Read More
Orthodox Bishop to Anglicans: you are doomed if you don’t stop
Remember what Card. Dias told the assembled Anglican leadership at Lambeth in 2008. He said that their course indicates they are heading towards "spiritual Alzheimer’s" and "ecclesial Parkinson’s" Now here is another warning. This comes by of His Hermeuticalness, Fr. … Read More
Imrahil on 8 September – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – “The dawn foretelling the day”: “Sorry; my first paragraph was a quote (of our Reverend host) and should have been in italics.”
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