Our readings this weekend are again taken from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans and St. Matthew’s Gospel. In Romans we hear these words of Paul: “Through him [Jesus] we have gained access by faith to the grace in which … Continue reading
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In the last issue I shared information about how the present four gospels that make up the New Testament (NT) was finally chosen. These four gospels ac-quired importance because of the names attached to them: John was an important figure … Continue reading
While we worship God in union with Jesus, our worship is now a stylized ritual that remembers how and what Jesus did to worship God. Our Liturgy is, first and foremost, a ritualized way for us to offer “THANKSGIVING” to … Continue reading
I am sure that it has become quite obvious to all those who have consistently read my Bulletin and also this particular article, the “call to holiness” is a call to understand human life and why life is the way … Continue reading
Our Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is the largest of the Eastern Catholic churches that are in communion with Rome. Christianity was established among the Ukrainians in 988 by St. Volodymyr and follows the Christianity established by missionaries from Constantinople. It … Continue reading
The notion that human kind was created according to the image of God found an enormous resonance in the hearts and minds of the Fathers of the Church, especially the Eastern Fathers. There seem to be several converging reasons for … Continue reading
Why, Gregory speculates, is our knowledge of God for the present fragmentary at best? His answered was that in this life we simply are too weak to view God’s nature and essence directly. Gregory held the hope that such will … Continue reading
On this second weekend after Pentecost, our readings are taken from Paul’s Letter to the Romans and Matthew’s Gospel. With Pentecost the Church ends taking our readings from the Acts of the Apostles and John’s Gospel. Christians in Rome were … Continue reading
Absolutely critical to our understanding of Eastern spirituality is our acceptance of how the Fathers conceived the nature of humanity. This follows upon the thoughts I shared in the last issue of this article. The Eastern Fathers of the Church … Continue reading
Because our entire liturgical life is based on the ritual of the Byzantine Church, our theology, which flows from our liturgical practices, is Eastern. It truly differs from Western Roman Catholicism. We are Catholic because we are in union with … Continue reading