After we pray the Creed, which in our Greek-Catholic Church is prayed at every Liturgy, we enter into the most sacred part of our worship, that is the ANAPHORA. This is a Greek work which also entered into the Latin … Continue reading
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Although I have shared the substance of the first six Ecumenical Councils with my readers before, I would reiterate their substance again so that all might have a firm understanding of our faith. Our Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church embraces these as … Continue reading
The 23rd Step on St. John’s Ladder, is entitled PRIDE. Pride begins where vainglory leaves off. Its midpoint comes with the humiliation of our neighbor, the shameless parading of our achievements, complacency, and unwillingness to be found out. It ends … Continue reading
As we end this eighth week after the feast of Pentecost, our readings are from the Letter to the Corinthians and Matthew’s Gospel. Paul’s words at the end of the reading are profound: The message of the cross is complete … Continue reading
As I have tried to suggest, the call to holiness is a call to make every effort to become more like Jesus – to embrace His ways of thinking and acting. This takes faith. This takes a true belief that … Continue reading
Can it be said that the Council of Chalcedon solved the Christological problem? Certainly not. Like all balanced, conceptual formulas, it solved certain problems but created new ones. Actually, the fathers of Chalcedon were conscious of the limited character of … Continue reading
At this point in my presentation of our worship of God, I would return again to the actual prayers and actions of our Liturgy with one thought in mind, namely that the Liturgy can be, if we truly participate in … Continue reading
To understand our Greek-Catholic Church I am convinced that you have to understand the meaning of Sacred Tradition. I have been sharing thoughts about what Sacred Tradition is. Tradition is certainly not something extra to the Bible’s message. On the … Continue reading
After we pray in the Our Father for God’s Kingdom to become a true reality in our lives, we pray: Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Unfortunately I have found that these words are often … Continue reading
I would share a few last thoughts on the 22nd Step of John’s Ladder, VAINGLORY. John remarks that vainglory induces pride in the favored and resentment in those who are slighted. If we always held back on complimenting people but … Continue reading