In the last issue of the article I challenged my readers to think about what they understood to be God’s Divine Plan for them and others? I shall not yet share my thoughts about God’s Divine Plan but, rather, continue … Continue reading
Category Archives: Learning About the Practices of Our Religion
In the last issue I began sharing my thoughts about one of the main prayers of the ANAPHORA of our Divine Liturgy. It begins as a prayer to the FATHER and then transitions into remembering what the SON, Whom the … Continue reading
Where we left off in looking at our Divine Liturgy, was the prayer/hymn of the Seraphim and Cherubim: Holy, Holy, Holy. What immediately follows this hymn/prayer is the prayer to the Father which is said by the priest on behalf … Continue reading
After the first priestly prayer of the Anaphora, all present are called upon to sing the Seraphim’s song, namely the Holy, Holy, Holy. The first line is the hymn is found in Isaiah 6:3 and also Revelation 4:8. In Isaiah … Continue reading
After we, as the Church, lift up our hearts, we are called to give thanks to the Lord. Our response is to state quite specifically our belief that it is proper and just to worship the Father, Son and Holy … Continue reading
In the last issue of the Bulletin, I began a closer look at the prayers of the Anaphora, the core of our Liturgy. After the celebrant asks that the grace of Jesus, the love of the Father and the communion … Continue reading
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
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
It has been said that the Liturgy is the HEART of the Greek-Catholic or Eastern Christian experience, the place where one meets the Lord and learns to abide and live with Him. Not only this; it is through the Liturgy … Continue reading
In the sacrifice that we communally offer, we give ourselves over to God because, knowing God, we cannot but love Him, and loving Him, we cannot but strive toward Him and toward unity with Him. But sins encumber us and … Continue reading