As I attempted to express in the last issue of this article, prayer is essential for our spiritual life. We cannot maintain any type of real relationship with God if we don’t engage in prayer. Spiritual writers divide prayer into … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Spirituality Of the Christian East
As I shared in last week’s Bulletin, we cannot grow in a personal relationship with God without prayer. The foundation for any real relationship with God is prayer. The evangelists, especially St. Luke, tell us that Jesus frequently went off … Continue reading
When I think about the spirituality of the Christian East, I immediately think about the Transfiguration of Our Lord. This event in the life of Jesus always reminds me that the task of this earthly life is Personal Transformation. In … Continue reading
I have been stressing in this article that we must, if we are to spiritually grow, know the worship practices of our Church and the theology that supports these practices. I have stressed that we must reassess our understanding of … Continue reading
I have, in this article, emphasized the fact that our Eastern Spirituality, because of our theology and liturgical practice, must be different than Western Spirituality. I have also emphasized, in saying this, that one is not necessarily better than the … Continue reading
I have, in this article, been sharing thoughts about the Spirituality of the Christian East. The difficulty that we must confront as Eastern Christians is threefold: the influence that Western Christianity has on our thinking; the influence the Roman Church … Continue reading
One of the elements of Eastern Spirituality is obedience to the will of God. To obey, in the context of scripture, means to lend an ear to the expression of another’s will, and to respond to it. Obedience, then, is … Continue reading
It has been my sincerest hope that these articles on Eastern Spirituality are helping my readers see that Eastern Christianity presents a different and equally authentic approach to spirituality. One of the problems, I believe, that we have as Eastern … Continue reading
One of the foundational elements of authentic Eastern spirituality is, of course, the Eastern Church’s understanding and image of God. For the Eastern Church God incessantly creates anew, whereas man holds fast to what is old, both to his comforts … Continue reading
I sincerely believe that Eastern spirituality has much to offer humankind. I also truly believe, however, that whether we are aware of it or not, our thinking about spirituality has been highly influenced by the western world which seems to … Continue reading