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"Today the concept of truth is viewed with suspicion, because truth is identified with violence. Over history there have, unfortunately, been episodes when people sought to defend the truth with violence. But they are two contrasting realities. Truth cannot be imposed with means other than itself! Truth can only come with its own light. Yet, we need truth. ... Without truth we are blind in the world, we have no path to follow. The great gift of Christ was that He enabled us to see the face of God".Pope Benedict xvi, February 24th, 2012
The Church is ecumenical, catholic, God-human, ageless, and it is therefore a blasphemy—an unpardonable blasphemy against Christ and against the Holy Ghost—to turn the Church into a national institution, to narrow her down to petty, transient, time-bound aspirations and ways of doing things. Her purpose is beyond nationality, ecumenical, all-embracing: to unite all men in Christ, all without exception to nation or race or social strata. - St Justin Popovitch
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Important Christian Literature
- "Cyberdesert" the Fathers on Prayer & the Christian Life
- "On Inmages" (Hilary of Poities John Damascene
- Abandonment to Divine Providence (Jean-Pierre de Caussade
- Ascent of Mount Carmel (John of the Cross)
- Augustine Baker (home page)
- Augustine Baker OSB "Sancta Sophia"
- Conferences of St John Cassian
- Confessions & Enchiridion (S> Augustine)
- Life of St Benedict (S. Gregory the Great)
- On St Symeon the New Theologian (i-pod)
- On the Gospel of St John and the "Epistle to the Hebrews (S. John Chrysostom)
- Paradise or Garden of the Holy Fathers vol. 1 (S. Athanasius)
- Paradise or Garden of the Holy Fathers vol.2. (S. Athanasius)
- Revelations of Divine Love (Julian of Norwich)
- Sermon on the Mount, Harmony of he Gospels, Sermons on the Gospels (S> Augustine)
- Spiritual Canticle of the Soul
- St Dionysius "Mystical Theology"
- St John of the Cross "The Dark Night of the Soul."
- The City of God (S. Augustine)
- The Cloud of Unknowing
- The Divine Names & Mystical Theology (S. Dionysius the Areopagite)
- The Inarnation (St Athanasius)
- The Life of St Teresa of Avila OCD
- The Practice of the Presence of God (Br Lawrence)
- The Rule of S. Benedict
- Works of Suplicius Severus, S. Vincent of Lerins, and S. John Cassia
Monastic Links
Followers
Orthodox Monasteries Throughout The World
Benedictine Order -website
Orthodox Monasticism in Patristic and Monastic Studies
My Blog List
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International Human Rights Committee record yet another brutal murder of an Ahmadi Muslim in Pakistan as Naseer Ahmad was savagely stabbed to death at the main bus stop in Rabwah - INCIDENT BRIEFANOTHER AHMADI MUSLIM SAVAGELY MURDERED IN RABWAH IN THE NAME OF RELIGIONIt is with agonizing, heart-rending grief that we come to you with...1 day ago
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An Idol is Anything That’s Not God - Festal homily of Bishop Grigorije of Düsseldorf and Germany (here), on the feast of the Holy Prophet Elijah the Tishbite: Glory to You, O Lord, glory to Yo...1 week ago
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No Equal Representation Necessary - The video of our dialogue on "The Consistent Ethic of Life after Dobbs" with @erikabachiochi, Kathleen Domingo, @bpdflores, @JustinEGiboney, @MollieOReil...3 weeks ago
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Recent Fresco Iconography in Belgium - The rector, Fr. Dominique Verbeke, and his counsel, asked me to present a proposal on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Orthodox ...5 weeks ago
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It’s Time to Say Goodbye - Christ is Risen! After almost 20 years of keeping a blog, I’ve decided I will close down this site at the end of summer, 2022. You can find my posts on th...2 months ago
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When America Met Thich Nhat Hanh - . by Jim Forest I first met Thich Nhat Hanh in May 1966. At the time Lyndon Johnson was America’s president. The steadily rising level of US troops in Viet...7 months ago
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The Byzantine Gender Reveal - When I see the way my wife comforts our children, I see God as the Mother loving them through her. I may not see this image of God perfectly, but I kn...1 year ago
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Certain brethren of good repute and holy life (XXI) - CHAPTER XXI. Of the Deans of the Monastery 26 Feb. 28 June. 28 Oct. Should the community be large, let there be chosen from it certain brethren of good rep...2 years ago
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Gov. Cuomo’s Theological Confusion - Abridged from “Governor Cuomo and God’s Noncompetitive Transcendence” By Bishop Robert Barron Last week, Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, made a ra...2 years ago
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Being Like Our Lady in the Time of Pandemic - Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice ~ Being Like Our Lady in the Time of Pandemic - Friar David L. Jones We find ourselves in the eye of a tornad...2 years ago
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Get It - I haven’t updated this blog in over six years, so probably no one is going to read this post, since all my former readers gave up on me a long time ago. Bu...2 years ago
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‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ - Please consider giving a few dollars to a family in desperate need. GoFundMe Advertisements4 years ago
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Greatness in Repentance - When God described Nineveh as being the great city, He was not considering its ignorance and sin, but looked with great joy at its profound repentance ...6 years ago
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Over 9,000 people killed, 20,000 wounded during conflict in Donbas — UN - GENEVA, /TASS/. More than 9,000 people — both civilians and military, have been killed and over 20,000 have been wounded as a result of the conflict ...6 years ago
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Temporarily – No Comment - God willing, the content of this blog will be migrated to its new site, starting sometime after midnight (here in East Coast America). I have been asked to...9 years ago
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- THE DIVEYEVO TRADITION in two parts. (Diveyevo is...
- MEDJUGORJE: A BBC DOCUMENTARY
- THE MEANING OF BAPTISM
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- PRAYER AND MONASTICISM IN ORTHODOX TRADITION Bisho...
- Christmas and Easter: Words of Pope Benedict XVI
- Dom Columba Marmion on the Interior and Exterior D...
- ABBOT PAUL'S HOMILY FOR THE EPIPHANY 2011
- The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom celebrate...
- Brought to Christ's Holy Orthodox Church: Benedict...
- JOSEF PIEPER, LEASURE AND THE POPE.
- THE ORTHODOX C.S.LEWIS by the Rev. Robert C. Stro...
- [Irenikon] Communion and Otherness
- The Truth About the Pope—and Why It Matters | An I...
- Life According to the Rule (by Dom David Knowles)
- HAPPY EASTERN CHRISTMAS AND HOLY THEOPHANY
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- Living Tradition ORGAN OF THE ROMAN THEOLOGICAL FO...
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