Featured Video- Vocations to Priesthood & Religious Life

Byzantine Catholic Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life

Recommended Prayer Book Resource

Have you ever observed an Eastern Catholic cantor during Liturgy? There are so many books to juggle! The Melkites have some beautiful prayer books for lay people and others.

"This beautiful prayer book, designed for personal use, contains over 600 pages of the traditional prayers of the Eastern Churches offered by generations of Christians — spiritual publicans — who heeded the Lord’s call to repent and “seek, first, the Kingdom of God” (Mt 6:33).

This treasury of prayer includes:

the traditional Morning Prayers and Prayers Before Sleep

prayers for use throughout the day

and prayers for various needs, such as: prayers for the dead, for the sick, for married couples, for travelers, for deliverance from addiction, for the clergy, for purity, for healing from cancer, for aborted children, and many others

Prayers of preparation/thanksgiving for Holy Communion and Confession

Calendar of Saints and Feasts, with troparia, for every day of the year

Nine Canons and Akathists, including the Paschal Canon, the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete, the Akathist to the Mother of God, and the Paraklesis service

The Wisdom of the East: selected writings of the Church Fathers on prayer and related topics;

and spiritual guidance for living always in the presence of God

Glossary of terms and bibliography of selected texts on Eastern Christian spirituality

Handy insert for Society of Publicans with calendar for praying for all the churches of our Eparchy

The Publicans Prayer Book is a valuable help for Eastern Christians who seek to sanctify their daily lives by responding to the Lord’s call to “pray at all times” (Lk 21:34). It also makes an especially meaningful gift for anyone who loves the Lord on occasions such as: graduation, holidays, names day, birthday, first confession, anniversary, etc."

Featured Religious Community- Byzantine Carmelite Nuns

Byzantine Catholic religious are primarily Basilian, but you will find some exceptions. We stayed in the guest quarters of this convent ten years ago. They live in enclosure, so we only met the Mother Superior. I am happy to see that they have young vocations. Many blessed years in health and happiness, Sisters! 

Byzantine Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Pennsylvania

Featured Business- The Master Beadsman

The Master Beadsman makes prayer ropes, used for the Jesus Prayer in the Byzantine tradition. Please consider a fair-trade and handmade Christmas and order some prayer ropes from the Master Beadsman in time to gift friends and family for the holidays!

Featured Blog- Claytonopolis

from Claytonopolis

This week's featured blog is Claytonopolis, a blog written by a Byzantine Catholic mother of four young children. She is an inspiration, writing color-in icons (like the beautiful Dormition of the Theotokos above) for her children and being very involved in their education. Visit her at Claytonopolis!

please comment or email me with any Eastern Catholic links that are missing from the page- I especially would love your international links!