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priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-62634327335349612022016-08-28T10:44:00.003-07:002016-08-28T10:45:21.642-07:00featured blog: Every Home a Monastery <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.everyhomeamonastery.com/byzconsin-wanna-hobbits/" target="_blank">from Every Home a Monastery:</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I firmly believe it is important for us as Christians, as people, to work together and support one another. I do not think God intended us to be alone, extremely isolated, or wanted us to desire to need no one else. We were made for community. The Holy Trinity is a community. The desire to want to be completely self-sufficient and depend, rely on, or need no one else goes against how we were made. What a sad, cold world we would have if we all became self-sufficient.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My thoughts on this do not mean I am against homesteading. I think it is important for many of us to get back in touch with past skills lost: growing our own food, having farm animals (for those of us who can ), making our own bread, canning, etc. Wanting to move to the middle of no where in isolation and depend on no one else for anything, that idea is what I think is wrong. It is an idea that is popular among Christians, and large families, and one I think people should really think through. We’ve had to due to our circumstances and I am glad we have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Besides the beautiful scenery and peaceful life I can imagine in Hobbiton, another appealing idea is the closeness of the hobbits. A closeness that is annoying at times, cumbersome even, but we see in Tolkien’s stories the beauty and true gift of friendship. Friendship is a constant theme and is woven throughout all of his writing. The need for community, the need to rely on others to get you through, the need to find hope through others when you want to give up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>“But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,’ said Frodo.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Sam looked at him unhappily. ‘It all depends on what you want,’ put in Merry. ‘You can trust us to stick with you through thick and thin–to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours–closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part of forming friendships is supporting one another, working together, building a community with each other. Families and monasteries do this on small scales, and we also need to enter into the larger communities we live in. Building a better world will only happen if we strive to build it together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“<i>Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>― J.R.R. Tolkien</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For now these wannabe Hobbits are going to keep learning homesteading skills, hopefully get a small garden growing this year, continue to try and support local businesses, and keep blogging our little adventure here in Saint Nazianz, Wisconsin. Right now, I am going to go plant my tomatoes. I’ll let you know how it goes."</span></div>
priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-3886476066177530592015-10-12T14:28:00.000-07:002015-10-12T14:28:10.277-07:00featured blog post: preach the Gospel at all times...via kaiserwest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://kaiserswest.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/preach-the-gospel-at-all-times-and/" target="_blank"><i>...an excerpt from kaiserswest..</i>..</a>"Our Church is universal, and made up of unique cultures, each one diverse and equal. And each time an Apostle established a Church, it was established where they preached and where they were. What they did not do was change the cultural norms in the places where they established the Church. The beliefs are the same, but they were practiced in ways the local Church understood. One is not better than the other. They are different. We love our universal our Church is… Christianity is in itself a universal faith. If you wear a cross around your neck anywhere in the world, you are communicating your faith to others without saying a word. In the world of the Egyptian Coptic Christians, because there was such persecution, they took to having a small cross tattooed on their inner right wrists. It is a practice they still have, delineating themselves from other faiths in a very diverse culture. Even today, in the USA, Coptic Christians will be given a cross tattoo on their wrists, to let everyone know their faith. They speak volumes without saying a word.</span></div>
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I have been struggling with my anger when people do not respect the verbiage of the faith I practice, where they insert terminology that is not common to the practice of Eastern Catholicism. It bothers me when traditions are set aside because people are not familiar with them, coming from a western mindset. I majored in Anthropology and Biblical Archeology in college. I have a different mindset, in that I love learning new things, new cultures, new traditions. I love embracing new things. But I also realize that I am only a sojourner. I am temporarily on this earth. Even if I cringe when a term is used that should not be, a practice is done that should not be, clothing worn that should not be, I am struggling inside myself to offer up prayers and to also pray for understanding, while remaining silent. I have come to realize that essentially, we are all the same. It has been hard won, that knowledge. We are Christians and we want the same thing – we want to be granted an eternity with Our Lord. Our goal is to welcome and include, not to be exclusionary and isolating. Our words can have devastating effects when we say them in anger or out of frustration."<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://kaiserswest.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/preach-the-gospel-at-all-times-and/" target="_blank">read the entire post here</a></span></div>
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priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-14566034188227284892014-03-02T11:02:00.001-08:002014-03-02T11:02:15.309-08:00featured blog: Melikite Eparchy of Newtown<div class="first-para" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 34.64533233642578px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 44px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SAD TO SAY, there are sincere believers who come to confession because they feel it is easier to repent before God than it is to apologize to people they have hurt! After all, God always forgives and the priest doesn’t try to make you feel embarrassed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the contrary, a sincerely repentant encounter with Christ, whether in confession or in the Eucharist, assumes that penitents have already repented to those whom they have offended. There is no greater sign of the authenticity of a person’s repentance than the willingness to do something concrete about it. Similarly there is no greater sign that a “penitent” is deceiving himself when he tries to apologize to God while avoiding the person he offended.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://melkite.org/faith/sunday-scriptures/forgive-others" target="_blank">....continue at melkite.org</a></span></div>
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priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-37670201754922721352014-02-13T13:07:00.006-08:002014-02-13T13:13:58.557-08:00Royal Doors: Featured Blog<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Have a keepable rule of prayer that you do by discipline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Say the Lord’s Prayer several times a day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Have a short prayer that you constantly repeat when your mind is not occupied with other things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Eat good foods in moderation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Keep the Church’s fasting rules.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Spend some time in silence every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Do acts of mercy in secret.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. Go to liturgical services regularly.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.royaldoors.net/2013/07/55-maxims/" target="_blank">Click over to 'Royal Doors' to continue with the '55 Maxims' and for other great Byzantine posts</a></i></b></span></div>
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<br />priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-91416378213636686432013-10-16T11:50:00.000-07:002013-10-16T11:50:30.702-07:00Where are they?<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My priest asked me recently a challenging question. In talking about the work that I do for the church, he wanted to know one simple thing about the people that I speak to about my faith, “where are they?”. As a priest, who is in a service to the priestly people of God, it is only natural that he expects results from my service to the church. Each week he provides me the power to become what God is through Grace by his ordained ministry. However, this communication of Grace is not to be isolated within my personal experience. Just as my priest communicates it to me in the church I must also communicate it to others outside of the church. In essence, at some point the Grace that I receive must contribute to the growth of my church. If my church is by chance not growing it might be due to my lack of effort. Consequently, in some ways this makes the ministry of my priest to some degree in vain. The bottom line is, if we are not contributing to the growth of our churches we are in some ways diminishing the very purpose of having a church.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Since the time of the Apostles, the Church has always grown primarily through sharing the message of Christ with other people. More specifically, a church will have its main growth from the proclamation of the Gospel, which is called evangelization. Despite what people sometimes think, evangelization is not being good at religion. Most often, there is a mistaken notion that we can just be good Christians and people will eventually want to join our churches. I often wonder, when people think this way, how many have actually joined their church by doing that. What is sad, is that I have met people who believe this, and some of them even think they are following a certain saying attributed to St. Francis that went, “preach the gospel at all times and if necessary use words”. What these people don’t realize, in using the saints words, is that people came from all over the world to HEAR his teachings on Christ. The truth is, there would be no Franciscans today if St. Francis went around and kept his faith to himself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I don’t know about you but my personal testimony is not always the best. For me, I don’t put much stock in a saying like the one I mentioned above that seems actually to be missing from the teachings recorded about St. Francis. Nor do I believe that I have achieved a “spiritual peace” that allows everyone around me to be saved, that St. Seraphim spoke of, which sometimes people in my own church use as an excuse for not proclaiming their faith. On the other hand, I do know that God loves me and He has provided a way for me to continue to grow in my experience of Him. In knowing this ,I do believe that I have something to offer a person in terms of helping them to know God. There is only one obstacle in my life that prevents me sometimes from sharing this faith and it is fear. You would think that after about 20years of going around and telling others about Christ I would be over my fear. The fact is, fear will never go away and each opportunity that I have to share my faith I must chose to overcome it. This is where that Grace communicated to me through the ministry of my priest plays a great role because through it I have the power to overcome anything.</span></div>
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priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-37357713267413734072013-10-02T10:09:00.001-07:002013-10-02T10:09:28.829-07:00Because we belong both to the Christian East and West...<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The schism between Catholicism and Orthodoxy remains a tragic reality of Christianity in the twentieth century and has been deeply felt in Ukraine: “Because we belong both to the Christian East and West, the schism goes through our whole being. Unfortunately, for the thousand years of the schism, we must state that the Roman Catholic Church has learned to cope without the Orthodox Church, just like the Orthodox Church has done so without the Roman Catholic Church. Each of them lives its life without needing the other. But we Greek Catholics need both the Christian East and West; the desire to find ways to unity has disappeared from our Church.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"Ultimately, the Liturgy has therapeutic power. </b>This is because it is not a performance, but an effectual representation of heaven and what goes on before the throne of God. It is also, as our Lord himself promised, an extension not only of his act of Sacrifice, but of his own self for the sake of his people. And this means, in turn, that the entirety of his teaching ministry and the entirety of his healing ministry are manifest there, alongside everything else. It means that when the Liturgy is celebrated objectively and without the undo interference of personality and idiosyncracy, of ego and fleeting taste, then God’s people can be assured of meeting him there, and of receiving his grace and mercies. In light of this, priests and people alike need to pursue the improvement of their liturgies in greater conformity to Tradition with some urgency. The wellbeing of our souls depends on it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Priest's Wife @ <i>Fear Not Little Flock </i>here</b>- I'd love to introduce you to some websites and blogs that will inspire your Great Lent</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">1. </span><a href="http://themasterbeadsman.blogspot.ca/2013/02/why-do-we-fast.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><i>The Master Beadsman</i></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Why Do We Fast? I have been questioned at work lately about the purpose of our Lenten fasting. Why do we fast? Why is it so important. Why do Roman Catholics give up things for Lent? And why are Eastern Catholics restricted to certain foods? There are, of course, a number of answers. We have fasted from ancient times. Fasting helps us to take our attention from the things of this world in order to transfer that attention onto God. Fasting reminds us that the things of this world are good, but that as Christians we seek a higher good, a life transfigured by the indwelling of the Trinity." <a href="http://themasterbeadsman.blogspot.ca/2013/02/why-do-we-fast.html" target="_blank">Continue at <i>The Master Beadsman</i></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the Byzantine tradition I believe there is a more complete understanding of the Lord’s death. In fact, each year we proclaim this during Holy Pascha when we say, “Christ is risen from the dead, By death He trampled death, And to those in the tombs He granted life”. From this perspective the Lord’s death becomes the means to end the problems with the human condition, which are the problems that keep us from God. Based on this, the guilt debt from sin is given a different position. Instead of our guilt being something that specifically makes God punish us with the fires of Hell it becomes more a power that leads us to our own self destruction. Being under the power of sin we are stuck in this cycle that leads to death, which is also a cycle that leads us to sin because we die. Finding ourselves in this impossible condition we are without a doubt in need of redemption. A redemption that not only just satisfies God’s wrath but one that gives us the freedom from our own condition." Continue at<i><a href="http://easterncatholicspiritualrenewal.blogspot.com/2013/02/death-on-byzantine-cross.html" target="_blank"> ECSR</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Let us stress once more that the purpose of Lent is not to force on us a few formal obligations, but to "soften"our heart so that it may open itself to the realities of the spirit, to experience the hidden "thirst and hunger" for communion with God. This Lenten "atmosphere," this unique "state of mind," is brought about mainly by means of worship, by the various changes introduced during that season into the liturgical life. Considered separately, these changes may appear as incomprehensible "rubrics," as formal prescriptions to be formally adhered to; but understood as a whole, they reveal and communicate the spirit of Lent, they make us see, feel, and experience that bright sadness which is the true message and gift of Lent." <a href="http://www.christthebridegroom.org/2013/02/bright-sadness.html" target="_blank">Continue at <i>Christ the Bridegroom</i></a></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">4.</span> <i><a href="http://www.theclaytonianchronicle.blogspot.com/2013/02/this-that-and-great-lent.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Claytonopolis</span></a></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Journey - I like to reflect upon how I am living out this penitential season. But, I am always cautious to do so on the internet, because we are called to do so in privacy. We are to "wash our face, anoint our heads" and partake of our Fast with joy and love of the Lord. Lent is a great gift to us. It is an opportunity to turn ourselves back to the way things ought to be. It is a time to be less self-absorbed with the physical and balance the physical with the metaphysical. Ah, Lent! It is a rich season of our faith. It is the story of the creatures' life with the Creator. Liturgically we journey from creation, fall, exile and to the Apex of our exile--Christ and our Salvation. It's an amazing journey. I have been partaking in Lent since I was a little girl and each year Lent grows into something bigger and more beautiful. I learn new things about the tradition each year. I wonder if there will ever be a year where I say, I think I have completed the full journey of Great Lent." Continue at <i><a href="http://www.theclaytonianchronicle.blogspot.com/2013/02/this-that-and-great-lent.html" target="_blank">Claytonopolis</a></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">5. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Lent, I have been enjoying the 'Lentcasts' of Fr Z, pray-as-you-go as usual and <a href="http://www.catholicradiointernational.com/lightoftheeast.php" target="_blank">the radio programs of <i>Light of the East</i>.</a> try it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Holy Church gives us different ascetical practices that help us achieve a change of heart towards God. In my opinion, these Four ascetical practices take on a greater role during the Great Fast:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Realizing, repenting, and confessing ones transgressions before God and neighbor 2. Fasting from certain types of food 3. Increased prayer and alms giving 4. Increased scriptural spiritual readings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are by no means the only four aspects of the spiritual life that can aid us during the fast, but I find that these four are what our Church stresses the most during this season. As with all things in the spiritual life, seeking the advice of one’s Spiritual Father is paramount to any Great Fast observance. (You wouldn’t start taking heart medicine without seeking the advice of a physician, would you? Same thing when it comes to spiritual medicine)" Continue at <i><a href="http://saintjamesprayforme.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/the-great-fast-begins/" target="_blank">Ramblings of a Byzantine Catholic</a></i></span><br />
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priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-43976246169364874052013-01-07T18:51:00.001-08:002013-01-07T18:51:35.280-08:00Favorite Blog: Wake Up & Smell the Incense<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://easterncatholicspiritualrenewal.blogspot.com/2012/10/simply-byzantine.html" target="_blank">Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal </a>continues to be a wonderful resource for all who want to learn about or strengthen their understanding of Byzantine spirituality. The most recent post is titled 'Simply Byzantine': </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We as Byzantines celebrate our faith in some of the most profound ways. However, sometimes in expressing what we have to others we lose the simplicity of our faith. So much so that we often find ourselves at a loss when we want communicate what we believe. As a result, sharing our faith is often reduced to a come and see our church method. This method of itself can be beneficial but without a real substantial communication of our faith the results are often less than life changing. Sharing our faith should not be a task where we hope that others will find our faith when they visit our churches. Rather, at that moment of sharing our faith we should "always be ready to explain"(1peter 3:15)" what we believe. This is only possible by discovering the simplicity that makes our Byzantine tradition great."...continue reading at <a href="http://easterncatholicspiritualrenewal.blogspot.com/2012/10/simply-byzantine.html" target="_blank">Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal.</a></span></div>
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priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-8335747191963148462012-10-03T14:28:00.003-07:002012-10-03T14:28:44.435-07:00Featured 'Roman Friend of the East': Ascending Mount Carmel<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe it is the recent immeasurably sad events in Egypt, Lebanon and other formerly primarily Eastern Christian nations. Maybe it is a proper appreciation for diversity. Maybe it is an interest in older ways. I don't know what it is, but there seems to be a better understanding, or at least awareness, of the Eastern rites among Roman-rite Catholics. </span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bigpulpit.com/" target="_blank">Big Pulpit</a></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> has been featuring some Byzantine bloggers and articles. I was pleasantly surprised to see</span><a href="http://ascentofcarmel.blogspot.com/2012/10/fr-theodosius-shares-his-insights-on.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> this interview with a Ukrainian Catholic priest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> at </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ascending Mount Carmel</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-72594419935832920352012-09-28T11:47:00.004-07:002012-09-28T11:48:59.233-07:00Featured Video- Vocations to Priesthood & Religious Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-75598969553154654932012-09-24T16:20:00.000-07:002012-09-24T16:20:20.095-07:00Recommended Prayer Book Resource<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you ever observed an Eastern Catholic cantor during Liturgy? There are so many books to juggle! The Melkites have <a href="https://melkite.org/products-page/prayer-books" target="_blank">some beautiful prayer books</a> for lay people and others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"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).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the traditional Morning Prayers and Prayers Before Sleep</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">prayers for use throughout the day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prayers of preparation/thanksgiving for Holy Communion and Confession</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calendar of Saints and Feasts, with troparia, for every day of the year</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Wisdom of the East: selected writings of the Church Fathers on prayer and related topics;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and spiritual guidance for living always in the presence of God</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glossary of terms and bibliography of selected texts on Eastern Christian spirituality</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Handy insert for Society of Publicans with calendar for praying for all the churches of our Eparchy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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."</span></div>
priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-32788220522553030522012-09-16T03:30:00.000-07:002012-09-16T11:08:23.073-07:00Featured Religious Community- Byzantine Carmelite Nuns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Byzantine Catholic religious are primarily Basilian, but <a href="http://www.byzantinediscalcedcarmelites.com/" target="_blank">you will find some exceptions</a>. 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! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.byzantinediscalcedcarmelites.com/" target="_blank">Byzantine Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Pennsylvania</a></span></div>
priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-78139749889110351512012-09-09T03:30:00.000-07:002012-09-09T03:30:00.546-07:00Featured Business- The Master Beadsman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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<a href="http://themasterbeadsman.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> prayer ropes from the Master Beadsman </a>in time to gift friends and family for the holidays!</span></div>
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priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-49111617372257745892012-09-02T19:39:00.000-07:002012-09-02T19:39:14.672-07:00Featured Blog- Claytonopolis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>This week's featured blog is <a href="http://www.theclaytonianchronicle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Claytonopolis</a></b>, 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 <a href="http://www.theclaytonianchronicle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Claytonopolis</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>please comment or email me with any Eastern Catholic links that are missing from the page- I especially would love your international links!</b></i></span></div>
priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-14314896086172203872012-08-26T20:36:00.005-07:002012-08-26T20:36:55.818-07:00Keep Calm <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from <a href="http://wusti.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Wake Up and Smell the Incense</a></span></div>
priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-3503927500254011242012-08-26T19:46:00.004-07:002012-08-26T19:48:17.189-07:00fear not, little flock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the blog <a href="http://prayerofsaintephrem.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><i>Prayer of St Ephrem</i></a></span></div>
priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831604785072469355.post-72419958751995143642012-08-26T18:34:00.000-07:002012-08-26T18:34:40.660-07:00Education and Evangelization<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Welcome to<i> In Union with Rome</i>! </b>This blog will be a definitive listing of all those great blogs and websites out there that are educating and evangelizing the world about the Catholic Church and more specifically the Eastern rites of the Catholic Church.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would appreciate any links that you would care to share and also notifications if a link goes 'dead' before I catch on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At this point, I will not be writing original content for this blog (find me at <a href="http://remnantofremnant.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fear Not Little Flock</a> for original postings), but I would like to feature blogs or websites that I especially appreciate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be listing 'ecumenical' links for those friends who are Orthodox or Anglican and/or who are 'Catholic-friendly.' If you would like your blog or website included, please email me at remnantofremnant.gmail.com</span></div>
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