THE GOSPEL (For the Ninth Sunday of Luke) The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (12:16-21) Context; 13 Then someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." 14 But Jesus said to him, … [Continue reading]
Lecture – Why Beauty Matters
November 16, 2024 By
Fr. Anthony riffs on the subject of beauty, sharing how a life lived in Mystery satisfies our insatiable longing for communion with the perfectly beautiful, good, and true and how beauty manifests itself in this world in how it works with the marred … [Continue reading]
Bible Study – Revelation Session 8
November 15, 2024 By
Revelation: Lesson 8 Revelation 4:1 – 5:1 Andrew of Caesarea, Commentary on the Apocalypse, ed. David G. Hunter, trans. Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou, vol. 123, The Fathers of the Church (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, … [Continue reading]
Homily – Veterans Day
November 11, 2024 By
The Good Samaritan and Veteran's Day St. Luke 10:25-37 Introduction. The Deeper Magic of Unity. The Division of Mankind into Nations. The Demons, our Fallen Psychology, and the Reification of Separation. The Coming of … [Continue reading]
Introduction to Chanting – Class 5
November 11, 2024 By
Today, we talked about the kind of culture we should have at the kliros (to include risk aversion and gentleness). We worked on intonation and antiphonal psalmody, and talked about being patient as our skills develop. Check out this episode! … [Continue reading]
Lecture – Iconoclasm
November 10, 2024 By
The Decree of the Holy, Great, Ecumenical Synod, the Second of Nice (787 AD). 549 (Found in Labbe and Cossart, Concilia. Tom. VII., col. 552.) THE holy, great, and Ecumenical Synod which by the grace of God and the will of the pious and … [Continue reading]
Bible Study – Revelation Session 7
November 9, 2024 By
Revelation, Session Seven Christ the Savior, Anderson SC Chapters Two and Three – the letters to the seven churches Sources: The translation of the Apocalypse is from the Orthodox Study Bible. Lawrence R. Farley, The Apocalypse of St. John: A … [Continue reading]
Bible Study – Revelation Session 6
November 9, 2024 By
Revelation, Session Six and Seven Christ the Savior, Anderson SC Chapters Two and Three – the letters to the seven churches Sources: The translation of the Apocalypse is from the Orthodox Study Bible. Lawrence R. Farley, The Apocalypse of St. … [Continue reading]
Lecture – On Beauty; Lessons from the Gulag
November 8, 2024 By
The Good News I According to St. John: In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that … [Continue reading]
