I viewed the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, from St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church in Stuyvesant Square, Manhattan, a block away from The East Village. The Pastor, Fr Ed Cimbala, offered the Palm/Flowery Sunday Divine Liturgy for the Start of Holy Week, which unlike in the Roman/Latin Church, is the end of The Great […]
Roman Rite Novus Ordo(New Mass): The Body of Christ, under the appearance of Unleavened Bread, will be distributed by Priest, Deacon or Extraordinary Lay Minister by placing the Sacred Host in one’s hand. Communicant will go 6 feet away & place the Host in one’s mouth & continue to one’s designated seat. This is the […]
This Holy Day Feast, though not of Obligation, also commemorates St. Basil The Great, Doctor of The Church. I was born in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, January 14th, 1955. Later in that year, the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the NY Yankees in a 7 Game World Series. Now realizing that January 14th is January 1st on […]
Within One, Holy, Catholic & Apostolic Church, there are two expressions for the Great Feast of Epiphany. In The Byzantine Rite, it is called Theophany. This is a Day which has not been hijacked for Political & Cultural Reasons. Theophany is the Revelation of Christ as being baptized in The River Jordan by St. John […]
On a Night of Great Awe & Wonder, the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to St. Luke, told us of Shepherds in the Field, tending their sheep, and being signalled to witness a Child in a Manger in a Cave, for The Child was to Redeem Mankind from their sins. They were afraid for […]
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