Light of the East

Just as men need women and women need men, the Western Churches need the Eastern Churches and vice versa. What gifts do the western Churches need from the East?

"So ancient yet so new. How late have I found Thee.” The words of St. Augustine to Our Lord might also be the words of those who have found a place within the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Do you want to remain hopeful, faithful and negotiate through the strife, division and confusion of our times? Look into the timeless wisdom of the Church’s liturgy and saints.

On thousand seven hundred years ago, 318 bishops gathered in a town in what today is the nation of Turkey to make a statement that is as relevant today as it was one thousand seven hundred years ago.

This Jubilee Year in the Church is dedicated to the virtue of Hope. Our guest, Kevin Matthews, will share how he found hope for his own brokenness through a broken statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

It should be obvious to anyone that the problems besetting America and the whole world will need Divine intervention. It is to the intercession of the Mother of God, that the Church and civilization has often turned.

Have you noticed that more young men are showing up in Church these days are becoming more active? A number of these men are looking to the Eastern lung of the Church. What is attracting them?"

It is Providential that the Feast of the Exultation of the Cross in both lungs of the Church, lands on the day of Our Lord's Resurrection. Paradox is the very essence of the mystery of the Cross.

Pope St. John Paul II reminds us that the Catholic "breathes with both lungs east and west." There are actually 21 different, ancient and venerable ways to be Catholic

Tomorrow is the new year: 7,534. Yes, it really is and it is the Church's New Year's Eve. Strange as this sounds we will see why it all really matters.

Pope St. John Paul II reminds us that the Catholic Church breathes with both lungs East and West. There are actually 21 different ancient and venerable ways to be Catholic.

Liturgy is more than an obligation. It is a blueprint for all of life, the sanctification of time, space and matter, the revelation of the true nature of things.

What does it really mean to be human? This week in many Eastern Catholic Churches, we stand between the nature of our origins and our glorious destiny as human beings.

"What is the significance of a personal encounter between a lay Eastern Catholic and Pope Leo XIV? Back from his pilgrimage to Rome, we will hear from the most influential lay ecumenist in the Eastern Catholic Churches today. "

Charity begins at home. As the Church is charitable throughout the world, let charity also begin at home with: Things that a Latin Rite Catholic should never ask and Eastern Catholic.

Pope St. John Paul II reminds us that the Catholic "breathes with both lungs east and west." There are actually 21 different, ancient and venerable ways to be Catholic

Pope St. John Paul II reminds us that the Catholic "breathes with both lungs east and west." There are actually 21 different, ancient and venerable ways to be Catholic

The question of "what is the difference between a Latin Rite Catholic and an Eastern Rite Catholic?" cannot be answered in one word or a single book. We can, nonetheless, provide some answers to the question.

St. Augustine said to Our Lord, “So Ancient, Yet So New, how late have I found Thee.” The words of St. Augustine to Our Lord might also be the words of those who have found a place with the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Artificial flowers, artificial flavors, artificial birth control and now it’s artificial intelligence known as AI. Is there any place anymore where things are real and natural? One place to look is the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Remember that day when the training wheels were removed from your bike, and you had to pedal your two-wheel bike on your own? That's what is happening on this , Sunday of All Saints.

There are Gifts, Fruits, and Inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Discernment of the Holy Spirit and a Church that is very much powered by a conscientiousness of the Holy Spirit. Welcome to the natural charismatic Eastern Catholic Churches.

On thousand seven hundred years ago, 318 bishops gathered in a town in what today is the nation of Turkey to make a statement that is as relevant today as it was one thousand seven hundred years ago.

As a new Pope has ascended the Chair of St. Peter, Our Lord ascends into Heaven. We will Look at these two "Ascensions" from the perspective of Eastern Christian spirituality.

Today the parish that has brought you the "Light of the East" is celebrating its 25th anniversary. We will look at the character of an Eastern Catholic Church through Annunciation Byzantine Catholic parish in Homer Glen, IL.

We are halfway through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the sending down of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. It is a week filled with miracles, martyrs and Apostles

The story of the Pontificate of Pope Francis will likely unfold for some time. We will look at the legacy of Pope Francis in respect to the Eastern Catholic Churches.

On the Sunday after Pasca, both lungs of the Church converge at the theme of God’s mercy. For the Latin rite, it is Divine Mercy Sunday. For many Eastern churches it is the Sunday of Doubting Thomas.

As we have died with Christ, we now rise with Him in his bodily resurrection making all things new not just 2,000 years ago, but even at this very moment and forever.

In many Eastern Catholic Churches Lent has ended. But a separate and more ancient period of fasting has begun, the Week of the Bridegroom.

On this Sunday of Lent in many Eastern Catholic Churches a woman is put before our eyes who is a model of repentance, reverence for the Eucharist and hope for women experiencing shame.

The Great Spiritual Master, St. John Climacus will take us higher and higher on his Ladder of Divine Ascent. The first two rungs of this ladder will be renunciation and obedience.

Does abstaining from meat, dairy, sweets, wine, oil, iPhones and entertainment and adding more prayer seem unreasonable? It is actually the norm that Lent seeks to bring us back to.

Short but mighty, brief but powerful, the Prayer of St. Ephrem is the official prayer of the Great Fast in the Byzantine Catholic Church exposing our demons yet pointing to virtues.

If one picture is worth a thousand words, then the worth of a holy icon is priceless. Through the ages those who defended holy images against detractors are heroes of the True Faith.

'Hide not your face from your servant; for I am in distress.' The words of Adam and Eve as Lent, the season of the Great fast, now begins in the Eastern Catholic Churches.

A loving God would not really send someone to hell forever, would he? Why do Catholics pray do dead people? Learn what the Eastern Catholic Churches say about these and other related questions.

The Scripture parable of the Prodigal Son is our story - a choice for the delusion of ideology or a choice for reality, right reason and our ultimate glorious destiny.

Pope St. John Paul II reminds us that the Catholic "breathes with both lungs east and west." There are actually 21 different, ancient and venerable ways to be Catholic

In a temple, the Elder Simeon holds Christ in his hands and then asks to be dismissed from this world. What do we say with God entering our entire being.

Ah yes, the good old days of the Church, bar fights over who was the greatest among three great Fathers of the Byzantine Church. I know! Let's celebrate all three of them on the same day!

The calendar of the Church seems to be in a lull at this time, and, we are in the dog days of winter. Yet, in the Byzantine Liturgical calendar this time sparkles with brilliant saints.

Almighty God raises up in each age, certain persons who turn the Church and the world on its axis. Pope Benedict XVI in our age and the desert monastics in an early age are some examples.

As though being born and laid in a manger in Bethlehem was not humbling enough, Our Lord chose to lower himself in the lowest spot on the Earth’s surface, the river Jordan. There he would be baptized for our sake and God as Trinity would be revealed.

There was no room at the Inn for the Holy Family traveling to Bethlehem. Is there room in Iowa for a Byzantine Catholic priest and his community? Find out, from our special guest.

All families have their story, from sinners to saints, so it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God still works out His divine plan which is the miracle of this season.

St. Pope John Paul II described monasticism as the "reference point for all the baptized." During this season, we return to our baptism through, monasticism. Our special guest will explain.

Do not celebrate Christmas. That's Right. Do not celebrate Christmas. Rather, rely on the Church's preparation for Christmas to help you enter the mystery of the Incarnation and be transformed by it."

As we draw near to the Nativity of Our Lord, we look back on the ancestry of Christ and the many foretellings and prefigurements of Christ in the Old Testament.

So which are you...? A 'Rad Trad', a Pro-Popolo Novus Ordo or maybe Ad Orientum Novus Ordo, or just plain confused and fed up? The Eastern Catholic Churches are here to help.