Light of the East

Devotional practices between the Eastern and Western lungs of the Church are often different from each other, yet they arrive at the same point. These differences are not deficits but rather, complements.

The raging of the sea, the raging of nations, fire in the sky, just some of the warnings of the end times. Are the end times really near? The answer is both yes and we don't know.

There is saint spelled with a small 's' and Saint spelled with a capital 'S' The life of a baptized Christian is a journey toward turning a small 's' into a capital 'S'

We revisit a fundamental question that is often asked and often not well understood. What exactly is meant by the different Rites of the Catholic Church? How and why are they different?

'God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.' Learn how you can help the author of these words to be declared a saint.

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.

Every Eastern Christian church has its own ancient and indigenous chant which is sung by the faithful during liturgical services. This gives cantors a special place in Eastern Christian Liturgy.

AH Yes those hazy lazy days of summer. But not so fast with the ribs, burgers and brats. We have some preparing to do that will be good for our soul and our body.

An invocation to the Holy Spirit, the Heavenly King and Comforter, begins all prayer all prayer services in the naturally charismatic Byzantine Catholic Church.

We revisit a question often asked and often not well understood. What exactly is meant by the different rites of the Catholic Church? How and why are they different?

The Nicene Creed as proclaimed that every Byzantine Divine Liturgy has its significance and relevancy today as it did during its beginnings in the Church Fathers gathered in Nicaea in 325 AD.

Story telling is the essential way that our Lord and the Liturgy of the Church immerse us into the drama and message of the scriptures. Our special guest Eric Groth tells stories through the medium of film.

The sanctity of marriage and the whole order of man and woman finds its context in the liturgy and iconography of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. His Resurrection is also our resurrection

Have you been to so many doctors, taken so many treatments and medication and nothing seems to work? The resurrected body of Jesus Christ and Liturgy of the Church can actually offer real healing.

This week, through the liturgy of the Church we become the Myrrh-Bearing Women who are the first to hear of Christ's Resurrection. The fact that it was women is very providential.

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.

Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen! As we mystically suffered and went to the Cross with our Lord, so to must our Lord's Resurrection now be our own resurrection, our own victory over sin and death.

St John Paul II said that monasticism is the reference point for all of the baptized. Lent is our monastic experience. An example of two desert monastics are put before our eyes as our guides.

Words like Perichorresis, Kenosis, Theoria Theologica sound unfamiliar but together with the liturgical monastic tradition they make up the potpourri of Eastern spirituality.

Three great ascetics are put before our eyes as our guides at this point of Lent. As Pope Saint John Paul II said, 'Monasticism is the reference point for all of the baptized.'

There's a humanitarian disaster on the southern border in the United States of America. For a simple solution look no further than the Liturgy of the Eastern Catholic Churches.

On the Second Sunday of Lent, we focus on contemplative prayer which enables us to see the crises in Ukraine, the mystery of the Cross put before the eyes of the world.

We revisit a fundamental question that is often asked and often not well understood. What exactly is meant by the different Rites of the Catholic Church? How and why are they different?

The Season of the Great Fast, Lent, emphasizes almsgiving for which the Eastern Catholic Churches are a worthy focus as they are at the epicenter of much global strife.

In the 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?

The next runner to receive the baton in the relay race has to start running before the actually receive the baton from the previous runner. So it is now in the liturgical calendar of many Eastern Churches.

Within only a few weeks of each other two giants have been lost to the Church in these modern times. How does this concern or impact the Eastern Catholic Churches?

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 in a manger in Bethlehem was not humbling enough, Our Lord lowered himself into the Jordan River for our sins and God as Trinity was revealed.

Blessed New Year to all! Don't take down the decorations just yet. We are not finished with the immersion into Our Lord's Incarnation and Divine Condescension.

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.

Apprehensive about who's coming to Christmas Dinner? This Sunday in the Byzantine Catholic Church can be helpful as we look at the genealogy of Jesus Christ.

Many people today, suffer from a lack of foundation and a sense of belonging. The genius of the Church has something to offer as we observe today and next Sunday, the patrimony of the new born Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 preferments of Christ in the Old Testament.

Having entered the penitential period for the Birth of Jesus Christ, we now enter with the Virgin Mary into the Temple where she herself becomes the living Temple of God.

'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.

Approaching the penitential period leading up to Christmas, we will unite heaven and earth, east and west through the examples of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Josephat, the Ukrainian martyr.

In the greatest form of love, the clergy and laity of the Eastern Catholic Churches have laid down their lives for the sake of unity with the Pope of Rome.

We revisit a fundamental question that is often asked and often not well understood. What exactly is meant by the different Rites of the Catholic Church? How and why are they different?

There were 7 great ecumenical Councils that took place in the history of the Church. Six are celebrated together. But the observance of the 7th Council stands apart from the rest.

The spirituality of the Eastern Christian Churches, although ancient, influenced the writing of a contemporary science fiction book. Author Mary Woods will be with us to talk about her new book and the influence behind it.

'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.

It is not Questions and Answers today on our program. It is questions and errors. We will answer commonly held questions and errors regarding the Eastern lung of the Church.

Among the many gifts of both lungs of the Church, East and West, we here at Light of the East have our ten favorite gifts that the Eastern Churches offer to the whole Church and the world.

Both inside and outside of the Church, hope, self-sacrifice and courage, much needed in our world, seem to be so scarce. Our two guests Rinju Chenet and Kameron Traxler serve as signs of hope for the Church and the world.

There is a lot of discussion today in the Latin Rite about priestly celibacy. A monk from an Eastern Catholic monastery will share a perspective on this that the discussion to baptism and the episcopacy.

There is a humanitarian disaster on the Southern Border of the United States of America. For a simple solution look no further than the Liturgy of the Eastern Catholic Churches.

For young people seeking spirituality and the mystical, our guest Anthony Dragani, a Byzantine deacon and professor of religious studies will tell young people they need not look outside the Church.

The Feast of the Assumption of the Mother of God into Heaven offers an insightful example of the two lungs of the Church, east and west approach things differently but arrive at the same point.