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Slava Iesusu Christu!

Edward,

The girl I'm presently dating has a rather strong devotion to the Blessed Mother. I haven't brought her to Divine Liturgy yet, but I'm hoping (and praying!) that the invocations of our Lady will want her coming back for more.

Of course, I'm sure everything else will intrigue her as well. She's very much in the same spot I was when I re-discovered the Eastern Catholic churches.

In Christ,
mikey.

I think you will find that most RC's who are made aware of the existence of the EC's will be fascinated, interested and want to learn more. Those who don't are usually the ones who aren't too interested in the Latin Rites either.

But the closer you are to the Source of All Light, the more you want to see ...

Whoa. Dude, that was like, profound, man. Whoa.


Seriously--that's so true.

Christine,

Bingo, a bullseye !

james

Well, I had to get one right sooner or later.

Anastasios - I stand corrected. Thank you.

I should have been more specific and referred to Colombia. I was aware of a Byzantine Catholic convent in Cordoba, Argentina.

On the wedding or on the funeral?

Amado
still Roman

CIX!

My way of immediately bringing RCs with intense Marian devotion to our side is to tell them they don't venerate the MoG enough. When they go "WHA???" I show them the Akathist Hymn.

Works every time

Just my 2 cents,

Edward

Are we just talking about changing from the Latin/Roman church to the Eastern churches in communion with Rome?

Or are we talking about an Orthodox Church not in communion with Rome?

If it is the first one I would not foresee any problems within a Catholic family. If it is the second one there could be problems after the change in churches because now you can not receive the Eucharist in the same church, denoting a separation now between family members.
i.e. Eastern Catholics and Roman Catholics can each receive communion in each other's churches but Catholics and Orthodox do not now have intercommunion (except for special circumstances).

I like what I have come to learn about eastern Christianity but I would stay within the churches in communion with John Paul II.

Just my opinion.

In the Sacred Heart of Jesus,

BradM

Dear jwl0631,

While I was a Latin seminarian in Argentina, I visited the city of Cordoba and searched for all the Eastern Churches (Catholic anbd Orthodox) in the city. I never found a Byzantine Catholic Convent. What jurisdiction does it belong to? (Melkite, Ukrainian, etc.) I only found the Melkite Church in the city, and even talked to the priest there. (He was very welcoming, though I was wearing a very Latin cassock at the time.)
Of course, in Buenos Aires, I did see the Basilian Sisters at the Ukrainian Cathedral during Divine Liturgy (in those tacky post-Vatican II "habits") Since I was in cassock complete with Roman collar and sash, they commented, "He looks just like our seminarians!" Gulp! Of course, the priest who served the Liturgy was Fr. Luis Glinka O.F.M., perhaps the most foremost Patristics scholar in Argentina, and editor of the Lumen book series that has translated such writings as the Philokalia and the writings of St. Seraphim of Sarov into Spanish. Also of interest is a small Russian Catholic skete in the diocese of Campana to the north of Buenos Aires, of whom I met a prospective member at a Romanian Catholic Liturgy in the neighborhood of Recoleta. I am not optimistic about their future.
As for going Byzantine, my very Latin Catholic Mexican family has concluded that I have gone insane ("Why can't he drink milk just because it's Friday?") But they are resigned to bear with my quirks and pray for my potential monastic vocation every night at family rosary.

Que Dios le bendiga,

Arturo

Slava Isusu Christu!

Hahahaha! Actively working on the former and actively avoiding the latter.

In Christ,
mikey.

Slava Isusu Christu!

Wow! That's a great idea! I never thought of that. And I do believe I have an extra little book with the Akathist Hymn in it at home, along with a brief commentary. Might be time for a little gift, don't you think?

In Christ,
mikey.

Dear Friends,

There are, of course, different reasons why certain Catholics don't like the traditions of others.

St Basil Velichkovsky of the Eastern Redemptorists wrote that he often came across Roman Catholic bishops who respected the Eastern Rite, but who sincerely believed Rome was wrong to "allow" the Eastern Rite because it, they believed, was an expression of "schismatic Orthodoxy."

There are traditional Roman Catholics that I've come across (not on this Forum, no! ) who believe that only the Latin Church is the true one and so is its Rite. If the Tridentine Liturgy was good enough for St Peter . . .

Believe it or not, I've had some success with RC's after showing them how St Seraphim of Sarov prayed what THEY call the "rosary" .

Some traditional Latins however would rather be "Byzantine" than "Novus Ordo."

For them, "N + O" spells "No!"

Alex

Hola, Arturo,

I was told of the Byzantine convent in Argentina by one of the good Sisters in Uniontown (that�s Uniontahn for us yunzers) last year when I was discussing the situation about my dear intended who was set to come to the USA from Colombia.

As I am capable of making mistakes (my wife will vouch for that) I may have the wrong city.

Que Dios le bendiga, tambien,

Joe

That's hysterical

Do you go to the church in Cary?? If so, could you please beg your priest to establish a mission in Winston-Salem?

Pretty-please?

With sugar on it?

ZT