Light of the East

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?

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 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.

The lazy, hazy days of summer are upon us again and with that often comes a war in the household on appropriate dress the Church for our young ladies. The liturgy of the Eastern Catholic Churches can be a help source for this issue.

Synod on Synodality controversy. Controversy over the Traditional Latin Mass versus Novus Ordo in the western lung of the Church. How do Eastern Catholics fit into this?

Are you charismatic, part of the charismatic movement or maybe both? Or maybe neither? During this week of the first Pentecost we revisit the question, ''Am I charismatic?"

In most areas of the world, the Eastern Catholic Churches are small and sparse. What does a small and sparse Church have to offer in confronting the big and powerful issues of our day?

We are coming up on 40 days after the bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ where we will see Christ’s Ascension into heaven and the ascension Saints Cyril and Methodius as co-patrons of Europe.

Pope St. John Paul II said that every encounter in the Bible between God and womanhood was an encounter of the newness of life. It was so at the Annunciation, the empty tomb and now at Jacob's well.

We are half-way between 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.