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Browsing Archive: July, 2014

IF YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD

Posted by Site Webmaster on Sunday, July 27, 2014, In : Our Lady's Promise 
The Samaritan woman of the Gospel, who went to draw water from the well of
Jacob was drowning in fleeting pleasures in an impossible search for
happiness.

Nonetheless, she multiplied those pleasures, hoping that the dazzle of
their novelty would replace the emptiness that she found in them. Every new
pleasure deepened her wounds and she was unable to find anything to calm
her thirst for happiness. She was sinking in a downward spiral leading to
despair. The happiness to which we are called cannot be...

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A Word About Orthodox Apologetics

Posted by Site Webmaster on Friday, July 25, 2014, In : Apologetics 

In the last few weeks, I have had several opportunities to think about Christian Orthodox apologetics. At our Greek festival, for instance, some of the volunteers who were helping us were Mormon “missionaries” or “elders.” These are young men and women who volunteer to take one or two years away from their education and work in order to spread the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Living in Utah, I and members of my Orthodox congregation encounter su...


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“Francis wants to achieve unity also by reforming the papacy”

Posted by Site Webmaster on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, In : OLP Newsline 


Francis embraces Patriarch Bartholomew

Francis has nominated the Prior of Bose, Enzo Bianchi, as the consultor of the ecumenical dicastery. He speaks of “synodality and supremacy”, the martyrs of the Middle East and the intelligence of the various denominations in Ukraine

“The Pope plans to reform the papacy and this will benefit relations with the Orthodox,” says the Prior of the monastic community of Bose, Enzo Bianchi. Yesterday Pope Francis appointed Bianchi as one ...


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Artist nun has divine inspiration Part I

Posted by Site Webmaster on Thursday, July 17, 2014, In : Catholic Videos 

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Muralist nun talks art Part II

Posted by Site Webmaster on Thursday, July 17, 2014, In : Catholic Videos 

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