Christ is born! Glorify Him!
I’ve just got back from the Christmas Eve Divine Liturgy at Holy Angels. Ahhh…so good to breath with the Eastern lung again… 😉
Anyway, I had this song stuck in my head on the way home so I thought I’d share:
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Eastern Worship
I had to share this video which I saw on a recent post by my friend Nelson over at Ramblings of a Byzantine Catholic:
Catholic Bucket List #3: Light a votive candle
I haven’t written a Bucket List entry in quite a while, so I thought I’d come back with a nice simple one:
Bucket List Item #3: Light a votive candle
In virtually every single Catholic church you’ll find a place where there are a collection of lit candles, often in front of a statue or icon. Every now and then you’ll see someone go up and light a candle, usually lingering for a few moments in prayer.
Why do we sing the liturgy?
If you attend the liturgy in the Catholic Church you may encounter, in additions to hymns and a psalm, words of the liturgy that are sung.
Now, in some parishes there will be no singing whatsoever. In others, the priest and congregation may sing small parts of the liturgy such as:
Priest: “The Lord be with you…”
Congregation: “…and also with you”
Priest: “Lift up your hearts…”
Congregation: “…we lift them up to the Lord”
At the other end of the spectrum, my local Byzantine parish sings virtually everything. Only two things are actually spoken during that liturgy: the homily and a brief prayer before communion. Absolutely everything else is sung, including the prayers, readings, creed etc.
This begs the question why? Most Christian churches use music and will have some songs, but why is it that some churches (those who are more “liturgical”) sing parts of the liturgy which others will simply say?
Catholic Bucket List #1: Visit an Eastern Rite Parish
Lists and buckets
I’m a big fan of lists.
Seriously, lists are brilliant!
A little while ago, there was a film released called The Bucket List, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. In the movie, both characters are diagnosed with a terminal illness and, as a result, they decide to write a “bucket list” – a list of things which they want to do before “kicking the bucket”…
If you google “bucket lists”, you will find them on many blogs. If you read a lot of them (and I have), you start to notice some commonalities among them. As in the film, the common theme that runs through all of them is that they are attempts to really try and experience the depth and breadth that that the world has to offer and to truly suck the marrow out of life.
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Read moreFavourite People: Fulton Sheen
When musicians, artists and writers are interviewed, they are often asked about their influences.
Now, although I’m no Bono, something I’ve been meaning to do ever since I started this blog is to share with you some of my own influences. These are the people who have made a profound impact upon me and substantially contributed to the person I am today.
In this post I would like to briefly talk about someone who has had an impact upon me and my faith fairly recently. In fact, up until nine months ago, I had never even heard of him. The person I’m talking about here is Archbishop Fulton Sheen.