tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231092024-03-07T19:56:34.971-05:00Byzantine RamblingsRamblings of a Byzantine Catholic Priest.The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.comBlogger788125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-85172357938609415102013-03-25T13:50:00.000-04:002013-03-25T13:50:00.020-04:00St Andrew of Crete on the Annunciation
Today that nature, which was first brought forth from the earth, receives divinity for the first time; the dust, having been raised up, hastens with festive trend toward the highest peak of glory. Today, from us and for us, Adam offers Mary to God as firstfruits, and, with the unpoisoned parts of the muddy dough, is formed a bread for the rebuilding of the human race....Today pure human The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-64150954123970549232013-02-02T05:00:00.000-05:002013-02-02T05:00:05.789-05:00From the Menaion - 2 February
Synaxarion
On 2 February, we celebrate the Hypapanty, or Encounter of our Lord Jesus Christ, when He was received in the arms of Just Simeon.
The arms of Simeon, carrying Christ Jesus, resemble the bosom of the Father, where He is enthroned above. Simeon receives Him within the Temple on the second.
All glory and power to our God throughout all the ages. Amen.
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The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-86452172220804721092012-12-21T00:01:00.000-05:002012-12-21T00:01:01.141-05:00Mayan Apocalypse DayIf you believe in the Mayan apocalypse stuff, and you get this, this is for you.
As a follow up, if through some failure of calamity the world still exists Saturday, go here. The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-61141162905507177172012-11-26T13:54:00.000-05:002012-11-26T13:54:00.439-05:00Professor Glenn on the Tyranny of Public EducationProfessor Charles L Glenn of Boston University once contributed a thought-provoking piece over at First Things concerning Secular Education in the United States. It is well worth reading and pondering. Below are a few excerpts.
Most Americans are products of the public school’s 140-year near-monopoly on education, and have an understandable residual loyalty to our current educational settlement;The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-54885030989360834202012-11-06T06:45:00.002-05:002012-11-06T06:45:44.721-05:00Remember
If you choose Dr Pepper,
it is not a vote for Coke over Pepsi.
Cast your vote according to your conscience.
The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-13401096148325179432012-10-31T13:59:00.000-04:002012-10-31T13:59:00.640-04:00From The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to ItSt Theophan the Recluse
In the soul and body are needs, including such ordinary ones as family and social needs. These needs in and of themselves do not constitute any distinct desire, but merely form the pretext for seeking gratification for themselves. When a need is satisfied in a particular way on a given occasion, then ever afterwards, whenever this need is aroused, along with it is born The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-64969189072234705792012-10-13T13:43:00.002-04:002012-10-13T13:43:29.726-04:00To the StatesTo the States or any one of them, or any city of the States,
Reist much, obey little,
O nce unquestion obedience, once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever afterward resumes its liberty.
Leaves of Greass, Walt WhittmanThe Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-65988385795425556732012-08-22T07:38:00.000-04:002012-08-22T07:38:49.472-04:00CWR on Both LungsCatholic World Report has a piece by Christopher B. Warner entitled Both Lungs. Below is an excerpt to whet your whistle:
“There’s not just one way to be Catholic,” says Father Thomas Loya, radio host of “Light of the East” and pastor of Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church in Homer Glenn, Illinois. The different cultural and liturgical practice of Catholics around the world “is what makes theThe Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-75095235567472251592012-04-08T04:30:00.002-04:002012-04-08T08:47:36.232-04:00A Joyous Feast of the Resurrection to All!The Paschal Homily of St John Chrysostom If any be pious and a lover of God, let him delight in this fair and radiant festival. If any be an honest servant, let him come in and rejoice in the joy of his Lord. If any have wearied himself with fasting, let him now enjoy the recompense. If any have worked from the first hour, let him receive today his just reward. If any have come after the third, The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-75223532166907569782011-12-25T07:03:00.004-05:002011-12-25T07:12:09.359-05:00Happy Christmas!To those following the New Calendar, we wish a joyous Feast of the Nativity!The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-2234375131371202332011-12-24T10:53:00.004-05:002011-12-24T14:23:27.676-05:00Reason on Paul ControversyAs a Christian, I hold to ethical principles that strongly influence my political views. As a priest, and bound by civic legal rules that stifle my First Amendment rights to free speech, I do not represent my political views as in any way reflecting the teachings, opinions, or holding the authority of my Church. Thus, in this my first - and likely only - posting of a distinctly political nature, The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-74501433392289971272011-12-23T11:25:00.004-05:002011-12-23T11:33:34.374-05:00Chicago Sun-Times Reports on Christian Suffering in Middle EastToday, the Chicago Sun-times reports a rarely stated fact for Christians in the Middle East: Persecution at the hands of Moslem neighbors.From the report, note the following:Only in Israel, where religious freedom is honored, have Christians increased, soaring from 34,000 in 1948 to 140,000 today.Advocates for Islam talk about its history of tolerance, but political, revolutionary Islamism is theThe Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-4981853087881783962011-12-21T09:58:00.008-05:002011-12-21T10:06:30.905-05:00Professor Glenn on the Tyranny of Public EducationProfessor Charles L Glenn of Boston University has contributed a thought-provoking piece over at First Things concerning Secular Education in the United States. It is well worth reading and pondering. Below are a few excerpts.Most Americans are products of the public school’s 140-year near-monopoly on education, and have an understandable residual loyalty to our current educational settlement; The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-15402749712311434852011-11-27T15:26:00.000-05:002011-11-27T15:26:00.183-05:00A Long Lost Classic!I've mentioned this old commercial to people for years, and just when I had despaired finally found it. It still strikes me as one of the most original and humorous ads I've ever seen.
The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-27394180616346695042011-11-24T15:40:00.002-05:002011-11-24T15:51:09.344-05:00Trotting With TurkeysWell, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it. This is pure cinema and natural humor. It's worth a few minutes for the timely chuckle.Trotting With Turkeys:Says the webiste: One of our CBS13 photojournalists tracks down some wild turkeys on Thanksgiving and gives chase. Nov. 24, 2011For those in the States, those from the States, and US citizens everywhere: Happy Thanksgiving!The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-72446647881677821772011-11-22T04:36:00.002-05:002011-11-22T04:36:00.275-05:00Life of St NektariosThe Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-54121043934011710532011-11-09T09:26:00.011-05:002011-11-09T11:09:25.874-05:00Around the Country in Five MinutesWhen Brian DeFrees decided to make a trip around the US, he also decided to document his travels with time-lapse photographs. The results are interesting, inspiring, and 'moving'.Enjoy.The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-7422061116143459382011-09-11T08:51:00.004-04:002011-09-11T09:10:08.433-04:009-11-2011Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine.Eternal rest grant them, Lord.et lux perpétua lúceat eis.Let light perpetual shine upon them.Requiéscant in pace. Amen.May they rest in peace. Amen.Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμηВечная памятьThe Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-53084334999239262982011-08-05T06:08:00.001-04:002011-08-05T11:21:07.370-04:00The Flint SolutionFirst, my apologies for the lateness in ending the 'quest'. Time has a way of getting away as they say.Now, on to the answer to the Quest of the World's Greatest Flint:At the end of Return of the King, Aragorn, Gandalf and company proceed on horseback to the Moranon - the Black Gate - in a feint to draw out Sauron's forces in the hope of making it easier for Frodo and Samwise to make it to Mount The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-77288736142918408662011-07-26T07:27:00.003-04:002011-07-26T07:34:59.357-04:00Rod Dreher and the Norway BomberRod Dreher speaks to the issue of the Norway terrorist bomber and the media's somewhat biased coverage. It is worth your time to read it. Find it here. Below are a couple of snippets....In the rambling document, Breivik calls for a new "crusade" against Islam,and quotes from the work of journalists and commentators (including, briefly,me) who have spoken out against Islamic extremism and the The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-5489532219046899882011-07-20T14:56:00.015-04:002011-07-21T07:36:30.810-04:00The World's Greatest Flint - Did You Notice It?Recently I had the pleasure of spending a few quiet evenings watching Lord of the Rings Extended Edition again. Now this is a movie I've seen several times - a favorite - and I was shocked when it suddenly struck me that it features the greatest flint of all time.The flint in question is at once visual and a basic continuity error in the telling of the story. It is not minor and is not one of The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-77074854245497930532011-06-29T06:56:00.000-04:002011-06-29T10:09:24.128-04:00A Rupture of Continuity? or a Continuous Rupture?Sandro Magister recently began a series of contributions by several Italian (and/or Roman) theologians discussing the Second Vatican Council. Last week saw a very interesting addition to the discussion by University of Bologna Professor Enrico Morini. Professor Morini outlines a thesis that the Council did indeed elicit a rupture, but one that sought to re-establish continuity with the Tradition The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-674541098927770212011-06-23T10:30:00.004-04:002011-06-23T10:52:46.327-04:00CBN on ConstantinopleI can't say that I frequent the CBN website or TV network, however their video on the fall of Constantinople is accurate in its historic detail. While some terms are changed out for Protestants (Christian "service" for "Divine Liturgy", etc.) it is worthy of your time and attention. Several of the page's links are also worth checking.It's nice to see Protestantism look into some of that Old Time The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20523109.post-54488746609110710312011-06-08T11:56:00.003-04:002011-06-08T12:26:15.662-04:00From the NetMercatorNet recently had a very interesting piece on the new Hungarian Constitution. It's worth a read.The Byzantine Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945910148988040295noreply@blogger.com0