Category: Video
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World Holocaust Day – We Must Remember….
Today, January 27, marks World Holocaust Day, a day that we are to be intentional about remembering the victims and lives that have been forever changed not only by the Holocaust but also by the subsequent genocides throughout the world. It is not enough to remember these people and events as history, something or someone Read more
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The Angelus Domini – Feast of the Annunciation
The Angelus Domini is used to commemorate the holy annunciation of the angel Gabriel to Mary (Luke 1:26-38). It is used three times daily: at dawn, mid-day and at dusk. It remembers and honors the incarnation, the Word becoming flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. V. The angel of the Lord announced Read more
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The Last Anchorite
In a previous post I mentioned Father Lazarus, a hermit on the mountain of St. Anthony. His life is one of detachment, silence, and solitude. Those things are not about absence but rather presence. They are practices and ways of life that open us to the very heart of God. They are interior conditions that Read more
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Extreme Pilgrim – A Journey to St. Anthony’s Monastery
The following video (about an hour) is a BBC production documenting the journey of Father Peter Owen-Jones, an Anglican priest, to the monastery of St. Anthony in the Egyptian desert. Father Peter is going to the desert where “there’s no escape, there’s no distraction” and we face and deal with our “issues.” He will live Read more
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Where is God in the Hatian earthquake?
That question is one many struggle with in regards to not only natural disasters of national proportions but also in our own lives and personal struggles, losses, and disappointments. “Where is God?” To ask the question is to acknowledge our own powerlessness over much of life and the world. My own experience of powerlessness is Read more
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Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. This prayer known as the Hail Mary or Ave Maria incorporates the greetings Read more
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Advent Videos
Veni Veni Emmanuel Liturgy has provided some insightful resources on the O Antiphons and pointed out that the monks of New Mellary Abbey in Iowa offer a video reflection on the O Antiphons and the riddle contained in the prayer that Emmanuel would come. Slow Down, Wait, Prepare Read more
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Are You Saved?
Although it offers an Orthodox answer I think this video also represents The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion at our best – when we return to our patristic roots. Thanks to The Country Parson and Byzigenous Buddapalian Read more
Interrupting the Silence 