Light of the East

This unique program reveals how the riches of the Eastern Catholic Churches - their liturgies, spirituality and relevancy - are a gift to the whole Church and to today's world.

LIGHTEAST 1019 Christ is Risen

2024-03-27
As we have died with Christ, we now rise with him in His Bodily Resurrection making all things new not just 2,000 years ago but even at this very moment and forever.
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LIGHTEAST 1018 The Week of the Bridegroom

2024-03-22
In many Eastern Catholic Churches, the Season of Lent has ended. But a separate and more ancient period of fasting and penance has begun - the Week of the Bridegroom.
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LIGHTEAST 1017 St Mary of Egypt

2024-03-14
On this last Sunday of Lent in many Eastern Catholic Churches a woman is put before our eyes who is a model of repentance, reverence for the Eucharist and hope for women experiencing the pains of shame.
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LIGHTEAST 1016R Monasticism

2024-03-04
Three great ascetics are put before our eyes as our guides at this point of Lent. As Pope Saint John Paul II said, 'Monasticism is the reference point for all of the baptized.'
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LIGHTEAST 1015 Veneration of the Cross

2024-02-28
Getting weary of the Lenten fasting? Sneaked that piece of chocolate or gossiped about someone? Take heart, encouragement is here on this Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross.
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LIGHTEAST 1014 Lent Brings Us Back to the Norm

2024-02-20
Abstaining from meat, dairy, sweets, wine, oil I-phones and entertainment and adding more prayer seem unreasonable? It is actually the norm that Lent seeks to bring us back to,
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LIGHTEAST 1013 The Glorious Image

2024-02-13
Behold the Church is covered with a heavenly garment by the icons thus preserving the true faith. May those who do not believe this be covered with shame.
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LIGHTEAST 1012R Three Children

2024-02-05
The season of Lent emphasizes almsgiving for which the Eastern Catholic Churches are a worthy focus as they are at the epicenter of much global strife.
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LIGHTEAST 1011R The Elder Simeon

2024-01-29
In a temple the Elder Simeon holds Christ in his hands and then asks to be dismissed from this world. What do we say with God entering our entire being.
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LIGHTEAST 1010 One Same Faith

2024-01-26
St. John Paul II reminded us that the Church breathes with two lungs, two complementary expressions of the one same Faith. But what is it that the two lungs have in common?
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LIGHTEAST 1009 The Art of Living in the Both-And

2024-01-16
Perhaps the single greatest genius of the Eastern Christian spirituality is the art of living in the both/and – where something can be this and that at the same time. This first Sunday of pre-Lent will make this clear.
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LIGHTEAST 1008 The Baton Race

2024-01-13
In a baton race, two runners overlap for a moment as the baton is being passed. So it is with the past and upcoming seasons in the Church's Liturgical "passing of the baton."
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LIGHTEAST 1007R The Baptism of Christ

2024-01-13
As though being born and laid in a manger in Bethlehem was not humbling enough, Our Lord chose to lower himself in the lowest spot in the Earth’s surface, the river Jordan. There he would be baptized for our sake and God as Trinity would be revealed.
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LIGHTEAST 1006 His Divine Condescension

2024-01-13
Providentially in the civil calendar as we cut away from the previous year and open to a New year, Our New Born Savior likewise undergoes a cutting away and an openness to the new.
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LIGHTEAST 1005 The Miracle of the Incarnation

2023-12-18
All families have their story from sinners to saints. So, it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God still works out His divine plan which is the miracle of this season.
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LIGHTEAST 1004 Become a Gift

2023-12-13
Do NOT 'celebrate the Holidays.' Rather, contemplate and be transformed by the Great Mystery of the Incarnation. Don't just buy gifts. Become a gift now and in every moment after December 25th.
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LIGHTEAST 1003 Our Need for Imagery

2023-12-13
So much decorating! So many lights to put up. It is the ancient iconography of the Church, even one painted by our Blessed Mother herself, that will explain our need for imagery.
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LIGHTEAST 1002R Do Not Celebrate Christmas

2023-11-28
"Do not celebrate Christmas. That's Right. Do not celebrate Christmas. Rather, rely on the Church's preparation for Christmas to help you enter the mystery of the Incarnation and be transformed by it.
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LIGHTEAST 1001R Hope, Self-Sacrifice and Courage

2023-11-20
Both inside and outside of the Church, hope, self-sacrifice and courage, much needed in our world, seem to be so scarce. Our two guests Rinju Chenet and Kameron Traxler serve as signs of hope for the Church and the world.
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LIGHTEAST 1000th Episode

2023-11-14
This week you will listen to a milestone moment here on Light of the East. With gratitude to Almighty God and to all of you, we will broadcast program number 1,000.
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LIGHTEAST 999R The Timeless Wisdom of the Church

2023-11-07
Do you want to remain hopeful, faithful and negotiate the strife, division and confusion of our times? Look into the timeless wisdom of the Church's Liturgy and saints.
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LIGHTEAST 998 The Echoes of the Coming Christmas Season

2023-11-02
I hear the echoes of the coming Christmas Season. And it presents us with not only a spirit of gift but also of saints and angels to focus upon in our preparation.
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LIGHTEAST 997E So Ancient and Yet So New

2023-10-23
So ancient yet so new. How late have I found Thee.” The words of St. Augustine to Our Lord might also be the words of those who have found a place within the Eastern Catholic Churches.
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LIGHTEAST 996R The Timeless Wisdom of the Church

2023-10-17
Do you want to remain hopeful, faithful and negotiate through the strife, division and confusion of our times? Look into the timeless wisdom of the Church's liturgy and saints.
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LIGHTEAST 995R Cantors in Eastern Christian Liturgy

2023-10-09
Every Eastern Christian church has its own ancient and indigenous chant which is sung by the faithful during liturgical services. This gives cantors a special place in Eastern Christian Liturgy.
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LIGHTEAST 994E We Are Not PC at LOE We Are BC

2023-10-04
We are not PC here at "Light of the East Radio." We are BC, Byzantine Catholic. But there are some questions from RCs that are not very PC to pose to a BC. Is this making sense?
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LIGHTEAST 993R Christ Prefigured in the Old Testament

2023-09-25
As we draw near to the Nativity of Our Lord we look back on the ancestry of Christ and the many foretellings and prefigurements of Christ in the Old Testament
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LIGHTEAST 992 A Big Round Painful Hole

2023-09-19
There is in our times a big, round, painful hole in the very soul of western civilization. It could very well be that it is the Eastern Catholic Churches that can help fil that hole.
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LIGHTEAST 991 Back to School

2023-09-13
Our children have gone back to school and so are we. We begin our school year with the question: What is the THE difference between the Eastern Rites and the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church?
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LIGHTEAST 990 Exultation of the Cross

2023-09-13
The Church East and West, will be celebrating the Feast of the Holy Cross. Celebrating Feast days makes that event relevant to the present moment. This is certainly true for the Mystery of the Cross.
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LIGHTEAST 989 Happy New Year Everybody

2023-08-29
Happy New Year everybody! It IS the new year at least in the Liturgical cycle of the Byzantine Catholic Church. And the very first Feast Day is the Birth of the Mother of God.
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LIGHTEAST 988 The Eastern Churches That Reunited

2023-08-29
The story of those parts of the Eastern Orthodox Churches that reunited with Rome after the Great Schism of 1054 AD is a story filled with understanding and misunderstanding, but nonetheless essential.
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LIGHTEAST 987 So Which Are You?

2023-08-16
So which are you...? A 'Rad Trad', a Pro-Popolo Novus Ordo or maybe Ad Orientum Novus Ordo, or just plain confused and fed up? The Eastern Catholic Churches are here to help.
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LIGHTEAST 986 News Flash... Passions and Divisions Are Flaring

2023-08-07
News Flash... Passions and divisions are flaring high in one of the most ancient and venerable Eastern Catholic Churches. Pope Francis has had to intervene but with the help of another Eastern Catholic Church.
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LIGHTEAST 985 Confused About the Synodal Process

2023-07-31
Are you joyful, apprehensive or just plain confused about the Synodal process that you have been hearing about? The Eastern Churches can be of great help and clarity to you on this subject.
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LIGHTEAST 984R Eastern and Western Churches

2023-07-26
Devotional practices between the Eastern and Western lungs of the Church are often different from each other, yet they arrive at the same point. These differences are not deficits but rather, complements.
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LIGHTEAST 983R Are the End Times Near?

2023-07-26
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.
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LIGHTEAST 982R Saint Spelled with a Small s

2023-07-12
There is saint spelled with a small 's' and Saint spelled with a capital 'S' The life of a baptized Christian is a journey toward turning a small 's' into a capital 'S'
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LIGHTEAST 981R The Difference Between the Rites of the Church

2023-06-30
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?
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LIGHTEAST 980 How You Can Help Someone Become a Saint

2023-06-28
'God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.' Learn how you can help the author of these words to be declared a saint.
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LIGHTEAST 979R2 So Ancient Yet So New

2023-06-19
So ancient yet so new. How late have I found Thee." The words of St. Augustine to Our Lord might also be the words of those who have found a place within the Eastern Catholic Churches.
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LIGHTEAST 978R Cantors in Eastern Christian Liturgy

2023-06-16
Every Eastern Christian church has its own ancient and indigenous chant which is sung by the faithful during liturgical services. This gives cantors a special place in Eastern Christian Liturgy.
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LIGHTEAST 977 Hazy Lazy Days of Summer

2023-06-08
AH Yes those hazy lazy days of summer. But not so fast with the ribs, burgers and brats. We have some preparing to do that will be good for our soul and our body.
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LIGHTEAST 976 An Invocation to the Holy Spirit

2023-05-30
An invocation to the Holy Spirit, the Heavenly King and Comforter, begins all prayer all prayer services in the naturally charismatic Byzantine Catholic Church.
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LIGHTEAST 975R The Difference Between the Rites of the Church

2023-05-22
We revisit a question 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?
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LIGHTEAST 974R Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council

2023-05-17
The Nicene Creed as proclaimed that every Byzantine Divine Liturgy has its significance and relevancy today as it did during its beginnings in the Church Fathers gathered in Nicaea in 325 AD.
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LIGHTEAST 973R Essential Story Telling

2023-05-09
Story telling is the essential way that our Lord and the Liturgy of the Church immerse us into the drama and message of the scriptures. Our special guest Eric Groth tells stories through the medium of film.
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LIGHTEAST 972R Samaritan Women

2023-05-02
The sanctity of marriage and the whole order of man and woman finds its context in the liturgy and iconography of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. His Resurrection is also our resurrection
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LIGHTEAST 971R The Divine Physician

2023-04-19
Have you been to so many doctors, taken so many treatments and medication and nothing seems to work? The resurrected body of Jesus Christ and Liturgy of the Church can actually offer real healing.
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LIGHTEAST 970R The Myrrh-Bearing Women

2023-04-17
This week, through the liturgy of the Church we become the Myrrh-Bearing Women who are the first to hear of Christ's Resurrection. The fact that it was women is very providential.
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LIGHTEAST 969R Divine Mercy Sunday - Thomas Sunday

2023-04-12
On the Sunday after Pasca, both lungs of the Church converge at the theme of God's mercy. For the Latin rite, it is Divine Mercy Sunday. For many Eastern churches it is the Sunday of Doubting Thomas.
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LIGHTEAST 968R Christ is Risen!

2023-04-03
Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen! As we mystically suffered and went to the Cross with our Lord, so to must our Lord's Resurrection now be our own resurrection, our own victory over sin and death.
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LIGHTEAST 967R The Reference Point

2023-04-03
St John Paul II said that monasticism is the reference point for all of the baptized. Lent is our monastic experience. An example of two desert monastics are put before our eyes as our guides.
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LIGHTEAST 966R Be Extraordinary Ordinary

2023-03-20
Words like Perichorresis, Kenosis, Theoria Theologica sound unfamiliar but together with the liturgical monastic tradition they make up the potpourri of Eastern spirituality.
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LIGHTEAST 965R Monasticism

2023-03-13
Three great ascetics are put before our eyes as our guides at this point of Lent. As Pope Saint John Paul II said, 'Monasticism is the reference point for all of the baptized.'
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LIGHTEAST 964R We Find the Solution for the Southern Border Crisis

2023-03-07
There's a humanitarian disaster on the southern border in the United States of America. For a simple solution look no further than the Liturgy of the Eastern Catholic Churches.
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LIGHTEAST 963R We Focus on Contemplative Prayer to See the Crisis in Ukraine

2023-02-27
On the Second Sunday of Lent, we focus on contemplative prayer which enables us to see the crises in Ukraine, the mystery of the Cross put before the eyes of the world.
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LIGHTEAST 962R The Difference Between the Rites of the Church.

2023-02-24
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?
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LIGHTEAST 960 Three Children

2023-02-14
The Season of the Great Fast, Lent, emphasizes almsgiving for which the Eastern Catholic Churches are a worthy focus as they are at the epicenter of much global strife.
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LIGHTEAST 959 The Elder Simeon

2023-01-31
In the temple, the elder Simeon holds Christ in his hands and then asks to be dismissed from this world. What do we say with God entering our entire being?
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LIGHTEAST 958 The Great Baton Race

2023-01-25
The next runner to receive the baton in the relay race has to start running before the actually receive the baton from the previous runner. So it is now in the liturgical calendar of many Eastern Churches.
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LIGHTEAST 957 Two Giants Lost to the Church

2023-01-18
Within only a few weeks of each other two giants have been lost to the Church in these modern times. How does this concern or impact the Eastern Catholic Churches?
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LIGHTEAST 956 Pope Benedict XVI and Monastics

2023-01-13
Almighty God raises up in each age, certain persons who turn the Church and the world on its axis. Pope Benedict XVI in our age and the desert monastics in an early age are some examples.
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LIGHTEAST 955 The Baptism of Christ

2023-01-04
As though being born in a manger in Bethlehem was not humbling enough, Our Lord lowered himself into the Jordan River for our sins and God as Trinity was revealed.
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LIGHTEAST 954 Blessed New Year to All!

2022-12-28
Blessed New Year to all! Don't take down the decorations just yet. We are not finished with the immersion into Our Lord's Incarnation and Divine Condescension.
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LIGHTEAST 901R The Miracle of the Incarnation

2022-12-19
All families have their story, from sinners to saints. So it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God still works out his Divine Plan which is the miracle of this season.
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LIGHTEAST 952 Who's Coming to Christmas Dinner

2022-12-13
Apprehensive about who's coming to Christmas Dinner? This Sunday in the Byzantine Catholic Church can be helpful as we look at the genealogy of Jesus Christ.
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LIGHTEAST 951 The Philip's Fast

2022-12-07
Many people today, suffer from a lack of foundation and a sense of belonging. The genius of the Church has something to offer as we observe today and next Sunday, the patrimony of the new born Savior, Jesus Christ.
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LIGHTEAST 950R Do Not Celebrate Christmas

2022-12-02
Do not celebrate Christmas. That's Right. Do not celebrate Christmas. Rather, rely on the Church's preparation for Christmas to help you enter the mystery of the Incarnation and be transformed by it.
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LIGHTEAST 949R Christ Prefigured in the Old Testament

2022-12-02
As we draw near to the Nativity of Our Lord, we look back on the ancestry of Christ and the many foretellings and preferments of Christ in the Old Testament.
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LIGHTEAST 948 Virgin Mary - Living Temple

2022-11-16
Having entered the penitential period for the Birth of Jesus Christ, we now enter with the Virgin Mary into the Temple where she herself becomes the living Temple of God.
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LIGHTEAST 947R So Ancient Yet So New

2022-11-07
'So ancient yet so new. How late have I found Thee.' The words of St. Augustine to Our Lord might also be the words of those who have found a place WITH the Eastern Catholic Churches.
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LIGHTEAST 946 St. Michael the Archangel and St. Josephat

2022-11-04
Approaching the penitential period leading up to Christmas, we will unite heaven and earth, east and west through the examples of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Josephat, the Ukrainian martyr.
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LIGHTEAST 945 The Greatest Form of Love

2022-10-26
In the greatest form of love, the clergy and laity of the Eastern Catholic Churches have laid down their lives for the sake of unity with the Pope of Rome.
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LIGHTEAST 944R The Difference Between the Rites of the Church

2022-10-17
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?
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LIGHTEAST 943 The Use of Holy Images

2022-10-11
There were 7 great ecumenical Councils that took place in the history of the Church. Six are celebrated together. But the observance of the 7th Council stands apart from the rest.
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LIGHTEAST 942 A Good Read

2022-10-04
The spirituality of the Eastern Christian Churches, although ancient, influenced the writing of a contemporary science fiction book. Author Mary Woods will be with us to talk about her new book and the influence behind it.
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LIGHTEAST 941 So Ancient and Yet So New

2022-09-29
'So ancient yet so new. How late have I found Thee.' The words of St. Augustine to Our Lord might also be the words of those who have found a place WITH the Eastern Catholic Churches.
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LIGHTEAST 940 Questions and Errors

2022-09-21
It is not Questions and Answers today on our program. It is questions and errors. We will answer commonly held questions and errors regarding the Eastern lung of the Church.
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LIGHTEAST 939R Our 10 Favorite Gifts of the Eastern Churches

2022-09-13
Among the many gifts of both lungs of the Church, East and West, we here at Light of the East have our ten favorite gifts that the Eastern Churches offer to the whole Church and the world.
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LIGHTEAST 938R Hope, Self-Sacrifice and Courage

2022-09-09
Both inside and outside of the Church, hope, self-sacrifice and courage, much needed in our world, seem to be so scarce. Our two guests Rinju Chenet and Kameron Traxler serve as signs of hope for the Church and the world.
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LIGHTEAST 937R Are Celebacy and the Priesthood Inseparably Linked

2022-08-30
There is a lot of discussion today in the Latin Rite about priestly celibacy. A monk from an Eastern Catholic monastery will share a perspective on this that the discussion to baptism and the episcopacy.
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LIGHTEAST 936R We Find the Solution for the Southern Border Crisis

2022-08-24
There is a humanitarian disaster on the Southern Border of the United States of America. For a simple solution look no further than the Liturgy of the Eastern Catholic Churches.
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LIGHTEAST 935E Seeking Spirituality and the Mystical

2022-08-17
For young people seeking spirituality and the mystical, our guest Anthony Dragani, a Byzantine deacon and professor of religious studies will tell young people they need not look outside the Church.
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LIGHTEAST 934R The Assumption of the Mother of God

2022-08-08
The Feast of the Assumption of the Mother of God into Heaven offers an insightful example of the two lungs of the Church, east and west approach things differently but arrive at the same point.
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LIGHTEAST 933R The Byzantine Answer to the Sistine Chapel

2022-08-04
Everyone knows about Michaelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. There is a Byzantine answer to the Sistine Chapel in an ancient church that has recently been turned into a mosque.
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LIGHTEAST 932R Are the End Times Near?

2022-07-27
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.
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LIGHTEAST 931R Cantors in Eastern Christian Liturgy

2022-07-19
Every Eastern Christian church has its own ancient and indigenous chant which is sung by the faithful during liturgical services. This gives cantors a special place in Eastern Christian Liturgy.
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LIGHTEAST 930R The Ecumenical Councils

2022-07-12
We can have full confidence that a Church whose dogma's came about from Councils and not from a mere person is indeed the fullness of the Body of Christ on Earth.
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LIGHTEAST 929R The Difference Between the Rites of the Church

2022-07-05
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.
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LIGHTEAST 928R Wow! Is it Hot Here

2022-06-28
Wow! It's sure is hot during these dog days of summer. Want a really unique vacation? Plan the rest of your summer according to the Liturgical life of the Church.
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LIGHTEAST 927R Think About Your Death Every Day

2022-06-20
The spiritual masters of the eastern monastic tradition taught that we must think about our own death a few minutes each day. This may be frightening and can certainly make us wonder about the mystery of the afterlife.
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LIGHTEAST 926 The Lazy Hazy Days of Summer

2022-06-15
Ah yes, the hazy, lazy days of summer of barbeques, brats and beer. However, for the next several days our menus will have to be fish and vegetables instead of brats and burgers
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LIGHTEAST 925 The Sunday of All Saints

2022-06-08
Do you think you can become a saint? Do you want to be? Have you asked your children these questions? Being a saint is actually our true origins and destiny. It was so from the beginning is now, and shall ever be.
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LIGHTEAST 924R On This Glorious Day

2022-05-31
Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, who are everywhere present and filling all things, come and dwell within us. Cleanse us of our sins and save our Souls O Gracious One.
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LIGHTEAST 923R The Nicene Creed

2022-05-25
The Nicene Creed, as proclaimed at every Byzantine Divine Liturgy, has a significance and relevancy today as it did during its beginnings when the Church Fathers gathered at Nicea in 325 AD.
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LIGHEAST 922R The Ascension of Our Lord

2022-05-17
The Ascension of Our Lord into Heaven unites our earthly nature with Heaven. During this same week the Feasts of Ss. Cyril and Methodius unite both lungs of the Church, east and west.
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LIGHTEAST 921R His Resurrection is Our Resurrection

2022-05-10
The sanctity of marriage and the whole order of man and woman finds its context in the Liturgy and iconography of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. His Resurrection is also our Resurrection
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LIGHTEAST 920 The Divine Physician

2022-05-04
Have you been to so many doctors, taken so many treatments and medication and nothing seems to work. The resurrected body of Jesus Christ and Liturgy of the Church can actually offer real healing.
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LIGHTEAST 919R The Myrrh-Bearing Women

2022-04-26
This week, through the liturgy of the Church we become the Myrrh-Bearing Women who are the first to hear of Christ's Resurrection. The fact that it was women is very providential.
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LIGHTEAST 918 Thomas Sunday and Divine Mercy Sunday

2022-04-26
In many Eastern Catholic Churches this Sunday is Thomas Sunday but also known in Latin Rite Churches as Divine Mercy Sunday. Either way, God's mercy will be shown through the doubt of Thomas.
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LIGHTEAST 917 Our Lord has Risen From the Dead

2022-04-26
Our Lord has Risen from the dead! And we will help you rise to a new level of joy and financial freedom through a Biblically based spirituality of giving.
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LIGHTEAST 916R The Week of the Bridegroom

2022-04-05
The Week of the Bridegroom is upon us. It is preceded by the raising of Lazarus and Christ's entry into Jerusalem. Two events that anticipate what will happen only one week later.
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LIGHTEAST 915 The Younger Gerneration

2022-03-30
Historically an older generation is often skeptical about the "younger generation" and this is perhaps more true today than ever before. Yet, in salvation history it was often the "youth" that God called upon most.
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LIGHTEAST 914 Perspective on the Situation in Ukraine

2022-03-22
Dr. Paul Gavrilyuk is a Russian speaking Ukrainian and distinguished scholar at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He will join us to offer perspective on the situation in Ukraine.
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LIGHTEAST 913R Are The End Times Near?

2022-03-15
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.
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LIGHTEAST 912 We Focus on Contemplative Prayer to See the Crisis in Ukraine

2022-03-08
On the Second Sunday of Lent, we focus on contemplative prayer which enables us to see the crises in Ukraine, the mystery of the Cross put before the eyes of the world.
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LIGHTEAST 911 The Eastern Catholic Churches at the Center of the Flashpoint

2022-03-08
The Eastern Catholic Churches have historically been at the epicenter of some of the most crucial global issues of their day. And so it is, even today in one of the great centers of Eastern Catholicism.
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LIGHTEAST 910 Forgiveness Vespers

2022-02-22
This evening in many Eastern Catholic Churches, the season of Lent will begin with the solemn ceremony of Forgiveness between one another and between ourselves and our Merciful God.
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LIGHTEAST 909 Are You Ready to Go All Vegan?

2022-02-14
Are you ready to go vegan!!? That's what's coming up for many Eastern Catholic Churches as we head toward the season of the great fast on the Meat-Fare Sunday.
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LIGHTEAST 908R The Prodigal Son

2022-02-07
The Scripture parable of the Prodigal Son is our story - a choice for the delusion of ideology or a choice for reality, right reason and our ultimate glorious destiny
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LIGHTEAST 907R Are The End Times Near?

2022-02-01
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
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LIGHTEAST 906 Tensions Between the Pope and Many Faithful Latin Catholics

2022-01-24
Tensions have arisen between the Holy Father and many faithful tradition loving Latin Rite Catholics. Some of these Catholics have found solace in the Eastern Catholic Churches. Perspective can be helpful.
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LIGHTEAST 905 The Church is a Field Hospital

2022-01-19
Saints of the Church and Pope Francis have said that the Church is a "field hospital." So, during this season of flues and viruses let's check ourselves into the "field hospital" of Eastern Christian spirituality.
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LIGHTEAST 904 Great Masters of the Spiritual Life

2022-01-12
Moving out of the Descending Incarnation cycle of the Liturgical calendar, and heading toward the Ascending cycle of Christ's resurrection and Ascension we will hear from great masters of the spiritual life.
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LIGHTEAST 903 God's Salvific Tasks

2022-01-05
We have all done a lot of work preparing and living these recent high holy days of Our Lord. Even God Himself has performed His salvific tasks. Now, it is time to let these events work for us.
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LIGHTEAST 902R Christ's Circumcision

2021-12-29
The great act of love and humiliation that our Lord took on by being born in a cave in Bethlehem will continue with submission to circumcision on the eighth day.
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LIGHTEAST 901R The Miracle of the Incarnation

2021-12-21
All families have their story from sinners to saints. So it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God still works out His divine plan which is the miracle of this season.
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LIGHTEAST 900R Water is Marvelous and Mysterious

2021-12-16
Water is marvelous and mysterious. It give life and takes life. It is central to civilization and to the life of the Church. Strange how for some suffering Christians the mystery of water remains scarce.
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LIGHTEAST 899 Do Not Celebrate Christmas

2021-12-07
Do not celebrate Christmas. That's Right. Do not celebrate Christmas. Rather, rely on the Church's preparation for Christmas to help you enter into the mystery of the Incarnation and be transformed by it
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LIGHTEAST 898R Christ Prefigured in the Old Testament

2021-11-30
As we draw near to the Nativity of Our Lord, we look back on the ancestry of Christ and the many foretellings and prefigurements of Christ in the Old Testament.
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LIGHTEAST 897R Cantors in Eastern Christian Liturgy

2021-11-22
Every Eastern Christian church has its own ancient and indigenous chant which is sung by the faithful during liturgical services. This gives cantors a special place in Eastern Christian Liturgy
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LIGHTEAST 895 The Bridegroom is Coming

2021-11-09
A mystical marriage is about to take place. It is the Great Mystery of the Incarnation and we have to clean house and prepare for it. For many Eastern churches, the Philip's is their preparation.
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LIGHTEAST 894 Breaking Ecumenical Updates

2021-11-03
Light of the East is dedicated to unity in the Church between east and west. Our ecumenical advance man, Jack Figel makes a quick return to our program with late breaking ecumenical updates.
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LIGHTEAST 893 Do Eastern Catholics Pray the Rosary?

2021-10-29
Latin Rite Catholics often ask if the Eastern Catholic Churches pray the Rosary? The answer is a qualified, yes and no. Our special guest, Jack Figel will help us to understand what this actually means.
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LightEast 892R Are the End Times Near?

2021-10-19
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.
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LIGHTEAST 891 The Church as a Field Hospital

2021-10-13
Pope Francis described the Church as a Field Hospital. We will hear from an author and patient of this hospital as he describes his healing by way of the spirituality of the Eastern Churches.
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LIGHTEAST 890 Out of the Mouths of Babes

2021-10-05
Parents, frazzled or embarrassed by your fidgety or screaming child in church? Out of the mouths of babes wisdom will come, Our Lord tells us. So what "wisdom" is that fidgety child sharing about themselves and about the church?
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LIGHTEAST 889 We Find the Solution for the Southern Border Crisis

2021-09-29
There is a humanitarian disaster on the Southern Border of the United States of America. For a simple solution look not further than than the Liturgy of the Eastern Catholic Churches.
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LIGHTEAST 888 22nd Anniversary of Annunciation Parish

2021-09-22
Last Sunday marked the 22nd anniversary of our first Liturgy in our new church of Annunciation in our new location. So. we will do a little boasting, but as St. Paul says, "in the Lord.
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LIGHTEAST 887 The Pope and Eastern Liturgies

2021-09-16
Two often asked questions today are: Can the Pope mandate things for the Eastern Catholic Liturgies? And How are Eastern Catholic Churches dealing with the pandemic?"
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Light of the East 886R The Difference Between the Lungs of the Church

2021-09-07
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?
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LIGHTEAST 885 Hope, Self-Sacrifice and Courage

2021-09-02
Both inside and outside of the Church, hope, self-sacrifice and courage, much needed in our world, seem to be so scarce. Our two guests Rinju Chenet and Kameron Traxler serve as signs of hope for the Church and the world.
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LIGHTEAST 884 No Need to Lose Our Heads

2021-08-25
There is no need to lose our heads about the way the world is. On second thought there is someone who did, and it is helped us keep our heads and Faith.
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LIGHTEAST 883 Eastern Spituality to Combat Anxiety

2021-08-18
Warnings and predictions of the worldwide pandemic, vaccination policies and lockdowns are swirling again. The spirituality of the Eastern Churches indeed have something to offer during this time of great anxiety.
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LIGHTEAST 882 The Assumption of the Mother of God

2021-08-11
The Feast of the Assumption of the Mother of God into Heaven offers an insightful example of the two lungs of the Church, east and west approach things differently but arrive at the same point.
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LIGHTEAST 881R The Difference Between the Rites of the Church

2021-08-02
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?
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LIGHTEAST 880 The Byzantine Liturgical Calendar

2021-07-28
The beginning of another month in the Byzantine Liturgical calendar starts off with rich events, a potential period and a way to overcome the demons of lust and pornography.
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LIGHTEAST 879 Critical Race Theory

2021-07-28
From Critical Race Theory to the Equity Act, to Pandemic policies, we live in confusing times for which the history and spirituality of the Eastern Churches can offer sources of stability.
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LIGHTEAST 878 The Ecumenical Councils

2021-07-13
We can have full confidence that a Church whose dogma's came about from Councils and not from a mere person is indeed the fullness of the Body of Christ on Earth.
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LIGHTEAST 877E Wow! Is it Hot Here!

2021-07-08
Wow! It's sure is hot during these dog days of summer. Want a really unique vacation? Plan the rest of your summer according to the Liturgical life of the Church.
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LIGHTEAST 876 Communion and Ex-Communion

2021-06-29
Holy Communion and Ex-Communion. There is a lot of Communication and MIS-communication about it all these days. Allow the Liturgy itself to communicate clarity and truth on the source and summit of our existence.
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LIGHTEAST 875R A Way Back to Humility

2021-06-21
The world needs to rediscover the virtue of real humility which has gone missing in modern society. Yet, as always, the Liturgical life of the Church offers a way back for us to this priceless virtue.
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LIGHTEAST 874R The Potpourri of Eastern Christian Spirituality

2021-06-15
Words like Perichorresis, Kenosis, Theoria Theologica sound unfamiliar but together with the liturgical monastic tradition they make up the potpourri of Eastern spirituality.
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Light of the East 873R Are the End Times Near?

2021-06-07
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.
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LIGHTEAST 872 Be Extraordinarily Ordinary

2021-06-01
In the Byzantine Calendar, we're in the season of the Sundays after Pentecost, In the Latin Rite, this is known as ordinary time, which is actually extraordinary and vice versa.
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LIGHTEAST 871 We Honor Those Who Gave the Gift of Their Life

2021-05-25
This weekend, in both civil life and in the life of the Church, we honor those who gave their lives that we might have a blessed life on earth and in eternity.
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LIGHTEAST 870R The Ascension

2021-05-18
In the Liturgy of the Church, we are mystically transported from earth to Heaven. The Feast of our Lord's Ascension is not only His Ascension but ours as well.
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LIGHTEAST 869 The Sunday of the Holy Fathers

2021-05-12
We will soon enter into the miracle of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday. The Church therefore reminds us of what it is that we actually believe about our Faith.
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LIGHTEAST 868 The Ascension

2021-05-04
The magnificence of the Ascension of our Lord can be understood by looking first at his condescension in Bethlehem which allowed our human nature to then Ascend with Christ into Heaven
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LIGHTEAST 867 The Samaritan Woman

2021-04-27
Jesus Christ encounters a Samaritan woman at an ancient well. What transpires between them will provide insights on how to handle questions like how to save the world and "did you get vaccinated yet?"
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LIGHTEAST 866 The Divine Physician

2021-04-20
Vaccines, masks, lockdowns, third wave, different strains, more opinions, more confusion, more anxiety. There is, however a place to go for the healing of body AND soul which is simple and effective.
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LIGHTEAST 865 Almighty God, the Great Set-up Artist

2021-04-15
Almighty God is the great set up artist. He takes what was lost to regain that which was lost. We see the set up artist at work in the persons of the Myrrh-bearing women at the empty tomb.
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LIGHTEAST 864 Divine Mercy Sunday - Thomas Sunday

2021-04-07
On the Sunday after Pascha, both lungs of the Church converge at the theme of God's Mercy. For the Latin Rite it is Divine Mercy Sunday. For Many Eastern Churches it is the Sunday of Doubting Thomas.
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LIGHTEAST 863 Christ is Risen!

2021-03-31
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! As we mystically suffered, and went to the Cross with Our Lord, so too must Our Lord's Resurrection now be our own Resurrection, our own victory over sin and death
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LIGHTEAST 862 Great Week

2021-03-23
In many Eastern Churches this week is called the Week of the Bridegroom. Through the deep liturgical services we walk with the Bridegroom Christ to his mystical marriage on the Cross.
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LIGHTEAST 861 The Reference Point

2021-03-18
St. John Paul II said that monasticism is the reference point for all of the baptized. Lent is our monastic experience and the examples of two desert monastics are put before our eyes as our guides.
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LIGHTEAST 860R Monasticism

2021-03-08
Three great ascetics are put before our eyes as our guides at this point of Lent. As Pope Saint John Paul II said, "Monasticism is the reference point for all of the baptized."
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LIGHTEAST 859R The Bright Sadness of Lent

2021-03-01
The Bright Sadness of Lent becomes palpable as this Sunday of the Great Fast brings us to the convergence of the Veneration of the Cross and the Annunciation of the Mother of God.
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LIGHTEAST 858 Lord Jesus Christ

2021-02-22
The Lenten rigors of fasting and penance have as their goal the renewal of the true vision of things. The Eastern Spiritual Masters had a word and a prayer for this.
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LIGHTEAST 857 Images Matter

2021-02-18
Images matter. They matter so much that historically images were the thing that opponents of the Church went after and images matter on the First Day of Lent
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LIGHTEAST 856 What a Week!

2021-02-10
Wow! What a Week! Are you ready to enter into the most transformative and challenging season of the Church's year? Here it is! The Bright Sadness of repentance, and none too soon.
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LIGHTEAST 855 The Bright Sadness

2021-02-02
In the Eastern Catholic Churches, Lent is called the Bright Sadness. How relevant is this term today?! Amidst the darkness of repentance we can, and must, become a people of brightness.
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LIGHTEAST 854 The Week of Liturgical Transition

2021-01-26
The Season of our Lord's condescension now gives rise to our ascension through the season of repentance. The Scripture, A Feast Day and the prayer for the deceased converge in a week of transition.
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LIGHTEAST 853 A Way Back to Humility

2021-01-20
The world needs to rediscover the virtue of real humility which has gone missing in modern society. Yet, as always, the Liturgical life of the Church offers a way back for us to this priceless virtue.
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LIGHTEAST 852 Masters of the Ascetical Life

2021-01-13
Having been immersed in the mystery of our Lord's coming in the flesh, we look toward the season of repentance with the help of those who were the great masters at it
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LIGHTEAST 851R This Time of Epiphany

2021-01-04
From the birth of Christ through to his presentation in the Temple and to his baptism, this time of Epiphany of manifestation is ingeniously expressed through the prayer of the Church.
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LIGHTEAST 850 We Await a Providential Revelation

2020-12-29
It may be Providential as America awaits the revelation of who will actually be its President, the Church East and West celebrates a Great Feat of revelation, illumination and sanctification
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LIGHTEAST 849R -The Miracle of the Incarnation

2020-12-22
All families have their story from sinners to saints. So it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God still works out His divine plan which is the miracle of this season.
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LIGHTEAST 848R Cantors in Eastern Christian Liturgy

2020-12-17
Every Eastern Christian church has its own ancient and indigenous chant which is sung by the faithful during liturgical services. This gives cantors a special place in Eastern Christian Liturgy
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LIGHTEAST 847R Water is Marvelous and Mysterious

2020-12-09
Water is marvelous and mysterious. It give life and takes life. It is central to civilization and to the life of the Church. Strange how for some suffering Christians the mystery of water remains scarce
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LIGHTEAST 846 Christ Prefigured in the Old Testament

2020-12-08
As we draw near to the Nativity of Our Lord, we look back on the ancestry of Christ and the many foretellings and prefigurements of Christ in the Old Testament.
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LIGHTEAST 845 The Feast of the Immaculate Conception

2020-12-01
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception or is it the Feast of the Conception of the Mother of God in the womb of St Ann?
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LIGHTEAST 844 The Great Spousal Mystery

2020-11-25
It is not time for celebration, food and gifts yet. We still should be fasting and praying in anticipation of the invisible God becoming visible through his very own creation.
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LIGHTEAST 842 The Timeless Wisdom of the Church

2020-11-10
Do you want to remain hopeful and negotiate through the strife, division and confusion of our times? Look into the timeless wisdom of the Church's liturgy and saints.
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LIGHTEAST 841 Let Us Pray for Our Nation

2020-11-04
In the tradition of the Church our prayer is amplified by lining our petitions with angels and saints in heaven. The Byzantine liturgical calendar this week features a powerhouse of prayer intercessors to which we can appeal on behalf of our nation.
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LIGHTEAST 840 All Saints Day

2020-10-28
It is All Saints Day in the Western lung of the Church. The East observes this on a different day. Whether from the east or the west, a saint is a saint.
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LIGHTEAST 839 It's Time to Cast Our Votes

2020-10-21
It is time to cast our votes in one of the most crucial elections in world history. So we are offering an Eastern Catholic Voter's guide to help form our conscience.
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LIGHTEAST 838 School is Back in Session

2020-10-14
Whether e-learning, classroom learning or not learning at all, school is back in session. Before learning new things we will review old things through commonly asked questions.
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LIGHTEAST 837 Fundamental Beliefs

2020-10-06
The Fundamental beliefs of the Catholic Church are not the brainchild of any one particular human person. They are the work of the 7 Ecumenical Councils. One in particular gets special attention.
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LIGHTEAST 836R Our 10 Favorite Gifts of the Eastern Churches

2020-09-28
Among the many gifts of both lungs of the Church, East and West, we here at Light of the East have our ten favorite gifts that the Eastern Churches offer to the whole Church and the world.
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LIGHTEAST 835R Married Couples and the Pandemic

2020-09-21
"Sheltering at Home" and "Shut Downs" for many married couples has become more like "Fighting at Home" and "Shut Downs" in communication. We look again into the riches of Eastern Christian Spirituality.
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LIGHTEAST 834 Let the Children Come Unto Me

2020-09-16
Our Lord said, Let the children come unto me for such is the Kingdom of God." With the help of our guest, Stephanie Potts, we will see how the children come to Christ in an Eastern Catholic parish.
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LIGHTEAST 833R The Virtue of Humility

2020-09-04
Of all of the virtues that belonged to the desert spiritual masters of the Christian East, one virtue in particular is the most characteristic and far too scarce in our modern age - humility
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LIGHTEAST 832 The Byzantine Answer to the Sistine Chapel

2020-09-02
Everyone knows about Michaelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. There is a Byzantine answer to the Sistine Chapel in an ancient church that has recently been turned into a mosque.
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LIGHTEAST 831 The Byzantine Marriage Ceremony

2020-08-26
From pandemics to politics, the stressors of our times can be tough on marriage on family. A renewed look at the Byzantine marriage ceremony can actually help couples find their home base once again.
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LIGHTEAST 830 The Difference Between the Rites of the Church

2020-08-19
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?
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LIGHTEAST 829 Marriage, Family and Civilization Under Atrack

2020-08-17
Civilization will go by the way of the family and these institutions are being attacked like never before. It is the Liturgy of the Church and the Domestic Church that will help marriage and family remain bright.
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LIGHTEAST 828 More on Transfiguration and Dormition

2020-08-05
In these days of anxiety and so much darkness, the Church again comes to our rescue through two glorious feast days of our Lord and the most Holy Blessed Mother.
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LIGHTEAST 827 The Feasts of the Transfiguration and Dormition

2020-07-28
This week at Annunciation Byzantine Catholic parish in Homer Glen, IL under the the Light of Tabor and through the dynamism of the Liturgy we will be transfiguring from glory to glory amidst two great feasts.
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LIGHTEAST 826 Haigia Sophia A Sad Day

2020-07-20
We are reminded that we have no lasting home here on earth as Haiga Sophia, the mother Church of Christianity was once again claimed as a mosque
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LIGHTEAST 825 Demons Are Running Wild

2020-07-14
It ought to be clear to any believing person that demons are running wild in our world today. Eastern Christian Spirituality and warrior saints like the Prophet Elijah can offer calm and confidence amidst the chaos.
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LIGHTEAST 824R Saint Spelled with a Small s

2020-07-07
There is saint spelled with a small s and saint spelled with a capital S. The life of a baptized Christian is a journey toward turning the small S into a capital S
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LIGHTEAST 823 Old Man River

2020-07-01
The famous song, "Old Man River," expresses a contrast between the calm integrity of nature and human chaos. The ancient traditions of the Eastern Churches are today's "Old Man River.
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LIGHTEAST 822 Ss. Peter and Paul

2020-06-30
Ss. Peter and Paul are depicted in their icon standing together holding up a model of the Church. They were the two pillars of the early Church and many saints followed after them."
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LIGHTEAST 821 The 24th Orientale Lumen Council

2020-06-18
The 24th Annual Orientale Lumen Conference has been unleashed on social media. Our special guest will clue us into the exciting topics and speakers on the subject of Liturgy and icons.
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LIGHTEAST 820 Smells and Bells

2020-06-09
Liturgy is often referred to as "smells and bells." In fact, smells, bells, sights, tastes and touches are not only essential to Liturgy but may even be good for our health
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LIGHTEAST 819R Are the End Times Near?

2020-06-02
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.
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LIGHTEAST 818 Christians Gather on This Pentecost

2020-05-26
As they did in the upper room 2,000 years ago, Christians gather again to be filled with the Holy Spirit on this Feast of Pentecost, the completion of God's plan of salvation
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LIGHTEAST 817 Between the Resurrection and Pentecost

2020-05-22
Between the double brightness of the Resurrection of Our Lord and the event of Pentecost is the Ascension of our Lord and the illumination of the Council Fathers of Nicea--- sources of hope and light.
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LIGHTEAST 816 The Feast of Our Lord's Ascension

2020-05-13
In the Liturgy of the Church, we are mystically transported from earth to Heaven. The Feast of our Lord's Ascension is not only His ascension but ours as well.
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LIGHTEAST 815 Married Couples and the Pandemic

2020-05-04
Sheltering at Home" and "Shut Downs" for many married couples has become more like "Fighting at Home" and "Shut Downs" in communication. We look again into the riches of Eastern Christian Spirituality.
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LIGHTEAST 814 Don't Let the Joy of the Resurrection Be Clouded By Anxiety

2020-04-29
It may be hard to proclaim the Resurrection of Christ during this pandemic. A reach into the gifts of Eastern Christian spirituality can actually help move us beyond fear, anxiety and despondency.
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LIGHTEAST 813 The Myrrh Bearing Women

2020-04-22
How can we experience the Joy of the Resurrection when we are immersed in so much sadness? The women and men who came to care for Jesus's body will provide some answers.
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LIGHTEAST 812 Liturgy and the World Wide Pandemic

2020-04-14
The Liturgy of the Church immerses us into the events of Christ's life on earth. These events become our events and are heightened in their reality by the world wide pandemic.
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LIGHTEAST 811R Christ is Risen!

2020-04-07
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Together with you and Luke the Regular Guy we will share and proclaim the joy of this Day of Days, the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from the Dead.
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LIGHTEAST 810 The Week of the Bridegroom

2020-03-31
In Eastern Churches it is the Week of the Bridegroom begins this Sunday and includes the story of the wise Virgins who were ready for the coming of the Bridegroom, a relevant theme for a time of pandemic.
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LIGHTEAST 809 The Corona Pandemic and Good Monastics

2020-03-25
Empty shelves at the grocery stores, social distancing, bars and restaurants and all places of communal gathering closed, sporting events cancelled. The Corona Pandemic has essentially turned us into good monastics.
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LIGHTEAST 808 The Ladder of Divine Ascent

2020-03-18
The great spiritual master who lived on Mt. Sinai, St John Climacus, will take us higher and higher on his Ladder of Divine Ascent. The first two rungs of the ladder will be renunciation and obedience.
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LIGHTEAST 807R Cantors in Eastern Christian Liturgy

2020-03-10
Every Eastern Christian church has its own ancient and indigenous chant which is sung by the faithful during liturgical services. This gives cantors a special place in Eastern Christian Liturgy
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LIGHTEAST 806 The Great Fast

2020-03-03
The Season of Lent, the Great Fast, is a return to our living experience of the Scriptures and to our real selves
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LIGHTEAST 805R Silence and Know by Unknowing

2020-02-21
Silence, God's Uncreated Energies, the Divine Light and coming to know God by Unknowing were taught by a 14th century saint and which are relevant for our own time, especially during Lent
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LIGHTEAST 804 Learn When Lent Begins for Many Eastern Churches

2020-02-19
The Sunday evening before Ash Wednesday begins the Lenten Season for many Eastern Catholic Churches. Worshipers take on the posture of Adam exiled from Paradise and also share in a gesture of mutual forgiveness.
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LIGHTEAST 803 Are Celibacy and the Priesthood Inseparately Linked

2020-02-11
There is a lot of discussion today in the Latin Rite about priestly celibacy. A monk from an Eastern Catholic monastery will share a perspective on this that the discussion to baptism and the episcopacy.
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LIGHTEAST 802 The Prodigal Son

2020-02-04
The Scripture parable of the Prodigal Son is our story - a choice for the delusion of ideology or a choice for reality, right reason and our ultimate glorious destiny.
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LIGHTEAST 801 The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

2020-01-29
On this glorious Feast day, as the Christ child and the Elder Simeon encounter each other through the Temple and the Law we will encounter Christ in our suffering, persecuted Christians of the Middle East
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LIGHTEAST 800E Seeking Spirituality and the Mystical

2020-01-21
For young people seeking spirituality and the mystical, or guest Anthony Dragani, A Byzantine Deacon and Professors of religious studies will tell young people they need not look outside the Church.
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LIGHTEAST 799 In Between the Season of Christ's Descending and Ascending

2020-01-15
In between the season of Christ's descending and His ascending, the Incarnation and the Resurrection. We turn to the great spiritual masters of the desert to serve as our guides.
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LIGHTEAST 798 This Time of Epiphany

2020-01-08
From the birth of Christ through to his presentation in the Temple to his baptism, this time of epiphany of manifestation is ingeniously expressed through the prayer of the Church.
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LIGHTEAST 797R Eastern and Western Churches

2019-12-30
Devotional practices between the Eastern and Western lungs of the Church are often different from each other yet they arrive at the same point. These differences are not deficits but rather, complements.
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LIGHTEAST 796 The Sunday after the Birth of Christ

2019-12-24
The Sunday after the Birth of Christ calls us to examine and renew the relationships in our lives, beginning with Christ and those closest to us. We also turn our attention to the event and relevancy of the slaughter of the innocents.
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LIGHTEAST 795R -The Miracle of the Incarnation

2019-12-16
All families have their story from sinners to saints. So it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God still works out His divine plan which is the miracle of this season.
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LIGHTEAST 794 Get Rid of It

2019-12-11
Get rid of it! Just get rid of it! The clutter in our closets, our souls and in our lives. God will come in the flesh on Christmas day to bring order out of the disorder of sin. Now is the time for us to do the same
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LIGHTEAST 793R Are the End Times Near

2019-12-02
LIGHTEAST 793R Are the End Times Near
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LIGHTEAST 792 The Most Special Guest

2019-11-30
When a special guest is coming to our home we prepare by getting things in order and the includes our interior disposition. Prayer, fasting and alms giving is how we get ourselves in order for the coming of Jesus Christ.
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LIGHTEAST 790 What Rite Does a Rite Have to Be Called A Rite

2019-11-12
What Rite does a Rite have to be called a "Rite?" We will try to get this Rite by going Rite to the Rite sources especially in regard to the recent Amazon Synod. I think I got that Rite?
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LIGHTEAST 789 A Question of Balance

2019-11-06
Many are concerned at the evangelizing methods surrounding the Amazon Synod. Evangelization is always a balance of culture with the Gospel and here the Eastern Churches can be very insightful.
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LIGHTEAST 788R The Eucharist is a Mystical Reality

2019-10-28
There is something transformative and bonding that happens to us when we gather as a community in the liturgical worship of the Church. It is a mystical reality for which we have proof
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LIGHTEAST 787 The Incarnation of The Word

2019-10-21
The Incarnation of the Second Person of the Holy Trinity is a mystery central to our Faith and all of life. An opportunity is available to experience that mystery physically and liturgically.
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LIGHTEAST 786 Eastern Catholic Churches Plan for Evangelization_

2019-10-15
We congratulate Bishop Nicholas Samra of the Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church and look at how the Eastern Catholic Churches can respond to his plan of action for real evangelization.
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LIGHTEAST 785R Our 10 Favorite Gifts of the Eastern Churches

2019-10-07
Among the many gifts of both lungs of the Church, east and west, we here at Light of the East have our ten favorite gifts that the Eastern Churches offer to the whole Church and the world
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LIGHTEAST 784 Which Devotions are Shared East and West

2019-10-02
Are daily Mass, daily Communion, and daily Rosary part of the devotion of Eastern Catholics? If so, how? If not, why not? The answer will reveal much about east and west.
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LIGHTEAST 783 Monastic Spirituality

2019-09-24
Monastic spirituality was called by St. John Paul II, "The reference point for all of the baptized." Through their holy, ascetical lives, the Eastern monastics have bequeathed a wisdom relevant and urgent for our day.
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LIGHTEAST 782 Preparation for the Eucharist

2019-09-18
The elaborate preparation for the reception of the Sunday Eucharist begins Saturday evening in the Eastern Churches and gives ample witness to the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
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LIGHTEAST 781 Spousal Mystery

2019-09-10
The upcoming Amazon Synod is leaving many Latin Rite Catholics apprehensive about the possibility that Pope Francis may allow married priesthood in the Latin Rite. The Eastern Christian Churches can be very helpful in this discussion.
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LIGHTEAST 780 The Latest Orientale Lumen Trip

2019-09-04
Publisher, videographer, and ecumenist extraordinaire, Jack Fiegel. of Eastern Christian Publications will join us to tell us about some historic events during his most recent Orientale Lumen trip.
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LIGHTEAST 779 The Theologies of the Eastern and Western Lungs

2019-08-28
The differences between the the theologies of east and west are more a matter of emphasis, perspective and expression than fundamental belief. In the end, east and west arrive at the same place but from different directions
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LIGHTEAST 778R Cantors in Eastern Christian Liturgy

2019-08-21
Every Eastern Christian church has its own ancient and indigenous chant which is sung by the faithful during liturgical services. This gives cantors a special place in Eastern Christian Liturgy.
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LIGHTEAST 777R - The Virtue of Humility

2019-08-10
Of all of the virtues that belonged to the desert spiritual masters of the Christian East, one virtue in particular is the most characteristic and far too scarce in our modern age - humility."
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LIGHTEAST 776 Eastern Churches Offer Gifts to the Latin Rite

2019-08-06
There were may times when the gifts of the western lung of the Church were there to assist the Eastern Churches, Now, the Eastern Churches offer gifts to their Latin Rite brethren
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LIGHTEAST 775R The Feast of Our Lord's Transfiguration

2019-07-29
Living in the "real world" is not about living in pain and hardship. The Feast of Our Lord's Transfiguration is our immersion into the "real world" and it is a glorious one indeed.
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LIGHTEAST 774 Eastern Catholic Churches Something to Offer the Latin Rite

2019-07-24
It is no secret the Latin Rite Church is experiencing some particularly confusing and painful times. In light of this, the Eastern Catholic Churches may have something to offer our Latin Rite brethren.
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LIGHTEAST 773 The Differences Between East and West

2019-07-17
"Why do Latin Rite Liturgies have periods of silence and Eastern Rite Liturgies do not.? Why do Eastern Catholics stand and Latin Rite Catholics kneel? The answer lies in the question."
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LIGHTEAST 772 What is the Place of the Eastern Catholic Churches

2019-07-10
Eastern Catholics often wonder: What is our place in the world, the Church at large, and in ecumenical dialogue? The Holy Father's own representative provided an encouraging answer to those questions during a recent visit to the U.S.
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LIGHTEAST 771R saint Spelled with a Small s

2019-07-01
There is saint spelled with a small s and saint spelled with a capital S. The life of a baptized Christian is a journey toward turning the small s into a capital S.
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LIGHTEAST 770E Finding the Round Peg for the Round Hole

2019-06-24
There is a hole in the very soul of modern western civilization and Eastern Christian spirituality with its sacramental liturgical world view and monastic rhythm can supply the healing balm for the modern world.
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LIGHTEAST 769R Eastern and Western Churches

2019-06-18
Devotional practices between the Eastern and Western lungs of the Church are often different from each other yet they arrive at the same point. These differences are not deficits but rather, complements.
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LIGHTEAST 768R All Saints Day in the Eastern Lung of the Church

2019-06-10
The Sunday of All Saints occurs in the Eastern Lung of the Church on the Sunday after Pentecost. From this observance we learn that to be human is simply to become a saint. A saint is just a normal human being.
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LIGHTEAST 767 Are Services in Eastern Catholic Churches Long

2019-06-05
Are the services in Eastern Catholic Churches really very long? Can Eastern Catholic priests get married? Why are there different rites? We will give you the straight story on these questions and more on this Pentecost Sunday.
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LIGHTEAST 766R We Need to Live and Become the Scriptures

2019-05-28
Let's face it. We all need to read the Bible more and to actually become the Bible. The Liturgy, art and architecture of the Eastern Churches can actually immerse us into the Bible.
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LIGHTEAST 765 A First Ever Opportunity

2019-05-22
Young adults can be the most vital population in the Church and the most elusive. Our special guests will tell us about a FIRST EVER opportunity offered by the Byzantine Catholic Church for young adults.
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LIGHTEAST 764 A Genuine Encounter

2019-05-14
The Liturgical prayers and themes of the Church during the Pascal Season are rich and multi layered. Then seem to draw us into the Samaritan woman had with Jesus, a genuine encounter.
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LIGHTEAST 763R You Mean We Have to Go to Church Again

2019-05-06
Holy Days in the Church that occur within the week, it may be inconvenient to our schedules and other interests. But this is precisely why they are relevant to our lives.
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LIGHTEAST 762R The Myrrh Bearing Women

2019-04-29
It was Providential that women were the first to hear of Christ's Resurrection. In their example, together with Joseph of Arimathea, we learn much about our own relationship to the Body of Christ.
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LIGHTEAST 761R Thomas Sunday - My Lord and My God!

2019-04-23
The prayer of Eastern Liturgy takes us on a pilgrimage where through the doubt and proclamation of the Apostle Thomas we too will cry out, "My Lord and my God!"
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LIGHTEAST 760R Christ is Risen

2019-04-16
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Together with you and Luke the Regular Guy we will share and proclaim the joy of this Day of Days, the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from the Dead.
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LIGHTEAST 759 The Week of the Bridgroom

2019-04-10
The Week of the Bridegroom is upon us. It is preceded by the raising of Lazarus and Christ's entry into Jerusalem: two events that anticipate what will happen only one week later.
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LIGHTEAST 758 St Mary of Egypt

2019-04-04
On the 5th Sunday of Lent in the Byzantine liturgical calendar, the example of St. Mary of Egypt is presented and it can help answer the question. often asked, of the place and role of women in the Eastern Churches.
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LIGHTEAST 757 Monasticism

2019-03-26
Three great ascetics are put before our eyes as our guides at this point of Lent. As Pope Saint John Paul II said, "Monasticism is the reference point for all of the baptized."
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LIGHTEAST 756 The Bright Sadness of Lent B

2019-03-21
The "Bright Sadness" of Lent becomes palpable as this Sunday of the Great Fast brings us to the convergence of the Veneration of the Cross and the Annunciation of the Mother of God.
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LIGHTEAST 755 St Ephram the Syrian B

2019-03-21
I will call him the Patron Saint of Byzantine Lent - St. Ephram the Syrian. An ancient ascetic yet ahead of his time and relevant for all times through prayer and apostolic work.
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LIGHTEAST 754 Byzantine Iconography B

2019-03-21
Byzantine Iconography draws us into the very mystery of our Faith and provides us with the one and only honest vision of all of life. Lent, in turn, helps us to live according to that vision.
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LIGHTEAST 753 The Lenten Journey B

2019-03-21
Jesus Christ said, " Blessed are the pure of heart for they shall see God." During Lent we journey to regain a pure heart and the vision in sacred art can help us do just that.
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LIGHTEAST 752 Extreme

2019-02-20
We often hear the word, "Extreme," used today to describe certain experiences, beliefs and behaviors. While we might consider the desert monks to be extreme, they are actually the model for the NORMAL Christian.
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LIGHTEAST 751 By the Waters of Babylon

2019-02-13
We weep today by the Waters of Babylon. Like the Israelites of the Bible and the Prodigal Son, our sinfulness has us exiled from ourselves and from our Father's House.
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LIGHTEAST 750R Byzantine Iconography

2019-02-05
Although the term "Icon" is being used more commonly today, Byzantine Iconography is a specific art form whose real value lies first in knowing the why behind the line, color and composition and interior principles.
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LIGHTEAST 749 Christ Descends to Earth and Ascends to the Cross

2019-01-31
As we complete Christ's descension to Earth, Zacchaeus the tax collector ascends the tree and prepares us for the season of Christ's ascent to the Cross and to His resurrection.
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LIGHTEAST 748 Toxic Masculinity

2019-01-22
So now they are saying that masculinity is toxic. Actually it is toxic to claim such things. All we need to do is look into Eastern Christian spirituality to see God's intention for masculinity.
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LIGHTEAST 747 The Torn Body of Christ

2019-01-15
Unity in the torn Body of Christ ought to be a primary concern for all. Our special guest will demonstrate how liturgy can be an appropriate vehicle between the two lungs of the church, East and West.
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LIGHTEAST 746R Confession in the Eastern Catholic Churches

2019-01-08
Fasting and Penance is the way to prepare for any great Feast day. This includes Confession which is similar yet different to the form practiced in the Latin Rite.
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LIGHTEAST 745 Jan 1st and New Years Resoultions

2018-12-31
January 1st and New Year's Resolutions. January 1st and the Feast of the Circumcision, one a holiday and the other a Holy Day. Circumcision of Providence?
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LIGHTEAST 744R - The Circumcision of Christ

2018-12-21
The great act of love and humiliation that our Lord took on by being born in a cave in Bethlehem will continue with submission to circumcision on the eighth day.
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LIGHTEAST743R -The Miracle of the Incarnation

2018-12-19
All families have their story from sinners to saints. So it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God still works out His divine plan which is the miracle of this season.
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LIGHTEAST 742 The Church Celebrates the Ancestors of Christ

2018-12-12
As plans are being made for family get-togethers, the Byzantine Liturgical calendar calls together the spiritual family and the ancestors of Jesus Christ during the two Sundays before the Birth of Christ.
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LIGHTEAST 741 Discord in the Eastern Churches

2018-12-06
The complexity and richness of the Eastern Christian Churches is part of their charism and genius. At the same time things can get confusing and divisive in these Churches which can even have geo-political implications.
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LIGHTEAST 740R - Two Sign Posts Enroute to the Nativity

2018-11-28
Enroute to our Lord's Nativity we pass by the Feast of St. Nicholas and the Feast of the Conception of the Mother Of God in the womb of St. Anne, also known as the Immaculate Conception.
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LIGHTEAST 739 We Remember Fr. Robert Taft and St. Josephat

2018-11-20
LIGHTEAST 739 We Remember Fr. Robert Taft and St. Josephat
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LIGHTEAST 738 Water is Marvelous and Mysterious

2018-11-14
Water is marvelous and mysterious. It give life and takes life. It is central to civilization and to the life of the Church. Strange how for some suffering Christians the mystery of water remains scarce.
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LIGHTEAST 737 Local Ecclesiology A Gift of the Eastern Churches

2018-11-09
Like little families, many of the Churches of the East each have their own Father or Patriarch together with his spiritual children. The problem is in trying to keep all of the families together, talking with each other.
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LIGHTEAST 736R Cantors in Eastern Christian Liturgy

2018-10-31
Every Eastern Christian church has its own ancient and indigenous chant which is sung by the faithful during liturgical services. This gives cantors a special place in Eastern Christian Liturgy.
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LIGHTEAST 735R Our 10 Favorite Gifts of the Eastern Churches

2018-10-23
Among the many gifts of both lungs of the Church, east and west, we here at Light of the East have our ten favorite gifts that the Eastern Churches offer to the whole Church and the world.
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LIGHTEAST734R - The Virtue of Humility

2018-10-15
Of all of the virtues that belonged to the desert spiritual masters of the Christian East, one virtue in particular is the most characteristic and far too scarce in our modern age - humility.
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LIGHTEAST 733 Eastern Churches Can Offer Gifts to a Church in Crisis

2018-10-10
Times of crises in the Church are a call to the Church to rediscover, in new ways, its original mission and charism. The spirituality of the Eastern Churches does have certain gifts to offer a Church in Crisis.
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LIGHTEAST 732 Invisible Realities Made Visible

2018-10-02
At the very heart of the genius of the Church and of our Faith is the Incarnational reality where invisible realities are made visible through architecture, art, liturgy and even the medium of film.
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LIGHTEAST 731 The Participation of Men in the Eastern Catholic Churches

2018-09-25
The intimate union of religion, nation and culture gives an Eastern Catholic a deep sense of responsibility for the Church. This is often reflected in the active participation by the men of Eastern Catholic parishes.
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LIGHTEAST 730 Light is a Recurring Theme

2018-09-19
Light is a recurring theme in Eastern Christian spirituality. This light is manifested most brightly in human persons who remain Faithful and hopeful even in the darkest hours if the Church.
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LIGHTEAST 729 We Bow to Your Cross O Lord

2018-09-11
"We bow to Your Cross O Lord, and we glorify Your Holy Resurrection." A profound mystery of salvation and every aspect of life on earth is captured in this one brief prayer of the Byzantine Church.
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LIGHTEAST 728 Knowing the Great and Wonderful WHY

2018-09-06
Teenagers and young adults often arrive at certain critical junctures in their spiritual journey. Knowing the great "WHY" behind their Faith and the Church can be a helpful signpost along the journey.
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LIGHTEAST 727 Its a New Liturgical Year

2018-08-29
It's a new liturgical year in many Eastern Churches. A great New Year's resolution would be to pray more often and better. For that we will get some help from an old friend of ours at Light of the East.
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LIGHTEAST 726 The Light Burns Out the Darkness of Life

2018-08-21
Light burns out the darkness. True healing for the dark scandals in the Church will come about only when the Light of God's Divine Plan shines brighter in our homes, parishes and seminaries.
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LIGHTEAST 725R Don't Just Go to Church

2018-08-17
Don't just "go to Church." Don't just "satisfy an obligation." Rather, LIVE the Liturgy, which is an immersion into the truth of life, particularly when it comes to marriage.
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LIGHTEAST 724 The Virgin Mary as Consoler

2018-08-08
Among the many descriptions and title for the Blessed Virgin Mary is that of consoler, In the Byzantine tradition an service is based on the Virgin Mary as consoler, It is prayed before the Feast of her Dormition.
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LIGHTEAST 723 Light of Tabor

2018-08-01
When Jesus Christ was transfigured on Mt. Tabor amidst three Apostles they were overwhelmed by the sight of Christ's Divinity but also by the glory of His humanity, a glory that is our origin and our destiny.
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LIGHTEAST 722 The Eucharist is a Mystical Reality

2018-07-24
There is something transformative and bonding that happens to us when we gather as a community in the liturgical worship of the Church. It is a mystical reality for which we have proof.
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LIGHTEAST 721 Life Flows in and Out of the Liturgy

2018-07-17
The Byzantine Liturgy is not just a particular Liturgy that we find suitable for our Sunday obligation. The Liturgy is part of a living church and life itself flows in and out of the Liturgy.
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LIGHTEAST 719 Don't Just Go to Church

2018-07-04
Don't just "go to Church" Don't just "satisfy an obligation." Rather, LIVE the Liturgy, which is an immersion into the truth of life, particularly when it comes to marriage.
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LIGHTEAST 717R God Committed Himself to His Own Laws

2018-06-19
God Himself took on flesh and submitted Himself to His own laws. What other response can we have except that of the Elder Simeon: "Now you may dismiss your servant, O Lord."
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LIGHTEAST 716 The Hazy Lazy Days of Summer

2018-06-14
The hazy, lazy wonderful days of summer are not a signal to get lazy and casual about our Faith. We can trust the Church's liturgical life to provide the proper context and grounding for our lives during summertime.
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LIGHTEAST715 Think About Your Death Every Day

2018-06-07
The spiritual masters of the eastern monastic tradition taught that we must think about our own death a few minutes each day. This may be frightening and can certainly make us wonder about the mystery of the afterlife.
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LIGHTEAST714 Living in the Both-And

2018-05-30
Living in the both-and, means living in the mystery, in the confluence of what is known and not known. This particular genius of the Eastern lung of the Church is handily applied to some confusing and controversial issues.
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LIGHTEAST713 The Sunday of All Saints

2018-05-23
It is the Sunday of All Saints in some Eastern Churches - it is a celebration of all those who have reached "normal" humanness. To be a saint is not something extraordinary but ordinary according to God's original design.
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LIGHTEAST712 On this Glorious Day

2018-05-16
Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, who are everywhere present and filling all things, come and dwell within us. Cleanse us of our sins and save our Souls O Gracious One.
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LIGHTEAST711 The Nicene Creed

2018-05-10
The Nicene Creed, as proclaimed at every Byzantine Divine Liturgy, has a significance and relevancy today as it did during its beginnings when the Church Fathers gathered at Nicea in 325 AD.
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LIGHTEAST710 The Ascencion of Our Lord

2018-05-02
The Ascension of Our Lord into Heaven unites our earthly nature with Heaven. During this same week the Feasts of Ss. Cyril and Methodius unites both lungs of the Church, east and west.
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LIGHTEAST709 His Resurrection is Our Resurrection

2018-04-26
The sanctity of marriage and the whole order of man and woman finds its context in the Liturgy and iconography of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. His Resurrection is also our Resurrection.
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LIGHTEAST 708R Essential Story Telling

2018-04-17
Story telling is the essential way that Our Lord and the Liturgy of the Church immerse us into the drama and message of the scriptures. Our special guest, Eric Groth tells stories through the medium of film.
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LIGHTEAST707 We Become the Myrhh-Bearing Women

2018-04-10
This week through the Liturgy of the Church we become the Myrrh-Bearing women who are the first to hear of Christ's Resurrection. The fact that it was women is Providential.
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LIGHTEAST706 Christ's Resurrected Body

2018-04-03
In the Byzantine calendar the Divine Mercy of God comes through the reality of Christ's Resurrected body appearing to St. Thomas. In this same Resurrected body we find our own true health of body and soul.
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LIGHTEAST705 Christ is Risen

2018-03-28
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Together with you and Luke the Regular Guy we will share and proclaim the joy of this Day of Days, the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from the Dead.
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LIGHTEAST704 Hosanna in the Highest

2018-03-21
Hosanna in the Highest! Flowers, palm branches and joy - a moment of Triumph is provided by our Lord to sustain our hope and faithfulness in the days of despair and betrayal lie ahead.
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LIGHTEAST703 - St. Mary of Egypt and Fr. Zozimus

2018-03-14
LIGHTEAST703 - St. Mary of Egypt and Fr. Zozimus
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LIGHTEAST702 - Paul Apostle of Christ

2018-03-08
On Friday March 23rd, a fitting movie, Paul, Apostle of Christ will hit theaters across America and Eric Groth of ODB Films will be here to tell us all about it.
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LIGHTEAST701 - The Eastern Churches Venerate the Cross

2018-03-01
Why do we adorn, wear and venerate Crosses, once an instrument of suffering and capital punishment? It is because through this instrument God gives us salvation and assures victory over evil.
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LIGHTEAST700 - The Eastern Catholic Churches in Europe

2018-02-20
At one time an oppressed Church that had to go underground. Our special guest will tell us how this same Church is now vibrant and growing.
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LIGHTEAST699 - Silence and Know By Unknowing

2018-02-14
Silence, God's uncreated energies, the Divine Light and coming to know God by Unknowing were taught by a 14th century saint and which are relevant for our own time, especially during Lent.
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LIGHTEAST698 - By the Waters of Babylon

2018-02-07
By the Waters of Babylon we weep as did the Israelites of the Bible. For the Byzantine Church the season of Lent has begun, our immersion into the Biblical experience.
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LIGHTEAST697 - Meet an Old Friend - Nepsis

2018-01-30
We pass the liturgical baton with the help of our friend Nepsis. He is not a person but something that can help us become a person that partakes in the Divine nature.
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LIGHTEAST696 - God Submitted Himself to His Laws

2018-01-25
God Himself took on flesh and submitted Himself to His own laws. What other response can we have except that of the Elder Simeon: "Now you may dismiss your servant, O Lord."
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LIGHTEAST695 - Christs Incarnation Death and Resurrection

2018-01-16
LIGHTEAST695 - Christs Incarnation Death and Resurrection
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LIGHTEAST694 - St Anthony of the Desert

2018-01-11
St. Anthony of the Desert said, "The great work of man is to always take the blame for his own sins before God and to expect temptation to his last breath." A fitting meditation as we look toward Lent.
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LIGHTEAST693 - Experience the Incarnation

2018-01-02
Although the event of the Nativity of Christ has past, the Incarnational reality continues to unfold and it is through the Church that we do not just celebrate but actually experience this reality.
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LIGHTEAST692 - Christ's Circumcision

2017-12-27
The great act of love and humiliation that our Lord took on by being born in a cave in Bethlehem will continue with submission to circumcision on the eighth day.
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LIGHTEAST691_The Miracle of the Incarnation

2017-12-18
All families have their story from sinners to saints. So it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God still works out His divine plan which is the miracle of this season.
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LIGHTEAST690 - Two Sundays Preceding the Nativity

2017-12-15
The Liturgical life of the Church and the evnets and people of the Bible transcend time and always remain relevant. This is especially the case during the two Sundays before Christmas.
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LIGHTEAST689 - The Icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe

2017-12-08
While the Eastern and Western expressions of the Church have their own respective identities, there are point of convergence between them. One such place is the event and icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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LIGHTEAST688 - Two Sign Posts Enroute to the Nativity

2017-11-29
Enroute to our Lord's Nativity we pass by the Feast of St. Nicholas and the Feast of the Conception of the Mother Of God in the womb of St. Anne, also known as the Immaculate Conception.
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LIGHTEAST687 - Suffering and Persecution in the Middle East

2017-11-22
In the place where the Prince of Peace was born there is little peace and much persecution of the followers of the Prince of Peace. Our special guest will be: Juliana Taimoorazy of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council.
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LIGHTEAST686 - 40 Days Leading to Nativity

2017-11-15
The 40 Days leading up to the celebration of our Lord are both days of expectation and repentance. Signposts along the way help us to live between joy and repentance.
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LIGHTEAST685R - Are the End Times Near

2017-11-07
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. RE-BROADCAST.
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LIGHTEAST684 Mary's Call to Conversion at Fatima

2017-10-31
During her appearances to the three children at Fatima, the Blessed Mother called the world to a conversion to her Immaculate Heart. Is this a foreign concept in Eastern spirituality or a familiar one?
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LIGHTEAST683 East and West - The Feast Days of the Church

2017-10-25
The two lungs of the Church east and west, differ in their perspective expressions, traditions and theological emphasis. This is particularly true when it comes to the observance of saints and feast days.
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LIGHTEAST682 The Eastern Churches - Relevant Then and Now

2017-10-19
While the Eastern Christian Churches have a long and intricate history, their legacy and spirituality remain vital and relevant in confronting today's modern world.
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LIGHTEAST681 - The 7th Ecumenical Council

2017-10-12
The Eastern Churches place primary emphasis on the seven ecumenical councils which established the true belief. Of these seven councils, the last one is set aside for special observance.
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LIGHTEAST680 - The Mind of Pope Francis

2017-10-04
Pope Francis can both inspire and leave many faithful wondering. We will wander through the thoughts of Pope Francis in light of their implication for unity between both lungs of the Church, East and West.ancis
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LIGHTEAST679 - Are the End Times Really Here

2017-09-27
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.
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LIGHTEAST678 - Byzantine Iconography

2017-09-19
Although the term "Icon" is being used more commonly today, Byzantine Iconography is a specific art form whose real value lies first in knowing the why behind the line, color and compostion and interior principles.
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LIGHTEAST677 - Exultation of the Cross

2017-09-15
Both lungs of the Church, East and West, converge in their observance of the Feast of the Exultation of the Cross. A feast with historical significance, it is invaluable in its theological significance for the Church and for us personally.
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LIGHTEAST676 - Eastern and Western Churches

2017-09-07
Devotional practices between the Eastern and Western lungs of the Church are often different from each other yet they arrive at the same point. These differences are not deficits but rather, complements.
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LIGHTEAST675 - A Pilgrimage is More Than a Journey With a Destination

2017-08-31
A pilgrimage is more than a journey with a destination. It is an essential aspect of prayer and spirtituality. A timely and urgent place of pilgrimage today is Fatima.
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Light of the East 674 - The Image Which Was Not Made With Human Hands

2017-08-22
If a man made symbol, such as the flag of a nation can inspire people even in battle, how much could an image inspire which was not made with human hands.
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LIGHTEAST673 - The Virtue of Humility

2017-08-15
Of all of the virtues that belonged to the desert spiritual masters of the Christian East, one virtue in particular is the most characteristic and far too scarce in our modern age - humility.
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LIGHTEAST672 - The Autumns of Our Lives

2017-08-09
Like the Autumn season that approaches, we too have moments of dying away. Eastern Christian spirituality has something that can help us negotiate through the Autumns of our lives.
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LIGHTEAST671 - The Feast of Our Lord's Transfiguration

2017-08-03
Living in the "real world" is not about living in pain and hardship. The Feast of Our Lord's Transfiguration is our immersion into the "real world" and it is a glorious one indeed.
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LIGHTEAST670 - The Dormition or Ascention of the Mother of God

2017-07-27
As a child runs to Mommy for consolation, many in the Eastern lung of the Church pray the Paraklisis service, or the office of Consolation, in preparation for the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God.
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LIGHTEAST669 -That All Might Be One

2017-07-21
When our Lord Ascended to Heaven the Apostles were gathered in unity to witness this event. That all might be one is still the desire of our Lord, the nature of Christianity and the mission of Light of the East.
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LIGHTEAST668 EWTN - The Spirituality of Preparation

2017-07-06
The liturgical life of the Church calls us to something that is vital to both the rhythms of our lives and to worship. It is the spirituality of preparation which even has its very own rite.
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LIGHTEAST 667 EWTN - Why Are We Not in Communion

2017-07-03
A study finds that Ecumenism is not a pressing topic for many Catholic and Orthodox Christian faithful. Could this be because perpetuating the division between them is not important to them either?
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LIGHTEAST 666E EWTN - Teenagers in Salvation History

2017-06-30
Teenagers hold a special place in salvation history and in the Church. In ministering to teens the Eastern Catholic Churches do best through their own liturgical and ascetical traditions.
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LIGHTEAST 665E EWTN - The Potpourri of Easter Christian Spirituality

2017-06-26
Words like Perichorresis, Kenosis, Theoria Theologica sound unfamiliar but together with the liturgical monastic tradition they make up the potpourri of Eastern spirituality.
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LIGHTEAST 664 EWTN - For Celibate Priests East ot West Everyday is About Fatherhood in the Spirit

2017-06-14
For celibate priests east or west, everyday is about fatherhood in the spirit. We will hear form Jeremiah and Eric, who have been fathered in the spirit and who provide hope for the Church.
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LIGHTEAST663- All Saints Day in the Eastern Lung of the Church

2017-06-07
The Sunday of All Saints occurs in the Eastern Lung of the Church on the Sunday after Pentecost. From this observance we learn that to be human is simply to become a saint. A saint is just a normal human being.
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LIGHTEAST662 -The Latin rite Church is a Gift to the Eastern Churches

2017-05-31
We often speak of the gifts of the Eastern Churches on this program. Today we look at some of the ways in which the Latin rite Church is a gift to the Eastern Churches.
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LIGHTEAST661 -The Creed

2017-05-25
In many Eastern Churches, the Fathers of the First Council of Nicea are celebrated between the Ascension of Our Lord and Pentecost. The Creed established by these Fathers is a gem of truth and inspiration.
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LIGHTEAST660 -That All Might Be One

2017-05-17
When our Lord Ascended to Heaven the Apostles were gathered in unity to witness this event. That all might be one is still the desire of our Lord, the nature ofr Christianity and the mission of Light of the East.
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LIGHTEAST 659 - The Samaritan Woman

2017-05-10
The Samaritan woman who met Jesus at the well was an evangelizer and ecumenist. This week we peak into the well of a modern evangelizer and ecumenist of the Eastern lung of the Church.
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Light of the East 658 - Essential Story Telling

2017-05-02
Story telling is the essential way that Our Lord and the Liturgy of the Church immerses us into the drama and message of the scriptures. Our special guest, Eric Groth tells stories through the medium of film.
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Light of the East 657 - The Myrr Bearing Women

2017-04-26
It was Providential that women were the first to hear of Christ's Resurrection. In their example, together with Joseph of Arimathea, we learn much about our own relationship to the Body of Christ
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Light of the East 656 - Thomas Sunday - My Lord and My God

2017-04-26
The prayer of Eastern Liturgy takes us on a pilgrimage where through the doubt and proclamation of the Apostle Thomas we too will cry out, "My Lord and my God!"
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LIGHTEAST655 - This is the Day of the Resurrection

2017-04-11
This is the Resurrection day! During the Byzantine Matins service, the Church becomes the empty tomb and we become the women at the tomb who proclaim... Christ is risen!
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LIGHTEAST654 - Holy Week - The Week of the Bridegroom

2017-04-06
The rich Liturgical experience of Holy Week, also known as the "Week of the Bridegroom" immerses us into the days of Christ's earthly life. Through the Liturgy, Christ's events become our events.
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LIGHTEAST653 - The Story of St Mary of Egypt and Abba Zossimos

2017-03-29
On the Fifth Sunday of Lent in the Byzantine Liturgical Calendar, it takes the story of desert woman and the priest that found her to to tell us about our deepest desires.
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LIGHTEAST652 - The Feast of the Annunciation

2017-03-22
The Feast of the Annunciation of the Mother of God is never overshadowed even during the Great Fast. One parish named for this feast is a witness to the relevancy of Eastern Christian Spirituality.
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LIGHTEAST651R - Are the Tiny Eastern rite Churches Relevant in a Modern Western World

2017-03-14
St. John Paul II said that the Church breathes with both lungs East and West. But why did this come to be? Are the tiny Easter rite churches relevant in a modern western world?
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LIGHTEAST650 - Explaining Hesychism the Spitituality of Inward Stillness

2017-03-09
St. Gregory Palamas, a 14th century Byzantine saint introduced the spirituality of inward stillness know as hesychism. To explain this word will require the introduction of other uncommon words from Eastern Christian spirituality.
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LIGHTEAST649 - A Holy Image Can Draw Us to God

2017-03-01
If a photo can help draw us into the memory and reality of a loved one, then how much more so can a holy image draw us to God and all of the saints.
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LIGHTEAST648 - The Season of the Great Fast the Bright Sadness

2017-02-21
The Season of the Great Fast is upon us, It is the flowering of repentance. Prayer, fasting and charity well be our guides as we journey from exile back to our Father's house.
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LIGHTEAST647 - Moving Beyond Fallen Passions

2017-02-13
The Lenten disciplines of fasting along with the wisdom of spiritmasters and the art, prayer and liturgy of the Church can help move us beyond the passions of lust and addiction to pornography.
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LIGHTEAST646 - Are You Having Anger Issues

2017-02-07
Are you having anger issues? The wisdom of the Eastern Christian spiritual masters and the best of modern psychology can help with this and other fallen passions.
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LIGHTEAST645 - The Plight of Suffering Christians

2017-01-31
Our guest, Jeff Gardner of the Picture Christians Project, will give us an unique and seldom seen vision of the deep human level of suffering of our fellow Christians of the Middle East
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LIGHTEAST644 - Passion and Desires

2017-01-25
Passion and desires are commonly defined by their disordered condition. It is the rhythm and inner dynamism ot the Liturgical life that provides a more positive view of our passions.
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LIGHTEAST641 - Don't Celebrate the Incarnation of Christ Experience It

2017-01-18
Although the event of the Nativity of Christ has past, the Incarnational reality continues to unfold and it is through the Church that we do not just celebrate but actually experience this reality.
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LIGHTEAST643 - Liturgy and Asceticism Two Pillars of Eastern Christian Spirituality

2017-01-18
In the Eastern Churches, Liturgy and asceticism have their own respective evangelical power which must be continually rediscovered and unleashed as the way for the Eastern Churches to Evangelize and make a difference.
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LIGHTEAST642 - It's Not Enough to Say That We Attend Mass or Divine Liturgy

2017-01-10
It's not enough to say that we attended Mass or celebrated the Divine Liturgy. The vision that litrugy gives ws must move beyond the walls of the church and affect all of life.
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LIGHTEAST640 - The Significance of Christ's Circumcision

2016-12-29
The great act of love and humiliation that our Lord took on by being born in a cave in Bethlehem will continue with submission to circumcision on the eighth day.
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LIGHTEAST639_His Divine Plan

2016-12-19
All families have their story from sinners to saints. So it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God still works out His divine plan which is the miracle of this season.
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LIGHTEAST638 - The Difference Between the Two Lungs of the Church

2016-12-14
During the Birth of Christ, the Eastern Lung of the Church puts emphasis upon the Old Testament prophecies fulfilled. the mystery of the Incarnation and the continuity between the birth of Christ and His Resurrection.
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LIGHTEAST637 - We Look Back at People and Events and the Lessons Learned

2016-12-07
During the two Sundays before Chistmas, we look back to the people and events that came before Christ becasue there are lessons that are good for all times, especially our own times.
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LIGHTEAST636 -The Feast of the Immaculate Conception

2016-11-30
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is known in the Eastern Churches as the Conception of the Mother of God in the womb of St. Ann. This has important implications for all issues of life.
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LIGHTEAST635 - Pope Francis... Well He's Gone and Done It Again (1)

2016-11-29
LIGHTEAST635 - Pope Francis... Well He's Gone and Done It Again (1)
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LIGHTEAST635 - Pope Francis... Well He's Gone and Done It Again

2016-11-25
LIGHTEAST635 - Pope Francis... Well He's Gone and Done It Again
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LIGHTEAST634 - A Significant Advancement in Eucmenical Dialog

2016-11-16
A significant advancement has just recently occurred in ecumenical dialog between the Orthodox Churches and the Roman Catholic Church. Learn all about it right here on Light of the East with the help of a special friend.
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LIGHTEAST633 - The Byzantine Advent is Called the Phillip's Fast

2016-11-10
The Byzantine preparation for the coming of our Lord is beginning. It is called the Phillip's fast. Perhaps now, mor than ever this preparation period must be taken very seriously.
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LIGHTEAST632 - Angels and How Do Responsible Citizens Vote in This Election

2016-11-02
Angels - What do we believe about them and what do we do with them? Another question is, "How do responsible citizens vote in this election.
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LIGHTEAST631 - Civilization Will Go By the Way of the Family

2016-10-26
Civilization will go by way of the family and the family will go by way of marriage. The Mystical, Liturgical and Ascetical gifts of the Eastern Churches have much to offer for holy and happy families.
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LIGHTEAST630 - We Need to Live and Become the Scriptures

2016-10-20
Let's face it. We all need to read the Bible more and to actually become the Bible. The Liturgy, art and architecture of the Eastern Churches can actually immerse us into the Bible.
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LIGHTEAST629 - Cantors in Eastern Christian Liturgy

2016-10-11
Every Eastern Christain church has its own ancient and indigenous chant which is sung by the faithful during liturgical services. This gives cantors a special place in Eastern Christian Liturgy.
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LIGHTEAST628 - Vote for Light of the East

2016-10-05
We are going to throw our hat in the ring of the Presidential race and on the platform of the Eastern Lung of the Church to provide real solutions for our nation.
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LIGHTEAST627 - Marriage and Celibacy

2016-09-28
The very same churches that had the venerable custom of married priests are the same churches that gave the world celibacy. Marriage and celibacy are not diametrically opposed.
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Light of the East 626 R - Eastern Rite Catholic Confession

2016-09-20
Fasting and penance is the way to prepare for any great feast. This includes confession which is similar yet different to the form practiced in the Latin Rite.
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LIGHTEAST625 - What is the Difference Between a Roman Catholic and an Eastern Catholic

2016-09-13
What is the difference between the Roman Catholic Church and an Eastern Catholic Church? This simple question cannot be answered simply. But there are some comparisons that can be helpful.
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LIGHTEAST624 - What is a Byzantine Catholic

2016-09-07
We go back to basics and answer questions like: What is an Eastern Catholic? Why are there Eastern Catholics, and are the Eastern Catholic services always longer than Latin Rite services?
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LIGHTEAST623 - The Spirituality of Preparation

2016-08-31
The Liturgical life of the Church calls us to something that is vital to both the rhythms of our lives and to worship. It is the spirituality of preparation which even has its very own rite.v
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LIGHTEAST622E - Our 10 Favorite Gifts of the Eastern Churches

2016-08-24
Among the many gifts of both lungs of the Church, east and west, we here at Light of the East have our ten favorite gifts that the Eastern Churches offer to the whole Church and the world
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LIGHTEAST621 - Asceticism

2016-08-16
Asceticism... a strange sounding word to our modern culture. I will take the desert monks of the Eastern churches to shed some timely light on the meaning and relevancy of asceticism.
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LIGHTEAST620 - Feast of the Annunciation-Dormition

2016-08-10
The Feast of the Assumption, or as the East calls it, the Dormition is a magnificent event with beautiful liturgical customs. But why really do we have to go to Church on days such as these?
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LIGHTEAST619 Two Major Feasts Converge

2016-08-03
Two major feast days converge this week and they convey for us the true nature of our lives as human beings. An old but young friend will join us and give testimony to the process of divinization.
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LIGHTEAST618 What is the Place of Women in the Eastern Churches

2016-07-27
The question is often asked, "What is the place of Women in the Eastern Churches?" A perspective on this question itself and it's answers lies in the context of the Eastern Liturgy.
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LIGHTEAST617E - Teenagers in Salvation History

2016-07-20
Teenagers hold a special place in salvation history and in the Church. In ministering to teens the Eastern Catholic Churches do best through their own liturgical and ascetical traditions.
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LIGHTEAST616 The Liturgy of the Eastern Catholic Churches

2016-07-13
The Eastern Catholic Churches are relatively small and few in America. There are ways to ensure their growth and vitality and the first place to look is to Liturgy.
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LIGHTEAST615 - The Plight of Persecuted Christians

2016-07-06
As our nation celebrates the gift of its independence and freedom, we here at Light of the East are mindful of those whose story of persecution is not nearly enough.
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LIGHTEAST614 - Pope Francis Comments on the Validity of Many Christian Marriages

2016-06-29
Pope Francis made a few eye opening statements recently about the validity of many Christian marriages. The marriage ritual of the Eastern Churches can help us understand the Pope's message.
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Light of the East 613 - Confession in the Eastern Catholic Churches

2016-06-22
Fasting and Penance is the way to prepare for any great Feast day. This includes Confession which is similiar yet different to the form practice in the Latin Rite.
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Light of the East 612 - The Mother Church of Byzantine Christianity

2016-06-15
For the first time in 80 years the prayers of Islam will be permitted to take place in the mother of all Byzantine Christian Churches. This provides opportunity for awareness and enlightenment.
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LIGHTEAST611 - A Single Ancient Building in Turkey

2016-06-08
Our efforts extend to non-Christians such as the followers of Islam. Dialogue in thei area could be significantly determined by a single ancient building in the country of Turkey.
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LIGHTEAST610 - Separation of Church and State

2016-06-01
While the separation of Church and State has been enshrined in modern western culture there is one particular Eastern Church that can show us that this may not totally be a good thing.
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LIGHTEAST609R - Bible Stories Are Not Just History Lessons

2016-05-23
The story of Jonah and the Ninevites like all stories in the Bible are not just history lessons, they are our stories today, our lived experience. This is particularly true today.
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LIGHTEAST608 - Saint Spelled With a Small S

2016-05-18
There is saint spelled with a small S and saint spelled with a capital S. The life of a baptized Christian is a journey toward turning the small S into a capital S
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LIGHTEAST607 - The Descent of the Holy Spirit

2016-05-11
As we look forward to the Descent of the Holy Spirit, we will see how the Eastern Christian Churches are naturally charismatic.
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LIGHTEAST606 - You Mean We Have to Go to Church Again

2016-05-04
Holy Days in the Church that occur within the week, it may be inconvienient to our schedules and other interests. But this is precisely why they are relevant to our lives.
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LIGHTEAAST605 - Unity in the Body of Christ

2016-04-28
The desire of Jesus Christ is that all might be one in Him. Our special guest will tell us of his own extraordinary efforts to bring about unity between the two lungs of the Church, east and west.
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LIGHTEAST604 - Do Eastern Catholics Pray the Rosary

2016-04-23
Do Eastern Catholics Pray the Rosary? The answer is a qualified "Yes." The Russian Saint Seraphin of Sarov passed down to us an Eastern form of Roseary which was lost and then recovered.
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LIGHTEAST602 - The Role of Women in the Eastern Churches

2016-04-06
The question of the role and place of women in the Eastern Churches can be found, as always, in the liturgical life of the Church especially today, the Sunday of the ointment bearing women.
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LIGHTEAST601 - Thomas-Divine Mercy Sunday

2016-03-29
The remarkable events that we have witnessed in the life of Christ are not just history lessons. They are events of our own lives as the Church immerses us into the reality of the Scripture.
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LIGHTEAST600 - Christ is Risen

2016-03-23
Before Christ resurrects from the dead, He first descends into Hell to defeat the power of death. Through the Jerusalem Matins service, we descend and ascend with Christ.
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LIGHTEAST599 - Great Week, the Week of the Bridegroom

2016-03-16
The Week of the Bridegroom has arrived and being further enhanced as this year the Feast of the Annunciation falls on the same day as the Death of Christ on the Cross.
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LIGHTEAST598 Desolation in Prayer in the Spiritual Life

2016-03-09
The words of a young nun who was recently declared blessed provide insight and consolation for us during the times when we might experience dryness or desolation in our prayer.
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Light of the East 597 - The 4th Sunday of Lent & Climbing the Ladder of Divine Ascent

2016-03-03
The Byzantine Church will give equal time to men and women ascetics. Today we climb the Ladder of Divine Ascent with St. John Climacus and next Sunday we encounter a mysterious woman in the desert named Mary.
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LIGHTEAST596 - The Third Sunday of Lent

2016-02-23
There Pope and the Patriarch came together in their historic meeting in Cuba for an entire constellation of reasons. Most importantly they came together out of concern for Christians everywhere.
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LIGHTEAST595 - The Second Sunday of Lent

2016-02-15
On what is the second Sunday of Lent in many Eastern Churches, St. Gregory Palamas teaches us about God's utter incomprehensibility and his knowability through his uncreated energies.
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LIGHTEAST594 - The 1st Sunday of Lent

2016-02-10
The 1st Sunday of Lent in the Byzantine Liturgical Calendar is a day of triumph for sacred art, the true faith itself and for those martyrs and monks who gave it courageous witness.
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LIGHTEAST593 - The Bright Sadness

2016-02-02
Many Eastern Catholic Churches will begin Lent this coming Sunday evening. Lent is also known as the bright sadness marked by intense fasting, deep prayer and increased charity.
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LIGHTEAST592 - Byzantine Mardi Gras

2016-01-27
It is Byzantine Mardi Gras, the Sunday of Meat Faire and we look forward to the feast of the encounter of Our Lord in the temple with Simeon.
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LIGHTEAST 591- Icons -Painted or Written

2016-01-18
With the growing awareness and appreciation of Byzantine iconography has come certain questions tha we will begin to answer such as, "Are icons 'painted' or are they 'written'"? And, can ANYONE paint an icon?
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LIGHTEAST590 - Challenges for Catholic and Orthodox Churches

2016-01-15
The Eastern Christian Churches, Catholic and Orthodox face similar challenges of both growth and survival. These challenges are best met by taking an honest look at the gifts of these Churches.
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LIGHTEAST589 - Illumination-Manifestation-Renewal

2016-01-04
A new year in both the civil calendar and the liturgical calendar has us looking back in gratitude yet forward in the spirit of manifestation, illumination and renewal.
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LIGHTEAST 588- Ecumenism East and West

2015-12-28
With the help of our special guest, we will look back on what has been accomplished in the area of ecumenism between the two lunges of the Church, East and West and where this new year might take us.
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LIGHTEAST 587- God is With Us

2015-12-21
God is with us. But what does that mean for us personally? To help us answer that question the Byzantine Church puts three special people before our eyes on the Sunday after the Nativity.
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LIGHTEAST586_His Divine Plan

2015-12-14
All families have their story, from sinners to saints. So it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God still works out His divine plan, which is the miracle of this season.
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Light of the East 585 - The Season of Love and Mercy

2015-12-07
During this season of love and mercy, in this jubilee year of mercy, we will hear the merciful words of a Pope and prisoner and learn how we are indeed performing a corporal act of mercy.
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LIGHTEAST584 - Santa Claus - St Nicholas

2015-11-30
Whether he is Santa Claus or St. Nicholas, the liturgical celebration of the Feast of St. Nicholas is a witness to how Eastern Churches evangelize and live in the both-and.
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LIGHTEAST583E_Mysticism and Gifts

2015-11-23
Mysticism is what keeps men sane. This is something the Eastern Churches have known for many centuries. The sense of the mystical is not the only gift of the Eastern Church.
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LIGHTEAST582 - The Spritual Life

2015-11-17
Periochoresis, Theoria Theologica, Apatheia, Theosis... strange and complex sounding terms that point to a very simple mystery. The spiritual life is about spiritual warfare and our own deification.
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LIGHTEAST581 - Advent - Philips Fast

2015-11-09
We have begun the penitential season in preparation for the Incarnation of Our Lord in the flesh. Known as Advent in the west and the Philip's Fast in the east, this preparatory period helps us become people of gratitude.
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LIGHTEAST580 - The Phillips Fast

2015-11-02
The penitential period of preparation for Our Lord's Nativity, known as the Phillip's Fast is coming upon us. To help our spiritual preparation we will turn to one of our best resources.
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LIGHTEAST579 - The Sisters of Christ the Bridegroom Monastery

2015-10-26
The health of a Church is measured by monasticism. In the Eparchy of Parma in the Eastern Lung of the Church a particularly healthy sign are the sisters at the Christ the Bridegroom Monastery.
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LIGHTEAST578 - The Integrity of Iconography

2015-10-19
The growing popularity of icons is a good thing in the Church today both east and west. This is all the more reason to preserve the integrity of how icons are seen, used and created.
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LIGHTEAST577 - Pope Francis

2015-10-12
People often make Pope Francis out to be what they want him to be. At the risk of doing the same, we will look at Pope Francis in light of Eastern Spirituality.
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LIGHTEAST576 - A New Book About Eastern Christianity

2015-10-05
The Sacramental-Liturgical world view of Eastern Christianity can help the world understand one of the most controversial teachings of the Church in modern times. The author of a new book will help us understand how.
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LIGHTEAST575 - The Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God

2015-09-28
It is often asked if the Eastern Churches acknowledge things like Lourdes and Fatima. There is a particular way that the Eastern Churches do approach visions and revelations especially in regard to the Mother of God.
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LIGHTEAST574 - Refugees

2015-09-22
There are implications for the church and for civilization from the stream of refugees pouring into Europe from the Middle East. Our special guest will provide insight into the situation that will not be heard elsewhere.
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LIGHTEAST573 - Turn East Young Man

2015-09-15
It is not, "Go west young man! but, Turn east young man!" as one fine group of young men are doing and we will see how this can make a difference in the Church and for society.
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LIGHTEAST572 - The Exultation of the Cross

2015-09-08
As both lungs of the Church liturgically place the triumph of the Cross in full view, so too does the complementary nature of both lungs of the Church come into full view.
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LIGHTEAST571 - Liturgies of the Eastern Churches

2015-08-31
Moral relativism and the rejection of absolute truth is leaving many people of good will confused and restless. The Liturgies of the Eastern Churches, so ancient yet so relevant, can provide a constant for answers.
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LIGHTEAST570 - Eastern Catholic Churches Are Not Just History Lessons

2015-08-24
The history of the Eastern Catholic Churches should not remain just history lessons. The spirituality of the Christian East is also a reservoir to be tapped to confront the hot button issues of our day.
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LIGHTEAST569E - Are We Beginning to Prepare

2015-08-17
Are we beginning to prepare or preparing to begin? The prayer of the Eastern Churches models and reminds us of something essential for every endeavor of life, most espeially for proper prayer and worship
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LIGHTEAST568R - Bible Stories Are Not Just History Lessons

2015-08-10
The story of Jonah and the Ninevites like all stories in the Bible are not just history lessons. They are our stories today, our lived experience. This is particularly true today.
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LIGHTEAST567 - The Assumption or Dormition

2015-08-03
The Feast of the Assumption or Dormition of the Mother of God is a sterling example of how the church East and West breathe together. Yet this feast is also profoundly relevant for our times.
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LIGHTEAST566 - The Transfiguration

2015-07-27
On top of Mount Tabor, Jesus Christ revealed to his apostles and to us, not only his divinity but the true origins and destiny of the human person.
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LIGHTEAST565 - The Difference Between a Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Church

2015-07-20
What is the diffenece between a Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Church? This simple question cannot be answered simply. But there are some comparisons that can be helpful.
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LIGHTEAST564 - The Councils

2015-07-13
Throughout history when the teachings of the Church were challenged, it was always the work not of a single person, but of entire councils which established and preserve the true belief passed down to us today.
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LIGHTEAST563 - Marriage the Primordial Sacrament

2015-07-06
Marriage is the primordial sacrament. It is our sharing in the way God loves.To attempt to redifine this in any way will have disasterous effects for civilization and humanity to redefine marriage. We will see how and what we can do.
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LIGHTEAST562 - Economy, Ecumenism and Ecology

2015-07-01
What do the words economy, ecumenism and ecology all have in common? We will find out with the help of a Byzantine theologian and the words of the Ecumenical Patriarch as he comments on the Pope's encyclical.
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LIGHTEAST561E - Matrimony

2015-06-22
The Sacrament or Holy Mystery of Matrimony in the Byzantine spirituality is not so much a covenant between a couple as it is an entrance of the couple into the life of the Trinity and of the Church.
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LIGHTEAST560 - June

2015-06-15
It is June, the lazy, hazy days of summer, those days of ordinary liturgical time, but also applying the Eastern liturgical version of what not to wear.
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LIGHTEAST559R_Summertime

2015-06-08
Summertime can feel like a desert. But, the desert is more than a hot, dry place. It is something we encounter on various levels and in every aspect of our lives.
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LIGHTEAST558 - One Particular Place

2015-06-01
People often look for that one book where they can learn more about the Eastern Churches. While this requires more than just one book, there is one particular place that has much to offer.
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LIGHTEAST557 -The Sunday of All Saints

2015-05-25
The examples of the saints point to our true human origin and our true human destiny. Among the many virtues of the saints are seven that can be particularly helpful to our own growth and holiness.
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LIGHTEAST556 - The Conclusion of the Pascal Season

2015-05-18
Our joy in the glorious feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit is yet tinged with a bit of sadness to see the conclusion of the Pascal season. None the less, the Spirit still breatheslife into the Church.
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LIGHTEAST555 - Our Understanding of God

2015-05-11
From our most glorious actions to acts of terrorism, all behaviors are ultimately determined by the correct or incorrect understanding of God and our relationship and his creation.
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LIGHTEAST554 - Which Calendar

2015-05-04
he question of which calendar ought to be followed to the date of our Lord's resurrection is a complicated issue. So we turn to a liturgical theologian of the Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church.
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LIGHTEAST553R - Effective Preaching

2015-04-27
All baptized Christians have been given the mandate to preach the gospel to the whole world. Father Thomas Loya and Father Joseph Loya together discuss their thoughts on the necessity and techniques of effective preaching.
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LIGHTEAST552 - Mid-Pentecost

2015-04-20
As this week of mid-Pentecost unites the Resurrection with the Ascention of our Lord, our special guest will unite Christians who are free with those who are persecuted.
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LIGHTEAST 551 - The Examples of Joseph and Nicodemus

2015-04-13
The examples of Joseph and Nicodemus together with the ointment baring women call us to renew our own approach to the Body of Christ in the Holy Eucharist.
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LIGHTEAST550 - Divine Mercy-Thomas Sunday

2015-04-06
The Church, East and West breathes with the breath of mercy this day, Divine Mercy Sunday. For the Eaast, it is Thomas Sunday which springs from the side of Christ.
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LIGHTEAST549 - Christ is Risen

2015-03-30
The fragrances of the the blessed foods collide the frangrance of incense. The faithful sing in jubilation; shout one to another, Christ is Risen, Indeed He is Risen!!
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LIGHTEAST548 - Going to the Cross

2015-03-23
We have come to the week of the Bridegroom in which we witness not only Christ on the Cross, but individuals who themselves are willing, in their own time, to go to the cross on behalf of the Bride of Christ.
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547 Confession

2015-03-17
Pope Francis has called for a heightened emphasis and availability to the sacrament of confession and for us to have a deeper understanding of sin and to understand the relevancy of confession which can help us to confess the best and far surpass the rest
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546 We Climb the Ladder of Divine Ascent

2015-03-10
During the 4th week of Lent we climb the Ladder of Divine Ascent through the wisdom and examples of 3 great ascetics: St. John Climacus, St. Andrew of Crete and St. Mary of Egypt.
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545 Mysticism and Gifts

2015-03-03
Mysticism is something that keeps men sane. This is something the Eastern Churches have known for centuries. But a sense of the mystical is not the only gift of the Eastern Church.
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544 St Gregory of Palamas

2015-02-26
On the 2nd Sunday of Lent, St. Gregory of Palamas will help us retrieve an indispensible virtue of the spiritual life, but one that is far too rare in today's modern world.
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543 The Crusades

2015-02-19
The Crusades is a highly explosive word that comes up from time to time. And it is of special interest to the Eastern lung of the Church. But what exactly does this word Crusades mean?
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542 The Great Fast Begins

2015-02-12
The journey through the Great Fast has begun. And, the liturgical life of the Church will fill our nap sacks with everything we need including a recipe from Theodore the Recruit.
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541 Tridentine Mass-Eastern Liturgies

2015-02-10
The journey through the Great Fast has begun. And, the liturgical life of the Church will fill our nap sacks with everything we need including a recipe from Theodore the Recruit.
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540 The Liturgical Baton

2015-01-27
It is like a liturgical baton, the approaching season of repentance has already started running while the end of the season of Christ's Incarnation runs to catch up to hand off the liturgical baton.
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539 The Good Ol' Days

2015-01-20
Ahh, the good ol' days when people argued about something it was about who was the greatest saint or what was the true nature of Christ. To keep peace, the Church came up with an interesting proposal.
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538 Marriage and Celibacy

2015-01-14
The very same churches that have the venerable custom of married priests are the same churches that gave the world celibacy. Marriage and celibacy are not diametrically opposed.
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537 Mysticism

2015-01-07
Mysticism, it's what keeps men sane and this is something the Eastern Churches have known for centuries. But, its sense of the mystical is not the only gift of the Eastern Church.
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536 Epiphany-Theophany

2014-12-30
In the Eastern Churches, Epiphany is the observance of the baptism of Christ; it is called Theophany. And water is blessed on these days and is used to sanctify many things.
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535 The Bloodshed of Innocents

2014-12-20
The coming of the Prince of Peace into the world was contrasted by violence and bloodshed for innocent children. But what is happening in our times make the bible story, indeed our story as well.
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534 His Divine Plan

2014-12-15
All families have their stories, from sinners to saints. So it is with the family of Jesus Christ. But God works out His divine plan which is the miracle of this season.
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533 Family Heritage

2014-12-10
During the two Sundays before Christmas, we look into the family heritage of Christ which also becomes our own family heritage in which God works in mysterious ways.
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532 - Contraception & Immaculate Conception

2014-12-09
During the liturgical season of conceptions and births, we will look at two issues that remain controversial between the two lungs of the Church, East and West... contraception and the Immaculate Conception.
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531 The Gift

2014-11-24
As we approach the season of giftedness, the Eastern Catholic Churches are greatful for a gift from Pope Francis that will contribute towards ecumenical relationships.
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530 The Differences Between East and West

2014-11-17
The differences between the Orthodox churches and the Roman Catholic Church are often a matter of perspective rather than theology as we will hear from Orthodox Theologian Metropolitan Timothy Kallistos Ware.
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528 Effective Preaching

2014-11-10
All baptized Christians have been given the mandate to preach the Gospel to the whole world. Father Thomas Loya and Father Joseph Loya together will discuss their thoughts on the necessity and techniques of effective preaching.
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527 Another Anointing

2014-11-03
The Sacred Mystery or Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is known to both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. But there is another form of anointing that has healing properties as well.
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526_East and West

2014-10-27
As the Church spread throughout the world, it took on the character of the various cultures. This helps explain the nuances and tensions between East and West.
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525 Bible Stories

2014-10-20
The story of Jonah and the Ninevites, just like all stories in the bible are not just history lessons. They are our stories today, our lived experiences. This is particularly true today.
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524 Charity Begins at Home

2014-10-13
Charity begins at home and so does ecumenism. A small parish in Pennsylvania took that to heart in a very big way!
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523 Ancient Middle East Christian Centers

2014-10-06
Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon... the mention of these seem to strike fear in our minds today. However, these are places of great spiritual and biblical significance.
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522 East and West

2014-09-29
Pope St. John Paul II said that the church breathes with both lungs, East and West. But, why did this come to be? Are the tiny eastern churches still relevant in a modern world?
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521 Define a Word

2014-09-22
As the Church spread throughout the world, it took on the character of various cultures. The helpd explain the nuances and tensions between East and West.
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520 - What Time is Mass?

2014-09-15
What times are your Masses on Sunday?" For an Easter Catholic parish, the answer is not quite so simple.
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519 - New Byzantine Liturgical Year

2014-09-08
How could motherhbood preserve virginity and death be the herald of life? These are mysteries celebrated in the new beginning of the liturgical year of the Byzantine tradition.
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517 - A Holy Pilgrimage

2014-09-06
A holy pilgrimage on a holy mountian and holy people doing holy things... the annual Labor Day Pilgrimage on Mount St. Macrina in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
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515 - Transfiguration

2014-09-04
On top of Mount Tabor, Jesus Christ revealed the glory of His divinity and the splendor of His humanity. In doing so, He revealed that we ar made in the image and likeness of God.
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516 - Ukrainian Catholics

2014-09-04
Pope Benedict XVI taught that the role of the Church in regard to the state was to remind the state of the dignity of the human person. Recently, young students of Ukraine gave witness to this.
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514 - Devotions

2014-09-02
Benediction, Eucharistic Adoration, daily Masses, the Rosary... do these same devotions exist in the Eastern Churches? The answer would be yes and no at the same time.
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500 - The Church Joyfully Breathes with Both Lungs

2014-08-10
Christ is Risen! On this day, the Church joyfully breathes with both lungs, the canonization of two Popes and the 500th broadcast of Light of the East
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499 - Christ is Risen!

2014-08-07
Christ is Risen! This is the Day the Lord has made. Let us be glad and rejoice in it!
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498 - Great Week

2014-08-05
We begin Great Week, the week of the Bridegroom where we unite our passion and suffering with that of Christ. This is especially true for the Eastern churches and faithful in the Ukraine.
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497 - Great Fast

2014-08-03
Great Fast
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496 - Ladder of Divine Ascent

2014-07-27
This week, we bow to the ground and rise up The Ladder of Divine Ascent guided by our special masters: St. John Climacus, St. Andrew of Crete and St. Mary of Egypt.
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495 - The Cross

2014-07-25
On the Third Sunday of Lent, we venerate the Cross which stands in the middle between heaven and earth, but also in the middle of many Eastern Churches.
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493 - The Sunday of Orthodoxy

2014-07-10
The first Sunday of Lent commemorates the vindication of the ancient practice of the veneration of icons. To appreciate this, we will turn to the writings of a pope from the Western Lung of the Church.
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492 - Forgiveness Vespers

2014-06-13
The Bright Sadness is now upon us as we repent and seek God's forgiveness. We will fast and ask forgiveness of one another in the very moving evening service of the Forgiveness Vespers.
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491 - Meatfare Sunday

2014-06-11
It is the Sunday of Meat Fare. But, it is also the Sunday in which we sing, "The end draws near, the time grows short, the Judge is at the door, and the days of life pass swiftly."
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490 - Opus Bono

2014-06-09
We can always turn to the gift of the priesthood to experience God's mercy. But where do priests turn when they are in need of both God's mercy and ours?
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489 - Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

2014-06-08
On this Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, we will listen to the stirring in the hearts of a publican, a prisoner and a Catholic Cardinal, the young people of the Ukraine and the Church that breathes with both lungs.
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488 - The Eastern Catholics of Ukraine

2014-06-06
The just elder Simeon would never be the same after beholding Christ. Neither would the Eastern Catholics of Ukraine after beholding the freedom of their Church.
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487 - The Spirituality of the Domestic Church

2014-05-26
The high holy days are now passed and we are in the "dog days" of winter. But this is where the spirituality of the domestic church has something to offer us.
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486 - Maximus the Confessor

2014-05-24
We visit Maximus the Confessor, sometimes known as the Father of Byzantine theology, and we'll also have a visit from an old friend of Light of the East.
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485 - Let Us Flee To The Desert

2014-05-20
We have entered the dog days of winter, so let us flee to the warmth of the desert to face our own demons, discover our most authentic selves and to encounter God.
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484 - Manifestation, Illumination, Incarnation

2014-05-13
Manifestation, illumination, incarnation continue to be the theme in the Church, East and West, and also in our individual lives.
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482 - Christmas 2013

2014-05-10
Let us encounter the great mystery. The Creator becomes the creature while still remaining the Creator. God is with us!
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481 - The Sunday of the Holy Patriarchs

2014-05-09
It's the Sunday of the Holy Patriarchs and we'll look at the words of a recent Patriarch, Pope Francis, whose document is of particular interest to the Eastern churches, both Catholic and Orthodox.
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480 - The Feast of the Immaculate Conception

2014-05-07
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception, or as they say in the East, the Conception of the Mother of God in the womb of St. Anne. It's a different emphasis, but they both arrive at the same point.
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479 - St. Nicholas

2014-05-06
Whether Santa Claus or St. Nicholas, this man of mystery and his universal observance has his origins in the Eastern lung of Church.
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478 - The Color Purple

2014-05-05
Shakespeare asked, "What's in a name?" We ask, “What's in a color?"... the color purple used in the Church, both East and West, during this preparatory season.
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477 - Matins

2014-05-03
Morning Prayer belongs to the tradition of the Church, both East and West. But the development of Morning Prayer, called matins or orthros, in the Byzantine Catholic tradition, is rich, complex and meaningful.
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476 - EWTN and Religious Liberty

2014-05-02
Our special guest is Michael Warsaw, CEO and Chairman of the Board of EWTN who tells us about EWTN's challenge to the HHS Mandate.
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475 - Vespers

2014-05-01
We approach the season of the observation of Our Lord's Incarnation by preparing through fasting, charity and prayer. The Vespers service is the evening prayer of the Byzantine Catholic Church, an ancient prayer of Light, immersing us into the rhythm of s
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474 - The Eastern Churches and the Roman Catholic Church

2014-04-28
The Eastern Churches and the Roman Catholic Church may differ in emphasis, style and expression, but they all ultimately converge at the same point. We will look at how this happens and some of the issues that divide.
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474 - The Art of the Church

2014-04-27
The art of the Church breathes with both lungs, East and West. There is iconology in the West and iconography in the East, but they both arrive at the same point.
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472 - Father Loya and Father Loya

2014-04-22
Father Thomas Loya and his cousin, Father Joseph Loya, discuss the moments of their priesthood.
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471 - A Byzantine Catholic Renewal

2014-04-20
Guided by the Holy Spirit, the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma has begun a process to move forward from maintenance to mission, from survival to vision.
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470 - The Feast of the Protection of the Veil of the Mother of God

2014-04-18
We discuss the Feast of the Protection of the Veil of the Mother of God and one of the Eastern Churches in need of protection.
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469 - The Liturgical Year of the Eastern Churches Begins

2014-04-10
What do you get when you take a bride, a groom, add 16 priests, a bunch of seminarians, a half dozen nuns, and a bishop? You get a very meaningful wedding ceremony.
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468 - The Liturgical Year of the Eastern Churches Begins

2014-04-08
For the Liturgy of the Eastern Churches, we come to see our observance of the Exultation of the Cross as so much more than just a history lesson.
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467 - The Liturgical Year of the Eastern Churches Begins

2014-04-06
The new liturgical year of the Eastern Churches is upon us, and we begin its many glorious holy days. The feast days of the Church are so much more than just an obligation.
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466 - The Plight of Coptic Christians

2014-04-04
We bring you an exclusive report on the situation and global significance of Coptic Christians caught in the middle of the current unrest in Egypt.
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465 - The Eastern Catholic Churches Shine Brighter

2014-04-02
The Eastern Catholic Churches need to let their light shine from under their bushels. We look at how the Eastern Catholic Churches can look at their own gifts and gain greater confidence in their gifts.
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464 - A Couple of Special Events

2014-04-01
We draw your attention to a couple of special events which are a testimony and a witness to the power and relevancy of Eastern Christian spirituality.
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463 - Wink... Wink... "Oh, Come On!"

2014-03-29
lOh come on, let's be a little more honest here. We examine an article that suggests the Eastern and Western lungs of the Church hold each other accountable to their Ecumenical histories.
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462 - The Season of Pilgrimage

2014-03-28
As the summer winds down, it becomes a season of pilgrimage in the Eastern Catholic Churches as special guest Sister Barbara Jean talks about the pilgrimage at Mt. St. Macrina.
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461 - Moving Through the Rythmn of Life

2014-03-26
The preparation for communion in the Byzantine Catholic Church moves through the rythmn of life.
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460 - East Meets West

2014-03-23
We discuss how the Eastern and Western lungs of the Church meet at the Theological Institute in Trumau, Austria with special guest, Anastasia Northrup of TOBIA, the Theology of the Body Alliance.
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459 - The Eucharist, Part 5, and the Great Councils

2014-03-10
The Catholic Church, East and West, cannot be attributed to one person, but rather to the Great Councils and their Fathers. Plus, part 5 of our series on the Eucharist.
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458 - The Eucharist, Part 4

2014-03-06
The calling down of the Holy Spirit and the Eucharistic prayer of the Byzantine Catholic Church occurs after the words of institution and we ask the Holy Spirit to change us and then the gifts lying before us.
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