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 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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