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.

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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