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What the Byzantine Church Can Teach Us About the Triduum
Curious how you can enrich your Triduum this year? Chantal Howard has some ideas for you inspired by her Byzantine experiences.
Browsing: Byzantine
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Byz-y Mama: Mid-Lent and Where We Go From Here
Having recognized our great need for a savior during the first half of Great Lent, the second half of the season calls us to meditate up on God’s role in our salvation. Here are some practical ways to maintain that focus.
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Byz-y Mama: Small Children in Church
A few ideas on keeping the little ones (and you) happy in church, with a request for your own additions to the list.
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Byz-y Mama: On Being Human
A friendly reminder that Christ embraced our human nature so much as to take it on for himself.
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"Why Don't Eastern Catholics Celebrate the Immaculate Conception?"
The short answer is, we do, it’s just not in the way you would think.
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How Many Catholic Churches Are There?
We are all aware of the Latin Catholic Church but how many of us realize there is a whole lot more to Catholicism?
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So You Want to Be a Byzantine? A Guide for Romans (Part Two)
Here are some common (but rarely discussed) misconceptions that you may want to know about the Byzantine Catholic church.
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So You Want to Be a Byzantine? A Guide for Romans (Part One)
Are you a Byzantine-curious Roman Catholic? This two-part series might help!
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Byz-y Mama: You Are Not Enough. For Real.
Dear Mothers, I want to tell you something: you are not enough.
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Byz-y Mama: On the Death and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Brittany Balke examines the Eastern approach to the Feast of the Death and Assumption of Mary and the richness it provides for her spiritual life.
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Byz-y Mama: On Chapel Veils
There are a lot of ideas going around about why to wear a chapel veil, some better than others. It takes a little searching out to see what the Church Fathers said about St. Paul’s exhortation, but their words are well worth the search.
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Byz-y Mama: One Thing is Necessary
As she ponders the aging process, Brittany Balke asks the question, “What is the most important thing to do before I die?”
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Byz-y Mama: The Jesus Prayer
Even though I’ve tried to integrate the Jesus prayer into my spiritual life prior to this, it never really stuck. It was only with reading The Way of a Pilgrim, a Russian spiritual classic about the Jesus prayer, that I started to have an idea of how this prayer should really be applied in my life, and suddenly I’m wondering why I didn’t do this in the first place.
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Byz-y Mama: Humility and Conception (with a Quick Reading Recommendation at the End)
Our celebration of the Annunciation and of Akathistos Saturday reminds us of Mary’s humble approach to conception. Do we follow Mary’s example?
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Byz-y Mama: an Introduction
Meet Brittany Balke, our new contributor. She will be writing about Eastern Catholicism and her life as a Byzantine mom.