Good Friday in Three Parts: Part I
For Our Sins
There is nothing particularly necessary about the maltreatment that Jesus suffers as part of His Passion. None of the animal sacrificial victims of the Old Law were abused prior to their sacrifice, and their slaughter was as humane as a sacrifice could be. Even the goat of Yom Kippur, upon which the sins of the Nation were placed, was simply let free. The abuse that Christ suffered prior to His death […]
Spy Wednesday – A Reflection
Spy Wednesday
Judas Accepting the 30 Pieces of Silver Icon, Maxim Sheshukov
It would be wrong to view Judas Iscariot, the betrayer of the Lord, as a tragic figure in the unfolding of the last days of Our Lord’s Passion. Pitiable yes, but tragic no. Tragic denotes a figure to whom misfortune out of their control befalls. This is not Judas, for his actions […]
The Truth About Yoga, Reiki, and Tai Chi – A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
The Truth About
Yoga, Reiki, and Tai Chi
A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
Outline of Talk
- Introduction and Prayers: 0:00-1:19
- Some Groundwork: 1:19-14:07
- Some Types of Catholic Prayer: 1:56-4:51
- Mystical Union with God Cannot Be Achieved/Earned. It Has to Be Given: 4:51-6:09
St. John of the Cross On Overcoming Sin
Note: The Icon depicted is an uncommon Russian Icon of Blessed Silence. Uncommon in its subject (the Word of the Father pre-Incarnation depicted as a seraph), and uncommon in the manner of depiction (holding the instruments of the future Crucifixion: cross, spear and sponge; and an atypical verse on the scroll John 5:25. Amen, Amen, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the […]
Detachment: Part II – A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
Detachment: Part II
A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
The Goldfinch, Carel Fabritius, 1654Outline of Talk
Detachment Part II:
- Recap of Last Time: 0:00-0:25
- Active Purification of the Senses –> Passive Purification of the Senses: 0:25-3:43
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- aka Night of the Senses
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