@benquivenit The hymnology and theology of Orthodox Holy Week is breathtaking. Last year, as a Catholic, I entered into Holy Week wanting more than the sparse services. Now, as Orthodox... wow...
Leading into Holy Week, a reflection on the differences between Eastern and Western Christianity and the path that traces to our modern times. https://t.co/AULdQ9ZNWT
As a catechumen preparing for reception into the Orthodox Church, I wrote about Fr. Ripperger's viral Shawn Ryan Show interview β what he gets right, and where Orthodoxy sees it differently. https://t.co/jIBYt4fNaA
@benquivenit We lost our cat the day before Thanksgiving. Got hit by a car. I don't think I have grieved as hard as I did before. Kids took it pretty hard too. But my youngest shared that he had sprinkled the kitty with some holy water, so I am pretty sure we will meet again.
@benquivenit "We are trying to solve a schism while we're in the middle of a schism." I heard this as a reflection of the Orthodox church, but the Church of Rome also seems to be in a schism as well--between traditionalists & progressivists, between TLM & Norvus Ordo, & the synod controversy