Lights From the East e-bog

<P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpFirst><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style=FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-index: 13>Holy"e; expresses the impossibility of attaining or grasping the Light that none can approach. In other words, it expresses the impossibility of comprehending or knowing that Light as fully as it is comprehended by God's Word and Spirit alone, but which all the same is so close and&nbsp;attainable that all of our blessedness lies in seeing God face to face.</SPAN></P><P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; language: en-US><SPAN style=FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-index: 13>-Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky</SPAN></P><P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; language: en-US><SPAN style=FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-index: 13></SPAN>&nbsp;</P><P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; language: en-US><SPAN style=FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-index: 13></SPAN></P><P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; language: en-US><SPAN style=FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-index: 13>"e;Read Sheptytsky's words again. And this time,&nbsp;replace holy with 'saint.' How illuminating!....English is among the few languages that distinguish 'saint' and 'holy.' In Greek, Latin, Slavonic-and a host of modern tongues-the two are the same word."e;&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; language: en-US><SPAN style=FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-index: 13>-From the Foreword by Fr. Peter Galadza, PhD&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; language: en-US><SPAN style=FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-index: 13></SPAN>&nbsp;</P><P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; language: en-US><SPAN style=FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-index: 13></SPAN></P><P style=MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; language: en-US><SPAN style=FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-color-index: 13>Catholics worldwide are increasingly heeding the call of the late Pope John Paul II to breathe spiritually "e;with both lungs"e;-to be inspired by both Western and Eastern Christianity. Yet many Catholics are unaware that the Roman Catholic Church is in communion with twenty-two other Churches, which together comprise the Eastern Catholic Churches. Focused on Eastern holy ones&nbsp;Lights From the East&nbsp;presents incredible riches to English speakers worldwide, including icons, biographies, Scripture, reflections, translated quotations from the service that honors the saint, prayers, and original hymns set to Rusyn or Galician melodies.</SPAN></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpFirst></FONT><FONT face=Calibri>&nbsp;<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /><o:p></o:p></FONT></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><FONT face=Calibri>Each entry in <EM>Lights from the East</EM> features:<o:p></o:p></FONT></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><FONT face=Calibri>* An icon of the saint(s)<o:p></o:p></FONT></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><FONT face=Calibri>* A brief biography or biographies<o:p></o:p></FONT></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><FONT face=Calibri>* A Scripture passage<o:p></o:p></FONT></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><FONT face=Calibri>* A spiritual reflection<o:p></o:p></FONT></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><FONT face=Calibri>* A quotation from the service that honors the saint<o:p></o:p></FONT></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><FONT face=Calibri>* A prayer<o:p></o:p></FONT></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><FONT face=Calibri>* A hymn to the saint, set to a Rusyn or Galician melody</FONT></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><FONT face=Calibri></FONT>&nbsp;</P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><FONT face=Calibri>Saints included:</FONT></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>&nbsp;</P><FONT face=Calibri><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><STRONG>Saints of the Old and New Testaments<o:p></o:p></STRONG></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>The Holy Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Youths<o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>The Holy First-Martyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Thecla <o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><STRONG>Period of the Fathers and Martyrs<o:p></o:p></STRONG></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>The Holy Great-Martyr Barbara<o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>Our Venerable Mother Macrina the Younger<o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>Our Venerable Father Sabbas the Sanctified<o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>VI. Venerable Xenophon and Mary, and their sons, Arcadius and John <o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><STRONG>Holy Monastics<o:p></o:p></STRONG></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>Our Holy Fathers Cyril and Methodius, Teachers of the Slavs and Equals-to-the-Apostles <o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>Our Venerable Father Theodosius of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev <o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>Our Venerable Father David of Thessalonica <o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>Our Venerable Father Maximus the Confessor <o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><STRONG>Saints on Both Eastern and Western Calendars<o:p></o:p></STRONG></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>Our Holy Father John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople <o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>Our Venerable Father John of Damascus <o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><STRONG>Martyrs of the Twentieth Century<o:p></o:p></STRONG></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>Our Blessed Father, Martyr-Bishop Nicholas Charnetsky <o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle>Our Blessed Father Theodore Romzha, Martyr-Bishop of Mukachevo <o:p></o:p></P><P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA>Our Blessed Venerable Confessor M</SPAN></FONT></P>