Light of the East

What does it really mean to be human? This week in many Eastern Catholic Churches, we stand between the nature of our origins and our glorious destiny as human beings.

"What is the significance of a personal encounter between a lay Eastern Catholic and Pope Leo XIV? Back from his pilgrimage to Rome, we will hear from the most influential lay ecumenist in the Eastern Catholic Churches today. "

Charity begins at home. As the Church is charitable throughout the world, let charity also begin at home with: Things that a Latin Rite Catholic should never ask and Eastern Catholic.

Pope St. John Paul II reminds us that the Catholic "breathes with both lungs east and west." There are actually 21 different, ancient and venerable ways to be Catholic

Pope St. John Paul II reminds us that the Catholic "breathes with both lungs east and west." There are actually 21 different, ancient and venerable ways to be Catholic

The question of "what is the difference between a Latin Rite Catholic and an Eastern Rite Catholic?" cannot be answered in one word or a single book. We can, nonetheless, provide some answers to the question.

St. Augustine said to Our Lord, “So Ancient, Yet So New, how late have I found Thee.” The words of St. Augustine to Our Lord might also be the words of those who have found a place with the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Artificial flowers, artificial flavors, artificial birth control and now it’s artificial intelligence known as AI. Is there any place anymore where things are real and natural? One place to look is the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Remember that day when the training wheels were removed from your bike, and you had to pedal your two-wheel bike on your own? That's what is happening on this , Sunday of All Saints.

There are Gifts, Fruits, and Inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Discernment of the Holy Spirit and a Church that is very much powered by a conscientiousness of the Holy Spirit. Welcome to the natural charismatic Eastern Catholic Churches.

On thousand seven hundred years ago, 318 bishops gathered in a town in what today is the nation of Turkey to make a statement that is as relevant today as it was one thousand seven hundred years ago.

As a new Pope has ascended the Chair of St. Peter, Our Lord ascends into Heaven. We will Look at these two "Ascensions" from the perspective of Eastern Christian spirituality.

Today the parish that has brought you the "Light of the East" is celebrating its 25th anniversary. We will look at the character of an Eastern Catholic Church through Annunciation Byzantine Catholic parish in Homer Glen, IL.

We are halfway through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the sending down of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. It is a week filled with miracles, martyrs and Apostles

The story of the Pontificate of Pope Francis will likely unfold for some time. We will look at the legacy of Pope Francis in respect to the Eastern Catholic Churches.

On the Sunday after Pasca, both lungs of the Church converge at the theme of God’s mercy. For the Latin rite, it is Divine Mercy Sunday. For many Eastern churches it is the Sunday of Doubting Thomas.

As we have died with Christ, we now rise with Him in his bodily resurrection making all things new not just 2,000 years ago, but even at this very moment and forever.

In many Eastern Catholic Churches Lent has ended. But a separate and more ancient period of fasting has begun, the Week of the Bridegroom.

On this Sunday of Lent in many Eastern Catholic Churches a woman is put before our eyes who is a model of repentance, reverence for the Eucharist and hope for women experiencing shame.

The Great Spiritual Master, St. John Climacus will take us higher and higher on his Ladder of Divine Ascent. The first two rungs of this ladder will be renunciation and obedience.

Does abstaining from meat, dairy, sweets, wine, oil, iPhones and entertainment and adding more prayer seem unreasonable? It is actually the norm that Lent seeks to bring us back to.

Short but mighty, brief but powerful, the Prayer of St. Ephrem is the official prayer of the Great Fast in the Byzantine Catholic Church exposing our demons yet pointing to virtues.

If one picture is worth a thousand words, then the worth of a holy icon is priceless. Through the ages those who defended holy images against detractors are heroes of the True Faith.

'Hide not your face from your servant; for I am in distress.' The words of Adam and Eve as Lent, the season of the Great fast, now begins in the Eastern Catholic Churches.

A loving God would not really send someone to hell forever, would he? Why do Catholics pray do dead people? Learn what the Eastern Catholic Churches say about these and other related questions.