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  • [Catholic Caucus] Saint John Damascene, Confessor and Doctor of the Church (Gueranger)

    03/26/2018 9:03:29 PM PDT · by CMRosary
    White Double THE FAITHFUL HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN that on the first Sunday of Lent the Greeks keep one of their greatest solemnities, that of Orthodoxy. History proves that the Church of Constantinople, the new Rome, did not share the indefectibility of that of the old Rome, for it passed through a cycle of heresies on the dogma of the Incarnation. It rejected successively the consubstantiality of the Word, the unity of Person in Jesus Christ, and the integrity of His two natures. It seemed as though were were nothing left for heretical emperors and patriarchs to deny. Yet there...
  • St. John Damascene: Homily 3 on the Assumption/Dormition

    08/15/2005 6:05:11 AM PDT · by Siobhan · 1 replies · 338+ views
    University of Balamand, Lebanon ^ | J+M+J 7th-8th c. Anno Domini | St. John of Damascus
    JOHN OF DAMASCUS SERMON III ON THE ASSUMPTION (koimhsiV) [201] LOVERS are wont to speak of what they love, and to let their fancy run on it by day and night. Let no one therefore blame me, if I add a third tribute to the Mother of God, on her triumphant departure. I am not profiting her, but myself and you who are here present, putting before you a spiritual seasoning and refreshment in keeping with this holy night. We are suffering, as you see, from scarcity of eatables. Therefore I am extemporising a repast, which, if not very costly...
  • St. John Damascene: Homily II on the Assumption/Dormition

    08/15/2005 5:57:52 AM PDT · by Siobhan · 2 replies · 312+ views
    University of Balamand, Lebanon ^ | J+M+J 7th-8th c. Anno Domini | St. John of Damascus
    JOHN OF DAMASCUS SERMON II ON THE ASSUMPTION (koimhsiV) [171] THERE is no one in existence who is able to praise worthily the holy death of God's Mother, even if he should have a thousand tongues and a thousand mouths. Not if all the most eloquent tongues could be united would their praises be sufficient. She is greater than all praise. Since, however, God is pleased with the efforts of a loving zeal, and the Mother of God with what concerns the service of her Son, suffer me now to revert again to her praises. This is in obedience to...
  • St. John Damascene: Homily I on the Assumption/Dormition

    08/15/2005 5:52:44 AM PDT · by Siobhan · 3 replies · 406+ views
    University of Balamand, Lebanon ^ | J+M+J 7th-8th c. Anno Domini | St. John of Damascus
    JOHN OF DAMASCUS SERMON I ON THE ASSUMPTION (koimhsiV) [147] THE memory of the just takes place with rejoicing, said Solomon, the wisest of men; for precious in God's sight is the death of His saints, according to the royal* David. If, then, the memory of all the just is a subject of rejoicing, who will not offer praise to justice in its source, and holiness in its treasure-house? It is not mere praise; it is praising with the intention of gaining eternal glory. God's dwelling-place does not need our praise, that city of God, concerning which great things were...