Thank you. Oddly, I am all of a sudden surrounded by folks who look at. .Thomas Aquinas in a very different way from how I had thought of him, having just discovered Peter Kwashiewski.
LOL! Of course, I'm interested in reading it! Already checked Amazon. Of course I knew the name but didn't know much about him. I count on Dale to discover interesting stuff. I didn't know he was a fellow Canadian.@@dalecaldwell
Hey, Dale. Love your videos. I agree with what you said at the end that this is a very difficult time. I really lament the fall of the Episcopal Church, for if they hadn't fallen into heresy I would have joined them in a heartbeat. Have you ever looked into Western Rite Orthodoxy? They are few and far between, but they seem like a really great outlet for people who want to be Orthodox but not necessarily Eastern.
Hi Dale: First and foremost I really value and enjoy your videos from the tin can. I too live as a wanna be hermit in a tiny home in the mountains of Southern Colorado. I am the one who previously posted that I attended Nashotah House and served as an Episcopal priest in an anglo catholic church in Washington D.C. The solemn high mass on Sunday included lots of Latin chanting by the choir and was glorious. Eventually I became an Orthodox priest, but sadly through a divorce I was deemed unworthy. I spent a couple of decades trying to make nature be God, but, alas, it just didn’t work. A while back I returned to the Church and I see my vocation as essentially living out the rest of my days as a hermit. That’s just a bit of background to make a couple of reflections: One of the teachings of my Bishop which I found helpful is that as Orthodox we can definitely say where the Church is, but we cannot say where the Church is not. For the Orthodox when the word Church is referred to, it means the Orthodox Church…so one could say that when Jesus prayed that the Church be one, he was not referring to the splintering of the Church, but that the Church, i.e. the Orthodox Church be one. The bottom line for me is the old teaching that the Eucharist is the Sacrament of unity, not only union with God as Holy Trinity, but with the Bishop under whose authority the local priest celebrates the Liturgy. More broadly we can say that to take communion is a personal assent to the doctrine and teaching of the Bishop who is seen as the real presider at the Liturgy. In the early Church, it would be unthinkable for a Christian to receive communion from a Bishop who was deemed heretical by the Church (arianism, for example). So, for me, it is all about communion of the Body and Blood of Christ is an assent to the Doctrine that the Bishop represents…If i were Roman Catholic, it would be very problematic to receive communion because I would be assenting to what the current Pope is representing and teaching as what he believes about the traditional teaching of what is considered sin and the path to repentance…I am eager to hear about your continuing journey in Orthodoxy and when you are chrismated or Baptized (let’s don’t get into that) and begin receiving communion what transformation that may bring about…pardon the long note…as one hermit to another…keep up the great videos.!
Thank you for your insightful comment. It would be easier if Bishops argued less, but I suspect that the evil one knows the most important points to attack. You also make clear why, although the local episcopal church might accept me at communion, I could not accept the bread and wine from the hands of their priestess.
I was born and raised RC. Travelled a wild and woolly Protestant path. Am now a committed Orthodox Christian. FWIW, I don’t think you are a “low down no good stinking ecumenist” Rather, I am deeply blessed by your honest journeying and I (feebly) pray for you. Pray for me the sinner Sdn. Herman.
I keep forgetting to tell you (as I'm not sure how else to write you, my "Ascetical Homilies of St Isaac the Syrian," published by Holy Transfiguration Monastery in 2011 (2nd ed.) has this in the front pages: "In Memoriam: Peregrina Skotal of Port Townsend, WA (1933-2008) and her parents, William and Mary." Who knows what other kindred spirits as yourself and others at St. Herman's dwell on the "Edge of Nowhere."(!)
I’m a committed Catholic and enjoy listening to your thoughtful reflections. God bless you and all of us and one day may we all be truly one
... another good moment with Dale! Good reflexions.... much appreciated Dale. I'll have to look at this book, thank for the pointer.
Thank you. Oddly, I am all of a sudden surrounded by folks who look at. .Thomas Aquinas in a very different way from how I had thought of him, having just discovered Peter Kwashiewski.
LOL! Of course, I'm interested in reading it! Already checked Amazon. Of course I knew the name but didn't know much about him. I count on Dale to discover interesting stuff. I didn't know he was a fellow Canadian.@@dalecaldwell
Hey, Dale. Love your videos. I agree with what you said at the end that this is a very difficult time. I really lament the fall of the Episcopal Church, for if they hadn't fallen into heresy I would have joined them in a heartbeat. Have you ever looked into Western Rite Orthodoxy? They are few and far between, but they seem like a really great outlet for people who want to be Orthodox but not necessarily Eastern.
Hi Dale: First and foremost I really value and enjoy your videos from the tin can. I too live as a wanna be hermit in a tiny home in the mountains of Southern Colorado. I am the one who previously posted that I attended Nashotah House and served as an Episcopal priest in an anglo catholic church in Washington D.C. The solemn high mass on Sunday included lots of Latin chanting by the choir and was glorious. Eventually I became an Orthodox priest, but sadly through a divorce I was deemed unworthy. I spent a couple of decades trying to make nature be God, but, alas, it just didn’t work. A while back I returned to the Church and I see my vocation as essentially living out the rest of my days as a hermit. That’s just a bit of background to make a couple of reflections: One of the teachings of my Bishop which I found helpful is that as Orthodox we can definitely say where the Church is, but we cannot say where the Church is not. For the Orthodox when the word Church is referred to, it means the Orthodox Church…so one could say that when Jesus prayed that the Church be one, he was not referring to the splintering of the Church, but that the Church, i.e. the Orthodox Church be one. The bottom line for me is the old teaching that the Eucharist is the Sacrament of unity, not only union with God as Holy Trinity, but with the Bishop under whose authority the local priest celebrates the Liturgy. More broadly we can say that to take communion is a personal assent to the doctrine and teaching of the Bishop who is seen as the real presider at the Liturgy. In the early Church, it would be unthinkable for a Christian to receive communion from a Bishop who was deemed heretical by the Church (arianism, for example). So, for me, it is all about communion of the Body and Blood of Christ is an assent to the Doctrine that the Bishop represents…If i were Roman Catholic, it would be very problematic to receive communion because I would be assenting to what the current Pope is representing and teaching as what he believes about the traditional teaching of what is considered sin and the path to repentance…I am eager to hear about your continuing journey in Orthodoxy and when you are chrismated or Baptized (let’s don’t get into that) and begin receiving communion what transformation that may bring about…pardon the long note…as one hermit to another…keep up the great videos.!
Thank you for your insightful comment. It would be easier if Bishops argued less, but I suspect that the evil one knows the most important points to attack. You also make clear why, although the local episcopal church might accept me at communion, I could not accept the bread and wine from the hands of their priestess.
I was born and raised RC.
Travelled a wild and woolly Protestant path.
Am now a committed Orthodox Christian.
FWIW, I don’t think you are a “low down no good stinking ecumenist”
Rather, I am deeply blessed by your honest journeying and I (feebly) pray for you.
Pray for me the sinner Sdn. Herman.
Also - mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa for my own part in creating divisions and not seeking unity
@kvlteacher5911 et tu, kvl?
I do of course not mean the 'ecumenism ' of Assissi '86.
Nor do I …
I keep forgetting to tell you (as I'm not sure how else to write you, my "Ascetical Homilies of St Isaac the Syrian," published by Holy Transfiguration Monastery in 2011 (2nd ed.) has this in the front pages: "In Memoriam: Peregrina Skotal of Port Townsend, WA (1933-2008) and her parents, William and Mary." Who knows what other kindred spirits as yourself and others at St. Herman's dwell on the "Edge of Nowhere."(!)