Light of the East

Light of the East

This unique program reveals how the riches of the Eastern Catholic Churches - their liturgies, spirituality and relevancy - are a gift to the whole Church and to today's world.

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Light of the East 1086R The Catholic Church Breathes with Both Lungs

July 14, 2025 • 27 mins
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
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Light of the East 1085 The Difference Between the Latin and Eastern Rite

July 7, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1084E So Ancient and Yet So New

June 30, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1083E AI

June 23, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1082 The Sunday of All Saints

June 16, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1081R Pentecsost

June 8, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1080 The Council of Nicea

June 2, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1079 Two Ascensions

May 19, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1078 Celebrating Annunciation Parish's 25th

May 19, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1077R A Week filled with Apostles, Martyrs and Miracles

May 9, 2025 • 27 mins
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
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Light of the East 1076 The Pontificate of Pope Francis

April 30, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1075R Divine Mercy Sunday -Thomas Sunday

April 23, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1074R Christ is Risen!

April 23, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1073R The Week of the Bridegroom

April 6, 2025 • 27 mins
In many Eastern Catholic Churches Lent has ended. But a separate and more ancient period of fasting has begun, the Week of the Bridegroom.
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Light of the East 1072R St. Mary of Egypt

April 6, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1071R The Ladder of Divine Ascent

March 26, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1070R Lent Bring Us Back to the Norm

March 26, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1069 The Prayer of St Ephrem

March 26, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1068 Holy Images Connect Heaven and Earth

March 7, 2025 • 27 mins
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.
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Light of the East 1067 Lent Begins in the Eastern Catholic Churches

March 4, 2025 • 27 mins
'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.
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