A Romanian Greek-Catholic Chapel near me has St. Anthony of Padova (I think this is how the city is called in English) as its patron.
Found this gem of an icon inside it, wanted to share it.
Hello!
Firstly, I've been getting back into my byzantine roots only for a few weeks (former Orthodox, never practiced, went to roman catholic churches for a year)
In the Latin church, if for any arbitrary reason you can't keep a day of abstinence/fast, your parish priest can give you another penitence instead.
This weekend I'm visiting my parents and they wanted to make a BBQ (I see them only once a few months).
Is there such a thing in the byzantine rite (hence the fast of sts peter and paul just started)? I'm a Romanian greek catholic and when I asked my priest for another penitence he said okay but that I should confess this next time I go to confession? I don't understand.
I asked him to clarify and told him what I knew from the Latin church and he said "oh yeah... it will not be such big of a sin" and he told me to say two rosary decades on each day.
Hello!
I'm a Romanian Greek Catholic and my fiancee is a Roman Catholic. We are going to have our wedding Mass in the Roman Catholic Church (though we will each keep our individual rites). I was wondering if there is any possibility to have some parts from the Eastern tradition in the Mass. (for example, I remember for the Funeral Mass of Pope Francis held at the local Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Byzantine Bishop participated in the Mass and prayed some of the byzantine prayers near the end of Mass).
Christ is Risen!
Hello, Fathers! I've recently come upon some prayers that are asking your Guardian Angel to go to Mass for you when you can't.
Is this a practice recognized by the Church? I understand it's not something to abuse and it doesn't fulfill obligations to go to Mass, but if I have no other means to go to Mass on a certain day (of obligation or not, because of situations out of my control), would this help me benefit from the spiritual graces of going to Mass?