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IrishMelkite:
I don’t suppose anyone could point me to good threads or other information on various ‘Eastern’ rites? There’s a Maronite Church named St. Raymond’s a handful of blocks from where I work at in downtown St. Louis. I drive past there every time I refuel one of our company’s vehicles. I keep telling myself that sameday I want to pop in there and watch the service. Unfortunately, I get off at 5:00 in the morning, their services are at 10:00, and it’s not the kind of neighborhood where I want to take a nap in my car for 4 hours. I’ve never tried to drive all the way back into St. Louis just to attend. Anyhow, I’m equally curious about that church, the ‘Melkites’ (since Neil’s nickname made me aware of them)-- and so forth. Frankly I was pretty much stone-ignorant of Eastern rites generally till coming to this forum, though I was vaguely aware of the Maronites since spotting them some years after I moved to St. Louis. As long as we’re speculating that Archbishop Sheen may have had Ruthenian faculties–is there info on them as well somewhere?
I may even have asked something like this once or twice before. Sorry but I seem to have forgotten anything I might’ve read. Don’t derail this thread, please. Just point to some links where these things have been discussed elsewhere. Thanks!
Thanks Neil. Though ‘expertise’ probably overstates my level of knowledge on pretty much any sort of subject. I ‘lurk’ a lot on the Eastern Catholic forum, but scarcely ever have much to add. Fr.Amborse, yourself, and a few others keep the discussions lively–though things quickly go over my head. Oddly I found this thread by searching for posts on Fulton Sheen–a favorite author of mine though I’ve only rarely heard him on radio or TV. I keep promising myself to pick up a copy of his “LIfe of Christ”. My old copy got soaked and mildewed beyond salvage some years ago, and while I have checked out library copies whenever I wanted to re-read it for Advent, I’d still like to have a copy of my own again. Just never think of it when I’m scouring for books.Jeff, good to see you posting here - it’s been quite a while since we had a discussion. I’m honored by your description of me as the “resident expert”; you’re not exactly without some significant expertise yourself.
I don’t suppose anyone could point me to good threads or other information on various ‘Eastern’ rites? There’s a Maronite Church named St. Raymond’s a handful of blocks from where I work at in downtown St. Louis. I drive past there every time I refuel one of our company’s vehicles. I keep telling myself that sameday I want to pop in there and watch the service. Unfortunately, I get off at 5:00 in the morning, their services are at 10:00, and it’s not the kind of neighborhood where I want to take a nap in my car for 4 hours. I’ve never tried to drive all the way back into St. Louis just to attend. Anyhow, I’m equally curious about that church, the ‘Melkites’ (since Neil’s nickname made me aware of them)-- and so forth. Frankly I was pretty much stone-ignorant of Eastern rites generally till coming to this forum, though I was vaguely aware of the Maronites since spotting them some years after I moved to St. Louis. As long as we’re speculating that Archbishop Sheen may have had Ruthenian faculties–is there info on them as well somewhere?
I may even have asked something like this once or twice before. Sorry but I seem to have forgotten anything I might’ve read. Don’t derail this thread, please. Just point to some links where these things have been discussed elsewhere. Thanks!