Even when they decide a given Catholic is “Orthodox Enough” for reception, it’s an individual case by case.
Give us a few more months and we may even have our own building (finally! after 16 years!), God willing. 
You see, you can’t do that here. It’s called prothlesyzing.I believe that Orthodoxy is right and Catholicism is not (in so far as they differ), but I would never tell a Catholic not to come to one of our liturgies, if they wanted to do that. In fact, I have encouraged Catholic and Protestant friends to do so, because it is a unique experience for them and so they’re likely to gain a bit of perspective as a result. I would explain to them beforehand that they cannot receive communion (though we don’t have to do that with the two Catholics who regularly attend here at St. Bishoy, because they know that already), but aside from that one prohibition, why should we **not **want them to be with us? That is the first thing that anybody from church says if I bring up having met a new person recently (I only moved to Albuquerque about a year ago, so that’s still happening): “Will you invite them to come visit us?” We love our faith and our church, so of course it is open to anyone who wants to experience it, provided that they follow our rules concerning communion (and that’s really the only thing; visitors don’t have to take their shoes off like we do, since they won’t be approaching the sanctuary). So we don’t have the kind of adversarial relationship with the local non-Orthodox Christians that you might expect if you read some of the posts in this thread, and, having read those posts, I’m really, really glad about that.
You are all welcome to St. Bishoy COC in New Mexico, by the way.
This is absurd. Byzantine Catholics use the same prayers in their Divine Liturgy as do the Eastern Orthodox. Is an Eastern Catholic celebration of the Eucharist inferior to one that is Roman Catholic?
No.
But if you insist that our Eucharist is inferior because our Eucharistic Anaphoras are inferior, how can you say that the Eastern Catholic Eucharist is not inferior, when they use the same prayers?
Then what is the basis of your argument that the Orthodox have an inferior celebration of the Eucharist, since the one you just tried to use on the basis of their prayers won’t work, since Eastern Catholics use the same prayers?
I’m stumped. Maybe you can enlighten me as to why it’s the same.? If you can, maybe you can tell me if the Catholic Church states this as a doctrinal truth.
Is the Body and Blood of Christ distributed by an Orthodox priest in an Orthodox Divine Liturgy somehow inferior to the Body and Blood of Christ distributed by a Catholic priest in a Catholic Mass?
Oh, like fun it is. I did not say (nor would I say) “all of you should become Orthodox”. I know where I’m posting, thank you very much. It is only in your mind that any mention of another Church that is not in communion with Rome, even when that is the topic of this thread, is proselytizing. My point was to illustrate that you can still think another communion wrong in some respect and yet be friendly and welcoming to its members. You don’t actually need to “guard” yourselves against attempts to cultivate brotherliness, unless you are insecure in your faith. And if you are insecure in your faith (if), then posting on this messageboard is probably not the best thing you could be doing. People who have known me on here for a long time (such as some of the people you have been discussing things with in this very thread) might remember that I took a fairly long sabbatical from this place while I was figuring out what I believe and where I needed to be in order to best live out those beliefs. I am very glad I did so, because such arguments as the one we are having now would have probably soured me on the whole matter of church.
)I don’t know for sure, and I don’t think it’s all that important. Why does it even matter? If Church doctrines say that it is then I’ll believe it. If not, then I’m free to have my own opinion.
Of course you’re free to have your own opinion. But again, I ask you, is the Body and Blood of our Lord, in an Orthodox Church (the Catholic Church does indeed teach that the Orthodox have valid sacraments) somehow inferior to the Body and Blood of our Lord in a Catholic Church? Surely not (to say otherwise would, in my opinion, be blasphemous). So since it is the case that the sacrament is the same, and indeed, the prayers, in spite of what you erroneously stated previously, that effect the sacrament are not different from Catholic prayers (since the Eastern Catholics use the same prayers, it seems to be that your opinion is simply unfounded.
Is the Body and Blood of Christ given by an Orthodox priest in an Orthodox Divine Liturgy somehow inferior to the Body and Blood of Christ distributed by an EASTERN Catholic priest in an EASTERN Catholic Divine Liturgy and also somehow inferior to the Body and Blood of Christ distributed by a Latin Catholic priest in a Latin Catholic Mass ?
No, I see no difference between the Eastern and Western parts of the Church as far as inferiority. They’re absolutely equal in every way.