Posted in Prayer, The Mother of God on Tuesday, 22 July 2008 | No Comments »
In the Supplicatory Canon to the Theotokos the fourth ode is as follows:
I have heard, O Lord, of the mystery of Thy dispensation, and I came to knowledge of Thy works, and glorify Thy Divinity.
O most holy Theotokos, save us.
The turmoil of my passions, and the storm of my sins do thou bestill, thou who [...]
Posted in Orthodox Feasts and Fasts, The Mother of God on Thursday, 26 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
Troparion Tone 4
Today, like the eternal sun, / Your Icon appears in the sky, O Theotokos. / With rays of mercy it enlightens the world. / This land accepts the heavenly gift from above, / Honoring You as the Mother of God. / We praise Christ our Lord who was born of You. / Pray [...]
Posted in The Mother of God on Saturday, 29 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And [...]
Posted in Prayer, The Mother of God on Thursday, 6 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
Long before I was Orthodox, I took up the practice of praying the Rosary. I wasn’t exactly a daily devotee of it, but I did pray it frequently, if intermittently–and there were even seasons that I prayed it daily.
But it wasn’t until I turned to Orthodoxy that I better understood the communion of the saints [...]
Posted in Humor, Or Laughing My Fool Head Off, Orthodoxy, The Mother of God on Wednesday, 2 January 2008 | 3 Comments »
. . . Our Lady, the Theotokos. (Look at the upper right corner. Clicking on the image gives a slightly larger view.)
For an explanation, mundane as it is, follow the jump.
Posted in The Mother of God on Thursday, 4 October 2007 | 1 Comment »
O Virgin Pure
by St. Nectarios
Plagal First Tone (Tone 5)
Refrain: O Rejoice, Bride Unwedded.
O Virgin pure, immaculate/ O Lady Theotokos
O Virgin Mother, Queen of all/ and fleece which is all dewy
More radiant than the rays of sun/ and higher than the heavens
Delight of virgin choruses/ superior to Angels.
Much brighter than the firmament/ and pure than the [...]
Posted in Orthodox Feasts and Fasts, The Mother of God on Monday, 1 October 2007 | No Comments »
Troparion of the Protection Tone 4
Most holy Mother of God,/ today we Orthodox joyfully celebrate thy coming among us./ As we gaze at thy icon we cry with compunction:/ Shelter us under thy protection, deliver us from evil,/ and pray thy Son Christ our God to save our souls.
Kontakion of the Protection Tone 3
Today the [...]
Posted in The Mother of God on Thursday, 16 November 2006 | No Comments »
John Fenton has an incredible post on the oldest Petitionary Prayer to Mary. From that post, a cite from Nicholas Ayo, CSC The Haily Mary: A Verbal Icon of Mary (University of Notre Dame Press, 1994):
Petitionary prayer to Mary characteristic of the second part of the Ave Maria can be found in a [...]
Posted in The Mother of God on Friday, 3 November 2006 | No Comments »
I mentioned, a few days ago, that I had been defending the part of the Apostotlic Faith that affirms the perpetual virginity of the Most Holy Theotokos. I am posting here a collection of cites from the Church Fathers, affirming this doctrine, to demonstrate that this is one of those beliefs held “always, everywhere, [...]
Posted in The Mother of God on Thursday, 30 March 2006 | No Comments »
From Fr. Georges Florovsky’s The Ever-Virgin Mother of God:
The teaching about Virgin Mary
The whole dogmatic teaching about our Lady can be condensed into these two names of hers: the Mother of God (Theotokos) and the Ever-Virgin (aiparthenos). Both names have the formal authority of the Church Universal, an ecumenical authority indeed. The Virgin Birth is [...]
Posted in The Mother of God on Tuesday, 11 January 2005 | Comments Off
Beautiful:
The Akathist Hymn (requires free Quick Time player)
Text and info.
Posted in The Mother of God on Wednesday, 26 March 2003 | Comments Off
The weekend of 11-13 October 2002 was my most recent, and almost certainly my last, retreat at St. Gregory’s Abbey in Three Rivers, Michigan. I first retreated at the monastery in July 1997, and have always been drawn to it as a place of prayer. My few retreats there have largely been [...]
Posted in The Mother of God on Monday, 9 December 2002 | Comments Off
As James notes on his blog, today, 9 December, is the feast of the conception of the Theotokos. Joachim and Anna, the parents of the Virgin Mary, were childless and old. They longed for a child. God answered their prayers, and Joachim and Anna conceived Mary. Mary’s parents died not long [...]
Posted in The Mother of God on Friday, 6 December 2002 | Comments Off
In an earlier post, I gave a few thoughts on Mary. No surprise. With a wife who happens to be pregnant during the Nativity Fast, I’m doing a lot of meditating on Mary.
It’s interesting how docetic my manner of thinking has been about the Incarnation. Make no mistake: I accept completely the [...]
Posted in The Mother of God on Tuesday, 3 December 2002 | Comments Off
As a Protestant, I’m not supposed to pay too much attention to Mary. Don’t want to get into that “mariolatry” thing, you understand. On the other hand, ignoring Mary is like starting at the finish line. It’s kind of like cheating. It was Mary’s holy and willing submission to the plan [...]
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