Lights From the East: Pray for Us

"Holy" expresses the impossibility of attaining or grasping the Light that none can approach. In other words, it expresses the impossibility of comprehending or knowing that Light as fully as it is comprehended by God's Word and Spirit alone, but which all the same is so close and attainable that all of our blessedness lies in seeing God face to face. - Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky "Read Sheptytsky's words again. And this time, replace 'holy' with 'saint.' How illuminating!....English is among the few languages that distinguish 'saint' and 'holy.' In Greek, Latin, Slavonic - and a host of modern tongues - the two are the same word." - From the Foreword by Fr. Peter Galadza, PhD Catholics worldwide are increasingly heeding the call of the late Pope John Paul II to breathe spiritually "with both lungs" - to be inspired by both...