http://www.thedarkglass.net/2007/12/31/merry-christmas/ trying to nail down the shifting signifiers Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:58:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thedarkglass.net/2007/12/31/merry-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2893 Anthony Velez Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:45:06 +0000 http://www.thedarkglass.net/2007/12/31/merry-christmas/#comment-2893 Oh, and when I lived in Wheaton, IL, I made a connection with a few Xians in the Antiochian Orthodox Church, who followed a different liturgical calendar from the one that Anglicans and Catholics use (I believe they use the Julian calendar in contrast to our Gregorian). They were a close knit community, very family like, and I think a part of their bond was formed through the fact that they were out of pace with both the rest of the world as well as a good part of Christendom. Also, they worshiped through the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, which was hauntingly beautiful. Oh, and when I lived in Wheaton, IL, I made a connection with a few Xians in the Antiochian Orthodox Church, who followed a different liturgical calendar from the one that Anglicans and Catholics use (I believe they use the Julian calendar in contrast to our Gregorian). They were a close knit community, very family like, and I think a part of their bond was formed through the fact that they were out of pace with both the rest of the world as well as a good part of Christendom. Also, they worshiped through the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, which was hauntingly beautiful.

]]> http://www.thedarkglass.net/2007/12/31/merry-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2892 Anthony Velez Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:10:59 +0000 http://www.thedarkglass.net/2007/12/31/merry-christmas/#comment-2892 Roger - I absolutely agree as far as swimming upstream is concerned, but regardless of the response, I am hoping to at least provoke some thought about various matters regarding the spiritual life, and if a few fish happen to join me along the way, then all the better. Roger - I absolutely agree as far as swimming upstream is concerned, but regardless of the response, I am hoping to at least provoke some thought about various matters regarding the spiritual life, and if a few fish happen to join me along the way, then all the better.

]]> http://www.thedarkglass.net/2007/12/31/merry-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2887 ROG Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:34:45 +0000 http://www.thedarkglass.net/2007/12/31/merry-christmas/#comment-2887 Anthony- I appreciate your willingness to recognize Advent/Christmas correctly - I'm still playing my Christmas music for that very reason - but I'm afraid you're a salmon swimming upstream. Anthony- I appreciate your willingness to recognize Advent/Christmas correctly - I’m still playing my Christmas music for that very reason - but I’m afraid you’re a salmon swimming upstream.

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