HOLY TRINITY CELTIC
ORTHODOX CHURCH
CELTIC
ORTHODOX BENEDICTINE FATHERS
1703
Macomber St., Toledo, Ohio 43606
Phone:
419.2062190 / E-Mail: amdg@bex.net
HOMEPAGE:
http://www.celticorthodoxchurch.com
THE DAILY MASS AND THE DAILY READING AND
PRAYING OF SCRIPTURE
ARE
TOGETHER THE HEART OF TRUE ORTHODOXY AND THE TWIN PILLARS
UPON
WHICH REST OUR HOPE FOR SALVATION
Our Lord assured his
disciples that he had come, not to destroy, but to fulfill,
the
Law. It is not surprising, therefore, to find the earliest Christians,
notably
the Apostles, conforming to the traditional customs of worship of
the
old Covenant: keeping the Passover, or going up to the Temple to pray
at
the appointed "Hours of Prayer," or keeping those hours as times of private
devotion.
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Likewise, we find St. Paul,
wherever he might be, seeking out the
local synagogue on the
Sabbath, taking part in its worship and
availing himself of its
opportunities for teaching. At the same time
we find Christians keeping
strictly Christian observances, notably
the First Day of the Week,
with its Eucharistic Breaking of Bread as
the distinctive act of
worship. Even when the Church had overflowed
the bounds of Judaism and
was overwhelmingly Gentile in its
membership, there was a
survival of devotional practices of Jewish
origin. Chief among these
was the observance of the "Hours of Prayer,"
three times a day in private
devotion or in corporate worship.
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PRAYING
AS DID THE EARLY CHURCH
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THE
DAILY PRAYER AND STUDY OF THE SCRIPTURES ARE
PART OF THE FAITH AS ONCE DELIVERED TO
THE SAINTS
BENEDICTINE
SPIRITUALITY
TO
PRAY
AS TAUGHT BY SAVING
PRECEPTS
AND DIVINE INSTITUTION
TO
DAILY PRAY THE PSALMS AND SCRIPTURE
LECTIO
DIVINA OF THE PROPHET DANIEL
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TO PRAY AS DID THE EARLY
CHURCH
“YOU
ARE MISTAKEN, NOT KNOWING THE
SCRIPTURES
NOR THE POWER OF GOD”
(Jesus
Christ reported in Matthew 22:29)
THE
LECTIO DIVINA OF THE PROPHET DANIEL
IS
A GIFT FROM THE ANCIENTS TO US TODAY
AND
OUR LEGACY TO A GENERATION NOT YET BORN
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Daniel 6:10
Now, when Daniel knew this,
that is to say, that the law was made,
he went into his house: and
opening the windows in his upper chamber
towards Jerusalem, he knelt
down three times a day, and adored and
gave thanks before his God,
as he had been accustomed to do before.
The Lectio Divina of the Prophet Daniel
is designed to be prayed
three times a day. Three Chapters from Scripture with the
attendant Psalm is prayed in the morning,
one at
mid-day and three at evening time. The
practice of reading and
praying the Scriptures three times a day
was a firmly established
practice in the Jewish community before
and during the life of Christ.
To this day, the Orthodox Jews continue
to pray three
times a day. This practice, evidenced by the
Prophet Daniel continues in the Celtic
Orthodox Church today.
CHRIST AND
THE APOSTLES PRAYED THREE TIMES A DAY
The
first coincided with the morning sacrifice, at the 3rd hour
of
the
morning, at 9 A.M. The second was
at the 6th
hour,
or at noon, and coincided with the thanksgiving for the
chief
meal of the day. The 3rd hour of
prayer coincided
with
the evening sacrifice, at the ninth hour (3:00 P.M.)
"Evening,
and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud, and
he
shall
hear my voice." Psalm 55:17
“Now
when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into
his
house;
and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem,
he
kneeled
upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave
thanks
before
his God, as he had done before."
DANIEL
PRAYED THE SCRIPTURES AND PSALMS THREE TIMES A DAY
“In
the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from
the
Scriptures,
according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the
prophet,
that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.” (Daniel
9:2)
THIS
OLD TESTAMENT PRACTICE WAS CARRIED
ON
BY THE APOSTLES AND THE EARLY CHURCH
Acts
3:1
Now Peter and John went up
into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer.
Acts 10:
3
This man saw in a vision
manifestly, about the ninth hour of the
day, an angel of God coming
in unto him and saying to him: Cornelius.
Acts
10:9
And on the next day, whilst
they were going on their journey and
drawing nigh to the city,
Peter went up to the higher parts of the
house to pray, about the
sixth hour.
Acts
10:30
And Cornelius said: Four
days ago, unto this hour, I was praying in
my house, at the ninth hour
and behold a man stood before me in
white apparel and
said:
THE PRACTICE OF PRAYING AT
THE
3RD,
6TH, AND 9TH HOURS LIVES ON IN
THE
CHURCH AS THE LECTIO DIVINA
THAT
IS PRAYED THREE TIMES A DAY.
THREE
CHAPTERS IN THE MORNING,
ONE
CHAPTER IN THE AFTERNOON
AND
THREE CHAPTERS IN THE EVENING.
Bishop
Brian J. Kennedy, O.S.B.
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Daily
praying the Scriptures
is
part of the faith as once delivered to the Saints.
(Bishop
Brian J. Kennedy, O.S.B.)
“IGNORANCE
OF SCRIPTURE IS
IGNORANCE
OF JESUS CHRIST”
(Saint
Jerome)
Soul
saving repentance is not possible apart from praying the Scriptures, as the
Scriptures in a unique way convict us of sin. Through the Scriptures, the Holy
Spirit speaks to our heart, soul and mind of the need for repentance and through
the Word of God blesses us with the grace of conversion leading to salvation in
Christ.
Without
the Scriptures it is impossible to know Jesus or understand the power of
God.
The
Spirit in the words of Scriptures reverberates in the heart creating a closer
union with Christ and through Christ with the Father. This “Synergy with the Father in Christ”
is the product of the Holy Spirit and can only come to fruition through the
abiding presence of the Word of God.
Christ
continues to bring the love of the Father to His people and reveal His own love
for us from the Tabernacle on the Altar. Christ continues to be our Savior, our
Redeemer, our life, our sweetness and our hope. From the Tabernacle on the Altar
Christ ALONE remains the gate of Heaven, the SOLE arbiter and dispenser of all
God’s Graces and gifts; The Mediator of all graces. We are healed by the Sacred
Wounds of Christ, we are redeemed by His Precious Blood and we are made clean by
His spoken word. It is impossible
to be sealed in the Blood of the Lamb without also experiencing the spoken Word
of God by which we are made clean. (John 15:3)
St.
Benedict calls the disciple to the school of the Gospel: “Let us walk in the
paths of the Lord by the guidance of the Gospel” (R Prol). By these words the
Father of monks expresses his intention to establish a life patterned after
the Gospel. This is the only true foundation on which a community rests. St.
Benedict was well aware that his work represented an embodiment of the
Gospel. St. Benedict called praying the Scriptures
the “OPUS DEI”, which is Latin for “WORK OF GOD.”
THE MASS AND THE PRAYING OF SCRIPTURE ARE THE
TWIN PILLARS UPON WHICH REST OUR HOPE FOR
SALVATION.
(BISHOP BRIAN KENNEDY,
O.S.B.)
The
Anglo-Celtic Lectio Divina
of
the prophet Daniel
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THE
CELTS ARE ISRAELITES UNDER ANOTHER NAME
The
word Celt is the Anglicized form of the Greek word Keltoi, which means "the
people who are different." In Scripture, all nations, except the Twelve Tribes
of Israel, are referred to as Gentiles (Foreigners), so the only people who are
different are Israel. The word Celt is therefore another word for Israelite. The
Celts are part of the Ten "lost" Tribes of Israel; as are the Tuatha de Danaan
and Milesians. The Irish people are a mixture of Celts; Danaans; Milesians;
Judah/Zarahites (of the "Red Hand" - Genesis 38:28-30); (Dan-ish) Vikings and
Norsemen and are all racially cousins.
THE CELTS, ACCORDING TO
GOD, ARE ISRAELITES.
The
word British is not English; it is Hebrew.
Brit
(Berit) means Covenant in Hebrew and Welsh
Ish
means man or people of, in Hebrew and English
Therefore
British means The People of The Covenant,
in
other words, the People Israel of The Covenant.
However,
the Celtish / Irish people are Israelites descended from Jacob/Israel's fifth of
his twelve sons, who was called Dan and fathered the Tuatha de Danaan - the
Tribe of Dan (the Irish and Danish). Therefore the Irish people are Celtish /
British-Israelites by birth i.e. People of The Covenant in the Torah in the
Bible and in The Ark, which is buried at Tara.
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Preface
The
Celtic Orthodox Lectio Divina opens with the “Songs of Ascent. The Songs of
Ascent appear in Hebrew and English on the wall at the entrance to the City of
David, Jerusalem, Israel.
Songs
of Ascent is a title given to text Psalm 120 – 134. Each psalm starts with the ascription
Shir Hama'aloth (Hebrew: שיר
המעלות,
meaning "Song of Ascent"). They are also variously called Gradual Psalms, Songs
of Degrees, Songs of Steps or Pilgrim Songs.
The
worshippers sang these psalms as they ascended up the road to Jerusalem to
attend the three pilgrim festivals (Deuteronomy 16:16) or by the kohanim
(priests) as they ascended the fifteen steps to minister at the Temple in
Jerusalem.
Each
Psalm ends with “Holy God, Mighty God, God Immortal have mercy on
us”.
After
praying the Psalms of Ascent as shown above, Psalm 95 closes out the
preface.
PENITENTIAL
PSALMS
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HISTORY OF
THE CELTIC ORTHODOX BENEDICTINE FATHERS
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OUR
APOSTOLIC LINE OF SUCCESSION IS ACCEPTED BY WORLD ORTHODOXY.
REMEMBER
AS YOU READ THESE LETTERS OF AFFIRMATION THE BISHOPS BEING ACCLAIMED AS PART OF
WORLD ORTHODOXY WITH GRACE FILLED AND SPIRIT FILLED ORDERS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO
ANY OLD WORLD PATRIARCH, YET THE PATRIARCHS ACCEPT THEM AS EQUAL BISHOPS IN THE
LARGER CHURCH WITH THE SAME APOSTOLIC MISSION.
LETTER
OF RECOGNITION FROM THE O.C.A.
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LETTER
OF RECOGNITION FROM ALEXANDRIA
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LETTER
OF RECOGNITION FROM THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
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WE
ARE SUCCESSORS TO THE APOSTLES, IN UNION WITH THE ORIGINAL 12 AND ALL THOSE WHO
CAME AFTER THEM AND WITH ALL THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER US.
APOSTOLIC
SUCCESSION
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FATHERS
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