Volume 13 No. 1 ~ OF THE CHURCH ~ OF MAN WITH GOD ~ April, 2005 A.D.
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THE BASILIAN FATHERS (The Society of Clerks Secular of Saint Basil)
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From Metropolitan Archbishop Paul, S.S.B. ~ WHY SEEK COMMUNION WITH ROME ~
Psalm 105:34. They did not destroy the 105:35. And they were mingled among the heathens, We must, absolutely must, be extremely cautious in our dealings with those churches, weather
Christian or otherwise, which are not part of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. We
need but look to the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church, which was definitely part of the
True Church until Vatican II, and the liturgical and ordination changes which Rome adopted after
Vatican II, to realize the extreme level of caution which must be exercised.
The liturgical and ordination changes which the Roman Catholic Church instituted after Vatican
II, and which were definitely in place in North America by the year 1975, and probably by the year
1970, cause the validity of the confection of the Sacred Eucharist in the Roman New Mass to be
questioned, and the validity of the ordination of its Priests to also be questioned.
The Roman Catholic Church made these changes partially to reform its liturgical practices to that
which would be more usable by the laity, and as a return to the basic roots of early Christian
liturgical practices, and to make its liturgical practices more "friendly" and acceptable to the
Protestant, Evangelical, Pentecostalist, and Charismatic religions. It succeeded only in the last
purpose.
In attempting to make its liturgical practices more friendly and acceptable to the Protestant,
Evangelical, Pentecostalist, and Charismatic religions, the Roman Catholic Church adopted the
heresies of these religions. It formulated a Divine Liturgy (Mass) which, by its own teachings of
the era prior to Vatican II, is incapable of confecting the Sacred Eucharist. And in changing its
rites for ordination of its Priests, it ordained Priests not to administer the Sacraments, but
ordained them to lead people in prayer services. (See: The Abbot & Me On Liturgy; "New Mas"
Conclusively Invalid; both by Fr. Paul Trinchard, S.T.L., MAETA, P.O. Box 6012, Metairie, La.
70009-6012 U.S.A., http://www.maeta.com)
105:36. And served their idols, and it With the changes in liturgy, and the desire to accommodate the Heretics, the Roman Catholic
Church became more like the Heretics whom they wished to accommodate. Today, a very
significant percentage of Roman Catholic Priests do not believe in the real presence of Christ God
in the Eucharist. They do not believe that what appears to be bread and what appears to be wine,
actually is God. Older Roman Catholic Priests, for the most part, still believe, but how long will
these men, who are mostly in their 60's and 70's and older, remain alive to serve their laity? There
remain numerous Roman Catholic Priests under 60 years of age, who still believe, but those who
do not believe are an ever increasing majority.
With loss in belief in the Eucharist comes loss in belief in sin. The words are mouthed, but they
are not stressed for there is little or no belief or concern about sin.
105:37. And they sacrificed their sons, From the loss of a proper Divine Liturgy, and the truths and dogma which a proper Divine
Liturgy teaches, came the loss of even a concept of sin, and with those losses the animal desires of
mankind were totally set loose. The teachings of the Church (read God) forbidding the use of
contraceptives were ignored, and sex and other pleasures became the focus of life for more and
more people. Abortion naturally followed because people were no longer viewed as being made in
the image and likeness of God, but viewed as sources of personal pleasure, gain, dominance, and
self indulgence.
105:39. And was defiled with their This horror of loss of Faith is not exclusive to the Roman Catholic Church. In Russia the
Communist oppression devastated much of the Church, leaving it open to the insurgency of the
Heretical Protestant, Evangelical, Pentecostalist, and Charismatic religions. In Greece the
Patriarch recently had to explicitly state, primarily to the younger people, that sexual activities
outside of marriage are forbidden.
Lack of regular attendance and participation in the Divine Liturgy by Orthodox, and of that for
Roman Catholics combined with the changes in the Roman liturgy, have lead to loss of Faith.
While the heretic Christian religions and the non-Christian religions, such as Judaism and Islam,
are false, those who practice these religions must be respected and their practice of their religion
must be respected. That is intrinsic in God's commands, especially the Two Great
Commandments. Ridicule, oppression, and similar attitudes against these religions must be
avoided, especially since these are all acts of violence, and as such, forbidden by the
Commandment which forbids killing and murder.
With this in mind, it should be obvious why we seek communion with Rome, and why
reunification of the Church is necessary. Our Saviour has told us in plain, straight forward
language, He wants His Church reunited.
It is necesssary because there are millions of Roman Catholics who are in danger of losing the
Sacred Eucharist, without which salvation is extremely difficult, even unlikely. It is necessary
because there are millions of Orthodox who are being influenced by the materialistic capitalism
which is overtaking the moral values of Roman Catholics who are deprived of the Sacred
Eucharist. The Roman Catholic Church must be strengthened in its dogma, and encouraged to
return to a Divine Liturgy which definitely is valid, so that it can again teach its people through
the dogma expressed in the true Divine Liturgy. The Byzantine Rites of the Roman Catholic
Church, and the Orthodox Church, are the repositories of proper dogmatic expressions within
true Divine Liturgy, and therefore the source to which the Roman Catholic Church can most
easily turn.
A Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, reunited Roman and Orthodox, will stand as a bulwark
against the Heretical Christian religions, and return as the measure of morality by which these
religions measure.
And in this reunified state, the True Church will be able to assist the non Christian religions to
realize the true values of Christianity, for the True Church will be united against materialism and
in the forefront of advocation of true spirituality.
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REASON - WILL - PASSION
Within each person, within each group or association of persons, between and amongst all
persons, groups, and associations, there is sought control of will. With control of will comes
control of the person, group, and association in measure far greater and complete than that which
is made by force or coercion.
The struggle for control of will is, in part accurately, perceived by many as being a struggle
between reason and passion. Indeed, reason and passion are at opposite ends of the human
persona, both being needed in appropriate measure for proper balance of the persona.
When reason and passion do not exist in proper measure, the excess at either extreme is usually
readily apparent to those in whom there is a more proper measure and balance of reason and
passion.
Former President William Jefferson Clinton is an excellent example of a person in whom passion
existed to the extent it controlled his will, to the extent his reason was used to further the ends of
his passion. His passion sought power, sensual gratification, celebrity, and the acclaim of those
who are well known - of celebrities and the famous. He used his reason to obtain these things.
Thus his passion controlled his will, reason, and intellect.
But the fruits he gained are in the process of rotting. They are fruits obtained without thought.
The fruits obtained by those who promote the culture of death - of abortion and killing the infirm
- will rot society and mankind. Just as William Jefferson Clinton obtained temporary benefit from
that which he gained, and now lives in the slime of rotten fruit, so too will mankind suffocate in
the slime of the rotten fruit of the culture of physical and moral death which the Bill Clintons of
this world have established as the norm.
But if mankind uses its ability to reason, it will see the destruction which has resulted from
unbridled passion. It will see there must be a return to reason, and that reason must be founded in
morality if it is to have a positive effect on the individual and on society.
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CROCODILE GRINS AND SINS
In Fatima pilgrims often walk on their knees, dragging themselves over the stony ground, praying,
tearing their clothing and flesh, leaving bloody stains on the ground, living their faith.
One woman, obviously in great pain, came up to Father John De Marchi, and said, "Father, I
promised Our Lady to come on my knees from Fatima Church to the Chapel of Apparitions (two
kilometers). I got as far as Lagao da Carreira (500 meters from the Shrine) and then I couldn't do
any more. My knees bled and bled. . . . I couldn't go any further and so I walked. It wasn't
because I didn't want to but because I couldn't."
"Don't worry," Father told her. "If you have done all you could, Our Lady will understand."
The woman had waited anxiously for the verdict of God's representative then with immense relief
kissed Father's hand and knelt down as near as she could to the statue of Our Lady.
From: FATIMA, from the beginning (formerly FATIMA, the facts), by Father John De Marchi,
Tr I. M. Kingsbury, p. 17-18.
Compare this with the sightseers who visit the more fashionable of the "modern" places. Any
humility which they profess is denied by their "lookey at me" attitude, lip service humility,
presumptuousness, especially when daring to instruct Priest, and by their crocodile smiles.
Sightseers because they come to look, to be seen, and to be able to say they saw, and therefore
are not pilgrims.
The lady pilgrim at Fatima came in penance and love, and then experienced great sorrow because
she was unable to fulfil her promise. But the sightseers miss the point.
Sightseers must see a miracle. But pilgrims need but be allowed to give their love and offer their
repentance and thanks.
Sightseers must see a miracle. But Pilgrims become part of the miracle.
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THE BUSH VICTORY WAS BASED ON MORAL The Presidential election of 2004 was won and lost on moral values. President Bush received
votes because of his pro life anti abortion position. President Bush received votes because of his
position that marriage is between one man and one woman. Senator Kerry lost votes because he is
pro abortion and because he favors homosexual marriages.
The election was that simple.
Many of those who voted for President Bush voted against their own economic interests, in favor
of their moral values.
But President Bush should not confuse the moral mandate he received, for an economic policy
mandate, nor for a foreign policy mandate. Nor should he confuse the electorate's willingness to
put moral issues above their own economic issues, as a willingness to allow him and his fellows to
run roughshod over the electorate.
Chief amongst President Bush's programs of economic rape is that of partial privatization of
Social Security. Privatization has the potential of annually placing billions of dollars in the hands
of corporations, which will presumably be used for capital investments and improvements. But we
know we can not trust corporate executives. We have the experience and examples of Enron, the
InterNet "Dot.Com" frauds of the 1990's, continual stock and stock brokerage frauds, Wall Street
excessive fees frauds and transaction delays for the benefit of the brokerage and the individual
broker. We know corporate executives are over paid for any amount of work, and that they
arrange mergers for their own benefit without regard as to the welfare of the share holders / stock
owners.
One can actually see the saliva drooling off the fangs of corporate managers and Wall Street
vampires.
President bush and his cronies are counting on the greed of those under fifty years of age, who
believe the stock market will provide them with great sums upon retirement.
But there is no guarantee that retirement funds invested in private accounts will have any assets
when that generation is ready to retire. If Sweden, Chili and England are any example, use of
private retirement accounts instead of Social Security is a disaster. As a supplement, such
accounts can be valuable. But when such accounts are part of the main retirement fund, when a
per centage of assets are directed away from the Social Security account, the international history
of such accounts is a disaster.
President William Jefferson Clinton advocated a program similar to the privatization program
advocated by President Bush. Perhaps that is the basis of the cordiality which exists between the
two Presidents Bush and President Clinton.
But if President Clinton is in favor of something, that in and of itself is cause sufficient to demand
pause, caution, and probable rejection.
This is not a matter of class envy, social-economic envy, have and have nots warfare. It is a matter
of prudence.
Those who favor President Bush's position cite the intent of President Roosevelt, to establish
private accounts to supplement Social Security. However, that was never enacted, and the system
developed into a very stable retirement system.
Others state, Social Security was never intended to be a person's sole source of retirement
income. But, for an extremely large per centage of retirees and workers who have become
disabled, Social Security is their only source of income. And it has been a reliable source of
income. Future generation of retirees can count on Social Security, but if the system is changed
and even partially privatized, those future generations will not be able to count on Social Security.
And the experience of retirees and disabled workers in Sweden, Chili, and England, is that any
amount of privatization is a disaster.
President Bush must learn from his electorate. He must add morality to his capitalism.
There is no difference between atheistic communism and atheistic or immoral capitalism. Both
injure the defenseless. And both will disintegrate from the corruption of their internal skeleton.
Just as the bones of atheistic communism could not withstand the weight of its own immorality;
so too will immoral capitalism crumble of its own rottenness.
Any system of government and any system of economics which excludes morality must fall of its
own corruption.
It is only when morality, the standards established by God, are the standards by which a
government is managed and by which an economy is run, that there can be stability.
We need but look to the American Revolution, and the fall of the slave based Confederate States
of America, to know this is truth.
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THE SALT OF THE EARTH When a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery sells Zen meditation kits in its gift shop, it is time
to question the dogmatic viability of that facility. The question must be asked: has its salt lost its
flavor, and thus become suitable only to be dumped where it can be walked upon?
Hypothetical question and comment?
Unfortunately, no. Unfortunately, this is the situation at at least one such abbey, and apparently
numerous such institutions.
It can not be that the monastery believes it can learn something from the Zen method of
meditation, if it is truly a Christian monastery. For a Christian, all that pertains to meditation is
found in the writings of the Fathers of the Church, and in Scripture. For a Christian, there is
nothing worth learning from Zen, or from any other religion, which is not already taught by and in
traditional Christian writings and practices. Taught much more clearly. Taught much more
accurately. Taught much more truthfully.
If the monastery believes it can learn something from Zen, other than how to show Zen's
deficiencies and to defend against it, then the monastery has lost its Rudder and has moved from
Christianity.
To offer Zen meditation kits for sale is the same as offering Ouigi Boards, Satanic worship books
and paraphernalia, and similar material for sale. A monastery's offering such material for sale in
effect states that monastery and its parent organization validates the material and the systems from
which they are derived. Offering such material for sale attacks Christianity, states Christianity is
not valid or not complete, and that Christianity needs Zen for completeness - and even effectually
states Zen is valid and Christianity is not.
Unless Zen is being studied so that the enemy can be defended against and attacked as
appropriate, there is no place for Zen material in a Christian monastery. It should never be offered
for sale in a Christian monastery gift or book shop.
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS NOT NEEDED TO STOP ABORTION, If the Congress of the United States of America had any level of moral fortitude, it could stop
abortions and same gender marriages, murder of the infirm, and all other acts of immorality which
the United States Supreme Court has or may make legal. The United States Constitution gives
Congress this power. This power of Congress is part of the system of checks and balances which
exists amongst the three branches of the Government of the United States of America, as
established in its Constitution, which states in part:
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
Article I., Section. 8. (1) The Congress shall have Power . . . (9) To constitute Tribunals
inferior to the supreme Court;
Article. III.
Section. 1.
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such
inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges,
both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour,
and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be
diminished during their Continuance in Office.
Section. 2.
Clause 1: The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under
this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be
made, under their Authority; to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers
and Consuls; to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to
which the United States shall be a Party; to Controversies between two or more States;
between a State and Citizens of another State; between Citizens of different States, between
Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a
State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
Clause 2: In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and
those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In
all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction,
both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the
Congress shall make.
The power to constitute tribunals (courts) inferior to the Supreme Court is the power to create
courts such as the United States District Courts and Courts of Appeal, AND that includes the
power to determine the subject matter and entity jurisdiction matter of those courts. THAT
POWER BELONGS TO CONGRESS.
Using construction most favorable to making the Supreme Court as powerful as possible, in
almost every instance the power of the Supreme Court is subject to the exceptions and regulations
made by Congress.
Very simply, Congress has the power to tell the Federal courts, including the Supreme Court,
what kinds of cases they can hear and issue judgments and orders. Congress can dictate that the
Federal courts can not hear cases on and issue judgments and orders on abortion, marriage,
suicide, and killing the infirm. Congress can also pass laws: making abortion illegal; declaring that
marriage is between one man and one woman; that assisted suicide is illegal; that human life
begins at conception and ends with the death of the body and during the period between
conception and death each person has the right to live; and further declare that the Federal courts
have no authority to hear matters or issue orders or judgments contrary to the express statement
of these laws.
Congress can impeach, convict, remove from office, and otherwise punish, any Federal judge or
magistrate, including Supreme Court Justices, who violates such Congressional dictates.
Congress attempted this in the case of Theresa Schiavo, whose husband was able to use the
Florida State and Federal courts, to obtain orders which caused Mrs. Schiavo to be starved to
death. This is the law Congress passed in that mater.
109th CONGRESS AN ACT
For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RELIEF OF THE PARENTS OF THERESA MARIE SCHIAVO.
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida shall have jurisdiction to hear,
determine, and render judgment on a suit or claim by or on behalf of Theresa Marie Schiavo for
the alleged violation of any right of Theresa Marie Schiavo under the Constitution or laws of the
United States relating to the withholding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment
necessary to sustain her life.
SEC. 2. PROCEDURE.
Any parent of Theresa Marie Schiavo shall have standing to bring a suit under this Act. The suit
may be brought against any other person who was a party to State court proceedings relating to
the withholding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to sustain the life of
Theresa Marie Schiavo, or who may act pursuant to a State court order authorizing or directing
the withholding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to sustain her life.
In such a suit, the District Court shall determine de novo any claim of a violation of any right of
Theresa Marie Schiavo within the scope of this Act, notwithstanding any prior State court
determination and regardless of whether such a claim has previously been raised, considered, or
decided in State court proceedings. The District Court shall entertain and determine the suit
without any delay or abstention in favor of State court proceedings, and regardless of whether
remedies available in the State courts have been exhausted.
SEC. 3. RELIEF.
After a determination of the merits of a suit brought under this Act, the District Court shall issue
such declaratory and injunctive relief as may be necessary to protect the rights of Theresa Marie
Schiavo under the Constitution and laws of the United States relating to the withholding or
withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to sustain her life.
SEC. 4. TIME FOR FILING.
Notwithstanding any other time limitation, any suit or claim under this Act shall be timely if filed
within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5. NO CHANGE OF SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to create substantive rights not otherwise secured by the
Constitution and laws of the United States or of the several States.
SEC. 6. NO EFFECT ON ASSISTING SUICIDE.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to confer additional jurisdiction on any court to consider
any claim related--
(1) to assisting suicide, or
(2) a State law regarding assisting suicide.
SEC. 7. NO PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
Nothing in this Act shall constitute a precedent with respect to future legislation, including the
provision of private relief bills.
SEC. 8. NO AFFECT ON THE PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 1990.
Nothing in this Act shall affect the rights of any person under the Patient Self-Determination Act
of 1990.
SEC. 9. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the Sense of Congress that the 109th Congress should consider policies regarding the status
and legal rights of incapacitated individuals who are incapable of making decisions concerning the
provision, withholding, or withdrawal of foods, fluid, or medical care.
Passed the Senate March 20, 2005.
Attest:
Secretary.
The part of that law which states, "In such a suit, the District Court shall determine de novo any
claim of a violation of any right of Theresa Marie Schiavo within the scope of this Act,
notwithstanding any prior State court determination and regardless of whether such a claim has
previously been raised, considered, or decided in State court proceedings," REQUIRES the
Federal District Court hear the case as though it were hearing the case for the first time. That is
what the words "de novo" mean.
The Federal District Court refused to hear the case de novo, as did all of the superior courts,
including the U. S. Supreme Court.
Because each of these courts totally ignored the Constitutional direction of Congress, that the
case be heard de novo, each of these courts is in violation of the Constitution of the United States,
and each Judge and Justice who failed to follow the directions of Congress can be and should be
should be impeached, convicted, removed from office, and otherwise punished.
But Congress does not have the moral fortitude to fulfill its Constitutional role. It plain and simply
does not have the guts required to do its job.
The Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States states:
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to
the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The United States Supreme Court has in effect declared this provision of the Constitution to be
without effect, to be as though it were never written. The lower Federal courts have also ignored
this part of the Constitution.
This part of the Constitution authorizes State schools to have prayers, State government boards
and agencies to begin their meetings and sessions with prayer, and our children to begin sporting
events with prayer, should they so desire.
It also authorizes exactly what it states. But the courts ignore this Amendment and Article of the
Constitution.
Congress should impeach, convict, remove from office, and otherwise punish, each Federal judge,
magistrate, and justice, who has ruled or acted in any manner as though this article of the
Constitution does not exist or has no meaning or authority.
But the cowards in Congress, especially in the Senate which failed to convict President William
Jefferson Clinton of his crime of lying to the courts so he could get out of having to pay a large
sum of money for having committed sexual harassment (and he was proven to be guilty of that
crime) - these cowards do not have the guts, or the morality, required to do their jobs.
For this they condemn themselves before almighty God.
/S/ Lee S. Mc Colloster, Attorney at Law
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. . . UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH, AND THE GATES OF Christ said the gates of Hell shall not prevail against His Church. He did not say Hell would not
prevail against the gates of the Church; He said the gates of Hell shall not prevail against the
Church.
What is the difference?
The Church has been sitting on its haunches awaiting the attacks from Hell. Hell has not
disappointed the Church, and has been continually and ever more successfully attacking the
Church.
The Earthly part of the Church, however, has either not been been attacking Hell or has not been
continually attacking Hell. The Church in the world has been relying on Christ's promise that the
gates of Hell would not prevail against the Church, but in so stating, Christ was obviously saying
that in its attacks against Hell, the Church would be successful - not that the Church in this world
would be successful in resisting the attacks from Hell.
Yes, Christ has already won the battle, the war, and has conquered Hell and subjected Satan, Hell,
and all the evil doers. But those living in this world have not - not until one dies and faces the
particular judgment, their individual judgment at death before the throne of God, will one know
that in their own life, Hell has been conquered or has been victorious.
But if one attacks Hell, will he not thereby be assured of success?
No. It is the Church which is assured of success in its attacks against Hell. And the Church must,
absolutely must, completely and totally attack Hell, for Hell is winning in its attacks against the
Church.
Hell has used the Courts and governments of numerous countries to corrupt mankind's morals.
Abortion, suicide, and euthanasia are now legal, because the Church has not attacked Hell, but
has allowed Hell to attack. Movies and other forms of entertainment depict women as existing
solely for the purpose of fertilization or of milking, as ground to be plowed and planted, or as
cows to be milked. And men are depicted as having women and power being their only focus.
The Church must attack Hell on all fronts. It must use its resources, its moral people, to force
governments to reign in the courts which have legislated abortion on demand, and which have
removed the right to pray and to proclaim morality in public places.
Those who proclaim there is no place for religion in government must be morally and lawfully
silenced, for they have supplanted the religion of God with the religion of Satan. They deny the
rights of those who desire to worship God, and proclaim their right to be immoral as being the
only rights which exist. These evil people must be attacked for they are part of the gates of Hell.
The producers of movies and other forms of entertainment must be reigned in and forced to
produce movies and entertainment which conform to good moral values. If they are not forced to
so do, they will continue to infect the minds, hearts, and souls of mankind with their immoral
values. This will lead to a further disintegration of society, individuals, and the ability of mankind
to function, resulting in a moral - social disintegration which will make the Dark Ages appear to
be an Age of Enlightenment.
But attacking the gates of Hell must be done in a moral manner. The immoral tools of Hell can
not be used by those who wish to stop Hell. This means murder, physical violence, sexual
seduction, bribery, and other forms of immorality can not be used to attack Hell and its followers.
But the vote, economic pressure, peaceful demonstrations, and especially prayer, can be and must
be used, in conjunction with every other moral tool which can possibly be applied.
And in the process, the laity must demand immoral clergy, especially those who seek their own
material benefit, that these immoral clergy be removed from the sacred trust they have violated.
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LETTERS
Dear Abp. Paul,
I enjoyed reading the recent edition of Reunion, as always. I particularly liked the article on
Political Gossip and the one on Fatima.
I wonder if I might dare to venture an opinion on the abortion issue with out sounding
argumentative. I do not intend to be a supporter of abortion, although I'm not sure about the
correctness or viability of anti-abort ion legislation. My point is about the beginning of
human life, or more accurately, when does a human being come into existence. We are all
familiar with the concept of being 'brain-dead.' Might there not be a cognate at the
beginning of life? Is an acephalic baby really a human being? Along with Thomas Aquinas,
one might question what constitutes apt matter for the reception of a human soul. I have read
that a large percentage of fetuses are spontaneously aborted. In terms of the RC doctine of
my youth, does this mean the limbo is filling up? It does not clarify the question to point out
that a fetus is biologically human--a severed body part is also biologically human. This is not
a spiritual concept. The term 'conception' might be equivocal--does it refer to biological
conception or the point at which a human being begins to exist? Perhaps they are they same,
but it seems to me that a good argument can be made against that assumption.
All of these leads me to the Marian dogmas: the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption.
Pardon the pun at the end of the last paragraph. If 'conception' means the beginning of
human life, then the only problem with the first dogma is the term 'immaculate (unstained).'
I say problem because it uses the analogy of 'stain' to refer to 'original' sin. The best doctrine
about original sin, it seems to me, looks at it as a 'lack' of something which should be there,
not as a 'stain.' If this dogma means that Mary was 'full of grace' from the first moment of
her existence, then I have no problem with it--the phrase 'immaculate conception' seems like
a poor way to state it. I'm saying this as a 'fan' of Lourdes and of Fatima, both of which I
visited in 1999 with my mother, as well as Knock and Walsingham.
The Assumption is not antithetical to Orthodox doctrine, in that the Dormition implies it IF
we mean by Mary's body the spiritual body mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15 and well-pictured
in icons of the Dormition. There are Orthodox churches named The Assumption--I was a
member of one in Galveston, Texas, for a while. God has no need of our corpses for the
resurrection of the dead, in my opinion. The very atoms of our bodies are totally changed out
every seven years, scientists tell us.
I'm just expressing my own very imperfect and limited opinions and in no way intend to be
contradictory to established Orthodox doctrine. God bless.
Yours in ICXC,
Danny
Dear Danny,
Regarding abortion and the beginning of life, and the end of life of the body:
Death occurs when the soul leaves the body. It occurs when the soul leaves the body
because the soul is necessary for the body to have life.
The body has no life without the soul.
Therefore, if there is no soul when a sperm penetrates an egg, the egg does not become
fertilized, does not form additional cells, does not grow, does nothing but decay and
disappear into its elements. It is only when a sperm penetrates an egg and at that instant
God instills the soul for that human being, that the egg is fertilized, forms additional cells,
and grows. The human being comes into existence at conception. Life begins at conception.
The proof that there is life is the fertilization of the egg by the sperm.
A person may be brain dead, but for so long as the body is alive it is a statement of the fact
that the soul has not left the body. The body will die only when the soul leaves the body, for
not only is the body not dead until the soul has left the body, but the body can not remain
alive without the soul to give it life, and dies immediate upon the soul leaving the body. But
not an instant sooner.
Humans were designed to be immortal. After the fall of Adam and Eve, the body lost that
immortality and succumbed to the corruption of the physical. But the spirit and soul retain
their immortality for the nature of the spirit is not to corrupt.
The soul therefore remains alive for it is immortal (not eternal, but immortal) (and the
spirit continues its immortal existence as well), and so the person remains in existence,
awaiting reunification of the body with the soul (and spirit).
A spontaneous abortion obviously is within the parameters of God's total control of nature
and natural functions.
Thomas Aquinas was a great thinker, but Western. He attempted to comprehend the
incomprehensible - God. I remember a story about Aquinas: when he was taken in a vision
to Jesus and made to understand much of what he sought to understand, upon his return
to this world he began to burn all of his work. His assistants asked him why he was
destroying his work. He said he was destroying it because it was so grossly in error. His
assistants persuaded him to not destroy the works because it was the best that was
available to them at that time.
However, if he had studied and contemplated St. John Chrysotom, Origen, St. Basil, St.
Gregory of Nyssa, St. Gregory Nazianzen, . . . he could have had a different approach
which would not have lead him to the errors he reached - for he attempted to reach too far,
into the unknowable nature of God.
Limbo filling up - If there is such a place or condition as Limbo, it is spiritual, and spiritual
does not "fill up".
Assumption and resurrection of the dead - When you state, "God has no need of our
corpses for the resurrection of the dead, in my opinion," you present a very clear
contradiction of the Creed of Nicaea, and of the Second Council of Nicaea, which in part
states at the very end, ". . . and I look for the resurrection of the dead; and the life of the
world to come." Dogmatically this refers to the actual physical resurrection of the corporeal
body and its reunification with the soul (and spirit). There have been great dogmatic
battles over this, with the result that those who do not believe in the actual physical
resurrection of the body of each human being have been declared to be in error (to put it
very politely).
Since a physical body is necessary for a complete human being, one can not spend eternity
without one, otherwise such person is an incomplete human being. Since each human's
body participated in that person's attaining eternal salvation or damnation, it would be
unjust for the soul (and spirit) to experience either without the body. The body, upon its
resurrection, will no longer be subject to death, and will be perfect, so that it can with the
soul (and spirit), forming a perfect human, and be eternally perfectly happy or unhappy.
We have a mailing list which presents works of various theologians, particularly the early
fathers of the Church, to which you may wish to subscribe. Currently it is on Origin. You
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THE BASILIAN FATHERS
(The Society of Clerks Secular of Saint Basil)
NEWS AND CONVERSATIONS
We are using this column / space to communicate with you, our Oblates, Nuns, Brothers,
Deacons, Priests and Bishops, regarding matters which are not private; which may have some
public interest; and to elicit your assistance that all of us may perform our most sacred duties in as
perfect a manner possible.
OUR CONCERN FOR YOU:
We do not know if you realize our love for you, and our concern for you. You are our brothers
and sisters. But you also are my children. We pray for each of you every day, and each of you is
included in our intentions in our daily Divine Liturgy.
OUR ATTEMPTS TO ASSIST YOU IN YOUR FUNCTIONS AS PRIESTS:
Gregorian Rite Divine Liturgy Altar Missal: About a year and a half ago we completed the
Gregorian Western Rite Divine Liturgy Altar Missal (Altar Service / Liturgical Book), for use by
The S.S.B. and sister jurisdictions. During the intervening time we have sent free copies of it to
every one of our Priests and Bishops who prays Western Rite Gregorian Divine Liturgy in
English, and who is not associated with an entity which has its own Altar Missal or prayer service
book. Each of these has also received a compliment of pew missalettes or booklets. For the first
time in the history of The S.S.B., all of its Priests and Bishops can pray Gregorian Divine Liturgy
in English without having to use several different books of varying sizes and type faces, in various
languages.
We have not provided a copy to those members of The S.S.B., who are associated with an
organization which has its own liturgical service book, for they do not need one. Nor have we
provided a copy to those members of The S.S.B. who are "estranged" from us, since such
contacts could create hard feelings or problems which would serve no Christian purpose. Nor
have we provided them to S.S.B. who have not endorsed their most recent Celebrate.
After over a year of use, we have found there are approximately 100 typographical errors in the
Altar Missal. None of these interfere with its use. We intend to issue a new edition in the next
couple of years, and to send each of you a copy with the accompanying pew booklets, and a CD
from which you can make additional copies of everything should you desire. The new edition will
have a much better cover and binding, but remember its publication is at least a year in the future.
We have provided these to you because it is the Bishop's duty to see to it that his clergy have the
ability to pray Divine Liturgy and to administer the Sacraments. The ordination liturgy actually
has a section where the ordaining bishop provides a liturgical book to the newly ordained. But not
one Priest in the entire history of The S.S.B. has ever received such a book, for one never existed
until this time.
We expect you to use it regularly. If you do not, then, you are not fulfilling your most sacred duty
as a Priest.
The Divine Liturgy is the most important prayer you can make. In it you have the ability to use or
add special prayers, such as the prayers for friends and those dear to us, as given below.
FOR FRIENDS AND THOSE DEAR TO US
COLLECT O God, Who by the grace of the Holy Spirit hast poured the gifts of charity into the hearts
of Thy faithful, grant unto Thy servants and handmaids, for whom we implore Thy
clemency, health of soul and body, that they may love Thee with all their might and with
their whole love may execute what things are pleasing to Thee. (V.) Through Our Lord
Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the same Holy
Spirit, God, throughout all ages of ages. (R.) Amen.
THE SECRET Have mercy, we beseech Thee, O Lord, upon Thy servants and handmaids, for whom we
offer to Thy majesty this sacrifice of praise, that through these holy things they may obtain
the grace of supernatural benediction and acquire the glory of everlasting beatitude. (V.)
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, God, throughout all ages of ages. (R.) Amen.
POST-COMMUNION COLLECT Partaking of the divine mysteries, O Lord, we beseech Thee that this saving sacrament may
benefit, unto prosperity and peace, those for whose love we have offered it to Thy majesty.
(V.) Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, God, throughout all ages of ages. (R.) Amen.
You can modify these prayers "on the wing" so that they are for one particular person: e.g.:
change "grant unto Thy servants and handmaids" to "grant unto John Smith" and of course
change "they" to "he".
This Gregorian Rite Divine Liturgy Altar Missal (Some Orthodox dislike the term Altar Missal - it
sounds so "Roman". But everyone knows what it means. We are open to suggestions for other
names, but Alter Service Book seems to sound too "Protestant" at this time.) is available free for
download on the WWW in Adobe PDF format. Because of this it has been downloaded hundreds
of times and is in use in many different jurisdictions. We allow this in copyright because our
purpose is to have Priests pray the Divine Liturgy - not to make money off of it.
When we have the next edition completed, and each of you has a copy, then we MAY (as in
"might") provide printed and bound copies to non S.S.B. persons in return for a large donation. A
lot of time and effort goes into each copy of the Altar Missal and its accompanying Book of
Epistles and Book of Gospels.
Requiem: Of course The Divine Liturgy For The Dead (Requiem) is included in the Altar Missal,
and in a pew booklet. This includes rites or liturgies for a wake, the Requiem, blessing of the
corps and grave, and burial site. It also includes prayers the Priest should pray by himself on
return to the Church after burial. There is also a liturgy after the Requiem, for those occasions
when the body is not present, such as for those lost at sea, or for commemorations.
We pray a Requiem on the anniversary of death for each deceased member of The S.S.B. for
whom we know the date of death. These dates are included in the Liturgical Calendar. We urge
you to also pray for our deceased brethren, and for deceased members of the Orders associated
with The S.S.B.
But we do not know the dates of death of many deceased S.S.B., nor do we know all of their
names, for our predecessors did not keep good records of them. This is a horrible situation which
we have been attempting to correct. But it appears we will never obtain all of the information
which we need. If any of you can assist in this, please, so do.
History of The S.S.B.: We have also completed a proper history of The S.S.B., entitled: The
Society of Clerks Secular of Saint Basil (The Basilian Fathers) History of Its Formation. We
have sent each member of The S.S.B. a copy. Again, we have not sent a copy to those who are
"estranged" from us, for such contact could create hard feelings or intensify what ever hard
feelings such individuals already have, and thus would serve no Christian purpose.
This is a straight forward history: no "fiddle faddle", no "glorifications". It also is a rather good
history of Orthodoxy in North America from the late 1800's, of Western Rite Orthodoxy, and of
the Russian Orthodox Church during the revolutions of the early 1900's.
Now when you are asked for our pedigree, lineage, or anything to do with the history of The
S.S.B., you can either obtain an additional copy of the history, or point the one making the inquiry
to our web site at
http://www.reu.org/ where the one making inquiry can read or download a copy of the book.
This has proven to be a somewhat popular book, and we are in the second printing of the second
edition.
This too will be revised at a later date, to include more pictures and, once we can decide how to
reproduce them, various documents, as well as extended comments in the public portion of the
synodal notes. But the next edition is not a priority matter.
NEEDS AND NEW / ADDITIONAL / REVISED MATERIAL:
Psalmody, Daily Office, Breviary, Liturgy of the Hours:
In the mid 1990's under the Metropolitan Primate who preceded our immediate predecessor, one
of the Basilian Priests (who later was made a Bishop) composed a Psalmody for use by The
S.S.B. It is my understanding it was an excellent work. The Metropolitan Primate gave this Priest
every encouragement while he was composing the Psalmody. But when it came time to approve
the Psalmody, the Metropolitan Primate just ignored the work. After the Priest was made a
Bishop, the Metropolitan Primate eventually ridiculed the Psalmody and the Bishop who had
composed it, and that Bishop withdrew from any association with The S.S.B.
Nothing like this will happen while we are Metropolitan Primate, Superior General.
We wish it were possible to contact that Bishop, and to obtain a copy of the Psalmody he
composed, so it could be reviewed for possible use by The S.S.B. But that probably is impossible
considering the hurt which has been made to that worthy Bishop.
One of our Priests has been searching for an appropriate Daily Office for use by Oblates of his
parish. Most such books are Roman Catholic, and use modern translations and prayers which are
interpretive translations of scripture. The prayers and theological concepts are spiritual baby food,
and often inaccurate.
If we could find a 1950's Roman Breviary in Latin and English we might have a foundation on
which to build. But our search for this has to date been unsuccessful.
We do intend to work on this sometime in the future. But that probably is a few years in the
future because of the amount of work required and the scarcity of foundation material.
When we do begin work on this, we will of course use the Douay - Rheims translation.
Antimens: Our next, immediate, project will be to establish a sufficient supply of Antimens. We
literally are out of them, and have to make more. There will be no significant change in its design,
but we do have to "redo" the artwork and designs, and slightly modify the text.
We intend to begin work on this immediately, since major work on the Altar Missal and on the
History are completed. Hopefully this will be completed before the end of the year.
YOUR SPIRITUAL WELFARE:
Confession / Absolution: Many of us are so isolated that we actually do not have another
Basilian with whom we can be physically present so that we can go to confession and receive
absolution. Others do not have another Orthodox Priest available for this, or who is willing to
provide this for us. And some few do not even have a Roman Catholic Priest available, or who is
willing to administer this Sacrament to Orthodox. In the Americas, Coptic and Chaldean Priests
also often are unwilling to entertain providing Sacramental Absolution to anyone not of their
Church or Jurisdiction.
This makes life very difficult for those in this situation.
Confession and Absolution are a very necessary part of your spiritual life. But many Priests
violate the sanctity of the confessional in a myriad of ways. Not necessarily through outrightly
stating, "So and so did this," but often by snide remarks, innuendo, and implication.
Most of you have sufficient training so that your confessor need but remind you of something
which you already know, or suggest to you something which you already suggest to others who
go to Confession to you. Most of you contemplate your sins, your deficiencies, your faults, your
uncharitable thoughts and deeds. You are aware of your sins. But if you have no one to whom
you can confess your sins, and from whom you can receive absolution, you are in the most
difficult situation. There may even be occasions when you feel you may be close to being devoid
of Grace, or actually devoid of Grace (in Mortal sin), and yet you must provide Sacraments to
others without the ability to receive absolution.
If this ever is your situation, or if you ever feel the need, telephone me without regard to the day
or time - but do not use my cellular telephone nor should you use a cellular telephone, for these
are not secure. Regular telephones using land wires are not very secure either, but they should be
more secure than wireless communications.
Do your best to either establish a relationship with one or more other Priests geographically near
you, or to establish some form of access to other Priests, so that you can Confess and receive
Absolution regularly. Even if you do not secure a regular confessor, establish access to a properly
ordained Priest. Remember: what we tell Religious and Laity, that regular confession and
absolution provides spiritual strength which is needed for eternal salvation, holds true for us as
well.
Illness / Death: What is true for Confession and Absolution also holds true if you become ill, or
near death, and for your death.
Please, if you become seriously ill, and a member of The S.S.B. is not readily available, or if your
Bishop is not readily available and probably will not be available for a time, contact me. And
inform your family and friends as to whom they should contact in the event you become unable to
make contact yourself.
One of our Priest moved to a new city, was injured in an accident shortly after he moved and
died. He had no contact information with him. The people he knew in the new city knew he was a
Priest, but knew nothing else about him. He was buried by a Priest who performed an act of
kindness, but it was not until a few weeks later that we were informed that he had fallen asleep in
the Lord.
It is impossible for me or for any Bishop to "check on" each of you, to determine your needs,
health, or general situation. We do not have the resources in either personnel or finances, and
often do not even have means of ready contact, to do these things. For some, their copy of
REUNION is the only steady contact.
I personally do not have the financial resources to travel to you with any form of regularity or in a
non emergency situation. But if you are severely ill and in need, I will do my best to be with you
OUR FINANCES:
When I was healthy and able to earn a reasonable income in my lay profession, I was able to fund
our operations with little difficulty. Now, since my physical infirmities prevent me from engaging
in my lay profession, and our main source of funding has therefore dried up, I am very thankful of
and for the contributions many of you make. We do not want anyone to make contributions using
funds which they need. If we discover anyone is making contributions out of their necessity such
contributions will be refused. Only make contributions out of your surplus. We will "get by".
We do not intend to ever make an overt solicitation to you for financial assistance for operations
of The Society of Clerks Secular of Saint Basil. We will muddle by; and as He has always done
for us, we are convinced God will provide for what is needed. So if we do not have the funds for
something, then, obviously we were in error in believing it was needed, or that it was needed at
that particular time. Sometimes we anticipate a need - most of us from time to time will anticipate
a need and the need develops later than we thought it would.
IN CLOSING:
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A DREAM ABOUT THE CHURCH
It always is intriguing to remember a dream, especially one which is somewhat different from the
usual, and most especially when, while it may be disturbing or perplexing, it is not personally
frightening.
In the dream:
I was walking on the banket along a familiar street, a very busy street, looking for a particular
parish Church, but not my own parish Church. It was a parish Church with which I was familiar;
one in which I had often prayed.
I passed by a parish Church, but it was not the one I sought. I was perplexed, for I knew the one I
sought was somewhere along this stretch of highway. The day became late; automobiles were
passing by; a few groups of people were walking with and towards me, and a few were coming
out of some of the buildings along the road. Every now and then an individual would walk by.
Then, as I walked along a curve in the road, I saw a parish Church, but I knew I had gone too far
down the road. Though the parish Church did not seem to be the one I sought, I went inside
anyway just to be sure. It was not the one I sought. So, I went back to the banket and retraced my
steps.
Night had fallen, and I came to the place where the road changed from curving to being somewhat
straight. The road was on my right and the buildings on my left. I saw two large buildings which
appeared to be Churches; and someone coming from the darkness between the two large
Churches.
The person came down sweeping steps, as from a large, impressive building, but all I could see
past the steps was darkness.
I asked the person - and I do not know if it was a man or a woman - if they could tell me where
this particular parish Church was; that I thought it was somewhere around this location, but I
could not find it.
The person told me it was, "right up there," pointing to whence they had come.
I went up the steps and there in the darkness was the front door of the Church I sought. It was an
arched doorway, sharp at the top, with ornate woodwork on the door. It was somewhat Gothic,
massive yet small, towering into the night sky; familiar, but different from what I had expected.
I opened the door and walked into darkness as black as a church during the Paschal vigil before
the candles are lit.
As my eyes adjusted I could see little, dim lights, like light coming from inside a small tube the
diameter of a finger. There were not many of these lights, just a very few, and I could see they
were being held by people who were attempting to read by the illumination cast by these lights.
There was total silence, as though not a sound had been made or heard in that place for a very
long time.
From my position having just entered the Church, and from this dim illumination, I could see that
those few who had the lights were facing generally North, with their backs generally to the South,
and the place where the Altar and Sacristy should be to their right on the East.
For some the illumination included parts of their lower faces as well as the books which they held;
but for others the illumination barely made their books visible; whilst for others the light just
diffused without focus or just projected little round circles at the tip of the light - little circles
which one could see only if one were looking directly into the light - like looking into a pipe
which had a light therein.
What was common to all was that almost no one could really see what they were reading, but they
all strove to read the books which they held. Most of these held the same books, but some held
different forms of the same book. But all were essentially the same book. The book may have
been the Bible, or it may have contained the Bible or some essential portions of the Bible and
some other text - possibly text used for worship.
The Church was literally packed with people. My impression is that some were sitting, some
standing, but none were kneeling that I could see.
The people without lights were facing all different directions, but very few were facing the same
direction as those who held the lights. Not a single person was facing towards where I knew the
Altar and Sanctuary were, or should have been.
Some of those without lights attempted to use the lights held by others, to read the books which
they held, but since those with lights could barely see, those who attempted to read by the lights
of others really could not.
Those without lights had different books. None of them were the same books as those with lights,
and most of their books were different from each other.
It struck me that all of these people, those with and those without lights, all wore very dark
clothing. Clothing made from very expensive, black fabric, fashioned into conservative but
obviously expensive suits - at least suit coats, for I could not see below their shoulders or chests
because they were packed so closely together. They wore heavy broadcloth suits, both the men
and the women, but I could not see if any wore head coverings or hats.
No one seemed to notice me because of their intensity in attempting to read.
I moved along the left wall of the interior to where I knew the sacristy lay. I believe the area of
the Altar was open, but empty, with no people and no altar. There were shapes there, like
furniture, but no altar.
But along the side of the place where the altar should have been was a door leading from the
public portion of the Church into an area of the Sacristy which was on either side and to the rear
of the place where the Altar should have been. Like the letter "U" with the Altar space in the
middle of the "U" and the congregation at the open end of the "U". This part of the Sacristy, the
outside portion of the U", was separated by a wall, from the place where the Altar should have
been.
I entered the door seeking one in charge, one with authority, to inquire what was happening, what
was going on, what had happened to change this place from a place of light, joy, and order, to a
place of darkness and joyless struggle. I entered knowing I had the right and the authority to enter
and to make any inquiry which I desired, and even authority over this place which once was so
familiar to me but which had changed so much as to become totally foreign to me; to become that
which it never was. I do not know why I knew I had this right and authority, nor do I know
whence I had this right and authority, but I knew it was.
There was a dim illumination in the Sacristy by which I could see small groups of people. There
was some interaction amongst the groups, but the people were definitely in groups - not factions
but groups. There was the hum of talking, not whispers but talking, but no shouting or loud talk.
I could not seek the source of the illumination, but the illumination was very weak, barely
sufficient to allow one to see the individuals in the various groups. I had the impression the
illumination was generated by the interaction of the people, but later I was to know they carried
their illumination from one very scary source.
I asked one of the people if this was the particular Church I sought. I was told, "Those people
sometimes come here, and we sometimes let them do their stuff, but not often."
"But," I asked, "don't they own this place. Isn't it theirs? Aren't they the ones who have the right
to do what they always have done?"
"Sure they do," I was told. "And they can kick us out any time they want to. But we only let them
meet on rare occasions, and we keep them under our control. So we have made them powerless."
Then someone said, "Quiet, he's here."
Then I saw the source which cast the shadow of illumination in the Sacristy - the light by which
the people in the Sacristy met. It was a very tall person, whose shoulders were even with the tops
of the heads of the people. It was a man who had a gracefully long neck; whose face was that of a
female Tibetan Buddha wearing the guilt and gem encrusted floppy eared hat that looks like a
traditional cold weather hat with floppy ears, only gem encrusted and made of silver and gold
instead of red quilted flannel.
The man with the woman's face arched his neck and smiled at the people, fluttering his eyelashes
at one and another of the various groups; his face illuminated like someone who stands in a dark
room and holds a light at his chest so that the light illuminates his face.
It was like watching the lead monster in a 1920's horror movie: Impressive if you are weak of
mind and desired it to be impressed; but in reality, a caricature.
Most of the people in the sacristy, men and women, made Ooohhhh and Aaahhh sounds as the
Tibetan Buddha floated amongst them, sucking in their adoration. They crowded around her, and
he beamed his powdered face on them, like a harlot in a badly written and acted play about
homosexual queens and butterflies.
But some of the people, a few groups and some individuals, did not Ooohhhh and Aaahhh the
Tibetan Buddha.
My immediate thought was: "What is Satan doing here," for I knew it was Satan, chief of the
Devils. Then I thought, "I must clean this place up," but while I knew I had the authority to clean
the place of its evil, and to get rid of the evil which had taken over, I also knew this must be done
in conjunction with those who owned the place, who had traditionally worshiped there, but who
were now kept from worshiping there by the usurpers.
I therefore left to seek those who had the right to be in that Church, and to worship there in the
manner given to them by God. I sought them so I could assist them in returning the place to a
house of Worship of God in the manner prescribed by God, and to cast out those who worshiped
something other than God using a caricature of the true worship of God.
As I left the building by the door through which I had entered, I looked back, and again saw that
the place I had left was bordered by a Church on the left and another Church on the right. The
Churches on either side were wider than the Church I had just left, but they were not as tall. Even
though they were not as tall, they cast shadows, even at night, over the Church I had just left.
I immediately returned to the safety and comfort of my home Church, whereupon I realized that
my own home Church shared a corner with the Church I had just left. This common corner was
all that kept the other Church from falling under the weight of the shadows from the two
Churches which pressed on it on either side. But while those two Churches also were near my
home Church, they were only beginning to cast their shadows upon my home Church.
Then I awoke.
I know I have had this dream twice, and believe I have had it three or perhaps four times.
One of the earlier times I had the dream was near the time when I first did something other than
talk about the need for reunification of the Church. When I first actively did something other than
talk or discuss reunification. When I actually acted, and did something about it. The most recent
occasion of the dream was very recently, near the time I followed up on my initial actions towards
reunification of the Church.
And now I know what the dream means, at least in part.
The parish Church I sought is the Roman Catholic Church. It had no red sanctuary lamp, because
the Sacred Eucharist is too often not there. The people in the body of the Church wish to
worship. Those with the lights know what should be there, but can not find it. Those without the
lights are trying to find a way to worship. But none of them are facing East where the Altar
should be, because there is no Altar, and therefore no Sacrifice and no Sacrificial Offering, and
therefore God is not present.
Those facing North are not trying to face North, but are trying to face God, but can not so do
because they do not have a liturgy which confects the Sacred Sacrificial Sacrifice and Offering.
But they believe within the Virtue of Hope founded in the Virtue of Faith, that the liturgy they use
does confect the Body and Blood of Christ. So they face where they believe it to be. But it is not
there.
Those facing in the other directions also are attempting to worship God, but they have no real
knowledge of what they are supposed to do or what is supposed to be. They have had the truth
kept from them, and have never been in the light of truth. But they know it is somewhere. Those
who attempt to use the light of those who have lights know those who have lights once knew the
way and once had something, but none of them know it is gone; that it has been taken from them.
Those who were not preset, whom the ones in the Sacristy said are sometimes allowed to use the
Church, are those who maintain the true Latin Western Rite Divine Liturgy. When they are
present the Church is filled with light, and that light confuses the congregation for they have
become accustomed to the darkness. So, they are blinded by the light. But those who accustom
themselves to the light, who accustom themselves to the true Divine Liturgy which the Roman
Church once had, these soon re-orient themselves to face the Altar, which is still not there
because those in the Sacristy will not allow it to be placed back in it place of dominance.
Those in the Sacristy who Ooohhhhed and Aaahhhed the Tibetan Buddha are the various groups
which mainly control the Roman Catholic Church today. Some worship an oversoul; some,
nature; some, mankind; some, Satan; some, acclaim; some, power; and some, other things. They
removed the Light of the Altar by removing the Sacrificial Victim from being made in the Divine
Liturgy. They did this by changing the Liturgy so that the new liturgy could not make the Sacred
Offering. Then, they changed the right by which Priests were made, so that the new right by
which priests are made did not make priests who were to make the Sacrificial Offering, but just
lead in prayers. Thus, there eventually were very few places where the Sacrificial Victim resided.
And in most places the people were left in darkness.
But those in the Sacristy who did not Ooohhhh and Aaahhh the Tibetan Buddha, are those who
look to the re-establishment of the Sacred Eucharist and the Sacred Priesthood, in the true Divine
Liturgy or some other form of the true Divine Liturgy. Some of them are Latin Rite, some of
them are Byzantine Rite in communion with Rome. But none of them worship anything other than
God.
The Churches which are on either side of the Roman Catholic Church, and which cast their
shadow of night upon it, are the Churches of the heretics on one side - the Protestants who left
the Roman Church and those which left the Protestant Churches; and on the other side the
Churches of the Heathen and Pagans, who may be monotheists, but who do not worship God, and
of the atheists and agnostics.
The Church to which I returned, my home Church, is the Orthodox Church, which shares a corner
with the Roman Catholic Church. They are one Church, sharing the same foundation of Christ,
the supporting pillars of the Apostles, and the walls of the Early Fathers. In the corner of
connection is the broad doorway of common Dogma and worship, which is now locked closed.
We must station strong guards, well armed in the Sacraments, at that door, unlock that door, and
receive the refugees who seek Sacred Life, while slaying both those who would infect us and the
disease with which they intend to infect us. The Sacred Sacrificial Victim will burn them at the
doorway if we maintain His presence, and will burn the infection from those who wish to be
disinfected.
Thus we can supply our sister with what she needs to return to her chaste bed, and support those
who have been starving so they can one day feed themselves.
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BIBLE HISTORY FOR CHILDREN
32. Jesus Speaks His Last Seven Words and Dies
THE priests and the Jews mocked Jesus, saying: "If Thou be the Son of God, come down from
the cross! He saved others, Himself He cannot save!" And Jesus spoke: "Father, forgive them, for
they know not what they do."
2. One of the thieves who was crucified with Him blasphemed Jesus saying: "If Thou be Christ,
save Thyself and us." But the other rebuked him, and exclaimed: "We indeed suffer justly, but He
has done no evil." Then he asked Jesus: "Lord, remember me when Thou shalt come into Thy
kingdom." Jesus answered: "I say to thee: This day thou shalt be with Me in Paradise."
3. Now there stood near the cross Mary, the mother of Jesus, and John, the disciple whom He
especially loved. Jesus said to His mother: "Woman, behold thy son." And to John He said:
"Behold thy mother." From that hour John took the mother of Jesus to himself, as if she were his
own mother.
4. When noon had come, behold ! a great darkness covered all the earth, and lasted for three
hours. And Jesus cried out with a loud voice: "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"
5. Soon afterwards Jesus exclaimed: "I thirst." Then a soldier took a sponge, dipped it in vinegar,
put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink. After He had taken the vinegar Jesus said: "It is consum-
mated." Then He cried out with a loud voice: "Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit."
Saying this, He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost.
6. And behold! the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent. Many graves were opened, and many
bodies of the saints arose. The captain and the soldiers, who were watching Jesus, were seized
with terror and said: "Indeed, this man was just; He was the Son of God." And the people struck
their breasts and returned to Jerusalem in silence.
QUESTIONS
1. How did the priests and the Jews mock JESUS?
2. What did one of the thieves say?
3. Who stood near the cross? What did Jesus say to His mother?
4. How long did the darkness last?
5. What did Jesus say soon afterwards? What were the last words of Jesus?
6. What happened after Christ had died?
33. Jesus is Pierced With a Spear and Laid in the Sepulcher
TOWARDS evening one of the soldiers took a spear, and pierced the side of Jesus. Immediately
there came forth blood and water.
2. And two rich men took the body of Jesus from the cross, and bound it up in fine linen. They
then laid it in a new sepulcher, that had been hewn in the rock. Afterwards they rolled a great
stone to the door of the grave. On the next morning the priests and scribes set guards before the
sepulcher, and sealed the stone.
QUESTIONS
1. Why did one of the soldiers take a spear?
2. Who took the body of Jesus down from the cross?
What did the priests and scribes do next morning?
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The Orthodox - Basilian Catechism
Q. 308. What three sins seem to cause most evil in the world?
A. Drunkenness, dishonesty and impurity seem to cause most evil in the world, and they are
therefore to be carefully avoided at all times.
Q. 309. What is envy?
A. Envy is a feeling of sorrow at another's good fortune and joy at the evil which befalls him; as if
we ourselves were injured by the good and benefited by the evil that comes to him.
Q. 310. What effect has envy on the soul?
A. Envy begets in the soul a want of charity for our neighbor and produces a spirit of detraction,
back-biting and slander.
Q. 311. What is sloth?
A. Sloth is a laziness of the mind and body, through which we neglect our duties on account of
the labor they require.
Q. 312. What effect has sloth upon the soul?
A. Sloth begets in the soul a spirit of indifference in our spiritual duties and a disgust for prayer.
Q. 313. Why are the seven sources of sin called capital sins?
A. The seven sources of sin are called capital sins because they rule over our other sins and are
the causes of them.
Q. 314. What do we mean by our predominant sin or ruling passion?
A. By our predominant sin, or ruling passion, we mean the sin into which we fall most frequently
and which we find it hardest to resist.
Q. 315. How can we best overcome our sins?
A. We can best overcome our sins by guarding against our predominant or ruling sin.
Q. 316. Should we give up trying to be good when we seem not to succeed in overcoming
our faults?
A. We should not give up trying to be good when we seem not to succeed in overcoming our
faults, because our efforts to be good will keep us from becoming worse than we are.
Q. 317. What virtues are opposed to the seven capital sins?
A. Humility is opposed to pride; generosity to covetousness; chastity to lust; meekness to anger;
temperance to gluttony; brotherly love to envy, and diligence to sloth.
LESSON SEVENTH:
On the Incarnation and Redemption
Q. 318. What does "incarnation" mean, and what does "redemption" mean?
A. "Incarnation" means the act of clothing with flesh. Thus Our Lord clothed His divinity with a
human body. "Redemption" means to buy back again.
Q. 319. Did God abandon man after he fell into sin?
A. God did not abandon man after he fell into sin, but promised him a Redeemer, who was to
satisfy for man's sin and reopen to him the gates of heaven.
Q. 320. What do we mean by the "gates of heaven"?
A. By the "gates of heaven" we mean the divine power by which God keeps us out of heaven or
admits us into it, at His pleasure.
Q. 321. Who is the Redeemer?
A. Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is the Redeemer of mankind.
Q. 322. What does the name "Jesus" signify and how was this name given to Our Lord?
A. The name "Jesus" signifies Saviour or Redeemer, and this name was given to Our Lord by an
Angel who appeared to Joseph and said: "Mary shall bring forth a Son; and thou shalt call His
name Jesus."
Q. 323. What does the name "Christ" signify?
A. The name "Christ" means the same as Messias, and signifies Anointed; because, as in the Old
Law, Prophets, High Priests and Kings were anointed with oil; so Jesus, the Great Prophet, High
Priest and King of the New Law, was anointed as man with the fullness of divine power.
Q. 324. How did Christ show and prove His divine power?
A. Christ showed and proved His divine power chiefly by His miracles, which are extraordinary
works that can be performed only by power received from God, and which have, therefore, His
sanction and authority.
Q. 325. What, then, did the miracles of Jesus Christ prove?
A. The miracles of Jesus Christ proved that whatever He said was true, and that when He
declared Himself to be the Son of God He really was what He claimed to be.
Q. 326. Could not men have been deceived in the miracles of Christ?
A. Men could not have been deceived in the miracles of Christ because they were performed in
the most open manner and usually in the presence of great multitudes of people, among whom
were many of Christ's enemies, ever ready to expose any deceit. And if Christ performed no real
miracles, how, then, could He have converted the world and have persuaded sinful men to give up
what they loved and do the difficult things that the Christian religion imposes?
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THE WHORE THAT IS TO COME FROM ROME
Is it the New "Mass"?
Evangelical and Pentecostal "Christians" unceasingly attack the Holy Roman Catholic and
Apostolic Church as though attacking it were their religion.
One of their favorite attacks is, that the Roman Church is the whore which will introduce the Anti
Christ, who will engage in battle, and subdue the whole world until Christ comes to set things
straight.
There is an element of accuracy in this, to this limited extent: Prior to 1967 A.D., the Roman
Church prayed the Divine Liturgy known as the Latin Mass (the Gregorian and later Tridentine
Mass). The Roman Divine Liturgy was revised during and shortly after Vatican II, formulating the
Novus Ordo or New Mass. The New "Mass" was celebrated in public for the first time on 24
October 1967 A.D., before the Synod of Bishops, in the Sistine Chapel. Sixty per cent of the 176
Bishops present voted against adopting the new "liturgy". Yet, it was adopted, because a small
group of Roman Bishops, Priests, and theologians, wanted to make the Roman Church more
acceptable to "Christians" who deny the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
These same individuals had already gained control of Vatican II, and implanted their agenda in it,
so that their agenda was adopted without the participants really comprehending what had
happened, what had been done.
One will believe what one prays. The repetition of prayer institutes belief and reinforces that
belief. When Roman Catholics prayed the Latin Mass, they believed what was prayed and taught
in the Latin Mass. What was prayed and taught in the Latin Mass was, with the exception of the
Filioque clause, accurate dogma. (Remember, the Filioque clause was added to the original Latin
Mass.) Most importantly, from the Offertory through the end of the Consecration, the Latin Mass
offered and consecrated the Body and Blood of Christ. In what appears to be Bread and Wine but
which has been changed by the Priest, using the power of God, from bread and wine into the
Body and Blood of Christ, Christ God was offered to God.
But in the Novus Ordo, the New "Mass", the Offertory does not prepare for this offering of Christ
God to God, there is no continuity of expression of intent to make such an offering, and there is
no expressed exercise of Priestly power changing bread and wine into Christ God. There is a
watered down appearance of some form of intention to do something, but just as wine which is
diluted with water can cease to be wine if the dilution is excessive, so too has the dilution of the
Latin Mass been so severe as to render what is left in the Novus Ordo (New "Mass"), just a string
of empty, meaningless words.
The New "Mass" is therefore the product of the prostitution of Faith by the Roman Church. Faith
in the Roman Church was prostituted in an attempt to make the Roman Church more acceptable
to Christians who deny the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, and it was done in the Divine
Liturgy, the source of everything in the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
Thus it is that the Evangelical and Pentecostal "Christians" who constantly attack the Roman
Church as being the whore of Babylon which will succor and introduce the Anti Christ, may be
correct; but not for the reasons which they espouse. They may be correct, because the Roman
Catholic Church has prostituted itself in the emanations from Vatican II and in its diluting its
Divine Liturgy so-as-to make itself more acceptable to "Christians" who deny the Sacrament of
the Holy Eucharist.
Roman Catholics asked their father the Patriarch of Rome, for bread, and in 1967-9 he gave them
a stone to break their teeth, and a scorpion to poison them.
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STRING THEORY The Star Wars movie series is actually a classic morality play in which the forces of good and evil
fight in the material and spiritual realms. This classic battle in the action format is what invokes
our interest, and holds our attention throughout each of the movies.
But the battle is presented in a totally Pagan, non-Christian, and even Buddhist philosophy. It is a
battle between Ying and Yang, with each of good and evil using the same energy and each having
an equal potential for victory.
But if Master Yoda, or Obi-Wan Kenobi, had explained "The Force" to Luke Skywalker in the
following manner, then George Lucas would have set the Pagan movie production world on its
ear:
Luke, when the Creator made all things in this universe, He made them of energy strings.
Strings of energy which vibrate in several dimensions, not just length, width, height, and time,
but several more dimensions, each string singing its own song. It is the song of each string
which makes it what it is, and which makes that which the strings compose. A string which
makes a form of energy has a song. And each form of energy has its own song. Each force,
such as gravity, is made of a string, a minute and tiny energy string, and the song of each
string of gravity unites with other strings of gravity, with the combination of the number of
strings of gravity force and the strength of their individual songs in combination determining
the strength of gravity in each instance. The song of each string of the force called gravity is
different from the song of the strings of the force called electro-magnetism, and so for each of
the known forces.
Each conventional form of energy, such as heat, is ultimately composed of these same strings
of energy. And as a material thing is composed of molecules, and those molecules are
composed of atoms, and those atoms are composed of electrons, neutrons, and protons, and
those particles are composed of even smaller particles, the smallest particles are composed of
these strings of energy, and the forces which bind them together are also composed of these
strings of energy. It is the different song which is sung for each particle that makes it what it
is, and for each force which makes it what it is, and for each form of conventional energy
which makes it what it is.
Good is an essence of the Creator. Evil is a spiritual force created by creatures.
A Jeddi uses these elemental strings of energy in a good manner and for goodness, in
accordance with the wishes of the Creator. This produces light, and is therefore called the
light side of the force, or the good side of the force. But those who have gone over to the dark
side of the force use these same strings of energy in harmony with the created force of evil,
and produce darkness, for the Creator is absent from them and therefore they have no light,
not even light by which to see.
Motion pictures are powerful things because they input to all the senses except taste and smell,
and even effect these senses through effecting the other senses. Thus they implant their message
into the mind through the imagination and the subconscious, and effect the beliefs of those who
see them.
It is therefore desirable that our fantasies be based in the reality of Christianity, and not in the
created force of evil, of Paganism.
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I DREAM
I dream of a land where tigers and lions graze with cows. Where honey bees produce so much
honey some bees have lost their stingers and no bees sting for they welcome those who take their
honey, because their hives overflow with an abundance they can never consume, and which
crowds their hives.
I dream of a time when each family is unified in itself and with all other families; when everyone is
with those with whom he and she wishes to be, and everyone wishes to be with everyone else.
I dream of houses, fields, open skies, and woods, in a harmony of perpetual spring. Of plays and
dramas which know no filth, and cities with no dark places.
I dream of curving streets and paths which go straight from place to place, yet twist and wind in
beauty and enticing curves while not increasing the distance one travels.
I dream of each husband and wife, old yet with the blush of youth, happy in their labours,
comfortable in their love and God's Charity.
I dream of children, and children's children, to endless generations, in picnics celebrating
birthdays, riding ponies and laughing, paddling pirogues in bayous of gold.
I dream of the elders wisely discussing matters with wisdom, learning in truth, without self
aggrandizement or personal profit, and of the youth listening with respect and learning.
I dream of The Father, and of The Son, and of the Holy Spirit, walking in their creation, talking
with Their people, loving Their creation, and being loved by Their creation, by all persons,
mankind and angelkind.
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HEED THE SIGNS OF IMMORALITY Preparing for Christ is more than using Great Lent as a time of preparation for and anticipation of
Pascha, and as Advent as a time of preparation for and anticipation of Christmas and Theophany
or Epiphany.
In these sinful times we should go far beyond thinking of celebrating the birth of Our Saviour and
His resurrection. We should heed Christ's warnings as applying to our times as though they were
made to apply to us, for they were so made and our times are ripe in spiritual disaster.
No one should infer from this that the end of the world is at hand, for no one but God the Father
knows when that will happen. The signs to which we refer are the signs of immorality on a scale
and intensity unprecedented.
On regular broadcast television, during prime time when children are watching: women wearing
Christian crosses as necklaces appear in full nudity - sometimes jumping into the arms of football
players; men and women engage in extramarital sexual intercourse - with the women sometimes
playing the part of "desperate housewives"; women solicit for implied prostitution - often using
"800" telephone numbers; men solicit for implied homosexual relations. These forms of
immorality and their concurrent destruction of social stability have been presented to us for so
many years and are so prevalent that they have become commonplace. As a result a significant
portion of the population considers this not only to be acceptable entertainment, but also to be
acceptable behavior.
But sins of the flesh are not the only immorality which is commonplace, accepted, and practiced
by a great percentage of the population. So is murder in its various forms: from killing of
strangers, family, and friends for money and drugs, or entertainment; to dismemberment of
children as they take their first breath; the killing of babies who are deemed by their parents to be
defective; and the use of hospice organizations to kill the infirm and unwanted especially if they
have money which will be transferred to others upon their death.
Businesses no longer are concerned with employee loyalty nor are they concerned with loyalty to
their employees; and their customers are deemed only as sources of money and not as being
entitled to receive the most excellent products and services possible.
While some government officials and employees occasionally oppose some of these evils, as a
general rule governments condone all of these evil things and practices, and even promote them to
varying degrees.
And the human administrators of the Church, while going through the motions of opposing these
evils, allow them in their own ranks, and even carry their malfeasance to greater extremes. Not
only is their opposition to sin weak, but their promotion of holiness often seems to be
non-existent. In addition, by continuing to be separated and by not having one day for Pascha, the
East and the West of the Church tell God the same words which Satan used: "I will not serve."
The West has changed its Divine Liturgy so greatly that it no longer even resembles worship of
God in a sacrifice and sacred nourishment of the sinner, but has become a Babel of baby food -
mere Protestant pabulum. The prayers which its Priests are to pray in Daily Office contain subtlety
presented misleading and false dogma, and bad summary translations of Holy Scripture, designed
to lead the elect astray. And it does lead them astray. The East is bullheaded, refusing to accept
any Western definitions or words, even though the concepts which those words encompass have
always been part of Eastern tradition and dogma.
These are all signs of the great evil which infects our world and the administration of the Church.
We can not create a new world, for we are not God, and we can not establish a new Church, for
only God can establish His Church, and He has already done this. What we can do is this. We
must apply holy antibiotics to the body of the Church and to the whole world, for if we do not,
God will remove the diseased portions through the most severe remedies: even through
cauterization and amputation.
God has given His Church the means of defeating the diseases of sins which infect it and
the world, through the spiritual-natural antibiotics of prayer. But prayer merely marshals
the antibiotics. The antibiotics must attack the disease if they are to have any positive
effect. Our acting in Faith is the attack of the antibodies on the disease, and it requires
actions on our part. Not just word and thought prayer, but action prayer.
We do this by forcing the removal of the source of the infections of sin. We can begin by forcing
the sanitization of television which is one of the main sources of the septic invasion - a breeding
ground for sin.
By way of example, if you have not yet had the dubious pleasure, watch the television program
named, "Will and Grace". The premise is that a heterosexual woman and a homosexual man live
together and have various promiscuous relations with other persons, while having a form of
sexual attraction for each other. This is presented as a sensitive comedy, and their promiscuity and
deviances are presented as being tenderly, lovingly, acceptable. If you find any of this offensive or
harmful to moral development, and you should, write to the television station which broadcasts it
in your area, giving examples of what you find offensive in a particular program episode and the
negative effect you believe it has on morality and society. Be specific. You can send e-mail as well
as a regular letters written on paper, but remember e-mail is easily dumped or blocked, and may
not reach anyone of importance at the television station. Send letters to the sponsors of the show,
to the companies which have commercials during the show, expressing you opposition to the
show. This requires effort on your part, but if you desire the Earthly portion of the Body of Christ
be cleansed, and you and your children to have a viable ability to attain eternal salvation, the
spiritual antibiotics naturally existing in the Body of Christ must attack the disease. Otherwise, the
Body, and the whole world, will continue to be weakened until only the drastic application of
surgery will save the patient. And if you do not find this program offensive, harmful to good
morals, and detrimental to good moral development, then you have been infected possibly to the
point of mortality; and should immediately engage in the cure of prayer, confession, and spiritual
retreat under the guidance of a very good spiritual master.
Do not be deceived by apparently sophisticated forms of evil, such as the television program
"Seinfeld". Extramarital sexual relations, vulgarities, and juvenile bathroom humor, are its
trademarks; and these do not constitute subtle or overt sophistication. Write to your local
television station which broadcasts this corruption and state portions of a particular episode which
you find offensive and why you find them offensive, and give the episode's broadcast date. Very
strongly request total removal of "Seinfeld" from that station's programing.
Likewise, the program, "Friends", is nothing more than a promoter of sexual immorality,
presented in a manner intended to induce sympathy in the viewer.
When you see the homosexual prostitution commercials where men pose as rugged cowboys or
appear stretched out like muscular centerfolds, make notes about the advertisement itself, and the
date, time, and station on which it appears, and send a letter of complaint to the Federal
Communications Commission, giving specifics. When you reflect on these commercials, you will
realize they are nothing more than solicitations for homosexual prostitution and promotions of
homosexual activity, and in your letters to the FCC, state this is your belief and that you oppose
the use of your airways for such things.
When your local PBS station broadcasts pro-homosexual and lesbian programs, singing their
praises, write to the station complaining, and tell the station you do not find such programs to be
sophisticated, but find them only to promote, defend, and sanction immorality. If you have been a
financial contributor to that station, stop your contributions and tell the station your contributions
are stopped until the station ceases its promotion of immorality, and especially of homosexuality.
Television and radio stations use radio frequencies to broadcast their material, and the right of use
of those frequencies belongs to the public, to you and me. Cable television and radio use public
rights of way to string their cables and transmission lines, and those rights of way belong to you
and me. The agencies which license and allow the use of these publicly owned frequencies and
rights of way are responsible to us, the public. And we can force them to be responsive and
responsible to us.
When the argument is made that the perverts and promoters of immorality also have the right to
use of these public facilities, we can respond that they do not. We can demand the regulators
answer the questions,"Who gave them them right to attempt to infect us and our children with
immorality?" and, "From whence comes their right to promote perversion and in so doing deny
our right to promote decency?"
We must tell the regulatory agencies, "Decency and perversion are mutually exclusive. One can
not exist concurrent with the other. Perversion does not have the right to deny decency. Decency
is in the majority and you are enforcing tyranny of the minority upon the majority. We will not
tolerate this, and will have you removed from office if you persist." And then we must remove the
evil office holders from office.
The Devil and his human followers fear nothing more than they fear people who truthfully profess
decency and morality, even when that decency and morality are nominal. Compared to his
predecessor, President George W. Bush is a candidate for Sainthood. Because of this the Liberals
attack him in every manner possible. One of the most effective methods of attack is ridicule. In the
forefront of these attacks are the Liberal nighttime television celebrities Jay Lenno, David
Letterman, and Conan O'Brien (sp?). This trinity of evil slavery constantly attack President Bush's
intellectual abilities, but military records seem to indicate President Bush has an higher IQ than
former Libertine Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry. When confronted with this, the
promoters of sin and evil reuse to believe what their eyes see and their minds know. They make
snide remarks about military and intelligence and attack the veracity of the armed forces. In their
attacks they also attack every member of the armed forces of the USA, and every Veteran who
ever served, was wounded, and killed, including our fathers and mothers, grandfathers and
grandmothers, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters, and cousins. Fight against these evils by
contacting the networks, stations, and advertisers which carry and fund the TV trinity of evil.
Become a voice crying in the desert of immorality. Otherwise, the trinity of evil and their
supporters will probably be damned to hell for all eternity, and they may induce you to slide down
that icy path which appears to be so inviting.
Newspaper and print media editorial cartoons can be especially vicious. Recent editorial cartoon
attacks on Dr. Rice portray her as an ignorant slave from "Gone With The Wind", who "Don't
know nothing about birting no aluminum tubes," making reference to the CIA's and other
agencies intelligence reports relative to Iraqi weapons. No mention is made of the fact that the
assessments were made by experts worldwide and passed on to Dr. Rice, nor was reference made
to her never having claimed nuclear expertise, or of their beloved Senator Kerry's also believing
the tubes were for military use.
Another editorial cartoon portrays Dr. Rice as a swollen lipped big bottomed African tribe woman
with no knowledge of anything because she is depicted with physical characteristics which liberals
deem to be indicative of being stupid. Other editorial cartoons depict President Bush as a tiny
headed man with big and protruding ears. They do this because the immoral liberals deem
themselves to be sophisticated, and they consider a person with big or protruding ears, or a black
skinned female with thick lips and a large bottom, to be stupid.
Write to your newspaper when they publish editorial cartoons which you find offensive, especially
when those cartoons contain vulgar words, as often happens. Tell the editors that their nasty and
ridiculing depictions are not accurate and promote falsehood, and that consequentially you must
question their veracity in their reporting of the standard news. You may also wish to send a letter
or two to CBS, which presented forged documents attacking President Bush during the recent
presidential campaign, questioning their reliability.
Hold the press accountable for its reporting and editorialization. Make it become truthful, even
handed, and honest, through your contacts with it. The press does not have to be relegated to
publishing Bible stories for it to be viable. But today's press promotes immorality and attacks
anything which opposes immorality, and as such it constitutes a clear and present danger to
eternal salvation. It is one of the main organs of the father of all lies, the Devil.
There is an Asian "animated" TV cartoon series, complete with accompanying products, called
Pokemon, and another called Yu-Gi-Oh! The premise in each is similar. Using badly drawn stills
with nominal movement in the pictures, stylized characters fight each other. Most of the action is
in the dialogue. Each side uses varying forms of magic - not the fantasy magic which everyone
recognizes such, as that which is in The Wizard Of Oz, but ritualistic control of the elements
which makes any concept of a Supreme Being become relegated to the concept of someone who
knows all the magic. The dialogue is very serious and compelling, as are the voices of the actors
and actresses.
But the quality of the product actually is very poor. It is not even remotely in the same class as the
animation of the Popeye, Woody Woodpecker, Roadrunner, Buggs Bunny, and other animated
cartoons of the 1960's and prior years.
Besides the lack of artistic quality, this export of belief in magic is a very effective attack on our
Christian values and on the intrinsic concepts of right and wrong presented in the earlier animated
cartoons. It also is an example of the campaign of the Pagan Asians, including Japan and China, to
not only export corrupt concepts and practices, but also inferior products. Just as the importation
of Chinese products sold at below cost using slave labor undermines employment in the importing
country, so too does the importation of Pagan and Atheistic beliefs and practices in their so called
animated cartoons, undermine Christian beliefs and values. Stop it by stop watching that garbage
on TV, and stop the below cost importation of goods by demanding tariffs which raise the cost of
the imported goods to a proper price. This will cost you when you purchase goods at some
stores, such as Wal-Mart, but any act of virtue and goodness will entail a price in the material
world. Being virtuous and doing good can often be done by spending the money of materialism
and material capital. Purchase spiritual capital and investments by hard work, and by the
expenditure of your material goods. Eternal happiness as your retirement benefit can only be
obtained by investing the material; not by investing in material things, but by investing the material
goods. Divestiture of your material goods may assist in obtaining eternal reward, but it is much
better to use your material goods to establish and promote morality, spirituality, and dogmatic
propriety, than it is to simply abandon the material goods. Unless, of course, you find the material
goods are crushing the spirit out of you. In that situation, abandon the material goods to those
who have the ability to apply them to good spiritual use without being infected by their
temptations.
This may seem lofty in ideal but unattainable in practice, but let us continue the Wal-Mart
analogy. Mr. Smith works for ABC Television Manufacturing Company, and makes TV sets.
Wal-Mart imports TV sets from China. The Chinese TV sets are reasonably good products
because Wal-Mart sets the standards for their manufacture, and even supplies the technology for
their manufacture, having obtained that technology from United States manufacturers. Wal-Mart
knows exactly what it costs China, using slave labor and stolen technology and pirated patented
manufacturing procedures, to manufacture the TV sets, and tells China what it will pay for each
TV set. Mr. and Mrs. Smith desire a new TV set, but the ones manufactured by ABC Television
Manufacturing Company, Mr. Smith's employer, cost 10 percent more than the Wal-Mart TV
sets, so Mr. and Mrs. Smith purchase a Wal-Mart TV set. So do thousands of other people, and
Mr. Smith looses h
To the flock entrusted into my care: 
nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.
and learned their works:
became a stumblingblock to them.
and their daughters to devils.
105:38. And they shed innocent blood:
the blood of their sons and of their
daughters which they sacrificed to the
idols of Chanaan. And the land was
polluted with blood,
works: and they went aside after their
own inventions.
+ Paul, S.S.B.
VALUES - NOT ON ECONOMIC POLICY
CAPITALISM WITHOUT MORALITY WILL
SELF-DESTRUCT
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
SAME GENDER "MARRIAGE", AND EUTHANASIA
1st Session
S. 686
HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT
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