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Text Box: renew the sacrifice of Calvary and of the Last Supper, and as we anticipate the celebration of His birthday, and most especially in every day of your life. Ref: Rom 13:11-14; Luke 21:25-33; St. Thomas Aquinas; St. Augustine of Hippo; Mat. 25:21 +

Text Box: horrible tortured death because of His teaching. He was born because He was needed to make atonement for that which mankind could not make atonement - sin. “Holiness had to be brought to man by the humanity assumed by one who is God, so that God might overcome the tyrant by force and so deliver us and lead us back to Himself through the mediation of His Son. The Son arranged this for the honor of the Father, to Whom the Son is clearly obedient in all things.” (From a sermon by St. Gregory Nazianzen.) We anticipate the celebration of the Son’s birth. This celebration is of a birth which took place when horses were the fastest means of transportation; before much of mankind accepted that the Earth is round and not flat; a birth which occurred during the time of ancestors whose names we do not know. And we celebrate this birth and will celebrate this birth throughout all the ages for it is this birth which fulfilled the hopes of mankind to be removed from the yoke of oppression which is founded in sin. Therefore we not only celebrate the birth of the Saviour. We also celebrate the conception of the one who gave birth to the Savior of mankind; for it is through her perfect acceptance, perfect obedience, and perfect Charity, that Perfection itself made the Blessed Ever Virgin Mary perfect from her inception, and gives us the opportunity to be made perfect. Ref: Prov 8:22-35, Luke 1:26-28, St. Gregory Nazianzen +

Text Box: MUSLIMS MUST PROVE THEMSELVES Christians have proven themselves to be decent. Muslims must also prove themselves to be decent. When there is a natural disaster anywhere in the world, no matter who is affected, even enemies of Christians, even Muslims, even atheists, Christians respond with aid, assistance, expertise, and gentleness. Muslims rarely so do, even when other Muslims are the victims, and almost never when non-Moslems are the victims. When Christians discover or are made aware of abuses, crimes, or improprieties by Christians - without regard as against whom these are committed - Christians condemn these deeds, take measures to correct them, and take measures to prevent the one who committed the deeds from committing them again. When Moslems commit such deeds, other Muslims rarely condemn the deeds, almost never take measures to correct them or to prevent the one who committed them from committing them again, especially when non-Moslems or women are the victims. When Christians say these things, we are not Pharisses saying, “I am so great and good, God, not like this no-good Moslem.” We are not Pharisees, because in general Christians are aware of how spiritually inadequate we are, and we constantly attempt to conform ourselves to God’s will. And if Moslems ever expect Christians to trust them, respect them, and accept them, then Moslems must also assess their spiritual strengths and inadequacies, and determine whether or not what they consider strengths are the same as what Christians consider strengths, and whether what they consider inadequacies are the same as what Christians consider inadequacies. If they are not, then Moslems can never expect trust, respect, and acceptance from Christians.

Text Box: We anticipate His coming into us, each individually, so that we may be united with Him, and Our Father, and the Holy Ghost, for all eternity. Pascha, Easter, is special for in the resurrection of Our Lord is the proof of His teachings, and the promise of their application to us. Death of the soul is overcome by death of the body which is resurrected in glorification. Death of the soul caused by sin is overcome by death of the person to sin, resulting in deification of the person. Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Our Lord, is anticipated with great joy for the resurrection could not happen until the Savior was born. That is why we prepare to celebrate Christmas with such anticipation. He who is older than the ages, the invisible, incomprehensible, incorporeal, definition of the word of the Father, whose Nature is completely without reference, took on our nature solely for the good of our nature, solely for the purpose of uniting His soul to the soul of each human being, so that He would purify each soul with His soul. He who made this world and all that is in it, who established both the Natural Law and the Divine Law, came to explain them in their fullness, knowing well that He would die the most

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