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~ EVEN IF IT WERE NOT GREAT LENT, NOW IS THE TIME TO STRAIGHTEN OUT YOURSELF AND EVERYTHING ELSE ~ From Metropolitan Archbishop Paul, S.S.B. To the flock entrusted into my care: The grasp which any one individual or group has on holiness is so tenuous as to be frightening. Yet very few people consistently do anything to strengthen that grasp. And even fewer people do anything geared towards assisting others to grasp holiness, or strengthen their grasp.  1

WHY DO LIBERTINES HAVE A STRONG AVERSION AND DISLIKE FOR WAR? First, it must be understood that all reasonable individuals and groups have a strong aversion and dislike for war.   1

CHRIST IS THE PASSOVER LAMB WHICH THE JEWS WERE COMMANDED TO EAT Christ is both the High Priest who offers the Sacrifice of Redemption and Salvation, Text Box: and the actual Sacrifice. The lamb whose blood the Jews spread over their doorway and on their door   1

WAR PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE MATERIAL - SPIRITUAL There is real meaning to gird your loins with truth, and having on the breast plate of justice,  of having on the breast plate of faith and charity and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation, and to being on guard against the roaring attack of the enemy, the break in (burglary) of the home (the soul), and the wily sneak attack of subterfuge. The closing prayer for blessing and imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday is, “Grant us, O Lord, to enter upon the duties of our Christian warfare with   1

PUBLICATION NOTICE  2

LETTERS (none)  2

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THE SOCIETY OF CLERKS SECULAR OF SAINT BASIL:
ST. MARY MAGDALENE property for sale  4
Text Box: St. Sebastian Orthodox Catholic Church    4
In Guatemala the cold weather has caused much suffering and many deaths.    5
Great Lent:    5

The Confessions of Saint Augustine, (BOOK ONE, CHAPTER XVII, 27).   5

IMITATION OF CHRIST By Thomas a Kempis     6

CHILDREN’S PAGE The Orthodox - Basilian Catechism Q. 554. - Q. 580. 10

PRODUCTS REQUEST FORM 13

St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster-father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 21

IN ALL TRUTH, ANYONE WHO IS NOT WITH CHRIST IS AGAINST HIM When Our Saviour cast out from the man, the devil that caused the man to be unable to speak, He gave proof of His Divine authority. But that proof Text Box: REUNION
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