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Text Box: CONTENTS TOPIC/TITLE Page ~ SPIRITUAL VALUE Vs. MATERIAL VALUE, The Loss of a true friend as opposed to the loss of material goods ~ From Metropolitan Archbishop Paul, S.S.B. To the flock entrusted into my care: If a man sow in the flesh he will reap in the flesh; if he sow in the spirit he will reap in the spirit. What is reaped in the flesh will spoil, page 1 WHY SOME MOTHERS CRY WHEN THEIR SONS DIE How do we compare the reaction of a mother of today to the murder of her son with the reaction of the widow of Naim to the death of her son? page 1 GRATITUDE When we feel gratitude towards someone for some good which they have done for us, or for assisting us in some manner, the measure of gratitude is usually correlated to the difficulties we were experiencing. page 1 “YOU WON’T GO TO HELL FOR

Text Box: EATING THAT HOT DOG ON FRIDAY”, HE SAID But he is wrong. page 1 GOD IN SERVICE TO OTHERS One of the multitude of activities which is common to God the Father, Jesus Christ God and Man, and God the Holy Spirit, is service to creation, and especially service to mankind. page 1 YOUR SENSES SHOULD BE A BLESSING Your eyes should be blessed for they see God’s works; your ears for they hear His page 1 POSTAGE INCREASE The recent United States Postal Service regulations changes have increased the cost of mailing each copy of REUNION from eighty four cents to one dollar and fourteen cents. This will have an effect on the circulation of our publication. page 1 PUBLICATION NOTICE page 2 LETTERS (none) page 2 WORLD WIDE WEB: page 2

Text Box: We have initiated a simplified method of subscribing to our InterNet mailing lists. page 3 THE BASILIAN FATHERS (The Society of Clerks Secular of Saint Basil) page 4 - 6 ALLOW NEITHER YOUR SOLITUDE NOR YOUR IMPERFECTIONS TO KEEP YOU FROM YOUR PRIESTLY FUNCTIONS Especially the Divine Liturgy Having a congregation which relies on your presence every Sunday and on Great Feasts, is a great impetus to pray the Divine Liturgy. page 4 INCENSE OF THE OFFERING At the beginning of the Liturgy of the Faithful (immediately following the Offertory Prayer) in the Gregorian Western Rite Divine Liturgy, is the blessing of the incense, page 5 CELEBRATE - IDENTIFICATION CARD A new Celebrate or ID card is issued each year to each member page 5

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Text Box: Those unwilling to serve will have their place of service filled by others, who will, in time, become the masters of those who would not serve. Be it God or country, willing honorable service in the only insurer of personal freedom, while failure to so do insures enslavement. Service does not so much entail surrender as it does standing shoulder to shoulder under the leadership of the most wise, of the most strong, and of the most just.

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