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Text Box: God’s direction. That which must be done and that which must not be done were established under the Apostles, as were all dogma. We may from time to time comprehend some matter to be dogmatic in our own times, but the source and expression of that dogma is in the Apostles and their time. Those who do not become members of the Orthodox Church (or another part of the True Church) fail to become members because they do not wish to give up that which is required, do not wish to do that which is required, and/or do not wish to acknowledge some aspect of dogma - and dogma simply is the truth revealed by God. Because they put what they want before what God wants, they do not have life in them. Is that not what caused the Devil to wind up in his condition? Do you wish to wind up in that condition also? + Paul, S.S.B. Ref: Eph. 3:13-21; Luke 14:1-11; John 6:49-59; Mat 26:26-28; Luke 22:19-20 +

Text Box: PATRIARCH ALEXY II PRAISES ROME’S ALLOWING GREATER USE OF THE 1962 LATIN RITE And leaves the door open for more amicable contacts between the Roman and Russian Orthodox Churches. According to the Italian daily Il Giornale, Pope Benedict XVI's move to allow for wider celebration of the Roman Missal of 1962 has received a positive reaction from the Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow. The Patriarch said, "The recovery and valuing of the ancient liturgical tradition is a fact that we greet positively," The Patriarch apparently made no comment on the traditional Latin Liturgy being degraded to an extraordinary form of the liturgical celebration, choosing to stress the positive aspects, saying, "We hold very strongly to tradition . . . Without the faithful guardianship of liturgical tradition, the Russian Orthodox Church would not have been able to resist the period of persecution." Il Giornale further reported (ROME, AUG. 29, 2007), when asked about the relationship between Rome and Moscow, the patriarch said: "It seems to me that Benedict XVI has repeated many times that he desires to work in favor of dialogue and collaboration with the Orthodox Churches. And this is positive." Regarding a possible meeting between Alexy II and Benedict XVI, the patriarch said it must be well-prepared, and "be an encounter that truly helps to consolidate relations between our two Churches." +

Text Box: Dear _______, You can usually tell by the return address. If the return address is 311 Hickory Avenue, Harahan, Louisiana, then I send REUNION to you. The other people and organizations which send out copies of REUNION use their own names and addresses under the REUNION flag in the return address to the left of the address label. It usually appears in this manner: REUNION Sent to you by Name Street Address (or PO Box) City, State Zip Country This allows the ones who send REUNION to make address changes as needed, and to amend their mailing list as indicated by notices from the Post Office. Christ’s Peace, + Paul +

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