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Text Box: God. God just is not important to them, and anything concerning God is not important to them. page 1 PUBLICATION NOTICE page 2 LETTERS (none) page 2 WORLD WIDE WEB: page 2 HOLY INNOCENTS ODX. CHURCH BBS InterNet Mailing List Support page 3 THE BASILIAN FATHERS (The Society of Clerks Secular of Saint Basil) page 4 THE MOUTH THAT BLOWS ON THE SPARK AND TURNS THE SPARK INTO FLAME CAN ALSO BLOW TOO HARD AND EXTINGUISH THE SPARK The gentleness of Christ Teaching should not be interpreted or understood to indicate malleability or flexibility in doctrine. Rather, it should be understood as acknowledging the brittle character of human nature. page 4 EVERY PRIEST SHOULD FOSTER THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS IN EACH MEMBER OF HIS FLOCK, CHRIST IS THE NEST OF HOLINESS When a boy dreams of being a knight in shining armor, slaying the dragon, defeating the evil knights, saving the damsel in distress, he is dreaming of shining forth the goodness of God, of being a mirror of Christ who is the mirror of the Father, defeating evil and upholding good. When a girl dreams of being a princess, of holding court and having tea or dinner with her friends, she is dreaming of surrounding herself in a nest of holiness, of being protected from all evil by that knight in shining armor. page 4 BEING A PRIEST IS WONDERFUL AND WONDROUS There is nothing which can compare with being a Priest. It is the most fantastic, delightful, humbling, frustrating, desirable, exhausting, demanding, difficult, easy, seemingly impossible yet never impossible, whatever. Though it is

Text Box: termed a vocation it actually is something else, something more than a vocation. It is much more than an occupation. It is more than a state of being. It is the Priesthood. page 5 ST. MARY MAGDALENE NEWS St. Mary Magdalene was destroyed by hurricane Katrina. We have therefore decided to sell the land, which is approximately one acre page 6 CHILDREN’S PAGE The Orthodox - Basilian Catechism Q. 927. Explain what is meant by Requiem, Nuptial and Votive Divine Liturgies (Masses). - Q. 942. What vestments does the priest use at Divine Liturgy (Mass) and what do they signify? page 10 PRODUCTS page 13 THOSE WHO GOVERN MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN AN ENTITY BECOMES EVIL IT WILL BE DESTROYED BY THE EVIL IT CREATES Be it a city or town, county, state, country or nation, household of one or more, or even a religion, the evil it creates will destroy it. page 20 THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Are the main candidates similar to a match up between Joe Stalin and Benito Mussolini, with the minor candidates similar to the six Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Curley, Shemp, Joe, and Curley Joe)? Would that the major candidates were so honest. My personal thoughts Archbishop Paul page 22 JUSTICE In the most common aspects of relations justice is relatively easy to determine . . . But justice applied to transgressions or wrongs is much more difficult to ascertain. page 24 IMITATION OF CHRIST By Thomas a Kempis BOOK FOUR (Cont’d) The Eleventh Chapter page 25 THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE BOOK SEVEN (Cont'd) CHAPTER VII page 28

Text Box: benefit to others as well as to us. If we attempt to live our lives in this manner we will generally live just lives. If we contemplate our deeds several times during each day we may find occasions where we have acted unjustly, thus providing us with the potential opportunity to immediately rectify the wrong we have made. Ref: 1 Peter 3:8-15; Mat. 5:20-24 +

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