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Text Box: PUBLICATION NOTICE page 2 LETTERS page 2 WORLD WIDE WEB: The direct connection to the computer which functions as the message, file, and communications center for The Society of Clerks Secular of Saint Basil, is: http://www.reu.org ftp telnet://reu.org page 2 THE BASILIAN FATHERS page 4 AS THE YEARS PASS, AND SO DO SOME OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS . . . As the years of our publication of REUNION pass we have become accustomed to seeing the names of the hundreds to whom we mail the publication - well, at least those to whom we personally send copies. page 4 HOLY INNOCENTS “PHYSICAL PLANT” UPDATE Now that the basic structure for the Church building is in place, and even though the Church interior is far from being completed, we have turned our attention to the grounds for the time being. page 4 PUBLICATIONS, BOOKS, AND REVISIONS IN PROCESS We remind our clergy and those who utilize our various books, publications, page 4 BEARING WITNESS TO CHRIST WITH A SHIRT !!! As Father combed his hair after dressing in the morning he noted his hair had passed the stage of imitating that of Albert Einstein and had entered into the realm of ridiculous disarray favored by celebrities arrested for possession of drugs or DWI for their police mug shots. page 5 CHILDREN’S PAGE The Orthodox - Basilian Catechism Q. 1208. What care does the Church take in the examination and distribution of relics? - Q. 1238. Are we bound to keep an unlawful oath or vow? page 10 CONSEQUENCES OF HATRED Ayman al-Zawahri, the new leader of Al Qaeda, has a deep hatred for The United States of America and the West, page 13

Text Box: SOME OF WHAT THE TRINITY IS, AND IS NOT From time to time someone makes an attempt to explain the Blessed Trinity: three individual omnipotent persons one God. page 14 THE MOST ILLOGICAL OF THE ILLOGICAL . . . . There is another element or factor which those who have Faith can not comprehend. It is accurate knowledge of God which does not lead one to desire union with God but rather desire to be separated from God for all eternity. page 15 SOME “WORKS” OF GOD “APPROPRIATED” TO THE HOLY GHOST “. . . if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you . . .” . . . give us a slight insight to aspects of the “internal” operations of God, and aspects of relationships of the Persons of the Blessed Trinity. page 15 TO THE EXTENT YOU ARE FILLED WITH YOURSELF, IS THE EXTENT YOU EXCLUDE THE HOLY GHOST FROM YOU . . . the Apostles and Disciples immediately went about God’s business. They immediately proceeded to teach and practice holy things. They exercised God’s power for Godly matters . . . Not a single one of them exercised God’s power to accumulate a large pile of gold page 16 TAKE TIME TO REGULARLY ASSESS YOUR STATUS We are being sucker punched by the devil every day, all day, page 16 GOOD STEWARDSHIP IS NEVER ACCOMPLISHED BY FOOLISH, NONSENSICAL STATEMENTS OR POSITIONS When one hears a religious leader, especially one who is or is supposed to be or is presumed to be within and part of the true church, make an inane statement such as, “Religious freedom is the path to peace,” page 17 SOME OF THE WISDOM OF SAINT JAMES THE LESS . . . Saint James, provides us with very plain language, . . . dogma . . . guidance page 18 THE PUZZLE OF THOSE WHO INTENTIONALLY REJECT GOD AND WHO DO NOT DESIRE TO

Text Box: GO TO HEAVEN In the parable of the Pharisee and the sinner we have two individuals with different perspectives regarding holiness and sinfulness, regarding the requirements to be holy and the requirements to be a sinner, and their own, individual, respective statuses. page 19 AN OVERBLOWN SENSE OF SELF IMPORTANCE, OF SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS, EASILY RESULTS IN ETERNAL DAMNATION AND SERVES AS AN OBSTACLE TO MORAL RECOVERY To make an image which is easy to visualize, substitute a person’s personal hygiene and the status of their clothing for the state of a person’s soul, mind, and heart. page 20 WOMEN MUST CEASE INTERFERING WITH MEN EXERCISING GOD GIVEN MASCULINE QUALITIES We know that the Mother of God, the Blessed Ever Virgin Mary, page 20 THE CHURCH HISTORY OF EUSEBIUS. BOOK I. CHAPTER I. The Plan of the Work. CHAPTER II. Summary View of the Pre-existence and Divinity of Our Saviour and Lord.Jesus Christ. CHAPTER III. The Name Jesus and also the Name Christ were known from the Beginning, and were honored by the Inspired Prophets. page 22 ENCHIRIDION ON FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE by Saint Augustine CHAPTER XXIV The Solution to Present Spiritual Enigmas to Be Awaited in the Life of the World To Come CHAPTER XXV Predestination and the Justice of God CHAPTER XXVI The Triumph of God's Sovereign Good Will CHAPTER XXVII Limits of God's Plan for Human Salvation CHAPTER XXVIII The Destiny of Man page 26 CONTENTS page 32 +

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