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A letter of thanks to Hungary
The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate hereby addresses the Hungarian nation – all sectors of society, the political government, the religious leaders, the men and women, the youth. Above all, on behalf of the Patriarchate and on behalf of all sincere Christians, we thank the representatives of the government for:
1) rejecting gender perversion and same-sex marriage, and acknowledging in the Constitution marriage as the union of one man and one woman, thus preserving the Christian Europe tradition;
2) legalizing a ban on Sunday trading in supermarkets, thus preventing the desecration of a holy day and consequently destabilization of the family;
3) effective resistance of the government and the people to the Islamization of the nation promoted by US globalists. Hungary has thus become an example to others, mainly the Slovak and Czech Republics.
Do persevere in your brave resistance to globalization! Antilaws are systematically imposed on every nation. Their aim is to promote moral, spiritual and physical autogenocide. The anti-Decalogue of the so-called Lisbon Treaty with the priority of homosexuality and sexual LGBTQ deviance has resulted in a curse progressing. The responsibility for this curse coupled with the Islamization of Europe rests primarily with the Vatican. The Vatican has fallen away from God by endorsing and proclaiming heresies of neo-Modernism which deny Christ’s redemptive sacrifice on the cross, His real and historical resurrection and divine inspiration of Scripture. In addition, the Vatican advocates syncretism with paganism (Nostra aetate 1965, Assisi 1986). Pseudo Pope Francis de facto approves homosexuality, which became manifest especially in his gesture of kissing the feet of a transsexual. An anathema – a curse acc. Gal 1:8-9 – was declared on him, Card. Bergoglio, on 15 September 2009 for unity with heresies and syncretism. He occupies the office illegitimately. The dogmatic bull of St Paul IV promulgated: “If the Roman Pontiff, prior to his promotion or elevation as Roman Pontiff, has fallen into some heresy, the promotion or elevation, even if it shall have been by the unanimous assent of all the Cardinals, shall be null, void and worthless. Each and all of his actions and enactments, howsoever made, shall be without force!” Therefore his regulation requiring all Catholics in Europe to host at least one family of Muslims in every parish and every convent does not oblige anyone and, moreover, it is a betrayal of Christ, the Gospel and the whole Christian tradition. Francis has projected nationwide Islamization through the mediation of each parish. Not even US globalists have dared to come up with such a project. No bishop and no priest can by any means for reasons of conscience realize this project of self-destruction of the nation and Christianity, and, moreover, as citizens of Hungary they have no right to do so.
We hereby encourage the Catholic Bishops to set an example of repentance and to renounce heresies and syncretism with paganism. If any of the bishops are under an anathema, after this gesture of renunciation and profession of faith the anathema will be removed (see Attachment).
Hungary has found itself at the epicentre of the fight against satanic globalization. Therefore it needs God’s help. May Hungary start sound mission and be raised spiritually through conversion and true repentance! Saint Paul encourages us to desire the gift of prophecy intended to “comfort, exhort and edify” (cf. 1Cor 14:3). May there be such prophets who will speak in the mass media and censure the system of demagoguery, lies and NWO globalization. May they expose the methods and crimes of globalists. May they uncover juvenile justice crime statistics of mental and physical child abuse. In Norway, 59 of children stolen from their parents by the juvenile justice system commit suicide every year. Mothers end up in alcoholism, drug addiction or suicide. The pernicious fruit of the juvenile justice system is also seen in England, France, Finland... Some European countries have already legalized narcotics and even euthanasia for children! There is a need for true warriors and defenders of the truth in the Hungarian mass media! There is a need to use the mass media, culture and education properly to mould the younger generation. Young people need to be prepared for responsible family life and warned against self-destructive traps set by globalists who mainly abuse the Internet technology. It is necessary that men who have received Christ as their Lord and Saviour gather together in small groups and learn to be the head of the family and society, primarily by a responsible approach to problems. Then they will have the strength to pursue truth and justice and to protect the nation against autogenocidal and treacherous systems.
The prophetic programme for the spiritual resurrection of the individual, family and nation at the present time is as follows:
1) A tithe of time (2 hours and 25 minutes) to God and your soul in prayer. All family members pray the holy hour from 8 to 9 p.m. together (vkpatriarhat.org.ua/en/?p=11475). Every Christian prays for one hour during the day – this is a so-called prayer guard creating a continuous prayer for the salvation of Hungary (vkpatriarhat.org.ua/en/?p=11481). Pensioners can take turns praying in the nighttime. It is appropriate that during the week they gather for common prayer and take full advantage of pension age for their own benefit as well as for the benefit of their family and the nation (see the lifting up of a mountain acc. Mk 11:23: vkpatriarhat.org.ua/en/?p=9943 and the prophetic prayer acc. Ez 37: vkpatriarhat.org.ua/en/?p=9812). Christians also stop for a short prayer (3-5 minutes) during the day (see vkpatriarhat.org.ua/en/?p=4952). Except for a short stop after getting up and at the end of the holy hour at 21:00, the prayer stops are at 9:00, 12:00, 15:00 and 18:00 and before bedtime.
2) Celebration of Sunday (see vkpatriarhat.org.ua/en/?p=11421)
Time for fellowship is part of the celebration of Sunday. It is time when men pray and devote themselves to the Word of God, but also seek the truth in dealing with concrete problems in the spiritual, family and political struggle against the system of lies and the spirit of death.
May Hungary through sincere Christians receive a vital spiritual programme for its salvation and become a model of spiritual resurrection for other nations!
Praying for Hungary,
Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
+ Methodius OSBMr + Timothy OSBMr
28 September 2015
Attachment: Confession form
1) Do you believe in the One Lord Jesus Christ, Light from Light, true God from true God, of one Being with the Father, who for us and for our salvation became man, and by the power of the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary?
2) Do you believe that our Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for you and for your sins, and rose from the dead on the third day historically and really?
3) Do you receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour and do you give your life to Him?
4) Do you receive the Blessed Virgin as your spiritual Mother like the disciple by the cross? (Jn 19:25-27)
5) Do you receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth and the spirit of repentance, in order to become Christ’s witness, martyr, like the Apostles?
6) Do you renounce the spirit of the New Age – the spirit of syncretism with pagan religions and the heresies of neo-Modernism?
7) Do you renounce the spirit of gender ideology which promotes all forms of LGBTQ sexual perversion?
8) Do you renounce the destructive system of juvenile justice which ruthlessly steals children from their parents and abuses them morally, mentally and physically?
9) Do you renounce Satan and his demons, especially those who at this time work through different covert forms of magic, spiritualism or divination (homoeopathy, acupuncture, hypnosis, divination by pendulum...)?
10) Do you renounce the spirit of Freemasonry and the New World Order (NWO) – the spirit of globalization which programmes moral, spiritual and physical autogenocide of Christianity and humanity?
Is Allah and the Christian God one and the same?
The present time witnesses mass Islamization of Europe, which is promoted by the USA in cooperation with the Vatican. On 6 September 2015, pseudo Pope Francis launched a programme of destruction of Christianity and European civilization. He demands that every parish, every monastery and every sanctuary throughout Europe should host a so-called Muslim family. This is a betrayal of the faith and violation of the sovereignty of individual European states. The fruit of Francis’ “mercy” shall be nationwide Islamization of Europe through suicidal Catholics.
A synod held at Constantinople in 1180 adopted a formula holding that Allah is not the God of the Bible. The synod also adopted the formula of solemn abjuration of the faith in Allah and his prophet Muhammad which was exacted from Muslim converts to Christianity before receiving the sacrament of Baptism. This was also the practice of the Orthodox Church in Russia, where Muslim minorities existed.
The Byzantine apologists of the Christian faith against Islam were e.g.: St John Damascene; Bartholomew of Edessa; Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople; the Latin apologists: St Thomas Aquinas; Peter of Cluny; Raymond Lull; Dominican friar Richard; John of Torquemada.
Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and rose again on the third day, historically and really. His Resurrection is the strongest evidence that all that He said in the Gospel is true. Furthermore, the Resurrection is the evidence of His Divinity. Assuming our human nature through the Blessed Virgin and the Holy Spirit, He revealed the mystery of the Holy Trinity: there is one God in three persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The heresy saying that Allah is the same as the Triune God was implied in the Nostra aetate declaration of Vatican II (1965). However, the Muslims themselves deny this heresy.
If there was unity between the two, the Koran would not order Muslims to kill non-Muslims and above all “the people of the Covenant”, i.e. Jews and Christians. Therefore, the God of Christians and the Allah of Islam are two diametrically different beings.
The Bible testifies: “Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either.” So true Catholic and Orthodox believers never identify the Christian God the Father with Allah who calls for a bloody slaughter of all Christians. To put it concretely, Muslims cut their heads off in a ritual and accompany it with prayers to Allah. This actually reminds of human sacrifices in pagan rites.
Modern heretics with the so-called spirit of ecumenism and interfaith dialogue deceive the common believers by so-called peace prayers and various gestures. John Paul II kisses the Koran and prays with pagans who “sacrifice to demons” (1Cor 10:20).
One must know that the Allah of Islam is not the same as the Triune God of Christians!
Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
+ Methodius OSBMr +Timothy OSBMr
Donetsk – Prague, 5 October 2015
Secretary Bishops of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
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Glory to Jesus Christ!
We send You a copy of our pastoral letter to Hungarian bishops of 18 May 2015.
Secretary Bishops of the Byzantine Patriarchate
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Pastoral letter to Hungarian bishops
Dear Bishops of Hungary!
You live in a historic time when we are witnesses to gradual autogenocide of the nations under the influence of the ideology of consumerism which is associated with immorality and perversion. This ideology prioritizes homosexualism, paedophilia, zoophilia, narcotics, euthanasia even for children and healthy people, stealing of human organs. This age is ruthlessly anti-Christian and anti-Catholic. The individual’s identity is eroded and a kind of biorobots are formed by means of gender ideology. This false ideology removes the God-given difference between man and woman and produces de facto mentally disturbed individuals who become a plaything of a variety of not only unclean but even sadistic demons. These dubious characters are then purposefully promoted to key positions in order to terrorize normal people by establishing antilaws and consequently by sanctions and imprisonments. The priority in the EU currently is not just legalization but directly privileging of homosexualism and sexual perversions associated with the stealing of children from their loving parents, and that not from dysfunctional families but from good families. An artificial pretext for stealing of children is so-called “domestic violence” or “stifling love”, which are terms used by this system to refer to sound Christian and moral upbringing. Promotion of perversion among children starts in the very kindergartens. This satanic ideology leads to autogenocide of the nations and humanity under positive terms such as “children’s rights”, “women’s rights”, “child protection”... These terms are a guise for the most serious crimes against humanity, worse than the crimes of fascism or other genocidal ideologies in history. Mass media under the sway of this spirit change the minds of people and serve in promoting autogenocide of their own nations.
The greatest tragedy is that this moral decay is the fruit of heresies which covertly like cancer progressed in the Mystical Body of Christ, which is the Church. The former Pope Benedict XVI, being Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, admitted that after Vatican Council II only such priest could become a bishop who was open to the world. Such bishop then held liberal views coupled with heresies which he accepted as so-called aggiornamento. Astuteness consisted in the fact that these heresies were hidden and the heretic did not call them by their proper names (this also was admitted by Pope Benedict). This is how the spirit of antichrist works. The gravest heresies against Christ’s Gospel were spread even under the guise of positive terms. In the period after the Council, a true reform was needed within the Church through repentance and conversion! However, it was replaced by a so-called liturgical reform. In consequence, this reform was a crime against the Church because it pushed aside true repentance! It no longer placed emphasis on conversion, keeping God’s commandments and true celebration of Sunday.
At that time, the second half of the 20th century, paganism experienced a renaissance through Hindu yoga and Buddhist martial arts connected with meditations, massages and acupuncture. Furthermore, rock music which has its roots in the satanic voodoo associated with drugs, violence and cynicism was massively popularized. The sick and one-sided psychology of the atheist Freud and occultist Jung began to be deified. Sexual revolution stirred by paedophile Kinsey broke out. Heresies of neo-Modernism proclaimed by Bultmann and receptiveness to paganism through the Vatican II declaration on so-called reverence for pagan religions, i.e. for their demons, penetrated into the Church! Faithful Catholic bishops, priests and religious were isolated, ridiculed and punished for so-called disobedience to ecclesiastical authority! It was a process of anti-repentance, full openness to the world, so-called aggiornamento! Christianity became stale salt; prophets were spiritually killed, heretics got hold of the formation of the future clergy and occupied episcopal offices. That was a crime, a betrayal of Christ and of the Gospel! The disintegration process escalated under Pope John Paul II who tacitly approved of heresies and he himself made a receptive gesture to the spirit of paganism – the spirit of New Age! Hiding oneself behind moralizing without emphasizing repentance and conversion produced the opposite effect. A massive process of disintegration of the family started. The cult of unchastity was massively inculcated by the mass media. The Vatican remained silent and continued with the self-destruction programme of aggiornamento instead of salvific repentance! Instead of mission it promoted so-called peace and spiritual unity with paganism!
Heresies spread at theological faculties like an avalanche and covertly, under the guise of better understanding of Holy Scripture, denied the most fundamental truths of the faith: the Divinity of Christ, His historical and real Resurrection and divine inspiration of Holy Scripture. However, everything was disguised with the so-called scholarly historical-critical method, the substance of which was condemned already by Pope St Pius X. Behind this method was and is the spirit of neo-Modernism associated with atheism. This spirit uses an impudent principle of manipulation by way of ridiculing unconverted students of theology and inculcates heresies in their minds on the basis of intellectual pride!
At this critical time when it was necessary to repent, God’s Spirit breathed on the Church especially through the so-called Charismatic Renewal. This Renewal was intended to form Christ’s witnesses (martyrs – ‘martyres’) (Acts 1:8). The Apostles, and especially the Apostle Paul, were and always are an example. The Apostle Paul was a true witness – a martyr of Christ. He could say truthfully: “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain” (Phil 1:21) ... “It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal 2:20). The Charismatic Renewal was de facto gradually quenched in the Catholic Church. The renewal of mission which began on its basis ended soon. So this Renewal failed to leaven the paralyzed Church. Who is to blame? Obviously both sides. Those who accepted the spiritual renewal, but also the Church hierarchy and the false prophets, so-called theologians, who abused converted people, thwarted their vocation and made them instruments of spreading poisonous liberal and neo-Modernist theology. In this post-conciliar period, Pope John Paul II instead of true repentance makes a gesture in Assisi by which he opens the door of the Church to the spirit of paganism which is associated with divination, magic and spiritualism and which worships demons in place of God. Beginning with Moses and ending with the last book of Scripture, a hard fight is waged against this spirit. The prophets called this “reverence” for other religions and their demons “spiritual fornication”. Martyrs refused to drop a single grain of incense and preferred to die rather than show reverence for demons! By his gesture, John Paul II committed a grave crime against the Gospel, against the Church Tradition and against the whole Scripture. This gesture introduced new thinking but heretical one which falsely considers pagan religions to be alternative ways to salvation! This is nonsense and a supreme heresy! This gesture practically puts an end to mission. Mission starts to be pejoratively called proselytism which allegedly harms the culture of the particular nation. Consequently, through these phrases, the Holy Spirit was expelled from the Church and moral decay began. Scandals connected with clerical paedophilia spreading from America through Ireland to Australia discredited the Catholic Church. What put the lid on was that by his gesture of beatification of John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI de facto elevated to the altar of the Church heresies of neo-Modernism disseminated during the pontificate of John Paul II who gave his tacit consent to them. At the same time, he canonized the spirit of neo-paganism and syncretism which John Paul II introduced by his gesture in Assisi in 1986. This apostatical gesture set a precedent for all Catholics! His beatification represented the culmination of apostasy from orthodox doctrine and Tradition, and brought down a curse on the Catholic Church according to the Word of God: “If anyone preaches any other gospel, even if it was an angel from heaven, let him be accursed.” (cf. Gal 1:8-9).
The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate appealed to Benedict XVI to reject this step of beatification even if it should cost him life. However, because he did make this step, the Patriarchate made public God’s curse – anathema on him that very day – 1 May 2011. Through him, this curse fell on the whole Catholic Church! The publication of anathema was intended to awaken him to the reality and to help him repent in earnest! Unfortunately, he shows no repentance and the infection affects more and more nations. The Ukrainian nation at the present time is an example of how a curse looks for which the blame falls above all on the Catholic Church which instigated a so-called revolution of dignity, or homosexuality, instead of repentance (see statements by Bishop Gudziak and Card. Husar). Thus the Catholic Church, due to its apostasy, brings down a curse on the nations and sows physical and spiritual death! This is the harsh reality and we cannot close our eyes to it. Honest Catholics ask: How to repent? How to adopt sound Christian principles and tradition cleansed of heresies and amoral devastation of the post-conciliar period?
The Hungarian nation is the only one in the EU to oppose the antichristian laws and to declare the family to be the foundation of human society. In the Constitution, this nation clearly defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, whereby it flatly rejects homosexual or lesbian marriage as promoted by degenerate Europe. The Vatican and its current pseudo-Pope Francis give tacit consent to the latter. Francis has not said a single radical word against heresies, against syncretism or against homosexual or transsexual perversion! By his gestures, silence and indications he expresses approval of this rebellion against the law of God and against God! The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate published God’s anathema on him too acc. Gal 1:8-9. No one can remove the anathema from him unless he repents in earnest!
At the present time every Catholic Christian, be it a layman, religious, priest, bishop or cardinal, is obliged before God to confess the true Catholic faith and to dissociate himself from the spirit of modern heresies and from the spirit of apostasy in the Church. The external gesture must be separation from the curse of the Vatican! Priests must not mention the name of the present heretical “Pope” in the liturgy. If anyone does so, then by this external gesture he brings down a curse on himself and on all attendants in the church. The believers are obliged to warn such priest or bishop! If he persists under the sway of the spirit of curse, they must dissociate themselves from the heretic according to the Bull of Pope St Paul IV and are no longer bound by obedience to such pseudo-Pope, bishop or priest. This apostate church structure which rejects repentance is not part of the Mystical Body of Christ – the Church – any more! Therefore, a priest who manifests unity with “Pope” Francis in the liturgy or in public thus voluntarily remains under his curse and receives the spirit of New Age which drove out the Spirit of God from the Church! Liturgies celebrated by such priest and all sacraments administered by him are then just a pious performance and are null and void! To show repentance, every priest must confess the true faith, publicly (in the presence of the faithful) renounce the spirit of neo-Modernism which is proclaimed at theological faculties through historical-critical theology, renounce the spirit of syncretism (i.e. the spirit of Assisi) associated with reverence for pagan religions and their demons, and renounce false tolerance of homosexual, transsexual and other forms of sexual perversion! These are sins above all against the First Commandment for which an anathema falls on every priest, bishop, religious or common believer acc. Gal 1:8-9!!!
A sign of repentance must be that a priest will not mention the present invalid Pope Francis in the liturgy. He can use the following formula instead: “In unity with all orthodox Popes and Bishops of the Catholic Church”.
Through the gesture in Assisi and through heresies, the spirit of satanization was unleashed on the individual Catholic nations. We now reap the fruits in present-day antichristian Europe! The exception in the EU is Hungary! The political regime under Prime Minister V. Orban correctly defined the essence of marriage in the Constitution of the State. In fact, it thus rejected all forms of pseudo-marriage (homosexual and schizophrenic gender ideology)!
Another heroic step of the Prime Minister was his resistance to the business system which was abused and prevented people from keeping Sunday. True celebration of Sunday enables Christians to find time for themselves, for their family, for prayer, for God’s Word as well as for a living fellowship! The reform of Christianity must start with these measures declared by the political representative of Hungary – restoration of the family through celebration of Sunday! It is not enough today to be present at the Sunday liturgy. And if this liturgy is celebrated by a priest who is in unity with the apostate Vatican, it is a source of curse rather than blessing! It is necessary that Sunday should be the Day of Resurrection and the Day of the Holy Spirit when Christians devote time to family prayer and especially Christian men gather together and devote themselves to fellowship after the example of early Christians (Acts 2:42). Here men would find time for prayer and then they would learn how to perform the function of the head in the family, in the Church and in society. They would ask the Holy Spirit for true wisdom in protecting their family, bringing up children and struggling together for the preservation of moral values which are the greatest treasure for the nation. Without fellowship, without the apostles’ teaching – i.e. the Bible and orthodox Tradition, and without prayers of men who lift up holy hands to God (1Ti 2:8) the Church and the nation cannot be restored. Therefore, the Catholic Church in Hungary cannot be subject in false obedience to the spirit of apostasy which holds power in the present-day Vatican. It is not the Spirit of Christ but just an imitation, disguised with pious phrases, using psychological manipulation and abusing spiritual authority and obedience for self-destruction of the Church and nation.
The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate appeals to all Hungarian Catholics as well as all Christians in Hungary to join in perpetual prayer and to call on God day and night for spiritual resurrection of the Catholic Church in Hungary. 24 people fill 24 hours of the day and each of them keeps one-hour prayer guard for one week in a month. 4 groups, comprised of 24 members each, fill 4 weeks and the cycle repeats itself. Apart from that, let each participant pray the holy hour from 8 to 9 p.m. at home or in the place where they are.
The believers should alert the bishops and priests in writing or in person to the necessity of renouncing heresies as well as unity with the spirit of the present-day apostate Vatican.
You, Bishops of Hungary, have ideal conditions for making a heroic step and dissociating Yourselves from the heresies of the apostate Vatican. This will set a precedent for restoring the whole Catholic Church! Unless You make this step, You will be more responsible before the judgment seat of God than the bishops in the states where homosexuality was legalized. If You remain subject to the apostate Vatican in false obedience, You thus resist not only the law of God but also the state law of Hungary which rejects same-sex marriage!
This pastoral letter is a word of prophecy for all Hungary. God gives it to You for Your salvation! “Unless you repent, you will all perish!” (Lk 13:3).
Bestowing a blessing on all sincere Christians in the Hungarian nation,
Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Donetsk, 18 May 2015
+ Methodius OSBMr +Timothy OSBMr
P.S.: We would like to ask Hungarian Christians for a translation of the text from English or from the Czech original into Hungarian and sending it out by mail to their friends who have at heart salvation of their souls and restoration of their nation.
Prime Minister and Government of Hungary
Priests, religious and Catholic believers of Hungary
Presidents of EU Members States
Bishops of EU Member States
President and Government of the Russian Federation
Presidents and Governments of Ukraine and Belarus
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Mivel most pályázunk a romániai magyar Hit és Fény honlapjára, gondoltam megnézlek titeket. Így bukkantam rá a Vendégkönyvre. Lehet-e tőletek ötleteket „lopni”? Pl. pont ezt, hogy vendégkönyv?
Eredményes munkát és áldásos tevékenységet kívánok mindnyájatoknak
Simó Ági, a romániai magyar Hit és Fény nemzeti felelőse
|Nekem is tetszik a honlap.
Jó ötlet a honlap


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One of the major obstacles to Christian growth is resentment. By refusing to forgive, a Christian destroys himself spiritually, morally and physically.
Although this truth occupies such an important place in God's Word, it is, unfortunately, too often neglected. How many lives, homes and churches are wrecked by this scourge.
Without any doubt, the spirit of forgiveness is the very foundation of and an absolute condition for a happy and victorious Christian life. In this book we shall endeavour to discover together its full significance.
The Lord speaks clearly on this subject. He reveals to us that forgiveness is not a luxury but a necessity. He knows our hearts and our difficulties in this matter and for this reason He wants to help us experience the freedom that forgiveness can bring.


Elgar Apostles Vocal Score
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The Apostles, like its successor The Kingdom, depicts the disciples of Jesus and their reactions to the extraordinary events surrounding them.
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Elgar had experienced international success with the Enigma Variations and The Dream of Gerontius, and was encouraged by a commission from the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival (which had also produced Gerontius) to compose the large work he had long been contemplating. He said he had been thinking about the topic, and selecting the words, since boyhood. The Apostles, like its successor The Kingdom, depicts the disciples of Jesus and their reactions to the extraordinary events surrounding them.
It is a narrative work, dealing with the calling of the Apostles and their experiences of Jesus’ preaching, crucifixion (which is not directly depicted), and ascension. The Kingdom would carry the story onward. Elgar was more interested in human motivations than philosophical underpinnings, and the most memorable characters in the work are the two sinners Mary Magdalene and Judas Iscariot.
Elgar's conception outgrew the confines of a single work: The Kingdom was first conceived as the last part of The Apostles, but later Elgar considered them as the first two parts of a trilogy. In any case, the projected third part was never written.
The German translation and the German premiere were both the work of the conductor Julius Buths.
The Apostles is written for a large orchestra, of typical late Romantic proportions, with the addition of a shofar (usually substituted by a more conventional instrument, such as a flugelhorn), which announces the dawn. There is a double chorus with semichorus, and six solo singers representing:
- Blessed Virgin / Angel Gabriel (soprano)
- Mary Magdalene (contralto)
- St John / Narrator (tenor)
- St Peter (bass)
- Jesus (bass)
- Judas (bass)
The work is in two parts and seven sections, each played without a break. Words were selected by Elgar from the New Testament and Apocrypha.
1. (Part 1) "The Calling of the Apostles". The music begins just before dawn; the sun rises, and one by one the Apostles are chosen.
2. "By the Wayside". This depicts Jesus' teaching, and particularly evokes the Beatitudes.
3. "By the Sea of Galilee". Crossing the sea is incidental; Mary Magdalene is the focus here. After a stormy night scene, her conversion is portrayed, and the scene moves to Caesarea Philippi and Capernaum. The scene is followed by a choral epilogue, "Turn ye to the stronghold," added late in the composition of the piece.
4. (Part 2) "The Betrayal". Although it follows the Passion narrative, the section is chiefly concerned with the character and motivation of Judas. He is shown as trying to maneuver Jesus so that he is forced to show his divine power and establish his kingdom. The events of the trial and condemnation happen "off-stage", with occasional contributions by the chorus (in the roles of singers in the temple and the mob). In the end Judas gives way to despair.
5. "Golgotha". The scene of the crucifixion is, in Elgar's words, "a mere sketch". Jesus' dying words "Eli, eli, lama sabachthani" are declaimed by the orchestra alone; after which the chorus respond pianissimo, "Truly this was the son of God".
6. "At the Sepulchre". The story of the Resurrection is briefly told by the narrator and a chorus of angels, in a blissful, spring-like interlude.
7. "The Ascension". The miracle is almost incidental; the point is that the Apostles, though here joining in praise with the angels, are about to establish the church on earth. This idea informs the final climax of the work, scored for the full forces of soloists, chorus and orchestra.
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About The Mens Locker Room
As men, there are a lot of responsibilities we are expected to carry on our shoulders for our families, jobs, and communities. Have you ever wondered if there is a place where you can go to take your backpack of cares off and get refueled, encouraged, and even challenged to take it up a notch in life?
If you are looking for that kind of setting, we invite you to join us at the “Men’s “Locker Room” Bible Study taught by Pastor Aeneas Williams the Hall Of Fame cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals and St. Louis Rams.
Pastor Aeneas has a way of breaking the Word down in a simple way where men have fun, laugh and can leave out and apply it right where they live. The atmosphere is open, non-threatening and for all men. Even if you are not into the Bible, you will find the experience enlightening, encouraging, and inspirational.
Meetings are every 1st Monday at 7 p.m. at 915 Northwest Plaza Drive, St. Louis, MO 63074.


Pray that our words and actions before our students and our Spanish neighbors would always point to the Savior. Spaniards in particular need to see the reality of true Christianity lived out before they are likely to accept the claims of Christ.
My parents were TEAM missionaries in Venezuela, and in that context I placed my trust in Christ as Savior when I was a child. I spent nine years studying at Christiansen Academy, TEAM’s school for MKs in that country. During that time I grew in my love for God and for music, so after graduation I went to Moody Bible Institute to major in sacred music. After going on to get my degree in music education, the Lord called me back to Venezuela in 1986 to teach at my alma mater. There I met (and subsequently married) Ruth Gotaas, another teacher who shared my passion for educating and discipling MKs. When Christiansen closed for good in 2001, the Lord led us to teach at the Evangelical Christian Academy near Madrid, Spain, and we’ve been ministering there ever since.
Wife Ruth, daughter Stephanie (b. 1990), son David (b. 1993)
Our primary ministry focus is to educate missionaries’ children so that 1) they may become committed followers of Jesus, and that 2) their parents may be freed up to do the ministry to which God has called them. Our school, ECA, has recently begun to admit more Spanish students, a move which is creating great witnessing opportunities to them as well as to their families.


Are Germans Catholic or Protestant?
Unlike most European countries, which tend to be either largely Catholic (e.g. Ireland, Spain) or largely Protestant (e.g. Sweden, UK), German Christians are split almost evenly.
Around half of Germany's Christians are from the Evangelical Church of Germany (a combination of Protestant religions including Lutheranism and Protestant Calvinism) and half are Roman Catholic. Around 2% of the country practice other Christian religions - mainly Orthodoxy, including both Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy.
Which part of Germany is Catholic?
Although you will find followers of both Catholicism and Protestantism in all regions of Germany, the religions are more distinct in certain regions. As a rule, you will encounter more Catholics in the South and West of the country, including Bavaria, Rhineland, Westphalia and Saarland. In the North and East of the country, more of the population identify as protestant.
Here you can find an overview with some interesting facts about Catholicism in Germany.


The history of our parish began in 1954, when the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) opened Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Fort Wayne. Since that time, the parish has experienced long years of growth and happiness and, more recently, long years of struggle and persecution.
Beginning in 2014, our parish was torn by the evil power of schism. We were physically forced out of our building, the holy items and the church savings were taken, and a lawsuit was filed against the parish officers and the diocese. We spent years holding services in our homes, patiently abiding in the hope that God would bring us to a brighter day and taking solace in the words of Holy Scripture:
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom you have learned them.
-2 Timothy 3:12 - 14
Although our lawsuit is finally completed, we no longer have a building. We graciously thank Vladyka Peter, our guiding bishop, and Father Andre Papkov, our steady parish priest for many years, and our brethren in the Russian Church Outside of Russia for their overwhelming love and support toward us during our hardships. We also humbly thank His Eminence, Archbishop Nicholas of the Romanian Archdiocese of America, Father Ioan Ionita, and the kind and generous people of Saint Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church in Fort Wayne for allowing us to worship in their building and befriend their parish.
In the spirit of renewal and with the blessing of our bishop, our parish has been blessed with a new patron in Saint Paisuis Velichkovsky. This transition not only grants us a new parish name, but also a chance for renewal in our hearts.
Saint Paisuis is a great saint of the Church, having used his God-given talents to renew the monastic spirit in the Moldova and the Russian East. Through his efforts, many of the lost sheep of the Orthodox fold could again find their way by looking toward the ancient Patristic teaching of the Church.
...for Orthodox Christians of the 20th century there is no more important Holy Father of recent times than Blessed Paisius Velichkovsky. This is so not merely because of his holy life; not merely because, like another Saint Gregory Palamas, he defended the hesychast practice of the mental Prayer of Jesus; not only because he, through his many disciples, inspired the great monastic revival of the 19th century which flowered most notably in the holy Elders of Optina Monastery; but most of all because he redirected the attention of Orthodox Christians to the sources of Holy Orthodoxy, which are the only foundation of true Orthodox life and thought whether of the past or of the present, whether of monks or of laymen.
- Blessed Seraphim Rose of Platina
With hope in the prayers of our Holy Father, Saint Paisius, we ask your prayers as well that our parish may blossom with the fruit of spiritual renewal and the grace of God!


I wrote this a couple years ago and just came upon it this afternoon and felt like sharing it. Enjoy!
I was reading an email from a dear soul and it saddened my heart. She has been going through so many hard trying things in her life. It's like a huge wave has been thrown up against her and she is left laying there lifeless. Not knowing what to do. Not knowing which was is up. Not knowing where to go.
It's situations like this where we find it so much easier to stay where we are thrown, close our eyes, and believe everything will be ok. Not wanting to try to get up and brush off the dirt, the hardness, the sadness off us. I know myself I am that way. Let me stay here and never rise again. Im fine. But God is standing right by you with His hand stretched out to you waiting. He is there patient and the moment you turn to face Him, He has the most beautiful smile upon His face. He is not saying anything but you can feel it. It's like He is saying, its ok. Im here now. And as you reach out your hand, He gently grips yours and pulls you to your feet and wraps His ever loving arms around you. There He holds you for a long time. No words have to be spoken because you know you are safe. You are well. You are with the Father. He backs away and gently wipes away your tears with His nail scared hands and brings forth a smile. He then whispers, I love you, and as you look into His eyes you know you are going to be fine.
It's sort of surreal. How can someone make you feel this way. It's true though. He is the King of Kings and no one will ever understand how someone can be so amazing. He is, simple as that. No need to try to fathom it, because you never will be able to. Something you must believe and live out.
I, at so many times, try to figure out how people can live their life without Him. How can you wake up every morning and breath in the morning air and not think of who created it. I cant believe how someone can go out running and think of who made them. I cant believe someone can sit on a rock and hear the waves crashing around them as the most magnificent sunset is setting before them and not know who created that. It is as if God is sitting there painting it right before you. A show, to let you know He loves you. Those beautiful colors filling the sky are a gift from Him. Something He places in the Heavens to tell you He loves you. He wants you to know that.


37 weeks pregnant
My son kissing my belly!
|I love my daughter!|
The only thing that I keep telling myself is to trust God.
He won't give ME anything I can't handle.
He has a plan.
He will watch over me and he will help me be the best mother possible!
Now I just have to be patient and wait for this beautiful daughter to make her appearance. I hate not knowing when or having a definite plan but I am trusting God because he knows best! I have an amazing supportive husband who gets me through each day and my loving, fun son who takes my mind off my own problems!
How was your weekend? What are your worries this week?


We are striving to follow Jesus by teaching, loving, and serving.
Sunday Service @ 9:30
Sunday School @ 10:45 (During school term)
Thursday Liturgical Prayer @Noon
701 Macon Ave.
Cañon City, Colorado
Everyone is welcome to join us in worship at United Presbyterian Church. We have two services: contemporary worship led by our praise band and traditional liturgical worship with a chancel choir and organist. We celebrate communion monthly, open to all Christians.
701 Macon Ave. (Church)
702 Greenwood Ave. (Offices)
Cañon City, Colorado 81212
Phone: (719) 275-2456
P.O. Box 856,
Cañon City, Colorado 81215-0856


The Singapore online Christian news website Salt & Light has written an article about some useful ways that churches can journey with families with special needs in trying times. Click here to see it.
Salt&Light Feature: “Let each small group be a nucleus of love and advocacy for the family”: 4 practical ways churches can journey with families with special needs
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Salt&Light Feature: How can churches include persons with disability? KIN survey offers insights and partnership
The Singapore online Christian news website Salt & Light has written an article about KIN’s inaugural Singapore Disability Ministry Survey (SDMS 2023) and how it has helped obtain a clearer understanding of the state of Christian ministry for people with disability among Protestant churches in Singapore.
KIN’s Jesselyn Ng, Janice Ho and Leow Wen Pin were invited to contribute an article to Reformed World, the journal of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, an ecumenical body bringing together Presbyterian-affiliated churches.
Mosaic, a podcast production from Singapore Bible College, recently interviewed KIN’s Chairman Leow Wen Pin on his thoughts on theology, disability and inclusion in Singapore.


Deanery of St Ambrose Barlow
Currently, the deanery of St Ambrose Barlow is split into 25 parishes. It covers the area of 102 square kilometers. The table below shows key numbers for the deanery.
Table 1: Key numbers for the deanery
|Area||102 sq km|
As of 30th June 2014, the size of the population living within the boundaries of the deanery of St Ambrose Barlow was estimated at 474k, which is 2% higher that Census 2011 estimate and 21% higher than 2001 estimate. The most populous is the parish of St Augustine, All Saints counting 36k people. The largest increase in population size in recent years was noted in the parish of St Mary the Hidden Gem, Manchester, while the population size of the parish of Our Lady and St John, Chorlton-cum-Hardy shrank. The table below gives further detail at the parish level.
Table 2: Population per parish (show/hide)
At the deanery level, Christians accounted for 50% of the population, followed by Muslims at 15% and population declaring no religion (26%). Christian population was fairly evenly distributed, however, considerable regional differences in size of the Muslim population were observed. They accounted for 57% in the parish of St Richard, Longsight, and only 1% in the parish of St Monica, Flixton. The population declaring no religion was distributed more evenly, with highest proportion observed in the parish of St Mary the Hidden Gem, Manchester (42%).
At the deanery level, the Christian population decreased between 2001 and 2011 by about -8%, while the Muslim and 'no religion' populations both increased, by 104% and 86% respectively. The largest decrease in Christian population was observed in the parish of St Winifred and St Mary, Heaton Mersey. At the same time largest increase in Muslim population was noted in the parish of St Mary the Hidden Gem, Manchester and of population declaring 'no religion' in the parish of St Mary the Hidden Gem, Manchester.
Table 4: Change in declared religion between 2001 and 2011 per parish (show/hide)
The total number of families living in the deanery of St Ambrose Barlow is 97k, of which 48% are married couples and 20% are cohabiting. Lone parents account for about 23% of all families and 47% of families have dependent children. Families with all members aged over 65 account for 9% of all families. The total number of one person households (not included in the families total) is 63k.
Please note, the number of families and one person households presented in this section do not capture the 'other' category, including mainly student households and households with lodgers.
The table below provides detail at the parish level.
Table 5: Family composition per parish (show/hide)
The age distribution for the deanery of St Ambrose Barlow is shown on the chart on the left. The parish of St Mary the Hidden Gem, Manchester has largest proportion of people aged between 18 and 35, while the highest proportion of those aged over 65 was observed in the parish of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Urnston.
Main economic activity
About 54% of the working age population in the deanery of St Ambrose Barlow declared being in employment as their main economic activity. Retired people accounted for 9% and students 21%.


Brit Hume told CBN News that he doesn’t regret saying that Tiger Woods should embrace the Christian faith. As a matter of fact, the famous Fox News veteran journalist told CBN News that, “Tiger Woods has an opportunity here and my prayer would be that he would take it."
Hume also told CBN News anchor Lee Webb that the name of Jesus Christ is explosive and, “"This is to be expected and it's been happening to people who proclaim their faith in Christ for as long as anybody can remember. This is part of the deal. You have to be willing to deal with this if you're going to say his name out loud you’re going to hear about it.”
Watch the full five-minute interview below. Partial transcriptions are below as well.
Some in the mainstream media are up in arms about Hume’s comments but let me just say this. The last time I checked, Hume is paid for analysis. If his analysis of the Wood’s situation has to do with Tiger’s faith, then how is that not fair game?
Was it a bold statement by Hume? Absolutely. Was the reaction predictable? Absolutely. But remember this: When you’ve had your life touched and turned around by Jesus Christ (like Hume has) the natural inclination is to share that good news with others. If you just enjoyed a nice, big, fat, juicy steak wouldn’t you want to let others know about it?
In this day and age of the 24/7 cable chat-a-thon, Hume’s analysis was definitely the most important moment on the Cable networks in a long time.
Brit Hume: Eleven years ago my son committed suicide and as you can imagine it was absolutely devastating and yet throughout that whole horrible time I had this sense that God was there for me, that he would rescue me, that he would save me and he did in ways that I couldn't imagine or expected. His imagination is always greater than ours.
If you think about what Christianity is about it's about sinners and Christianity is a religion for sinners and I think that Tiger Woods has an opportunity here and my prayer would be that he would take it.
If you're trying to find the two most explosive words in the English language those two words are Jesus Christ. You start talking about Jesus Christ and I don't mean to make a pun but all hell breaks loose. People rage about this. It's very offensive to those who don't share the faith. It's offensive to some people who claim they do share the faith.
This is to be expected and it's been happening to people who proclaim their faith in Christ for as long as anybody can remember. This is part of the deal. You have to be willing to deal with this if you're going to say his name out loud you’re going to hear about it.


Kid Link Family Fun: On Tuesday, May 24, we’ll be learning all about NATURE! Activities will include reading nature books, painting outdoor scenes with watercolors, making Cheerios bird feeders, munching on “dirt popcorn,” and much more! Join us at Sermon on the Mount Mennonite Church for this fun event!
5-6 p.m. every Tuesday
Sermon on the Mount Mennonite Church
Everyone is invited to take home hot meals from the Nightwatch food truck, every Tuesday from 5–6 p.m. This free meal is sponsored by friends and neighbors of LBA students and their families. Would you like to share your skills? Click here to tell us how you can help.
What can you expect at Kid Link Riverside?
Neighbors and volunteers are trying to help you answer two key questions on Tuesdays:
What are the kids doing after school?
What’s for dinner?
Sponsored by Kid Link Riverside and Sioux Falls Thrive, this is an educational and fun family event with no religious activities. Thank you to Sermon on the Mount Mennonite Church for providing an indoor location.
Kid Link can use your help
The Kid Link Riverside Initiative is only successful because of the help of volunteers like you. More than 120 people and 40+ organizations are involved in ways big and small.


As I approached the busy main entrance of the convention center getting ready for my volunteer shift at the recent National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC), I happened to spy a couple of young men dressed all in black with large white lettering on the back of their t-shirts identifying them as ‘SEMINARIANS’. They were working hard to attract attention to their large hand-written piece of cardboard, shouting at the top of their lungs that the Sacrament of Reconciliation was being conducted in one of the large convention center exhibit halls between the hours of noon-6pm.
“Step right up!” “Free Confessions!” “Sixty priests standing-by to absolve you of your sins!”… The approach was admittedly unconventional, but succeeded in its purpose of getting my attention.
I have to admit that I have been putting off going to confession for quite some time. Oh sure, I have plenty of rational reasons… the standard hours of confession offered at our local parish on Saturday morning just don’t work with my schedule… the seasonal opportunities to participate in the Sacrament of Reconciliation prior to Christmas and Easter are way too busy, etc.
Last year, for example, my wife and I stood in line for over two hours before we were able to see one of ten priests brought in to hear Easter confessions. I walked away from that experience feeling a whole lot less holy than when I walked in.
It’s not that I don’t have some sins to confess. Heck, I have plenty of things that I could be doing better…including my ongoing battles with patience. The good Lord certainly didn’t provide me with an over-abundance of that particular virtue… and the irony of having to stand in a long line for two hours to confess that I am not patient enough seems like some sort of evil penance.
So, the appeal of 60 priests waiting to hear my confession with ‘no waiting’ was just too good of any offer to pass up. And I’m so glad I took advantage of the opportunity. It was an awesome experience!
It took me awhile to find the exhibit hall, but once I entered the expansive entrance, I was immediately greeted by three eager seminarians who welcomed me and offered a pamphlet with a step-by-step refresher on how to perform a proper confession.
After a quick review of the pamphlet and of my conscience, I approached the front of the line and was greeted by two more youthful-looking seminarians who stood at the doorway of an expansive auditorium. I looked out over a sea of chairs set up in clusters of two… with a priest in one chair, and a conference attendee sitting across from each priest.
One of the seminarians asked me, “Screen or Face-to-Face? ”
For some reason the the setting caused me to think of a similar question that might be asked by a hostess of a busy restaurant. The seminarians laughed when I responded that I preferred to be seated in the non-smoking section, preferably a booth near a window… but I would take first available.
I was directed to an available chair across the convention floor, and found myself sitting across from a larger, jovial looking priest who immediately offered a hearty handshake and welcomed me. The priest asked my name and where I was from, and told me to begin whenever I was ready.
Having gone to Catholic parochial school, I quickly got into ‘confession mode’ and told the priest how long it had been since my last confession and then articulated 3 or 4 items that I really wanted the Lord to know that I was sorry for. And then the most amazing thing happened. The priest didn’t follow the script. He didn’t instruct me to say ‘three Hail Marys’, or ‘two Our Fathers’.
Instead, the friendly priest looked me in the eyes, and talked to me. He told me that I needed to remind myself that Jesus loved me and wants me to be happy. He told me that the way to greater patience is remember a time in the past when I was patient, and try to build on that experience. The priest continued to talk in a kind, but all-so-knowing manner, and then instructed me to repeat the words, ‘I Love Jesus’ multiple times throughout the day. The priest then absolved me of my sins, gave me another hearty handshake and wished me a ‘great day’. I didn’t know what else to say except, ‘Thank you, Father. You have a great day too!’
Pope Francis recently commented that Confession should not be thought of as a ‘torture chamber’ (see links below). As if to emphasis the pontiff’s point, I found my recent encounter with the jovial priest at NCYC to be just the opposite. It was quite inspiring, and I now have a new benchmark that all my future confessions will be compared against.
It was a quick and deeply meaningful encounter with a caring priest who really seemed to get beyond the words of my confession, and tap into what I was thinking and feeling. Wow! It’s been several days since that Sacrament of Reconciliation and I’m still feeling the warm glow.
I hope you have a great week!
“The confessional must not be a torture chamber but rather an encounter w/ the Lord’s mercy which spurs us on to do our best.”–Pope Francis
- VATICAN – Pope: we all need forgiveness, “the Pope also goes to confession, every 15 days “ (asianews.it)
- Pope: Sacrament of Confession is not a ‘torture chamber’ (catholicnewsagency.com)


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What is the FLAME of LOVE ?
The Flame of Love is:
The very gentle, yet most-powerful Flame – emanating from Mary’s Immaculate Heart;
The Flame of Love is:
The greatest grace that God, the Father, has given to mankind since the Word became Incarnate, Redeemed us, and left us His Church and the Sacraments.
The Flame of Love is:
Jesus Christ, Himself – when Mary sends the Flame of Love from her heart, into our heart, she is sending her Divine Son – INTO OUR HEART.
· The Center of the Flame of Love is adoration before the Blessed Sacrament and the diary stresses a nighttime hour, when, normally, no one is there.
· Our Lord wants someone adoring the Blessed Sacrament in every parish, at every hour.
The Flame of Love is:
A devotion…. But more than that. It is a Cause, a Movement, a Way of Life.
· has a special prayer, “Spread the effect of grace of Thy Flame of Love over all humanity. People should say this prayer as an ejaculatory prayer.
· However, Our Lady wants this prayer inserted into the Hail Mary after the phrase, “Pray for us sinners.”
· The Devotion asks for a Family Holy Hour.
· The Devotion includes a strict fast of bread and water, every Monday until 6 PM….. Thursdays and Fridays are also days of strict fast until 6PM…… (Let me interject something here, my friends. Do not be timid about the fasting. We should do what we can, and gradually improve. Also, the fast covers only breakfast and lunch on these days.. we are able to eat a complete dinner. Believe me, the fasting sounds much more strict than it actually is).
· The heart and center of the Cause is the Flame of Love of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart.
· The Flame of Love is the greatest grace God has given the world in the past 2,000 years.
· The purpose of the Flame is to blind Satan so he loses control over souls. These souls will regain their freedom, so they can choose eternal life.
· The central goal of the Cause is the salvation of every soul in the world.
· Another important effect is the freeing of souls from Purgatory.
· Although all these tremendous graces will come from the Flame of Love, people must know about this Flame, and how they are expected to respond….. This is the CAUSE.
· People are encouraged to receive the Flame of Love, and pass it on. The important means to accomplish this is the forming of parish prayer groups, in your church or in someone’s home.
The WAY of LIFE
· Intertwined with these prayers and sacrifices is the spirit of belonging TOTALLY to GOD, Growing in spirituality. All that is not of God, and which absorbs the human heart, MUST BE REMOVED.
When we do our part to spread Flame of Love ---- the effect of the grace of the Flame of Love is that souls are saved from damnation, souls in Purgatory are released, and the time comes closer and closer when Jesus will send His Spirit, the Holy Spirit, to renew the face of the earth.
2- Is this from Mary ?
The Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is from both Jesus and Mary
JESUS (6/24/63) –“ If you ask for souls, can I refuse your petitions? No. Otherwise, I would be working against My work of salvation. I always hear your persevering prayer” ….. persevering prayer * ……
JESUS ( 7/26/63) – Hell is swallowing those souls, created in the image and likeness of my heavenly Father. They fall into the clutches of satan. The Flame of Love of My Mother can soothe the sorrow of My Heart.”
Mary (Oct.,’62 and Feb. 2, 1982) – Request of the Blessed Virgin to all her children, “When you say the prayer that honors me, the Hail Mary, include this petition in the following manner:
· Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou among women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb – JESUS. Holy May, Mother of God, pray for us sinners – spread the effect of grace of Thy Flame of Love over all humanity, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.” This is not a new prayer formula; it must be a constant petition. *
Mary (Aug. 1, 1962) – “ I will support your work with miracles as never seen before, …… and that(which) the Reparation to my Divine Son will accomplish imperceptibly, silently.”
Mary (10/19/62) – “ My Flame of Love has become so incandescent that I want to spread on you, not only its light, but also its warmth, with ALL ITS POWER. My Flame is so great that I can no longer keep it within me; it leaps out at you with EXPLOSIVE FORCE. My love that is spreading will overcome the satanic hatred that contaminates the world, so that the greatest number of souls is saved from damnation.
3-Why Now ?
· Souls are going to hell in unprecedented numbers.. Many are basically good people…
· Our world is in worse condition now, than at the time of the great flood … and getting worse every day
o Jesus said, “ The Flame of Love is to your generation what the ark was to Noah’s generation”
· Mary said that God is already so much offended – that was at Fatima, almost 100 years ago
· Life is no longer sacred
· Marriage is being scandalized
· Families are in shambles
· Mass attendance is way down
· The world is caught-up in ‘noise’ and ‘things’
· Personal time with GOD… experiencing an unprecedented intimacy with Jesus …… Many people just do not care about these graces.
From Fr. Gabrielle Amorth – Chief Exorcist at the Vatican –
Today more than ever, the world is in need of prayer and meditation. It is in need of prayer because people have forgotten God, and without God the world has put itself on the edge of a precipice. This is why in Her messages, Our Lady insists so much on prayer. Without God's help, Satan wins. The world is also in need of meditation because if the great Christian truths are forgotten, souls become void. This void is grabbed up by the enemy, and he fills it with his lies. And today we see the results with widespread belief in superstition and occultism.
The most obvious danger for our society today is the downfall of the family. The rhythm of today's world has broken the family unity. Little time is spent together, and even when the family is together, its members don't speak because the television speaks. Where are the families which recite the Rosary together in the evenings? Pope Pius XII insisted in his own time: “If you pray the Rosary together, you will experience peace in your families; you will get on together.”
4- Is the Flame of Love different from previous Devotions ?
· The Flame of Love is a devotion, & IT IS DIFFERENT ! BUT, It’s NOT simply a devotion. It is MUCH MORE ….The Flame of Love REDEFINES the word devotion. It is the greatest Grace that God, the Father, has given to mankind since His only begotten Son, the Word, became Flesh, established His Church to teach and guide us; left us HIs Sacraments to cleanse and sustain us; and Redeemed us on the CROSS.
· A Devotion – yes – because it includes PRAYERS that serve a purpose
o To blind satan (remove his power)
o To save souls from Hell – by restoring their ability to use their free will to choose where they will spend eternity – to respond to Grace
o To release souls from Purgatory
o To help priests
· Also it incudes ACTIONS THAT SERVE A PURPOSE
o Flame of Love Rosary (and Mary’s GARLAND)
o Fasting – sacrifice; reparation
o To INCREASE Mass attendance - the Holy Sacrifice of the MASS is the MOST POWERFUL means of blinding satan
o To increase Perpetual Adoration- Jesus wants someone adoring Him in the Eucharist, at every moment, in every parish in the world.
o Family Prayer (Holy Hour) to reunite families.
o Holy Hours – Adoring – especially at night, when normally no one is there
But it’s also a Movement - Once we receive the Flame of Love in our heart, we must pass-it-on to others; to everyone we can reach.. the entire world…… leave no one behind.
AND the Flame is a Cause – People cannot respond unless they know what is expected of them… unless they understand and appreciate the promises given by Our Blessed Mother.
AND It’s a Way of Life because we literally GROW closer to Christ, and Him to us… JESUS IS the Flame of Mary’s Heart. He’ll work in us and through us in a special Way.
o We must remove, from our lives, everything that is not of God. The more we empty ourselves of ‘things’ and ‘noise’ the more JESUS can fill us with the ‘water’ of His Holy Spirit – like the water jars at Cana…. to the BRIM. When we are completely filled with His Spirit, cannot Jesus change us, spiritually, from water, into wine…. And cannot Jesus change wine into His Precious Blood? … His Body and Blood….. if /when that happens, are we not ONE WITH HIM? – “ I live now, not I, but CHRIST LIVETH IN ME.”
o THINK ABOUT THAT – what a concept – to be ONE with GOD !!! We in HIM, and HE in us.
Could this be what St. Louis de Montfort meant when he referred to the saints of the latter times – Saints who will be greater than most of the previous saints, as the Cedars of Lebanon are to little shrubs?
Could this be what Pope Saint John Paul II meant when he talked of the
NEW AND DIVINE HOLINESS OF THE THIRD CHRISTIAN MILLENNIUM ?
JESUS said to Elizabeth Kindelman – and to us - regarding the FLAME of LOVE…
“THIS MUST BE YOUR PRIMARY PUROSE IN LIFE.”
5-What is Required
· Immediately begin praying the Flame of Love Rosary
Sacrifice… fasting, abandonment to God (emptying of self)
Do what you can – now – and improve gradually copy
Get the book - free intro copy at website entitled: www.flameoflove.us
6- What are the benefits – to Others – to ME
· Save souls – Jesus became Incarnate for the specific purpose of SAVING SOULS.
· Reunite Families
· Release souls from Purgatory
· Help priests (without priests there would be no Eucharist)
· Establish and increase the fire of love - through union - prayer cenacles
Jesus said to Elizabeth
o ( 5/17/63), “ Let us have just one thought – the salvation of souls.”
o (7/26/63) - “Let all of you take part in my work of Redemption .”
o (8/15/64) – “Oh, how I long for sinners.”
· Live out your consecration to Mary
· Answer the call for help from Jesus and Mary
· Love neighbor as self
· Your family unit
· become a saint (Good Lord willing)
· put into action all of the love that you tell Mary you have for her
7- What does the Church say about it ?
Elizabeth Kindelman’s original diary, explaining the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, has the approval of the entire Jesuit Order.
· Costa Rica
o Archbishop Charles Chaput – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
The FLAME has large followings in Hungary, Ecuador, Canada – and all around the world.
MARY - 1962
“I will place a beam of light in your hands. This is the Flame of Love of my heart. Add your love to the Flame, and pass it to others…… with this Flame you will light all the hearts of the world.”
“The inextinguishable fire of my Flame of Love is burning in your soul. You see how wonderful it is. I have never given you such a powerful force of grace. Since the Word became Flesh, I have never given such a great movement as the Flame of Love, that comes to you now. Until now, there has been nothing that so blinds satan. DO NOT REFUSE THIS GIFT. TO DO SO WOULD BRING GREAT RUIN.”
The Propagation prayer, written specifically for the Flame of Love, was personally approved by Pope Paul, VI.
Propagation Prayer – Flame of Love
Mary, Heavenly Mother, you love your children so much that you offer us to your Divine Son, Jesus, on the Cross, to obtain for us the Heavenly Father’s forgiveness, so that all who believe in Him may receive eternal life.
With filial confidence we pray to you, Blessed Virgin, that with the Flame of Love of your Immaculate Heart, kindled by the Holy Spirit , you will ignite the hearts of all humanity so that, like you, we will have a perfect love for God and neighbor.
Help us to transmit this Holy Flame to all people of goodwill so that the Flame of Love will extinguish the fire of hatred everywhere on earth, and Jesus, Prince of Peace, will be the King and Center of all hearts, in the Sacrament of Love on the Throne of our altars. Amen.
This prayer was personally approved by Pope Paul VI
8- What does the Flame do?
· The Flame of Mary’s Heart blinds satan
· Saves souls
· (From Cardinal Ruiz – Ecuador) Among the other benefits that we’ve already mentioned, “by means of the Flame of Love, we discover the innumerable treasures of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ, which are not only the refuge of the soul, but, also, the lesson of the CROSS that we need to understand when we make the sign of the CROSS, repeating one of the most simple – yet most profound, prayers.
Mary – 4/13/62 - to Elizabeth – “This is the fire of union which I obtained from the heavenly FATHER, through the merits of the wounds of my Divine Son.
Mary – 12/6/64 – We will put out fire with fire: the fire of hatred, with the fire of LOVE.
9- What, specifically, would I be asked to do
AS MUCH AS YOU C AN !!! ASAP !!!!!!!!
St Theresa of Avila said, “Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.”
What was Jesus’ primary purpose in becoming Incarnate ?
Souls ! SOULS ! SOULS !
Why does Mary ask for our help ??
Souls ! SOULS ! SOULS !
Why must we pray, fast, receive the Flame and Pass-It-On ?
Souls ! SOULS ! SOULS !
Mary (July 22-23) – “The means to save souls: Sacrifice and Prayer, these are your instruments.”
10- Why ME ?
There is a list of names in heaven of all those who are being called to become sparks (disciples - learning), so that they may become flames (apostles – share it; spread it), so that the flames become an inferno. And your name is on the list !!
How do I know this ? Because EVERYONE’S NAME is on the list – every man, woman and child of goodwill is being called to duty… not only to form an army, but to become a special force - a very special force – one which will never quit, never get tired, never say, “No,” never give-in to, or be afraid of, the enemy – satan. Remember, he is a creature… special powers? Yes… but WE HAVE MARY, so BE NOT AFRAID !!
Did not our heavenly Mother say to us – through St. Juan Diego, at Guadalupe, in 1531,
· “Let nothing afflict you, and do not be afraid;
· Am I not here, who am your Mother ?
· Are you not under my shadow and protection ?
· Are you not in the crossing of my arms?”
Did not Mary give us
1. the Rosary through St. Dominic … The prayer which is the most powerful in the world – except for the Holy Sacrifice of the MASS;
2. and the Miraculous Medal;
3. the Brown Scapular;
4. And, now, the FLAME of LOVE of her Immaculate Heart?
11 – Recap
What is the bottom-line of what we’ve discussed today ?
The Flame of Love is the greatest grace from God since the Word became flesh
The Flame of Love is from Jesus and Mary
The Flame of Love will save souls
The Flame of Love will release souls from Purgatory
The Flame of Love will help priests
The Flame of Love can help you to become a great saint of the Latter times
Join the special force? Receive the Flame and pass-it-on?
To do NOTHING is to say, “NO.” Say No to MARY? Say NO to JESUS ?
Pray the Flame of Love Rosary
Do NOT be afraid of the Flame of Love…… Embrace it !
It will NOT overwhelm you
Do what you can now… and improve gradually
Read the book… read it again….. Give books to others….
Listen to our radio programs…
Join Mary’s Garland
May the Flame of Love be in your heart and on your lips.


October 13, 2023
CRCD Executive Director Trey Dimsdale hopes that a focus on religious liberty protections in the states can "play a significant role in rekindling popular and political interest in federalism and republicanism for the sake of advancing and securing the liberty to which all Americans are entitled."
September 15, 2023
JWI Affiliated Scholar Daniel Mark warns that a double standard cannot form that removes the promise of equal protection of the law from Catholic institutions.
September 1, 2023
In reviewing "Mere Natural Law," scholar Jordan Perkins argues that it is necessary that legal cognition be infused with moral reasoning.
August 4, 2023
"The pitfall of the argument in favor of parents’ rights is that it makes the decision for children to be exposed to information about sexual activity or access to puberty blockers a matter of a parent’s will," writes Sarrouf.
July 21, 2023
In this article, Phillip Muñoz suggests how we can read the religious free exercise and establishment clauses in light of the Constitution’s original design and purposes, being situated properly in a tradition of natural law and rights.
July 13, 2023
Cline argues that the roots of a nation's receptiveness to the Natural Law grow from its Christian foundation.
July 11, 2023
David Deavel reviews Mere Natural Law, showing how it ddraws out the moral arguments present in nature.
June 30, 2023
Hadley Arkes reflects on the year since the overturning of "Roe v. Wade" and unpacks the next steps a brave judge could take in protecting the pre-born.
June 16, 2023
John Ehrett '21 wants a successful postliberal theory to have "bigger and brighter dreams" than Patrick Deneen does in "Regime Change."
December 1, 2023
November 9, 2023
Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast team and Professor Kevin C. Walsh from Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law for a discussion over Prof. Walsh's fascinating talk with Justice Amy Coney Barrett. We trace the intellectual origins of judicial supremacy from Lincoln's time to the years of the Warren Court to our current political moment and discuss the proper role of the Supreme Court to distill what the law means today.
October 27, 2023
Clark Forsythe, Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life, joins Garrett Snedeker for a discussion of his new book on the history of the fall of Roe v. Wade and the rise of the pro-life movement.
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by Jim Winkler. James Winkler is the President and General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA. As President and General Secretary, he speaks for the Council, works with staff, board members, Christian, and interfaith leaders and is responsible for providing leadership and management of daily affairs and operations. Prior to his work with the National Council of Churches, he served as General Secretary of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society.
Frankly, we’re at war. That’s blunt, but it’s true. Two worldviews are locked in mortal combat right now in our politics, our popular culture and our courts and legal system.
The first worldview says that free speech and freedom of religion are the basis for the founding of this nation—the fundamental inspiration of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. This side believes, with James Madison, that “conscience is the most sacred of all properties,” and that the first duty of every citizen and every public servant is to preserve and protect the freedoms that ensure our rights of conscience.
The other side contends that these freedoms are not essential, but negotiable—to be altered or diminished, depending on who is yielding power.
As I said, this is a war, not a battle or momentary conflict. We must encourage each other, teach our children, engage our leaders and flex our strength at the ballot box. The essential freedoms we have cherished so long are no longer a given for any of us. May God give us the grace to stand and defend the incredible legacy of liberty He’s entrusted to our nation.
These words by Alan Sears, president of the Alliance Defending Freedom appeared in Decision magazine, the publication of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association just before the 2016 election.
Scary stuff. Sears says we’re in a war to defend religious freedom. Franklin Graham often employs similar language. Our way of life is at stake. The government and various bad guys want to destroy America and our religious liberty and we have to fight back.
I know one thing: I’m sick and tired of war. The U.S. has been at war nearly my entire life.
In 1 Maccabees, the story of the rise of Antiochus Epiphanes is recounted. Antiochus conquered Israel and Egypt. He seized the holy temple in Jerusalem and decreed the people should abandon their faith in favor of his.
He appointed inspectors over all the people and commanded the towns of Judah to offer sacrifice, town by town. Many of the people, everyone who forsook the law, joined them, and they did evil in the land.”
The king’s officers who were enforcing apostasy came to the town of Modein to make them offer sacrifice. Many from Israel came to them; and Mattathias and his sons were assembled. Then the king’s officers spoke to Mattathias as follows: ‘You are a leader, honored and great in this town, and supported by sons and brothers. Now be the first to come and do what the king commands, as all the Gentiles and the people of Judah and those that are left in Jerusalem have done. Then you and your sons will be numbered among the Friends of the king, and you and your sons will be honored with silver and gold and many gifts.’
But Mattathias answered and said in a loud voice: ‘Even if all the nations that live under the rule of the king obey him, and have chosen to obey his commandments, every one of them abandoning the religion of their ancestors, I and my sons and brothers will continue to live by the covenant of our ancestors. Far be it from us to desert the law and the ordinances. We will not obey the king’s words by turning aside from our religion to the right hand or to the left.’
When he had finished speaking these words, a Jew came forward in the sight of all to offer sacrifice on the altar in Modein, according to the king’s command. When Mattathias saw it, he burned with zeal and his heart was stirred. He gave vent to righteous anger; he ran and killed him on the altar.
Here we have a biblical story found in the deuterocanonical books of the bible of the struggle for religious liberty. A new king comes to town and demands that everyone follow his religion. The faithful who have been conquered say, “Hell, no” and even kill one of their own who has collaborated with the conquerors.
They said, “You may have conquered us, but we’re not abandoning our faith. Better to die than be forced to worship other gods!”
On October 16, 2016, the Washington Post printed a full page ad titled “Declaration of Dependence upon God and His Holy Bible.” Among the signers were David Barton, who continues to twist American history to insist this is a Christian nation, televangelists such as Kenneth Copeland and Creflo Dollar, James Dobson, a variety of megachurch preachers, and retired Gen. William Boykin, who characterized US military operations as a battle between “our God” (Christian) vs. Satan or “idol” God of Islam.
The ad said, in part, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. Since our Creator gave us these rights, we declare that no government has the right to take them away. Among these rights is the right to exercise our Christian beliefs as put forth in God’s Holy Bible.”
They go on to denounce abortion, same-sex marriage, polygamy, bestiality, and all other forms of sexual perversion and state, “We therefore respectfully reserve the right to refuse any mandate by the government that forces us to fund or support abortion.”
So these American religious figures, like Mattathius, are saying to the government you may be in charge but we won’t abandon our religious beliefs.
There are those in this nation who believe the freedom to practice their religion is under assault by the government. These are not fringe elements. The two largest denominations in the nation, the Roman Catholic Church, with some 70 million members, and the Southern Baptist Convention, with 15 million members, have made these charges for years.
Also on October 16, 2016, a flyer titled, “It is a Mortal Sin to Vote Democrat” was distributed at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in San Diego. “Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell,” it said.
The flyer was an insert into the bulletin distributed to those in attendance. It also stated that Hillary Clinton is under the influence of Satan. The pastor, Fr. Richard Perozich admitted to the New York Daily News that he had told churchgoers they would go to hell if they vote Democratic.
I think folks always get in trouble when they are convinced they are the one true church or the one true faith or consigning presidential candidates to hell. A friend of mine who grew up in the Church of God told me it was named the Church of God because they honestly thought everyone else would wake up and realize they had the true faith.
The Southern Baptists experienced a fundamentalist takeover in the late 1970s. The first SBC president in the right wing era of the SBC was Adrian Rogers who once said,
This is going to sound almost like megalomania, but I believe that the hope of the world lies in the West. I believe the hope of the West lies in America. I believe the hope of America is in Judeo-Christian ethics. I believe that the backbone of that Judeo-Christian ethic is evangelical Christianity. I believe that the bellwether of evangelical Christianity is the Southern Baptists Convention. So I believe, in a sense, that as the Southern Baptist Convention goes, so goes the world.
He was right. It does sound like megalomania. And when you adopt this line of thinking it’s easy to feel those who don’t agree with you are wrong and are trying to destroy you and the true faith. So when we talk about respecting everyone’s right to worship as they see fit, that just doesn’t work for those who feel there’s only one right way to worship and believe.
This country is far more diverse than when I was a child. The Washington Interreligious Staff Council in Washington now includes Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Muslims, and Baha’is. And, right here in Arkansas, there is an interfaith network. My Arkansas grandparents would probably be shocked.
The ecumenical movement has helped to foster understanding between many Christian denominations and tamp down ‘one true church’ claims. Just a couple of weeks ago, the Pope and the Lutherans had a big worship service in Europe to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and pledged to continue working for unity.
Interreligious dialogues and organizations have fostered understanding and solidarity. Groups like Shoulder to Shoulder exist to enable Jews, Christians, and Muslims to respond to anti-Muslim bigotry. We’ve come a long way to and yet we have a long way to go.
Just as white Protestants foolishly attempted more than 100 years ago to stop Jews and Catholics from coming to the United States, so, too, will the efforts to stop Muslims from entering be unsuccessful. We’ll have to figure out how to accommodate one another.
We have to wonder if some of the religious right figures have more faith in the political process than they do in Jesus. Here’s what Robert Jeffress, pastor of 1st Baptist Church of Dallas, a Donald Trump supporter, said a few months ago:
You know, I was debating an evangelical professor on NPR, and this professor said, ‘Pastor, don’t you want a candidate who embodies the teaching of Jesus and would govern this country according to the principles found in the Sermon on the Mount?’ I said, ‘Heck no. I would run from that candidate as far as possible, because the Sermon on the Mount was not given as a governing principle for this nation.’
As I consider the public witness made by the National Council of Churches and its member churches and most of the faith groups we work closely with in Washington, we are trying to expand rights—for women, racial and religious minorities, young people, to end war, to care for the environment, to protect everyone’s right to privacy, to end poverty, to end mass incarceration.
When we approach elected officials, it is on behalf of the last, the least, and the lost, not for ourselves. We’re not trying to restrict rights of immigrants or of same-sex couples nor are we making the preposterous argument that giving same-sex couples equal rights is a form of discrimination against us.
We don’t face any problems in expressing our views in the halls of power. Just prior to the election, a video of Mike Pence was aired at Sunday services in many churches across the nation. In it, Pence said Trump will repeal the Johnson Amendment. “The Johnson Amendment has literally been on the books since the 1950s and it essentially threatens tax-exempt organizations and churches with losing their tax status if they speak out against important issues facing the nation from the pulpit,” Pence says. This is simply not true.
There’s a difference between us and the religious right—we’re not trying to control everyone’s life, we’re not claiming persecution, we’re not suggesting our religious liberty is abrogated if we don’t get our way.
Further, I believe most people of faith in this country are more hopeful than fearful, more tolerant than intolerant.
I agree with Russell Moore who said,
Many times we Christians are quick to claim persecution when we’re merely facing personal offense. It is not persecution when the woman at the checkout counter at Wal-Mart says ‘Happy Holidays’ instead of ‘Merry Christmas.’
The greatest threat to our religious liberty may actually be some of the religious people in this country.
 1 Macc. 1:52
 1 Macc. 2:15-28


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