Christ is born! Glorify Him! View full size  A great and wondrous mystery unfolds today. A virgin gives birth and remains a virgin. The Word is made flesh...
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Michael Redmond
profilemjr
Dec 31, 2007 8:42 pm
Glory to Jesus Christ! In obedience to instruction: My name is Michael; I was born in 1949; I reside with my wife in New Jersey, close to New York City. I'm of...
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Joseph Suaiden
joesuaiden
Jan 1, 2008 2:35 am
Dear Michael-- I don't know if you've celebrated Christmas already, but there are parishes of the Synod of Milan (including a monastery with the Archbishop in...
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Michael Redmond
profilemjr
Jan 1, 2008 8:28 pm
Dear Joseph, Thank you for the invitation. Yes, I have celebrated Christmas already -- the OCA is New Calendar, except for Pascha. And yes, I would like to...
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John Rossomando
jrossomando
Jan 1, 2008 9:53 pm
Where do you stand on the Second Council of Orange's teaching on grace and nature and Semipelagianism? ... Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with...
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Michael Redmond
profilemjr
Jan 2, 2008 6:01 pm
Whom are you addressing, John? ... grace and nature and Semipelagianism? ... Try it now....
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Joseph Suaiden
joesuaiden
Jan 4, 2008 3:46 am
... I can't honestly say it occupies my days, so I guess the answer is "I don't much think about it". ... -- Joseph Suaiden Website:...
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Framarais815@...
framarais44
Jan 23, 2008 12:11 pm
and maybe this will open avenues of discussion. Fr. Francis _________________________________________________________________________ ______________ THE...
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Fr. Cuthbert
hfrcuthbert
Jan 23, 2008 9:41 pm
I would approach the writings of Fr. Eusebius with some caution. While much of what he says may be good, it is well to remember that he was once in the...
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Joseph Suaiden
joesuaiden
Jan 23, 2008 10:19 pm
... Amen! Fr Eusebius' effects are still being felt. I am very afraid whenever someone talks about "church renewal" and they mean anything other than icon...
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Papa Symeon
bensimonkilmer
Jan 24, 2008 5:36 pm
... that ... still ... Okay Fr Cuthbert & Mr. Suaiden, the caution is noted regarding Fr Eusebius. The issue by which Fr Francis posted the Eusebian quote ...
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Fr. Cuthbert
hfrcuthbert
Jan 24, 2008 9:05 pm
It seems to me that "renewal" comes from neither the clergy nor the laity but rather from the Holy Ghost working to accomplish His Work as needed. One thing...
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Papa Symeon
bensimonkilmer
Jan 25, 2008 3:28 am
... To All OW Members: Isnt it a dreadful concern for the Orthodox Pastor when a lay member is "fired up" and appears to hold an energy for ministry. Geez,...
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Fr. Cuthbert
hfrcuthbert
Jan 25, 2008 11:52 am
For those who may not be familiar with Southern terminology, to be "fired up" carries the connotation of "zeal not according to knowledge". We certainly want...
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Joseph Suaiden
joesuaiden
Jan 25, 2008 7:39 pm
... Fathers, bless: As an Orthodox layman, I think there is plenty for the laity to do to help build up the Church (She cannot be "renewed", but only built up)...
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Fr. Cuthbert
hfrcuthbert
Jan 25, 2008 10:09 pm
-I could not agree more with Joseph Suaiden's well thought out letter. "Renew" is one of those words that 40+ years of post-Vatican II Rome and almost that...
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Michael Redmond
profilemjr
Jan 26, 2008 6:19 pm
Joseph Suiaden writes: "There is a clever deception in this article as well: the implication that the Fathers of the Church were "anti-clerical" , as well as...
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Michael Redmond
profilemjr
Jan 26, 2008 6:20 pm
... Father, you've forgotten "diversity" and "holistic," grin....
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Michael Redmond
profilemjr
Jan 27, 2008 6:28 pm
Only today, following Liturgy, did I have time to sit down read this carefully, and think it through, and yes, I agree, this goes too far. One can point to...
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Joseph Suaiden
joesuaiden
Jan 31, 2008 8:28 pm
... From: Charles E. Carlson <ccarlson@...> Date: Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 11:39 AM Subject: Pharisee Watch: Prison Break from Gaza, a Glimpse of a People ...
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Joseph Suaiden
joesuaiden
Feb 1, 2008 7:17 am
... From: <emrys@...> Date: Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 9:17 PM Subject: [Occidentalis] Celtic Orthodox bishop received into the Ecumenical Patriarchate To:...
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margaret smythe
margi7311
Feb 1, 2008 4:52 pm
To All on the Orthodox West List I started composing a reply to this post and when I tried to save it to drafts it said something about sending and vanished....
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Joseph Suaiden
joesuaiden
Feb 1, 2008 4:52 pm
It seems I was unsubscribed against my will. The Webmaster was nice enough to let me know. The poster who did so had no reason to. I only thought the plight...
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Joseph Suaiden
joesuaiden
Feb 1, 2008 4:52 pm
I hope Fr Ambrose had nothing to do with this? ... -- Joseph Suaiden Website: http://suaiden.freehostia.com New Book: http://stores.lulu.com/deipara...
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Papa Symeon
bensimonkilmer
Feb 1, 2008 5:02 pm
On behalf of Yahoo! Groups I offer an apology to OW Members Margaret Smythe and Joseph Suaiden whose most recent posts were delayed. Yahoo! Groups "engine" had...
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Father Symeon
archpriestsy...
Feb 1, 2008 5:17 pm
Yes, what a tragedy! It is perfectly understandable that the Egyptians do not help their muslim brothers with humanitarian relief; they don't want to offend...
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margaret smythe
margi7311
Feb 1, 2008 5:53 pm
How can you be unsubscribed against your will? Does that mean we can be unsubscribed by people who don't like what we post (apart from the administrators)? I...
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margaret smythe
margi7311
Feb 1, 2008 6:38 pm
Thank you, Papa Symeon. Yahoo is very odd that way - it regularly sends messages from my Yahoo Groups into my spam folder. Meanwhile, of course, ads for drugs...
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Joseph Suaiden
joesuaiden
Feb 2, 2008 12:04 am
Dear Father-- bless! I realize now my post was incredibly unclear. I was never claiming to be unsubbed from OrthodoxWest! In fact, someone unsubscribed me...
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BPeter Brandt-Sorheim
donpedrogordo
Feb 3, 2008 1:06 am
The two volumes of the Medieval Monastic Psalter of Orthodox England Noted in the English Language arrived yesterday from St Gregory's Press. Alleluia! A...
