by Lawrence on January 7, 2011
Truly the Son of Man, Christ our true God is this day given to us by the Holy Spirit through Mary, the Immaculate and Ever-virgin Theotokos Today is December 25, according to the ancient Julian calendar of the Orthodox Catholic Church, the day of the Holy Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The original five [...]
by Lawrence on December 11, 2010
I am back! I was away for a while, but now it’s time to get started for the coming elections and on into the future. ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ They turned Obama into a star and an idol of the far left Yessiree, the left and the far left, a.k.a., the Democrat Party, built Obama up [...]
by Lawrence on October 18, 2010
Interview with Mother Agapia (Stephanopoulos), Superior at the Convent of Saint Nicholas, the Wonderworker, of the Syracuse Diocese, ROCOR (See pages 6-7 of the Missionary Leaflet) THE MILESTONES The first thing that struck me was the overwhelming response from clergy and laity throughout the US and even in Australia to our appeal. It was obvious [...]
by Lawrence on September 23, 2010
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk is Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations. Recently he gave an address to the Annual Nicean Club Dinner at Lambeth Palace in which he politely but firmly pointed out that the dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Anglicans, “is doomed to closure if the unrestrained liberalization [...]
by Lawrence on May 3, 2010
First, the events leading up to Archbishop Chaput’s Repudiation of Professor Diotallevi’s Reply A short while ago, March 6, to be exact, I published an article entitled John F. Kennedy’s Crime, which concerned John F. Kennedy’s a campaign speech before the Greater Houston Ministerial Association some 50 years prior on September 12, 1960, and Archbishop [...]
by Lawrence on March 6, 2010
Memories of John F. Kennedy and His Crime Some of my memories of President John F. Kennedy are so indelible it is as if they happened only yesterday. One of those memories is of Senator John Kennedy going to Houston to face a group of ministers in an effort to prove to them that his [...]
by Lawrence on January 5, 2010
In October My Personal Introspections blog published a post that asked if the United States would fall apart in 2010, as predicted by Professor Igor Panarin and dutifully reported by IZVESTIA. Today the question is will the United States become a socialist country in 2010. The answer will be yes, if our legislators pass the [...]
by Lawrence on January 2, 2010
MORNING PRAYERS On arising from sleep, stand before the holy icons with reverence and fear of God; make the sign of the sign of the Cross and say: IN the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Then the introductory prayers: Glory to Thee, our God, glory to [...]
by Lawrence on December 29, 2009
Orthodox and non-Orthodox Catholic Christians are invited to read and take to heart this archpastoral message of Metropolitan Jonah, an Episcopalian convert to the Faith of our Fathers. All will be edified by this message of love. The Feast of the Nativity is celebrated by the most traditional Orthodox Catholic Christians on December 25 according [...]
by Lawrence on December 27, 2009
’Tis the Season to be jolly, but . . . the news just keeps on a’comin’ and trying to spoil the fun; still, be of good cheer, not all of it is bad. Christmas Comes But Once A Year Over at Rasmussen their polling shows that for most Americans, Christmas is a day off to [...]
by Lawrence on December 25, 2009
“No longer is he the distant God who can in some way be perceived from afar, in creation and in our own consciousness.” From Bethlehem erupts the news that changes everything, even the “hearts of stone.” The pope’s homily for Christmas Eve by Benedict XVI Dear brothers and sisters, “a child is born for us, [...]
by Lawrence on December 25, 2009
The origins and meaning of the holiday. St. Francis’ stroke of genius. This is how Joseph Ratzinger explained Christmas to the pilgrims who had come from all over the world, just before Christmas Eve. by Benedict Dear brothers and sisters, with the Christmas novena, which we are celebrating in these days, the Church is inviting [...]
by Lawrence on December 3, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Get off your Christian hands now and go to work. Do it soon. If you don’t, there will be nothing left of the American Dream to fight for. It is for this reason that I say the offer is a Limited Time Offer; for, if we continue setting on our Christian hands [...]
by Lawrence on November 30, 2009
The Manhattan Declaration represents a turning point in the ongoing battle for the soul of America. It is first time in my lifetime where so many Christian church leaders have come together and declared themselves open combatants against all earthly powers that oppose one of the primary tenants of the Christian faith: the right to [...]
by Lawrence on June 3, 2009
What U.S. Congressman Ron Paul says here certainly fits in with my personal insights into the pursuit of happiness. He writes: We are at a point where we must decide if torture is something that is now going to be considered justifiable and reasonable under certain circumstances, or is America better than that?
by Lawrence on May 13, 2009
by Matt Langford on February 26, 2009 Bobby Jindal, the governor of my state of Louisiana, has gained much respect in political circles in the last few months. His preparedness in dealing with potential Hurricane disasters skyrocketed him to the top of the Republican ranks. Recently, Governor Jindal was asked to deliver the GOP rebuttal [...]