Archive for November, 2009
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009“Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.” -Sermon on the Mount Blessings and Apostolic Benediction! I would like to invite all of our friends who feel so called to join us in prayer on November the 11th, the Feast of St. Martin of Tours, praying for the peace of [...]
A Remembrance: St. Karl Hugo Pruter – Bishop, Teacher, Writer, Historian
Saturday, November 7th, 2009Today we remember the 42nd year of consecration of a foundational man, and a saint in his own right, within the autocephalous sacramental movement and a shepherd who was near and dear to our hearts in the Ecumenical Free Catholic Communion, and certainly to me personally, Bishop Karl Hugo Pruter, of blessed memory. From Wikipedia: [...]
The Mitten Project
Saturday, November 7th, 2009“…I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 The Mitten Project Diocese of the Road to Emmaus Chicago gets cold in the winter – a forbidding, bone-chilling kind of cold. On the very edge of the north side, in [...]
Betrayal: That Cold-Hearted Kiss
Friday, November 6th, 2009I had written this last spring just after Holy Week and Easter. As we approach Saint Martin’s Lent I thought it appropriate to post. I hope you find it as illuminating reading it as I did writing it. Blessings upon your head, your heart, your home, and your own loved ones! “Jesus was still speaking, [...]
Help Wanted: Priests Needed
Friday, November 6th, 2009We are looking for a few good women and men to answer their call to an ordained ministry for the Holy, Catholic, Church of God within Christ’s Catholic Church. The fields are ripe and the laborers few. The mainstream churches are in transition and turmoil. Both the Roman Catholic and the Episcopal Church are experiencing [...]
The People of God: Peace of Mind
Thursday, November 5th, 2009The People of God By Bishop Karl Pruter Chapter XIV Peace of Mind Several decades ago, Rabbi Liebmann wrote a book entitled Peace of Mind. Unintentionally he began a cult which enjoyed a great rage for over twenty years. Americans had, at last, found a use for God. God was not some remote being in [...]
What Does it Mean?
Thursday, November 5th, 2009What Does it Mean By Fr. Robert-Christopher, OSH Bishop Brown asked what does it mean to be a member of the Ecumenical Free Catholic Communion? I suppose that is similar to the question . . . what does it mean to be alive? Firstly, to me, it means members are Christians. Then the question arises [...]
A Litany of Humility
Thursday, November 5th, 2009A Litany of Humility By Cardinal Merry Del Val (1865-1930) O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, Hear me. For the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being extolled, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being honored, Deliver me, Jesus. [...]
Litany For Peace
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Litany For Peace Lord, Heavenly Father help us to become peacemakers, that we may be called, “The Children of God” Lord, hear our prayer, and grant us Thy peace. Lord, Heavenly Father, help us purge ourselves of those attributes which make not for peace but which set the stage for war. Lord hear our prayer, [...]
Love is the Fulfillment of the Law
Thursday, November 5th, 2009A Reflection By Fr. Robert-Christopher, OSH Love. It is the central theme in today’s second reading from Saint Paul to the Romans. It is a message that many have lost over the years. I see an increasingly disturbing trend toward this message that God hates this or God hates that. We seem to have lost [...]
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