Archbishop Demetrios’ Keynote Address

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios’ Keynote full address to the 39th Biennial Clergy Laity Congress is found at http://www.clergylaity.org/pdf/CLC08-Keynote.pdf. I am quite excited by Archbishop Demetrios’ keynote address, particularly when he says, “The above observations help us understand the importance of the theme of the present Congress: ‘Gather my people to my home’.... [Read more]

¡Adios querida comida!

Well, the Dormition Fast is coming up beginning this Friday. Goodbye lechoncito, Cuban sandwich, ropa vieja, flan, etc. I am convinced that Latinos suffer more from our Orthodox fasts because we use so many of the non-fasting ingredients in our food. We can do more with beef, pork, goat, lamb, chicken, cheese, milk, sugar, olives, and olive oil than almost any other culture. We are more likely to... [Read more]

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Another anti-Obama email

I have just received another anti-Obama e-mail. It is purportedly a set of quotes that show him as a hate-filled black radical who is probably Muslim. As with many e-mails of that type, it is either made up or deliberately twisted. In fact, one of the quotes attributed to Mr. Obama was actually made by a conservative reviewer of one of his books, not even by Barack himself. If you want to, you can... [Read more]

Did you ever . . . .

I was just thinking this morning of odd events in my life as a pastor, and was wondering if anything similar had happened to you. 1. Did you ever baptize someone under the wrong name? Some years ago, I had to spend several minutes after a baptism with a teary-eyed mother assuring her that she did not have to go to the courthouse to change her baby’s name simply because I had made an error when... [Read more]

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Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre

The “Virgin of Charity of Copper” is the Cuban patroness. She is so beloved by Cubans that I only have vague memories of maybe having heard of the Virgin of Guadalupe before I came to the United States (of America) as a child. Like the Virgin of Guadalupe, she is non-white. She is described as either being “mulatta” of of being of mixed white, black, Indian descent, as is the... [Read more]

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