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’. We are no […]
Archives for 31 July 2008
¡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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
