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Responding to Euthanasia
The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed”(2 Corinthians 4:8-9). Euthanasia is intentionally acting to cause death or refusing to take actions morally required to preserve life in order to remove a…
Read MoreResponding to Public Blasphemy
The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor [Jesus said:] “Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him theSon of Man also will confess before the angels of God. But he who deniesMe before men will be denied before the angels of God. And anyone whospeaks a word against the Son of Man, it…
Read MoreResponding to “Secularism”
The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor “The Mighty God, the LORD has spoken…the world is mine, and thefulness thereof” (Psalm 50:12). “For by Him [Jesus] were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created…
Read MoreResponding to Denials of Infant Faith
The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor “At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, ‘Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, ‘Amen, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children,…
Read MoreLenten Pastoral Letter 2025
Lent is a time for renewal, a springtime for the mind and soul. We are pointed by the Church’s long practice laid out by Our Lord in the Sermon on the Mount: prayer and fasting and almsgiving. The real work of digging up the soil of our hearts is really the same work for the…
Read MoreResponding to Misunderstanding the Church Part 1
The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor “I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the House of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” (1 Tim. 3:15) The Church is not a religious social club. It is not an institution…
Read MoreResponding to “Mary Worship”
The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God … to a virgin …and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, ‘Hail, O greatly graced one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!’ …Mary arose in those days and…
Read MoreResponding to False Ideas About Freedom and Free Will
The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor “Jesus said…‘If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.’ They answered Him, ‘We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, “You will be made free”?’…
Read MoreResponding to False Ideas about Predestination
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these…
Read MorePentecost Letter 2024
Beloved in Christ, Pentecost is about the ingathering of the nations. It also celebrates the giving of the Torah, the “Law” or “Instruction,” God’s Words to Moses on Sinai. Today this Instruction has disappeared from our society. We are lawless. We are no longer, in any full and genuine sense, a society of laws, but…
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