Elder Cleopa on Frequent Confession

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“The present life is a wrestling school, a gymnasium, a battle, a smelting furnace, and a dyer’s house of virtue” – St John Chrysostom

Tuesday, January 26th, 2016

St. Xenophon

Dear Ones

The blessings of the Lord be upon you all.

On Frequent Confession

During every fasting period, be sure to confess your sins thoroughly. During Great Lent, confess twice, once at the beginning of the fast, and again at the end of it; the same with the Nativity Fast. St. John Chrysostom says, “if possible, O Christian, you should confess every hour.” We sin against God every minute, every second of our lives.

Elder Cleopa of Sihastria

This last weekend a busload of St. Andrew young people (and some oldies too :) traveled to San Francisco for the 11th annual West Coast Walk for Life – to join 50,000 people in praying and walking for an end to legalized abortion.



Our itinerary was terrific. We were hosted most graciously by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in SF, had two liturgies Sat and Sun morning- one at Holy Trinity and one at Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral- the Shrine of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, and we were all able to confess. We participated in the Walk, were fed by the good people of Holy Trinity, played basketball and volleyball until we couldn’t any more, and attended the annual Students for Life Pro-Life Conference at the Catholic Cathedral on Sunday.



One of the joys of the weekend (there were MANY!) was my personal meeting with Roman Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, one of the country’s strongest opponents of abortion and same-sex marriage…



and meeting Mr. David Daleiden, the man who spearheaded the Planned Parenthood expose videos that have revealed the dark underbelly of Planned Parenthood’s illicit trade in aborted baby parts. He is only 27, was the featured speaker at both the DC and SF Walks for Life this last week, and is an incredible young person. I was able to spend some time with him on Sunday.



Much to my horror – yesterday, less than a day after being with David, the Grand Jury of Houston- which was convened to investigate the illegal activities of Planned Parenthood, cleared Planned Parenthood and issued an indictment AGAINST DAVID HIMSELF!

It is hard to believe that such a travesty of justice could take place-  but then again if we won’t stop killing a million unborn children a year what won’t we do?:- but remember that Houston is the home of Lesbian Mayor Parker who subpoenaed the emails, texts and sermons of 5 pastors last year for opposing her transgender bathroom policy. Poor Houston! How pathetic.

Please click on this link and sign in the petition asking for justice for David Daleiden.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/petitions/i-stand-with-david-daleiden/signed

If you haven’t heard the interview David did with Ancient Faith Radion go here:

http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/aftoday/david_daleiden_the_man_behind_the_planned_parenthood_expose

Forgive me.

Fr Josiah