Convergent Streams Volume 3 Number 1

Volume 3 Number 1

First Quarter 2015

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Contents From the Editor............................................................................................ page 4 USBN ............................................................................................................ page 6 Ut Omnes Unum Sint ................................................................................. page 8 Confession - A roadblock to Christ?....................................................... page 10 Hebrew Roots of Our Lord’s Eucharist.................................................... page 12 What does it mean to be mean to be a deacon?..................................... page 14 I Still Cry at the Eucharist......................................................................... page 16 Goat? Or Sheep?......................................................................................... page 18 Liturgical Furnishings, Vesture and Terms............................................. page 20 Huddled In The Storm............................................................................... page 22 Katholic Kitchens....................................................................................... page 24 First Quarter Liturgical Calendar............................................................ page 42 First Quarter Wordsearch......................................................................... page 45

Convergent Streams

Brenda Eckels Burrows, aMGC

Vol 3 No 1

Right Rev. Tom Shortell

This publication is an outreach ministry serving the entire Independent Sacramental Movement, operated by the International Old Catholic Churches publishing office, the Office of Communications and Media Relations.

Copyright 2012-2015 All rights reserved.

Executive Editor: The Right Rev. Gregory Godsey, FESC Managing Editor: The Very Rev. David S. Jennings

Rev. Father Kenneth Nelan, OPoc

Rev. Father Brian Wolf, OPoc Guest Writers: Rev. Mr. Dennis Klinzing, FESC/n The Rev. Fr. Tom Roberts The Rev. Fr. Rick Romero, OSF Rev. Mr. Jason Van Lishout, OPoc

Editor-at-Large: The Right Rev. A. Edmund N. Cass, FESC Contributing Editors: 3

From the Editor The Right Rev. Gregory W. Godsey editor@convergentstreams.org

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have to say that I am very proud of Convergent Streams. We have made it into our third year of publication!

When we started this publication, we were told two things: 1) It has never been successfully done in the ISM and 2) It will never last. That is not to say that we will last forever. But we have been successful for the last 2 years.

It is through the generous help of all of the wonderful people in the ISM or friendly to the ISM that has made this publication possible. You should be congratulated for all your hard work and for all the excellent articles that you have submitted.

It is our hope that Convergent Streams continues for many more years to come.

However, in order to make that possible, we need to have people continuing to submit articles, poems, ads and the like to be published.

And so here at the beginning of our third year, I am asking for you to help spread the word about Convergent Streams. Invite those in your parishes, in your jurisdictions or those who are friendly to our movement to submit articles. Invite them to check out our website at http://www. convergentstreams.org.

It is through this effort and your continued submissions that we will live

to see another 3 years!

Thank you for all your hard work!

Congratulations!

On another note entirely, the last quarter of 2014 has given us quite a bit to pray (and for some of us, fret) about. And in this day and time, prayers are needed all the more. This is why it is important that we reach out to others for prayerful support.

Since Convergent Streams only comes out once every 3 months, it is not feasible to ask you to submit prayer requests for publication. However, starting January 1, 2015, we will have a prayer request wall at the Convergent Streams website.

It is our hope that all of you will avail yourselves of this new feature and reach out for prayerful support. And please remember to check in to the site from time to time through the week to see new requests and to lift them in prayer as well.

You will notice that we have several new faces writing for us this edition.

Some of the older faces have moved on and we are thankful for their support and assistance over the past 2 years.

This means that we need more authors who are willing to submit and article or feature each edition. If you feel called to help us in this way, please let me know.

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Lastly, it is my fervent prayer that you all will be blessed with grace and peace in this New Year. As we beginning 2015, hope springs anew and we should take advantage of that hope and spread the message of the Christ Child to all we meet. It is through His love and His sacrifice that we are even able to have hope.

cause them more pain and suffering.

Until next time, may God richly bless you!

It is very true that we must speak up on social justice issues. It is also true that we must speak out against injustice whenever and wherever we see it.

However, we must do so in Christ-like love and charity. We must set aside our own emotions, our own anger and our own frustration so that we may address these issues in a pastoral way.

+Gregory Postscript Things worldwide have been very difficult with the spread of ISIS and other like-minded terrorist organizations. Add to this the unrest created by multiple police shootings of unarmed young men and women and you have a powder keg of unrest.

It is important that we show the world a possitive path. Social media dominates our lives now days. Many people cannot go more than a few moments without posting something about their lives, their politics or just to opine about some item in the news.

While Social Media can be a wonderful tool to help grow the Kingdom of God, it can also be a powerful weapon that can be used to inflict pain and suffering on others.

My own newsfeed on a popular social media site is constantly full of negitive comments and rants about various political issues. Sadly, very little possitive information comes across my feed. To those in the already dealing with feelings of despair and depression, to hear such things from Christians and Clergy can

We as Christians are called to help each other. We are called to bind up the wounds of our brothers and sisters, Christian as well as non-Christian. We are called to be a possitive force for good in the world of darkness and despair around us.

In doing so, we will find ourselves becoming the possitive change to those around us. We will see that by living what we preach we bring about justice and equality. We will see a marked change in the world around us.

I am reminded of this great quote by civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who said, “Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political and economic change. … Now a lot of us are preachers, and all of us have our moral convictions and concerns, and so often have problems with power.

There is nothing wrong with power if power is used correctly.”

Let us use the power we have been given to build people up, rather than to tear them down. Let us be a possitive force for good and let us inspire others to do good as well. Not just in what we say, but also in how we live.

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Guest Writer The Rev. Father Rick Romero, OSF rvromerosr@gmail.com

USBN The story of an internet broadcasting ministry

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n the Gospel of Mark, Our Lord gave us this directive, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” (Mark 16:15, NIV) The essence of His Gospel is love, and the Universal Spirit of peace and love is embedded in the call made to clergy who joyfully follow Our Lord’s dictate.

Mass communication of the Gospel through internet broadcast is a means to accomplish this mission.

Background Early in the 20th Century there were radio systems that transmitted messages only in Morse Code.

Electronic amplification was a key development in changing radio from an experimental practice by experts into a home appliance.

After the First World War, commercial broadcasting began in the 1920’s and became an important mass medium for entertainment and news.

Then came the television...that funny looking box that had moving pictures and sound. In 1951 over a million TV sets were sold in the United States, ten times more than what there were in 1950. Any family that had a TV in the house was the most popular family on the block. Color

television was also introduced in 1951, but color programs were not regularly broadcasted until 1954. Today you can purchase a color TV for as little as $150.

However, in 1954 a color TV would cost $1,100 -- and that was without a remote!

Americans were watching programs like “I Love Lucy” and “Dragnet.” And many of the kids I knew aspired to become members of the “Mickey Mouse Club.”

It was in the 1950’s that America would discover the power of television. During that time a television program entitled “Life is Worth Living” premiered on the DuMont Television Network during the same time slot as Milton Berle’s hit show, “The Texaco Star Theatre.” (Uncle Miltie’s show was so successful that it gave him the nickname “Mr. Television.”)

“Life is Worth Living” was hosted by The Venerable and Most Reverend Fulton John Sheen, who was the Bishop of Rochester. Many of you may remember that this was an inspirational television series.

Bishop Sheen would speak into the camera and discuss the moral issues of the day, often using blackboard drawings and lists to help explain the topic; and when the blackboard was filled, he would move to another part of the set and request one of his “Angels” 6

to clean the blackboard. (These Angels were actually the TV crew hidden out of sight of the camera.) The charismatic Bishop became one of televisions earliest and most unlikely superstars winning an Emmy Award for “Most Outstanding Television Personality” in 1952. During his acceptance speech, Bishop Sheen credited his four writers -- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John -- for his success.

Catholicism was on prime time TV and for many Americans, the Bishop’s show was their introduction to sacramental beliefs.

of the Catholic Church of Antioch.

The vision of starting an internet broadcasting company began during seminarian studies back in 2009. Soon after ordination into the Deaconate in 2011, USBN started with the renovation of offices located above an Islamic food bank in the Financial District of Phoenix, Arizona. USBN is dedicated to ecumenical ministries that celebrate all faiths based on the Universal Spirit of peace and love. USBN features programs which are spiritual, educational, promote fine art, and feature social justice issues.

Putting it all together

Production of our first programs began in the spring of 2012. Over a dozen celebrations of the liturgy were produced utilizing multi cameras and green screen formatting. Later that year, “Celebrations of Sacred Liturgy” were produced with the cooperation of the Arizona Association of Independent Catholic Clergy. The Master of Ceremonies and host for these productions was The Most Reverend Dr. William A. Wettingfeld, Presiding Bishop of The National Catholic Church of North America.

(Eventually Bishop Wettingfeld became Chairman of the Board of Directors of USBN.) In the summer of 2013 the Board of Directors began seeking programs that would feature Independent Old Catholic Jurisdictions. I believe that the Holy Spirit impressed upon the Board of Directors to create a specific program that would feature the Independent Sacramental Movement (ISM) across America coast to coast.

Considering that the average annual salary in middle class America in the 1950’s was $4,200 and minimum wage was 75 cents an hour, television broadcasting was quite expensive.

Production budgets ranged from $10,000 to $70,000 per episode. Those figures do not include the cost of production equipment and transmitters, office personnel, studios, etc. Despite the high cost of broadcasting, television networks were highly successful with advertising rates because over 13,000,000 Americans would regularly watch programs like “I Love Lucy,” “Texaco Star Theatre,” and others. But the cost of viewership was astronomical; especially when you consider that in our present time we can reach just as many or more viewers through the internet at a tiny fraction of the cost. Universal Spirit Broadcasting Network (USBN) was founded as an internet broadcasting company for less than $5,000.

Starting USBN Universal Spirit Broadcasting Network, Inc. is a non-profit Arizona corporation and is a chartered ministry

Faces & Places Faces & Places is a news journal production of Universal Spirit Broadcasting Network which I host.

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The Bilingual Bishop The Right Rev. Tom Shortell uaccmex@gmail.com

Ut Omnes Unum Sint (That All May Be One)

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here is something very special, unique, and even sacred about a dying man’s prayer.

When faced with the inevitable, the soul reaches out to God in supplication.

Shortly before entering the Garden of Gethsemane, knowing full well the fate that awaited him, Jesus prayed to his Father; first for himself, then for his disciples and then finally for the entire world who would come to faith in Him. (Gospel of John, Chapter 17) Jesus’ final prayer was that we all would be one in faith, in believing that He was the Son of God; that God sent Him to this world.

And even more importantly, that we all understand and believe that God is in Jesus, Jesus is in God and that they are in us.

When I came to Guerrero, Mexico three years ago, I arrived with a hope and plan to serve those within the Roman Catholic community that had been shunned, hurt and ostracized by their church. God’s Spirit guided my steps in a different direction. Today, I am co-pastor of a small church in the Historic District of the City of Puebla,

in the State of Puebla. Our small church is called Nueva Esperanza Puebla (New Hope Puebla) where I minister with its founder, the Reverend David Pettitt, an ordained minister with more than 20 years experience of ministry in Mexico.

After two years of continuous thwarted ministry efforts in Guerrero, I felt that maybe it was time “to shake off the dust from my feet”. I began to consider ministry in other locations. So my search began. At a worship service that I attended in December 2013 in the city of Puebla, I met the Rev. David Pettitt.

We chatted congenially and informally.

I continued my search over the course of the next several months. In July of this year after returning home from another trip to Puebla, I was contacted unexpectedly by Rev. Pettitt who invited me to come visit him. Within a few days I was on a bus traveling back to Puebla.

For the next day and a half, Rev. Pettitt and I talked about his ministry in Puebla, his long experience in Mexico and the need for additional outreach. I was invited to attend the 6PM Sunday worship service, an invitation I gladly 8

accepted, and where to my surprise I was asked to consecrate the Eucharist.

The following morning our conversation about ministry continued. Rev. Pettitt laid out his vision for incorporating elements of Catholicism into his ministry, to add a familiarity and sense of “home” to help his congregation, all of whom came from the Roman Catholic tradition, to heal from past pains and suffering. I had my doubts about how combining two faith traditions could work. I told him that I would pray and think about it and would give him my answer within two weeks.

The motto of our United American Catholic Church is, Ut Omnes Unum Sint; That All May Be One. That phrase kept repeating itself in my mind and in my heart. So, after much prayer, thought and reflection I decided to accept Rev. Pettitt’s offer to come assist him in ministry. Ever since my arrival, my own theological views and pastoral inclinations have not ceased to expand into new horizons, into new directions, into new possibilities that I know are being guided by the Holy Spirit of God. We minister to a wonderful cross-section of people that represent various segments of the Body of Christ. We are a small community but the love and commitment of our church family is palpable. In my brief time here I have learned much from them.

David and I have different ministry styles and we work very hard to combine them into a seamless church experience for our people, one that is spirit-filled, sensitive to their needs and hopefully brings them little by little into an intimate, one-on-one relationship with God through Jesus. Neither of us is compromising our own personal beliefs, but I know we are growing together into a fuller understanding of the multiple charisms that different traditions offer

and in doing so reflect the immensity of God.

We alternate weeks for preaching and we share the other elements of our Sunday service between ourselves and the members of the congregation. Our third partner in ministry, Enrique Zenteno, is very adept at graphic and visual arts. He prepares a video that runs concurrently with the worship service and includes a movie video clip of the day’s Gospel and contemporary Christian music that the congregation charismatically sings to with hands raised, tambourines clanging and occasionally with eyes closed in adoration. Often times Scriptural verses are placed on the screen for the congregation to read in unison or that reinforce the sermon/message that is being preached. Communion is celebrated and all are invited to participate. We just recently learned that a teenage member of the congregation plays the drums; so we invited him to bring his drums to play along with the music during the Sunday service. He enthusiastically agreed. Maybe we can grow this into a small live band! Each week after service we share a communal meal to spend some quality fellowship time together and build relationship.

This is truly an experiment and we are learning as we go along. Our goal is to journey together to build a church environment that is fully and equally Evangelical, Charismatic, Liturgical and Sacramental. Our principle focus is on our small but hopefully increasing community. We strongly desire to create an environment for their spiritual growth where within the context of the Table of the Lord, they find and deeply understand their true brother and (Continued on page 26) 9

The Constabulary Christian The Rev. Father Bryan Wolf frwolf@myiocc.org

Confession - A roadblock to Christ?

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nless you are Catholic, you may not understand the concept of “making a good confession”. It is something within Catholic dogma, and certain aspects of Canon Law, that makes it an obligatory requirement to “make a good confession” before you can be considered eligible to participate in receiving certain Sacraments of the Church. It is said to find its historic roots in scripture when Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and said to them; “As the Father has sent me, even so I send you. […]

Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

[John 20:21-23 NIV] Furthermore, Roman Catholic instruction conveys that by not “making a good confession” and then presenting oneself to partake in the Holy Eucharistanother sin is compounded because one approached God with a “heart of deceit and deception”.

Before I converted to Catholicism, I was baptized and raised a Methodist as were most of my friends growing up.

Going to Sunday school; we learned

of sins, God’s forgiveness and Holy Communion. In church we sang, prayed and knelt. Then Reverend Garrett would give us a cracker and some juice and we wandered home forgiven. During the week we learned of our Catholic friends, who entered a magical box and came out of it with “homework”. I somehow, always felt sorry for them. There seemed to be so much guilt attached. You know what? I still kind of feel sorry for them.

Years later, with conversion to Catholicism and seminary training; I can see the beauty, the mystery and grace of the confession. I can appreciate the reasoning, both practical and theological.

I can even extrapolate that confessing to a priest can be a lesson in humility. But when all is said and done, I still cannot help but feel confession is a roadblock to Christ.

I know personally many Catholics, including a handful of family members, who do one of two things. They either stay away from church completely because it has been weeks, months and dare I say, years since their last “good confession” or they go to church, refuse to participate in the Eucharistic mystery and voice how they feel “guilty” about even being in church.

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This is the aspect I do not understand and cannot rationalize away. Christ knows all things within our hearts.

Christ knows our deepest secrets, our most profound regrets and our shames.

Christ knows the weight that this selfguilt burdens upon our heart. Most importantly, Christ knows the sadness of what this has done to our intimate relationship with him. There are those

you are gay or lesbian, whether you are divorced or strayed from the church.

Whether whatever, we celebrate an “open table” and invite everyone to come forward and receive God’s grace through God’s most intimate loving gift.

This is what I passionately believe. No one, regardless of their transgressions, can approach Christ in the Holy Eucharist with deception or deceit in their heart. What is to be accomplished?

A “free pass” to forgiveness because they bypassed the confession?

that stay away. Those that feel God may have abandoned them, while in reality it is the church who has failed them.

Christ knows we are broken, because Christ knows us. With all our faults and sins, Christ still reaches out to us from the cross. Arms outstretched, he begs to us in our pain to come to Him. This is the greatest joy to me of the Old Catholic Church. While we do reverence the Sacrament of Reconciliation, there is no demand or prohibition from participating in the Holy Eucharist.

Indeed unlike Roman Catholic churches, we do not deny the blessed Eucharist to anyone. Whether you haven’t made a “good confession” in years, whether

Ultimately, God’s grace is so forgivingso powerful and overwhelming, that I am confidant anyone who may have such a mindset of duplicity, is in fact being moved by the Holy Spirit to come forward. It is Christ calling to their soul to return to him. How can this then, be a “compounded sin”? To this end, we must remember it is ultimately God who will judge and forgive us. The priest sole true role within the Confession, is to reconcile the sinner to the church.

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Guest Writer The Rev. Father Tom Roberts sacralkingship@yahoo.com

Hebrew Roots of Our Lord’s Eucharist

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n the World to Come there is no eating or drinking . . . but the righteous set with crowns on their heads, feasting on the brightness of the divine presence, as it says, “And theybeheld God, and did eat and drink.”

(Exodus 24:11) (Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berakoth 17a) Ratification of Covenant – Exodus 24:11 based on Tractate Berakoth 17a Once the people were assembled the law would have been given with covenant stipulations; then the people would recite back to Yahweh, “All the Eternal has stated, this we will do”. Liturgically the people of God were permitted to march up the hill to Zion or Yahweh’s presence where they would meet God “face to face” as a man speaks to his friend. This “face to face” idiom is also called “bread of face” in Exodus 25:30, panim, which was used later in temple services to symbolize the Face of God. The Bread is from the Hidden Manna which is found in Psalms 78:25 as well as the Bread of

the Everlasting Covenant burnt as an offering in Leviticus 24:5-7. Once the ratification of the covenant/giving of the law at Mt Sinai was completed, the people were permitted to climb the mountain to approach Zion which is God’s Temple.

(Rev 14:1) After being admitted into God’s presence, a covenantal wedding supper was celebrated. As the temple services were developed, two cups were drank prior to the Passover meal. The first is the kiddish which was the mixing of the water and the wine based on Deut 26:3. The wine was the symbol of the receiving of the land found in that passage.

God’s love is given to us in bread – Menahoth 29a Next in the Passover celebration the haggadah was the hiding of the center loaf which corresponds to the parable of the Messiah who was that bread in John 6:44, the manna which fed Israel that included the story of the Passover and the drinking of the second cup. He went to a far kingdom later to be received 12

by His Father as the center loaf of His Divine Agency. According to tractate Menahoth 29a, God’s love is given to us in bread which an allusion to “God is love” and “I am that bread which was sent from heaven”.

The Meal is a Sacrifice Zebah The entire covenant meal is to be viewed as a sacrifice, zebah including a todah that is thanksgiving from which we get the word Eucharist where Christ is seen as the final todah who would dispense His Real Presence to His people in the bread and the wine.

This concept was based on Psalms 40:6 which states, “Sacrifice and meal offering; Thou hast not desired: My ears Thou has opened; burnt offering and sin offering Thou has not required”.

The third cup would be included in the eating of the Passover meal (see Mat 26:17-29). Scholars have noticed that Christ tells his disciples to prepare what appears to be a Passover meal when they asked him “Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus saying, ‘Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?’” The idiom referring to the “first day of the Feast Unleavened Bread” may be a reference to the entire Passover Unleavened Season.

There is some evidence to suggest the Galanians may have kept the Passover on an earlier calendrical cycle as opposed to the Jerusalem tradition of the keeping of the Passover. But, no matter which time scheme was kept by Jesus and His disciples during His Last Supper, He clearly demonstrated that He was the final todah through the use of the bread and the wine and as the Gospel narrative truly reflects, He was killed on the Jewish

Passover at the same instant the lamb was killed on behalf of Israel. The statement “It is finished” is a temple marker which indicates the end of the Passover service.

(John 20:30) The narrative in John’s Gospel informs us that Jesus will not drink of this cup again until He drinks with us in the New World or in The Kingdom. The Fourth cup was the story of Salvation History and the Vacancy of Elijah’s chair which was entitled Zebah Todah. This arose in the traditional liturgical response of the congregation, “Christ has Died, Christ is Risen, Christ will come again”.

The term “Supper” deipnon in Gentile thought.

During Paul’s ministry, the rise of Gentile Christianity would celebrate the Lord’s Supper not just annually during the season of the Passover, but whenever they would observe Love Feasts occasions. The churches in Asia Minor continued the practice of the Lord’s Supper during the Jewish Passover as an annual event while the Corinthian Church during Paul’s ministry based their practices on the observance of the Love Feasts and the universal application of the Eucharist. In Greek thought, meals were a community action that give praise to the savior gods. One of them was the God of Wine Dionysus who has a resurrection by the new birth from the wine. This celebration, to the Gentile church, was employed by Paul in 1 Corinthians 11 where the memorial service prefigured the night of Christ’s betrayal which began in verse 17. In verse 20, he uses the term ouwk to show their behavior was not proper taking of the Lord’s cup which was the New Covenant. The term “supper”, deipnon, in Gentile thought is based on John (Continued on page 28) 13

Guest Writer Rev. Mr. Jason Van Lieshout, OPoc jsvanlieshout@yahoo.com

What does it mean to be mean to be a deacon?

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n the journey to priesthood, the first major step is the ordination to the deaconate; a process as one would expect which involves prayer, scriptural studies and other course work and learning the deaconate Manual.

As a part of my journey towards the diaconate, I have read manuals from the Roman church, Anglican Church, Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church and the Baptist Church in an attempt to understand t he catholic nature of the diaconate and what it means to be a deacon, whether it be transitional as in the path to priesthood, or part of a vocational calling to be a permanent deacon of the Christian church.

While specific duties, training and expectations varied among these various denominations, one common theme became apparent; a deacon is a servant and a messenger to the people in and a steward of Christ’s church.

The title of Deacon comes from the ancient Greek term diakonos (dia: through + konos:dust) meaning servant or messenger and is used in the New Testament writings to describe those

who were commissioned to carrying the Gospel out and minister to the people of the world. As the church grew in numbers, the disciples found it increasingly difficult to perform all the same duties they once did for Jesus for now they were the teacher with an ever increasing flock of followers to minister to. So, in the example set forth by our Lord, the disciples called others to follow them, to learn from them and to go out into the world and minister to the needy.

In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4 and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.� This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and

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of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith. (Acts 6:1-7 NIV) Remember, at this time there was no new testament written and compiled, no books of commentary on the meaning of Jesus’ parables, no Jesus to ask “Master, what does this mean?” The

early disciples had to confer with each other to remembers what Jesus taught, they had to rely on prayer to receive answers to their from God, and they were responsible for preaching to the crowds and seeing that the good news spread; they had to prepare others to take their place as teachers just as Jesus prepared them. As so they called others to be the messengers of the Gospels, to go and be servants to those in need, to feed the hungry in body and soul, to hastily go out into the dusty streets and invite everyone they found to come to

the wedding banquet, to be diakonos for the church.

Acts 6 appears marks the creation of the diaconate in Christianity, however I believe this commission of diakonos was first instituted by Christ himself and is recorded in the Gospels of Mathew, Mark and Luke. In Matthew 10 , Mark 6 and Luke 9 Jesus calls his 12 disciples to go forth among the Israelites and having given “them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness” (MT 10:1) Jesus commends them to “proclaim this message: ‘The

kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons.

Freely you have received; freely give” (MT10:7-8). Again in Luke Jesus calls 72 of his followers to go out and “Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you’”(Lk 10:9). In each, these messengers of the good news, these servants of Christ are sent forth to minister to the people who welcome them, healing the sick, casting out demons, and raising (Continued on page 29) 15

Wandering Wisdom Rev. Father Kenneth Nelan, OPoc ken.nelan@sacredwandering.com

I Still Cry at the Eucharist An open response to a presentation on CNN’s by Lisa Ling – This Is Life, “Called to the Collar”

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watched blurry eyed as I remembered my own days wandering through sacred halls towards the main chapel where Mass was celebrated daily, yet not one seminarian interviewed ever mentioned their draw to the Eucharist. Throughout the many years I felt called, through my childhood up until the day I was ordains, I could never imagine a world without some form of It; yet somehow the young men entering the seminaries sponsored by the Catholic Church, under the direction of the Bishop of Rome, have forgotten the most fundamental and seminal calling within the Church – the celebration of the Holy Eucharist.

affect those around them.

Teachings +He walked this earth providing an example of how to live by literally living +His words; something by which some Franciscans have espoused in their many years of service - “preach the Gospel always and when necessary use words”.

Our Christ taught compassion, love, forgiveness, understanding, and myriads of other things not so much by preaching about them, but by actually living out and modeling what he was saying every moment of every day. At the core of +His teachings: • • • • •

Looking back on those days I now recognize many are called, but few knew to what or for what reason they were answering what they thought was a calling to living a life dedicated to specific teachings – the core of which, our very model of which is the life and ministry of our Lord, Jesus. Fewer still will never be able to live that life, nor will they understand how their modeling will

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Love God, Love everyone around you Forgive, Tend to others needs, Be compassionate with others and yourself, Serve, Be mindful of how your journey affects those around you, Remember that life is sacred, Never turn to violence to solve problems, Don’t judge others – you are not perfect either,

• Treat others the way you want to be treated – no matter who they are, • Be ever vigilant of the day +He comes – you know not how, when, where, or through whom, • Don’t ever build yourself up by putting others down!

But we are stubborn beings. We are prone to ugliness and need help on our journeys to +Him and through +Him. We chose, therefore, to remember him always by means of celebrating the last day +His sacred presence – the Cenacle meal and subsequent descent of the Holy Spirit. Every Sunday we gather to remember +His teachings, to remember +His life, to remember +His service, to remember +His call to serve our fellow human beings with the same dignity, respect, and love we show Jesus.

Again, many are called, but few understand the challenge and rewards offered by living a life dedicated to the Teachings and not a life dedicated to our own needs.

New Hope Every time I celebrate the Eucharist I cry. I don’t know why. It’s something with which I have struggled ever since I was ordained. It is at times difficult to hold back and hide the tears that flow so easily when I take +His presence into my hands. The Eucharistic Celebrations is deeply personal for me. I wonder if +Jesus knew millions of people would draw upon +His living example of breaking bread with one another and I wonder if those who engage in the celebration truly understand the power of a single meal? I wonder too if +He knew how powerful a symbol it has become for us.

In many homes throughout the world, meals are celebrated as moments of peace where people gather to learn about, gain trust with, celebrate the lives of, and become one with anyone present at the table. Differences are put aside and for a brief period of time the world slips away into oblivion. Even enemies (Continued on page 31) 17

Guest Writer Rev. Mr. Dennis Klinzing bamadad75@gmail.com

Goat? Or Sheep?

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onderful are the promises for those who follow Jesus, our Shepherd. Yet Jesus warns of some who … Are not His sheep, for they did not heed His voice. Though in His flock (kingdom), they will one day be cast out.

Yes, Jesus described a day in which the sheep and goats will be parted. What side will we be on? It depends on whether we fulfill our duties as His sheep. Foretold in the Old Testament prophecy is the promise of a Shepherd. It would be glad tidings for the cities of Judah. He would gather Israel as a shepherd does his flock.

He would feed them, a type of David (who would be his ancestor). The motif

of a shepherd is revealing… it pictures the sort of blessing enjoyed by those who follow Jesus. It should remind us of the duties we have as His sheep.

Included in the Olivet Discourse is two parables, followed by a judgement scene. The parables are directed toward Jesus’ disciples. The first parable is to encourage them to be watchful. The second is to admonish them to be productive. The judgement scene depicts the nations brought before Jesus. Note that it is the ‘nations’ being judged, not disciples. The nations are judged based on their treatment of Jesus’ disciples.

Those that showed mercy and kindness to His disciples are blessed. Those that

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did not are condemned.

Did you know that we are mentioned in today’s Gospel reading? Yes, we are!

Listen: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats are on the left.” (Matthew 25:31-32) It is hard for us to remember that these words are uttered by a Man standing in the gathering dusk on the Mount of Olives, in the midst of a tiny hand of forsaken men, and looking out over a city where even at that moment his enemies were completing the plans for His arrest and execution. When Jesus uttered these words, by every human appearance, He was defeated. The powers of darkness were triumphant, the shadows of the cross was falling across His pathway, the crowds that once had followed Him had long since gone, His friends were fearful and powerless, and one of them was even then set to betray Him. Yet, as He surveyed the centuries He saw the light that was yet to come, and without uncertainty in His words, in that hour of triumphant evil and seeming human defeat, He declared, “When the Son of man comes in his glory… he will sit on his glorious throne. [A]nd before him will be gathered the nations.”

The mention of nations has proved confusing to some. Those who appear before this judgement seat will not come as Englishmen, Americans, Chinese or Afghans. The Greek word translated ‘nations’ is literally the word for ‘Gentiles.’ This is, then, the judgement of the Gentiles, the non-Jewish peoples of

earth. They were the people living on the earth at the time of Christ’s manifestation of His presence in power and great glory.

The truth is there will be this separation of the sheep and the goats.

There will be a judgement day. We confess that in our creeds, don’t we? All three ecumenical creeds – the Apostles’, the Nicene, and the Athanasian – all states that Christ will come “to judge the living and the dead.” In this judgement of all people, there will be a separation: “He will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on his left.” (Matthew 25:33) Notice that is no middle ground – there is the right, and there is the left, and that is it!

There are sheep and there are goats, just sheep and goats! All the masks come off, the truth comes out, no more pretending and play acting. Sheep are revealed as sheep, goats are revealed as goats. That is not always so immediately apparent in this life. But it will be then.

The purpose of this judgement is obvious to determine who shall enter the kingdom of God, which the Son has come to establish. Through all the great discourses of Jesus in the Gospels the evident passion of His heart is to see the will of God done on earth as it is in heaven. He will manifest Himself in power for the very purpose of fulfilling those ancient dreams of the prophets and the earth will be filled with the righteousness of God as the waters cover the sea. But only the righteous will be allowed to enter.

It is important to note, that this judgement is of sheep and goats, not one of sheep and wolves! Jesus is not choosing between the obviously bad and the obviously good. There is no division here between the opponents of (Continued on page 36) 19

Sacred Sewing Rev. Father Kenneth Nelan, OPoc ken.nelan@sacredwandering.com

Liturgical Furnishings, Vesture and Terms

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he sacristan should know these and how they are used in the liturgy and where the supplies are kept in the sacristy.

ALB - This long, white robe-like vestment is worn by the priest or deacon under the other vestments. The alb can also be used by other ministers.

STOLE - A long cloth “scarf,” sometimes decorated, of the same color and style as the chasuble or dalmatic.

According to the manner in which it is worn, it is a mark of the office of priest or deacon. A priest or bishop wears it around the back of the neck, with each side falling equally in front. A deacon wears it over his left shoulder, across his chest and fastened at his right hip.

CHASUBLE - The chasuble is the sleeveless outer vestment, slipped over the head, hanging down from the shoulders and covering the alb.

Depending on design, some stoles are worn over the chasuble while others are worn as under-stoles. Its color matches

that of the season or feast.

DALMATIC - The dalmatic is a loosefitting robe with open sides and wide sleeves worn by the deacon. It takes its color from the season or the feast.

COPE - The cope is a cape-like vestment that is put on over the shoulders and hangs down to the ankles. It is open in the front and clasped at the neck. The priest or deacon wears it in processions, at Benediction, and other services which are not a Mass. Copes can be found in any of the liturgical colors.

HUMERAL VEIL - Also known as a Benediction Veil, this is a long, narrow, shawl-like vestment used at Benediction and in procession where the Blessed Sacrament is carried. It is worn over the shoulders and clasped at the neck.

SERVER’S ALB - This is the robe worn by the altar server. It is similar to the priest’s alb but sometimes has a hood.

It is usually fastened around the waist with a cord.

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Image from Learning to Serve A Guide for Altar Boys by Fr. Charles J. Carmody.

Published by Roman Catholic Books in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1961.

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Guest Writer Brenda Eckels Burrows, aMGC brendaanneckels@gmail.com

Huddled In The Storm Huddled in the storm Safe in a dead tree Nature had hollowed by rot and death and decay

I read and I do not sleep David, the sheppard boy Made into a king I imagine the desert And it warms like the fire rocks

I rest, but do not sleep Curled up in the sleeping bag Wearing all 3 pairs of pants I have left to me And all 5 shirts

I read and I do not sleep Before long, I have Seen David love Johnathan And the purple blue sky As the stars disappear Soon I will be curled up With a book at the library And there, safe and warm I will sleep.

I rest, but I do not sleep The fire burns low with the carefully made Tinfoil cover on the fieldstones I take the smaller ones, tuck them in

my jacket I rest, but I do not sleep I click on the flashlight Read the thermometer That decides my fate It is 65. I will live.

I rest but I do not sleep I open my bible one of the three books I could not part with When they auctioned my life

When not writing for Convergent Streams, Brenda blogs at brendaanneckels. wordpress.com, is chief cook and bottle washer at Tender Mercies Ministry, and runs a Facebook group called Not All Catholics Are Roman...But All Catholics Are One (NACAR for short). She is a passionate advocate for domestic violence prevention, mental health care, and vegetarian cooking. Disabled since 1993, she has had several careers in multiple fields. She is a Lay Franciscan religious, and an Old Catholic.

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Spicy Chick Pea A good fall-back meal using ingredients that many pantries will often have lying in a dusty corner, but are also cheap to pick up.

Ingredients • • •

250g chickpeas 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard Pepper and salt

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Strain chick peas and dry with a towel.

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in large skillet Sauté peas until slightly colored, about 6 minutes.

Add 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard and stir(optional) Pepper & salt to taste

Chicago Sirloin with Cabernet Balsamic Reduction This is a classically inspired steak recipe, with influences from both American and European cuisine.

Ingredients • • • • • • • • •

Two 8 oz (225 g) sirloin steaks Montreal steak seasoning 1 cup Cabernet Sauvignon 1 cup balsamic vinegar 8-10 cloves of garlic ⅓ large white onion 4 cloves shallots 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil pepper 24

Procedure 1. Dice the onion, shallots and garlic. Set these aside.

2. Pre-heat a medium-sized saucepan to low-medium heat and pre-heat the barbecue to high.

3. Throw the onions in the pan and sauté until light yellow.

4. Add the shallots and garlic to the pan and sauté for a few minutes more. Make sure all ingredients are lightly crisped.

5. Pour in about ⅓ of the wine and ⅓ of the vinegar. Let this simmer and reduce at a lower heat for about 5-10 minutes.

6. Place the steaks on the barbecue, seasoning with the Montreal steak spice.

7. Add the rest of the wine and vinegar and season by sprinkling some fresh black pepper on top. Boil off until you no longer smell the alcohol coming from the steaming wine.

8. Flip the steaks. You want them to be soft on the inside (cooked rare) yet quite charred on the outside, to get that charcoal flavor.

9. Once the sauce has gone down to about ⅓ of its original volume, take off heat.

10. Remove steaks from grill and take inside.

Place the steaks on your plates, cover with the sauce and serve!

You may wish to serve this flavourful dish with a side that compliments its strong flavors such as asparagus, new potatoes, or roasted Brussels sprouts.

Quick Marshmallow Rice Squares Really Fast Marshmallow Rice Squares This recipe is super-simple and requires little knowledge of cooking!

Ingredients • •

1 cup puffed rice cereal, e.g., Rice Krispies 1 cup marshmallows

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Combine cereal and marshmallows in microwaveable bowl.

Place in microwave for 1-2 minutes, depending on your machine’s power.

Press into a buttered baking pan or dish.

Cut it into squares and allow it to cool and set.

Enjoy!

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That All May Be One (Continued from page 9) sisterhood as real children of God.

With God’s grace we will continue along a path of spiritual unity, not only among our congregation but within the extended church. The universal church is entering into a time of ‘kairos’, God’s specially appointed time. I suspect that our small ‘experiment’ is but a precursor and a preparation for ever-strengthening under-currents that are streaming together to effectively unite the Body of Christ into one spiritual, believing body, united in the kingship of Christ, under the governance and guidance of the Holy Spirit. In fulfillment of Jesus’ dying wish, let it be so. Paz y Bien.

Bishop Tom Shortell, OSFC, D.Min. is the Bishop Ordinary for Mexico for the United American Catholic Church.

Confession (Continued from page 11) prayer- i.e.: “[…] and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who have trespassed against us” [Matthew 6:12 NIV] follows that immediately with the instruction: “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”

[Matthew 6:14 NIV] We pray daily to God to forgive our sins and should consider ourselves forgiven, as long as we maintain no ill will toward those who may have afflicted us.

‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As scripture says, ‘Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame. For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile- the same Lord is the Lord of all and He richly blesses those who call upon Him, for, ‘Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.” [Romans 10:8-13 NIV] Our God and His Christ are so loving and so compassionate, that no one is turned away from His salvation if they call upon the name of the Lord for forgiveness and mercy. So I invite everyone to come forward to God’s table.

Christ died for us. There is no greater demonstration of love for us, than this act. We should not let a dogmatic rule keep us from the One who longs to embrace us. For truly, God and we ourselves- thirst for this relationship.

Let there be no roadblocks or detours, to keep us from our God. “Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us; that in difficult moments we might not despair no become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is love and mercy itself.

Amen.” [Chaplet of Divine Mercy Closing Prayer] Father Bryan Wolf is a priest in the International Old Catholic Churches and a police officer. He resides in New Jersey with his husband. He is an associate pastor at Saint Miriam in Philidelphia, PA.

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USBN (Continued from page 7) celebrate all faiths based on the universal spirit of peace and love. The program features interviews with Independent Catholic clergy and community, reporting who they are, how they started with Independent Catholicism, what their outreach ministries are, and what we can do to encourage unity in the Independent Sacramental Movement (ISM). Segments featuring iconic landmarks will be videotaped as a special interest module for the show.

Post production of Faces & Places will be done under the supervision of Cris Romero, who is Producing Director of Finis Productions, a professional media company in Phoenix, Arizona.

I departed Phoenix on October 7, 2013 and have since traveled over 25,000 miles across the United States. Presently I have journeyed through 30 States and have conducted and videotaped 20 interviews.

(More interviews are being scheduled for upcoming months.) Interviews have been diverse and informative and include history of the ISM, as well as personal anecdotes of Clergy regarding their experiences. While in Georgia, it was a privilege and a pleasure to meet Bishop Gregory W. Godsey, who is Director of the Office of Communication and Media Relations for the International Old Catholic Churches, and also the Editor of Convergent Streams. Another interview regarding Christian communications was done with Pastor Pat Rutherford, who is the President and Founder of Praise Broadcasting Network, an established Christian broadcasting network which provided insights regarding media distribution.

Faces & Places will premiere on January 20, 2015 Many unexpected challenges and new developments within USBN’s production staff temporarily took Faces & Places out of active production. Soon after an interview in Nashville, Tennessee, our vehicle was robbed in a parking lot in Pueblo, Colorado. Thankfully, only production equipment was stolen and our camera and hard drives and storage disks were left untouched. Faces & Places is back in post-production and the first episode will broadcast on January 20, 2015. The program will be posted on our website, “www.UniversalSpiritNetwork. org” and also on our page on Facebook.

In closing We live in exciting times! Media pioneers like Bishop Sheen were highly successful despite budgetary and technological constraints.

Costs of media technology and production have drastically decreased through the years.

The computer informational age allows us to have affordable media channels so that ministries like Convergent Streams (of which USBN is a proud sponsor), Praise Broadcasting Network and USBN can serve the Body of Christ. Please watch the premiere of Faces & Places on January 20, 2015, and connect with the ISM across America. We thank you for your continued prayers, encouragement and support.

Rev. Father Rick Romero, OSF, is Executive Producer of Universal Spirit Broadcasting Network.

He is also a priest with the Catholic Church of Antioch and a Brother with the Order of Servant Franciscans.

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Hebrew Roots (Continued from page 13) 13:2 and Luke 22:20. In John 13:4, Jesus commanded foot washing to accompany supper. Similar suppers were held to honor babies at 100 days old and for weddings, baptisms and other special occasions. In the Hebrew Church, the 14th of Nisan as well as special meals still continued in Asia Minor. (See the letter of Trypho) Enthronements and Coronation In the tradition of Asia Minor, John in the Book of Revelation 2:17, talked about the Hidden Manna of Exodus 12 and the New Name for the enthronements that we would share in the World to Come.

This Messianic hope was found at the end of the Passover services taken from the New Song of Psalms 40 to the New Scroll in the Book of Revelation which is based on v. 10 of Psalms 40, “I have not hidden Thy righteousness within my heart”. The concept of the “hidden righteousness” could only be fulfilled in Psalms 115 when the “Hidden Messiah” would be revealed and would dispense righteousness to the whole world with Jesus as the New Passover contained in the Song of the Lamb in Rev 15:4 where “Thy righteous acts have been revealed”.

John said I saw thrones and royal diadems (Rev 19:9-12) and those who have received these crowns were invited to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

This scene is an echo from an ancient practice granted to royal priests and their priesthoods as well as husbands and wives during their wedding feast. The crown symbolizes kingship authority through priestly inheritance (Rev 5:10) through the enthronements consisting of 22 endowment steps which range from

trial, ritual defilement, descent into the grave, resurrection and new birth, new name to exultation, coronation and the final embrace of reconciliation of all things. In that day, we will truly behold the brightness of the Divine Presence which He will share with all His children (Rev 21:23).

Suggested Reading Bloch, Abraham P., The Biblical and Historical Background of Jewish Customs and Ceremonies, KTAV Publishing House, Inc., New York, 1980.

Bloch, Abraham P., The Biblical and Historical Background of the Jewish Holy Days, KTAV Publishing House, Inc., New York, 1978.

Brown, Michael L., Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus – General and Historical Objections, Baker Books, Grand Rapids MI, 2000.

Draper, Richard D., Opening the Seven Seals – The Vision of John the Revelator, Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1991.

Draper, Richard D., editor, A Witness of Jesus Christ – The 1989 Sperry Symposium on the Old Testament, Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake Utah, 1990.

Pitre, Brant, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist - Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper, Doubleday, New York, 2011.

Roberts, Tom R., PhD, From Sacral Kingship to Sacred Marriage – A Theological Analysis of Literary Borrowing, Vantage Press, New York, 2003.

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Skarsaune, Oskar, In the Shadow of the Temple – Jewish Influences on Early Christianity, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois, 2002.

Tom Roberts holds a bachelor’s degree in theology from Triune Biblical University, a M.Th. from Covenant Bible College and Seminary, Federal Way, Washington as well as an M. Div. and Ph.D. in Theology from the Hellenic Orthodox University in Athens, Greece and a DD awarded by St Mark Seminary in Sharon, PA. He believes that his mission is to make biblical knowledge more widely known among the general public. Formerly, Tom has been a professional singer, a lay pastor and a D.J. He is currently an ordained Priest for Christ’s Catholic Church and Academic Dean of St Elias Seminary and Graduate School. Tom resides with his wife and son in Weiser, Idaho.

Deacon (Continued from page 15) the dead; and for those places where the people reject the message, Christ instructions were to “leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them”(LK9:5). Shaking the dust from your feet, an ancient symbolic act signifying unworthiness and denunciation, for if the hearts of the people are wicked and they reject the good news then even the dust from which they are created must also be defiled and should be “shaken off ” lest it is carried with to the next place.

These chosen messengers of Christ’s gospel, these deacons were the original stewards of the Christian church; they walked the dusty path that Jesus walked, they ministered to the poor, fed the

hungry, healed the sick, and invited the disenfranchised to enter into the kingdom of God. In Matthew 25:35-36 Jesus describes the true ministry of the faithful “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’” This is what it means to be a deacon for Christ! And so, through their ministry, a deacon is always to be a living example of Christ’s teachings: “You are the light of the world.

A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.

Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (MT 5:14-16).

Today the role of a deacon is just a crucial as it was 2000 years ago. Members of the diaconate are the stewards of His church, carrying and preaching the Gospel, assisting at the altar of His sacrifice, overseeing the business of the church and forever ministering to the people. With Jesus as the body of the church, a deacon must act as the lips, eyes, ears, and hands: always seeking chances to proclaim the good news to the world, seeing the needs of others, hearing their calls for help, and lifting those in need out of the dust and raising them into the light of Christ! With Jesus as the tree of life, the branches and leaves are the bricks and mortar of the church providing shade and refuge, but deacons are the bearer of the fruit of God’s love, sharing the sweet nectar of hope and charity with the people of the world, (Continued on page 30) 29

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(Continued from page 29) providing succor to those in need, the forgotten widows of the world.

Diakonos, the stewards of the dust, the dust from which God created humans, the simplest, basic component of earth from which kingdoms and mansions are built, from which crops and fruit trees grow and where those who are most in need can be found working, laying on their mats, eking out their existence.

This where a deacon lives and rejoices in God. Photo: http://delanco.org/lentreflection-dusty-disciples/ Berghoef, Gerard and De Koster, Lester. The Deacons Handbook. A manual of Stewardship.

Christian’s Library Press, Inc. 1980.

Gerard M. Nadal, Were the Apostles the First Deacons? http://gerardnadal.com/2012/03/19/ were-the-apostles-the-first-deacons/ Coming Home March 19, 2012 .

Rev. Mr. Jason Van Lieshout is a sub-deacon at Exaltation Hermitage in Greenville, South Carolina. He is due to be ordained to the Diaconate on December 13, 2014. He is a member of the International Old Catholic Churches and works on the Commission on Ordained Ministry. He has worked as an educator and have multiple degrees. He and his husband live in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Eucharist (Continued from page 17) coming together at a meal share in a sacred moment of each other’s lives when defenses are down and compromise can be made. Nothing else in the world exists at that moment except for the celebration of friends and family – no matter who is present.

Every week we too gather in carefully adorned establishments where likeminded (and some not so like-minded) gather in celebration of a Life long ago shed for the forgiveness of sin. An offering of life is made and a rededication of service is promised. But each week we come back broken and suffering looking for healing. During the week we falter and fall on our faces or keesters – and we know full well why we do what we do. But rather than take to heart the teachings we received the previous week (or in some cases the previous day), we instead return to our old ways and think ourselves better than the teachings we supposedly espouse.

But each time we attend the Sacred Meal +He is there waiting for us to give ourselves up to +Him. Each morsel we take into ourselves is a chance at redemption and a chance to change our ways so that we live as +He did so many years ago. Every celebration of the Holy Eucharist is a moment of new hope and chance at awakening.

isn’t a club – it is a humbling, humilitycreating, and soul-bearing Service to the People of God. I applaud the dedicated men Ms. Ling interviewed, but I truly wonder about their call if they are not somehow dedicated to the celebration of the Eucharist – even if only as a participant.

But – men are not the only ones who dedicate their lives in service to the Church – so many talented women have also surrendered themselves to the service of our Lord. Surely we should never forget that at the Table of the Lord we are all equals in the sight of God. The Eucharist – the Calling of our Lord, they are both one and the same.

Each person who attends to the teachings of our Christ espouses a tradition of change and growth, and a life filled with sanctity.

The Very Rev. Kenneth Nelan, OPoc is the pastor of the Sacred Wandering Pastoral Center in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

He is also the Servant General of the Order of Preachers, Old Catholic in the International Old Catholic Churches and Vicar General of the Diocese of Saint Catherine of Siena. He host an internet broadcast on sewing sacred vesture and items. He is also the celebrant of the Sunday Mass broadcast by MyIOCC Live.

I don’t know about you, but I just can not imagine having a call to the priesthood, being called to service within the church, or even sharing my life as a parishioner without having a special dedication to the Eucharist – that sacred meal that brings all people together. This 31

Terms (Continued from page 20) CHALICE - The main cup used at the altar during the Eucharistic Prayers at Mass. It contains and is used to distribute the Blood of Christ.

CIBORIUM - The vessel with a lid used to reserve the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle.

MONSTRANCE - A large, decorated vessel used to hold and display the Blessed Sacrament for Benediction and Eucharistic Processions.

LUNA - This is a thin, circular receptacle, having a glass face, which holds the Consecrated Large Host and slides into the Monstrance for use at Benediction.

PYX - A metal case in which Consecrated Hosts are placed for distribution of Holy Communion to the sick and homebound. The pyx may be small like a pocket watch or of a larger size for use at a hospital or large institution.

FINGER TOWEL - A small towel used by the priest to dry his hands after the washing which follows the Preparation of the Gifts at Mass. It is kept with the finger bowl on the credence table.

DECANTER - Also called the Flagon, this is the bottle or pitcher used to hold the wine which will be consecrated at Mass. It is usually brought up in procession at the presentation of the gifts. During the Fraction Rite the wine in the Flagon is divided evenly into the Communion Cups for distribution to the

people.

COMMUNION CUPS - These are the chalice-like cups used at Communion for distribution to the people. They are usually kept on the credence table in a tray and brought to the altar during the Fraction Rite. The priest presider or a concelebrating priest or a deacon at the altar fills them with the Consecrated wine from the decanter.

THURIBLE, BOAT, & CENSERSTAND - The thurible is the metal container extended from a chain in which charcoal and incense are burned for liturgical ceremonies. It has a lid which can be raised along the length of the chain. It is also called a Censer. The Boat is the small metal container which holds the incense to be put on the coals in the Thurible. It has a hinged cover and a small spoon.

ASPERGILLUM - Also called a Holy Water Sprinkler, it is usually a perforated metal ball on a handle which holds holy water used to sprinkle the people or objects during liturgical services.

It is often used with a small bucket or bowl of holy water. In Hawaii, we often use ti leaves or branches in place of the aspergillum.

CRUET - A small bottle or decanter used to hold the water used at Mass for the mixing of water and wine in the Preparation of the Gifts and, in some places, for the washing of the hands afterward. At daily Masses with a small number of people, a cruet may be used in place of a large decanter to hold the wine.

CREDENCE TABLE - A table off to the side of the altar area which is used for (Continued on page 34) 32

Image from Learning to Serve A Guide for Altar Boys by Fr. Charles J. Carmody.

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(Continued from page 32) the various objects needed during Mass.

It is also called a Preparation Table.

ALTAR - The main focus of the church along with the ambo and chair. It is at these places that the main action of the Mass takes place. The ambo has been called the Table of God’s Word while the altar is the Table of the Eucharist.

The altar should always be treated with respect. The altar cloth should be clean and well positioned. The only objects that should be placed on the altar are those used for the celebration of the Eucharist: corporal, chalice, bowl, decanter, purificator, communion bowls and cups, book of the Gospels and sacramentary. Candles, flowers, etc. must NEVER be placed on the altar. There is only one altar in the church. Any other similar structure is referred-to as a table.

AMBO - The major pulpit or lectern where the Sacred Scriptures and the homily are proclaimed at Mass and other services.

PRESIDER’S CHAIR - The chair used by the priest at a Mass or service.

CATHEDRA - This is the chair reserved for use by the Bishop. He may allow other bishops to use the chair when they preside at Mass or other services in his church. It is associated with the teaching authority of the bishop and is symbolically connected to the Chair of Peter in Rome’s Cathedral of St. John the Lateran.

EASTER CANDLE - Or Paschal Candle, it is the large decorated candle blessed at the Easter Vigil Mass and used throughout the Easter Season, at Baptisms and Funerals. It symbolizes the

Light of Christ in our world and should always be treated with reverence and care.

PROCESSIONAL CROSS - This is the cross carried in procession at Mass and other services. It should be in the form of a crucifix. It is placed in its stand during the liturgy.

FUNERAL PALL - This is the large white cloth (about 6’ x 10’) used to cover the casket during a Funeral Mass. It is symbolically associated with the white garment received in baptism.

TABERNACLE - The decorated metal cabinet used to reserve the Blessed Sacrament. It is always kept locked except during Communion time if the Ciborium has been removed. The tabernacle may have a veil or cover over it that matches the color of the liturgical season or feast (tabernacle veil).

BOOK OF THE GOSPELS - This is the large, ornate, metal-covered book used for the proclamation of the Gospel at Mass. It is placed on the Gospel Book Stand before Mass begins, carried in procession by the priest or deacon during the Gospel Acclamation to the Ambo, and replaced on the Gospel Book Stand either after the proclamation or after Communion.

SACRAMENTARY - The large red book with tabs and ribbons used by the priest at the altar during Mass for the Prayer Over the Gifts, Preface, Eucharistic Prayer, and the Lord’s Prayer. It is usually removed back to the Credence Table before the Fraction Rite in order to make room on the altar for the Communion bowls and cups.

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Image from Learning to Serve A Guide for Altar Boys by Fr. Charles J. Carmody.

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(Continued from page 34) LECTIONARY - The book used by the lectors to proclaim the Sacred Scriptures at Mass. Since it is a book of God’s word, it should be treated with due reverence and respect. Readings change for the yearly Sundays cycles A, B, and C and the Weekday cycles I and II. CEREMONIAL BINDER - The binder used by the presider for the Penitential Rite, Opening and Closing Prayers, General Intercessions, Announcements, etc. as well as for the Baptism Rites, Confirmation Rite, etc. Ideally, the binder should be either a neutral color or the color of the season or feast. It replaces the need for the Sacramentary at the chair.

LECTOR’S/CANTOR’S BINDER The binder prepared for the lector and cantor. It remains at the Cantor’s Stand and contains the General Intercessions, Gospel Acclamations, Announcements, etc.

ORDO - The small book in the sacristy drawer (pages for the day/ week are posted on the sacristy bulletin board) that gives the directions for each day of the year in regard to solemnity of the celebration, vestment color, use of various prayers, Liturgy of the Hours, regulations of the Church, etc.

SACRARIUM - Also called the Piscina, it is a basin, usually covered, found in most sacristies. Its drain pipe has no joints or elbows and leads directly into the earth. This allows for the reverent disposal of baptismal water, water used in ritual purifications, holy oils, or ashes left after burning liturgical items such as cotton balls from oils stocks.

Goats? Or Sheep?

(Continued from page 19) the Gospel and the believer in it. That separation is to be made in the very hour of the appearing of Jesus in power and glory. In the judgement of the sheep and the goats, Jesus is distinguishing sharply among the persons all of whom profess to be Christians and claim to belong to Him as members of the family of God. It is the separation of the hypocrites from the real; of the false from the true.

Secondly, the truth about sheep and goats is that this judgement will be on the basis of works. Yes, you heard me correctly, on the basis of … works. The King will judge us according to our works. He will say, “I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink,” (Matthew 25:35) etc. And then, on the other hand, “I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,” (Matthew 25:42) and so on. So it will be good works, either done or not done. That will be the standard for the judgement.

Did you know that this is the consistent teaching of Holy Writ – judgement according to works? For example, earlier in St. Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus says “The Son of Man is going to come with his angel in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.” (Matthew 16:27) St. Paul teaches likewise in 2 Corinthians, he writes, “We must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.” (2 Corinthians 5:10) Good works done will be cited as evidence when the righteous are rewarded. Good works not done likewise will be cited as evidence 36

when those on the left are told to depart.

The truth about sheep and goats is, first, that there will be judgement, a separation, and second, that this judgement will be according to works.

Thirdly, the truth is, it is only faith in Christ that can produce the good works that righteous sheep do. Everything is centered on the Person of the King. If the work is done in connection with Christ, then it is regarded as a good work. If there is no connection with Christ, then there is no good works. Faith in Christ is the key as to whether our works are judged to be good or not.

Let us now return to the scene our Lord describes, when He will do what no other figure in human history is capable of: dissolve all national distinctions, unite all the nations as one, and sit as the unchallenged Judge of all men.

“Then the King will say to those on his right hand, ‘Come, O bless of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.” (Matthew 25:34-36) The interesting thing about this is that Jesus is clearly saying that the ultimate mark of an authentic Christian is not his creed, his faith, or his Bible knowledge, but the concern which he shows to those who are in need. The practical demonstration of love is the final proof.

And note also that Jesus does not ask anyone to present his case or argue his cause. He asks no questions, nor requests any evidence. He simply extends to this one group the invitation. Then He

explains the basis of His choice. It is sobering to realize that Jesus identifies Himself with those in need. If you can help them, He says you are really helping Me; and if you ignore them you are ignoring Me. The sheep who inherit the kingdom are those who have responded to these needs with love, concern, and ministry. They have probably done so at considerable cost or risk to themselves.

But not matter, they did what they could.

When Jesus turns to the right, He speaks to those who knew they did not deserve the word, ‘Come.” He speaks to those who did not earn their way in, but who inherited it – because they received a new status as sons, blessed by the Father.

He speaks to those who inherited a kingdom prepared since the creation of the world – before they did anything at all. Do you see? Jesus will make it very clear that His invitation is a gift to us.

It comes only by grace. We will not be confronted with any sins, because they have all been judged and condemned at the Cross. Our risen and living Savior will come not to judge us by our works, but He will come in a new way – to bring us to everlasting life. With the goats it is the opposite story.

Surprised!? But we knew this already!? This is our hope, right? Saved by grace? But it is so much more than worldly hope – it is a hope that changes us now. It changes our natural hope to all-out confident hope. Because Jesus tells us here what He will say, and here He speaks of a gift, of an inheritance, of a blessing only by grace. He will tell us what we had hoped for all along. The point here is, that on the Last Day, Jesus will welcome us to heaven by grace, through (Continued on page 38) 37

(Continued from page 37) faith in Him. And if Jesus tells us this is how it is in the End, we can be so sure it is true now. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)The rules will not be changed on the Last Day. The Gospel will not suddenly be ineffective; otherwise our hope would be in vain.

The seriousness of this matter of helping the needy is seen in the severity of the Lord’s words here. “Depart from me you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.”

(Matthew 25:41) And let us remember that these are people honestly think they are sheep! They can point with pride to a moment when they made a profession of belief, they are, perhaps, dogmatic about a creed and are church members in good standing, but their lack of response to the pleas for help that come to them from every side reveales them as goats – false sheep – who never were sheep at all.

The reaction of both the sheep and the goats to the Lord’s words is one of stunned surprise. They are completely taken aback by what He says. It is clearly evident that both groups expected a different basis of judgement. As they were being divided into one group or another, they doubtlessly felt they knew the reason for the choice. Surely the sheep would feel that the basis was that of faith. Can’t you see them waiting to come before the King, each one nervously reviewing his testimony, trying to recall the exact wording of the great promises on which he would rest all his hopes for this moment?

But the strange thing is, not one is ever given the chance to say a word. The issue is already settled. Each person is

simply told to which group he belongs.

The sheep are asked to take their place on the right hand of the throne because their genuine faith has been producing its inevitable fruit of good works. Unthinkingly, unconsciously, born of love for Jesus Christ, they have been responding to the needs of those around them. They kept no records, they expected no praise. For them it has been a glad privilege. They were unaware they were doing anything unusual, but found a real delight in meeting the needs of others. There was no hardship involved.

They felt it was a continuing joy to be permitted to minister in Christ’s name.

But not one deed performed in that way has ever escaped the eyes of their watching Lord. There is no need for Him to examine them. They had laid up abundant treasure in heaven.

The goats are equally surprised. Very likely they are sure that it is their good works thaty will save them. They know that God is interested in the poor, the downtrodden, the oppressed, and they are all ready for Him. Already they are making long mental lists of the many times they have ministered to those in need around them. They can recall detailed descriptions of what they did.

They, too, are caught off guard by this basis of judgement. Yet they have guessed more closely than the sheep the true basis for judgement. They are a total loss to understand His rejection. But they have forgotten what Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount. There He is careful to tell us that deeds done to be seen by men already have their reward. Even if the deeds are not publicly known, if they are done for private satisfaction they are in the same category. “Let not your left hand know what your right hand does”, (Matthew 6:3) He says. That is, do not 38

even take note of what you do yourself; do not even privately pat yourself on the back.

It is the times which they have forgotten that He uses for judgement, and not the times they remember. It is the times they looked the other way when some begging hand reached out.

The times they were busy with other demands when word came of the sick and the dying. The times when they refused, through shame or pride, to visit some poor wretch in prison lest they be associated with him. Their eyes were averted as they walked around the stricken man lying by the wayside. They turned deaf ears to pleas when they could have helped. But these incidents have long been forgotten. They are quite honest when they say in astonishment, Lord, when?

Nothing reveals more sharply the radical difference between God’s judging and mans than this story of the sheep and the goats. Even our treasured ‘good deeds’ are shown up for what they are in the searching light from this throne of glory. The good deeds that are not unconscious, automatic response of a heart indwelt by Jesus Christ are not truly ‘good’ deeds. They are planned deeds, contrived, carefully performed in the public eye, or if in private, done in the hope that they will purchase some merit or favor before God. But God’s judgements take note only of the unconscious moments of our lives, the times when we are off guard, when we are unaware. It is then that we truly reveal ourselves. The test comes, not in our remembered actions, but in our unconscious reactions, our instinctive, unplanned responses.

sheep and goats will be parted. What side will we be on? It depends on whether we fulfill our duties as His sheep.

The Rev. Mr. Dennis Klinzing is a cleric in the International Old Catholic Churches. He is working his way toward the priesthood. He and his two children live in Alabama.

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