Only by the Grace of
and only to the Glory of the Holy Trinity:
God the Father,
Unbegotten; God the Son, Onlybegotten;
and God the Holy
Spirit from the Father Proceeding:
Celtic
Orthodox Christian Quarterly
"If I yet pleased
men, I should not be the servant of Christ." [Galatians 1:10]
January
2008
Rejoice, God Loves You
He also loves your neighbor and your enemies. Jesus' Birth, Death
and Resurrection are God's offering to all humans who are
born. Whether each person embraces that offering is up to
them and we are not the final Judge of whether they have striven
against sin and embraced God: God is the Judge.
Jesus did not wait to be born in a proper house. He was born in a
stable. Likewise He does not only knock at the door of those who
strive to perfection, but of the imperfect. None is perfect
except God. So to assume that we are living perfect lives is to forget
that Jesus comes to heal our defects and that we cannot heal those
defects ourselves. We can only prepare a place and welcome God
into our lives. It is through Him that we can be "perfect."
Perfection apart from God is artificial and temporary.
God the Son became God/Man so that we could cooperate with Him in our
lives. Whether a person is saved in the end is not forordained by
God, but known by Him. Salvation is a process where God helps us
to live our lives in a God centered fashion.
Which brings me back to my opening statement: God loves even your
enemies: living a God-centered life means we also try to look at other
people the way God looks at us, with love. As the Apostle John says:
God is Love. So to know God and cooperate with Him, we must
strive to know Love.
May God bless, strengthen, and preserve us through the Birth of Jesus.
+Maelruain, Cele De
We are pleased to announce that
Bishop Timothy of Nashville, TN, USA has come out of retirement and is
resuming mission work.
The calendar for 2008 is up on
our website. Please email webmaster@celticchristianity.org with
any corrections.