MISSION STATEMENT - CELTIC ORTHODOX BENEDICTINE F
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WHO ARE WE?
THE CELTIC ORTHODOX BENEDICTINE FATHERS ARE A TRADITIONAL WESTERN RITE COMMUNITY OF STRICT OBSERVANCE, ITSELF A SACRED MYSTERY OF FAITH CENTERED ON CHRIST PRESENT IN THE SACRED MYSTERY (SACRAMENT) OF THE EUCHARIST. WE FOLLOW THE TRADITIONAL CHURCH CALENDAR AND ARE FAITHFUL TO THE FAITH, ORDER AND WORSHIP OF THE ORTHODOX AND CATHOLIC FAITH.
OUR MISSION:
OUR MISSION, UNITED TO THE INTERCESSION AND MINISTRY OF THE IMMACULATE MOTHER OF GOD IS TO HEAL THE INFRACTION, RESTORE THE COMMUNION BETWEEN GOD AS CREATOR AND MAN AS HIS CREATION THROUGH THE PROCESS OF VIVIFYING THE NEOTIC FACULTY WITHIN THE HEART; TO HEAL THE HUMAN EXISTENCE. MAN LIVES IN TIME YET THROUGH THE INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN. BY THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT MORTAL MAN FINDS HOPE IN HIS IMMORTALITY. THIS ORTHODOX COMMUNITY SEEKS NOT TO CREATE A PERFECT SOCIETY BUT RATHER TO INTEGRATE INTO THE REVEALED SOCIETY THAT IS THE TRINITY; INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST, A BROTHERHOOD ORIENTED SOCIETY THAT HAS NO SOCIAL CLASSES. THROUGH AN ORTHODOX PHRONEMA WE CAN FOLLOW THE GOD PLEASING METHOD TO ATTAIN DEIFICATION THROUGH THEOSIS. IF THE NOUS IS DARKENED BY THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL THE MIND WILL BE CARNAL. IF THE NOUS IS ILLUMINATED THE MIND WILL BE SPIRITUAL AND IN CONCERT WITH THE PATRISTIC FATHERS AND, INDEED, THE APOSTOLIC TRADITION. IT IS THIS PATRISTIC PHRONEMA THAT WILL BE OUR SAFE GUARD AGAINST THE "GENIUS SAECULI" OF THE ZEITGEIST. OUR NOUS MUST BE THE NOUS OF CHRIST. THE INACTIVITY OR NON FUNCTION OF THE NEOTIC FACULTY ENSLAVES MAN TO MATERIALISM AND LEADS MAN TO WORSHIP THE CREATION RATHER THAN THE CREATOR. SELF-DEIFICATION AND IDOLIZATION LEADS MAN TO VIEW OTHERS AS OBJECTS FOR HIS GRATIFICATION, ENRICHMENT AND SELF-ESTABLISHMENT. THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST LIVED IN THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER IS THE ANSWER TO THIS CONFUSION OF PURPOSE AND DESTINY. THE ORTHODOX TEMPLE {OUR CHURCHES AND CHAPELS ARE TERMED TEMPLES} IS A POWERHOUSE OF PRAYER WHERE A MAN'S TOTAL LIFE IS A LIFE WITHIN THE GRACE OF GOD LIVED THROUGH DETACHMENT FROM THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD, CHASTITY ACCORDING TO OUR STATE IN LIFE AND OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S LAW AND THE LAWS OF THE CHURCH. THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST SETS MAN FREE FROM WORRY AND STRESS OVER MATERIAL THINGS AND LIBERATES THE MAN IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST. THE CHURCH IS A PLACE WHERE EXPLOITATION AND SELF PROMOTION SURRENDERS TO THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND FRATERNITY.
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