I don’t and have not asked anyone for tithes and only once in 4 years have I asked for a love offering to help this ministry and at no time has anyone ever sent help. That is OK, in my heart I never really expected anyone to come to my aid.

But this is different. It’s not for me but for two people who I know very, very well and who when I was homeless, helped me out and yes their story here is true. I have even been helping these folks out by putting them in contact with state and county agencies here in Ohio but to no avail.

Now they have no where to turn and I am still doing what I can to help them. Karen and Jon are really good people and they really do, need your help. So please do what you can and donate even a few dollars.  For every dollar truly does help.

Remember what goes around comes around and who knows, you might find yourself or someone you know in this same type of situation. Besides you know as well as I do that God loves a cheerful giver and that you will be blessed 100 fold for doing so. Thank you with all my heart and prayers…

http://www.microgiving.com/profile/stthomasdr

Is time on your side, or do you wish you had more time? Listen to this message and find out what time can do for you. It truly is worth your time. So go ahead and click the link below or copy and paste it into your browser if you must and find out what time is all about…

Sincerely yours in Christ time,
Bishop Andrew R. M. Manley DD., O.S.A., O.S.P.

The Christian Warrior Network  &  Universal Life Church of the Celtic Cross

http://www.spreaker.com/user/ulccc_icci/coffee_and_the_good_book_10_11_12

Isn’t it wonderful to know how much the Holy Trinity loves you. You might even say the love that you receive is three times as much love as opposed to not knowing the love of Jesus Christ in your life. Just food for thought !!!

May you always have three times as much love around you all the days of your life,

Bishop Andrew R. M. Manley  DD., O.S.P., O.S.M.  Universal life Church of the Celtic Cross, An Independent Catholic Church and Non-Denominational Christian Church Ministry

Mankind makes bad decisions everyday without having a legal right to do so. Why than just give them a free pass to make one whenever they feel like it? That’s what we will be doing if we don’t take the time to stand up for those that can’t make a real choice if their lives depended on it. Those people that would rather listen to a friend, or worse yet not try to see what options are available to them, other than taking an innocent life.

No change today, no change tomorrow, no change next week, no change next month. No change in this election, will mean millions of innocent lives will have no choice of their own. No choice to speak for themselves. There is no time like the present and mostly, there is no time to waist.

So I ask you, how much time do you need to do what is right for future generations of your own bloodline. Yes, your human immortality will be at jeopardy. Is that your will? Is that what you want for your children and grandchildren? Your great grandchildren? Even your great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandchildren? I used 14 great grand children because that is the number in the genealogy of life from the beginning to the birth of Jesus Christ himself.

Just think what the world would be like, if someone in His genealogy had had an abortion anywhere along the line. Isn’t it time to be a real man, a real woman that has love for life and not free will to take life. Yes there is a choice and Jesus is waiting to see what choice you will make.

Would you condone murder by looking the other way? What if it was a member of your family that was murdered and a friend saw the whole thing happen and decided NOT to get involved. How would that make you feel. We see it most everyday play out in other peoples lives but it yet has hit close to home for many of us. Many of us to even care, that is.

Should that stop you from feeling sorrow for those that have lost their lives? We’ll whats the difference than of having the right to have an abortion, just because you don’t want the child? The bible states – Thou shall not kill but what is abortion then if not killing?

The answers are in you, and the question is, isn’t it time for you to do something about it. It’s not just a Christian issue, it is an issue about where humanity with be 25 or 50 years from now. That is if you don’t take the time to do what you know is right. Just remember what might be right for one person, may not be right for all persons. Weather it is their right or not…

Jane Roe’s prolife commercial

Reversing Roe: The Norma McCorvey Story

Former Planned Parenthood Leader Abby Johnson on Life Unplanned

Planned Parenthood Abortion Sting!?!

Bishop  Andrew R. M. Manley DD., O.S.P.

A minister with the ULC of the Celtic Cross Pakistan…

Pakistani Media will not ,  the serious crime of Pakistan Muslim nurses poisoning their fellow Pakistan Christian nurses at the Civil hospital of Karachi the last week of July. Recently 8 Christian nurses died and 11 are in serious condition and have been admitted to ICU.

The Gakistanovt Of Sindh Province
or by supreme court of Pakistan has not as of yet taken action against these murderous act because the Christian nurses were drinking tea during fasting months of the Muslim Religion. Ramadan migrates throughout the seasons, 2012 July 20 through August 18.

Evangelist Abid Nawab sent this to me 8/4/12 in broken English and is very sadden regarding these murderous acts by his fellow countrymen and greatly loves his Nation. He is asking us to pray for the children and people’s of Pakistan and to have this unjust act publicized via our Facebook accounts because their Media refuses to.

Attention: From Bishop Andrew R. M. Manley

I realize that several Christian brothers and sisters stood up for the owner of Chic fil-A the other day and for that action they should all be lifted up in prayer. But if you noticed, I said “several” which does not constitute a whole. Meaning, where are all the people who call themselves Christian and what are they waiting for. Someone to poison them or cut off a family members head and put it on youtube, before the put real political pressure on this nation’s government.

I’ve had enough, So here’s a plea folks. Lets just start with our own ministers and maybe even put a request out to Rev. Mike Huckabee and Rev. “Billy” Graham, Jr. or even Rev. Jesse Jackson. Or any large evangelical minister like Rev. “Rick” Warren, even. I don’t know what else to do.

My ministry speaks out on this issue and much, much more and this ministry reaches out to my small humble congregation about these issues and even more. They tell me that they didn’t know these things were going on. So together we do what we can.

But American Christians seem ether deaf, dumb or blind to what is happening to other Christians in other areas of the world or they know but feel powerless or the just don’t give a _ _ _ _. (it’s only four letters and it rimes with sap). I put out information on several ministry sites I talk with ministers and priests from different churches and they give me the “bobble head syndrome” ( that’s the nodding of the head in agreement syndrome), and still do nothing.

If anyone whats to help bring this issue to light and make it a political issue in this years election say on foreign policy. I would be honored to help spearhead a campaign and bombard the media if I thought it would help. I just know that the major networks are to liberal to care about Christians suffering, being persecuted and or dying for their belief and love for Jesus. Anyone, anyone at all, got any ideas???

Bishop Andrew R. M. Manley DD., O.S.P.

310 West 7th, Street # 1212  Lorain, Ohio  44052  U.S.A.

OR e-mail me at http://www.celticcrossministry@gmail.com

You can even leave a message here if you like…. I really don’t mind ! Your call !

Now with that said I came across the title of the blog piece from a Wikipedia search, whom I am so very thankful for their collaboration with others on this subject matter. In apart, to help folks like you and I, to have a better understanding of the “History of our faith, Christianity”. Centuries in the making even if it is just a glimpse into the characters of those that have show a dedication and love for Christ and His ministry of faith that is Christianity. The Twelve Apostles of Ireland was a topic that I as an Irish American had never heard of. Not even when in my youth being raised by the Franciscan Sisters at our little convent here in Ohio. Convent might be a slight stretch of the word however, we did just called it home.

Nonetheless, this subject definitely caught my attention and I thought it might be nice to help you, and others around the world to explore the faith in a new and interesting way. Most every person in the world with the exceptions of a few, celebrate this heritage at least one day a year. That day many folks, maybe even you, call themselves Irish with the celebration of the feast of Saint Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland. Maybe in this small way you might understand and appreciate the awesome history of the heritage of this small but very great Irish Nation.

So read on and if your curiosity peeks during your glances, than by all means click the links and follow where it takes you. That’s just half the fun of it. I am very sure you will be very, very blessed for taking an interest in the Saints that made a difference in their time as we here at Celtic Cross Ministry and the Christian Warrior Network pray, that you do with your life. Making a difference in a positive way in your personal journey through life, is one of the gifts God gives you each day. And that is to try and not only make a difference in the world but make it positive as well. Just as these holy men of God did in their journey here on earth.

I pray you will enjoy you experience through the works of people that thought you should know. I say for now, God Bless and have an awesome day. Oh, and remember, knowledge is power. Besides being great for trivia games…

Sincerely blessed because of you, and them,  Bishop Andrew R. M. Manley, DD., O.S.P.

The Celtic Cross Foundation of Ministry and the Universal Life Church of the Celtic Cross.

Twelve Apostles of Ireland

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St. Finnian imparting his blessing to the Twelve Apostles of Ireland

This article is about the group of Irish saints. For the IRA unit sometimes known as the Twelve Apostles, see The Squad (Irish Republican Army unit).

The Twelve Apostles of Ireland (also known as Twelve Apostles of Erin)(Irish: An Dá Aspal Déag) were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finian at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird (Eraird’s Meadow), now Clonard in County Meath.^[1]

Contents 1 Dá apstol décc na hÉrenn 2 Clonard Abbey 3 The Twelve Apostles 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

Dá apstol décc na hÉrenn

The twelve saints are grouped together as such in the text Dá apstol décc na hÉrenn (“The Twelve Apostles of Ireland”, the modern Irish being An Dá Aspal Déag na hÉireann). The text is preserved in a manuscript belonging to Michael O’Clery, Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale MS 2324–2340, and elsewhere. When the so-called twelve apostles of Ireland are gathered together for a feast in the house of St Finian, a magical flower appears in their midst. It is decided that a voyage to the flower’s homeland is to be undertaken by one of them, the choice of person then being determined by casting lots. When however, the lot falls on the old Brendan of Birr, his younger namesake Brendan moccu Altae goes in his stead. Brendan sets out with many companions and undergoes many adventures, much as related in Brendan’s Life.^[2]

Clonard Abbey

Main article: Clonard Abbey

In Early Christian Ireland the druidic tradition was succeeded or absorbed by the new Christian faith. Study of Latin learning and Christian theology in monasteries flourished. Clonard Abbey, situated on the River Boyne in modern County Meath was one of the main monastic schools. During the sixth century, some of the most significant names in the history of Irish Christianity studied at the Clonard monastery. It is said that the average number of scholars under instruction at Clonard was 3,000. Twelve students who studied under St. Finian became known as the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.^[1]

The Twelve Apostles

The Twelve Apostles of Erin, as they were known by old Irish writers, are said to have been:

• Saint Finian

Finnen of Cluain Iraird, now Clonard in Meath. He died in the year 522.

• Saint Ciarán of Saighir (Seir-Kieran)
• Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnoise

Ciaran of Cluain Mic Nois, now Clonmacnoise, on the Shannon, in the barony of Garrycastle, County Offaly, died in the year 549.

• Saint Brendan of Birr

Brenainn of Birra – St. Brenainn, or Brendan, of Birra, now Birr, County Offaly. He died on the 29th of November 571.

• Saint Brendan of Clonfert

Brenainn, the son of Finnloga, the patron saint of the see of Clonfert, in County Galway, was born in 484, and died in 577 aged 94.

• Saint Columba of Terryglass

Colum Mac Crimthainn, was abbot of Tir-da-glas, now Terryglass, in the barony of Lower Ormond, in the county of Tipperary, and died in 552, the same year as St. Finen of Clonard.

• Saint Columba of Iona

Colum Cille. – St. Columbkille was born in the year 521, and died in the year 597, aged 75. Columba was an outstanding figure among the Gaelic missionary monks who some of his advocates claim introduced Christianity to the Kingdom of the Picts during the early medieval period.

• Saint Mobhí of Glasnevin

Mobhi Clarainech, patron of Glasnaidhen, now Glasnevin, near Dublin. He died on 12th of October 545

• Saint Ruadhain of Lorrha

Ruadhain of Lothra – St. Ruadain, the patron of Lothra, now Lorrha, in County Tipperary. He died on the 15th of April 584.

• Saint Senan of Iniscathay (Scattery Island)
• Saint Ninnidh the Saintly of Lough Erne

Ninnadh the Pious, the patron of the parish of Inis Muighe Samh, now Inismacsaint, in the north-west of County Fermanagh. He was alive in 530 but the year of his death is uncertain.

• Saint Laisrén mac Nad Froích

Molaisi, the son of Nadfraech, he was the brother of Aengus, the first Christian king of Munster and died in 570.

• Saint Canice of Aghaboe

Cainnech Mac h-Ui Dalann, the patron of Aghaboe in County Laois, who died in 599 at the age of 84.

• Saint Finnian of Moville

Finnen of Magh Bile, now Movilla, in County Down. He died in the year 576.

See also

• Twelve Apostles

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Gratton-Flood, W.H. (March 1, 1907). “The Twelve Apostles of Erin”. The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York: Robert Appleton Company) I. Retrieved 2008-02-09
2. ^ Mac Mathúna, “The Irish Life of Saint Brendan“, pp. 147-9.

References

• Dá apstol décc na hÉrenn, ed. Charles Plummer (1922). Oxford. 2 vols: 1 and 2. Clarendon. pp. 96–102 (vol. 1, text), 93–8 (vol. 2, translation). See also pp. xxiv–xxv (vol. 1).
• Mac Mathúna, Séamus (2006). “The Irish Life of Saint Brendan: Textual History, Structure and Date”. In Glyn S. Burgess and Clara Strijbosch. The Brendan Legend: Texts and Versions. Leiden and Boston: Brill. pp. 117–58.

• Gratton-Flood, W.H. (March 1, 1907). “The Twelve Apostles of Erin”. The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York: Robert Appleton Company) I. Retrieved 2008-02-09
• O’Donovan, John (1842). The Banquet of Dun Na N-Gedh and The Battle of Magh Rath. For the Irish Archaeological Society. pp. 26. ISBN 978-0-7661-8765-8..

External links

• “The Twelve Apostles of Erin”. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.

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Warriors, there are times that the paths in life are filled with obstacles, it is how we deal with those obstacles that will influence the final outcome of our journey in this life. So, as this photograph I took several years ago illustrates, we must all keep our focus on the prize. That being the gift of our Lord and Saviors suffering for each and everyone that seeks the kingdom of God above all else in their life. Until we meet again, may God bless you and stay with you as you venture the righteous path of eternal bliss with the whole family of God… With great humility and Christian love for all mankind, God bless and may He keep you on course to His pearly gates of heaven… Bp. Andrew.

An unrelated note of personal history yet to know something can help us to know everything :

This picture is taken in what is known as the Wheat field on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I have meditated here many times over the last 30 + years of my life, because it was in this field on July 2nd 1863 that a great cousin of mine (Timothy Manley of the 63rd Irish Brigade) was mortally wounded in the battle that took place. When I would come to this portion of the battlefield I always seemed to be at peace within my heart and soul. Most likely because of this connection between Timothy and I, to this piece of hollowed ground.  I would contemplate what took place here as well as, what was taking place in my own personal life and the world around me.

The Holy Trinity, the saints (as I call them) and lost souls of this horrific killing field have aided me to realize many things over the years. It is a special place to come, that allows one to reflect and sort out what is important in one’s life. It also aided me into seeing what was important in my life and what might occur if I chose one path over another.

On this piece of hollowed ground over 6,000 men and boys were either wounded or dead in less than 2 1/2 hours of close quarter fighting. It even went hand to hand in the Rose Woods and on the Stoney Hill. The total area of this one battle took place in about a 25 acre piece of land. A killing field and a part of American history that would be just as major a place as any other battle that would set this country onto the path which it is on now.

Men have said that these men that fought and died here did not die here in vain, but that they gave there last full measure of life, fighting for what they believed in. A United Union. A union of states that still stands today and is mighty only because of their sacrifice as well as those that continue to sacrifice today for our freedom. Not only in this country but for others around the world.

The world. It is a much smaller place now than it was back in 1863 that fateful day. It never ceases to amaze me when I see what is happening to our world let alone our country. I do not feel that those men, like my cousin died so that we could lose our freedom of faith, but it seems to me that is exactly what we are doing, just for the sake of an argument. Of what is fair and what is not.

Freedom is a gift that has come at a very, very high price no money can buy it and no one can give it except for God. Yet mankind continues to raise the stakes of the cost of that freedom. A country and a world and it’s total population in lives, and in deaths of principles which stand for equality. Principles that are not necessarily the best path for a God-fearing nation or world. The things that effect all mankind need to be talked about in the open, although there is a time and place for closed-door meetings as well. As well as the outcome of those meetings are brought forth to the public and that outcome will benefit all humanity. Not just a few, or a few that feel they have all the right answers or even those that feel they have no rights at all and that the world is against them personally. It is not personal. It is only personal if one makes it personal.

We don’t, have the answers but our faith in Christ does. Yet many don’t care about their faith here, in the realm of Christianity which makes up the back bone of our freedoms here in the United States. Others faiths around the world set aside public time for prayer by the masses of their own belief. Yet Christianity and those that call them selves Christian are hypocrites to their own faith. Folks here in the U.S.A., that claim Christianity as their belief are blind to the concept of not wanting to offend, yet we are doing just the opposite, we are just rolling over and hoping things will get better. Well it won’t and those that don’t get involved are doomed to be servants to those that impose their personal will on the masses. Others in far off lands are willing to die for their belief no matter what it is. While we here in the U.S.A., are to busy complaining about self-centered ideals to give a damn about what else is important in life or even what God thinks.

This is where humanity across the board is making the biggest mistake of all. That being that this world is only ours for a short while and that it really belongs to the one that created it. God ! God is where we as Americans and Christian Americans at that, need to focus, for if we don’t, I am afraid that men like my cousin and maybe someone you know personally today, will have died in vain after all.

We need not wait to fight back, although we do need to fight back for the right reason. And that reason is obvious. That is if you are not ignorant to the belief of a supreme being that has control over all life. And that can send even the least of the that which offends, to hell or to heaven. The choice is yours to make. “W.W.J.D” ?

I know which path I chose and that is a righteous path that leads to the glory of God in the highest. Not through demands, not through disrespect, not through fear of terrorism and not because man says so. But through the love and peace that is Jesus Christ lest we forget, that Christ does not come to bring peace to the world, but rather the sword.

My sword is my voice, my writings and my ability to see past the smoke and mirrors, the saber rattling of empty words and above the noise of a disgruntled world. Jesus is the way ! And heaven is where we need to be looking. Not just the few, but the masses that claim Jesus Christ and Christianity are the truth and the light and the way to heaven and eternal peace. By the tens of hundreds of thousands we need to act as one truly united. Those that truly want what God wants. Not what man wants. Our priorities are all screwed up and we as a Christian Nation had best become united sooner than later because of it. For later, will be too late.

Sincerely yours in the servitude of our Lord, Jesus Christ, now and forever,

Bishop Andrew Robert Moses Manley DD., O.S.P., O.S.M., O.S.F.

Patriarch of the Celtic Cross Foundation of Ministry and the Universal Life Church of the Celtic Cross.

Forgiveness is the key that sets one free. And being the one that has been forgiven also is free. So we can say that by an act of forgiveness is also one of the keys to heaven, for by the act of forgiveness we show a true act of unconditional love.

Reaffirming Christ’ commandment to love one another as thy self. Yet in order to forgive you must understand how it feels to truly be forgiven. You are forgiven when you forgive.

Pretty simple but why is it so hard to forgive. It is because we have not fully excepted Christ’ commandment as fact. Yet we know that, that to is not true but rather a perception of what one considers to be true forgiveness.

Just remember that to forgive is to love and to love is to show forgiveness which is an act of love. Christ forgives you to prove His love for you. So what about you ? Have you forgiven all ? Have you forgotten it all ? Only you can answer to all and will answer to all. I guarantee it to be so…

Sincerely yours in the repentance of true sin, your sin and my sin, in the love of Christ Jesus now and for always and forever…
Bp. Andrew

Christian Warriors it’s another sad day here in America. Many of you have heard about the senseless shooting that has killed so many and wounded so many more in Colorado today. Let us pray that those effected by this incident will find the answers and peace they seek.

( + ) Lord Jesus, you are Love, you are Peace, and you are Mercy. We beseech thee to look upon the victims you have called to you, an advocate for them that their place in heaven is assured enough to have them all, be able to stand with you by your side forever.

Please Father, look upon your children that are left behind to grieve, and mourn in the loss of those they loved and cared for. Stand by those family’s that are with others, in that part of time that is known as a waiting game for answers. Let them have patience to endure the long-suffering that is to come. And as they wait to find out what the condition is of their friends and loved ones, let it also be a time of inner spiritual reflection of positive emotions and loving memories that help carry them through this time of sorrow.

Lord, please give this Christian Nation the ability to stand up in support of that which is right and righteous in your eyes and in your sacred heart. Allow thy Holy Spirit to come upon all those that seek you and stand for love and forgiveness.

And lastly dear Father, Lord of all in Heaven and on Earth, allow this incident to help turn this nation back on a course that is of your will for all people. Let this or any act of violence not define us as weak or even meek in those eyes and hearts that want so badly to hurt this nation and it citizens. Grant us your shield of protection and out fit us with the armor that is your word and your will for all humanity.

Your children in Israel and other people’s, in other nations, have been dealing with incidents like this for decades. Let us take notice of their patients. Let us come together as a united world to fight back Satan and his henchmen where ever they lie in wait. Let their chance to cause havoc become uneventful in the lives of a tolerant nation of Christianity.

So brothers and sisters pray with me in the words our Lord and Savior gave to us as an example on how and what to pray in all times and in any event.

Our Father who art in heaven, Hollowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that have trespassed against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. – Deliver us Oh lord from every evil and grant us your mercy. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.

May our Lord watch over us and keep us ever mindful as to the power of prayer and it’s ability to conquer evil and perform any miracle that is asked for in His, Holy name. And let us all remain united in giving our Lord, and Savior, our praise for the love He shows us each and everyday. Let the world take notice of an Americans resolve for proper justice in all parts of our world. Which we all call home. Amen…

Sincerely and with a heavy heart and mournful sorrow,
Bishop Andrew R. M. Manley DD., O.S.P., O.S.M., O.S.F.
Universal Life Church of the Celtic Cross and the,
Celtic Cross Foundation of Ministry
Lorain, Ohio U.S.A.

Warriors, you just never know what someone has done in their life unless they decide to share it or someone else walked with them when they did it. So never sell your self short. You have done something memorable with the gifts the Father gave you. So don’t ever say you can’t for there is no such thing as can’t, there is only won’t. And that is always a sad day… Be blessed everyone, I know I am, just for knowing you…

Serving you and our God.

Bp. Andrew R. M. Manley DD., O.S.P.

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What did Christ say that in order for us to have our place in heaven we needed to do what ? It’s not just that we have to be born again or even be baptized. It is that we are to “Bear Fruit For The Kingdom Of God” !!!

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GM warriors, what a way to start the day. A power outage. Only lasted about an hour and a half, but still got everyone’s attention. This is not anything like 10′s of thousands of folks are having to deal with. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those that have lost so much and find themselves having to start over from scratch.

Well let me try and lift your spirits, we all have heard that better day’s are coming. And I’m sure they are however, their not here now. Have no fear for your Father in heaven knows what you need and with your faith, he will provide you with all that you need. Nothing more and nothing less. That doesn’t mean that you just sit back on your laurels and do nothing. If you listen and talk to Him, (meaning pray), he will hear you. He knows you are suffering. But worry not for I want you to open your Holy Bible to Matthew, Chapter 10 verses 29 – 31. And I want you to meditate on those three verses as you pray and talk to your Father.

You are very special to Him and worth a heck of a lot more than two sparrows. So if they neither scatter or harvest what they need and the Father supply’s them with all they need to survive, how can you not believe that God will not take care of you. You are committed to Him aren’t you? Well true is the fact that it is not going to be handed to you and sometimes we have to humble ourselves before Him as well as mankind, in order to get what we need.

A sparrow has to leave the nest to find food and drink. And so must you. This is not the time to give up and or even have a pity party for yourself. Here’s what you need to remember. If you had much and lost everything than you were and are blessed. And, if you had just a few things and lost those, you to are blessed. Keep in mind that you are a Christian first and for most. That long suffering is just part of be that commitment to God.

He said to us that, he that has a lot will be given more and he who has little, it will be taken from him. Granted it may not make a lot of since when you are the walking example of these quotes. Yet, are you truly committed to serving God as He is at serving you?

Two things and I’ll end this little pep-talk, one, you being a professed Christian, are not “of this world”, yes, you live in it as we all do, but what does that count for? Nothing! We are only here temporarily and you can’t take anything with you to the grave, except for what God gave you. That being your soul. It is the most valuable thing you have in your possession. More so even over people, loved ones or things. So what if you lost material things. Things can be replaced but memories can not be taken from you.

That means the good ones as well as the bad ones. So you may not be able to take that once in a life time vacation or leave your children a little better off than you had it. Who cares? Although if you do care more so for those things than you need to re-evaluate your priorities. I say this not to sound mean. By no means, do I say it that way. I’m referring back to Matthew, Ch. 10, verses 29 – 31.

If God allowed you to loss everything you owned materially in this world and you find yourself having to start over, than you should rejoice. For God will and I mean that, “WILL”, give you everything you need. As for the children or whom ever you planed to leave your things to. God figures that they don’t need it because it is He that will give them including your loved ones, everything that they will ever need.

So have faith in God. He knows what you have lost but, He just wanted you to realize that He is still around, just for you. So go ahead and call yourself by an new definition and that being of the prodigal son or even daughter, which has come home, He will provide for you what you need and if there is something in this world that you want, but don’t really need, than go and get it yourself. You may realize that He even loves you that much, that He has also given you something that you want. Pretty cool. God is an awesome provider except all and be glad, knowing you are worth more than many sparrows.

Sincerely yours in service to the kingdom of God,

Bp. Andrew…

Celtic Cross (Photo credit: freefotouk)

I what you all to remember this. Granted, it may not be the same situation however, the principle acts are the gift from the Holy Trinity. That is when you hold to your convictions and stand your ground without flinching or getting mad at God and or the world.

Three things to incorporate into your personality. And no it isn’t something that is going to happen over night but, you have to start sometime to achieve the following traits. #1.) Be forever prayerful and specific in your prayers. #2.) Be patient and give God a chance to work in your life, no matter how long that may take. And #3.) Be ever vigilant in all that you do for God. In other words if your heart says for you to walk a way from your job for moral and ethical reasons, do not worry about “what if” or if I did this as I have been told by many others around me I would still be employed. I’m telling you all this for a reason. And that reason happened to me back in October of 2011. I walked off my job at Dollar General, on the grounds of what I mentioned at the beginning of this message. I was faced with a personal dilemma that I paid a heavy price for, and that being” personal convictions”.

See back in October Dollar General began selling beer and wine in their stores. I made an argument about it and took it all the way up the ladder to HR at the corporate offices. The argument was none threatening, it was an argument on the very principles God put as a deep conviction into my personality, that being non-hypocritical.

Not just because I am a minister, but more so because of the ministry itself. See one of the programs Celtic Cross Ministry sponsors is an A.A. program ( alcoholics anonymous program). Although I do not have an addiction problem, I take my commitment to helping those who want help very seriously.

This program though small in the numbers that attend do still come for support and guidance. It is growing, unfortunately. Which only means that there is a real and ever growing problem in the community which this ministry serves. So when I was “ordered to sell the product”, you can maybe now see how I would have a tremendous problem in preforming this new requirement. And after trying for several weeks to persuade the company to allow me to step aside and let a manager make the sale or at the very least transfer me to another part of the company or even another division, so that I could keep my job.

Well I’m telling you, Sir Isaac Newton had it right. It sorta became a Mexican stand off. The company was not going to budge one iota, and neither was I. So, I was forced to quite because I refused to sell the liquor.

Before I go further look at it from my point of view for the moment. Lets say someone came into the store and wanted me to sell them the product and I may or may not have known if the individual may or may not have an alcohol problem. OK fine, I sell them the booze, and off they go on their merry way. Their happy, and the company is happy. but not me. I feel guilty for doing it, but who cares about how I feel beside me and maybe God in this situation. No One, no at least that would matter.

Now lets say a day or a week or even a month or so goes by and all of a sudden, in walks this individual right into the A.A., meeting I am hosting and teaching those present about appositeness. I would not be able to look the person in the eyes for aiding them to go over the edge to where they felt the need to find help with their drinking problem.

Now can you see what I meant by being hypocritical. The person would most likely walk out and may never again walk in on their on free will to another self help program ever again. And I would not blame them, not at all. I would be a hypocrite in any ones eyes. And God for bid, the individual would go out and get into an accident and maybe kill someone or even them self.

How could I live with my self. Well I’m telling you I could not. And I did not. In turn I quite, voluntarily or involuntarily whats the difference. There is none, I’m still out of a job. Granted it doesn’t pay much but I enjoyed working there immensely. But as I said, I was out.

Now for the last nine months I have not had an income, not at all. Yes, it has been tough, and I lost all my savings and quite a bit of personal property just to get by. Yet, I never lost faith, I never lost hope, and I never lost my love and devotion for God the Father. For I held God to His word and that being Matthew ch. 10, verse, 29 – 31. Go ahead, look it up. I’ve held true to those few words for many, many years and I preach it to anyone and everyone I can. So go on, read it. You’ll see what I mean.

I didn’t know how it was all going to work out, I just knew it would. And so it did. Nine months later. but it still worked out. As of this morning 0700 EST., I will be clocking in at Dollar General and doing what I suggested all those months ago, that being stocking shelves with inventory. Something I have always known they needed, but no one would listen to me. I was a nobody, low man on the pole if you will. The strange thing about it all was that when I left, the store manager Ms. V., was on vacation and with all the times I had gone in and out of the store all these past months. Not once was I and her, there at the same time.

Until two weeks ago. We talked, we laughed, and we caught up with each other after all those months. And then it happened, just before I left the store for home, Ms. V., stopped me and we talked some more. This time though she hit me with a proposition and that was to come back and work for her. And as Paul Harvey would have said, and that is the rest of the story.

So folks, what I said earlier is true and I am a living example of Gods love. Granted, it’s not fun and games to go through with ones heart but it beats the alternative. And though it is not full time that’s OK, because God keeps me busy enough doing His work to keep me busy the rest of the time.

So please my dear friends and fellow Christians and not. Never give into others, never give into the side of you that is trying so hard to per-sway you from going with what your heart tells you to, and never, never give into temptation for if you do, you lose. You lose more than you may want to pay for it.

Meaning, Self worth, Self respect, and Self confidence to achieve what God has planned for you and not the other way around. You have to weigh each thing on it’s own merits and, pray and be patient and the door shall be opened unto you and that’s the door you want. And God wanted for you in the first place.

What else can I say except what a way to bring in the 4th of July, fireworks and a job, how cools is that. Thank you Lord, you are great. I am humbled once again by your love. Thank you.

Until later folks, God bless and when you make a tough call remember, never look back, you just might turn into a pillar of salt. And I know you would not like that… God bless and have a wonderful week…

Sincerely in love with Christ. His servant and yours,
Bishop. Andrew R. M. Manley DD., O.S.P., O.S.M., O.S.F.
Celtic Cross Foundation of Ministry and the,
Universal Life Church of the Celtic Cross.
Lorain, Ohio U.S.A.

It seems to me like a life time and or at least for as long as I can remember that this feud has been going on. Pro-life folks on one side and Pro-choice on the other. All I know and feel in my heart is that I would like to see that laws that protect human rights be carried to the point of conception. If not than in my heart it tells me it murder. And by Gods grace I understand what is meant by thou shall not kill.

We have many fine organizations that stand up for human rights but I ask, where are those folks now. What ever happened to the folks that have tried to voice their opinion on the issue, have they got permanent laryngitis? I don’t get it!

We the conservative right have given in on so much and for so long, that I’m afraid that we’ve lost our will to draw a line in the sand and stand up for that which we know is right. That is, what is right in the sight of God, and the world. Here we are fighting for about every cause that has ever needed a cause to fight for. And federal legislation has been adopted and now is enforced not only here in the “good Ole US of A” but internationally as well. But on this one issue there seems to be no end.

Well it’s that thinking that is tearing down the moral factor of this great nation known for “equal rights” who I ask is speaking for them that can not? I know I am! We pass laws to protect children of all ages with things like the Amber alert system and Megan’s law and so many more. There is no doubt in my heart and mind that an international law banning human trafficking will pass before a ruling or law is past to help protect the (unborn child).

It is those very two last words, that both sides agree on. “( the unborn child or fetus) which means the same thing. And yet the pro-choice movement seems to be gaining the upper hand in this verbal wrestling match. Look I am only willing to concede on four factors of this issue. So listen up all of you pro-choice advocates, It seems logical to consider other ways of handling the situation, that is rather than yelling and screaming and pouting because you aren’t getting your way. The four things that I agree with in your argument are these and only these. 1) in case of rape (at any age when conception is identified and before it hits any other stage of development). 2) in the case of incest, and again only if all other avenues are exhausted. 3) in the case of the mother to be, may die if and only if proven, will case her death. And number 4) if the infant will die before, during or immediately after the child is delivered if it were to go to full stage and also only if all other avenues are exhausted. Such as adoption, or plan parenthood or the such. This would include by any means, be it natural child birth or induced child birth or lastly by “C-section”. Outside of that, I draw the line in the sand.

Folks, please, hear me loud and clearly, I will continue to stand up for the right to life. That is to say, every time this issue comes up. I myself as well, I’m sure hundreds of thousands if not millions and maybe a few billions of folks world wide, would like to see this issued agreed upon sometime in our life time.

It seems as I have stated, a logical understanding of what is life and for what we as human beings need to stand for. I mean lets get real here for a moment. You can not deny that here in the USA as well as around the world there are organizations that protect most everything imaginable. So I ask why is it so difficult to come to any agreement?

If you have a valid argument them fine, bring it. But as we are willing to listen to you, then you will have to give us the same respect. In other words, lets deal with this issue once and for all. I’m sure many of the pro-life folks as well as the pro-choice would like to see an end to this argument and a law in place that will stand the test of time. So what do you say? I say lets talk.

Now for us pro-life folks I recently signed an on-line petition that will be added with others and sent to the Congress and Senate. I did this because I was lead to do so. There are many programs and campaigns out there that need some volunteering, or taking a moment and signing a petition or even working in programs that “educate” folks on both sides of an issue.

When I was about 25 years old I personally worked on a campaign that dealt with the organizing or several hundred hours of video tapes of actual abortions. And yes maybe now both sides can see why I take such a bold and hard headed stand on this issue. What I did was organize this videos into categories. Categories that would be understandable and acceptable for most any age group that watched them. I had to make sure that no one would take offense to the educational process.

I had broken them down into three categories, 1) effective and acceptable for teens and adolescents, 2) for the parents and other organizations that were wanting to aid them in getting the message across and to have a better visual concept of what the process of an actual abortion was at any stage and by any means possible. And for number 3) I had organized them for the “professional”, like Doctors, Attorneys, Clergy, and planned parenting groups as well as councilors that dealt with individuals that either were contemplating an abortion, or aid those to deal with the trauma and fact of what they had just done.

I’d like to reiterate this last point for you, because the average person can only imagine what that individual is going through. That is, mentally, physically, emotionally and in a lot of cases, spiritually speaking. No offense here intended, but really, unless you have been through the actual process or had to directly deal with an individual that just went through the process than you have no right to pass judgment on the issue. An opinion yes, but to be fanatical about the issue. NO! You don’t have the right to incite.

This is the greatest country in the world and we have rights that only some, in other parts of the world can only imagine. So I ask this question directly towards you, the loud mouth that is the boisterous one that incites rather than gather peaceably in making your point. It is your attitude that needs to be remanded and removed from demonstrating.

Hold your own demonstration, put your name on the permit to hold an event. Just make sure that you take out enough insurance to cover the damages when it gets out of control. It will be no one else but your own fault. But then again I reckon you are to much of an instigator to be responsible in a peaceful way.

As for anyone now on both side of the issue, you to can not relate to the level of “ torture” that, that fetus goes through when the instruments are use to “extract ” the helpless and innocent. I can! And it ain’t “ humane.” !!! It is plain, down right “murder.”

Non of you have any idea unless you have taken the time to “truly educate” yourself with “ unbiased,” facts. Then and only then can one truly debate this issue. As for me working with the videos, I must say that it was an eye opener. And yes, I could get very, very graphic in my explanation of what I witnessed through those “hundred plus hours” of categorization. But I won’t unless it becomes necessary.

Yet I know that there are tens of thousands of other professionals that deal with or have dealt with this issue first had. That’s to say could maybe do a better job of explaining the procedure to both sides.

Listen, in any sport that uses a coin toss to choose which side plays offense and the other plays defense. But then, the other side gets to now play offense and yet the other one plays defense. This goes on until one wins. But in this case, is not it kinda like the same thing? It seems like much the same. Doesn’t it seem to kinda work the same way? At least for the most part?

One side yells their belief and the other side counters with yelling their side on the issues. So I ask you Pro-life folks is this the only way to resolve such an important situation? What I mean is, and I mean it for you Pro- choice folks as well and that is “ has it gotten us any further in solving the question?” NO! It has not. So then, why not put both sides of the issue on the ballot and let the “people decide the out come?”

No matter what the out come is, the other side should be proud enough to say, we put out our best and it just wasn’t enough to get the law enacted. But like with any law, there are ones that we except and obey, and there are ones that we wish were not laws at all. But no matter what, for the most part we obey them just the same. At least the majority of us do. So please, take the time to voice your opinion through the petition process, It is a very, very effective way to get a final result. Which is what we all really want, isn’t it?

As for all that read or hear this message and request, please do not take offense in any way, for I am just trying to find an end to the means through communication. There is no fighting, no shouting, no physical protest, even if it is our constitutional right to do so. There is no reason we can’t present both sides of this issue before the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary branches now, when they really need to show us, the American people some action to what we all want. And yet still stay within the freedom of rights to not only the mother to be, but to the child that is.

If you decide to want to get involved than by all means get involved until the issue is resolved. To start please, contact Mr. Martin Fox, President of the National Pro-Life Alliance, and ask how you can help or get involved. Even if that involvement is starting a grass roots program to take this issue to every corner of America. Lets turn up the heat a bit, and I don’t mean in a literal since of the words turn up the heat, but rather to just be dedicated to which ever side of the issue you think is worth the time and energy to make a difference. This issue needs to be dealt with once and for all.

And here is one place you can start…
Contact…( Martin Fox )…At…

( martin.fox@nationalprolifealliance.com via returnpath.bluehornet.com )

( martin.fox@nationalprolifealliance.com )

Sincerely, Bishop Andrew R. M. Manley, DD., O.S.P., and the O.S.M.
Patriarch of the Celtic Cross Foundation of Ministry,
Universal Life Church of the Celtic Cross , and also the
Independent Catholic Churches International.

Warriors and laity around the world, hear ye, hear ye. When is a Prophet not a Prophet? When we that are being prophesied to, don’t ad-hear to their words!

Most every Christian or even mortal man has heard at one time or another the quotes of our Savior in reference to “profit”, and I’ll quote the book of Matthew as to the subject of which.

In the, NKJV – Matthew ch., 16 v., 26 … For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or rather the question should be as to – what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Granted the same paraphrase is alluded to in the books of Mark – ch.,8:36 and, as well as Luke – 9: 25.

But this is not the type of profit I refer to in this segment. What I will say is to the actual term of Prophet (spelled as P_R_O_P_H_E_T and not the latter, which is spelled as P_R_O_F_I_T.)

Now I can see, and understand how confusing the English language can appear to those that don’t grasp the incidentals of it. I should also note here that the word known as Prophet , p_h_e_t, was termed differently in Israel (That is to say that, when a man went to get guidance and understanding of Gods word, he spoke to a “SEER”, now called a prophet.) In this next book, 2ND Chronicles I will make mention of the dealings with the Trustworthiness and even the Rejection of the Prophets. Thought brief as they may be.

Again in the, NKJV – 2ND Chronicles, 20: 20 … Refers to the first ( Trustworthiness) When Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.”

The two notations of inference here are ( be established ) and, ( shall prosper.) The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary states the word ( established as ) to institute (as a law) permanently by enactment or as I think of it, as one being anchored in … and, the term ( shall prosper ) as to become strong and flourishing.

So when you think about what this verse really means it can be said that to believe in the Lord God is to be permanently anchored in your belief and understanding, of His promises and when you come to an understanding of this concept, then you shall be enriched for the better coming to the realization of this fact by one who is sent by God to you, thus allowing you to be factually informed as to His truth. And I don’t mean the “prophets version of truth but, that of Gods truth or rather promise.

Now also in the book of the 2ND Chronicles 36: 15 -16 deals with the rejection of prophets and states. The LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16) But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.

These verses are not quite as simple to grasp to an unbelievers understanding. That is, as it is and should be taken more seriously. In verse 15 the greater inference is the “warning” which has been sounded from the roof tops sense it was written. Yet many in the modern era still just think them to be just the ramblings of a time long ago and not as relevant today.

I recon that is why what jumps off the page here, (at least to me is) that most folks know and understand what a warning is. Just the thought of it is rather scary and unsettling. Benjamin Franklin who most assuredly is one of our nations wisest men was quoted as to have said “Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” I often wonder if he came to this realization of fact from this verse where the author states, “ by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people. Another clushay of a quote is that “the early bird gets the worm”… LOL… it only makes better since to draw the conclusion through these clushays to bring home a point of reference and understanding that the words “early rising, send or rather sent them, meaning the ones who tried to bring understanding to the people. The same can be said of us even to this day. That the clushay quote reference to the word “worm”, means as it is referred to in many passages of the Holy Scriptures as “meat” and no folks not the understanding of the word to meet someone, but rather to the reference of the subsistence and comprehension. Be it a real life-sustaining nourishment or the nourishment of ones soul. Preferably to your soul and to your betterment of understanding of Gods “warnings.”.

We as a whole, of our human nature still denounce the teachings of Christ Jesus and the Prophets, as mankind did all those many years ago. When the author states that God, “had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.” still holds a great truth today. There is a small clarification on the tail end of this passage that refers to “His dwelling place”, which may need that clarification.

Yes God still has compassion on the human race, so don’t get your bees in a bonnet….lol…I am referring to a two-fold meaning of the word dwelling. Which means to “dwell or live within, and they are that of the obvious, which being is Jerusalem, in Israel. Not the Jerusalem in Yates County, New York .

No disrespect intended to the folks that call it home. But rather as the term dwelling being Zion, Church, Temple and or held in endearment in one’s heart. It is why the Holy Trinity has not given up on us, where He has patients and, many times we don’t. He is not without limits. I mean, we all have been a bit short fused from time to time not only with our fellow-man but when things don’t go our way we turn our wrath on Him. He is the one who never wavers on compassion, forgiveness and yes even love.

However, as the author puts it so succinctly, that being “But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.

Here’s a question for you, are not ministers, priests, clerics and clergy in general still not taken seriously even today? So, if true, than we can conclude there is still relevance in these words as to Gods messengers ( that is as godly men and women are referred to).

Many in the world today “despise His words, mostly because, (and I think,) that there is a perception that His word takes all the “fun” out of life and that it is words that mean “don’t s. I have to say that this is so far from the truth that it “almost becomes laughable to even contemplate the notion.” However, it should be a blue print in our lives as to how to live life. How to act with regards to respect as with person, places and things. And for now a better term would be, “reverence” to the world around us.

Yet now comes the hard part for folks to come to grips with and that is because we have been brainwashed to the point of excrescence that God is the opposite of that last part of the 16^Th verse, which being “until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.”

It seems to me that mankind forgets that God has a temper and like us He does become short in patients and also that we are constantly in violation of the second commandment given to Moses by God himself and that being “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”! Please before you say it isn’t so, think! Do we by an act of human nature, place things in a higher standing in our lives than this one commandment? Think about it for a moment, would you not be even somewhat put a miffed if you yourself have to take the back seat. That is in regard to what you thought was more or even most important? Then it only goes to show and reenforced by the fact, that though God is a loving God and that He, has great compassion for you. Along with understanding as well as patients with you and even all of us in the world. Remember, so as not to forget that though you might feel like the 12 man on the football field or the 9^Th man on the ball field that it is tough for us to be that “odd man out”.

So, in closing please, please don’t think of yourself any less for falling short of His glory, for God knows all to well that we are only human. And by the way, I’m thinking that my last comment here, isn’t likely to hold any weight when it comes to judgment-day. I thank the heavens that Christ walked this same world as you and I, and that He suffered and died to save all mankind.

With warmest and sincere affection to all, God bless and don’t forget, He made you in His image and that He didn’t make any “junk”, only mankind does…Love always,

Chaplain, Andrew R. M. Manley DD. o.s.m., o.s.f., o.s.p., of the ULCCC.

I can appreciate your statement and I see your point as well. Yes, I am also sure that for every context I make in proving my point here, you shall be able to do the same. That just goes to show that the scriptures mean different things to different folks. It is a matter of the Christian faith and the faithful going down “denominational” or even “traditional”, paths of doctrine.

If this were not so, than justify to me why Christianity being “the largest religious belief system in the world with more than 2.2 billion people world wide and, that of Christianity it’s self with more than 33,820 different denominations”. So which of the is right and which is wrong? That is to say they all read and preach from the same book don’t they? How then can we as “Christians”, judge one another for a doctrine or belief or even, lack of doctrine that excepts and professes the same writings of the inspired word of God?

Don’t worry, I’m not setting anyone up to argue one point or another. What I will say is that I believe in the same scriptures as the next person, it is neither ludicrous nor any more dangerous than the other beliefs. Meaning again, that it is left to “interpretation”. As an example of which I am sure, I’m going to press more than a few buttons when I state this but, I hope it will open the heart and minds of clergy that have taken the “hard line of indoctrination to an extreme to their congregations. My example is this and I’ll try to be fair and open minded when I say this because it is a stretch to even put them into the same category of “Christian Faith”.

OK, take a deep breath now, let it out slowly, and here goes. In the deep south here in the USA over our history as a nation, or even throughout the worlds history there have been 10′s of thousands of incidents documented throughout, but I will refrain and restrain myself to American history and that being an example of the black church congregations preaching from the KJV of the Holy Bible as well as say, members of the “KKK’, which drew their rhetoric from the same book. Yet lets bring the time line up a bit and, remind folks that racial tensions were still prevalent almost 100 years later, in the 1950′s and 60′s, when segregation was at an all time high in this country. We believed in the promises of the same scripture then, didn’t we? Though if you want to say that, then that was the dark days of our history. I might give you that, but I would again remind you that of even more recent history being that we have had church burnings, people beaten, communities in an upheaval, and yet we still all read from the same scripture.

I guess you could say it’s not the same thing, that some groups of “Christians are more radical than others and yet some are more passive than others”. Then in that case, I would have to say you are correct again. BUT, (I just love that word, that and the one call if), they both are the two most misused words in the English language. Well, I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times and that is that it is the clergies fault. And yes I resemble the remark and NO, I’m not point the proverbial finger at any one denomination but I am pointing three of them back at myself. That is to say for sitting in a building week after week, month after month and year after year in a pew called a church and then having someone I was always taught that they were an expert on the subject of Christian values, preaching doctrine to me until I was old enough to understand for myself the error of most every denomination of Christianity in the world.

That is all 33 plus thousand of them and some 14 thousand here in the good old U. S. of A. Please, I don’t sit back and just think up this stuff up, I do however, sit back and try to make since of the world religions and why one thinks they have all the right answers while all others, are doomed to spend an eternity in the fiery pit of hell for not believing the same things that another does.

Isn’t this very thing still happening today? One might say yes, while another, will say no. But (there’s that little word again), but, I say we need more diversity in our congregations, we need to be teaching the scriptures that relate to tolerance and the “love thy neighbor as they self teachings. Granted, there is a “war” going on with the sides being “us against them”, you know what I’m referring to and you can take that anyway you’d like to, (but),…lol…if it looks like a skunk and it smells like a skunk than don’t sit or stand there and tell me that it’s a kitty cat. Because I just might believe you or maybe not. That doesn’t mean that I want to harm you or your family or even your country. Just because I don’t agree with you. It does however mean, that I have a right to “interpret what is said and that I have a right in my own self to make up my own mind as to what is truth and what is fiction or rather a lie. Shucks, we can’t even keep our own children from going down a path that we know we would not. But to each his own. Diversity, it is a wonderful thing.

When I was just a young lad in my freshman year of high school, I had taken an elective course in this very subject. Not because someone told me I had to, nor because I thought it would be good for me to experience. See as I’ve said before I was raised Roman Catholic and in the community I grew up in, there were tensions between the Catholic’s and the Baptists and they were always at odds with each other, things like spare the rod not the child while the other would say spare the child and not the rod, and it effected the community as a whole. As an example I offer you this analogy, Catholic children did not associate with Baptist children outside of the class room unless it was behind our parents backs, or unless you grew up in a house hold that was taught tolerance. As for the other faiths within the community, they just kinda sat back and let the two largest groups of “faith” go at each other. Then from the pulpit they would make their case for their belief. Then there were the community functions that were supposed to be community oriented. It seemed that the only time things would settle down was during the major school sporting event when we would come together to route for our home team, that is unless we where playing against each other.

I know, I’ve gone off Que a bit, then again have I? When I said it was biblical I meant what I said, part of the universal or another word for universal is Catholic, praying of the “hail Mary” comes from the book of Luke chapter 1, verse 28 through 48 and it is in this part of scripture that the “universal / Catholic, prayer known as the “Hail Mary” is thought to have come from and it has been around since the year 1263, maybe even further back, no one is for sure. What is fact is that it was being said several times a day in and around the third century by the Franciscan monks of the time.

So again my question is, that if the Catholic Church being the most powerful and domineering religion in the world at that point in world history gives us some indication as to how long and how many people through the years have been reciting this little known prayer. Than how can you say it should not be recited or said. I know, Jesus taught us how to pray and with what words to say, that doesn’t mean however that all prayer is wrong and should not be said. For if what you say should be the way and I would say that most of the other 33 plus thousand denominations would concur, than that would make our ancestors Hippocrates. For that would be out right un-tolerable with the church law of the day. Just like Jesus’ teachings were in direct conflict with Jewish law.

What folks seem to misunderstand the most about this prayer is that we who recite it are not praying to Mary but asking her to pray for us. Here are a few facts, not that many of you who may read this will agree with it is however no never mind to me. For we are all subject to our own judgment before the the Father and Christ defending us through intersession on our behalf. It is still after all, “FACT”.

The meaning of the Hail Mary prayer as I have already eluded to, is to ask Mary to pray for us. She is immaculate. She also has never displeased God, and she gave birth to God the Son who had become flesh by the power of the Holy Ghost. This as you pointed out was done by the will of God and that He used Mary for
His purpose as He even still today uses us to do His work in this world.

Don’t take my comments the wrong way, it is not my intent to pick a fight or start my own personal Holy War…(Funny thing about those last two words in this statement, I don’t ever recall the two words ever being used by Christ in His teachings and nor in my studies of the Kuran do the words appear together in the same sentience). But what is another fact is that what may be the “hope of the world from killing each other off, is the blessed mother of Christ, who is the Holy Mother of God. How can I say such a thing you maybe asking, it is almost sacrilegious that I would even imply such a statement. Well folks It’s the Gods truth and I shall not apologize for it either.

If I’m not mistaken the blessed mother in reference to the birth of Jesus who also being recognized as the King of the Jews and Him ruling over the house of David forever is mentioned several times. I think I read or heard somewhere, that she may be the saving grace of humanity yet once again, for she is mentioned more than 30 times in the book of Islam. Although as with several Christian faiths, I’m sure there are those in the Islamic faith that would disagree with these facts as well…Ohhhhya, that’s whats going on right this very minute isn’t it? Disagreement on the spiritual plain.

Folks from all faiths, beliefs and or religion need to learn to accept change and tolerance and quite listening to doctrine, but instead, learn theology, for it is diversification that will aid us in our tomorrows.

Well folks thanks and may God bless you and again thank you for your comments, I appreciate you as well. As for other folks that will differ just to differ, then I just hope you are not right, for if you are, than there is little hope for mankind, ever! But…:) I believe in two very important sayings and I have taken some liberty here because it is instilled into my heart and sole and that being, as for me and my house we shall serve the Lord for he is the truth the light and the way, for a house divided cannot stand…the latter part being from the books of Matthew, 12:25, Mark, 3:25 and Luke, 11:17…for are we to believe these three men of God are wrong, Nay, I say for they are only quoting God, aren’t they…?

Sincerely, the Lord Jesus’ humble servant to humanity,
Msgr. Andrew R. M. Manley DD. O.S.M. Chaplain

Sister Hannas comment,

with interest I was reading your defenting about Maria. First I want to let you knwo that I appriciate you much!
But I would like to say, that Maria is not a the Holy Woman as the catholic church is painting her. I remember that Jesus himself pointed out that everyone that does HIS will is his mother and brother and sister and so on, as you know. This he said in Canaa. Anyway, we as born again christian have only ONE MEDITATOR and this is JESUS, isnt he?
Your argue that we can call upon her in our need. And this is what we sould nt do, because she will not help us she is just a saint as everybopdy else now in heaven.
GOD used this wonderful woman at HIS Time for HIS purpose and so he did it with the different other men and woman too. Mary had to fullfill a Holy Task, yes and GOD will honor her for this. BUT she is NOT able to help us. If we believe she can, than; I see it from the WORD of GOD, we will do Idolotry!
Of cause you can and we can appriciate her as the Mother of the Saviour, but that s all, isnt it?

Great to know you and may the LORD of Heaven and EARTH bless you with Freedom and pour out all the wisdom and Knowledge you may need for your Ministry!
Much blessings from Germany! Hanna

Doctor Henry, President of the A.O.C.I.

Interesting Article Dr. Manley. I think I understand your article and to be honest, I don’t think anyone has ever put it this way. Mary was and is the mother of God (Jesus)…..hum….when you stop to think about this, some of the points you make start to make sense. In addition, I also know that YOU DO NOT BELIEVE OR HAVE YOUR ASSURANCE OF SALVATION IN MARY, so that is refreshing.

Thanks for challenging our minds here.

God bless.

Dr. Hunt,

I am not arguing anything that you have said, for I know this already. I am not talking about salvation, or healing, or anything like that. Yes I know that Christ is the comforter but, the way this statement was made was in my answer to someones question dealing with a family being torn apart, by actions of other members of this family. The person was stating a fact that was happing in regards to the emotional stress that her mother was going through. In the way that the situation was tearing her heart apart from the hurtful things being said about their family. This response was meant as a way to help the mother and others deal with the stress of the accusations.

The blessed mother suffered immensely, because of the accusations of those that lied and manipulated facts to justify the end means for the crucifixion of her son our savior Jesus Christ. I do believe that by calling on the saints from time to time, we can draw into a deeper relationship with our own spirituality, which when you think about it, is a major problem with society today that is that we are not deeply faithful in our beliefs. There are many other faiths in our world that are more devoted to their beliefs than we so called Christians are about the our relationship with the Holy Trinity.

We all have a purpose on this planet we call home. That also went for those that came before us, and it will go for those that come after us as well. As an example to this statement I will refer to the Bible itself, words written by others on events of their day, which we today still hold true and dear to our hearts and directly responsible for our salvation and guidance on how we should live and treat others. This is a fact throughout history of the world, even today when a commentary is made or an editorial is published in regards to religious beliefs it can move the masses into action.

There is no difference today nor yesterday nor tomorrow as for what people will have to go through in order to get through a tough situation, but yet never forgetting that love and wisdom, compassion and sympathy are gifts that Father has give to each and everyone in the world, but that there are those that do not use these gifts.

If knowledge is power and there is power in the word of God through the writings of the Holy Bible, than how can my statement be untrue. Do ministers not manipulate the words of the bible to fit their sermons or express their point by quoting bits and pieces to fit the need of a situation, and yet taking the true intent of those scriptures to the extreme of their meaning? I know that when I lose something, I say a small prayer to St. Anthony to help guide me to finding that lost item and there it is, and when I was a fireman, I prayed not only to God but also to Saint Florian and to St. Michael for protection when I was in security and bodyguard work.

How is this a wrong thing, when we as a culture of Christians and non Christians celebrate holidays like, Valentines day, Halloween and All saints day or even our national day of prayer. The fact remains that people will cry out for help when the need arises and mostly they cry out to God, when they should be crying out to Jesus, yet Jesus doesn’t get offended.

For is it not true that the only unforgivable sin is blaspheme against the Holy Spirit? Then for sure the Holy Trinity will not mind us to seek the comfort of the blessed mother if it helps us to remember who she was, or is, that is to say the mother of God, bringing us back full circle to where God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit want us in the first place and that is to have them first in our lives, first in our thoughts, and first in the words off the tip of our tongues?

So no brother I am not arguing with you nor am I going to debate the issue, I am a non-denominational chaplain, and I do as the spirit of God commands me, just as he has done with me in writing the response to you with this message.

God bless you and your ministry, and may you bring 100,000 souls to the alter for the Holy Trinity to be glorified and praised from now through eternity. Amen

Rev.Fr. Msgr. Andrew R. M. Manley D.D. Chaplain

And the comment by me that started it all…

The topic in this statement is the Virgin Mother. Although I was raised Catholic, I am first and foremost a born-again Christian, it is that ” I understand and except many different faiths and their beliefs, we can draw from anyone of them at anytime”.

It is biblical and it doesn’t have to be just a Catholic thing or any other denominational thing. If it shows the love and respect that Christ tried to show us and if the angels and the saints were good enough for Christ to call on or God sending them to him, then why does it have to be any other way. It doesn’t.

We all are God fearing and Jesus loving and Holy Spirit blessed Christians, it doesn’t matter to me what church you belong to or belonged to, as long as you except Jesus Christ as your savior and that you believe that he is the son of God and that all things are possible for him. Not impossible.

So I am saying here and now that the blessed mother should be called upon in our hour and time of need and suffering. If God can call upon her for service then so should we.

When we hurt our selves, even when we are older, do we not many times cry out for our mortal mothers? So now that we are Born-Again Christians, that means to me that the Blessed Mother is also our mother, she is our spiritual mother and she is with the Father and the Son and all the saints, RIGHT?

To me some, not all but some traditions, are good and should not be forgotten, the premise with this ministry is the motto of the Universal Life Church which is a non-denominational church and body of clergy from all kinds of backgrounds and beliefs but that doesn’t matter as long as you “do what you know is right”, and I feel it is right and just to give respect to the Virgin Mother, Mary. AMEN !

I’m not chastising anyone here, I’m merely making a point that it is fitting and proper to call on the Holy Mother of Christ in our time of need as well as to Christ himself.

Rev.Fr. Msgr. A.R.M.Manley D.D. Chaplain…

We as ministers of the life and word of the Holy Trinity are called upon to do something that many people could not, and that is to help bring calm, guidance and compassion into a situation that may have no order. This in it’s self, can be a daunting experience, especially when it comes to dealing with those that have just lost a child or even a life long companion. We must first be able to keep ourselves from getting to wrapped up in the moment of sporadic emotional turmoil.

What I am alluding to is this, we have to be able to have come to grips with the level of loss, suffering and grief in our own lives before we can except the responsibilities of being the comforter to those that may or may not be of a spiritual acceptance or understanding. We our selves need to pray for all members of the clergy that are and or will be called upon to preform such an emotional task. Yes we can rely on our on strengths of spiritual guidance but in some cases it is better to be true to ones self and or know ones own limitations and maybe in a word, be a bigger person, and that is to step aside and or between now and then (meaning, the call to preform last rights and or to console those that grieve), we should draw from each other an understanding of not only the process of death or rather stages of death but also the stages of grief as well. Yes granted prayer can and will get us through the situation but at what cost to our own spiritual life.

I suggest that care be given to this subject and would ask that we each take some time to pray for one another so as to show a level of support within our own ministries. There are organizations in most every community that deal with the terminally ill and those that suffer along with them. Some organizations are the Hospice, or maybe a religious nursing program or even attending community programs dealing with palliative care and intervention. These to will better equip ourselves with not only the spiritual armor of the word of God but also the spiritual armor of humanity and compassion.

Please forgive my rant, but this is a subject I have personally had to deal with for the better part of three to four decades of my own personal walk in spirituality. I would like you all to remember what our lord Jesus said in two parts, 1st the book of Luke chapter 4, verse 18 the latter part of this verse, “to set at liberty them that are bruised”. Also in verse 23, of Luke where Christ says “physician, heal thyself”. Granted both quotes are somewhat taken out of contents, but it is left to interpretation. When I read this, it was like Christ, Himself put it into my heart to pass along here. That is that we know our calling to minister is of God or other wise we would not be here. But we are to take an understanding of what ministering is and or should be. Yes, we are called to pray, but prayer without meat is and empty plate. We are also called to be that same example of comforter as Christ was, and although, when He referred to that part of verse 23, I felt our Father saying inside of me say to be vigilant to the expectations of ministry under adverse circumstances such as death and grief.

On a final note I would suggest to all clergy to explore educational means outside of your comfort zone to help aid you as a minister of the great comforter. Acquire the armor needed to show support into how to respond to immediate circumstances, such as rolling up on a tragic scene or even dealing with the consoling and counseling of those dealing directly with a long term illness or those that have to move on and get over the dangerous aspects of depression, guilt or even conflict.

So please, please take a few moments during this day of prayer and pray for one another and as for those that may not be comfortable or even ready to deal with such situations as the grief and or dieing of others, aiding them both through the gauntlet of emotional exasperation. To consider looking into ways to aid you in becoming a better comforter yourself.

May God bless our meager prayers and thoughts and exhort them with a true compassion of His grace that only He could ever provide.

Sincerely your newest brother in the service of Christ Jesus’ the true comforter of all mankind.
Msgr. Andrew R. M. Manley DD. O.S.M. Chaplain

We are His creation,we are created in His likeness, we are His people, we are His congregation we are, His followers.

Well folks I don’t know about you but I’m really glad that He loves His faithful so very much. Because the alternative is to unbearable to even think about.

He is very so mindful of the covenant He made with us, but way is it that we so often forget our covenant with Him, except when we want something for Him?

I am just so thankful that He loves us unconditionally, for without Him, we are lost. So give praise and credit where it belongs, not with you but with what He has given you as an ability to do His work. Then and only then will you be able to stand before him justified in the life He gave you…With love and prayers for all our Christian Warriors, stand tall, stand firm and be glad in His grace…

Chaplain Andrew R. M. Manley DD.

What is it that you seek?

What is the one thing that consumes your thoughts?

What is your focus in your life?

What is the one thing in your life you want most?

Do you feel that you have achieved what you want?

Are you ready to handle what it is that you want?

People and Warriors, these are real questions you must have a definitive answer for, in order for God to be able to grant them for you, making it a blessing in your life. But be careful what you ask fore because he just might give it to you.

The answer to these questions are already known by God. Now I will ask. What should you be seeking, thinking, and wanting? And have you achieved it?

That answer is much more difficult to answer because most, are not willing to pay the price for it and will never achieve it. But, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try and work hard at what we want.

If it is your hearts desire, then I pray it is granted to you.

But even after all of these questions I know that some of you have no idea what I am really asking. Or realize the importance of what I am asking. It is shielded from you, because you are not looking, seeking, thinking, and wanting the same thing God wants for you in this life. Haven’t your ministers, preachers, pastors, and priests taught you the answer to these questions? I’m sure they have!

Now then what is the problem, it is simple, so simple that you over look it most every time and that is listening. You need to slow down and wait on the, sometimes whispers of the word of God in your life. Also, you must except it by faith that it is His word in your heart and mind. Then you have to act on that instruction to it’s completion, other wise the word of God is not full filled in your life or for your life. The blessings of which will be lost to you and to those around you. It is the Love of God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit that seek to help you and give you all discernment in regards to all matters of the heart, if you do not listen and seek and strive for, than you are lost to this life and the promise of the Father.

I am sure that all people that call themselves Christian do not want this to happen, but I am here to tell you that you are not doing enough to full fill the wishes of the Holy Trinity for your life and that your priorities are all backwards. Think again my questions, stay in the light by reading your Holy Bibles and the answers to theses questions will be granted to you.

I will pray for you that you recognize and reorganize your priorities in your life and put back in order the things that are pleasing unto God. And that your life will be filled abundantly with the glory and love and peace that only can come from Him for your life.

Rev.Dr. Andrew Manley D. D. Chaplain, CCM, ULCCC, ULCCF, TGMCMA, NACM, AOCI

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This blog may lean on a point of religious philosophy, but in reality it is much more than that. It is about experiencing life and excepting, understanding and growing in the world around us. It is about respect for all things we interact with and the decisions we make that effect everyone around us, near and far.

So we here at the Christian Warrior network Virtual Chapel on the worldwide web just what to say welcome and thank you for stopping by and taking the time to enlighten your own being as well as soul.

May God bless you each and everyday, now and forever.

Rev. Dr. Andrew R. M. Manley D. D. & Chaplain

Celtic Cross Ministry and the Universal Life Church of the Celtic Cross, 2010