Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Litany of Prayer for all Religions and Religious Leaders of the World

I finally got around to updating the litany for all religious leaders and religions of the world which I created a while back.  Please pray this current version fervently, we need it more than ever!

An Ecumenical Litany of Prayers for the blessing and conversion of all Catholics, our Pope and Catholic Hierarchy, all separated Christian brothers and sisters, all those of the Abrahamic faiths, all men and women of faith and good will on the earth, and all mankind:



Lord Jesus Christ our God and Savior, please bless all the Hierarchy of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Christian Church and all Orthodox Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Christians, the whole Church Militant;  and have mercy on and forgive the sins of and bless all of the Church Penitent.

Eternal Father, have mercy on, forgive the sins of, bless in all ways, help, be with now and ever, strengthen, fill with the Holy Spirit, and bring to eternal salvation in Paradise all our Catholic Leaders.

O God, we pray for and pray you have great mercy on, bless, forgive the sins of, keep and save all Christians who profess that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, and protect them from and lead them away from all heresy, and strengthen these men and bring them deeper into all Orthodoxy, and we pray for Christian unity and solidarity and that we all may be One in You and Your Son as You the Father and Your Son are One in the Unity of Your Holy Spirit, One God for ever and ever, Amen.

Lord bless, have mercy on, keep, grant love, unity, peace, orthodoxy and conversion of heart and mind and soul to All Catholic Christians and their leaders:

⦁ Please bless His Holiness Pope Francis, the Vicar of Christ and Pope of Rome, the Servant of the Servants of God, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Holiness Patriarch Youssef Absi, the Patriarch of the Melkite Catholic Church, and all Melkite Catholic Christians, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem Joseph III Yonan, Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church, and all Syriac Catholic Christians, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, and all Maronite Catholic Christians, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Eminent Beatitude Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, and all Chaldean Catholic Christians, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Beatitude Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church and all Coptic Catholic Christians, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Beatitude Patriarch Gregory Petros XX Gabroyan, Catholicos Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church, and all Armenian Catholic Christians, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Beatitude Patriarch/Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and all Ukrainian Greek Catholic Christians, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Beatitude Mar George Cardinal Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and all Syrian Catholic Christians, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Eminent Beatitude Lucian Cardinal Muresan, Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church and all Romanian Greek Catholic Christians, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Eminence Moran Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, and all Indian Catholic Christians, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Eminence Angelo Rafaele Cardinal Sodano, Dean of the College of Cardinals, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Eminence Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re, Vice-Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, and bless and send forth Your Holy Spirit upon all the Sacred College of Cardinals, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless the Most Reverend Monsignor Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem, and all Roman Catholic Christians in Jerusalem and all Israel, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Eminence Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo, President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and bless and fill with your Holy Spirit all of the Episcopate in the USA, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Grace Archbishop Stefan Soroka the Emeritus Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Church, and bless His Grace, the Most Reverend Andriy Rabiy, Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia of the Archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and all Christians in his Archeparchy, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Grace, the Most Reverend Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky, Bishop of the Eparchy of Stamford and all Christians in his Eparchy, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless Father Ihor Papka, Pastor of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Manchester, NH, and all the Parishioners thereof, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Eminence Sean Patrick Cardinal O`Malley, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, and all Roman Catholic Christians in the Archdiocese, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Excellency Bishop Peter Anthony Libasci, Bishop of the Diocese of Manchester and all Roman Catholic Christians and all men and women in the City of Manchester and the State of New Hampshire, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Excellency Bishop Francis Joseph Christian, Emeritus Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Manchester, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Excellency Bishop John Brendan McCormack, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Manchester, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Excellency Bishop Odore Joseph Gendron, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Manchester, and all past Prelates who are or were in anyway attached to the Diocese of Manchester, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless the Reverend Monsignor John P. Quinn, Dean of the Diocese of Manchester and all the Diocese of Manchester administration, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless the Reverend Father Jason Jalbert, Rector and Pastor of St. Joseph Cathedral and all the Parishioners of the Cathedral Parish of St. Joseph, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless the Reverend Father Andrew Nelson and Deacon Adrian, and all recently ordained Priests and Deacons of the Diocese of Manchester, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless the Reverend Father Eric T. Delisle, the Parochial Vicar and a great and holy Priest beloved by his parishioners, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless the Reverend Deacon Robert (Bob) R. Potvin, our beloved Permanent Deacon of St. Joseph Cathedral Parish, Lord have mercy!

And Lord Jesus please bless all our brothers and sisters who are not in full communion with the Holy See of St. Peter in Rome, yet who are still living stones of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox Christian Church, and by your infinite grace let them once more become One with the Western Church if it be your will, pre-eminently among these the Clergy, Religious and Laity of the Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic Christian Churches.

⦁ Please bless His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and Primus Inter Pares (First among equals) of the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Patriarchs, and all Eastern Orthodox Catholic Christians in Communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and all Eastern Orthodox Christians, Lord have mercy!

Lord please bless:

His Divine Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II, Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Lord have mercy!

His Holiness Patriarch John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Lord have mercy!

His Most Godly Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine, Syria, beyond the Jordan River, Cana of Galilee, and Holy Zion, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, and all the Russian Orthodox Catholic Church and all Slavic Christians, Lord have mercy!

Lord please bless and heal the divisions in the Ukraine, please bless all of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches of the Moscow Patriarchate and Metropolitan Onuphrius, Lord have mercy!

Please bless and heal the divisions in the Ukraine, please bless all of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, especially Metropolitan Epifany and Metropolitan Filaret and Metropolitan Macarius. Lord have mercy!

Please bless and heal the divisions in the Ukraine, please bless all of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church-Canonical and Metropolitan Moses, Lord have mercy!

O Almighty and Eternal Omnipotent Lord and Master, please have mercy on and bless also all the holy men and women of the Oriental Orthodox Catholic Churches, especially the Coptic Orthodox Catholic Church, the pre-eminent amongst these sister Churches, and her Head:

⦁ Please Lord bless His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Holy See of St. Mark of Alexandria, Primus Inter Pares amongst the Oriental Orthodox Catholic Churches, and bless all Oriental Orthodox Catholic Christians, all the Copts, Ethiopians, Eritreans, Armenians, Syrians and Indians, fill them with the grace of your Holy Spirit and grant them great charity, and if it be your will bring them into full communion with the Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic Churches of Christ our Lord, God and Savior, and with the Roman Catholic Church.

Lord also bless and send your Holy Spirit upon:

His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II Karim, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Lord have mercy!

His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Lord have mercy!

His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II, Catholicos of the East & Malankara Metropolitan, Lord have mercy!

His Holiness Abune Mathias I, Co-Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, and His Holiness Abune
Merkorios, Co-Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Lord have mercy!

And Mar Yeshua our Adonai, please Lord please bless all the Ancient Apostolic Assyrian Catholic Churches of the East:

⦁ Please bless His Holiness Mar Gewargis III, Patriarch of the Assyrian Apostolic Catholic Church of the East, and bless all Assyrian Catholic Christians and the persecuted Christians of Iraq and Syria, protect them with your holy angels and give them faith, hope and love, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless His Holiness Mar Addai II, Patriarch of the Ancient Assyrian Catholic Church of the East, and all Ancient Church of the East Christians in Communion with him and all the persecuted brothers and sisters of Christ in Babylon, help them, save them, and keep them O God by Your Grace, Lord have mercy!

Lord have mercy on and bless the Society of St. Pius X and all traditionalist Roman Catholics, and have mercy on and bless Fr. Davide Pagliarani, grant them grace and charity and let us all be united in You, Christ our Lord and God.  Lord have mercy!

And please bless and reconcile and draw into full communion all those who are separated from these Apostolic Churches, and let us all be first One in the Love of the Lord Who is One, and then let us be Holy, and Catholic, let us live the Apostolic and Orthodox Christian Faith, and let us all be drawn closer to each other and closer to our Head, Christ the Lord, and bring us all into a more perfect communion of love which will never end in the glories of Heaven, world without end, even to the ages of ages, Amen!  Amen! Amen!

Christ Jesus our God, please bless also our separated brothers and sisters and all Protestant Christians who are not in full communion with the Holy Apostolic See of Saints Peter and Paul in Rome and the Catholic Church, and draw them into orthodox doctrine and practice by the Power of Your Spirit.  

Nevertheless O Gracious and Merciful Lord Who Wills that all mankind be saved, by a Common Baptism and faith in Christ, and sharing the One Lord and One Baptism these are mystically united to the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church in a way known only to you O Christ God.  

Therefore O God please especially bless and have mercy on:

All Old Catholic Christians and their leaders:

The Most Reverend Joris Vercammen, Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht, Lord have mercy!

The Most Reverend Anthony Mikovsky, Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church, Lord have mercy!


All Anglican and Episcopalian Christians and their leaders:

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Archbishop Justin Portal l Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and head of all Anglican and Episcopalian Protestant Christians, and bless all Anglican and Episcopal Christians and bring them all to salvation, Lord have mercy!

The Reverend Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless Bishop Munib Younan, the President of the Lutheran World Federation, and bless all Lutheran Christians and heal the ancient wounds of division and save them by your grace and infinite mercy, Lord have mercy!

The President of the World Methodist Council, Bishop Paulo Lockmann, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless Bishop Ivan Abrahams, the General Secretary of the World Methodist Council, and help all Methodist Christians to be Holy and give them the grace to gaze upon your face in Heaven, Lord have mercy!

Lord bless the President of the World Communion of Reformed Churches Minister Najla Abou Sawan Kassab, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless Pastor Christopher Mackie Ferguson, the General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, and help and bless all reformed, Calvinist and Presbyterian Christians and draw them into the Barque of Peter and the Glories of Heaven according to your glorious will, Lord have mercy!

Please bless and have mercy on:

The Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, Lord have mercy!

Chairman of the Pentecostal World Fellowship Dr. Prince Guneratnam, Lord have mercy!

President of the Baptist World Alliance John Upton, Lord have mercy!

President of the Southern Baptist Convention, Pastor J.D. Greear., Lord have mercy!

Tomáš Butta, Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, Lord have mercy!

Charles E. Blake Sr of Los Angeles, CA, the Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ, Lord have mercy!

Executive Minister of Iglesia Ni Cristo Eduardo V. Manalo, Lord have mercy!

The General of the Salvation Army André Cox, Lord have mercy!

Stephen M. Veazey the Prophet-President of the Community of Christ, Lord have mercy!

The President of the Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States, Rev. Jim Sawtelle, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless also Mr. George Wood, the General Superintendent of the General Council of the Assemblies of God, and bless and have great mercy on all Pentecostal, Baptist, Evangelical, Messianic, and non-denominational and Bible only Christians, and draw them to yourself by the Power of your Holy Spirit, Lord have mercy!

Russell M. Nelson, the 17th and current president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lord have mercy!

Finally Lord Jesus, have mercy on, forgive the wrongs, and please bless all those who believe in the Name of Jesus Christ the Lord, yet do not share a common Baptism, all such as the Salvation Army, the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Latter Day Saints/Mormons, the Christadelphians, the Oneness Pentecostals, the Seventh Day Adventists, Unitarian Universalists, the Baha'is, and all other men and women of good will who try to follow the One God and believe in His Christ, and give us all love for one another, and help them to see the Truth of the Catholic Church, and by your infinite merits, grace and mercy, bring them to eternal Paradise, Lord have mercy!

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on, bless, and keep all these men and the Churches and Communities which they lead and guide, and bring them all to salvation in our heavenly homeland in accordance with your will, who live and reign for ever and ever, Amen.

Then O Lord our God, because you are all gracious and merciful, do not forget but always remember, bless, and have mercy on all our Jewish Brothers and Sisters who Worship You HaShem, the Unutterable and Divine and Sacred Name of the Father, the One Adonai our LORD of the Nations, especially the Chief Rabbis of Israel, the Chief Rabbis of Israeli Military, Ashkenazi, and Sephardic Jews, and bless the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, and bless all Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, and any who call themselves Jews, any and all who are circumcised and attempt to follow the Old Covenant which can never be revoked, and who follow the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as best they can, save them eternally!

Lord if it be your will let them recognize the Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth who is Christ the Lord, and bring them into the Bosom of Abraham which is the Eternal Paradise, Amen, Amen, Amen!

Please Lord God bless, have mercy, and be gracious to all our Muslim brothers and sisters, help pacify and bring peace to the Arab and Muslim nations, especially Sudan, Somalia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Chechnya, and Syria, all the Middle East, Africa, and Indian and all largely Muslim lands, and give peace and love and blessings to all their Imams, and all the Caliphs, Sheikh's, and all Fakirs and Sufis, Muslim holy men and women, mystics and saints known to you o God, those who follow the One and Only Allah (God), the Allah (God) of Adam, Noah, Shem, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Elijah, Isaiah, Jesus and all the Prophets of the LORD, who recognize Jesus as the Messiah born of the Immaculate Virgin Mary who worked miracles by the Spirit and Power of Allah(God), help them and bring them to true faith in the Messiah Jesus, bring them to the Catholic Church if it's Your will, and through the Blessings of yourself, the Most Benevolent, the Most Merciful, the Most High, the Mighty, the Eternal, the Wonderful, the Judge, the Master, the Lord, the King, the Holy, the Peace, the Creator and bring them all to eternal life in Jannah (Paradise), Lord have mercy!

Lord our God, please have mercy on and bless all of these spiritual and/or physical descendants of Abraham, the seed of Abraham which you have made more numerous than the sands on the seashore and the stars of heaven, because you are the God who keeps covenant with billions upon billions and generations upon generations for all eternity and unto ages of ages, Amen, Lord have mercy!

Lord bless also all the devout men and women of all the world's religious traditions, especially those of the Persian, Indian and Oriental cultural-religious traditions, foremost amongst these all the Zoroastrians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs, all followers of Confucius, Taoists and Shintoists, and all those who follow indigenous religions of the world, Animists and Shamans, Native Americans who believe in the Great Spirit, Aborigines in Australia who know the Dreamworld, all who believe in a supernatural realm and a creator Deity and spirits and souls of the just and our ancestors who came before us interceding for us in Heaven before the Throne of God, who believe in doing good works and taking care of the creation as good stewards, who look forward to life after this life is over, and please bring them to salvation and into communion with the Holy Catholic Christian faith according to your will, and send missionaries and evangelists to the areas of the world where the Holy Gospel has yet to be preached, have mercy on and especially bless also their leaders to lead them in Righteousness:

⦁ Please bless the 14th Dalai Lama His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, and bless all Buddhist religious leaders, and please give all Buddhist people of earth salvation and eternal life through the Grace and Passion of Jesus Christ, Savior of Mankind, Lord have mercy!

⦁ Please bless Hindu religious leaders, monks and spiritual men and women, such as Mother Meera, Kripalu Maharaj, Ramdev, Baba Hari Dass, Radhe Maa, and all known to you who are holy and righteous and if it be possible let them know your Name and your Church, nevertheless Lord, bring them to Paradise in any way through your Grace, and Thy Will be done!  Lord have mercy!

Please help and bless all those who through despair, through lack of knowledge, through exposure to sin and death, through the temptations of the flesh, the devil and the world, have decided to call themselves atheists, or who are unsure and confused and agnostic, all who are indifferent or hostile towards God, help them to see the Reality which the vast majority of all humans who have ever lived have seen, and reveal unto them the Fullness and Revelation of that Reality which is Jesus Christ the Lord, and bring them all to salvation, Lord have mercy!

Lastly Lord, please help and save all those who follow demons, knowingly or unknowingly, satanists and occult religions, certain new age beliefs, certain pagan beliefs, and false gods and false idols, cults, scientologists, and all other false belief systems and bring them out of their devilish delusions, and have mercy on them through the Blood of Jesus Christ and His Passion, and bring them to eternal salvation, Lord have mercy!

Lord have mercy and hear our prayers.

Lord Jesus Christ, through the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos and all the Angels and Saints, have mercy on us!

Christ have mercy
Christ graciously hear us
For the sake of Your Sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world!
Amen!
Amen!
Amen!

East meets West Litany of Saints for December 11th, 2018

It's been a while since I made a litany of Saints from East and West, and for this Advent season I want to commit to creating daily litanies to all the holy men and women commemorated in the Western Roman Rite and Eastern Byzantine Rite, the two largest Rites in all of Christendom with close to 1.5 billion of all the worlds 2.4 billion Christians celebrating one of these two venerable Christian Rites.

You will notice some Saints are repeated in both the Roman and Byzantine Rites…  The Saints who are remembered today in both the Orient and the Occident are: Aithalas, Apseus, Barsabas of Persia, the Martyrs of Rome, the Martyrs of Saint Aux-Bois, Eutychius, Daniel the Stylite, Luke of Chalcedon, Sabinus, Cian, Peris, and Fidweten.


Roman Martyrology:


St. Pope Damasus I, pray for us!
St. Aithalas of Arbela, pray for us!
St. Apseus of Arbela, pray for us!
Blessed (Bl.) Arthur Bell, pray for us!
St. Barsabas of Persia, pray for us!
St. Cian, pray for us!
St. Daniel the Stylite, pray for us!
Bl. David of Himmerod, pray for us!
Bl. Dominic Yanez, pray for us!
St. Eutychius the Martyr, pray for us!
St. Fidweten, pray for us!
Bl. Franco of Siena, pray for us!
Bl. Hugolinus Magalotti, pray for us!
Bl. Jean Laurens, pray for us!
Bl. Jerome Ranuzzi, pray for us!
St. María Maravillas de Jesús, pray for us!
Bl. Martín Lumbreras Peralta, pray for us!
Bl. Martino de Melgar, pray for us!
Bl. Melchor Sánchez Pérez, pray for us!
St. Peris, pray for us!
Bl. Pilar Villalonga Villalba, pray for us!
St. Sabinus of Piacenza, pray for us!
Bl. Severin Ott, pray for us!
Martyr-Saints of Saint Aux-Bois, Fuscian, Gentian and Victoricus, pray for us!
Martyr-Saints of Rome, Pontian, Practextatus and Trason, pray for us!
St. Ludolf van Craeywinckel, pray for us!
St. Luke of Chalcedon, pray for us!
St. Maria Piedal, pray for us!
St. Masona di Merida, pray for us!
St. Pablo di Merida, pray for us!
St. Tassilo III, pray for us!
St. Wilbirg, pray for us!


Byzantine Synaxarion:


Martyr-Saints Terentius, Vincent, Emilian, and Bebaia, pray to God for us!
Martyr-Saints Peter the Acsetic, and Acepsimas, pray to God for us!
Monk-martyr St. Barsabas, Abbot, of Ishtar, and ten companions, pray to God for us!
Martyr-Saints Aeithalas and Acepsius, pray to God for us!
Saint Daniel the Stylite, pray to God for us!
Martyr-Saint Mirax of Egypt, pray to God for us!
Saint Nikephoros Phokas, Emperor of Byzantium, pray to God for us!
Saint Luke the New Stylite, pray to God for us!
Martyr-Saints of Saint Aux-Bois Victoricus, Fuscian, and Gentian, pray to God for us!
Martyr-Saints of Rome Thrason, Pontian and Praetextatus, pray to God for us!
Martyr-Saint Eutychius, pray to God for us!
St. Sabinus of Piacenza, pray to God for us!
St. Cían, pray to God for us!
St. Peris, pray to God for us!
St. Fidweten, pray to God for us!
Venerable Nicon “the Dry” of the Kiev Caves, pray to God for us!
Venerable Leontius, pray to God for us!
Venerable Damaskinos, pray to God for us!
Venerable Nomon the Wonderworker, pray to God for us!
St. Kuksha (Velichko), Hiero-Schemamonk, pray to God for us!
New Hieromartyr St. Theophan (Ilminsky), pray to God for us!
New Hieromartyr St. Nicholas Vinogradov, Priest, pray to God for us!
New Hieromartyr St. John Bogoyavlensky, Priest, pray to God for us!
All Saints of Georgia, pray to God for us!

All you Holy Men and Women from the rising of the Sun in the East to the setting of the Sun in the West, pray to God for us now and always!

Lord Jesus Christ, through the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos and all the Angels and Saints, have mercy on us!

Amen and Amen!

Ecumenical Prayer for orthodoxy, peace and unity amongst Christian leaders.

O God, we pray for and pray you have great mercy on, bless, forgive the sins of, keep and save all Christians who profess that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, and protect them from and lead them away from all heresy, and strengthen these men and bring them deeper into all Orthodoxy, and we pray for Christian unity and solidarity and that we all may be One in You and Your Son as You the Father and Your Son are One in the Unity of Your Holy Spirit, One God for ever and ever, Amen.

Lord bless, have mercy on, keep, grant love, unity, peace, orthodoxy and conversion of heart and mind and soul to All Catholic Christians and their leaders:

His Holiness Francis, Pope of Rome, Lord have mercy!

His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Lord have mercy!


All Eastern Orthodox Catholic Christians and their leaders:

His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Lord have mercy!

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Lord have mercy!

His Divine Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II, Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Lord have mercy!

His Holiness Patriarch John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Lord have mercy!

His Most Godly Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine, Syria, beyond the Jordan River, Cana of Galilee, and Holy Zion, Lord have mercy!


All Oriental Orthodox Catholic Christians and their leaders:

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Lord have mercy!

His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II Karim, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Lord have mercy!

His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Lord have mercy!

His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II, Catholicos of the East & Malankara Metropolitan, Lord have mercy!

His Holiness Abune Mathias I, Co-Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, and His Holiness Abune
Merkorios, Co-Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Lord have mercy!


All Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Christians and their leaders:

His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Gewargis III, Lord have mercy!

His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Addai II of the Ancient Church of the East, Lord have mercy!


All Old Catholic Christians and their leaders:

The Most Reverend Joris Vercammen, Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht, Lord have mercy!

The Most Reverend Anthony Mikovsky, Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church, Lord have mercy!


All Anglican and Episcopalian Christians and their leaders:

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Lord have mercy!

The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Portal Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England, Lord have mercy!


All Protestant and other Christians and their leaders:

The Reverend Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Lord have mercy!

The President of the Lutheran World Federation Bishop Munib Younan, Lord have mercy!

The President of the World Methodist Council, Bishop Paulo Lockmann, Lord have mercy!

President of the World Communion of Reformed Churches Jerry Pillay, Lord have mercy!

Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, Lord have mercy!

Chairman of the Pentecostal World Fellowship Dr. Prince Guneratnam, Lord have mercy!

President of the Baptist World Alliance John Upton, Lord have mercy!

President of the Southern Baptist Convention, Pastor J.D. Greear., Lord have mercy!

Tomáš Butta, Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, Lord have mercy!

Charles E. Blake Sr of Los Angeles, CA, the Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ, Lord have mercy!

Executive Minister of Iglesia Ni Cristo Eduardo V. Manalo, Lord have mercy!

The General of the Salvation Army André Cox, Lord have mercy!

Stephen M. Veazey the Prophet-President of the Community of Christ, Lord have mercy!

President of the Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States, Rev. Jim Sawtelle, Lord have mercy!

Russell M. Nelson, the 17th and current president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lord have mercy!

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on, bless, and keep all these men and the Churches and Communities which they lead and guide, and bring them all to salvation in our heavenly homeland in accordance with your will, who live and reign for ever and ever, Amen.




Wednesday, June 13, 2018

My Cat has breast cancer and needs surgery

My beautiful Siamese cat Sky needs surgery and has breast cancer.

Please go to our GoFundMe page for her and donate.  If you cannot donate, please like & share the page and link to it.

And of course, please offer up thoughts and prayers for us and for her.

Thank you and God bless.

https://www.gofundme.com/sky-feline-cancer-vet-fund


Tuesday, June 27, 2017

America First - or last?

Here are some numbers to meditate on:

So I just researched some statistics and crunched some numbers to calculate where the United States of America stands in the world, and I think it's still safe to say that overall America is the #1 most powerful and influential nation on Earth.

The numbers come from a variety of socioeconomic, geographic, demographic, and military figures, calculating our human development, wealth, size, and military might.

#1:
America is the richest nation on earth, she has the #1 highest Nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) coming in @ $18,570,000,000,000.00 per year.

America is the single most militarily advanced nation on earth, with the #1 largest annual defense budget weighing in @ $611,200,000,000.00.

(#2 Nominal GDP goes to China with $11,218,000,000,000.00.  #2 Military Expenditure again goes to China on our heels @ $215,000,000,000.00.)

#2:
America has the #2 GDP by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) at a whopping $19,417,000,000,000.00

America has the #2 largest arsenal of Nuclear weapons, with a total of 6,800 overall, and 1,800 being active and ready for war.

(#1 GDP (PPP) goes to China @ $23,194,000,000,000.00.  #1 largest Nuclear arsenal goes to Russia with 7,000 overall and 1,910 active nuclear weapons.)

#3:
America has the 3rd largest active Military force with 1,347,000 persons, with tens of millions more both in Reserves and/or fit for duty.

America has the 3rd largest total human population of any nation on Earth with approximately 325,300,000 people.

(#1 largest active Military goes to China with a standing Armed Forces consisting of 2,183,000 souls.  #1 largest population also goes to China with a mind bending population of 1,383,000,000 people.)

#4:
America is the 4th largest nation in the world by total area with about 3,702,000 square miles.

(#1 largest country is no contest and goes to Russia, spanning an incredible 6,601,000 square miles - Canada comes in #2 at just over half that size @ 3,855,000 sq mi - and China nearly as large and barely beating the USA @ 3,705,000 sq mi.)

#7:
America is the 7th richest nation on earth according to our per capita nominal GDP of $57,000.00

(#1 richest by per capita nominal GDP goes to Luxembourg @ $103,000.00.)

#10:
America is the 10th richest nation on earth according to our per capita GDP (PPP) of $56,000.00

America is the 10th most highly developed nation on earth going by the Human Development Index with a number of 0.920

(#1 richest nation by per capita GDP (PPP) is Qatar with $141,000.00.  #1 most highly developed is Norway at a nearly perfect 0.949.)

(HDI and IHDI numbers range from 1.000 - 100% perfectly developed - to 0.000 - 100% [im]perfectly undeveloped.)

#19
America is the 19th most developed nation when accounting for income inequality by our IHDI number of 0.796.

(#1 nation for IHDI is again Norway at 0.898.)

Judging by these statistics, the #1 issue facing Americas standing as the world leader is income inequality.  If our massive wealth was more fairly distributed amongst our population, our IHDI and HDI ratings would significantly improve.  Arguably, a more egalitarian distribution of wealth would also drive up our rankings in per capita GDP from #7/10 possibly into the top 5 or even top 3.

Another disturbing trend to note in these numbers is China.

Whereas America currently ranks #1 in only two of these areas - nominal GDP and military spending - China ranks #1 in three areas - standing military, population, and GDP by PPP - and it's not too much of a strech to see China growing it's current nominal GDP from 11.218 trillion to surpass Americas 18.569 trillion, or increasing its military spending from 215.7 billion to beat Americas 611.2 billion.  If China overcame America in these two areas, it would seem that China would then become the worlds leading superpower, lagging behind only in the size of its nuclear arsenal of 270 total weapons.

Again, to insure American dominance in the world over the next few decades, it's essential that we solve our growing income inequality issues.  Expanding income inequality combined with rising inflation and cost of living will result in a stagnant economy and reduced GDP, thereby basically insuring China surpasses the US as the dominant Global Power.

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Happy Mothers Day and Fifth Sunday of Easter

I pray you all have a great and blessed Mothers Day and fifth Sunday of Eastertide!

I found a nice Protestant Christian Mothers Day blessing and tweaked it a little bit, this will be the Grace I say at table with my family today, and I share it with you all now.

Dear God,

We thank you for the gift of motherhood. Thank you for the blessing it is to those who are called Mother. Thank you for the good plans you have in store for those who still wait to be a Mother. Thank you for the numerous children you have given to so many Mothers and mentors. We pray that you would fill this day with favor and grace as we honor Mothers all around our nation, and Mothers around our table.

 Today we give thanks for this food and all material blessings you have given us, and we pray for refreshing, for joy, for grace, for wisdom, for great peace...for all mothers, especially these seated here, for mothers to be, and for all women who nurture and lead.

Through Christ Our Lord,

+In Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti,

Amen.

This Catholic Christian Mothers Day meal blessing was adapted from this Protestant Christian website.


Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!
Holy Mary, Mother of all Christians, pray for us!

Holy Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us!
Holy Mary, Mother of mothers, pray for us!

St. Joseph, protector of the Mother of God and Son of God, pray for us!

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, help us always!

Please remember me and my wife (a mother), as well as her mother and my mother in your prayers.

+Sincerely yours in Christ Jesus,
Jason Michael Spyridon Prewara+