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Curing the new depression era

Fr. Vasile — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:11:48 +0000

For what has man from all his labor, and from the troubling of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun? For all his days are sorrows, and his labor sadness; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night.

(Ecc 2:22-23)

North European airports are still fighting with the giant cloud of ashes following the eruption of the unpronounceable Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland. The aviation havoc reaches the entire world as the global flight network goes unbalanced with several of its major airports closed. But this is not the first time it happened. Iceland was the theater of another devastating eruption in 1783 when the Laki volcano

Love in times of recession

Fr. Vasile — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:21:03 +0000

"The LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you."

(Deu 23:5)

What makes our Christian religion unique is our concept of salvation. As Christians we have a Savior that loves us and in His love He comes down on Earth and saves us by

The Eros of marriage – Fr. Vasile Tudora

Fr. Vasile — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:37:53 +0000

"Everybody's sin is nobody's sin, and everybody's crime is no crime at all." This quote allegedly attributed to Alfred Kinsey, the parent of modern "sexology", if such a "science" exists, seems to become more and more the motto of our society. If everybody does something it has to be accepted and it has to be good.