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2/23/03_______________________________________________________

I read something today for my Spiritual Theology class that made me think of The Prayer Foundation ™ Order.  It is by the theologian Nicolas Cabasilas and is quoted in my professor's book as he found it in Kallistos Ware's book, "Ways of Prayer and Contemplation".

His basic thesis is that anyone (not just the learned)
can experience the true knowledge of God.  I thought
it pertinent to our Order since we are un-cloistered
and mostly un-habited.

Enjoy!

"Everyone may continue to exercise their art or
profession.  The general may continue to command, the
farmer to till the soil, the workman to pursue his
craft.  No one need desist from his usual employment.
It is not necessary to retire into the desert, or to
eat unaccustomed food, or to dress differently, or to
ruin one's health, or to do anything reckless; for it
is quite possible to practice continual meditation in
one's own home without giving up any of one's
possessions."

God bless in the ministry!  I am praying for you
always!
Sincerely,
Brother Adam  (Princeton, New Jersey)

Reply from The Prayer Foundation ™ : We thank God for you and for your prayers, nothing is more important to us.  God in his wisdom has made the Gospel simple enough for a child to understand, and yet His Word has such infinite spiritual depth that many theologians have spent a lifetime studying just one book, without ever coming to the end of learning from it.

2/23/03_______________________________________________________

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ -
I went to church my whole life, but have only recently been "born again" as a receptive, open-hearted member of the body of Christ.  I have been praying and thinking about joining your order as one of the monks
who stays in their current life, but is still completely dedicated to prayer, etc.
Here is my only problem.  You call yourselves an order of lay monks.  I am currently in seminary and will only be a lay person for the next two and a half years.  Then, I will be ordained clergy.
Would this be acceptable or should I look elsewhere?
Yours in Christ,
Adam (Iowa)

Reply from The Prayer Foundation ™ : Yes, ordained clergy can still be registered as "Lay" Monk in our Knights of Prayer Monastic Order.  We currently have Monks attending Seminary in their respective Denomination.  Because we are Interdenominational, our goal was to be as inclusive as possible.  We use the term "Lay Monk" to refer to our "Oblates" (persons affiliated with a monastic Order while remaining in their own homes, careers, marriages, etc.).  We are unique in that we grant Full Lay Monk Status to our Oblates.  Traditionally/historically and also currently, Oblates of Orders other than ours do not receive Monk Status.  We are also unique in that we are (so far as we know), the only Monastic Order teaching the Born-again Christian experience of Salvation (see our page: Plan of Salvation).  Also, the term "lay" is a relative one.  Strange as it may seem, if the Rev. Dr. Billy Graham and Pope John Paul II were the only two non-engineers attending an Engineering Conference, they would be considered the only two "laymen" present! (with regards only to Engineering, of course).

2/22/03_______________________________________________________

2/10,11/03____________________________________________________

(2/10/03) Peace and All Good,

Could you tell me how I go about requesting the above-mentioned video; 
I am the vocation director for a small community in Pittsburgh, PA. Anxious to hear from you.

Sister Kathy, OSF (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Reply from The Prayer Foundation ™ : Information on what Movies (VHS or DVD), Books (Printed or Audio), and
Music CD's are available from this ministry, and how to obtain them, can be found on our web page: Gifts for Contributors!

(2/11/03) Thank you very much for writing back; I will be sending you a donation (a check) and will be requesting the VHS Video: Francis of Assisi.

I have the film: Brother Sun, Sister Moon and have showed it for years.

Peace and All Good,

Sister Kathy, OSF (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

3/10/03_______________________________________________________

Dear Sirs,                                                                                                       My wife has recently started studying with the Jehovah's Witnesses and I would like to know more about this organization.  I hear a lot of negative criticism about them, but I don't know what to believe.  Please send me any info. that would make me feel a little better about this situation, and about her being right or wrong.  I am a Christian and I feel a little upset about this.  She gets so defensive when we talk about the Jehovah's Witnesses.     Sincerely,                                                                                                          Don

Reply from The Prayer Foundation ™ : The teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses are quite different from Christianity and the Bible in many ways.   

• 1). They don't teach the true nature of God.  They deny the Trinity. 
• 2). They deny that man has an eternal immortal soul.  They teach the soul is not separate from the body.  
• 3). They deny that Christ is Divine, part of the Trinity, God Himself (God the Son).  
• 4). They deny Christ's complete Atonement and Salvation by grace alone (as an un-earned gift).  Instead they teach that man earns his own salvation by works.  
• 5). They deny the Bodily (physical) Resurrection of Christ.         
• 6). They deny Christ's physical return to earth (they say that he already returned "spiritually" in 1914!).  
• 7). They deny belief in Hell and eternal punishment for sin.

For a more in-depth discussion of what Jehovah Witnesses teach, and the Bible Verses that contradict their teachings with correct Christian Doctrine, see the complete answer that we made to the questions in the above letter on our page: Cult of Error: Jehovah's Witnesses. _____________________________________________________________

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