The only safe haven

October 20, 2009

Dear Sir,

I commend the Pope for making it easier for disaffected Anglicans who feel their Church has become too liberal to convert to Roman Catholicism.

Radical Anglicans who support women bishops and the evil of homosexuality misinterpret the bible and are guided by a false sense of freedom. They seek not God but their own selfish desires of power and lust.

Freedom does not rest in one's ability to do as one pleases. "Ye shall be as gods." This promise is quite clearly behind modernity's radical demand for freedom. Such anarchical freedom does not redeem, but makes man a miscarried creature, a pointless being. Those who live like this very soon clash with others who want to live the same way.

The inevitable consequence of this selfish concept of freedom is violence and the mutual destruction of freedom and life. This is the direction in which the worldwide Anglican communion is now headed.

Traditionalist should take heart. They are always welcome back to the fullness of truth that resides, with all it's pristine beauty and splendour, inside the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is the only church today that can be traced directly back to Christ, the Messianic King, whose coming was foretold in Jewish Scripture.

I encourage Anglican traditionalists and all others tossed about by the waves of false doctrines to climb aboard the barque of Peter for it will be their only safe haven in these troubling times.

PAUL KOKOSKI

Hamilton, Ontario

Halloween's pagan origins

October 27, 2009

Dear Sir,

The pagan feast of Halloween is foreign to Christian tradition and has become a superstitious and empty way of imposing mindless triviality.

The day has its origin in the Celtic New Year which celebrated the return of the spirits of the dead to their homes. Hence, those who observe Halloween, though they are probably ignorant of what they are doing and why they are doing it, are in reality celebrating death, the devil and Hell.

The observance of Halloween is mixed with Christian festivities whose meanings are totally contrary to Halloween.

On November 1, Christians celebrate belief in the communion of saints. On November 2, we make visits to the cemetery as a religious and profoundly human gesture, inspired by the hope in the resurrection.

I encourage Christians to celebrate the Christians truths of these days with renewed faith as a response to the real concerns of mankind today.

TIM STOREY

Kingston, Jamaica