Released on = April 9, 2006, 4:41 am

Press Release Author = Old Catholic Church

Industry = Government

Press Release Summary = The Most Reverend Father, Archbishop Gary Beaver of the Old
Catholic Church of Great Britain, leader of the Free Catholic Church of Europe
Communion of Churches, delivers Easter Message of Peace focused on the war in Iraq.

Press Release Body = Archbishop Gary Beaver sent a clear message of peace to world
leaders during his Easter Message during the Holy Week Conference of Church Leaders
in Europe.

Archbishop Gary stated \"In the spirit of Easter, the joyful resurrection and eternal
life in Christ we greet all the brothers and sisters of the Old Catholic Church, our
Orthodox brothers and sisters and all those who receive this Easter message in the
spirit of peace.

Peace, security and harmony have most certainly been scarce in much of the world
over the past year.
We are daily witnesses to the atrocious spectacle of lamentable conflict in Iraq,
which un-reels new horrors every day. We pray for those that experience even greater
perils in war, than soldiers themselves, those who are sick, the aged, women and
children. The constant and familiar face of such hostility is the suffering poor. We
pray for the defenceless Iraqi civilians caught and crushed in a ruthless struggle.
The destiny of men and an end to their dissension is surely in the hands of our
Lord. Our most powerful and safest haven of trust and peace is found in prayer to
God almighty.

We pray that influential powers develop a spirit of moral sincerity, responsibility
and willingness to build upon the ruins of war, lasting peace, and a just solidarity
among men.

We ask aggressive powers to discontinue the development of barbarous weapons; each
man will have to answer alone, for what he has destroyed, for what shall it profit a
man to gain the whole world, and lose his soul.( Mark viii. 36) how trivial then are
the kingdoms and riches of this world, when one soul outweighs them all.
The price of a soul, man\'s redemption price was the holy and precious blood of
Christ, Shed in his passion, for the salvation of humanity.

Adam was a perfect man, until he fell into sin and death. The cost of redeeming
mankind back from Satan was perfect blood.

This blood, causes the remission of sin, purchased us from death, redeems us,
justifies us, broke the partition between man and God, and the dissention between
nations, all nations and races, Jew and gentile came to God. This blood forges an
everlasting covenant between the believer and God. it brought peace, purges our
consciences from dead works, it lets us enter into the most holiest place, before
the throne of God, this blood of life, washes us and sanctifies us.

Jesus redeemed us from eternal death with his own blood. It is up to mankind, to
make himself worthy of the price Christ paid.\"


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