Fr. Gregory's response to post on Fr. John's website

And For thought: A Sharing: What Fr. Gregory Williams responded, to this article, and as it applies to our current internal church strife, which was shared by Hegumen John Smelich in Australia:    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 10:40 AM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original  "Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy!" and, MEMORY ETERNAL!  VECHNAYA PAMYAT! to our beloved, newly reposed in the Lord, Mitered Archpriest Gregory Williams, feeder and clothier and shelter provider of the orphans and the poor. He lived a life of relative poverty and routine self denial, in order to constantly beg from others who have been able to share what God gave to them, and to gather it and to and spend on the poor, every penny he could gather...for much of his life. Himself, he largely neglected. In some aspects he was himself a living  image of ..The Suffering Servant, which is what Our Saviour is also referred to as. MAY HE REST WITH THE SAINTS! May he now receive back from his Lord, in Heaven, what he gave away here, so generously. Fr. Gregory, was an unmercenary pure-hearted benefactor and servant of the poor,  in whom, he saw the immaculate image of God. Now, God has called him from this earth, to his reward. In Haiti, he leaves many orphans! Let us all try to emulate his good deeds, even as Father Gregory strived to emulate his Saviour and to live the evangelical life, that Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lover of Mankind, The Philanthropist, taught us all to live. "Freely ye have received, freely give!" Rd. Daniel in Oregon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Fr. Gregory Sent: Saturday, 6 August 2016 12:21 AM To: john smelic Subject: Re: Saint Ignaty Brianchaninov answers those who are dissatisfied with our Church   Christ is in our midst! Very apt, Father. Thanks In Christ Jesus, Fr. Gregory Williams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Saint John of Kronstadt Press    The Haitian Orthodox Mission The Orthodox Church of the Annunciation/Agape Community Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia 1180 Orthodox Way        Liberty, TN 37095-4366 USA              Catalog of books & recordings: www.sjkp.org Information on the Haitian Mission: www.haitianorthodoxmission.org Information on Church of the Annunciation:  www.annunciation.us Phone:  775-377-4610 iPhone: 615-631-8375 (functions only when I am away from home & shop) FAX: 615-536-5945 E-mail: frgregory@sjkp.org   On Aug 4, 2016, at 10:14 AM, john smelic wrote: A letter to those who criticise