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Rutherford Cardinal Johnson

Rutherford Cardinal Johnson

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Rutherford Cardinal Johnson is the Patriarch of the Anglican Rite Roman Catholic Church and also holds a PhD in agricultural economics. He speaks and writes extensively on economics and ethics and other key social issues facing the world today. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the piano and organ, high altitude climbing, and sailing. 

A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy

A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy

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<p>Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</p>

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Everyone can serve an important purpose in life! Everyone can make their life count! People sometimes ask just what is meant by the term “incidental priest.” First, he is an example of a person who seeks true humility before God and seeks to serve others. It is finding and achieving true humility before God that we must all seek. We all ought to take care of each other, just like the book’s central character, the incidental priest. But this is only part of the meaning of that character. The incidental priest is incidental. There have been many, many priests from the time of the Apostles to the present day. He is one of many. Similarly, each of us is one of many Christians that have been born since Christ came to the world as a Man. Sometimes we can feel insignificant. Now and then we can feel incidental, especially in terms of God’s greater plan. We can even feel incidental in terms of human plans and organizations. Sometimes it is difficult to think that what we are doing can truly make a difference. Though the incidental priest is one of many, what he does is nonetheless instrumental in achieving God’s plan and the work of the Church, even if he does not understand how or why. Similarly, each of us plays an important role in life. Even though we may think we are insignificant or small, if we put God first in all that we do, seeking always to do God’s will, then we can truly become instrumental. No matter how small our acts of kindness, service, or charity that we do seem to be, they all still contribute to making the world a better place.

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<p align="center"><font face="Impact,Arial,Helvetica"><font size="6"><font color="#0000FF">ENGAGING AND DEEPLY MEANINGFUL!</font></font></font><br /><em><font size="3"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, 'New York';"><strong><font color="#7f0000">An Incidental Priest shows that if we work together we can create synergy</font></strong></span></font></em><br /><em><font size="3"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, 'New York';"><strong><font color="#7f0000">where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, thus establishing</font></strong></span></font></em><br /><em><font size="3"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, 'New York';"><strong><font color="#7f0000">harmony in which we are more peaceful and happy...and no one is incidental.</font></strong></span></font></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, 'New York';"><font size="2">- Dan Coberly, Former Senior Correspondent and Chief of Pacific Bureaus,</font></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, 'New York';"><font size="2">Stars &amp; Stripes Daily Newspaper, Tokyo</font></span></em></p> <p align="center"><font face="Impact,Arial,Helvetica"><font size="6"><font color="#0000FF">AN INSPIRED WORK!</font></font></font><br /><em><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, 'New York';"><font color="#7f0000">Cardinal Johnson's insights and efforts to make this book useful to clergy</font></span></strong></em><br /><em><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, 'New York';"><font color="#7f0000">and laity alike are beyond description. His fruitful mind has given us</font></span></strong></em><br /><em><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, 'New York';"><font color="#7f0000">a true winner.</font></span></strong></em><br /><em><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, 'New York';">- Monsignor Harris Rowzie, O.P.</span></font></em></p>