True Life in God Newsletter
October 17, 2004

Vassula in New York City: A Meeting Report: Part 2

Books for the Needy Fund Off to A Good Start

The Uniqueness of the Spirituality of True Life in God by Fr . Tony

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Vassula in New York City : Part 2

Visit to the Dean of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of N.Y.

Georgia Klamson is a member of the Greek community in New York and attends the Divine Liturgy at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral. Knowing Fr. Robert Stephanopoulos, the Dean of the Cathedral quite well, she set up this appointment for him to meet Vassula. Having read some of the Messages, Fr. Robert was curious to make the acquaintance of a Greek Orthodox woman endowed with such a gift and was eager to know her views on current issues in the U.S. such as feminism and homosexuality. With regard to homosexuality, Vassula referred to St. Paul’s 1st Letter to the Romans 25-32, adding that people should come back to living according to the way God created them.

On the subject of her Inter-Religious mission, we were reminded of the Terrorist Issue which has inhibited Americans in their attitude towards Moslems in general. Fr. Robert questioned her on how she, as a Christian, interacts with Moslems. She told him about the Atisha Dipankar and Visuddhananda Peace Gold Award she received from the Buddhists in Bangladesh last year, and the ensuing invitation from a Moslem professor from the Dept. of World Religions, for her to speak to his students at the Moslem University of Dacca where she delivered a Christian message, reading from the Beatitudes. She emphasized to Fr. Robert that one must witness for Christ and leave the rest to the Holy Spirit to convert people. This is the difference between witnessing for your faith and proselytizing.

After a polite exchange of good wishes, Vassula handed Fr. Robert Vol. 12 of the Messages, the Odes to the Holy Trinity and a booklet of TLIG Messages for the Greek Orthodox. He wished her a successful meeting the following Saturday, excusing himself from attending due to preparations for Pentecost Sunday, and that Fr. Angelo Gavalas would be there in his stead.

4:30 p.m. Visit to the Greek Ambassador to the United Nations

Vassula was very pleased to meet Mr. Michael Daratzikis, Ambassador, and Deputy Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations. They both discovered they shared a common background; the Ambassador was also born in Egypt. She briefly told him of her experience and her work, and on seeing the book, he was very impressed by the beauty of the handwriting. Reading a few pages, he commented that he believed and said it reminded him of the Fathers of the Church. She encouraged him to read on and assured him that reading the Messages would give him peace. The openness, warmth, and graciousness of Mr. Daratzakis marked our first full day in New York.

May 27, Thursday Appointment at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, with its headquarters in New York City, is an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is composed of an Archdiocesan District – New York and 8 Metropolises: New Jersey, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Boston and Denver. It is governed by the Archbishop and the Eparchial Synod of Bishops.

Fr. Alex Karloutsos holds office as an advisor in the Archdiocese headquarters and is also the Parish Priest of the Kimisis Tis Theotokou Church in Southampton, N.Y. Georgia Klamson had told Fr. Alex about Vassula and had furnished him with information of her activities and the Messages. He demonstrated a keen interest in her work and in her person, so, on knowing of her visit to New York, he arranged to invite Vassula and Georgia to an informal lunch in the City. The meeting point was at his office in the Archdiocese building at 11:30 a.m. They were received amid a rush of phone calls for which Fr. Alex apologized, expressing the need to escape to quieter surroundings where he could at last give his undivided attention to his special guest. Over lunch, Fr. Alex shared his amazement at how someone with no theological training could produce such a divine work, that it could only come from God. He compared the poetry of True Life in God to the Songs of Solomon and had difficulty in understanding when he learned that many Orthodox priests were wary and afraid of it. Vassula took the opportunity to mention the ordeals of her mission for Church Unity and the obstacles put in her way due to the rejection by the majority of the Greek Orthodox clergy. He was sympathetic on hearing of her trials; he encouraged and reassured her of his support. They parted with the hope and the wish to meet again in the near future.

2:30 p.m. Visit to the Parish Priest of the Armenian Cathedral in New York City

The TLIG organizers in New York reserved the Parish Hall of the Armenian Cathedral for Vassula’s Meeting the following Saturday afternoon. Fr. Mardiros, the Dean of the Armenian Cathedral, St. Vartan’s, welcomed us and very proudly showed us his church. He gave us the background of the Cathedral, the first to be built in America. The biggest Armenian communities in the U.S. are found in New York and more recently, California. Vassula talked about her visit to Armenia last year, and was happy to inform him that Vergine and Tigranuhi from Armenia would be at the Meeting.

3:15 p.m. Interview on Greek National T.V.


Vassula was driven to Astoria, Queens, the Greek quarter of New York, to tape a TV interview which was to be aired the following evening, advertising the Saturday event at the Armenian Center. The Greeks of New York are so numerous that “Little Athens” is like an island teeming with Greek restaurants, shops and churches. The Greek National TV station, which is owned by Demetrios Kastanas, is located in the center of Astoria where we heard Greek spoken everywhere we went. She was interviewed in the Greek language for half an hour by a pleasant young man, a reporter called Panicos. Read part 3 in our next newsletter.

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Books For the Needy Fund Off to a Good Start!

The “TLIG Books for the Needy Fund” is off to a great start! We have been receiving donations from all over the world, and we want to thank everyone that has made a contribution so far for their generous donations.

We have already started to help those who cannot afford to buy our TLIG publications with the proceeds of our Fund. We are currently in process of sending a large shipment of books from the USA to Nairobi, Kenya, for further distribution throughout Africa. The shipment includes Volume 1’s, Volume 5’s, Bearer of the Light and Sacred Heart’s Passion, so that books can be distributed free to those people wanting them, and to help the TLIG community there to diffuse the messages.

Please help us in this important project by contributing to the “Books for the Needy” Fund. To make a contribution please follow the following steps:

For Contributions from Outside the USA, please wire the funds to the Vineyards of True Life in God, Inc., at the following location:

Receiving Bank Name: Charter One Bank, USA
ABA routing number: 241070417
Bank Account Holder: Vineyards of True Life in God, Inc.
Bank Account Number: 8210143416

When wiring funds, send a confirming email to [email protected] letting us know the amount of your transfer and that it is for “TLIG Books for the Needy.” We will respond to your email to let you know we received your contribution.

For Contributions from the USA, please send us a check to the following location:

Vineyards of True Life in God, Inc.
c/o William and Patricia Potoglou
612 Cedar Ave.
Elmhurst, IL. 60126
tel: 630-782-5882
email: [email protected]

Checks should be made payable to Vineyards of TLIG, Inc., a tax exempt organization under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue code. Please note on your check that the contribution is for “TLIG Books for the Needy.” All contributions are tax deductible.

Any questions on making a contribution should be directed to Bill and Patti Potoglou at [email protected] or by phone at 630-782-5882

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Uniqueness of the Spirituality of True Life in God

Even powerful spiritualities like St. Augustine, St. John of the Cross, St Teresa of Avila, St Clement of Alexandria, St. Gregory of Nyssa, etc., are not as comprehensive as the spirituality of TLIG, and they cover only a fraction of the topics that TLIG does.

All the above spiritual writers were either Priests or religious, who were taught theology and the Scriptures, they also were part of the Church’s establishment and were regularly receiving the Sacraments. Vassula, for thirty years took no part in the life of the Church and therefore received none of the Church’s Sacraments. She also had no knowlege or instruction of theology and the Scriptures. Yet the spirituality of TLIG is saturated with the Scriptures, and contains no errors of doctrine as Fr.Edward O’Connor, who for forty years taught dogmatic theology at the University of Notre Dame USA, has stated in his book, Touched by the Spirit, published by Trinitas.

The Spirituality of TLIG is not meditations or intellectual reasonings by Vassula, she is given words and understandings directly from God, called ” inner locutions”, as it says in the Messages, November 28,1989, ” I shall infuse in you learnings and discernment” The word infuse meaning coming directly from God and not Vassula’s mind, Vassula being God’s instrument, through which God speaks to us today. The Messages constantly tell us that all these Messages contain nothing new, but are reminders of the one Revelation given through the Scriptures and Sacred Tradition, as it says in the Message, July 30,1999, “they are given for a better explanation to the Revelation given to you”

One of the many unique characteristics of TLIG is that it contains individual locutions from God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. I know of no other spirituality that has such individual locutions from the Blessed Trinity, and maintaining the Triune nature of the Trinity, as it says in the Message, October 19,1998, We encircled Our territory, in Our one Substance and one Power and one Knowledge We are one God alone,yes, with one Will and Dominion” and again in the Message, Odes of the Holy Trinity February-April 2003, We are one Substance and one Power and one Knowledge and since We are one God We converse and give knowledge in the same manner and the same terms; this great knowledge is transmitted to you filled with love”

TLIG contains hundreds of teachings about Our Blessed Lady from God, that contains all the many titles of Our Blessed Lady, such as the New Eve, Woman of the Apocalpse, Queen of Heaven, Mother of God, Immaculate Heart. TLIG also contains a least a hundred Messages by locution from our Blessed Lady where she tells us, as she did at the Wedding Feast of Cana, do what Jesus tells you you do. TLIG also tells us how important Our Blessed Lady is in His Divine Plan, as it says in the Message, April 3, 1996, “I suffice by Myself, as you know, but it is through Mary’s Virginal Heart that My Redemptive Plan begun, and it will be again through this Holy Heart that I will accomplish MY Salvation Plan”. Again I know of no other spirituality that has such a comprehensive teaching on Our Blessed Lady.

TLIG contains all the characteristics of biblical prophecy. These characteristics of Bible prophets as spelt out by Dr. Scott Hahn, who lectures at the Catholic University of Stubenville, USA are.

  1. Judgement – blessings and curses
  2. Remnant – who will restore God’s Church
  3. Restoration – God is going to rebuild His Church
  4. New Exodus – out of sin
  5. Coming of Messiah – who will restore and unite His Church and nations
  6. Day of the Lord – end of an era not end of world.

TLIG covers in detail and comprehensively these characteristics of biblical prophecy.

The uniqueness of the Spirituality of TLIG is a big subject, in the future many, many books will be written on this subject. This article is just a taste of the uniqueness that is this great gift of HOPE that God is giving us today. Like no other spirituality I have known, it touches people all around the world of other faiths and no faiths.

Fr. Tony Sullivan

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