"What is America, if nothing else, except for a sea of nations. There are many things that could be said about our nation. Some say we're Babylon, and this is true. Some say we exported all of our licentiousness, our fornication, and our greed. This is true. But something that is also very true, is that, in America, [Orthodox] people have learned what it means to be Christian. And what I mean by that is, we do not have the undergirding of traditional culture. We do not have the undergirding of ancient language and ancient culture. We, as the Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christians here in America, we have one thing, one person, and that's Christ. This is our great strength. Our great strength is that we have nothing else to fall upon, except for Christ.... ... If there was no hope for us God would not have sent us so many Saints. And so now we must realize what's before us, and what's before us is to become fishers of men. Because something else that we as Americans have, that really no one else has, if we remember something, that this world is not our home. As Americans, this sea of nations, all of us come from a diaspora. Unless you're [Native American], you're from a diaspora. Whether you're Swiss, Ghanian, Pakistani, whatever you are, if you're here, you come from somewhere else, and you know more than anyone else, that this is your home... ...This is our home, this where we're called to sanctify... ... this is where God has called us to become Saints." - Father Turbo Qualls