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Compartido públicamente. - 22:03AURELE, ROBERT - Baptistery of St. Mark in Venice. 1842
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Compartido públicamente. - 13:34When
you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied
and oppressed by your loneliness, remember then, as always, that God
the Trinity looks upon you with eyes brighter than the sun; also all the
angels, your own Guardian Angel, and all the Saints of God. Truly they
do; for they are all one in God, and where God is, there are they also.
Where the sun is, thither also are directed all its rays. Try to
understand what this means.
~St. John of Kronstadt
you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied
and oppressed by your loneliness, remember then, as always, that God
the Trinity looks upon you with eyes brighter than the sun; also all the
angels, your own Guardian Angel, and all the Saints of God. Truly they
do; for they are all one in God, and where God is, there are they also.
Where the sun is, thither also are directed all its rays. Try to
understand what this means.
~St. John of Kronstadt
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Compartido públicamente. - 13:32Is
this not a shame and is this not a great misfortune if, after Christ
has delivered us from hell by His own Blood and after we have heard all
this, we should again go and throw ourselves into hell? Are we not in
this case deserving of yet greater and more powerful torture?
May
the Lover of mankind, God, have mercy on us and grant us heedfulness,
so that we might understand all this and profit by it, that we might
obtain at least a small portion of God’s mercy.
this not a shame and is this not a great misfortune if, after Christ
has delivered us from hell by His own Blood and after we have heard all
this, we should again go and throw ourselves into hell? Are we not in
this case deserving of yet greater and more powerful torture?
May
the Lover of mankind, God, have mercy on us and grant us heedfulness,
so that we might understand all this and profit by it, that we might
obtain at least a small portion of God’s mercy.
Jimmy Martello
13:40
Have Mercy on me oh Lord, a pitiful sinner.
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Compartido públicamente. - 13:31The
Risen Christ we celebrate these days is the firstborn from the dead,
our firstborn and greatest brother who arose, triumphing over death, sin
and the devil. And we His brethren, by His power can be raised and
conquer death, the sin and the devil. This is our greatest solace, our
only hope. By the birth from our parents we are humans. With our Baptism
we became Christians. With our resurrection, first the spiritual one
from sin and then the bodily one at the appointed time, we will live
eternally with Christ who is risen from the dead.
Risen Christ we celebrate these days is the firstborn from the dead,
our firstborn and greatest brother who arose, triumphing over death, sin
and the devil. And we His brethren, by His power can be raised and
conquer death, the sin and the devil. This is our greatest solace, our
only hope. By the birth from our parents we are humans. With our Baptism
we became Christians. With our resurrection, first the spiritual one
from sin and then the bodily one at the appointed time, we will live
eternally with Christ who is risen from the dead.
By
Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos The Resurrection of Christ, the
premier event in the mystery of the divine economy, gives us each year
the opportunity to delve into this event and little by little to engage
the myster...
Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos The Resurrection of Christ, the
premier event in the mystery of the divine economy, gives us each year
the opportunity to delve into this event and little by little to engage
the myster...
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - 13:27Saint
Benedict enjoins us to gird our loins with faith and with the
performance of good works. To have one's loins girt means to be kitted
out with weapons and ready for action on the battlefield.
Benedict enjoins us to gird our loins with faith and with the
performance of good works. To have one's loins girt means to be kitted
out with weapons and ready for action on the battlefield.
Why
did I choose this painting of Saint Antony of Egypt and Saint Paul the
Hermit to illustrate today's entry? Saint Antony's face reflects the
pure light of Christ shining from the Gospel for Saint Paul, and Saint
Paul's face reflects the same pure light of Christ shining from the
Gospel for ...
did I choose this painting of Saint Antony of Egypt and Saint Paul the
Hermit to illustrate today's entry? Saint Antony's face reflects the
pure light of Christ shining from the Gospel for Saint Paul, and Saint
Paul's face reflects the same pure light of Christ shining from the
Gospel for ...
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - 1:15“Love
all God’s creation, the whole of it and every grain of sand. Love every
leaf, every ray of God’s light. Love the animals, love the plants, love
everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine
mystery in things.“
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
all God’s creation, the whole of it and every grain of sand. Love every
leaf, every ray of God’s light. Love the animals, love the plants, love
everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine
mystery in things.“
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Father-Thank
you for posting this touching portrait of a religious. Having attended a
Catholic grade school-I never witnessed this form of prayer and
serenity in a nun. More people, Catholics and non-Catholics need to
realize how beautiful and appealing the consecrated life can truly be.
you for posting this touching portrait of a religious. Having attended a
Catholic grade school-I never witnessed this form of prayer and
serenity in a nun. More people, Catholics and non-Catholics need to
realize how beautiful and appealing the consecrated life can truly be.
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
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PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH! CHRIST IS RISEN!
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Compartido públicamente. - 1:07Before
anything else, we must carefully observe the gospel command which says
that we should go into our room and pray to our Father with the door
shut. We shall fulfill this in the following way. We pray in our room
when we withdraw our hearts completely from the clatter of every thought
and concern and disclose our prayers to the Lord in secret and, as it
were, intimately. We pray with the door shut when, with closed lips and
in total silence, we pray to the searcher not of voices but of hearts.
St. John Cassian
anything else, we must carefully observe the gospel command which says
that we should go into our room and pray to our Father with the door
shut. We shall fulfill this in the following way. We pray in our room
when we withdraw our hearts completely from the clatter of every thought
and concern and disclose our prayers to the Lord in secret and, as it
were, intimately. We pray with the door shut when, with closed lips and
in total silence, we pray to the searcher not of voices but of hearts.
St. John Cassian
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - Ayer a la(s) 23:28“Men
will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had
lived in our day, Faith would be simple and easy. But in their day,
they will say, things are complex; the Church must be brought up to date
and made meaningful to the day’s problems. When the Church and the
world are one, then those days are at hand because our Divine Master
placed a barrier between His things and the things of the world.
A
time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is
not mad, they will attack him saying, ‘You are mad, you are not like us”
St. Anthony of the Desert
will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had
lived in our day, Faith would be simple and easy. But in their day,
they will say, things are complex; the Church must be brought up to date
and made meaningful to the day’s problems. When the Church and the
world are one, then those days are at hand because our Divine Master
placed a barrier between His things and the things of the world.
A
time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is
not mad, they will attack him saying, ‘You are mad, you are not like us”
St. Anthony of the Desert
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - Ayer a la(s) 22:37“No
matter how much the waves of temptation rise up against your soul,
always hasten to Christ. The Saviour will always come to your aid and
will calm the waves. Believe that the Lord has providentially arranged
such experiences for your soul’s healing and do not reject them, seeking
bodily peace and imaginary tranquility, for it is better to be shaken
and yet to endure. If you will gain an insight from this, it will
greatly lighten your struggle and you will gain more peace than if you
do not.”
St Leo of Optina
matter how much the waves of temptation rise up against your soul,
always hasten to Christ. The Saviour will always come to your aid and
will calm the waves. Believe that the Lord has providentially arranged
such experiences for your soul’s healing and do not reject them, seeking
bodily peace and imaginary tranquility, for it is better to be shaken
and yet to endure. If you will gain an insight from this, it will
greatly lighten your struggle and you will gain more peace than if you
do not.”
St Leo of Optina
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Compartido públicamente. - Ayer a la(s) 21:57
When
you are depressed, bear in mind the Lord’s command to Peter to forgive a
sinner seventy times seven. And you may be sure that He Who gave this
command to another will Himself do very much more.
-...
you are depressed, bear in mind the Lord’s command to Peter to forgive a
sinner seventy times seven. And you may be sure that He Who gave this
command to another will Himself do very much more.
-...
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - Ayer a la(s) 21:56The
more this generous spirit springs up in your heart, the nearer and
dearer will you be to Jesus. Love for Love. Blood for Blood. Life for
Life. Will you give Him all?
more this generous spirit springs up in your heart, the nearer and
dearer will you be to Jesus. Love for Love. Blood for Blood. Life for
Life. Will you give Him all?
The
more this generous spirit springs up in your heart, the nearer and
dearer will you be to Jesus. Love for Love. Blood for Blood. Life for
Life. Will you give Him all? COMMENT: God has given us e...
more this generous spirit springs up in your heart, the nearer and
dearer will you be to Jesus. Love for Love. Blood for Blood. Life for
Life. Will you give Him all? COMMENT: God has given us e...
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - Ayer a la(s) 15:31Monks of Russian St. Pantaleon Orthodox monastery at Mount Athos.
Catherine Y
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So many beards!!!!! Oh my!!! Much wisdom though!!!!!
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Compartido públicamente. - Ayer a la(s) 15:29Artist Tianna Mallet
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Compartido públicamente. - Ayer a la(s) 15:24What
is the meaning of Memory Eternal?- "...'to be remembered' by the Lord
is the same thing as 'to be in Paradise.' 'To be in Paradise' is to be
in eternal memory and, consequently, to have eternal existence and
therefore an eternal memory of God. Without remembrance of God we die,
but our remembrance of God is possible only through God’s remembrance of
us." (quote from The Brothers Karamazov)
is the meaning of Memory Eternal?- "...'to be remembered' by the Lord
is the same thing as 'to be in Paradise.' 'To be in Paradise' is to be
in eternal memory and, consequently, to have eternal existence and
therefore an eternal memory of God. Without remembrance of God we die,
but our remembrance of God is possible only through God’s remembrance of
us." (quote from The Brothers Karamazov)
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Μaik Trool
Ayer a la(s) 15:35
Χαίρε,Νύμφη ανύμφευτε!
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - Ayer a la(s) 13:26"O
Jesus, I am locking myself in Your most merciful heart as in a
fortress, impregnable against the missiles of my enemies.” (St. Faustina
Kowalska, Diary, #1535)
Jesus, I am locking myself in Your most merciful heart as in a
fortress, impregnable against the missiles of my enemies.” (St. Faustina
Kowalska, Diary, #1535)
"The
world is not safe from sin and evil - even the body is not safe from
harm. But within the cloistered heart there is refuge. The Lord is with
me; I will not be afraid. In the cloister I am always safe." (from
cloistered h...
world is not safe from sin and evil - even the body is not safe from
harm. But within the cloistered heart there is refuge. The Lord is with
me; I will not be afraid. In the cloister I am always safe." (from
cloistered h...
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - Ayer a la(s) 13:20"In
the Psalter you learn about yourself. You find depicted in it all the
movements of your soul, all its changes, its ups and downs, its failures
and recoveries." St. Athanasius
Again St Athanasius tells us
"the marvel with the Psalter is that .... the reader takes all its words
upon his lips as though they were his own, written for his special
benefit, and takes them and recites them, not as though someone else
were speaking or another person’s feelings being described, but as
himself speaking of himself, offering the words to God as his own
heart’s utterance, just as though he himself had made them up." In them
we find the means to express our feelings to God as they are. I suspect
that when do we are giving God our hearts and that he receives them with
joy. The marvel of the psalms Is that they allow us to speak with
unabashed honesty and perfect trust.
the Psalter you learn about yourself. You find depicted in it all the
movements of your soul, all its changes, its ups and downs, its failures
and recoveries." St. Athanasius
Again St Athanasius tells us
"the marvel with the Psalter is that .... the reader takes all its words
upon his lips as though they were his own, written for his special
benefit, and takes them and recites them, not as though someone else
were speaking or another person’s feelings being described, but as
himself speaking of himself, offering the words to God as his own
heart’s utterance, just as though he himself had made them up." In them
we find the means to express our feelings to God as they are. I suspect
that when do we are giving God our hearts and that he receives them with
joy. The marvel of the psalms Is that they allow us to speak with
unabashed honesty and perfect trust.
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - Ayer a la(s) 2:05The
incessant help that man seeks from God so that he can always defeat the
sleepless devil is none other than the sleepless and relentless
repetition of the noetic prayer of the heart. When the Almighty bestows
this prayer upon man, it is sown in his pure heart just as a falling
seed is sown in good and fertile soil. This seed sweetens the intellect,
warms the heart, and comforts the soul by divine grace. From then on
the soul begins to bear fruit from noetic prayer thirty-fold, then
sixty-fold, and finally a hundred-fold.
Anonymous Athonite monk
incessant help that man seeks from God so that he can always defeat the
sleepless devil is none other than the sleepless and relentless
repetition of the noetic prayer of the heart. When the Almighty bestows
this prayer upon man, it is sown in his pure heart just as a falling
seed is sown in good and fertile soil. This seed sweetens the intellect,
warms the heart, and comforts the soul by divine grace. From then on
the soul begins to bear fruit from noetic prayer thirty-fold, then
sixty-fold, and finally a hundred-fold.
Anonymous Athonite monk
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Fred MacDonald
Ayer a la(s) 2:05
Thank you Fr. So fitting and needed this day.
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - Ayer a la(s) 0:49“Observe your behavior every hour and every minute of the day until you radiate purity."
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Compartido públicamente. - 3 may. 2015
Steven Keller
3 may. 2015
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Compartido públicamente. - 3 may. 2015
The
Second Saturday of Each Month, 7:00PM Please join us as we draw closer
to our Lord by reflecting on the Christian life guided by the teachings
and spirituality of St. Philip Neri. Our meeting will begin with prayer,
followed by a reading from the life of St. Philip, a spiritual
conference, ...
Second Saturday of Each Month, 7:00PM Please join us as we draw closer
to our Lord by reflecting on the Christian life guided by the teachings
and spirituality of St. Philip Neri. Our meeting will begin with prayer,
followed by a reading from the life of St. Philip, a spiritual
conference, ...
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - 3 may. 2015“Do
you want to be healed?” This is not the question of someone intent on
forcing, convincing or subduing others. It is the question of genuine
love, and therefore, genuine concern. Religion, alas, can also become
narcissism, exclusively busy with itself and its own. But it is
important to understand that this kind of religion, in spite of whatever
Christian cloak it might be wearing, is in reality not Christianity …
For the whole of Christianity consists of breaking through the terrible
walls of self-centeredness, breaking through to that love which, in the
words of St Paul, God has “poured into our hearts” (Rom 5:5). That is
Christianity’s new, eternal commandment, and the content of the entire
gospel and all our faith …
you want to be healed?” This is not the question of someone intent on
forcing, convincing or subduing others. It is the question of genuine
love, and therefore, genuine concern. Religion, alas, can also become
narcissism, exclusively busy with itself and its own. But it is
important to understand that this kind of religion, in spite of whatever
Christian cloak it might be wearing, is in reality not Christianity …
For the whole of Christianity consists of breaking through the terrible
walls of self-centeredness, breaking through to that love which, in the
words of St Paul, God has “poured into our hearts” (Rom 5:5). That is
Christianity’s new, eternal commandment, and the content of the entire
gospel and all our faith …
Protopresbyter
Alexander Schmemann That is the gospel record, and having heard
it, many will respond that it's just another miracle, another
unbelievable event that has nothing whatsoever in common with our life,
inter...
Alexander Schmemann That is the gospel record, and having heard
it, many will respond that it's just another miracle, another
unbelievable event that has nothing whatsoever in common with our life,
inter...
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FrDavid Abernethy CO
Compartido públicamente. - 3 may. 2015At
the community Mass this morning I again felt an overpowering desire to
become a saint. It came suddenly, filling my soul with consolation.
Surely God has an object in inspiring me so often with this desire, and
has great graces for me if I will only cooperate with Him.
Reflecting
on this inspiration afterwards, I saw more clearly that the chief thing
God wants from me at present is an extraordinary and exquisite
perfection in every little thing I do, even the odd Hail Marys of the
day; that each day there must be some improvement in the fervour, the
purity of intention, the exactness with which I do things, that in this
will chiefly lie my sanctification as it sanctified St. John Berchmans. I
see here a vast field for work and an endless service of mortification.
To keep faithfully to this resolve will require heroism, so that day
after day I may not flag in the fervour of my service of the good God.
the community Mass this morning I again felt an overpowering desire to
become a saint. It came suddenly, filling my soul with consolation.
Surely God has an object in inspiring me so often with this desire, and
has great graces for me if I will only cooperate with Him.
Reflecting
on this inspiration afterwards, I saw more clearly that the chief thing
God wants from me at present is an extraordinary and exquisite
perfection in every little thing I do, even the odd Hail Marys of the
day; that each day there must be some improvement in the fervour, the
purity of intention, the exactness with which I do things, that in this
will chiefly lie my sanctification as it sanctified St. John Berchmans. I
see here a vast field for work and an endless service of mortification.
To keep faithfully to this resolve will require heroism, so that day
after day I may not flag in the fervour of my service of the good God.
At
the community Mass this morning I again felt an overpowering desire to
become a saint. It came suddenly, filling my soul with consolation.
Surely God has an object in inspiring me so often with ...
the community Mass this morning I again felt an overpowering desire to
become a saint. It came suddenly, filling my soul with consolation.
Surely God has an object in inspiring me so often with ...
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Compartido públicamente. - 3 may. 2015
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Wild Cat Hiding
Ayer a la(s) 1:20
SO VERY POWERFUL PICTURE .THANK YOU. GREETINGS.
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Compartido públicamente. - 3 may. 2015Answer:
You yourselves are at fault. You made poor use of the good priest, and
the Lord took him away. Tell me, did you become better from your
previous good priest? Here you falter to say, “Yes.” But I from a
distance shall say that you did not become better, judging by the fact
that you are judging the new priest, not knowing how to control your
feelings in relation to him as you should. Indeed, you had a good priest
even before this good priest who has now departed from you, and the one
before him was good too. You see how many good priests the Lord has
sent you; but you all have not become any better for it. And here He has
decided: why waste good priests on these people? I’ll send them one not
so good. And He did. Seeing this, you should have at once paid
attention to yourself, to repent and improve, but you just judge and
keep judging over and over again. Improve yourselves, and then the
priest will at once be changed. He will think: “With these people I
cannot carry out my holy work carelessly; I must serve reverently and
conduct edifying conversations.” And he will mend his ways. If priests
are negligent and hurried in serving the services and are trivial in
conversations, then most of the time it comes from conforming to the
parishioners.
Saying this, I am not justifying the priest. He has
no excuse, if he tempts the souls entrusted to him not only with action
against the ustav but even unwise action according to the ustav. But I
say only what is more useful for you to do in the given case. And the
most important thing I have already said: do not judge, but pay
attention to yourselves and improve yourself both in prayer and in
conversation, and in all your behavior. Pray for this with all your
heart, that the Lord will correct the priest. And He will correct him.
Only pray properly. The Lord said, that if two agree about anything and
will begin to pray, then they will have their request (Matt. 18:19). So
all you right-thinking parishioners gather together and decide to pray
for the priest; join fasting to your prayer and redouble your
almsgiving; and do this not just for a day or two, but for weeks,
months, a year. Labor and afflict yourself with brokenness so long as
the priest has not changed. And he will change; be certain that he
will.
You yourselves are at fault. You made poor use of the good priest, and
the Lord took him away. Tell me, did you become better from your
previous good priest? Here you falter to say, “Yes.” But I from a
distance shall say that you did not become better, judging by the fact
that you are judging the new priest, not knowing how to control your
feelings in relation to him as you should. Indeed, you had a good priest
even before this good priest who has now departed from you, and the one
before him was good too. You see how many good priests the Lord has
sent you; but you all have not become any better for it. And here He has
decided: why waste good priests on these people? I’ll send them one not
so good. And He did. Seeing this, you should have at once paid
attention to yourself, to repent and improve, but you just judge and
keep judging over and over again. Improve yourselves, and then the
priest will at once be changed. He will think: “With these people I
cannot carry out my holy work carelessly; I must serve reverently and
conduct edifying conversations.” And he will mend his ways. If priests
are negligent and hurried in serving the services and are trivial in
conversations, then most of the time it comes from conforming to the
parishioners.
Saying this, I am not justifying the priest. He has
no excuse, if he tempts the souls entrusted to him not only with action
against the ustav but even unwise action according to the ustav. But I
say only what is more useful for you to do in the given case. And the
most important thing I have already said: do not judge, but pay
attention to yourselves and improve yourself both in prayer and in
conversation, and in all your behavior. Pray for this with all your
heart, that the Lord will correct the priest. And He will correct him.
Only pray properly. The Lord said, that if two agree about anything and
will begin to pray, then they will have their request (Matt. 18:19). So
all you right-thinking parishioners gather together and decide to pray
for the priest; join fasting to your prayer and redouble your
almsgiving; and do this not just for a day or two, but for weeks,
months, a year. Labor and afflict yourself with brokenness so long as
the priest has not changed. And he will change; be certain that he
will.
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tip: Mystagogy Question: “We had a good priest; but he was transferred
to another parish. In his place came another, who is a grief to the
soul. In his serving the services, he is careless and ...
tip: Mystagogy Question: “We had a good priest; but he was transferred
to another parish. In his place came another, who is a grief to the
soul. In his serving the services, he is careless and ...
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Compartido públicamente. - 3 may. 2015The
gates of Hades are written in our faces – as are the gates of paradise.
It is the mystery of our true self – the one that is being re-created
in the image of Christ – precisely as we behold Him face to face and
discover that no shame need remain. Where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty. Sweet liberty!
gates of Hades are written in our faces – as are the gates of paradise.
It is the mystery of our true self – the one that is being re-created
in the image of Christ – precisely as we behold Him face to face and
discover that no shame need remain. Where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty. Sweet liberty!
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