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Here it is... May God the Father bless us, May God the Son heal us, May God the Holy Spirit enlighten us and give us eyes to see with, ears to hear with, and hands to do the work of God with, feet to walk with and a mouth to preach the word of salv…
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There is a danger in being overly picky. But there is also wisdom in being careful. In fact this particular Dominican blessing is a very modern version that it seems to me deforms the original anonymous 13th century form. Here is the original.. M…
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I'm thinking that you could teach people how to design bikes? Lol! I guess I meant what subjects do you enjoy studying. Unless you want to be a professional cyclist, or run a cycle shop.
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I don't think that we should view sin as a list of things we must not do, and then search the Scriptures to add to the list. This is a Jewish Law way of looking at things and is sub-Christian. To sin is to turn our gaze from God. To sin is to serve…
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Did you see a priest, I looked but couldn't.
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The earliest known prayer directed to the Virgin Mary in existence is this one, which was found in a papyrus from Egypt dated to about 250 AD. (The papyrus was in Greek by the way). Beneath your compassion, We take refuge, O Mother of God: do not d…
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Concerning the Reuters video, I didn't say anything about Copts participating. I just said that it didn't look at all like a liturgy was being performed. And the use of the word mass, which is not Orthodox, made me wonder if some Catholics were part…
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The Reuters video of what was described as a Mass didn't look anything like one. Does anyone have any actual facts?
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What do you enjoy to start with.
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Seriously, we should find hope in God each day, not in trying to make prophecies fit particular events. I grew up in a Protestant community that did this all the time. It is just not healthy. I have not found the Fathers to engage in such activitie…
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Why? Why is Isaiah 19 more applicable to now than any of the other much more serious upheavals in Egyptian life over the centuries?
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The Orthodox Church has never accepted or adopted the Calvinistic/Reformed view of salvation. Indeed it is has explicitly rejected it. We do not, for one thing, believe that man is unable to respond to God. The Fathers teach that God allowed the s…
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Please stop cross-posting. We have been discussing this passage for the last week here on Tasbeha.
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It is not being fulfilled. What is happening in Egypt at present hardly compares with some of the things that have happened in the past. There are always those who will read modern events into any and every prophetic passage.
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That doesn't strike me as evidence though. It is just opinion. I wonder if there is real evidence or if this is just a possibility.
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Let me agree with anba bola, and state again as I have done many times. MOST PEOPLE ON THIS SITE SHOULD NOT BE READING OR LISTENING TO ANY NON-ORTHODOX MATERIAL, AND SHOULD CLEAR WHATEVER NON-ORTHODOX MATERIAL THEY READ, OR WATCH, OR LISTEN TO WITH…
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Unfortunately there are no British newspapers and no British news programmes which can be trusted. They all have an agenda, and telling the truth is not it.
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Can you point me to some scholarly references for that?
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Sorry, I can't see where that page mentions a Church at all?
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Are you suggesting that because I don't agree with you, and rather agree with His Holiness, that I lack feeling for the Egyptian people? Does His Holiness lack sensibility? Everyone has the right to fight if they choose, bearing in mind the Christi…
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The Iranian revolution was secular. Look at Iran now. The Turkish revolution was secular. Look at Turkey now.
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If 5 million people are protesting then 75 million are not. Let me tell you that democracy is not the answer to the world's problems. Indeed more often than not it merely aggravates already problematic situations. It took 400 years for the democrac…
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Everyone I hear from Egypt says that they don't want Mubarek to go, certainly not in a hurry. Everyone I hear from Egypt says that those protesting and appearing on the Western news are a small minority of the population. I do not trust the Wester…
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The BBC cannot be trustede. It has been entirely compromised. The head of religious broadcasting, for instance, is a Muslim.
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No. It is not possible. Put it from your mind and concentrate on loving, serving and worshipping God.
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I guess he knows a lot better than us. May the Lord watch over all our brothers and sisters and fathers in Egypt.
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We should not believe ANYTHING the media tell us. Especially the BBC. But all media outlets have an agenda.
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There is never much of a victory in a human revolution.
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I thought you were talking about Copts being involved in the violence over the last days. You said that Copts were fighting Copts Do you know anyone for sure who has been involved in that.
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All the messages and comments I am hearing from Egypt suggest that Copts generally are not participating in protests.