English translation: Holy Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Youths: Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael Troparion Faith can accomplish great things! Through it, the Three Holy Youths rejoice in the flames as if they had been in refreshing water, and Daniel in the midst of lions is like a shepherd among his sheep. Through their intercession, O Christ God, save our souls. Daniel, The Lord is my judge Hananiah, The Lord is kind Azariah, God is my help Mishael, who is like God The three Holy youths in the hot fire represent the protected consecrated to God, with the fourth person representing Christ our Lord.
Les yeux déconjugués. Son œil gauche triste. Son œil droit joyeux. (Couvrez un côté pour mieux le remarquer). Le manteau ouvert. À sa gauche, révélant la tapisserie brune terrestre. Un calendrier maya. Notre séjour sur terre. À sa droite, le manteau céleste. L'ange qui la porte accentue l'asymétrie. Une main sur la robe brune, l'autre sur le manteau céleste. L'image rappelle la vie sacramentelle avec les deux plans d'existence, terrestre (à sa gauche) et recouverte par le manteau céleste (à droite).
She told me about it. I like it because it is something anyone can relate to. Unlike the other miraculous findings, like the reflections in the eyeballs, the constellation pattern in the garment, etc. There may be more to come that she will tell others about. God Bless and may she keep you.
Les yeux déconjugués. Son œil gauche triste. Son œil droit joyeux. (Couvrez un côté pour mieux le remarquer). Le manteau ouvert. À sa gauche, révélant la tapisserie brune terrestre. Un calendrier maya. Notre séjour sur terre. À sa droite, le manteau céleste. L'ange qui la porte accentue l'asymétrie. Une main sur la robe brune, l'autre sur le manteau céleste. L'image rappelle la vie sacramentelle avec les deux plans d'existence, terrestre (à sa gauche) et recouverte par le manteau céleste (à droite).
خدمة مريم والانضمام إلى حاشية قصرها هو أعظم شرف يمكن أن نحظى به. فخدمة ملكة السماء هي في حد ذاتها حكم في السماء، والعيش تحت أوامرها هو أمر أعظم من الحكم . القديس يوحنا الدمشقي
Voice of "The Baroness" “A priest is a lover of God, a priest is a lover of men, a priest is a holy man because he walks before the face of the All-Holy. A priest understands all things, a priest forgives all things, a priest encompasses all things. The heart of a priest is pierced, like Christ’s, with the lance of love. The heart of a priest is open, like Christ’s, for the whole world to walk through. The heart of a priest is a vessel of compassion, the heart of a priest is a chalice of love, the heart of a priest is a trusting place of human and divine love. A priest is a man whose goal is to be another Christ; a priest is a man who lives to serve. A priest is a man who has crucified himself so that he too may be lifted up and draw all things to Christ. A priest is a man in love with God. A priest is a gift of God to man and of man to God. A priest is a symbol of the Word made flesh, a priest is the naked sword of God’s justice, a priest is the hand of God’s mercy, a priest is the …More
The title of the Immaculate Conception articulated by the Roman Church in the 19th Century is the perfect answer for the propagation of errors that has plagued western societies. It was also the Mother of God herself who announced the title to Bernadette Soubirou in 1858 in France. Also the eastern titles such as All-Pure and Holy of Holys were common and understood before the schism as appropriate for her who is Mother of the Holy Eucharist that fed the baptized. The Roman Catholic Dogma of the Immaculate Conception was actually articulated God Himself in the Torah and by our Lord Himself and scripture as we show here: The story of Adam and Eve is not an option to believe or not by a Christian or Jew. The point of the story is that sin was introduced into the world from the choices they made. So before Adam and Eve: no sin and no death. After: sin and death. It is at this moment in time that God revealed her who would crush the head of Satan, the author of sin (Genesis 3:15). The woman …More
"There are three forms of the virtue of charity: the first is that of spouses, the second that of widows, and the third that of virgins. We do not praise any one of them to the exclusion of others...This is what makes for the richness of the discipline of the Church." St. Ambrose, De vidius "What is more pleasing than a psalm? David expresses it well: "Praise the Lord, for a psalm is good: let there be praise of our God with gladness and grace!"." St. Ambrose, Enarrationes in Psalmos "This Creed is the spiritual seal, our heart's meditation and an ever-present guardian; it is, unquestionably, the treasure of our soul." St. Ambrose, Explanatio symboli "For life is to be with Christ; where Christ is, there is life, there is the kingdom." St. Ambrose, Expositio evangeli secundum Lucam "That man is rightly called a king who makes his own body an obedient subject and, by governing himself with suitable rigor, refuses to let his passions breed rebellion in his soul, for he exercises a …More
Troparion of Saint Barbara This most venerable woman pierced the enemy's net, and like a trapped ostrich, escaped from it, through the strength giving weapon of the Cross. St. John of Damascus, eastern prelude of St. Thomas Aquinas "Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." Saint John of Damascus, De Fide Orthodoxa By the 'Father's right hand' we understand the glory and honor of the divinity, where He who exists as Son of God before all ages, indeed as God, of one being with the Father, is seated bodily after He became incarnate and His flesh was glorified." Saint John of Damascus, De Fide Orthodoxa "You ask how the bread becomes the Body of Christ, and the flesh the wine...the Blood of Christ. I shall tell you the Holy Spirit comes upon them and accomplishes what surpasses every word and thought...Let it be enough for your to understand that it is by the Holy Spirit, just as it was of the Holy Virgin and the Holy Spirit that the …More
Fri Nov 21st Troparion of the Entrance of the Theotokos Today is the prelude of the benevolence of God, and the announcement of the salvation of men. In the temple of God the Virgin is seen openly, foretelling to all the coming of Christ. Wherefore, let us cry to her in a loud voice: " Hail, O Fulfillment of the Creator's Plan! Kontakion of the Entrance of the Theotokos The most pure Temple of our Holy Saviour, and the most precious and bright Bridal Chamber, the Virgin Sacred Treasury of the glory of God openly appears today in the Temple of the Lord, bringing with her the grace of the most Holy Spirit. Wherefore, the Angels of God are singing: "This is the Heavenly Tabernacle!" Hirmos of the Entrance of the Theotokos The Angels were stunned as they saw the Virgin coming in: how has she entered into glory into the Holy of Holys! O Mother of God, You are the living Ark of God; no profane hand may touch you, but the lips of the faithful will never cease to sing your praise, repeating with …More
"You cannot call the God of all kindness your Father if you preserve a cruel and inhuman heart; for in this case you no longer have in you the marks of the heavenly Father's kindness." Homilia in illud Angusta est porta et de oratone domini "[The Lord] teaches us to make prayer in common for all our brethen. For He did not say "my Father" who art in heaven but "our" Father, offering petitions for the common Body." Homiliae in Matthaeum "Consider how [Jesus Christ] teaches us to be humble, by making us see that our virtue does not depend on our work alone but on the grace from on high. He commands each of the faithful who prays to do so universally, for the whole world. For He did not say "Thy will be done in me or in us," but "on earth," the whole earth, so that error may be banished from it, truth take root in all, all vice be destroyed on it, virtue flourish on it, and earth no longer differ from heaven"." Homiliae in Matthaeum "Would you like to see God glorified by you? Then rejoice …More
Sat Nov 8th Troparion Captains and Leaders of the Armies of Heaven, unworthy as we are, we beseech without cease to surround us with your intercessions and cover us beneath the shelter of the glory of your ethereal wings. We bend our knee and cry out with perseverance: deliver us from danger, O Princes of the Powers on High! ". . . you should know that there is present with you the angel whom God has appointed for each man. . . This angel, who is sleepless and cannot be deceived, is always present with you; he sees all things and is not hindered by darkness. You should know, too, that with him is God." St. Anthony the Great "The heavenly spirits visit us, not as it seems fit to them, but as the occasion conduces to our advantage, for they are ever looking upon the glory and fullness of the Divine Wisdom." St. Basil "If it happens, as you pray, that some word evokes delight or remorse, linger over it; for at that moment our guardian angel is praying with us." St. John Climacos
Jesus instructs James as future Jerusalem Bishop & that he must never flee [Poem Vol 2 Ch 258 (6)],Jesus to Maria Valtorta - Catholic Reconquista:- youtube.com/watch?v=qdwSmh9Fbbc
"Let me become the food of the beasts, through whom it will be given me to reach God". St. Ignatios of Antioch, Bishop, 1-2nd Century, Epistula ad Romanos "I beg you, do not do me an untimely kindness. Allow me to be eaten by the beasts, which is my way of racing to God. I am God's wheat, and I am to be ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, so that I may become the pure bread of Christ". St. Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to Romans, 2nd Century "Neither the pleasures of the world nor the kingdoms of this age will be of any use for me. It is better for me to die to Christ Jesus than to reign over the ends of the earth...my birth is approaching." St. Ignatios of Antioch, Bishop, 1-2nd Century, Epistula ad Romanos "Let me receive pure light; when I shall have arrived there, then I shall be a man". St. Ignatios of Antioch on martyrdom, Bishop, 1-2nd Century, Epistula ad Romanos "You are firmly convinced about our Lord, who is truly of the race of David according to the flesh, Son of God …More
A prayer from St. Theresa of Avila in response to the crisis in the Church from her time. The Way of Perfection, Chapter 35. “O my God, if only I could indeed importune Thee! If only I had served Thee well so that I might be able to beg of Thee this great favor as a reward for my services, for Thou leavest no service unrewarded! But I have not served Thee, Lord; indeed it may perhaps be for my sins, and because I have so greatly offended Thee, that so many evils come. What then can I do, my Creator, but present to Thee this most Holy Bread, which, though Thou gavest to us, I return to Thee, beseeching Thee, by the merits of Thy Son, to grant me this favor, calm this sea, and no longer allow this ship, which is Thy Church, to endure so great a tempest, Save us, my Lord, for we perish.”
In the south, where the Blessed Virgin Mary waited for Our Lord her son while He was in Sidon. Also the site of apparitions of our Lady in the early 20th Century is town of Magdoucha and Shrine of Our Lady of Al-Mantara (the Waiting). Here is an article on the site and it's story and the ancient pagan significance of the hill: The Greater Story of Potiphar’s Wife – Towards …
The winter now is past, the rains have gone away. Arise my love, my bride from Lebanon and come. How you are beautiful my love, how you are fair. Among all women as a lily in the thorns. Veni Sponsa Christi
Thu Oct 2nd "By whom is God hallowed, since He is the one who hallows? But since He said, "You shall be holy to Me; for I the Lord am holy," we seek and ask that we who were sanctified in Baptism may persevere in what we have begun to be." St. Cyprian of Carthage, De Dom orat "The new man, reborn and restored to his God by grace, says first, "Father!" because he has now begun to be a son." St. Cyprian of Carthage, De Dom orat “No one can have God as Father, who does not have the Church as Mother." St. Cyprian of Carthage, De Unit “There is, in fact, among the bishops only one Church, only one soul, only one heart… There is, through the institution of Christ, one and only one Church, spread out over the whole world, one and only one episcopacy represented by a multiplicity of bishops united among themselves… The Church forms a single whole, whose bond is the union of bishops." St. Cyprian of Carthage, Epistle 66, 8,3 "God does not accept the sacrifice of a sower of disunion, but …More
Wed Oct 1st Troparia of the Holy Protection (Greek usage) We praise your great protection O Virgin which you spread forth like a radiant transcendent cloud. Invisibly, you guard your people from every foe's attack. Since you are to us a shelter and a sure defense, we cry to you with our whole heart: Glory to your great deeds, O Lady. Glory to your divine shelter. Glory to your divine providence. O Most Pure Virgin! Troparia of the Holy Protection (Slavic usage) Protected by Your coming, O Mother of God, we faithful solemnly celebrate today; and gazing on your spotless image, we cry out from the depths of our hearts: protect us with your precious veil and deliver us from all evil, by asking Your Son, Christ our God, to save our souls! Kontakia of the Holy Protection (Greek usage) Let us the faithful hasten now to the Theotokos; let us venerate Her sacred veil as we sing fitting hymns of praise: for She shelters all Her faithful and preserves them from danger, so that they may cry out to …More