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Holy Father Patrick, thank you for your help!
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« on: April 22, 2008, 12:54:56 PM » |
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I relate this story to ask for all of your prayers for a woman whom I will not identify in case of future legal action, as well as to cite an example of how we should always be prepared for anything.
We baptized another convert last Saturday, and the neophyte had a reception at the home of a friend of his. The food was prepared by a woman, who was the child of Protestant missionaries. She had been looking for a historical church, however, and after looking into Catholicism she realized that wasn't the place for her. When she saw the baptism in an Orthodox Church, though, it got her mind going...
Anyway, at the reception I answered what questions I could and gave her my card. She promised me that she'd come by to chat with me after Holy Week. She never indicated that she'd convert or anything, but she did want to do some research....we converts know what stage she was in.
This morning she was having some sort of gall stone surgery, and a horrible mix up in anesthesia occurred. She is now brain dead, and they are expecting her to repose soon. They contacted her parents (on the hospital admissions form) as well as me, since they found my card on her person.
Anyway, please pray for her peaceful repose as well as forgiveness of any sins, and for comfort of her family as well as for the medical staff.
Thank you, all!
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"As the sparrow flees from a hawk, so the man seeking humility flees from an argument". St John Climacus
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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2008, 01:01:22 PM » |
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Lord have mercy on her who has reached out to you.
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If you're living a happy life as a Christian, you're doing something wrong.
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2008, 01:01:48 PM » |
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Lord have mercy.
Prayers indeed.
(You've got a tough vocation, Fr. Chris)
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"Religion is a neurobiological illness and Orthodoxy is its cure." - Fr. John S. Romanides
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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2008, 01:06:10 PM » |
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Lord have mercy on this precious soul! How very sad!  |
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+ Our dear sister Martha (Rosehip) passed away on Dec 20, 2010. May her memory be eternal! +
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May the Lord bless you and keep you always!
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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2008, 01:26:28 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy.
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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2008, 02:01:25 PM » |
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Lord have mercy!
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. -- Douglas Adams
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O sweet Jesus, cleanse my soul.
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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2008, 02:04:12 PM » |
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Lord have mercy!
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« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2008, 05:44:20 PM » |
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Lord have mercy.
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"It is remarkable that what we call the world...in what professes to be true...will allow in one man no blemishes, and in another no virtue."--Charles Dickens
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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2008, 06:39:34 PM » |
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Господе Помилуј............ Lord have Mercy.............  |
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« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2008, 09:03:34 PM » |
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So sad... Sometimes it is not possible to imagine what tomorrow will bring.
Lord, have mercy.
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« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2008, 06:21:46 AM » |
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Lord have mercy on the work of your hands. (We just don't know what's around the corner, do we?)
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I believe in One God, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.
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« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2008, 02:04:33 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy!
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Love never fails.
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« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2008, 12:24:12 AM » |
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Oh, I can't imagine what the family must be going through. Lord have mercy upon your servants. |
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Holy Father Patrick, thank you for your help!
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« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2008, 04:02:14 PM » |
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Just to keep everyone updated...my acquaintance lingered for a little bit longer than was thought likely, and she reposed on Pascha.
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"As the sparrow flees from a hawk, so the man seeking humility flees from an argument". St John Climacus
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« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2008, 04:04:01 PM » |
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Wow. Memory eternal.
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« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2008, 05:19:15 PM » |
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Memory eternal.
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Love never fails.
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« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2008, 07:56:59 PM » |
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Memory eternal.
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« Reply #18 on: April 29, 2008, 09:25:24 PM » |
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Memory eternal!
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« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2008, 01:06:42 AM » |
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Memory eternal. Very sad.
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I believe in One God, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.
Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian Orthodox Christian (1900-1975)
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« Reply #20 on: May 03, 2008, 10:52:59 PM » |
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Memory eternal. Very sad.
Indeed, but to die on Pascha. Even if she was not yet Orthodox, Pascha is a most blessed day on which to die in the hope of the final resurrection. May her memory be eternal! |
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« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2008, 11:04:16 PM » |
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Memory eternal! May she be in a wonderful place where there is no death,no sorrow, no crying, no pain...
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+ Our dear sister Martha (Rosehip) passed away on Dec 20, 2010. May her memory be eternal! +
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« Reply #22 on: May 06, 2008, 01:16:15 AM » |
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Memory eternal!
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