FrChris
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Holy Father Patrick, thank you for your help!
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« on: November 16, 2008, 09:29:14 AM » |
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Yesterday, my oldest son who is a high school senior learned he has been offered an appointment at the Virginia Military Institute. This was his first choice, but he still has some other colleges that he was considering. He has some decisions that he will need to be making.
Please pray that he is guided by the Lord in his decisions regarding his future, so that my son can discern where the Lord needs him to be, to best serve Him.
And pray that his family remains at peace, guiding him well when he seeks advice and reconciling ourselves to his decisions, so that the Lord is glorified through this time.
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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: November 16, 2008, 09:34:43 AM » |
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Lord, have mercy! Guide Your faithful servants, illumine their hearts, help them make right decisions in life!
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Love never fails.
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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2008, 09:43:33 AM » |
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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 #3 on: November 16, 2008, 09:57:47 AM » |
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Lord have mercy
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"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." - Plutarch
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2008, 10:06:01 AM » |
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My prayers are with your son, you, and your family. (*I look forward to meeting you all in Lexington - home of my alma mater as well.  ) |
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"Religion is a neurobiological illness and Orthodoxy is its cure." - Fr. John S. Romanides
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« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2008, 10:52:48 AM » |
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Through the prayers of the Theotokos, Saviour save us!
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If you're living a happy life as a Christian, you're doing something wrong.
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O sweet Jesus, cleanse my soul.
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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2008, 11:10:40 AM » |
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Lord have mercy.
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« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2008, 11:23:25 AM » |
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Lord have mercy.
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« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2008, 11:26:28 AM » |
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Lord have mercy, and grant peace and discernment to your servants.
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May the Lord bless you and keep you always!
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« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2008, 11:51:20 AM » |
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Lord, have mercy.
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"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the one who can't read them." Mark Twain
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« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2008, 12:23:31 PM » |
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Lord have mercy.
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"The only-begotten Son of God, wanting us to be partakers of his divinity, assumed our human nature so that, having become man, he might make men gods." - St. Thomas Aquinas
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« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2008, 12:49:51 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy!
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As a result of a thousand million years of evolution, the universe is becoming conscious of itself, able to understand something of its past history and its possible future.
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« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2008, 01:34:55 PM » |
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Lord have mercy!
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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 #14 on: November 16, 2008, 06:04:24 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy!
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« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2008, 06:26:08 PM » |
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« Reply #16 on: November 16, 2008, 06:28:49 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy.
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Vain existence can never exist, for \\\"unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain.\\\" (Psalm 127)
If the faith is unchanged and rock solid, then the gates of Hades never prevailed in the end.
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« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2008, 08:52:47 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy.
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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 #18 on: November 16, 2008, 09:12:36 PM » |
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Prayers...
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An old timer is a man who's had a lot of interesting experiences -- some of them true.
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« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2008, 10:07:17 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy.
May Lord help your son in everything, and in particular, in making the correct decision at this time! May our Lord, also help your entire family in everything, Fr. Chris!
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« Reply #20 on: November 17, 2008, 01:13:38 AM » |
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Lord, have mercy.
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« Reply #21 on: November 17, 2008, 06:54:31 AM » |
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Lord, have mercy on your servant and grant him discernment.
And pshaw - Norwich is a MUCH better Senior Military College. Hah. Good luck to your son if he does choose it, though. I've become much more disciplined and humble in the three months I've been here, and I'm sure VMI is just as good.
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"He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, nor mourning nor crying nor suffering, for the old order of things has passed away."
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« Reply #22 on: November 17, 2008, 07:20:54 AM » |
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Lord be with him and his family! |
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We all have a Black Dog and a White Dog inside of us. The One you feed the most eventually eats the Other.
All are tempted, but it is the courageous person who clings to God during the storm. For the Ego is a prison, but Christ is the Liberator
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« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2008, 07:28:10 PM » |
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Lord have mercy and guide your servant.
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« Reply #24 on: November 25, 2008, 05:02:07 PM » |
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Lord have mercy.
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"The only-begotten Son of God, wanting us to be partakers of his divinity, assumed our human nature so that, having become man, he might make men gods." - St. Thomas Aquinas
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« Reply #25 on: November 25, 2008, 07:06:38 PM » |
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Lord have mercy on your servant and his family!
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"Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land!" (Priestmonk Christodoulos Aggeloglou, Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain Mount Athos, Greece, 1998,pp. 29-30, 48)
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« Reply #26 on: November 25, 2008, 09:39:42 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy.
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