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« on: February 04, 2013, 11:58:34 PM » |
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I am requesting prayers for a friend of mine. She is deeply interested in Orthodoxy and wants with all of her heart to convert. She is a very pious Christian, and sees the light of Orthodoxy.
One large stumbling block for her is that she is married to a woman, and has been for the last several years. Not wanting to leave her wife, yet still wanting to follow Christ, she feels an understandably large pressure.
She and her wife will be meeting with the priest this weekend. Please pray that all goes well. Whatever happens, may God help the souls of my friend and her wife.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2013, 02:34:10 AM » |
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Lord, have mercy
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'with fear and trembling work out your salvation.'
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2013, 10:03:20 AM » |
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May God guide and restore both her and her partner!
May He also grant wisdom and discretion to His faithful Priest!
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Where Christianity disappears, greed, envy, and lust invent a thousand ideologies to justify themselves.~ Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Abba Anthony said, "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.'"
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2013, 10:17:23 AM » |
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Lord have mercy!
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2013, 02:38:44 PM » |
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may God shine His light in the lives of these 2 ladies who He loves very much.
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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2013, 05:43:43 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy upon these women, and gently guide them to the Church.
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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men. —St. Isaac of Syria
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2013, 12:53:22 AM » |
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Lord have mercy.
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Prov. 3: 5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Psalm 37:23 The Lord guides a man safely in the way he should go.
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« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2013, 11:13:02 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy on these ladies.
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« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2013, 06:47:51 AM » |
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Lord have mercy She and her wife will be meeting with the priest this weekend And what happened?
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The helping of others, the giving of alms, and all external goods don’t calm the arrogance of the heart. Humility of the mind, the pain of repentence and the breaking of the will, however, humble the proud spirit. -Elder Joseph the Hesychast
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