i agree with dzheremi and Fr. Peter
people should know and have learned from their parents the responses to the liturgy
yes, technology is making us lazy! why does everything have to be easy at church? it may seem like its a no-brainer to some, but …
Let me answer your questions with more questions...
how can we dare to eat or drink in the House of God, standing before His Holy Throne upon the Altar?
When we stand before God, especially in Church, we must respect our surroundings and realize th…
wait.. i thought we didnt have to mention specific cases?? uhh i usually just tell my FOC like main categories if u wanna call them that, like pride, lying, etc.. how are we actually suppose to tell our FOC what our sins are?
first of all,
WELCOME TO TASBEHA!!!
and to answer your question:
In the Holy Liturgy, during the readings, the deacon should be holding BOTH the Cross and the Gospel while responding inaudibly to the priest's litanies as they go around the Holy Alt…
in the words of Abba Arsanious: If God allowed me to see my own sins, three or four men would not be enough to weep over them.
we must hate the sin by loving God as Father Peter said.
please pray for me and my weakness.
Our Lord tells us a great parable about this type of thing in Luke 15 in the parable about the prodigal son. the son (us humans) wasted all his time and efforts into useless things that made him much worse than he was. so he realized his sin and re…
what self worth!!?!?! we are worth nothing without God! we would not have any worth if Jesus did not die for our sins and abolished death! we are useless otherwise! so lets focus on improving ourselves during the Great Lent please. whether you belie…
lol cosby show, i loved that show. one of the few "clean" shows with morals.
regarding glee, never seen it. but the fact that you are asking what the church says about it then you go about defending it because the show sheds some(not necessarily go…
but its hard not to complicate prayer! just think about it.. when we pray we are speaking to THE Almighty God, the Creator, the Saviour, the Comforter! imagine speaking to any king here on earth.. it would be quite nerve racking because you wouldnt …
great post childoforthodoxy!
waterandspirit, I have a question for you.
I'm not sure what exactly you are confused about. It is a historical fact that Jesus lived and was crucified (even atheists will admit this). His disciples believed that He was…
well i never try to push my own agenda if thats what u mean... I do try to get the kids closer to God and to love Him more, but i feel like im failing at it. they are harder to deal with with every passing class and i feel like they just dont care a…
wow i never thought of it that way.. but my FoC is the one who chose me to be a servant so I dont know what he woulod think if i told him in having a hard time.
and i am consciously trying to come closer to God and to be a better person.
please pray…
but how will i know is service is right for me or not? what if serving is causing these kids to stumble? we already know that servants will receive a stricter judgement.
we must examine ourselves first and foremost, and when we know that we are unworthy and that we do not deserve the Great Blessing and Eternal life given to us then we must approach The Holy One for Him to make us holy!
"Repentance turns adulterers into virgins"
My priest told me once that virginity is not only physical but it is spiritual as well. for example if someone who has never actually committed the physical act of fornication, but is always looking at the…
lock yourself in an empty room with nothing but your SAT book and a pencil and get going lol... sometimes closets work too depending on how much light there is hahahaa
but seriously.. just do it! you know you have to study so just study! and pray b…
"But Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother. And the thing which he did displeased the LORD; therefore He killed…