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ok I understand basically everything you said Godislove260 but from what you said that I don't understand is...you said that God KNEW before he made us that there [quote a…
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What is the meaning of life? Why are we here on earth?
Im asking these 2 question…
ok this is just hilarious ;D
No but being serious and all...when a man has a dysfunction it's simply a medicin. And yes, some people will use it for the wrong purpose. But that's the same as morphine being used to take away pain from someone after…
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It does make sense because the response pimici has nothing to do with Kiahk per se, it's related to th…
It does make sense because the response pimici has nothing to do with Kiahk per se, it's related to the anticipation on the birth of Christ in the fullness of time, the One who is born from the Father before all ages. This is exactly what we are doi…
I dont know how things are organised in the states, but where I live (and in belgium, my neigbour country ;)), civil marriage doesnt mean anything close to our sacramental marriage. Civil marriage is some kind of contract that gives two people who …
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Moses actually did enter the promised land ;D any takers? (oh ya, this is a tough riddle ;))
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We don't give it a specific name, we prefer to say that the bread and wine are changed and become the real Body and Blood of Christ. Transubstantiation means that the substance itself changes, while we clearly see the Body and Blood in the form of b…
The gospels don't necessarily speak about the event of the hour. This is true also of the sixth hour, which is about the blessings in Matthew chapter 5. Or what about the 11th hour, it commemorates the body of Christ being taken of from the cross, w…
A lot of us go through times of dispair and hopelessness, and I'm the last one to tell you to simply get over it, cause life can be very difficult sometimes. But keep faith in God, and keep praying even if you feel like a hypocrite. God is waiting t…
In John chapter 8 we see how Christ dealt with someone who was an outcast and sinner in the eyes of the community at the time. Instead of condemning her He provided for her the 4 basic needs that we all have: feeling loved, secure, accepted and forg…
Hi Ilse,
welkom op dit geweldige forum.
Mijn naam is Matthew, een van de diakenen in de kerk in Amsterdam,
en een van de handjevol nederlandssprekende members op dit forum.
Hoop nog veel van je te horen en leren!! ;)
"why would God create someone even though He knows that the person He creates is going to hell?"
Good question, this is one of the questions that I have thought about A LOT throughout my life. I can't understand the depths of God's wisdom, nobody c…
After the 4th ode you continue with the Psali and Theotokia of the day, so suppose you do a tasbeha on monday night u'd chant the tuesday psali and Theotokia.
You conclude the theotokia with the conclusion Neknai or O Penchois, depending on what day…
I heard the following explanation before from my hymns teacher:
the deacons enter and take communion first and the deacon who said the confession stands inbetween abouna and the people. This is a symbol of the angel who guarded the tree of life in …
The Holy Spirit is active in every sacrament, so for instance abouna also breathes in your face after confession, that doesn't mean you receive the H. Holy Spirit: this only happens during the second sacrament. During baptism the H. Spirit is presen…