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Also was Abouna there with you, supporting you? For his comforting spiritual words
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When the book of life is opened then I'm sure the account of your friend will be good as the love she gave and ir showed in all the people that prayed for her. I'm sure God listened and it accounted to her in the book of life.
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My prayers for you Abanoob. God's will is in many things including mercy, blessings, love and forgiveness etc... When we seek His salvation it is there too. I'm sure if your friend sought Holiness, then we would find the comfort that in her hear…
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I'm not sure what is said above, but the male is like a priest (In the order of the priesthood of Melchizadek), and also if he is married, he is the head of the family in the same way Christ is head of the church. The relationship is the head and th…
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God bless and with you always. Mabsoota is your sister. God bless her as well and pm her as she will help you with good advice as she is kind in God's service.
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When Islam first came to Egypt, Christianity suffered greatly (persecuted) and even the Coptic language deminished. The Christianity was not to be shown so much and to be hidden. God whom searches in our hearts looks to the inner man, so to have it…
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Good, hope and pray you are well!
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I've seen some very nice coptic crosses and wanted one myself and one of our preists has not only one on the underside of his wrist but also one just above the webbing of his right hand. He wouldn't let me kiss his hand as well after kissing the cro…
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Lord have mercy. Our human nature is no excuse not to behave in a Godly way. With His love comes forgiveness. We can not make excuses for when God's love needs to overcome then. Where ever a priest goes, should we not wish him well? We have had a …
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There was more to the message about sorry about that.
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And some of it personal account (witness), so there can be a different account like those who gathered in groups and received the bread and fish.Two people giving a different number as to how many people were there. So in this instance, what is more…
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Benefit, to be more like Him in what we do. To be Christ-like and He shows us how through the church.
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Yes, praising God, doing His will ( supporting others for His good and love).
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You can believe literal, simile, parable, metaphor, symbolic and all have their place.
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The way God reveals Himself and at the same time reveals the human nature are given symbolically. For instance: Everything was created in six days and on the seventh He rested. The Jews worked six days and rested on the Sabbath. So here we have God …
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Hi Raafat, so glad to hear from you again. Fr Peter gave this explaination above: But in the context of the Christian spiritual life it has the sense of entering into God’s presence, to meet with him in the heart, and to commune with him. Tru…
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Sorry Raafat, but which Eastern Asian religions are you referring to? Here is a post by Fr Peter Farrington called unceasing prayer of the heart: We should not imagine that the practice of unceasing prayer and the unfailing awareness of the p…
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When a Christian uses his heart to pray, Christ uses it to heal. So what is being healed? Our souls. Our hearts. Yes, finding comfort, finding direction, yes. We cannot say people have not been given these by those whom have not strived for them.
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Well you mentioned another religion, so I guess your question could be why pray at all? It is important to whom you pray to and from that you have a reason to pray. I was supplying the God to whom we pray and in a way inferencing why we pray to our…
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Hi Raafat Prayer is communication with God. I probably wouldn't put it as groveling, but been humble and to whom we humble ourselves. Humbleness is the opposite of pride and the proud put their fortune above others. Would this be acceptable to God…
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Hi Mike I don't know if it is a heresy for the Roman Catholic church to believe their Pope holds the supremacy for Christ's church. Because the Eastern church may or may not have that veiw; but so does it matter because we know we have adhere…
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I also pray God has a way for you to establish yourself with the church.
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You partake of the doubt of Thomas so why not partake of his proof? He was in Christ, literally. Even I myself after reading Jehemiah know that I have to rebuild my broken wall. Restore what was. I try to live a proof in Christ through the church an…
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The scripture leads us or leafs our souls to God, that we unite with Him. This is done by spiritual striving. When we read scripture and have the churches understanding of it, it works on our hearts. As Jesus Christ says says when replying to what i…
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Thanks Mina!
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Yes scripture helps to give us knowledge and understanding. So if we do have knowledge and understanding isn't that sufficient for those who read it. It is objective in its meanings and not subjective by whom wrote it. And the law as in the Torah …
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Hi Raafat If you were with a group of people and you were all asked to talk about an experience you all shared. What you experienced in your veiw might be slightly different from the others. A ghost writer could write down your experience the way y…
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The priest hears our confession and gives absolution, which is to absolve us or purify us or make us clean. I read a quote that confession is second baptism. But if you pray for someone and God helps them it is not you who actually helped them but…
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Quite right Mike we do not say protestants are not Christian because they are followers of Christ. However we do believe they are heretics because they have lessened their means of salvation. Doing away with some of the Holy Sacraments for example. …
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I'd like to make a small comment and that is that the Holy Spirit does what is good and for Christianity it is for our salvation. We are lead to Jesus Christ as our Saviour and in combination with the Father we seek to inherit eternal life. Jesus s…