In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the One True God forever and ever. Amen.
May 26, 2004:
My soul also is greatly troubled;
But You, O LORD--how long?
4Return, O LORD, deliver me!
Oh, save me for Y…
In The Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the One True God Forever and ever. Amen.
May 25, 2004:
My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,
And from those who persecute me.
16Make Y…
Probably what I will do is talk to my FoC and tell him that I am embarressed of telling him eeverything and that even in the past sessions, I didn't say everything!! Or maybe I will continue with my yearly Confession with either H.G. Anba Antonious …
People in the middle ages tried really hard to earn their salvation and unfortuantely :( the Catholic Church responded by misleading the people with the indulgences concept. Many brought indulgences. Penance was the sacrement of punishements in this…
Ok, wfhanna1, indulgences are: certificates from the Pope that excused a person from doing a penance and shortened the required stay in purgatory before going to Heaven!
hope that helped,
defender
I just have a question, sometimes I feel pressured and I'm always afraid to tell my FoC the whole story...sometimes I just feel embaressed esp. because he is a new Priest. I don't know what to do...
Please help if u can!
defender
I dunno, sometimes that bothers me too, but I just try participating even more in Church, but what id it has total control of ur mind, even if in a dream or something, is it a sin??
defender
I'm a teenager, and I think that my friends listen to my advice and to other people's advice more than reading books and all that same with me, I listen to my Spiritual Mentor because he is going through exactly what I'm going through!
good point …
I already talked to my Priest and told him about how he made fun of the Priest, but the Priest just laughed!!
My mom did go to the principal though and she yelled at his face for a long time!!
And now, he knows that if he even says a word, I would…
Hey NC,
Well, This is how it is, these are the diffrences between the Catholic and Coptic Churches:
1.The Concept of Purgatory
2.the belief that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, 3.
the primacy of St. Peter
4.The infallibility …