"doubts are the seeds of faith"
be of great hazard, and alert... for doubts can also be the seeds of straying from God... and lack of faith! doubts in itself is a trick from the devil, so by doubting you are being tricked!
akhdna el baraka... ne…
its funny we ask God to help us... and when He does, we refute it! we ask God to lead us and when He does we run off... and we ask God to come, and when He knocks we do not answer!
sin will follow you... if you cant stop yourself from sinning, the…
a) when some one says na3yman (grace)... you respond the na3m allah 3alaik (God graced you)... maybe because of the smell i dont know... lol
b) when you taste something you say "Allah" the taste is so Heavenly you call on God... how Great is Your …
M... mahoohoo... bahoohoo... my hairy eel...
in many ways I can call your name, but do you prefer them? its funny we are cool when its to the regular old God... but not for ourselves... the God almighty... you give a nick name?! so you can remain …
Confession needs to be done face to face! habeiby where is the humiliation? a part of Confession is to be embarrassed of your sins... where is that?! one needs to acknowledge his sins, and be ready to say it to his/her father of confession... throug…
in the Wisdom of Sirach, it's clearly said, "do not be ashamed to confess your sins"
and in the old testament, the person to confess was to speak his/her sins to the priest, while he has his hand on the sacrifice! as commanded by God, thus making c…
knowing that you are weak... and you have to sin... and by confessing publicly or in front of abouna at least, you are exclaiming that you are weak, and you sin!
nakhod el barak... so thank God!
sorry i have not read every response to the full...
God allows things to happen for a reason... for the boys if they want to practice Christianity, they should... and then they might receive the true martyrdom! our God is one who looks at the hear…
then you don't have to confess it... now that is, but be ready to face God with that sin... yet He is merciful... but also is a fair Judge..."that You might be justified in Your words, and might overcome when You are judged."
part of confession is …
I understand its wrong... and its 1 in 80,000,000 they said the christian population was six percent of that.... but yalla I will by no means justify the action!
but what I dont understand is why do they have a picture of an angered monk?! it's as…
It is all about choice. God won't push you. You have your own will that no one even God won't intervene. The Truth will remain The Truth. There are many false ideas which r accepted by many. There are Tunes from Heaven that are from The Angels. S…
1.aghnastos,
2.sub-deacon,
3.deacon/archdeacon,
4.priest/archpriest,
5.bishop/archbishop
some say... its seven...
1.aghnastos,
2.sub-deacon,
3.deacon,
4.archdeacon,
5.priest,
6.archpriest,
7.bishop/archbishop
I agree more with the firs…
the tune for epouro was a pagan tune! for the record!
"Our God is an awesome God,
He reigns from heaven above,
With wisdom, power and love,
Our God is an awesome God!
Our God is an awesome God,
He reigns from heaven above,
With wisdom power and …
sorry I did not read the 6 pages of replies... because I have heard it all, everything imaginable about homosexuality, and talking about it is at times, useless!
but here is what saint pambo says, "Judge not him who is guilty of fornication, if yo…
when a person is a deacon, they should not take communion without wearing his white tonya... and should at least commune once a week! that means that at least once a week you will participate in a liturgy, which by repetition will be able to memoriz…
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WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ONLY SIX PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PRAY FOR ME?!
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six people is six too many!!!!
Pray for yourself... before you have people pray for you... God said …
if that's the case, then Saint George... Saint philopateer... Saint Abanoub... and all our holy martyrs of the church committed suicide! because they not only preached, but went to the governors and the rulers and confessed the name of Christ!
but…
self control my dear, self control...
self control is not made for monks alone... but for everyone! control your body, your food, your thoughts... and your atmosphere, and God will work the impossible!
nakhod el baraka... neshkor allah!
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so superbam ur saying that texting ur crush is not a sin as long as its juss friendly chatting ?
and copt andrew, can u explain a little more? any more comments feel free to…
Just take communion... and don't let these things bother you!
sometimes we occupy our minds with cleaning that small dirty spot on the wall... while the whole house is a pig stine...
clean your heart... your life... worry about that first... the…
texting is the same as talking... so if you think talking to that person is wrong, then don't!
but there is something to think about... many times things are written and because its written without facial expression or vocal expression, can easily…
saint Paul clearly says... "But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved." so the woman does not have to cover her head at all times!
there is a deferenc…
The song sounds familiar... but not clicking, do you recall who sang it?!
and for the months I used remember this way...
Thout, I remember it by berries... toot
baba, I remember it by door... bab
Hathor, satoor... Boucher’s knife
kiahk,…
you know its wrong... and that is why you question it!
do you believe in bible?
if you do, then here is what the bible says... But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by y…