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jittyjames · 10 months ago

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full whumptober masterlist is finished! ehehe it's so great i actually have time to work on these this year! anyway, if anyone wants to know more about any of the specific fics or maybe even a snippet, feel free to drop an ask!

Day 1: Search Party + Panic Attack — Jesus Christ Superstar — When Jesus disappears without a word to the disciples, Judas and Mary take it upon themselves to go looking for him as days turn to weeks.

Day 2: Role Reversal + Used As Bait (Alt. Prompt)— Twenty One Pilots · Trenchler — The Torchbearer is taken by DEMA as a way to lure Clancy back to them.

Day 3: Wrongfully Arrested — Jesus Christ Superstar · Jesus/Mary/Judas — Jesus rushes to save Judas from being punished in a way he doesn't deserve.

Day 4: Hallucinations + Motion Sickness (Alt. Prompt) — Hamilton — Alexander and Washington find themselves in the clutches of a cruel soldier. His experiments leave the two in quite a predicament.

Day 5: Heatstroke — Hamilton — The heat of battle is only made worse by the oppressive summer sun. Aaron Burr finds himself faltering.

Day 6: Not Realizing They're Injured — Jesus Christ Superstar— After a violent riot breaks out, not everyone is as unscathed as it seems.

Day 7: "It's Us Or Them." — 9-1-1 — Buck ends up in the hospital after making a choice.

Day 8: Sleep Deprivation — Hamilton · Hamburr — As Alexander and Aaron push through a high-stakes murder case that bring up bad memories for the both of them, the lack of sleep causes something else to brew between them.

Day 9: Obsession — Hamilton · Hamburr · Modern — Aaron runs into trouble when a mysterious man takes an interest in him.

Day 10: Blow To The Head + Slurred Words + “I Can’t Think Straight.” — Mindhunter — In a questioning gone wrong, Holden is left reeling. Quite literally.

Day 11: Seeing Double + Loneliness — Hamilton — For just a moment, Alexander thinks he's looking at someone who can't possibly be there.

Day 12: Starvation + “Just A Little More.” — Jesus Christ Superstar · Jesus/Judas — Judas takes issue with having when others have not.

Day 13: Team As family + Multiple Whumpees + Vermin (Alt. Prompt) — Hamilton — The British didn't see them as people anymore. They saw them as something far different.

Day 14: Blackmail— Hamilton — When Alexander's secrets are being held by his political enemies, he will do everything he can to ensure they never get out. [Continuation of Keep Me (And My Secrets)]

Day 15: Childhood Trauma — Jesus Christ Superstar (Arena) · Jesus/Judas — Mary reflects on her life as she watches Judas’ fall apart.

Day 16: "No, I Can't Feel Anything." — Twenty One Pilots · Trenchler — After the final battle, Clancy stumbles.

Day 17: Nowhere Else To Go + Beatdown (Alt. Prompt) — Hamilton — Thomas Jefferson finds a bleeding Hamilton on his doorstep.

Day 18: Revenge + Loss Of Identity + Unreliable Narrator — Jesus Christ Superstar · Jesus/Judas — Judas finds Jesus with blood on his hands.

Day 19: Abandoned Cabin + Blood Trail — Mindhunter — Holden is taken by an unsub.

Day 20: Emotional Angst + Giving Permission To Die — Hamilton · Hamliza — Eliza and Alex have one last conversation.

Day 21: Spirit Possession + Body Horror — Jesus Christ Superstar · Jesus/Mary/Judas — Jesus had cast out demons from many people over the course of his ministry. But it’s just different when it’s someone he loves.

Day 22: Reopening Wounds — Mindhunter — The aftermath of all the events with that principal leave Holden burning with a need for justice, no matter how obsessive it seems.

Day 23: Forced Choice + Public Display — Jesus Christ Superstar · Jesus/Judas — Amuse Me (Fuck or Die Fic)

Day 24: “I Never Knew Daylight Could Be So Violent.” — Hamilton — How can the sun still rise when so much horror has come to pass? How can the world still spin?

Day 25: Being Monitored + "It's For Your Own Good."— Jesus Christ Superstar · Modern — Judas meets Jesus in the most unlikely of places.

Day 26: Nightmares + Breakfast Table — Hamilton · Modern — Aaron's daughter is always hanging around that Hamilton kid. He doesn't mind it as much as he pretends to— Philip is a sweet boy, after all, and it gives Aaron the excuse he needs to see his former friend despite bridges being burned to a crisp. But when Aaron get's a phone call one stormy night, everything changes.

Day 27: Voiceless + Communication Barrier ( Alt. Prompt) — Jesus Christ Superstar — Judas had only wanted them to warn Jesus off. He hadn't expected... this.

Day 28: Exposure + Secrets Revealed (Alt. Prompt)— Jesus Christ Superstar — As tensions rise amongst two of the apostles while on a mission, some secrets comes to the surface.

Day 29: Burnout + Shivering (Alt. Prompt) — Hamilton— Everything is coming to a breaking point. Words don't look like words anymore. Alexander doesn't feel like Alexander anymore.

Day 30: Recovery + Hospital Bed + "What Have I Done?" — Hamilton · Jamilton— After an attempt brought on by something Thomas said, he's left to pick up the pieces of a broken Hamilton.

Day 31: Asking For Help + Therapy — 9-1-1 — No one can understand why Buck is so averse to therapy.

+ ALTERNATIVE IDEAS!!!

Body Swap— Judas' kiss wasn't that of betrayal.

Finding Old Messages + Regret + Forgotten — Aaron Burr finds an old, unopened letter in a coat he wore in his younger years. The coat he wore to Hamilton's wedding.

Friendly Fire + Survivor's Guilt— John hadn't meant to hit him. He truly didn't. But Alexander was still on the ground.

Time Loop— Jesus and Mary don't abandon Judas once the three days have come and gone. Their love perseveres. And they would have followed him anywhere.

Venom— The snakes of the desert were the furthest thing from Jesus' mind. Maybe they shouldn't have been.

#whumptober #hamilton fanfiction #jcs fanfiction #new fandom alerts!#as always: subject to change #mostly hamburr

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orthodoxydaily · 3 months ago

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SAINTS&READING: THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025

Fourth Week of the Great Lent: Adoration of Cross. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil

SAINT BENEDICT OF NURSIA, ABBOT (543)

Saint Benedict, founder of Western monasticism, was born in the Italian city of Nursia in the year 480. When he was fourteen years of age, the saint’s parents sent him to Rome to study. Unsettled by the immorality around him, he decided to devote himself to a different sort of life.

At first Saint Benedict settled near the church of the holy Apostle Peter in the village of Effedum, but news of his ascetic life compelled him to go farther into the mountains. There he encountered the hermit Romanus, who tonsured him into monasticism and directed him to live in a remote cave at Subiaco. From time to time, the hermit would bring him food.

For three years the saint waged a harsh struggle with temptations and conquered them. People soon began to gather to him, thirsting to live under his guidance. The number of disciples grew so much, that the saint divided them into twelve communities. Each community was comprised of twelve monks and was a separate skete. The saint gave each skete an igumen from among his experienced disciples, and only the novice monks remained with Saint Benedict for instruction.

The strict monastic Rule Saint Benedict established for the monks was not accepted by everyone, and more than once he was criticized and abused by dissenters.

Finally he settled in Campagna and on Mount Cassino he founded the Monte Cassino monastery, which for a long time was a center of theological education for the Western Church. The monastery possessed a remarkable library. Saint Benedict wrote his Rule, based on the experience of life of the Eastern desert-dwellers and the precepts of Saint John Cassian the Roman (February 29).

The Rule of Saint Benedict dominated Western monasticism for centuries (by the year 1595 it had appeared in more than 100 editions). The Rule prescribed the renunciation of personal possessions, as well as unconditional obedience, and constant work. It was considered the duty of older monks to teach the younger and to copy ancient manuscripts. This helped to preserve many memorable writings from the first centuries of Christianity.

Every new monk was required to live as a novice for a year, to learn the monastic Rule and to become acclimated to monastic life. Every deed required a blessing. The head of this cenobitic monastery is the igumen. He discerns, teaches, and explains. The igumen solicits the advice of the older, experienced brethren, but he makes the final decisions. Keeping the monastic Rule was strictly binding for everyone and was regarded as an important step on the way to perfection.

Saint Benedict was granted by the Lord the gift of foresight and wonderworking. He healed many by his prayers. The monk foretold the day of his death in 547. The main source for his Life is the second Dialogue of Saint Gregory.

Saint Benedict’s sister, Saint Scholastica (February 10), also became famous for her strict ascetic life and was numbered among the saints.

SAINT ROSTILAV-MICHAEL PRINCE OF KIEV (1167)

Saint Rostislav-Michael, Great Prince of Kiev, was the son of the Kievan Great Prince Saint Mstislav the Great (June 14), and the brother of holy Prince Vsevolod-Gabriel (February 11, April 22, and November 27). He was one of the great civil and churchly figures of the mid-twelfth century.

His name is connected with the fortification and rise of Smolensk, and both the Smolensk principality and the Smolensk diocese.

Up until the twelfth century the Smolensk land was part of the Kievan realm. The beginning of its political separation took place in the year 1125, when holy Prince Mstislav the Great, gave Smolensk to his son Rostislav (in Baptism Michael) as an inheritance from his father, the Kievan Great Prince Vladimir Monomakh. Thanks to the work and efforts of Saint Rostislav, the Smolensk principality, which he ruled for more than forty years, expanded and was built up with cities and villages, adorned with churches and monasteries, and became influential in Russian affairs.

Saint Rostislav founded the cities of Rostislavl, Mstislavl, Krichev, Propoisk, and Vasiliev among others. He was the forefather of the Smolensk princely dynasty.

In 1136 Saint Rostislav succeeded in establishing a separate Smolensk diocese. Its first bishop was Manuel, installed between March-May of 1136 by Metropolitan Michael of Kiev. Prince Rostislav issued an edict in the city of Smolensk assuring Bishop Manuel that he would provide him with whatever he needed. On September 30, 1150 Saint Rostislav also ceded Cathedral Hill at Smolensk to the Smolensk diocese, where the Dormition cathedral and other diocesan buildings stood.

Contemporaries thought highly of the church construction of Prince Rostislav. Even the sources that are inclined to report nothing more about it note that “this prince built the church of the Theotokos at Smolensk.” The Dormition cathedral, originally built by his grandfather, Vladimir Monomakh, in the year 1101 was rebuilt and expanded under Prince Rostislav. The rebuilt cathedral was consecrated by Bishop Manuel on the Feast of the Dormition, August 15, 1150. Prince Rostislav was a “builder of the Church” in a far wider sense: he endowed the Smolensk Dormition church of the Mother of God, and transformed it from a city cathedral into the ecclesiastical center of the vast Smolensk diocese.

Holy Prince Rostislav was the builder of the Smolensk Kremlin, and of the Savior cathedral at the Smyadynsk Boris and Gleb monastery, founded on the place of the murder of holy Prince Gleb (September 5). Later his son David, possibly fulfilling the wishes of his father, transferred the old wooden coffins of Saints Boris and Gleb from Kievan Vyshgorod to Smyadyn.

In the decade of the fifties of the twelfth century, Saint Rostislav was drawn into a prolonged struggle for Kiev, which involved representatives of the two strongest princely lines: the Olgovichi and the Monomakhovichi.

On the Monomakhovichi side the major contender to be Great Prince was Rostislav’s uncle, Yurii Dolgoruky. Rostislav, as Prince of Smolensk, was one of the most powerful rulers of the Russian land and had a decisive voice in military and diplomatic negotiations.

For everyone involved in the dispute, Rostislav was both a dangerous opponent and a desired ally, and he was at the center of events. This had a providential significance, since Saint Rostislav distinguished himself by his wisdom regarding the civil realm, by his strict sense of justice and unconditional obedience to elders, and by his deep respect for the Church and its hierarchy. For several generations he was the bearer of the “Russkaya Pravda” (“Russian Truth”) and of Russian propriety.

After the death of his brother Izyaslav (November 13, 1154), Saint Rostislav became Great Prince of Kiev, but he ruled Kiev at the same time with his uncle Vyacheslav Vladimirovich. After the latter’s death, Rostislav returned to Smolensk, ceding the Kiev princedom to his other uncle, Yurii Dolgoruky, and he removed himself from the bloodshed of the princely disputes. He occupied Kiev a second time on April 12, 1159 and he then remained Great Prince until his death (+ 1167). More than once, he had to defend his paternal inheritance with sword in hand.

The years of Saint Rostislav’s rule occurred during one of the most complicated periods in the history of the Russian Church. The elder brother of Rostislav, Izyaslav Mstislavich, a proponent of the autocephaly of the Russian Church, favored the erudite Russian monk Clement Smolyatich for Metropolitan, and wanted him to be made Metropolitan by a council of Russian bishops, without seeking the usual approval from the Patriarch of Constantinople. This occurred in the year 1147.

The Russian hierarchy basically supported Metropolitan Clement and Prince Izyaslav in their struggle for ecclesiastical independence from Constantinople, but several bishops headed by Saint Niphon of Novgorod (April 8), did not recognize the autocephaly of the Russian metropolitanate and shunned communion with it, having transformed their dioceses into independent ecclesial districts, pending the resolution of this question. Bishop Manuel of Smolensk also followed this course. Saint Rostislav understood the danger which lay hidden beneath the idea of Russian autocephaly for these times, which threatened the break-up of Rus. The constant fighting over Kiev among the princes might also lead to a similar fight over the Kievan See among numerous contenders, put forth by one princely group or another.

The premonitions of Saint Rostislav were fully justified. Yurii Dolgoruky, who remained loyal to Constantinople, occupied Kiev in the year 1154. He immediately banished Metropolitan Clement and petitioned Constantinople for a new Metropolitan. This was to be Saint Constantine (June 5), but he arrived in Rus only in the year 1156, six months before the death of Yurii Dolgoruky (+ May 15, 1157). Six months later, when Saint Rostislav’s nephew Mstislav Izyaslavich entered the city on December 22, 1157, Saint Constanine was obliged to flee Kiev, while the deposed Clement Smolyatich returned as Metropolitan. Then a time of disorder began in Russia, for there were two Metropolitans.

All the hierarchy and the clergy came under interdict: the Greek Metropolitan suspended the Russian supporters of Clement, and Clement suspended all the supporters of Constantine. To halt the scandal, Saint Rostislav and Mstislav decided to remove both Metropolitans and petition the Patriarch of Constantinople to appoint a new archpastor for the Russian metropolitan See.

But this compromise did not end the matter. Arriving in Kiev in the autumn of 1161, Metropolitan Theodore died in spring of the following year. Following the example of Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (July 4), who supported his own fellow ascetic Bishop Theodore to be Metropolitan, Saint Rostislav put forth his own candidate, who turned out to be the much-suffering Clement Smolyatich.

The fact that the Great Prince had changed his attitude toward Metropolitan Clement, shows the influence of the Kiev Caves monastery, and in particular of Archimandrite Polycarp. Archimandrite Polycarp, who followed the traditions of the Caves (in 1165 he became head of the monastery), was personally very close to Saint Rostislav.

Saint Rostislav had the pious custom of inviting the igumen and twelve monks to his own table on the Saturdays and Sundays of Great Lent, and he served them himself. The prince more than once expressed the wish to be tonsured a monk at the monastery of Saints Anthony and Theodosius, and he even gave orders to build a cell for him.

The monks of the Caves, a tremendous spiritual influence in ancient Rus, encouraged the prince to think about the independence of the Russian Church. Moreover, during those years in Rus, there was suspicion regarding the Orthodoxy of the bishops which came from among the Greeks, because of the notorious “Dispute about the Fasts” (the “Leontian Heresy”). Saint Rostislav’s pious intent to obtain the blessing of the Patriarch of Constantinople for Metropolitan Clement came to naught. The Greeks believed that appointing a Metropolitan to the Kiev cathedra was one of their most important prerogatives. This served not only the ecclesiastical, but also the political interests of the Byzantine Empire.

In 1165 a new Greek Metropolitan arrived at Kiev, John IV, and Saint Rostislav accepted him out of humility and churchly obedience. The new Metropolitan, like his predecessor, governed the Russian Church for less than a year (+ 1166). The See of Kiev was again left vacant, and the Great Prince was deprived of the fatherly counsel and spiritual wisdom of a Metropolitan. His sole spiritual solace was the igumen Polycarp and the holy Elders of the Kiev Caves monastery and the Theodorov monastery at Kiev, which had been founded under his father.

Returning from a campaign against Novgorod in the spring of 1167, Saint Rostislav fell ill. When he reached Smolensk, where his son Roman was prince, relatives urged him to remain at Smolensk. But the Great Prince gave orders to take him to Kiev. “If I die along the way,” he declared, “put me in my father’s monastery of Saint Theodore. If God should heal me, through the prayers of His All-Pure Mother and Saint Theodosius, I shall take vows at the monastery of the Caves.”

God did not fulfill Saint Rostislav’s last wish to end his life as a monk of the holy monastery. The holy prince died on the way to Kiev on March 14, 1167. (In other historical sources the year is given as 1168). His body, in accord with his last wishes, was brought to the Kiev Theodosiev monastery.

Source: Orthodox Church in America_OCA

Isaiah 28:14-22

14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scornful men, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem, 15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we are in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, It will not come to us, For we have made lies our refuge, And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.” 16 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; Whoever believes will not act hastily. 17 Also I will make justice the measuring line, And righteousness the plummet; The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the hiding place. 18 Your covenant with death will be annulled, And your agreement with Sheol will not stand; When the overflowing scourge passes through, Then you will be trampled down by it. 19 As often as it goes out it will take you; For morning by morning it will pass over, And by day and by night; It will be a terror just to understand the report.” 20 For the bed is too short to stretch out on, And the covering so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it. 21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon— That He may do His work, His awesome work, And bring to pass His act, His unusual act. 22 Now therefore, do not be mockers, Lest your bonds be made strong; For I have heard from the Lord God of hosts, A destruction determined even upon the whole earth.

Proverbs 13:19-14:6

19A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil. 20 He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed. 21 Evil pursues sinners, But to the righteous, good shall be repaid. 22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. 23 Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, And for lack of justice there is waste. 24 He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly. 25 The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, But the stomach of the wicked shall be in want.

1 The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands. 2 He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him. 3 In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise will preserve them. 4 Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; But much increase comes by the strength of an ox. 5 A faithful witness does not lie, But a false witness will utter lies. 6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, But knowledge is easy to him who understands.

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kikorikoiko · 3 months ago

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For the bishops asks:

8, 10 and 14 thankssss

8 What are their signature weapons or magical abilities?

For the weapons:

Shamura -> Godly spear (athena reference)

Kallamar -> depends on how he's feeling, mostly a dagger

Heket -> warhammer

Leshy -> grenades.

As magical abilities, aside from the standard powers shown in games (telekynesis, transforming, curses etc), every crown has some unique abilities (related to the area of expertise I mentioned here)

Leshy's crown can generate natural disasters like earthquakes and accelerate the growth of plants; these ability got pretty nerfed due to lore reasons.

The yellow crown aside from making people starve can also modify the eating habits of a mortal being and grant some permanent changes to help them become a better hubter (example, a rabbit follower could request to become a carnivour and gain canines and claws)

The blue crown can remove or cause pain (basically kallamar can recreate the meme "projecting my period cramps over x")

The purple crown is the only thing that can kill another crown and negate another crown ability. That's the principal reason why they were able to kill so many gods without having to worry about their possible successors.

10 How do they each maintain or decorate their crowns?

They had to clean them up (expecially after using them in battle), but otherwise there was no need to maintain them.

Also the crowns can take the form of a small animal so. You can picture Shamura trying to bath a bloody mouse after a battle.

14 Do they have any pets or companions within their temples?

Aside from the crown, Leshy used to have some pet squirrels, but after the third died of old age he basicaly went "hey this actually sucks" and never got another pet.

All the others never got a pet; as for companions, Witnesses and disciples were the mortals they spended the most time with (there was a guy with who Leshy spended ten years of his life but he was not in the temple so he doesn't count).

#welcome new gods au #bishops ask game

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albertfinch · 17 days ago

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BREAKING INTO GLORIOUS PROVISION

The main idea for breakthrough comes from the breakthrough of water from 2 Samuel 5:20: "So David went to Baal Perazim (which means "possessor of the breaches"), and David defeated them there; and he said, "The LORD has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water."

The word breakthrough comes from the Hebrew word "perets" which means "To break out." In the areas that we are believing God for breakthrough in, we should also believe Him to break out from the very center of the situation. Zephaniah 3:17 declares "the Lord thy God in the midst of you is mighty." In this verse the word midst means: the nearest part, that is, the center -- the word mighty means: a powerful, warrior champion.

The Lord wants to come as a powerful, warrior champion to show Himself strong in the midst of all hindrances, obstacles and blockades that the enemy has erected to stop the flow of your bearing fruit that remains for God's Kingdom.

Whether it's breakthrough in physical healing, financial provision, relationship issues, ministry or any number of areas, God's desire is to bring manifested breakthrough.

⦁ THE MANIFESTED POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT:

The Holy Spirit, the most powerful force in the universe, is very active on Planet Earth today with His objective to displace the kingodm of darkness with God's ever-advancing Kingdom.

The declaration of Romans 8:11 is this: "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you." We need to believe God and ask Him for the release of Holy Spirit power – the power of the resurrection in our lives so we can bring forth the Great Commission.

Scripture also says that, as we come to understand our Christ identity, the anointing BREAKS the yoke. Many Believers these days are walking around with heavy yolks of everything from religious expectations to orphaned thinking and condemnation. God's desire is to manifest BREAKTHROUGH to obliterate yolks by the anointing (Isaiah 10:27).

⦁ JESUS CALMING THE SEA:

There are times that the manifestation of breakthrough is going to come in the release of great peace into a situation.

In Mark 4, Jesus stood in the midst of a storm that the disciples thought was life threatening. In the midst of that storm He declared, "Peace, be still" (verse 39).

It's interesting that the response of the storm was not to just ease up a bit, but the Bible says, "the wind ceased, and there was a great calm." God wants to bring great calm into the many storms of life that we face. Even if the circumstances of that storm do not change immediately, we can still receive "a great calm" deep inside our hearts.

⦁ NEW BEGINNINGS

Isaiah 43:19 - Nothing compares to what I'm going to do with you says the Lord! Behold, I am going to do a brand new thing with you personally. See, I've already begun to do it. Don't you see it?

In the land of New Beginnings, we must remove the masks and veils that a life absorbed in self has formed in the past season so we can now discern our new vision concerning our Christ calling. Isaiah 41:15 ("Behold, I will make you to be a new, sharp, threshing instrument which has teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and shall make the hills like chaff") has become a key word for us. There is a new understanding for us in the invisible world. This will allow us to display the wisdom of God to the powers and principalities that have blocked you in past seasons.

Jesus says: 'You shall see the Heaven OPENED, and a way between Heaven and earth, between God and man, made clear. I am that way. I will open Heaven by My own blood.'

"Then He added, 'In truth, in very truth I tell you all, you shall see heaven wide open…..'" - John 1:51

Your time in communion with the Lord will raise you to that "Come up here, let me show you something you didn't know before" place for substantial breakthrough. "I saw a door open in heaven and heard the same voice speaking to me, the voice like a trumpet, saying 'Come up here: I will show you what is to come in the future.'" - Revelation 4:1

PRAYER:

Lord, I ask you now to pour out the Spirit of the Overcomer. I lift up my head and receive the King of Glory to breakthrough so that I can breakout. Lord, stir me out of the wilderness and grip me with a holy violence and jealousy to lay hold of my Christ calling and DESTINY in Christ. I am available to do great exploits in moving your Great Commission forward in Your Name! - Amen

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steveezekiel · 4 months ago

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NOR IS THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER

"NOR IS THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12 (NKJV)

Comment: The name of Jesus Christ is the only name given under heaven through which men, humans, must be saved. There is no name of any religion leader through which humans could be saved, It is only through Jesus Christ that God can be accessed (John 14:6).

This is where being born-again, or being a disciple of Christ Jesus, or being a professed believer is different from practicing a religion.

Christianity could be considered a religion or be named alongside with other religions of the world; however, going through Christ Jesus to reach or access God is different, It is not a religion. When you go through Christ Jesus to access God, you establish a relationship with Him—God.

What is a relationship?

It is rendered thus by a dictionary:

a. the state of being connected or related

b. association by blood or marriage; kinship

c. the mutual dealings, connections, or feelings that exist between two parties, countries, people, etc

In other words, relationship means the state of being connected; where mutual dealings or feelings exist between two parties or people.

a. When you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus, you are saved or born-again (Romans 10:9,10)—you are reconciled to God and established a relationship with Him (2 Corinthians 5:18).

b. A Believer is said to be righteous when he or she put their faith in the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus, thus, the righteousness of Jesus Christ was imputed to or laid-on them: "FOR HE [God] MADE HIM [Jesus] WHO KNEW NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US [mankind or humans], THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM [Jesus]" (1 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV).

When a relationship is established with God through Christ Jesus, the relationship is expected to grow, like any other relationship.

So, when someone establishes a relationship with God, the person would have to work on the relationship for It to grow and deliver or produce all the benefits or blessings in the relationship.

There are principles that guide every relationship, so, that with God is not exceptional.

a. You would have to understand your partner in the relationship. And, of course, God is the senior or principal partner in your relationship with Him—God.

b. What your partner wants or likes or does not like. Since God is not a physical Being, someone who can be seen physically; He is a Spirit. Your relationship with Him, God, would have to be in the spirit (John 4:24).

c. The next thing is how would you understand Him, God, that the relationship might grow and the necessary benefits be derived through it?

The only means through which God can be known and understood is through His Word, the Bible. Those who walked with Him, God, documented their experiences in the written form, thus, we have the written Word, the Bible.

So, you get to know God through the written Word, the documented experiences of those who had walked with Him.

Therefore, whoever is in a relationship with God, a new believer, would have to be conversant with—versed in or adept at—the written Word, the Bible, in order to know and understand God (Joshua 1:8; Psalm 119:11).

When the person, the new believer, started practicing what he or she got to know or learned through the written Word, the Bible; they also would begin to have deeper knowledge of Him, God, and the relationship would get strengthened—It will grow into fellowship or communion. It is at this level the believer would begin to derive the maximum benefits of his or her relationship with God.

So, Christianity or being born-again or being a disciple of Christ Jesus is not a religion in which you would have to rigidly follow some rules or laws; in which If you missed any, you would be struck dead by One Supernatural Being known as God. No (Colossians 2:20-23).

Rather, It is a walking with God in a Father-son-or-daughter's relationship, which ultimately resulted in communion or fellowship (John 17:20-22; Galatians 5:13).

Thus, there is no salvation in any other, except Christ Jesus!

Peace.

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sag-dab-sar · 2 months ago

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Our Lady of Sorrows - 5th Sorrow: Mary Stands At The Cross

Holy Week, Christian Tradition

Eastern Christianity & Western Christianity Holy Week usually do not align as the former uses the Julian Calendar and the latter uses the Gregorian Calendar.

[Art: Via Crucis by Raul Berzosa Fernandez 1979]

The 5th sorrow is Mother Mary having to watch her son be torturously executed; and all she can do is watch unable to help her very own son. It is the defining moment of Mary "Our Lady of Sorrows" development.

"The seven founders of the Servite Order, in 1239 [AD], five years after they established themselves on Monte Senario, took up the sorrows of Mary, standing under the Cross, as the principal devotion of their order" — Catholic Encyclopedia Link

"Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home." — John 19:25-27 NIV

Parallel Verses about the bystanders who watched

"Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons." — Matthew 27:55-56 NIV

"Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome. In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there." — Mark 15:40-41 NIV

"But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things." — Luke 23:49 NIV

The Gospel of John is the only one that describes these women, including Mother Mary, as directly near the cross. Out of four Biblical accounts this seems to be the most 'popular' among Christian tradition.

The Gospels of Matthew and Mark mentions Mary Magdelene; Mary the mother of James & Joseph, and Salome the Apostle (mother of Zebedee's sons); as well as "many other women" but Mother Mary is not mentioned by name. The Gospel of Luke only mentions "many women". All three Gospels other than John mention as watching from a distance the various things (eclipse, earthquake) happen during Jesus' death.

Jesus tells John the Apostle to care for his mother, and tells his mother to consider John her own son. It is widely understood that the Gospel of John is very different in details compared to the "synoptic Gospels" of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

The Seven Sorrows were compiled in medieval Europe so it makes sense that the most 'popular' account would be the one to make the list and the one that founded the concept of Mary Our Lady of Sorrows.

The Bystanders at The Cross in the Apocrypha

"But all those who were the acquaintance of Christ, stood at a distance, as did the women who had followed Jesus from Galilee, observing all these things." — Gospel of Nicodemus 8:11

Stabat Mater Hymn

This was a very popular aspect of The Passion of Christ which led to the "Stabat Mater" Hymn composed in the 13th century, the same century as the first devotions of Our Lady of Sorrows that focused on her standing at the cross. The Hymn may be preformed during Good Friday. Many composers have created their own arrangements for the hymn.

✝️ Full Hymn Version from St Michael's Abbey — Link

✝️ Choir Version (not sure source) — Link

✝️ Vivaldi's Stabat Mater (10 Stanzas) Solo Version by Andreas Scoll — Link

Because Tumblr formatting isn't the best I collapsed all the stanzas

Original Latin

(1) Stabat mater dolorósa juxta Crucem lacrimósa, dum pendébat Fílius. (2) Cuius ánimam geméntem, contristántem et doléntem pertransívit gládius. (3) O quam tristis et afflícta fuit illa benedícta, mater Unigéniti! (4) Quae mœrébat et dolébat, pia Mater, dum vidébat nati pœnas ínclyti. (5) Quis est homo qui non fleret, matrem Christi si vidéret in tanto supplício? (6) Quis non posset contristári Christi Matrem contemplári doléntem cum Fílio? (7) Pro peccátis suæ gentis vidit Jésum in torméntis, et flagéllis súbditum. (8) Vidit suum dulcem Natum moriéndo desolátum, dum emísit spíritum. (9) Eja, Mater, fons amóris me sentíre vim dolóris fac, ut tecum lúgeam. (10) Fac, ut árdeat cor meum in amándo Christum Deum ut sibi compláceam. (11) Sancta Mater, istud agas, crucifíxi fige plagas cordi meo válide. (12) Tui Nati vulneráti, tam dignáti pro me pati, pœnas mecum dívide. (13) Fac me tecum pie flere, crucifíxo condolére, donec ego víxero. (14) Juxta Crucem tecum stare, et me tibi sociáre in planctu desídero. (15) Virgo vírginum præclára, mihi iam non sis amára, fac me tecum plángere. (16) Fac ut portem Christi mortem, passiónis fac consórtem, et plagas recólere. (17) Fac me plagis vulnerári, fac me Cruce inebriári, et cruóre Fílii. (18) Flammis ne urar succénsus, per te, Virgo, sim defénsus in die iudícii. (19) Christe, cum sit hinc exire, da per Matrem me veníre ad palmam victóriæ. (20) Quando corpus moriétur, fac, ut ánimæ donétur paradísi glória.

Formal Equivalence—"the principle approaches to translation, prioritizing respectively the meaning or the literal structure of the source text"—English version offered by Wikipedia:

(1) The sorrowful mother was standing beside the Cross weeping, while the Son was hanging. (2) Whose moaning soul, depressed and grieving, the sword has passed through. (3) O how sad and stricken was that blessed [woman], mother of the Only-begotten [one]! (4) Who was mourning and suffering, the pious Mother, while she was watching the punishments of the glorious son. (5) Who is the person who would not weep, if he had seen the mother of Christ in such great suffering? (6) Who would not be able to be saddened to behold the Mother of Christ grieving with the Son? (7) For the sins of his people she saw Jesus in torments, and subjected to lashes. (8) She saw her sweet Son dying forsaken, while he sent forth [his] spirit. (9) Come now, O Mother, fountain of love Make me feel the power of sorrow that I might mourn with you. (10) Grant that my heart may burn in loving Christ the God that I might please him. (11) O Holy Mother, may you do that, fix the wounds of the cross mightily in my heart. (12) Of your wounded son [who] so deigned to suffer for me, Share [his] penalties with me. (13) Make me cry dutifully with you, to suffer (with him) on the cross, as long as I shall have lived. (14) To stand by the Cross with you, to unite me to you in weeping [this] I desire. (15) O noble Virgin of virgins, Be not bitter with me now, Make me mourn with you. (16) Grant that I might bear the death of Christ, Make [me] kindred in the passion, and contemplate the wounds. (17) Make me injured by the wounds, make me drunken by the Cross, and by the blood of the Son. (18) Lest I be consumed burned by flames, through you, O Virgin, may I be defended on the day of judgement. (19) O Christ, when it is time to depart hence, grant me to come through the Mother, to the palm of victory. (20) When the body will decay, grant that it may be bestowed on [my] soul the glory of paradise.

English translation by Edward Caswall preserves the trochaic tetrameter rhyme scheme and sense of the original text but is not a literal translation:

(1) At the Cross her station keeping, Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last: (2) Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, All his bitter anguish bearing, now at length the sword has pass'd. (3) Oh, how sad and sore distress'd Was that Mother highly blest Of the sole-begotten One! (4) Christ above in torment hangs; She beneath beholds the pangs Of her dying glorious Son. (5) Is there one who would not weep, Whelm'd in miseries so deep, Christ's dear Mother to behold? (6) Can the human heart refrain From partaking in her pain, In that Mother's pain untold? (7) Bruis'd, derided, curs'd, defil'd, She beheld her tender Child All with bloody scourges rent; (8) For the sins of his own nation, Saw Him hang in desolation, Till His Spirit forth He sent. (9) O thou Mother! fount of love! Touch my spirit from above, Make my heart with thine accord: (10) Make me feel as thou hast felt; Make my soul to glow and melt With the love of Christ my Lord. (11) Holy Mother! pierce me through; In my heart each wound renew Of my Saviour crucified: (12) Let me share with thee His pain, Who for all my sins was slain, Who for me in torments died. (13) Let me mingle tears with thee, Mourning Him who mourn'd for me, All the days that I may live: (14) By the Cross with thee to stay; There with thee to weep and pray; Is all I ask of thee to give. (15) Virgin of all virgins blest!, Listen to my fond request: Let me share thy grief divine; (16) Let me, to my latest breath, In my body bear the death Of that dying Son of thine. (17) Wounded with his every wound, Steep my soul till it hath swoon'd, In His very blood away; (18) Be to me, O Virgin, nigh, Lest in flames I burn and die, In his awful Judgment day. (19) Christ, when Thou shalt call me hence, Be Thy Mother my defence, Be Thy Cross my victory; (20) While my body here decays, May my soul thy goodness praise, Safe in Paradise with Thee.

[Art: Pietro Perugino's depiction of Mary at the Cross, 1482]

"I grieve for thee O Mary, most sorrowful, in the martyrdom which thy generous heart endured in standing near Jesus in His agony. Dear Mother, by thy afflicted heart, obtain for me the virtue of temperance and the gift of counsel." — Prayer of Fifth Sorrow, Short Version

🗡️Notes

• The Seven Sorrows — Link

• I prefer the shorter version of the 7 Sorrows Prayers that I found here — Link

• My Non-Christian Worship of Mary — Link

• Divider by @/firefly-graphics — Link

#mary #mother mary #virgin mary #good friday #gospel of john #at the cross #sabat mater #sorrow 5 #fifth sorrow #our lady of sorrows #mater dolorosa #mary our lady if sorrows #adjacent audience:#christopagan #xianity #marian worship #marian veneration #marian devotion #marian art

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mahayanapilgrim · 2 years ago

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Ten Principal Disciples of Lord Buddha: Torchbearers of Dharma

The life of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, is synonymous with the profound purpose of alleviating the suffering of all sentient beings. During his forty-five years of earthly existence, the Buddha encountered numerous individuals, and his transformative interactions inspired many to become his disciples. Among the multitude who embraced his teachings, ten disciples emerged as the principal torchbearers of Lord Buddha's dharma, carrying forth the essence of enlightenment far and wide.

1. **Sariputra (Upatissa):** Renowned as one of the two chief male disciples, Sariputra, also known as Upatissa, shared this eminent position with Moggallana. Born on the same day as Moggallana, Sariputra attained Nirvana and became an Arhat, celebrated for being "Foremost in Wisdom." His profound understanding earned him praise from the Buddha, and his wisdom became a guiding light for future generations.

2. **Moggallana (Maudgalyayana):** A close friend of Sariputra, Moggallana, also known as Maudgalyayana, stood as the other chief male disciple of Lord Buddha. Endowed with transcendental powers, Moggallana, depicted with a dark complexion, played a crucial role in aiding people through his psychic abilities. His passing, occurring two weeks after Sariputra's death, marked the end of an era.

3. **Mahakasyapa:** Revered for his ascetic practices, Mahakasyapa emerged as a key figure in the post-Buddha era. Following the Buddha's final nirvana, Mahakasyapa and 500 disciples compiled Buddha's Suttas, assuming leadership of the Sangha. As the "father of sangha," Mahakasyapa became the first to directly preach the teachings and sutras of the Buddha.

4. **Subhuti:** As one of the ten Great Disciples, Subhuti stood out for his deep understanding of the doctrine of emptiness. Mentioned in the Prajnaparamita of Mahayana Buddhism, Subhuti's prominence lay in grasping the profound concept of emptiness, contributing to the expansive tapestry of Buddhist thought.

5. **Purna Maitrayani-Putra:** Known for his enthusiastic preaching, Purna, also called Purna Maitrayani-Putra, dedicated himself to ensuring the future of Buddhism. While there is no evidence of his Nirvana, Purna's focus on spreading the seeds of Buddhism and serving the public underscored his commitment to the Buddha's teachings.

6. **Katyayana (Mahakatyayana):** Distinguished as foremost in spreading the Dharma, Katyayana played a pivotal role in disseminating the teachings of Lord Buddha. His profound understanding of Buddha's lectures positioned him as a key figure in the transmission of the Dharma.

7. **Anuradha:** A cousin of Shakyamuni Buddha, Anuradha, alongside Ananda, became a disciple of Lord Buddha. Renowned for his divine insight and mastery of clairvoyance, Anuradha's journey included a self-imposed vow not to sleep, leading to the loss of his sight. Later, he regained vision, believed to possess the power to perceive truth.

8. **Upali:** Originating from the lowest class of Indian society and working as a barber, Upali's journey to discipleship was marked by hesitancy. Foremost in observing precepts, Upali joined Lord Buddha when he was cutting his hair. Later, Upali's transformation led him to become an Arhat, chief disciple, and a key figure in the development of the Vinaya School.

9. **Rahula:** The only son of Shakyamuni Buddha before his enlightenment, Rahula became a monk at a young age. Achieving Enlightenment at 18, Rahula's early entry into monkhood and subsequent spiritual attainment marked him as one of the Ten Great Disciples.

10. **Ananda:** Renowned for his exceptional hearing of Buddha's teachings, Ananda, alongside Anuradha, was a cousin of Lord Buddha and became a disciple simultaneously. The term "Ananda" meaning "great delight" epitomized his role as the caretaker of Lord Buddha for 25 years, illustrating his unwavering dedication to preserving and disseminating the Buddha's words.

These Ten Principal Disciples of Lord Buddha, each excelling in distinct qualities, became pillars of Buddhism, ensuring the propagation of the dharma and the enlightenment path for generations to come.

#buddha #buddhism #buddhist #dharma #sangha #mahayana #zen #milarepa #tibetan buddhism #thich nhat hanh

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orthodoxadventure · 2 years ago

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Angels in the Bible and the Liturgy

For an angel of peace... One of the things we pray for at every Liturgy is for an angel to guard us and guide us. Each of us has been given a guardian angel. It is about our guardian angels that the Lord Jesus spoke of when He admonished His disciples not to "look down" on children, "for I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven" (Matthew 18:10-11). And during Baptism, the celebrating priest prays specifically that an angel of light be assigned to the child being baptized. [...]

The Liturgy speaks over and over again about the reality of angels and archangels, the cherubim and the seraphim. The Scriptures witness to the reality of angels from beginning to end, from Genesis to the Book of Revelation. What are angels? The word 'angel' is a Greek word that means 'messenger'. Angels are purely spiritual beings that have often served as God's messengers at critical times in human history. In the Old Testament, the Archangel Michael appears to the prophet Daniel (Daniel 10:13) and is mentioned again in Jude 9 and the Book of Revelation (Revelation 12:7). In the New Testament, the Archangel Gabriel appears to both Zechariah to announce the birth of his son, John the Baptist (Luke 1:10-20); and to Mary the Theotokos to announce the birth of her son, our Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 1:26-37). An angel comforts the Lord Jesus in the Garden of Gethesemane shortly before His crucifixion (Luke 22:43); and angels announce His resurrection to the women who come to His tomb and find it empty (Luke 24:4-7). At the Second Coming, the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 25:31) tells us that the Lord will be escorted by "all the angels".

The Scriptures mention many different kinds or ranks of angels. The cherubim and the seraphim are mentioned throughout the Old Testament and are particularly associated with the Temple in Jerusalem and the Ark of the Covenant by the prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel. In fact, the angelic hymn that Isaiah (Isaiah 6:5) heard sung by the seraphim in the Temple: "Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth: Heaven and earth are full of Your glory" is still sung at every celebration of the Liturgy to this day. In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul mentions other types of angels such as thrones, powers and principalities (Colossians 1:16; Ephesians 1:21). The role of angels has been significant in the history of our salvation as well as in our praise and worship of the living God during the Liturgy. We believe that if we listen carefully to the message of the angels, we can often hear the voice of God in our lives.

[Source of text: The Divine Liturgy of our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom (with Commentary and Notes)]

#christianity #orthodox christianity #religion #Guardian Angel #bible

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howwelldoyouknowyourmoon · 1 year ago

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CIA, Moonies Cooperate in Sandinista War

▲ Contras in Nicaragua

Washington Post page E-15 (and Indiana Gazette)

August 16, 1984 by Jack Anderson

In the Central American hinterlands, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish CIA operatives from the Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s disciples. They appear to be working in harness against the communist-tainted Sandinista regime in Nicaragua.

This troubles at least one Pentagon analyst, now stationed in Korea, who has warned the White House that the CIA-Moonie connection could cause possible political damage to President Reagan’s re-election campaign.

The analyst’s unofficial memo, “Potential Problems,” has been slipped to my associate Donald Goldberg.

“Current Moonie involvement with government officials, contractors and grantees [in Central America] could create a major scandal,” the memo warns. “If their activities and role become public knowledge, it will unite both the left and the right in attacking the administration.”

The memo continues: “If efforts are not taken to stop their growing influence and weed out current Moonie involvement in government, the president stands a good chance of being portrayed in the media as a poor, naive incompetent who is strong on ideology and weak on common sense. …

“The likelihood of a reporter or a Democratic staff member piecing the total picture together is too great to be neglected. Any thought that this festering problem will go away if ignored is foolish.”

The “total picture” of Moon’s activities in Latin America is not clear. But there is no doubt that the Korean messiah – now in prison for income tax evasion [and document forgery and perjury] – has established a solid presence in the region, with ties to right-wing groups and U.S.-supported guerrillas.

My associate John Lee Anderson reports from Central America that CAUSA international, Moon’s political front, has representatives working in programs that help the CIA in its “contra” war against the Sandinista government.

CAUSA maintains a publicity office in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, but its principal activities are in the field. CAUSA provides cash and other aid to Honduran-based Nicaraguan contras and Honduran right-wing political groups. Many anti-Sandinista guerrillas wear red CAUSA T-shirts with a map of the world on them.

But CAUSA and its affiliate, the Refugee Relief Freedom Foundation, provide more than T-shirts to rebel groups. They also funnel supplies to refugee families in and near contra camps and pay for trips by rebel leaders to the United States.

One contra leader, Fernando “El Negro” Chamorro, told my associate that as early as 1981, CAUSA representatives sent him on an all-expenses paid trip to the United States to try to unify the Nicaraguan exile groups.

The airlift of supplies to the rebels by Moon’s Unification Church has escalated since congress cut off CIA funding for the contras. The administration has been attempting to “privatize” its war against the Sandinistas and is apparently willing to work with Moon’s people.

Footnote: A Unification Church official denied that the church is engaged in any but religious activities in Central America.

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“The UC is truly anti-Christian” and produces “a species of material and spiritual slavery.” Catholic Bishops in Honduras

Jorge Guldenzoph, deeply involved with CAUSA and Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church, given 10 years in jail for torturing

The Unification Church and the KCIA – ‘Privatizing’ covert action: the case of the UC

Sun Myung Moon organization activities in Central & South America

Introduction

‘Illegal Aliens Joining Moonies’ – The Pittsburg Press

Moon’s ‘Cause’ Takes Aim At Communism in the Americas – Washington Post

Moon in Latin America: Building the Bases of a World Organisation – Guardian

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Honduras

Costa Rica

Bolivia

Uruguay

Paraguay

Brazil

#unification church #sun myung moon #moonies #hak ja han #CIA #CAUSA #Sandinistas #President Reagan #Nicaragua

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roman-catholic-mass-readings · 2 years ago

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12th September >> Mass Readings (USA)

Tuesday, Twenty Third Week in Ordinary Time

The Most Holy Name of Mary.

Tuesday, Twenty Third Week in Ordinary Time

(Liturgical Colour: Green: A (1))

First Reading Colossians 2:6-15 God brought you to life along with Christ having forgiven us all our transgressions.

Brothers and sisters: As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him, rooted in him and built upon him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to the tradition of men, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ.

For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily, and you share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power. In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not administered by hand, by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ. You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. And even when you were dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he brought you to life along with him, having forgiven us all our transgressions; obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims, which was opposed to us, he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross; despoiling the principalities and the powers, he made a public spectacle of them, leading them away in triumph by it.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 145:1b-2, 8-9, 10-11

R/ The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.

I will extol you, O my God and King, and I will bless your name forever and ever. Every day will I bless you, and I will praise your name forever and ever.

R/ The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.

The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. The LORD is good to all and compassionate toward all his works.

R/ The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.

Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD, and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom and speak of your might.

R/ The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.

Gospel Acclamation cf. John 15:16

Alleluia, alleluia. I chose you from the world, that you may go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Luke 6:12-19 He spent the night in prayer. He chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles.

Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured. Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all.

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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The Most Holy Name of Mary

(Liturgical Colour: White: A (1))

(Readings for the memorial)

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Tuesday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

Either:

First Reading Galatians 4:4–7 God sent his Son, born of a woman.

Brothers and sisters: When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. As proof that you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then also an heir, through God.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

OR: --------

First reading Ephesians 1:3–6, 11–12 He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world.

Brothers and sisters: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will, for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved. In him we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the One who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will, so that we might exist for the praise of his glory, we who first hoped in Christ.

Responsorial Psalm Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55