April 3
Psalms 9:13-14
Have mercy on me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, you that lift me up from the gates of death: 14. That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation.
Have mercy on me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, you that lift me up from the gates of death: 14. That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation.
April 4
Forwarded from He Loves Mankind ☦️
"It is a trustworthy saying that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners (I Tim. 1:15). But we deceive ourselves if we think that we are saved while remaining sinners. Christ saves those sinners by giving them the means to become saints."
+ St Philaret of Moscow
+ St Philaret of Moscow
April 4
Forwarded from Ask About The Orthodox Faith (Елена)
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Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. If thou love each thing thou wilt perceive the mystery of God in all; and when once thou perceive this, thou wilt thenceforward grow every day to a fuller understanding of it: until thou come at last to love the whole world with a love that will then be all-embracing and universal.
The Brothers Karamazov. Fyodor Dostoevsky
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April 4
Psalms 9:15-17
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16. The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16. The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
April 5
April 5
Psalms 9:18-20
For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 19. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight. 20. Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 19. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight. 20. Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
April 6
April 6
Psalms 10:1-2
Why stand you afar off, O LORD? why hide you yourself in times of trouble? 2. The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Why stand you afar off, O LORD? why hide you yourself in times of trouble? 2. The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
April 7
April 7
Forwarded from Orthodox Spirituality
[Christ] did not want to appear in angelic beauty, or in royal power, or in luxurious wealth. He who enters a house of sorrow does not dress in the most beautiful clothes, nor does a doctor dress in his best clothes when he visits the gravely ill. In coming to earth, the Lord entered a house of sorrow; he entered a hospital. The body is the garment of the soul. He dressed in a simple garment to impress us by the power of His spirit, not by His dress.
+ Saint Nikolaj Velimirovich
+ Saint Nikolaj Velimirovich
April 7
April 8
Psalms 10:3-5
For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors. 4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 5. His ways are always grievous; your judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffs at them.
For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors. 4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 5. His ways are always grievous; your judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffs at them.
April 8
St. Theophan the Recluse explains how one may stay in touch with God through the whole day.
1) during the course of the day, cry out to God more often, even if only with a few words, according to need and the work of the day.
2) Beginning anything, for example, say ‘Bless, O Lord!’ When you finish something, say, ‘Glory to Thee, O Lord’, and not only with your lips, but with feeling in your heart.
3) If passions arise, say, ‘Save me, O Lord, I am perishing.’
4) If the darkness of disturbing thoughts comes up, cry out: ‘Lead my soul out of prison.’
5) If dishonest deeds present themselves and sin leads you to them, pray, ‘Set me, O Lord, in the way’, or ‘do not give up my feet to stumbling.’
6) If sin takes hold of you and leads you to despair, cry out with the voice of the publican, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’ Do this in every circumstance, or simply say often, ‘Lord, have mercy’, ‘Most Holy Theotokos save us”, ‘Holy Angel, my guardian, protect me’, or other such words.
1) during the course of the day, cry out to God more often, even if only with a few words, according to need and the work of the day.
2) Beginning anything, for example, say ‘Bless, O Lord!’ When you finish something, say, ‘Glory to Thee, O Lord’, and not only with your lips, but with feeling in your heart.
3) If passions arise, say, ‘Save me, O Lord, I am perishing.’
4) If the darkness of disturbing thoughts comes up, cry out: ‘Lead my soul out of prison.’
5) If dishonest deeds present themselves and sin leads you to them, pray, ‘Set me, O Lord, in the way’, or ‘do not give up my feet to stumbling.’
6) If sin takes hold of you and leads you to despair, cry out with the voice of the publican, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’ Do this in every circumstance, or simply say often, ‘Lord, have mercy’, ‘Most Holy Theotokos save us”, ‘Holy Angel, my guardian, protect me’, or other such words.
April 8
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Pray in Faith that God's will is perfect and better than ours.
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Pray in Faith that God's will is perfect and better than ours.
Don't tell God what to do
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April 8
Psalms 10:6-7
He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. 7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. 7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
April 9
Psalms 10:8-9
He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are privately set against the poor. 9. He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draws him into his net.
He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are privately set against the poor. 9. He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draws him into his net.
April 10
April 10
Happy and blessed Palm Sunday to all 🌴🫏
Go to divine Liturgy 🙏😘
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