Of course, in the right time and place, vocality is a must.
But we cannot preach our beliefs without leading a life of good example and prayer for those less fortunate FIRST. That would be totally hypocritical.
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Also, from the little that I know about the situation, it does not seem that you could have changed much even if you had done something... Perhaps it would've caused issues between you and these people...
Just ask for God to work through you, you …
Whatever the situation, you're desire to 'slap them out of it' is out of disgust of their actions. It is most definitely not something we are required to do or even allowed to do - because it's not the loving thing to do.
Trying to redirect people…
what does mon amie mean?
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This is the act i'm talking about... WHAT prayer!!
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Prayer is an act - A very powerful one.
Slapping people is hardly gonna get any job …
You're undermining the power and worth of Prayer. Prayer is the BESTESTTT thing you can do for others, and sometimes, it's the only thing you can do.
There is a time for speaking out, and sometimes, there is not. If you do this it must be in ALL wi…
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im not sayin that on Easter, that u shouldnt eat 10 pounds of meat, everyone does lol.
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LOL not everyone ...
I was listening to this sermon on CTV given by Anba Moussa (Bishop of Youth). He was talking about our role (as Copts) in society. He was saying that its wrong for us to be left out. We should mix with others who perhaps are not Christian, and our a…
I know.
We do them after the 400...
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But we must do more, for the zafa... !
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No. The Joseph mentioned here is the one that was betrothed to Mary, as the verse says:
"And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ."
The Joseph that you are reffering to is the brother (well, half brot…
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was Saint Mark there during the first portion of Jesus's life? in fact were any of the apostles there, following him when He was born, or about Elizabeth's birth, were t…
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I think animals do have free will.
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I heard in a sermon (that I think may have been recorded) that they do not. Do you have a reason for your thoughts?
I think that the …
Repentance is asking forgiveness, and CHANGE! stop killing, stop commiting crimes, etc. You have made a mistake, just because you have killed, it doesn't make you a murderer - just as if you have committed a sex crime it does not make you a rapist. …
Oh my goodness!
If you were to punish every human being according to their deeds, by removing them from the face of the earth, we'd all be DEAD!
Jesus showed us mercy, as we are expected to do unto others. EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT PERFECT- which virtua…
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open the door take the giraffe out and put the elephant in
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lol...a riddle following the …
Hopefully, Fr. Antonious won't mind if we quote him once more...
My understanding is that our Church once again does not oppose the death penalty in principle, given that some Old Testament crimes were punished with it.
However, I think we would i…