English Corner

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În prealabil postat de Pelerin spre Rasarit

King James Version: ,,Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven"

New King James Version: ,,Assuredly I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven"

English Standard Version: ,,Truly I say to you unless you turn and become like children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven"

Orthodox NT: "Verily I say to you, unless ye be turned about and become as the little children, in no wise shall ye enter into the kingdom of the heavens"

,,in no wise" ? Interesant, forma arhaica, foarte rar folosita.

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Just as a candle is lighted from another candle, so also a good work is born from a good work. A patrician wanted to donate a gold cross to a church. He summoned a young but experienced goldsmith, gave him a great deal of gold that he weighed out, and told him to fashion whatever sort of cross he desired. The poor goldsmith, seeing what a large donation this patrician was making for the sake of his soul, became inflamed with love for God in his own heart, and decided that he would add his own ten pieces of gold to the amount of the patrician's gold. When the cross was completed, the patrician weighed it, and discovered that it was heavier than the gold that he had given to the young man. He immediately began to scold the young man as a thief, suspecting that he had taken some of the gold and replaced it with some other heavy metal. When the young man saw the patrician so angry, he confessed his deed. He said: ``I added from my gold, as the widow gave two mites, in order to receive Christ's reward with you.'' Hearing this, the patrician's heart was touched, and he said to the honorable young man: ``From this day, I take you as my son, and the heir of all my goods.''

Saint Nikolai Velimirovici - "Prologue from Ochrid"

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Patriarch Pavle of Serbia - Interview 1996 (with English subtitles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T14p...ature=youtu.be

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Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith in God.

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Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed. In the second, it is opposed. In the third, it is regarded as self evident.

- Handy Jean

PS: this is a friend of mine from SF, California. Living as an Expat in Middle East. Christian Catholic. :)

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If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.

- same as above