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08.04.2015, 08:15:12
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Today's Scripture Readings
Holy Wednesday
Job 2.1-10 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD. And the LORD said to Satan, "Whence have you come?" Satan answered the LORD, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it." And the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause." Then Satan answered the LORD, "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face." And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your power; only spare his life." So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and afflicted Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. And he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the ashes. Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God, and die." But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Exod 2.11-22 One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together; and he said to the man that did the wrong, "Why do you strike your fellow?" He answered, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, and thought, "Surely the thing is known." When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh, and stayed in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. When they came to their father Reuel, he said, "How is it that you have come so soon today?" They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and even drew water for us and watered the flock." He said to his daughters, "And where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread." And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah. She bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land." Last edited by mirela.t; 08.04.2015 at 09:53:32. 
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11.04.2015, 10:10:15
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The Lamentations- First Stasis
1.In a grave they laid Three,
yet,O Christ Thou art Life, and the armies of the angels beheld amazed, giving glory that Thou chose to condescend. 2.How,O Life,dost Thou die? How dost Thou dwell entombed, Who hast slashed through all the bonds their graves? 3.We,O Lord,exalt Thee, O Christ Jesus,our King, and we venerate Thy Passion and burial through which Thou hast brought redemption from our sins. 4.Thou hast set the measures of the earth,yet this day in a narrow tomb dost dwell,Jesus,King of all, Who hast raised those who were dead up from their tombs. 5.O mine own Christ Jesus, Thou art King of the world. Why hast Thou come down to Hades to seek the dead? Is it not to set the race of mortals free? 6.He Who is the Master of creation appears as a corpse and lies entombed in a fresh-hewn grave, though He emptied every gravesite of its dead. 7.In a grave they laid Thee, yet,O Christ,Thou art Life. By Thy death hast Thou abolished the realm of death, and upon the world hast poured down streams of Life. 8.Fairer in His beauty than all creatures on earth, He is seen now lying lifeless,his beauty gone, yet all beauty in creation springs from Him. 9.O mine own sweet Jesus, Saving light of the world, can the darkness of the grave hide Thy Light within? Neither thought nor word can say what Thou hast borne. 10.Neither Nature's reason, nor the angels,O Christ, grasp the mystery enfolding Thy burial, beyond all our understanding and all words. 11.I revere Thy passion Thine entombment I praise, and I magnify Thy might,Loving Friend of man, they have ransomed me from passion that corrupt. 12.When Thy mother saw Thee brought to slaughter,O Lamb, she was stabbed with painful torment,her anguished sobs called the flock to join her bitter cries of grief. 13."Woe is me!"the Virgin mourned through heart-breaking sobs. "Thou art,Jesus,my most precious,beloved Son! Gone is my light,and the Light of all the world!" 14."God and Word eternal, O my Gladness and Joy! How shall I endure Thy three days inside the tomb when my heart is breaking with a mother's grief"? 15."Who will give me water and a fountain of tears", cried the Virgin Bride of God in her deep despair, "that in grief for my sweet Jesus I might weep". Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. 16.We will sing Thy praises, Word and God of all things, with Thy Father and Thy Holy Spirit Thou art praised, and we glorify Thy burial divine. Both now and forever and unto the ages of ages.Amin. 17.Thou art known as blessed, Theotokos,most pure. With our faithful hearts we honour the burial suffered three days by Thy Son,Who is our God. 18.In a grave they laid Thee, yet,O Christ Thou art Life, and the armies of the angels beheld amazed, giving glory that Thou chose to condescend.
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Cuvine-se cu adevarat sa te fericim pe tine, Nascatoare de Dumnezeu, cea pururea fericita si prea nevinovata si Maica Dumnezeului nostru. Ceea ce esti mai cinstita decat Heruvimii si mai slavita fara de asemanare decat Serafimii, care fara stricaciune pe Dumnezeu-Cuvantul ai nascut, pe tine, cea cu adevarat Nascatoare de Dumnezeu, te marim.
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15.04.2015, 11:30:53
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#5
15.04.2015, 14:18:17
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 If you find that there is no love in you, but you want to have it, then do deeds of love, even though you do them without love in the beginning. The Lord will see your desire and striving and will put love in your heart. † St. Ambrose of Optina 
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#6
15.04.2015, 15:45:20
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Citat:
One question, for how long have you bee living in the States?
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Mod hibrid