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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Mar 25, 2022 20:18:53 GMT -5
I always felt she was. After all from the earliest of time called Sophia. I remember attending an Orthodox Catholic Melkite Rite Church here in Utica and hearing the priest intone the Spirit as Sophia. Wisdom is feminine in nature and how blessed we are to have her forever. hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3225/7763 |
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Post by phil0110 on Aug 30, 2022 22:45:50 GMT -5
I agree with you
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Aug 31, 2022 19:17:09 GMT -5
Glad you found this. That gift Jesus the Christ left us is so important in the daily operation of everyone lives I think regardless of denominational influence. She even gives grace to those who do not believe or think they do not believe. Her manifestation in the environment seeks us out to be collectively involved in its care. www.popefrancishomilies.com/care-for-our-common-home-laudato-si-climate-change |
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Post by Clipper on Sept 1, 2022 9:44:49 GMT -5
Glad you found this. That gift Jesus the Christ left us is so important in the daily operation of everyone lives I think regardless of denominational influence. She even gives grace to those who do not believe or think they do not believe. Her manifestation in the environment seeks us out to be collectively involved in its care. www.popefrancishomilies.com/care-for-our-common-home-laudato-si-climate-changeI am inclined to believe that all three entities of the holy trinity watch over ALL of us, believers or not. I like to believe that the majority of those who choose to identify as non-believers and agnostics are confused by the lack of physical presence of God and the Holy Spirit in their lives. People who intellectually believe that if they can't see or touch something, it doesn't exist. I know personally that I lived in ambivalence and when it came to the existence of God for many years. It wasn't until the day that I decided there was nothing to lose by attending a church service to pacify my first wife and my mother that I was inexplicably moved to acknowledge the Lord and to invite him into my life. The very next day I checked into an alcohol rehab facility that turned my life of desperation to a life of hope for the future. I was not about to wake up one morning and just stop drinking. It was definitely a holy spirit that guided me to surrender the reins in order to be guided to the program that undoubtedly saved my life. a The 12 steps of the AA program clearly lead one to a life guided by prayer and acknowledgment and surrender to the sheer power that comes with the presence of God in our lives. There is much to be gained by applying the 12 steps to a person's life, regardless of whether alcohol is a problem or not. www.aa.org/the-twelve-stepsTo this day I acknowledge that my shortcomings are many and I still start my days with prayer, thanking the Lord for allowing me to wake up to yet another day, for continued sobriety, and praying for others to receive that same spiritual guidance that led me to a successful to a life much happier and rewarding than I knew before. I also pray for others in need of God's intervention in resolving their needs. My sobriety is only the FIRST of many gifts in my life that I can only attribute solely to the grace of a merciful and loving God. Many prayed for me over the years and the least I can do is take that few seconds to offer a prayer for others. |
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Sept 1, 2022 18:27:52 GMT -5
God Bless you Clipper u are on the right path
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