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"The question of forgiveness is not a moral issue. We do not forgive because it is the 'correct' thing to do. We forgive because it is the true nature of the life in Christ. As Dostoevsky described it: it is Paradise. In the same manner, the refusal to forgive, the continuation of blame, recrimination, bitterness, etc., are not moral failings. They are existential crises - drawing us away from the life of Christ and Paradise, and ever deeper into an abyss of non-being.

We who expect to receive such great mercy at the time of our own death - should we not extend the same mercy to all while we are yet among them?"

~Fr. Stephen Freeman, Forgive Everyone for Everything

(Art: "Crucifix," by Eric Gill 1917)

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I don't think it's biblical for women to get involved with politics. Aren't you supposed to be getting pregnant and washing your husband's underwear?

Please ask your priest if the Books of Judith and Esther are right for you

#would love to see what anon thinks about St. Olga of Kiev

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Jesus breakdancing to impress his friends (AD 20)

#wolfy religious tedtalks #jesus: even one with faith as small as a mustard seed can throw these sickass moves

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From my art blog! Could you give me a like there?

I drew a stained glass of Angel Raphael cause he helped me out today a bit i think ^^

I love that dude

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Yesterday I had some short of conversation with Jesus and ended up having a message for all those who struggle with mental illness, and i wanna share it just in case someone needs it (tw: suicide, mental illness, blood mention) if you'd like please reblog that so that this message might reach the ones who need it. Also sorry for bad English

I was feeling really awfully, and i was crying because of anxiety and sadness, and i was at the verge of getting my suicidal attitudes again, and then it was like Jesus came and asked me "are you crying?". "No" I said. Then I heard a voice in mind saying again "then why do I see tears?" In my mind i gave a reply like "who cares? I don't cry for something important so, it's just water" and then He started saying "many people will say that tears are just water. Don't believe them. Don't even bother being by their side. Many people will cry for many different things. Fear, loss, abuse, regret, betrayal, rejection, trauma all those could be reasons to cry for. Someone might have to carry the weight of seeing the ones he/she loves to suffer.. All of those are swords the pierce the soul, and wound it. It causes the heart to bleed and the blood flows from eyes in the form of tears. Think of this: If your body loses it's blood, then you'll have to recover the loss soon otherwise you'll start feeling dizzy and weak and you'll die. Just how it is with the body, it's the same with the soul. If something bad happens it'll make you sad, your soul got an injury. If the injury is big you you might end up with a bad mental health, that's were the blood loss starts, and if you don't do something to recover soon, you die (commit suicide). That's why you'll have to get new "blood"

Then i asked "but where can i find this blood?". He wasn't late to reply "indeed. Finding this blood will be extremely difficult. That's exactly why i allowed my blood to spill. So that everyone who has a "blood loss" in their soul, can have new blood to recover with anytime. They just have to ask for it"

Now i know. You might be confused, you probably didn't quite understood this, so let me give a small explaination of the message

We all know we live in times were many people suffer from depression, trauma or other mental disorders and unfortunately they deal with those problems almost alone. As someone who's suffering from anxiety and bipolar depression it's indeed difficult to deal with it. Sometimes you may feel that you wanna talk but you can't cause no one really listens to you or you might feel like "it's not valid enough. It doesn't deserves attention" so you just keep dealing with it all by yourself. First thing i wanna point out here is that when you wanna talk to someone Jesus is always there :) ik , sometimes you might not feel his presence so it's difficult to believe but talking to Him is not about the feeling you get. It's about believing that He is there no matter if you feel His presence or not. At first it's awkward indeed but trust me the more you open up to Him the better you'll be feeling, and later on the feeling of His presence comes too

Now we all know, Jesus healed the bodies of many people, but we never really hear often about Him healing someone's messed up mental health right? But i think that if you go to Him and ask for healing, first thing He'll heal will be actually your soul, your mental health!. When He was telling me about "soul's blood loss" he was referring to mental illness, cause if you think about it, if your body looses blood you feel weak after, so it's with mental Illness, you are losing yourself and the mental/emotional strength and motivation to do even the simplest stuff. If you have a mental disorder you'll need therapy won't you? Let's suppose therapy and the healing of a mental disorder is "the new blood that recovers the blood loss". Now the reality of therapy, is that healing your mental health surely isn't impossible but it's something very very difficult to achieve. And of course following Jesus doesn't means that right the moment you accept Him, your mental illness disappears in seconds. You need time. However Jesus does everything for you to heal the fastest the possible. All you have to do is to just accept His help. The Holy Spirit leads you to a new holy lifestyle and transforms you everyday. The miracle happens, cause if you try to see God's grace and love everyday, you'll end up feeling it too, and your eyes open and you can finally find true happiness, and somehow like that the process of healing starts!

Of course it's important to know that in order to be happy you must make sure that the environment you are in or the people you are with actually allow happiness to come to your life. Surely letting go of a bad environment or toxic people is difficult thing and I can't really offer any help for extreme cases such as abusive households (if anyone else can the please leave something in the comments idk)... But generally if that's possible cut out the people who mess up your mental health or don't give any matter to it. Just how Jesus told me many people will say that tears are just water. "many people will say that tears are just water. Don't even bother being by their side"

Make sure you have good friends and the people in the church you are into are good ones

At the end my final message is that no matter what you are going through. Jesus has His way to heal you and fix your broken pieces. He died so that you can find a better life that has no space for depression to enter

He loves you and wants you alive! To Him you matter so much He even gave His life for you, so that you'll live. Ik it's beyond difficult but please stay in there. You matter and you deserve better

Hope that helps :)

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Thank you!

Question cause I'm kinda confused

I heard listening to secular music is a sin, but if i listen to some orchestral piece, without words or anything, just instruments, is it considered a sin?

This music helps me relax, study and idk

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I had some people telling me. Indeed is not a sin but they kept saying that i had to distance myself from it

Question cause I'm kinda confused

I heard listening to secular music is a sin, but if i listen to some orchestral piece, without words or anything, just instruments, is it considered a sin?

This music helps me relax, study and idk

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Question cause I'm kinda confused

I heard listening to secular music is a sin, but if i listen to some orchestral piece, without words or anything, just instruments, is it considered a sin?

This music helps me relax, study and idk

#christianity #orthodox christianity #jesus christ #god #jesus #yeshua #christian faith #jesus is king #make him known #christian life #catholiscism #catholic

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Please, it's all i need 😔

#breathe in breathe out #calm #tranquil #rp #imagine #time is in on our side #nature nymph #aesthetic #forest #fairycore

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No cause that's actually good

Our lord and savory.

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Mood boards for archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

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Last days I've been dealing with some religious anxiety however I think that now everything's okay. Anyways I did some edits. The left says "God first" and the right says the 8th verse from the 4th chapter of Psalms

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October 20, 2023: Greek Orthodox Archbishop Alexios holds a funeral prayer for Palestinians who were killed in Israeli airstrikes that hit a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

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I FOUND IT GUYS I SPENT HALF AN HOUR LOOKING FOR THIS VIDEO AND ITS HERE

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