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Please pray for my friend; he's being deployed.

For your intentions I pray:

Mother of God and Virgin, rejoice, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast given birth to the Saviour of our souls.
Amen.

Lord have mercy!
 
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Memory Eternal for a guy at my family's church that I grew up with who just passed away...only 32 years old... :-/ Also prayers for the family. His name was Ian.
 
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Still without faith, or creed.

This is about fifteen months since I decided to mark a watershed by not walking the 2km to Bethlehem for Nativity 2014. (Was staying in East Jerusalem beyond the Green Line).

My life feels complete without god, church, or religion.
Have been going to church and though I see Christianity is helpful for those there, and was for me, it doesn't have a place for me now.
I feel that I only maintain connection with Christianity because I gave invested too much of my life in it to dispose of it entirely. Not a good reason I know, other reasons are far more cultural and sociological. Doesn't verify the dogma of the church but does affirm a social place for it in contemporary world.
 
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"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, and establish me by Thy governing Spirit. "

But where is that God?
 
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I know the theology.
It's a nice theology, but one which makes assumptions based on faith.
'If you can not find Christ in the beggar at the gate, you will not find him in the chalice'.

Doesn't help.


This is no 'phase'.
Only thing which attempts to alter it is social pressure, and that is not strong either.
Even the father in the Gospel yesterday said "Lord, I believe"...I cannot confess that. The following part is therefore an impossibility 'help my unbelief'.

The fire of faith has extinguished and the embers are cold.
 
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yeah, but even that you seem to think there is something wrong and are posting it on here shows there is some heat left in the ember. if there truly was nothing, you would not care even to provide any explanation.
 
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Shieldmaiden4Christ said:
My friend's deployment is ending soon! Praying that his bosses don't work him to exhaustion, and that he gets to come home for his little girl's first birthday. :)

++Prayers!++. I hope he can be there in person for her!
 
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My friend's deployment is ending soon! Praying that his bosses don't work him to exhaustion, and that he gets to come home for his little girl's first birthday. :)

Lord have mercy, especially for the birthday!
 
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Hello, I (Laura) would appreciate prayers for courage and humility to start regularly attending my local Orthodox mission. I'm planning on attending liturgy tomorrow (Sunday 28th) morning and know I'm going to be very nervous.

I have been reading and praying about Orthodoxy for over 5 years now, and for most of that time have been convinced that it is the original, true Church...I just keep putting off attending liturgy mainly due to timidity, and perhaps fear of being held accountable for sins/having to answer to a community/priest if I were eventually to become a catechumen.

Thank you for your prayers, anyone who reads this.
 
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LimpingTowardsOrthodoxy said:
Hello, I (Laura) would appreciate prayers for courage and humility to start regularly attending my local Orthodox mission. I'm planning on attending liturgy tomorrow (Sunday 28th) morning and know I'm going to be very nervous. I have been reading and praying about Orthodoxy for over 5 years now, and for most of that time have been convinced that it is the original, true Church...I just keep putting off attending liturgy mainly due to timidity, and perhaps fear of being held accountable for sins/having to answer to a community/priest if I were eventually to become a catechumen. Thank you for your prayers, anyone who reads this.

Hi Laura! My name is Laura as well :) and today was my anniversary of my chrismation in the Orthodox Church!

I will be praying for you and your journey. Feel free to ask any questions, and welcome to both TAW and to Orthodoxy!
 
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My husband has health concerns (that can impede church attendance). It's been difficult. I also have been having issues with anxiety due to lots of stress regarding school. The course load is such that it also has been impeding church attendance on my end. It's sometimes feels like events are conspiring against us when it comes to church. Any prayers are welcome.
 
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seashale76 said:
My husband has health concerns (that can impede church attendance). It's been difficult. I also have been having issues with anxiety due to lots of stress regarding school. The course load is such that it also has been impeding church attendance on my end. It's sometimes feels like events are conspiring against us when it comes to church. Any prayers are welcome.

Praying for you and your husband!!
 
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