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it won't be long until my baptism :)

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to be a follower of christ means:

1) to follow his lead

2) to follow his example

3) to follow him to paradise

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arius did not get slapped hard enough

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our hearts are lyres for the devil, if we are not vigilant

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𝔫𝔬 𝔢𝔳𝔦𝔩 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔶𝔬𝔲, 𝔫𝔬𝔯 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔤𝔲𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔡𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔤𝔢 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲

𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰, 𝔱𝔥𝔢�� 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔟𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔲𝔭, 𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔡𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔣𝔬𝔬𝔱 𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔢

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archangel michael, commander of the army of the lord, please give me the wisdom to understand the ways of demons so that i may be able to resist their influence

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simple prayers:

"give me the strength and humility to accept your will"

"help me to be a good servant"

"abide with me, as i abide with you"

"please, love me"

"i'm sorry"

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what i see around me would drive me insane if i did not know that, no matter what happens, god will have the last word - st paisios of mount athos

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o holy night, the stars are brightly shining

it is the night of the dear saviour's birth

long lay the world in sin and error pining

'til he appeared and the soul felt its worth

a thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices

for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn

fall on your knees, hear the angel voices

o night divine, o night when christ was born

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i think i'm going to become a nun

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healing the schism by cherishing my catholic followers

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𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥, 𝔩𝔢𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔪𝔢

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understand two thoughts and fear them: one says; "you are a saint" the other; "you won't be saved" both of these thoughts are from the enemy and there is no truth in them, but think this way: "i am a great sinner, but the lord is merciful, he loves people very much and he will forgive my sins" - st silouan the athonite

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i struggle to pray for myself, i feel selfish, but my priest recommended it

"short prayers, from the heart, are best," he said

"is it okay if i start to pray, but end up crying?"

"that's good! that's how the saints prayed. don't be afraid to cry. we're children, children of god"

"and children cry when they need things... when they need love"

"and god loves you! and god is with you"

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here are 300 quotes from the church fathers

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the world has fallen, do not fall with it

the world is broken, do not let it break you

although you are in this world, you are not of it

never forget where your true home is - with god, your father - who loves you