Tag: faith
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Joey, Joe, or Joseph?
This is an edited repost from 2021. THERE IS A TRADITION that St Joseph was much older that the Blessed Virgin when they were betrothed. One saint suggests that Jesus’ Foster Father was 91 when he married the Blessed Virgin! Other teachers, suggest mid-fifties. The reason for this tradition is generally understood to be the…
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Monday Night, T2
Looking upon the grievous slothfulness of my soul and the utter weakness of my heart, О Mother of God, heal me by your supplications and grant me the portion of the saved, delivering me from darkness and torment, in that you alone are my hope and consolation.
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Sunday Night, T2
As the wellspring of loving-kindness, О Theotokos, grant mercy unto us. Look upon the people who have sinned, and show forth, as ever, your power; for, trusting in you, we cry to you: Rejoice!’’, as once did Gabriel, the supreme commander of the incorporeal beings.
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Saturday Night, T2
We earnestly cry out to you, О Lady Theotokos, you are the fervent supplication, unassailable rampart, wellspring of mercy and refuge for the world: Go before us, and deliver us from perils, who alone dost speedily intercede.
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Thursday Night, T1
Upon seeing the Lamb and Shepherd hanging dead upon the Tree, the unblemished ewe-lamb, cried aloud, weeping and exclaiming maternally: “How is it that You willingly endure abasement and sufferings which surpass all telling, O my Son, and supremely good God?”
Orthoparadoxy 