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Lent Day 34: Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XXIII

...o whom be glory and honour and might, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and world without end. Amen  ...

Lent Day 37: Leo the Great: Letter XXVIII (called the "Tome")

...unlike in glory, not divided in essence: but at the same time the only begotten of the eternal Father was born eternal of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. Leo goes through many instances in the New Testament, from the Gospels to Paul's letters, to Old Testament prophecies, to really point out that Jesus was the Word made flesh – and truly flesh, not some deception. If Eutyches had read all these things closely, “then he would not speak so erroneously as to say that the Word became flesh in such a way that Christ, born of the Virgin's womb, had the form of man, but had not the reality of His mother's body”, which sounds a lot like Docetism, the here...

Evidence of the Trinity in the Hebrew Scriptures

...Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he that touches you touches the apple of His eye. For surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.” Again, we have one YHVH sending another YHVH to perform a specific task. The author of the Zohar sensed plurality in the Tetragrammaton3 and wrote: “Come and see the mystery of the word YHVH: there are three steps, each existing by itself: nevertheless they are One, and so united that one cannot be separated from the other. The Ancient Holy One is revealed with three heads, which are united into one,...

John Chau, missionary to the Sentinelese: martyr or madness?

...r his own glory and purpose, whatever we think of it. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/martyr#Etymology https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/martyr https://johnchaustory.blogspot.com/2018/11/john-chaus-third-november-15th-journal.html https://www.thebetterindia.com/165217/sentinelese-tribe-attack-john-chau-history-pandit-india-news/ https://www.thebetterindia.com/165650/sentinelese-first-woman-madhumala-john-allen-chau-news/ http://www.dennyburk.com/mission-agency-clears-away-some-false-assumptions-about-john-chaus-mission-to-remote-tribe/?fbclid=IwAR2mi_Ii9FrK8MD_iV_m82KAEcSOU2m7Rz3tNCFHJeEGJfhMIzJGLVc_xeY https://www.instagram.com/jo...

Fasting: A spiritual and physical discipline

...down from glory to be a man and die for us while we were still sinners. Some Encouragement on Fasting Fasting can be hard! It’s not easy – there’s no denying that, and it’s probably why it’s fell out of fashion and practise in the modern church as it goes so much against our comfortable lifestyles, it’s almost painful! But that’s also precisely why we should fast! It is so totally counter-cultural that we cannot help but be refocused away from this world and all its distractions, and back onto God and to spiritual things. Read through the Gospels and we’ll see Jesus stating that “When you fast…” (Matthew 6:17) – not if; and even throug...

Why do bad things happen to 'good' people?

...d for the glory of God - a sentiment that is echoed in Paul's writing to the church in Rome: "We know that all things work together for good for those who love God..." (Rom 8:28). Whatever is happening or has happened, if you love God, then he is actively working to turn all things for good. Later in the Gospels we find that there were others who had a similar question for Jesus too in Luke 13:1-5, as they also wonder how can God let such bad things happen to righteous and good people (and possibly to try and trap Jesus with a tricky question): At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the...