Putin Mocks The Church of England’s Plan to Use Gender-Neutral Terms For God

💭 Putin mocks reports that the Church of England plans to use gender-neutral terms for God as an example of how the West ‘don’t know what they are doing’ during state-of-the-nation address

• Putin railed against what he called the West’s distortion of ‘historical facts’
• He accused Western nations of attacking Russian culture and Orthodox values

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pointed to the Church of England’s recent decision to explore gender-neutral terms for God as evidence that the West does not know what it is doing and is heading for a ‘spiritual catastrophe’.

Delivering a state-of-the-nation address to the Russian people today, Putin railed against perceived Western stupidity and said the West was waging a culture war against Russian Orthodox Christian values.

‘The Anglican Church is considering a gender-neutral God. May God forgive them for they know not what they do,’ Putin declared.

‘Millions of people in the West understand they are being led to a real spiritual catastrophe,’ he added.

He went on to accuse Western nations of changing historical facts to suit ‘woke’ ideologies and staunchly criticized the Church’s recent discussions on allowing priests to ‘bless’ same-sex marriages.

‘They distort historical facts, constantly attack our culture, the Russian Orthodox Church, and other traditional religions of our country.

‘Look at what they do with their own peoples: the destruction of the family, cultural and national identity, perversion, and the abuse of children are declared the norm. And priests are forced to bless same-sex marriages,’ Putin said.

Any potential alterations, which would mark a departure from traditional Jewish and Christian teachings dating back millennia, would have to be approved by the Synod, the Church’s decision-making body.

It is currently unclear what would replace the term Our Father in the Lord’s Prayer, the central Christian prayer which Jesus Christ is said to have instructed his followers to say together down the generations.

Rev Dr Ian Paul earlier this month told The Telegraph that any change would represent an abandonment of the Church’s own doctrine: ‘The fact that God is called ”Father” can’t be substituted by ”Mother” without changing meaning, nor can it be gender-neutralised to ”Parent” without loss of meaning,’ he said.

A Church of England spokesperson meanwhile said there are ‘absolutely no plans’ to consider a gender-neutral God.

✞ When Mr. Putin says. „The West distorts historical facts, constantly attack our culture, the Russian Orthodox Church„ He is 100% right!

It is true! In fact the West started attaching the Russian Orthodox Church when the Freemasons of Switzerland and Germany brought evil Antichrist traitors like Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin to power in the year 1917.

What I don’t understand about Russia is why it gave diplomatic support to evil islamic protestant genocider PM of Ethiopia who with help of the West and every other country has massacred up to two million Orthodox Chrstians of Ethiopia. Why on earth does Orthdox Russia give its support to the obvious enemies of Orthodox Christianity like evil Abiy Ahmed Ali?! This evil guy recently confessed how much he loves America – and ‘he would die for America!’

• ☆ Since 2020 Genocide in Tigray: Over a million Orthodox Christians Massacred
• ☆ 200.000 Women, Nuns, Girls Raped in
• ☆ The Siege ofTigray is Causing mass Starvation for Millions

America, Europe, Arabia, Turkey, Iran, even Israel and Ukraine are all behind the genocide against Orthodox Christians of Ethiopia, Egypt, Armenia, Syria, Iraq, Serbia, Russia and Ukraine.

👉 A few days ago, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh rightly noted: “”Ukraine War Will Be Over Depending On How Many People Zelensky Wants To Kill”

This is exactly what’s happening in Ethiopia (The fascist Oromo regime exterminating may be up to three million Orthodox Christians) and what will happen in Ukraine (the Nazi regime of Zelensky exterminating upto 10 million Orthodox Christians of Ukraine, Russia and Moldova.)

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Church of England Considers Abandoning Christianity | የእንግሊዝ ቤተክርስቲያን ክርስትናን መተው ታስባለች

“ፖለቲከኞቹና ከሃዲዎቹ ፓርቲዎች ጦርነት ቀስቅሰው ከሚሊየን በላይ ክርስቲያን ወገኖቼን ከጨረሱ በኋላ፤ “ለድርድር ተቀመጥን፣ ታረቅን” ብለው ሕዝቡን ለማታለል እንደሞከሩት የሃይማኖት ተቋማቱም በተመሳሳይ መልክ ቀጣዩን ድራማ ሠርተውና ምናልባት በብዙ ሚሊየን ዜጎች እንዲያልቁ ካደረጉ በኋላ፤ “እንደራደር! አንድ እንሁን፤ ሰላምና እርቅ አመጣን!” እንደሚሉን ለሰከንድ አልጠራጠረም።”

💭 አንድ በአንድ ነው የሚደረገው፦

☆ የቪዲዮው ምስል፤ ከሰባት አመታት በፊት ቆሻሻው አርቲስት ፔት ዶህርቲ ክርስቶስ በመስቀል ላይ መስሎ የሚያሳይ ምስል በለንደን ጎዳናዎች ላይ እንዲታይ ተደርጎ ነበር። በእርግጥ ይህ ለክርስቲያኖች ትልቅ ስድብ ነው!

💭 It’s done one at a time:

The image thumbnail: Seven years ago, a statue of Pete Doherty posing as Christ on the Cross went on view in London. Surely this is blasphemous! The raucous, wild-living pop star as Jesus, his sufferings in the media equated with the passion of Christ, his naked flesh nailed up as if he were the son of God? Shame of you, leaders of the Church of England! Surely this is too much to take!

🛑 በመምከር ላይ ያሉት የዛሬዋ የእንግሊዝ ቤተክርስቲያን መሪዎች ተልዕኮ፤

👉 ፩ኛ. የአንግሊካን ቄሶች የተመሳሳይ ጾታ ሠርግ እና የሲቪል ሽርክናዎችን እንዲባርኩ ለማድረግ። ግብረ ሰዶማውያን እና ሌዝቢያን ሰርግ በቤተክርስቲያን ውስጥ ቢከለከሉም በረከቶቹ ግን እንዲሰጡ ይደረጋሉ።

👉 ፪ኛ. ባለፈው ሳምንት በተካሄደው የቤተክርስቲያና ሲኖድ ስብሰባ ላይ የወጣው ትልቁ የዜና ታሪክ አንዳንድ የእንግሊዝ ቤተክርስትያን ውስጥ የሚገኙ መሪዎች ከፆታ–ገለልተኛ ወይም የሴት አማራጮችን በመጠቀም ለ 2000 ዓመታት የቆዩ ማጣቀሻዎች እግዚአብሔርን ‘እርሱ‘ ፣ ‘እሱ‘ ወይም ‘አባት‘የሚሉትን ቃላት ቤተክርስቲያኗ እንዳትጠቀም ጥሪ አቅርበዋል።

እግዚኦ! እግዚኦ! እግዚኦ!

🛑 በሃገራችንም ተመሳሳይ ሁኔታ እየታየ ይመስላል፤ ቤተ ክህነት የችግሩ አካል ናት! ወኔያችሁን በመቀስቀስ ተስፋ ይሰጧችሁና በበነገታው በበረዶ ሻወር ኩምሽሽ፣ እራሳችሁን፣ ማንነታችሁን፣ ሃገራችሁንና ቤተክርስቲያናችሁን እንድትጠሉ ያደርጓችኋል። በአክሱም ጽዮን ላይ የተከፈተው የዘር ማጥፋት ዋናው ተልዕኮ ይህ ነው።

👉 ዛሬም፤ “መንግስት ጥሩ ሲሠራ እናመሰግናለን፤ ሲያጠፋ እናወግዘዋለን፤ ይህን ‘ለተከበሩ ጠቅላያችን‘ አሳውቀናቸዋል…” አሉን፤ ፈሪሳዊው ‘አቡነ‘ አብርሃም። እግዚኦ!

‘የቤተክርስቲያን አባቶች’ የሚባለው ነገር ያለቀለት የመስከረም ፬/4 ፡ ፳፻፲፪/2012ቱ ሰልፍ ተቃውሞ ሰልፍ እንዲሠረዝ ሲደረግ ነው። ያኔ በዝቅጠኛ ደረጃ ነበር “ሲደራደሩ” የነበሩት፤ አሁን ግን በከፍተኛ ደረጃ ነው። በወቅቱ መስከረም ፬ ተጠርቶ ለነበረው ተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ወደ አዲስ አበባ ደስ እያለኝ አምርቼ ነበር፤ ምንም ሳላመነታ ከቤተሰብ አባላት ጋር ሆኜ በመስቀል አደባባይ ተገኝቼ ነበር፤ ግን ልክ እንደዛሬው፤ “ተስማምተናል፣ ታርቀናልና ሰልፉ ቀርቷል!” ሲባል ምን ያህል እንዳዘንኩና፤ እንደተቆጣሁና “አባቶች” በተባሉት ተስፋ እንደቆረጥኩ ለመናገር ከብዶኝ ነበር። “ባፋጣኝ ወኔ ቀስቃሽ ሰልፍ በአዲስ አበባ ካልተደረገ ጭፍጨፋው ይቀጥላል!” በማለት በወቅቱ አውስቼ ነበር።

የዛሬዋ ቤተክህነት (የትግራይን ጨምሮ) በፈሪሳውያን የተሞላች ናት። ከአንዴም፣ ሁለቴም ሦስቴም አይተነዋል። ምንም አዲስ ነገር የለም! ቤተ ክርስቲያንና ሃገርን የመበታተን፣ ሕዝበ ክርስቲያኑን የማስጨረሱ ሤራ ይቀጥላል።

😇 በዚህ ዘመን አባታችን፣ ካኽናችን፣ ፓትርያርካችና መሪያችን ጌታችን አምላካችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ብቻ ነው።

የሩሲያ፣ ቡልጋሪያ እና ሰርቢያ መሪዎች የኦርቶዶክስ ቤተክርስቲያን ፓትርያርኮቻቸውን ለመማጸን ወደ ሲኖዶሱ ያመራሉ፤ የእኛዎቹ ደግሞ የ፩ ሚሊየን ተዋሕዶ ክርስቲያኖችን ደም እንደ ከልብ ያፈሰሰውን አረመኔ ለመለመን ወደ ቤተ ፒኮክ ይገባሉ። እግዚኦ!

ከ፩ ሚሊየን በላይ አክሱም ጽዮናውያን ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ክርስቲያኖችን ከጨፈጨፈው አረመኔ ጋር ለስብሰባ መቀመጥስ ተገቢ ነውን? ምን ዓይነት ቅሌት ነው?!

👉አሁን ሁሉም የዛሬውን ዕለት የሜዲያዎች ውጥንቅጥ የሆነና የተመሰቃቀል መገኘት በጥሞና ይከታተል። ካድሬዎቻቸው መጽሐፍ ቅዱስን እየጠቀሱ ሞኙን የተዋሕዶ በግ እያስተኙ ወደገደል ይመሩት ዘንድ በደንብ አዘጋጅተዋቸዋል።

ከሳምንት በፊት ሲናገሩ የነበሩትን ዛሬ የማይደግሙት እንዲያውም የሚቃረኑት ጋላ-ኦሮሞዎቹን እና ኦሮማራዎቹን እነ ዘመድኩን በቀለን፣ ‘መምህር ፋንታሁን ዋቄን፣ ‘ዲያቆን አባይነህ ካሴን፣ እንዲሁም ‘አቡነ’ ናትናኤልን ወጥተው እንዲለፈልፉ ያደርጓቸዋል። በጣም የሚገርም ነው ሜዲያውን ሁሉ የተቆጣጠሩት አማርኛ ተናጋሪ ጋላ-ኦሮሞውችና ኦሮማራዎች ናቸው። ጊዜው ያስገድደናል፣ በጣምም አስፈላጊ ነውና ጎሣዊ ማንነታቸውን እንመርምር! እርስበርስ እንጂ አክሱም ጽዮናውያንን በሁለት ዓመት አንዴ ለማዋረድና ለማቅለል ካልሆነ በጭራሽ አይጋብዟቸውም። ይህን በንደንብ እናስተውል።

ከሳምንት በፊት የወንጀለኛው ‘ኦሮማራ360’ ሜዲያ አባል እባቡ ጋላ-ኦሮሞ ኤርሚያስ ለገሰ ከሁለት ዓመት በኋላ ሞኙን ቴዎድሮስ ጸጋየን ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ልክ እንደጋበዘው ወዲያው ያተኮረው በሁኔታዎች ላይ ሳይሆን በቴዎድሮስ ብሔር እና ግለሰባዊ ማንነት ላይ ነው። ልክ የዘር ማጥፋት ጦርነት በጀመረ ማግስት ሲመረምሩትና ሊያዋርዱት ሲሞክሩ እንደነበሩት። ቴዎድሮስ ፀጋዬ በዚህ ወንጀለኛ ሜዲያ ላይ ቀርቦ እራሱን በማቅለሉ በጣም አዝኜበታለሁ።

አብዛኛው ክርስቲያን የሆነ ሕዝብ በሚኖርባት አገር አህዛብ እና መናፍቃን ይህን ያህል ሲጫወቱብን ማየት ትልቅ ቅሌት ነው! ምን ብናጠፋ ነው? ብለን እንጠይቅ!

👉 ከሳምንት በፊት ይህን ጽፌ ነበር፤ አሁን ያው እያየነው ነው፤

Israel & Sudan Agree to Sign a Peace Deal | Moroccans Protest Against Normalization With Israel

💭 እስራኤል እና ሱዳን የሰላም ስምምነት ለመፈራረም ተስማሙ | ሞሮኮውያን በተቃራኒው አገራቸው ከእስራኤል ጋር መደበኛ ግኑኝነት በመጀመሯ ተቃውሞ አሰሙ።

የኢትዮጵያን ግዛት ቆርሶ ለሱዳን አሳልፎ የሰጠውና በክርስቲያን ኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ በታሪክ ተሰምቶና ታይቶ የማይታወቅ ግፍ፣ ወንጀልና ጭፍጨፋ የፈጸመው የፋሺስቱ ጋላ–ኦሮሞ አገዛዝ ቁንጮ አረመኔው ግራኝ አብዮት አህመድ አሊም ከግብጽ ቀጥሎ ሰሞኑን ወደ ሱዳን፣ ኤሚራቶችና ሶማሊያ አምርቶ ነበር። ባፋጣኝ መወገድ የሚገባው የጋላ–ኦሮሞው አገዛዝ ምን እንዳቀደና ምን እየተገበረ እንደሆነ በግልጽ እያየነው ነው፤ ነገር ግን በእስራኤል በኩል የጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ቢኒያም ኔተንያሁ መንግስት ከዚህ ቆሻሻ መንግስት ጋር ዛሬም መሞዳሞዱን የሚቀጥል ከሆነ በእስራኤል ላይ መጽሐፍ ቅዱሳዊ መቅሰፍት ሊያስከትል እንደሚችል የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ይናገራል።

አዎ! እስራኤል ሶስተኛውን የሰለሞን ቤተ–መቅደስ በኢየሩሳሌም ለመገንባት ታቦተ ጽዮንን ትፈልገዋለች። ጽላተ ሙሴን ካገኘንና ዛሬ በእየሩሳሌም ከተማ የሞርያን ኮረብታ ላይ የሚገኙትን የድንጋይ ጉልላት እና የአላቅሳ መስጊዶችን ካፈረስን በኋላ ነው ሦስተኛውን ቤተ–መቅደስ መገንባት የምንችለው የሚል እምነት አላቸው አክራሪዎቹ አይሁዶች። እንደነሱ ከሆነ የምጽዓት ሕልማቸውን እውን ለማድረግ እነዚህ ሁኔታዎች ለዓለም ፍጻሜ እንደ መቅደሚያ መከሰት አለባቸው።

መሀመዳውያኑ(ሺዓ ሙስሊሞች/ ኢራን)ደግሞ “የተደበቀው ኢማም (መህዲ) የቃል ኪዳኑን ታቦት አውጥቶ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መቅደሱ ተራራ መመለስ አለበት” ብለው ያምናሉ። በሺዓ ወግ ፣ በክፉና መልካም፣ በጥሩና መጥፎ መካከል በመጨረሻው ዘመን ጦርነት የሚካሄድ ነው። ይህም በኢራን ውስጥ ይተረጎማል ። እንደ የሺዓ እስላም ተረተረተኞች ከሆነ ጦርነቱ ከምዕራቡ ዓለም እና ከአይሁድ እምነት ተከታዮች ጋር ነው የሚካሄደው።

በአክራሪ የመሠረታዊ ፕሮቴስታንት እምነት ተከታዮች ዘንድ ደግሞ የዮሐንስ ራእይ መጽሐፍን ይጠቅሳሉ፤ ይህም የፍርድ ቀን ምልክቶች አንዱ የቃል ኪዳኑ ታቦት መምጣትና መመለስ ነው። እነዚህ ምዕራባውያን ተቋማት ታቦተ ጽዮንን ማግኘት እና መቆጣጠር፣ “ያለምንም ጥርጥር ለመጨረሻው አስከፊ ትግል ማበረታቻ ጥቅም ላይ ይውላል” ብለው ያምናሉ።

ሦስቱም ኃይሎች በሻዕቢያ፣ ሕወሓትና ብልጽግና/ኦነግ ከሃዲ ወኪሎቻቸው አማካኝነት ዛሬ በአክሱም ጽዮን ላይ የዘር ማጥፋት ጦርነት የሚያካሄዱበት ዋናው ምክኒያት ይህ ነው። ነገር ግን ወዮላቸው! ላለፉት አምስት መቶ/ መቶ ሰላሳ/ ሦስት ዓመታት አክሱም ጽዮናውያን የታቦተ ጽዮን ጠባቂዎችን ከጠላት ጋር አብረው በማጥቃት ላይ ያሉ ኢትዮጵያ ዘ–ስጋም ወዮላቸው! “የዚህ ሲኖዶስ፣ የዚያ ሲኖዶስ” በማለት አጀንዳና ድራማ እየፈጠሩ ከፈጸሟቸው ግፎችና ወንጀሎች ለመሸሽና ሕዝቡንም ለማታለል የሚያደርጉት ሙከራ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ተጨማሪ ቁጣ ነው የሚያመጣባቸው። ፖለቲከኞቹና ከሃዲዎቹ ፓርቲዎች ጦርነት ቀስቅሰው ከሚሊየን በላይ ክርስቲያን ወገኖቼን ከጨረሱ በኋላ፤ “ለድርድር ተቀመጥን፣ ታረቅን” ብለው ሕዝቡን ለማታለል እንደሞከሩት የሃይማኖት ተቋማቱም በተመሳሳይ መልክ ቀጣዩን ድራማ ሠርተውና ምናልባት በብዙ ሚሊየን ዜጎች እንዲያልቁ ካደረጉ በኋላ፤ “እንደራደር! አንድ እንሁን፤ ሰላምና እርቅ አመጣን!” እንደሚሉን ለሰከንድ አልጠራጠረም። እያየነውና እየሰማነው እኮ ነው። ለምሳሌው የማይመቹኝ ኦሮሙማው ‘ጳጳስ‘ አቡነ ናትናኤል፤ ሰሞኑን፤ ““ሀይማኖቴ አትከፈልም!” ሲሉ ሰምተናል። ለመሆኑ ይህን ዓይነት ንግግር ከማን ነው የሰማነው? አዎ! ከአረመኔው ኦሮሞ ከግራኝ አብዮት አህመድ አሊ፤ “ኢትዮጵያ አትፈርስም! የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ቤተክርስቲያን አትፈርስም!” እያለን አይደለም። አይይይ!

በእውነት እኔ በእነርሱ ቦታ ብሆን ኖሮ “በቃኝ!” ብዬና ተንበርክኬ ቀን ተሌት እያነባሁ የአክሱም ኢትዮጵያውያንን ይቅርታ በጠየቅኩ ነበር። ንሰሐ በገባሁና አዲስ ሰው ለመሆን በተጋሁ ነበር። ጊዜውና አጋጣሚው እያመለጣቸው ነው፤ እንደው ቢጎብዙና መዳን ቢፈልጉ ያላቸው አማራጭ ይህ ብቻ ነው።

ሴረኞቹን ጂኒዎች ግራኝ አብዮትን፣ ግራኝ ጃዋርን፣ ግራኝ ለማ’ን እንዲሁም የክርስቶስ ተቃዋሚዎቹን ቱርክን እና ግብጽን በደንብ ለማየት የንስር ዓይኖች ይስጠን

👉 ቀደም ሲል የቀረቡ፤

💭 ኢትዮጵያውያንን እያስጨፈጨፉ ያሉት አብዮት አህመድ እና ሽመልስ አብዲሳ ናቸው | ጋሎች፡ እሳቱን ያውረድባችሁ!!!

Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on November 2, 2020

ኢትዮጵያውያንን እያስጨፈጨፉ ያሉት አብዮት አህመድ እና ሽመልስ አብዲሳ ናቸው | ጋሎች፡ እሳቱን ያውረድባችሁ!!!

“ በወለጋ ለተካሄደው አሰቃቂ ጀነሳይድ ቍ.፩ ተጠያቂው ግራኝ አብዮት አህመድ ነው!!! ጋሎቹ ከዓማሌቃውያን በከፋ ብሔራቸውን ወደ ሲዖል የሚወስድ ዲያብሎሳዊ ተግባር ነው እየፈጸሙ ያሉት። ይህ ትውልዳቸው ምናልባት ለመቀጠል ቢፈቀድለትም እንኳን በምድር ሲዖል ለመኖር የሚያበቃ የሃጢዓት ሸክም ተሸክሞ የሚኖር ትውልድ ነው የሚሆነው።

‘አብን’ የተሰኘው ሌላ የአውሬው ድርጅት ዛሬ በወለጋ ለተፈጸመው አሰቃቂ ጭፍጨፋ መንደርደሪያ ነበር። የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ትጠራለህ፣ ስልፉን ታስቀራለህ፣ የድጋፍ ሰልፍ ትጠራለሁ ቀጥሎ ጭፍጨፋውን በድፍረት ታካሂዳለህ። ሕዝቡ ብሶቱን ለመግለጽ ወደ አደባባይ እንዳልወጣ በተደጋጋሚ አዩት እኮ ስለዚህ ተደፋፈሩና ግድያቸውን ቀጠሉ። እያንዳንዱ ለተቃውሞ የሚጠራ ሰልፍ በአብዮት አህመድ ካድሬዎች በኩል እንዲጠራ የሚደረገውም ለዚህ ነው።

ላለፈው ሳምንት ተጠርቶ የነበረው ሰልፍ ልክ እንደተሰረዘ፤ “ለመሆኑ “አብን” የተባለውና ከ666ቹ አንዱ የሆነው ፓርቲ የጠራው ሰልፍ ይካሄዳል ብሎ በማመን እራሱን ያታለለ ወገን ይኖራልን?” በማለት ጠይቄ ነበር።

ከጅምሩ ዘንድሮ ቤተክህነት ሰልፍ ትጠራብን ይሆናል በሚል ስጋት ነው ገዳይ አብይ ለተባባሪው ፓርቲ ለአብን ሰልፍ እንዲጠሩ ያዘዛቸው! ወደ ቤተ ክርስቲያን “ተመለሱ” የተባሉትንም የኢሬቻ በላይ ቃልጫዎች ልክ ሲኖዶሱ ሲሰባሰብና ከባድ ውሳኔ ለማስተላለፍ በመዘጋጀት ባለበት ወቅት መሆኑ ያለምክኒያት አይደለም። ልብ እንበል፤ ይሁዳ እራሱን ሰቀለ እንጂ ከተቀሩት የክርስቶስ ሐዋርያት ጋር ተመልሶ እንዲሰለፍ አልተደረገም። የኛዎቹ ግን በተቃራኒው ከሃዲ ይሁዳዎቹን በድጋሚ ተቀብለዋቸዋል።

አብን የእነ እስክንድርን እና ልደቱን አጀንዳ ለመጥለፍ የተጠራ ሌላው የአብዮት አህመድ ብልግና “የሚቆጣጠረው ተቃዋሚ! ወይም Controlled Opposition” ፓርቲ ነው።”

💭 በአራት ቀናት ልዩነት “ክቡር“ መልአኩ ሰይጣን ሆነ | ምዕመናኑን የማስተኚያ ዲያብሎሳዊ ስልት

Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on February 14, 2020

በአራት ቀናት ልዩነት “ክቡር“ መልአኩ ሰይጣን ሆነ | ምዕመናኑን የማስተኚያ ዲያብሎሳዊ ስልት

“ሊቀ መልአክት የነበረው ሉሲፈርም እንዲህ ነው የወደቀው…የወደቁት ቤተ ክርስቲያናችንም ውስጥ ሰርገው ገብተዋል…እዩት…

ለመሆኑ እባባዊ የሆነውን የዲያብሎስን አካሄድ እየተከታተልን ነውን? ዘንዶው እዚህ እዚያ፣ ወዲያ ወዲህ እያለ ግራና ቀኝ ይዝለገለጋል፤ አንዴ እነደዚህ ሌላ ጊዜ እንደዚያ፣ አንዴ ሙቅ ውሃ ቆየት ብሎ ቀዝቃዛ፣ ትናንት ሽብር ፥ ዛሬ ፍቅር ፣ ዛሬ ደጋፊ፣ ነገ ተቃዋሚ፣ ዛሬ ኬኛ በበነገታው ኢትዮጵያ ሱሴ። ይህ እንግዲህ በቅርቡ ላዘጋጁት የዘር ጭፍጨፋ ሰውን በማለማመድ ላይ መሆናቸውንና፤ ሕዝቡም ከሲዖል ጣዕም ጋር እንዲተዋወቅ እየተደረገ መሆኑ ነው የሚነግረን። ነገሮችን ሁሉ በማዘበራረቅ የሰውን አንጎል ማጠብ፣ መበጥበጥና መቆጣጠር እንደሚቻል አውቀውታል / አምነውበታል። ሰው ነቅቶ ከአልጋው በመነሳት ለአመጽ እንዳይነሳሳና በአዲስ አበባ ለፈሩት የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ እንዳይወጣ የገዟቸውንና ያሰማሯቸውን የፖለቲካ፣ የሃይማኖት፣ የስነ ልቦና እና የሜዲያ “ልሂቃን” ይጠቀማሉ። እንደምናየው “ተቃዋሚ ነን” ሲሉ የነበሩ ደካሞች ሳይቀሩ ሁሉም በገንዘብና በልጆቻቸው ሊከተል በሚችለው የግድያ ማስፈራሪያ ወይ አፋቸውን ዘግተውባቸዋል ወይ ወደ እነሱ ካምፕ አምጥተዋቸዋል።“

💭 The Church of England convened a synod this past week, a gathering of bishops, clergy and laypeople for the purpose of reviewing and possibly changing church doctrine.

The result of this particular gathering was that the national assembly voted, after two days of debate, to let Anglican priests bless same-sex weddings and civil partnerships. The blessings will come despite the fact gay and lesbian weddings will still be prohibited in the church.

Intended as a compromise measure after five years of discussions on the church’s position on human sexuality, the result is confusing to many. The ban on same-sex weddings is because the church believes it is sinful behavior, yet the church will now bless those same “sinful” partnerships?

That announcement wasn’t the most shocking to come out of the Church of England’s gathering, however.

The biggest news story to come out of the church’s gathering was that some within the Church of England are calling for 2000-year-old references to God as He, Him or Father to be banished, instead using gender-neutral or female alternatives.

Leaders at the synod took written questions from those attending. One question came from the Reverend Joanna Stobart, an Anglican minister, who wanted to know what steps were being taken to offer alternatives to God with male pronouns. Specifically, she hoped “to develop more inclusive language in our authorized liturgy.”

The Bishop of Lichfield, Michael Ipgrave, serving as Vice Chair of the church’s Liturgical Commission provided a reply that excited those seeking the change. “We have been exploring the use of gendered language in relation to God for several years in collaboration with the Faith and Order Commission. After some dialogue between the two commissions in this area, a new joint project on gendered language will begin this spring.”

The fact that The Church of England bills itself as a Christian church apparently isn’t slowing down this project intended to determine if the words of Christ should be believed or whether they should be tossed aside.

The story of Jesus Christ may be the best known and certainly the most read of any man to have ever set foot on planet earth. Christians believe Jesus was born to the ever-virgin Mary, sometimes referred to as “the mother of God.” She conceived Jesus through a miracle, thanks to the Holy Spirit. While some doubters have questioned her virgin status, virtually nowhere in history has there been any credible debate that Mary was Jesus’ mother. At no point has there been a serious discussion that Mary herself was God.

With those two points undisputed, it seems illogical that Christians could take to referring to God as She or Her. If one believes Jesus was the son of God and that Mary was His mother, and that she wasn’t God, simple logic tells us God can’t be referred to as She.

Far more importantly, though, are the words of Jesus himself. He spoke frequently about his Father in Heaven. He gave us the Lord’s Prayer, which begins with the words “Our Father.” He was not ambiguous.

Unless Jesus was lying to us, unless Jesus was intentionally misleading all of humankind, it seems incredibly arrogant to think that we know better, 2000 years later than the Savior. If Jesus was lying, or even if he was unintentionally mistaken when he referenced the Father, doesn’t that undermine the entire belief in him as the Son of God?

That is the quagmire the Church of England is leading itself into. In an effort to placate the current cultural whims of members of their clergy and laity, they would question whether Jesus, on whom their church is founded, was wrong. Toss out the Savior to fit the current cultural narrative.

No small irony, of course, and probably no coincidence, that the Church of England was created originally by King Henry VIII because of his own issues with sex and marriage. In 1536 King Henry wanted to get a divorce from his wife and marry his mistress. England was a Catholic nation at the time, and the Pope pointed out to Henry that trading in for a new wife was a no-no, even for a King. Unhappy that the Pope wouldn’t change the rules for him, Henry VIII and all of England left the Catholic Church. The King created his own church instead and then felt free to marry and carry on as he pleased.

Obedience to God and doing the right thing got lost somewhere in the process.

That’s where the Church of England finds itself again in 2023. There are some liberal Christians who, rather than adhere to 2000 years of scripture, four Gospels documenting the life of Christ, or to the words of Jesus himself, would rather change the rules. They want to do this because, like King Henry VIII, the change will make it more convenient for them and what they want.

Lost again is obedience to God and the serious study of scripture.

If the Church of England walks down the path of ignoring Jesus and instead referring to God in gender-neutral terms, it will have abandoned its role as a Christian organization.

👉 Courtesy: The Washington Times

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Texas Public Schools Required to Display “In God We Trust” Posters | ቴክሳስን እንከታተል

💭 የቴክሳስ የሕዝብ ትምህርት ቤቶች “በእግዚአብሔር እንታመናለን” የሚሉ ፖስተሮችን ማሳየት የሚያስገድድ ሕግ ጸደቀ

❖❖❖ ጽላተ ሙሴና የጽዮን ሦስት ቀለማት/Tricolor of Zion / ሥራቸውን እየሠሩ ነው። ❖❖❖

፺/ 90 % ከሚሆነው የዓለማችን ነዋሪ የተሠወረውና ኃይለኛ የሆነው መንፈሳዊ ውጊያ በመጧጧፍ ላይ ነው። መላ ዕክቱ + ቅዱሳኑ + ጽላተ ሙሴ ሥራቸውን በሚገባ እየሠሩ ነው። ለጽዮን ጠላቶች ወዮላቸው!

💭 ክቡራን እና ክቡራት፤ እምላለሁ; አሜሪካ የኢትዮጵያን እኩይ ፋሽስት ኦሮሞ መንግስት መደገፏን ካላቆመች ፥ ብላም ታሪካዊቷን የክርስቲያን–ጽዮናዊት ኢትዮጵያን ለመበታተን፣ ለማዳከም እና ለማፍረስ ከያዘችው ዲያብሎሳዊ ሴራ ካልተቆጠበች፣ ምናለ በሉኝ፤ በቅርቡ የቴክሳስ ግዛት ከዩናይትድ ስቴትስ ብሄራዊ ሕብረት የምትገነጠል የመጀመርያዋ ግዛት ግዛት ትሆናለች።

• ☆ ቴክሳስ
• ☆ ትግራይ
• ☆ ቴዎድሮስ
• ☆ ቴስላ (የቴስላ የምርት ስም ባለቤት በተጨማሪም ኤሎን ማስክ የኢቴሬም /Ethereum ምናባዊ/ምስጢራዊ ምንዛሬ/ገንዘብ ባለቤት ነው CRYPTO: ETH = ኢትዮጵያ)

👉 የኤሎን ማስክ እርባታ/ መኖሪያ ቤት እና የእሱ ‘ስፔስ ኤክስ‘ ‘ስታር ቤዝ‘ የጠፈር ጣቢያ በቴክሳስ ይገኛሉ።

💭 Ladies and gentlemen; I swear to you; If America does not stop supporting the evil fascist Oromo regime of Ethiopia – and if it does not refrain from its diabolical plot to disintegrate, weaken and destroy the historical Christian-Zionist Ethiopia – then, mark my words, the state of Texas would become the first state to secede from the National Union of the United States of America very soon.

• ☆ TExas
• ☆ TEgray (Tigray)
• ☆ TEdros (Tigray Native)
• ☆ TEsla (Besides, Elon Musk owns Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH = Ethiopia)

👉 Elon Musk’s ranch and his SpaceX Starbase are located in Texas.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10775779/Elon-Musks-50k-Texas-home-near-SpaceX-Starbase-revealed.html

💭 The State Of Texas Passes New Law: Schools Must Display Donated Posters That Say “In God We Trust.”

“We just felt like it was a great opportunity to display our national motto in our public schools,” said TX Rep. Tom Oliverson of the Houston area.

The state of Texas just passed a new law that demands that schools must display donated posters that say “In God We Trust.” As we read in CNN:

Texas school districts have begun receiving donated posters and framed copies of the national motto, “In God We Trust,” that they will now be required to display in accordance with a new state law.

The law says a public elementary or secondary school or an institution of higher education “must” display a durable poster or framed copy of the motto in a “conspicuous place” in each building if the poster or framed copy is “donated for display at the school or institution” or “purchased from private donations and made available to the school or institution.”

State Sen. Bryan Hughes, a Republican co-author of the law, tweeted last week, “The national motto, In God We Trust, asserts our collective trust in a sovereign God.”

The people and organizations behind the donations have wasted no time in sending them out to schools.

The Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, a suburb of Dallas, on Monday received “In God We Trust” framed posters for each school in the district from Patriot Mobile, which describes itself as “America’s only Christian conservative wireless provider.”

Scott Coburn, the company’s chief marketing officer, told the school board, “Patriot Mobile is honored to donate these posters to CISD and we’re very excited to see them amongst all of our schools.”

The posters will be displayed in the front entrance areas of each Carroll ISD campus, Brandie Egan, the district’s communications coordinator, told CNN.

💭 Texas & Tegray (Ethiopia) Massacres + Tedros (TE) & The Queen | ትግራይና ቴክሳስ + ቴድሮስ & ንግሥቲቱ

👉 ገብርኤል 😇 ማርያም 👉 ኡራኤል 👉 ጊዮርጊስ 👉 ተክለ ሐይማኖት 👉 ዮሴፍ 👉 መድኃኔ ዓለም

💭 ይህን ጽሑፍ እና ቪዲዮ ለማዘጋጀት እጅግ በጣም ከብዶኝ ነበር። አንድ ወር ፈጀብኝ፤ ከግንቦት ፲፱ የቅዱስ ግብርኤል ዕለት ጀምሮ እስከ ዛሬው ዕለት ድረስ። ፈተናው በዛብኝ፤ በቂ ጊዜም እንደዚህ ሳምንት አላገኘሁም ነበር። ግን ልክ በዛሬው በቅድስት ማርያም ዕለት፤ በሰኔ ፳፩ አቀርበው ዘንድ መንፈስ ቅዱስ የመራኝ ሆኖ ነው የተሰማኝ። ባካችሁ ትንሽ ጊዜ ወስደን ሙሉውን ቪዲዮ በጥሞና እንከታተለው፤ ብዙ አስገራሚ ክስተት አለ።

❖❖❖[Leviticus 18:21]❖❖❖

„Never give your children as sacrifices to the god Molech by burning them alive. If you do, you are dishonoring the name of your Elohim. I am Yahweh.”

❖❖❖[ኦሪት ዘሌዋውያን ምዕራፍ ፲፰፥፳፩]❖❖❖

“ከዘርህም ለሞሎክ በእሳት አሳልፈህ አትስጥ፥ የአምላክህንም ስም አታርክስ፤ እኔ እግዚአብሔር ነኝ።”

❖ TE(I)GRAY CHILDREN

The ARK OF THE COVENANT

“CHILDREN” + “LUNCH”

💭 In Tigray, Ethiopia, for the past 600 days, children (including infants held or carried by their mothers) are Massacred & starved to death.

TE(i)gray, Ethiopia Genocide – In an out-of-sight War, a Massacre Comes to Light

THE SHOOTINGS BEGAN AFTER LUNCH

It was Friday, Jan. 8, the day after Genna, the Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas. Around 2 p.m., Kidane Tesfay heard gunshots near his family’s home and thought of his two brothers, ages 17 and 20, walking outside.

💭 Switzerland Davos 2022 – World Economic Forum 22 – 26 MAY – Postponed from 17-21 Jan. 2022

If money is the root of all evil then Davos is the entire forest of evil.

💭 Geneva, Switzerland 24 May 2022

On that very same day, 24 May, in the same country of Switzerland, in the city of Geneva, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) members re-elected Dr. TEdros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director General by a strong majority for another five years. Dr Tedros is a native of war-torn TE(i)gray region, Ethiopia, where The Powerful Ark of The Covenant is being kept.

❖ TEXAS CHILDREN

💭 On May 24, 2022, 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos killed nineteen (19) children and two teachers

19 + 2 = 21 = 911 Call = Sep. 11 = Ethiopian New Year’s Day. According to the Ethiopian calendar Hidar 21 (November 30) = Annual feast of St. Mary of Zion (Ark of The Covenant)

TEXAS SHOOTING: How a sunny Uvalde school day ended in bloodshed

Marcela Cabralez, a local pastor, told the Washington Post that her nine-year-old granddaughter was eating her LUNCH with other students when she heard noise coming from outside, including shots and breaking glass.

Dr. Roy Guerrero, who was born and raised in Uvalde and attended Robb Elementary School as a child, was at LUNCH with his staff Tuesday when he started getting frantic texts.

• ☆ 19 Cops in hallway
• ☆ 19 Kids dead
• ☆ Post Covvvid-19 paaandemic

The ‘Publicized’ Uvalde “Shooter.”

Salvador Rolando Ramos’ picture…with filled out halo….made to look like Jesus Salvador means SAVIOR

Ramos, in Hebrew, means “pleasing; supreme”. Ramos Surname Definition: Descendant of Ramos (palms), a name given to one born during the religious fiesta of Palm Sunday; one who came from Ramos (branch), in Spain.

• ☆ TExas
• ☆ TEgray (Tigray)
• ☆ TEdros (Tigray Native)
• ☆ Davos

💭 Mysterious Vertical Red Light in Sky over Texas in US | በቴክሳስ ሰማይ ላይ ሚስጥራዊ አቀባዊ ቀይ ብርሃን

💭 Texas Tornadoes, Fires & Heavy Snow | STOP The #TigrayGenocide – And This Won’t Happen to You!

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የጰራቅሊጦስ ድንቅ ተዓምር፤ ሰክሬአለሁ፤ ቃላት የለኝም!

😇 አዎ! ጰራቅሊጦስ ሐዋርያትን የወይን ጠጅ ሳይጠጡ እንዳሰከራቸውና በሀገሩ ሁሉ እንዳናገራቸው እኔም በእነዚህ ቀናት የሰከርኩ መስሎ ነው የተሰማኝ፤ ክርስቶስንና ቤተሰቦቹን በተመለከት ከብዙዎች ጋር በመነጋገር ላይ ነኝ፤ ሰው ሁሉ በበጎ እየቀረበኝ ነው። በእውነት ድንቅ ነው! በእውነት ጰራቅሊጦስ የሃይማኖትን አልጫነት የሚያጣፍጥ የልቡና ጨው ነው። ጰራቅሊጦስ በጭለማ ላሉ የሚያበራ የይቅርታ ብርሃን ነው።

• ✞ ወደ ጸሎት ቤት ስገባ
• ✞ ጸሎት ቤት ውስጥ

😇 ቅድስት እናታችንና ልጇ እግዚአብሔር ወልድ + የማርያም መቀነት + ክቡር መስቀል

✞ ከጸሎት ቤት ስወጣ፤ ማረፊያ ወንበሩ ላይ፤ ይህን አየሁት። የሕፃን ልጅ መጫወቻ ነው፤

እንጠንቀቅ! ቀስተ ደመና የሰዶማውያን አይደለም! “ኬኛ!” ብለው ሊነጥቁን ግን ይሻሉ!

• ✞ ከጸሎት ቤት ልክ ስወጣ ሜዳው ላይ ሰባት እርግቦችን አገኘሁ
• ✞ ማታ ላይ ቤቴ እንደገባሁ መብራቱ ይህን ሠርቶ ነበር።
• ✞ ጠዋት ላይ ደግሞ የእመቤታችን ሥዕል የማርያም መቀነትን ቤቴ ግርግዳ ላይ አንጸባርቆ ይታይ ነበር፤ ድንቅ ነው!

❖❖❖ እምዕርገት እስከ ጰራቅሊጦስ መዝሙር “በሰንበት ዐርገ ሐመረ” ❖❖❖

(በ፫/ፈ) በሰንበት ዐርገ ሐመረ ገሠፀ ባሕረ፤ ወገሠፆሙ ለነፋሳት፤ ወይቤሎሙ ኢትናፍቁ ወኢይምጻእ ኑፋቄ ውስተ ልብክሙ፤ በከመ ፈነወኒ አቡየ አነኒ እፌንወክሙ ውስተ ቤተ አቡየ ብዙኅ ማኅደር ቦቱ፤ ካዕበ እመጽእ ወእነሥአክሙ፤ ከመ ተሀልዉ ምስሌየ በመንግሥተ አቡየ ዘበሰማያት።

❖ አመላለሰ

ከመ ተሀልዉ ምስሌየ በመንግሥተ አቡየ፤

በመንግሥተ አቡየ ዘበሰማያት።

❖ ዓራራት

ትንሣኤሁ ገብረ በሰንበት ወሰበረ ኆኃተ ብርት እግዚአ ለሰንበት አመ ሣልስት ዕለት ምዖ ለሞት ወዓርገ ውስተ ሰማያት።

❖ ሰላም

ወልድ እኁየ ውእቱ ፍቁርየ ውእቱ ተንሥአ እሙታን ገብረ ሰላመ ለኵሉ ዓለም ዓርገ በስብሐት ውስተ ሰማያት ሎቱ ስብሐት ለዘቀደሳ ለሰንበት።

❖ ዘቅዳሴ ምንባባት

• ሮሜ ፲፥፩ ፡ ፍ፤
• ፩ጴጥ ፫፥፲፭ ፡ ፍ፤
• ግብ ፩፥፩ ፡ ፍ፤

❖ ዘቅዳሴ ምስባክ፦

• ዐርገ እግዚአብሔር በይባቤ፤
• ወእግዚእነ በቃለ ቀርን፤
• ዘምሩ ለአምላክነ ዘምሩ። መዝ ፵፮፥፭

❖ ወንጌል፦ ሉቃ ፳፬፥፵፭ ፡ፍ

ቅዳሴ ዘዲዮስቆሮስ (እምቅድመ ዓለም)

❖❖❖ ፯/7 እርግቦች ❖❖❖

• ሐዋሪያት ተባበሩ
• በአዲስ ቋንቋ እየተናገሩ
• ቃሉን አስተማሩ

❖ ፯ / ሰባት ፍጹም ቁጥር ነው

በቅዱስ መጽሐፍ አቆጣጠር ሰባት (፯) ፍጹምና ሙሉ ቁጥር በመሆኑ ከአንድ እስከ ሰባት ( ፩–፯ ) የተዘረዘሩት ምስጢራተ ቤተክርስቲያንም እንከንና ጉድለት የሌለባቸው ፍጹማን ናቸው።
ሰባት ቁጥር በመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ሥርዓት ፍጹም ለመሆን ለማወቅ ከዚህ የሚከተሉትን ማስረጃዎች እንመልከት፦

❖ ሰባት ቁጥር ምስጢራት በቤተክርስቲያን፤

በመጽሐፍ ቅዱስና በስርዓተ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን አስተምህሮ ስባት ቁጥር ብዙ ምሳሌ እንዳለው ይታወቃል፡፡ በዕብራዊያን ዘንድም ሰባት ፍጹም ቁጥር ነው፡፡ ምሳሌ ፳፬፡፲፮ እግዚአብሔር ከሰኞ
እስከ እሑድ ያሉትን ቀናት በሰባት ቁጥሮች ወስኗል ሕዝበ እስራኤል ከግብጽ ባርነት ወጥተው በሲና በርሀ ሲጓዙ ይመሩት የነበሩት በ፯/7 ደመና እንደነበረ ይታወቃል፡፡ ዘዳ ፲፫፡፳፩

ከዚህ ቀጥለንም ለቤተ-ክርስቲያን አስተምህሮ የ፯ ቁጥር ምስጢራትን ምሉዕነትን የሚያስረዱ ልዩ ልዩ ማስረጃዎችን በዝርዝር እንመለከታለን፦

❖ ሀ/ ሰባቱ አባቶች

፩. ሰማያዊ አባታችን እግዚአብሔር
፪. የነፍስ አባት
፫. ወላጅ አባት
፬. የክርስትና አባት
፭. የጡት አባት
፮. የቆብ አባት
፯. የቀለም አባት

❖ ለ/ ሰባቱ ዲያቆናት

፩. ቅዱስ እስጢፋኖስ
፪. ቅዱስ ፊልጶስ
፫. ቅዱስ ጵሮክሮስ
፬. ቅዱስ ጢሞና
፭. ቅዱስ ኒቃሮና
፮. ቅዱስ ጳርሜና
፯. ቅዱስ ኒቆላዎስ

❖ ሐ/ ሰባት የጌታ ቃላት /እኔ ነኝ

፩. የሕይወት እንጅራ እኔ ነኝ
፪. የዓለም ብርሃን እኔ ነኝ
፫. እኔ የበጎች በር ነኝ
፬. መልካም እረኛ እኔ ነኝ
፭. ትነሣዔና ሕይወት እኔ ነኝ
፮. እኔ መንገድና ሕይወት ነኝ
፯. እውነተኛ የወይን ግንድ እኔ ነኝ

❖ መ/ ሰባቱ ሰማያት

፩. ጽርሐ አርያም
፪. መንበረ መንግሥት
፫. ሰማይ ውዱድ
፬. ኢየሩሳሌም ሰማያዊት
፭. ኢዮር
፮. ራማ
፯. ኤረር

❖ ሠ/ ሰባቱ ሊቃነ መላእክት

፩. ቅዱስ ሚካኤል
፪. ቅዱስ ገብርኤል
፫. ቅዱስ ሩፋኤል
፬. ቅዱስ ራጉኤል
፭. ቅዱስ ዑራኤል
፮. ቅዱስ ፋኑኤል
፯. ቅዱስ ሳቁኤል

❖ ረ/ ሰባቱ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት

፩. የኤፌሶን ቤተ ክርስቲያን
፪. የሰርምኔስ ቤተ ክርስቲያን
፫. የጴርጋሞን ቤተ ክርስቲያን
፬. የትያጥሮስ ቤተ ክርስቲያን
፭. የሰርዴስ ቤተ ክርስቲያን
፮. የፊልድልፍያ ቤተ ክርስቲያን
፯. የሎዶቅያ ቤተ ክርስቲያን

❖ ሰ/ ሰባቱ ተዐምራት

ጌታ እኛን ለማዳን በመስቀል ላይ በተሰቀለ ጊዜ የተፈጸሙ ተዐምራት

፩. ፀሐይ ጨልሟል
፪. ጨረቃ ደም ሆነ
፫. ከዋክብት ረገፉ
፬. ዐለቶች ተሠነጠቁ
፭. መቃብራት ተከፈቱ
፮. ሙታን ተነሡ
፯. የቤተ መቅደስም መጋረጃ

❖ ሸ/ ሰባቱ የመስቀሉ ቃላት

፩. አምላኬ አምላኬ ለምን ተውከኝ
፪. አባት ሆይ የሚያደርጉትን አያውቁምና ይቅር በላቸው
፫. ዛሬ ከእኔ ጋራ በገነት ትሆናለህ
፬. እነሆ ልጅሸ እናትህ እነሆት
፭. ተጠማሁ
፮. ተፈጸመ
፯. አባት ሆይ ነፍሴን በእጅህ አደራ እስጥሃለሁ

❖ ቀ/ ሰባቱ ምሥጢራተ ቤተ ክርስቲያን

፩. ምሥጢረ ጥምቀት
፪. ምሥጢረ ሜሮን
፫. ምሥጢረ ቁርባን
፬. ምሥጢረ ክህነት
፭. ምሥጢረ ተክሊል
፮. ምሥጢረ ንስሐ
፯. ምሥጢረ ቀንዲል

❖ በ/ ሰባቱ ዐበይት አጽዋማት

፩. ዐቢይ ጾም
፪. የሐዋርያት ጾም
፫. የፍልሰታ ጾም
፬. ጾመ ነቢያት
፭. ጾመ ገሀድ
፮. ጾመ ነነዌ
፯. ጾመ ድኅነት

❖ ተ/ ሰባቱ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ የተጠሉ ነገሮች

፩. ትዕቢተኛ ዓይን ምሳ ፲፮፥፮፡፲፱
፪. ሃሰተኛ ምላስ
፫. ንፁህን ደም የምታፈስ እጅ
፬. ክፉ ሃሳብን የምታፈልቅ ልብ
፭. ለክፋት የምትፈጥን እጅ
፮. የሐሰት ምስክርነት
፯. በወንድሞች መካከል ጠብን የምታፈራ ምላስ

❖ ቸ/ ሰባቱ ፀሎት ጊዜያት

፩. ነግህ የጠዋት ጸሎት
፪. ሠለስት (የ፫ ሰዓት ጸሎት)
፫. ቀትር (የ፮ ሰዓት ጸሎት)
፬. ተሰአቱ (የ፱ ሰዓት ጸሎት)
፭. ሰርክ (የ፲፩ ሰዓት ጸሎት)
፮. ነዋም (የመኝታ ጸሎት)
፯. መንፈቀ ሌሊት (የሌሊት ጸሎት)

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ጰ ፦ ብሂል ጰራቅሊጦስ መንፈሰ ጽድቅ ፥ ጰራቅሊጦስ እውነተኛ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ነው

❖❖❖ እንኳን ለበዓለ ጰራቅሊጦስ አደረሰን!❖❖❖

ጰራቅሊጦስ› የሚለው ቃል ከሦስቱ አካላት አንዱ የኾነው የእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ ቅዱስ መጠሪያ ስም ሲኾን፣ ትርጕሙም በጽርዕ (ግሪክ) ቋንቋ፦

❖ ናዛዚ (የሚናዝዝ)

❖ መጽንዒ (የሚያጸና)

❖ መስተፍሥሒ (የሚያስደስት) ማለት ነው።

መንፈስ ቅዱስ ለሐዋርያት በወረደበት ዕለት በቤተ ክርስቲያን የሚከበረው ይህ በዓል ‹በዓለ ጰራቅሊጦስ› ወይም ‹በዓለ ጰንጠቆስጤ› በመባል ይታወቃል። ‹ጰንጠቆስጤ› በግሪክ ቋንቋ በዓለ ኀምሳ፣ የፋሲካ ኀምሳኛ ዕለት፣ በዓለ ሠዊት (የእሸት፣ የመከር በዓል) ማለት ነው (ኪዳነ ወልድ ክፍሌ፣ ገጽ ፱፻፮-፱፻፯)።

ጌታችን አምላካችንና መድኀኒታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ካረገ በኋላ እመቤታችን ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም፣ ዐሥራ ሁለቱ ደቀ መዛሙርት፣ ሰባ ሁለቱ አርድእት፣ አምስት መቶው ባልንጀሮች እና ሠላሳ ስድስቱ ቅዱሳት አንስት በኢየሩሳሌም ከተማ በአንድነት ኾነው በጸሎት ይተጉ ነበር።

ጌታችን በሚያርግበት ጊዜ “እነሆ አባቴ የሰጠውን ተስፋ እኔ እልክላችኋለሁ፤ እናንተ ግን ከላይ ኃይል እስክትለብሱ ድረስ በኢየሩሳሌም ከተማ ቆዩ፤” ሲል ለሐዋርያቱ በሰጣቸው የተስፋ ቃል መሠረት በዐረገ በዐሥረኛው ቀን መንፈስ ቅዱስን ልኮላቸዋል (ሉቃ. ፳፬፥፵፱)። ዅሉም በአንድ ቦታ ተሰባስበው ሳሉ በበዓለ ጰራቅሊጦስ ማለዳ እንደ ዐውሎ ነፋስ ያለ ድምፅ ድንገት ከሰማይ ወርዶ የነበሩበትን ቤት ሞላው። ከዚያም የተከፋፈሉ የእሳት ላንቃዎች በዅሉም ላይ አረፉባቸው። በዚህ ጊዜ ዅላቸውም መንፈስ ቅዱስ ባደላቸው መጠን በየአገሩ ቋንቋዎች ዅሉ ተናገሩ (ሐዋ.፪፥፩-፬)።

ጌታችን መንፈስ ቅዱስን ለሐዋርያት የላከበት ይህ ዐቢይ በዓል ዐሥራቱን፣ በኵራቱን፣ ቀዳምያቱን ካህናተ ኦሪት ስለሚቀበሉበት በብሉይ ኪዳን በዓለ ሠዊት ተብሎ ይከበር ነበር። በሐዲስ ኪዳን ደግሞ ቅዱሳን ሐዋርያት መንፈስ ቅዱስን ስለ ተቀበሉበት በበዓለ ሠዊት ምትክ በዓለ ጰራቅሊጦስ ገብቶበታል። የበዓለ ትንሣኤ መነሻው የአይሁድ የፋሲካ በዓል ማለትም በግብጽ፣ እስራኤል ከሞት የዳኑበት የመታሰቢያ በዓል እንደ ኾነው ዅሉ፣ ለበዓለ ጰራቅሊጦስም መነሻው ይኸው የአይሁድ የፋሲካ በዓል ነው። የአይሁድ ፋሲካ ከተከበረ ከሰባት ሳምንታት በኋላ በኀምሳኛው ቀን የሩቆቹ ከከተሙበት ወጥተው፣ የቅርቦቹ ከተሰባሰቡበት ተገናኝተው ለበዓሉ ፍጻሜ የሚኾነውን በዓለ ሠዊት (የእሸት በዓል) ያከብሩ ነበር።

ሐዋርያት በጽርሐ ጽዮን ተሰባስበው ሳሉ መንፈስ ቅዱስ በእሳት አምሳል ወርዶ ሰማያዊ ሀብትን፣ ዕውቀትና ጸጋን አድሏቸዋል። መንፈስ ቅዱስ ከወረደላቸው በኋላም በአእምሮ ጐልምሰዋል፤ ጥቡዓን (ቈራጦች)፣ ጽኑዓን ኾነዋል፤ ለስብከተ ወንጌል የሚፋጠኑበትንና ለሰማዕትነት የሚዘጋጁበትን ልቡና ታድለዋል።

ቅድስት በኾነች በጽርሐ ጽዮን በሐዋርያት ላይ የወረደው የእግዚአብሔር አብ ጸጋ፣ የእግዚአብሔር ወልድ ፍቅር፣ የእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ ቅዱስ አንድነት በዅላችን ላይ ይደር፤ እጽፍ ድርብም ይኹን።

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Lewis Hamilton: God Has His Hand Over Me

Lewis Hamilton believes he has the hand of God resting over him when he steps into his Formula One car.

The Christian racing driver will set his sights on wrestling back the championship lead at the British Grand Prix after falling one point behind Sebastian Vettel following a calamitous weekend for Mercedes in Austria.

Hamilton was given three days off by Mercedes as he prepares to race in front of an expectant 130,000 partisan fans at Silverstone on Sunday.

“Anything can happen any day, but I feel God has his hand over me,” Hamilton, 33, said ahead of his home race.

“Every morning I have breakfast and before I eat, I pray. Every time I eat, actually, I pray. So, whether it’s a couple of seconds, a minute or whatever you are praying for, take that moment.

“I go with a couple of my close friends [to church]. We meet, we go for breakfast and then we go to church together.

“We leave most often feeling enlightened and empowered. Sometimes you leave, and you are like ‘I didn’t get that today’, but most of the time you leave and you are like ‘wow, I know where I am going’.”

Hamilton is in his 12th season and this year is battling it out with Vettel for a fifth world crown.

Only Juan Manuel Fangio (five) and Michael Schumacher (seven) have won the championship more than four times.

Hamilton also surpassed Schumacher’s pole position record in Italy last year, and will become the most successful driver in the history of the British Grand Prix if he wins for a sixth time on Sunday.

“Formula One has given me a life, and given me a purpose, which is pretty special, but F1 has also broken me,” Hamilton, speaking on the ‘Beyond the Grid’ podcast, added. “It’s broken me and built me.

“When you go through it, you put so much into it, it breaks your heart and kills you when you fail, and when you stumble. Everyone’s watching when you stumble.

“But when you get back up and when you succeed it lifts you up. You fall and you break a bone, you heal and you keep going.

“It’s the passion for what you do and the will to succeed. It’s just something that’s hard to express but everyone has it in some shape or form.”

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The Internet And Spiritual Experience

The rabid development of information technology over the past two decades has truly brought about unexpected results, of which we could not even dream in the seventies and even eighties. The Internet, e-mail, web-based resources, social networks: they are part of our everyday life, work, science, education, art, and entertainment. The Internet has allowed us to reduce or even abolish distance. Thus, news can be transmitted through the Internet from one end of the earth to another in a couple of seconds – we have all had this experience. Conversations, sometimes even involving eye contact, now take place smoothly, regardless of distance. The only condition is that the user have Internet access. Indeed, the use of the Internet is so simple that any child or elderly person can easily use it.

In this same manner, the Word of God can be transmitted anywhere in the world. In this way, that which is happening here in Athens before an audience of 100 people can be recorded and sent to thousands or even millions of users, or even transmitted online.

But we should realize that the Word of God is not simple human speech, but bears Divine Energy, which can spiritually revive man and truly comfort him – and this can happen through the Internet. We know of many cases when various people – atheists, idolaters from India, Japan, and Nepal – have found Orthodoxy through the Internet and been reborn, because they found the truth that they were looking for in this life; they found Christ.

Not long ago the Hollywood actor Jonathan Jackson visited our monastery. I asked him how he became Orthodox. He told me that the Internet had very much helped him. On the other hand, thanks to the Internet, Christians who had departed from God have returned to Him, found themselves, and found their place in this world. There are people who had been on the verge of absolute frustration and, having listened to some talks on the Internet, found the necessary spiritual strength and hope, and are now developing spiritually.

Of course, the Orthodox Word of God is less present on the Internet compared to other words. When I speak of other words, I mean science, economics, politics, and even such phenomena as fashion, show business, or even certain corrupting resources that, unfortunately, are often visited.

It seems to me that today the Word of God must have a strong and powerful presence online. The majority of people today are disoriented, constantly falling at an impasse. In this era, only the Word of God can comfort man, inform him, and assure him of the possibility of eternal life. The Word of God transmitted through the Internet can have a healing function for man.

The creation of digital libraries with relevant content can and should be encouraged and multiplied. The heritage and wisdom of the Holy Fathers, with their remarkable texts, should be used as much as possible in the most modern and optimal way. The digitization and categorization of the Holy Fathers enables Internet users to find texts and information on topics of interest to them. Moreover, the digitization and promotion through webpages of the Word of God, especially the teachings of the Holy Fathers as well as of the Elders of the twentieth century, will bring spiritual benefit to our contemporaries.

Elder Ephraim of Katounakia said: “Oh, what it pity that it wasn’t possible to record the sayings of the Elder Joseph.” We understand that it is truly important when things are uttered by people who have experienced and gained personal experience in the unseen spiritual warfare. St. Paisios said: “Write down everything that is spiritual that you hear, as well as the experience that you have heard from others, because there will come a time when this experience will be exhausted, and you will have a spiritual deficiency.” Indeed, over the past few years there has been great growth in the publication of books of theological content, especially in Greece, but also in other Orthodox countries.

But, unfortunately, there are Orthodox who, due to language barriers, do not have access to these valuable texts. Moreover, the ordinary book, printed on paper, is now in a serious crisis. At the same time, sales of electronic books are growing. Therefore, we can say that we can make use of this trend. We can say that all this is good and God-pleasing, when everything goes correctly.

The Internet is a modern tool that promotes globalization. Those who would like to spread their ideas for global history, global economics, a global state, and a global leader know how to make use of the Internet – and, indeed, they use it at a high level. Why should not we, the Orthodox, use this instrument for promoting the global role of Orthodoxy? Why should we not use it for uniting the Orthodox and its mission in the known world?

The proper use of the Internet depends upon the user. Of course, the Internet cannot replace living contact. Of course, no one can attain a given level of spirituality through the Internet alone. Orthodoxy is person-centered. Priority also goes to the essential value of the person, to the individual person. The Internet is a tool, an instrument, that helps and benefits us – but in order for the faithful to lead an authentic spiritual life, it is required that he have personal contact with his spiritual father.

In the same way, it is essential to have communication with other brethren, in order to experience love and to participate in all the Mysteries of the Church. Of course, there are also cases in which excessive use of the Internet, even for good and spiritual purposes, can create dependence, resulting in asocial isolation and a detrimental effect on one’s personhood. Thus, the Internet can have negative results: instead of leading the user closer to Christ is can, on the contrary, lead him away from God. Therefore we bear the great responsibility of promoting and sharing the Word of God using the most creative, useful, and modern methods – but we should also inform our flock about how to use the Internet profitably, emphasizing all the negative effects that can be caused by the misuse of this technology.

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እግዚ(ወልድ) አብ( አብ) ፡ ሔር(መፈስ ቅዱስ) ብርሃን ነው | The Real God is Revealed by Light – For God is Light

Amazingly the properties of light can prove beyond all doubt, exactly who the real God is. If God is Light, then both God and Light should have the same identifiable characteristics and amazingly they do!!!!

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL

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እንኳን ለጌታችን የልደት በዓል በሰላም አደረሰን — Merry Ethiopian Christmas

“እነሆ ድንግል ትፀንሳለች ልጅም ትወልዳለች ስሙንም አማኑኤል ትለዋለች” ማቴ.1፥23

የዛሬ ሁለት ሺ ዓመት ገደማ ነው፡፡ በኢየሩሳሌም ሀገር ንጉሡ ሄሮድስ ሕዝቡን ሁሉ ቤተልሄም ወደምትባል ከተማ ጠራቸው፡፡ እመቤታችንም በዚያ ጊዜ የአሥራ አምስት/15/ ዓመት ልጅ ሆኖ በሚጠብቃት በአረጋዊው /በሽማግሌው/ ዮሴፍ ቤት ትኖር ነበር፡፡ እመቤታችን ድንግል ማርያም ሕፃኑን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ፀንሳ ልትወልድ ደርሳ ሳለ ወደ ቤተልሄም ከተማ ከአረጋዊው ጠባቂዋ ዮሴፍና ከቅድስት ሰሎሜ ጋር ሄደች፡፡

በዚያ ሲደርሱ ምን ሆነ መሰላችሁ? እናታችን ማርያም ቅድስት ሰሎሜና አረጋዊው ዮሴፍ ማደሪያ ፈልገው በየቤቱ እየሄዱ “የእግዚአብሔር እንግዶች ነን ማደሪያ ስጡን፣ እባካችሁ አሳድሩን…” ብለው ቢጠይቋቸው ሁሉም “ቦታ የለንም፣ አናሳድርም፣ አናስገባም ሂዱ፡፡” እያሉ መለሷቸው፡፡ በጣም መሽቶ ስለነበረ ጨለማው ያስፈራ ነበረ፣ ብርዱ ደግሞ በጣም ከባድ ነበረ፡፡ ማደሪያ አጥተው የት እንሂድ እያሉ ሲያስቡ በድንገት አረጋዊ ዮሴፍ “ኑ ተከተሉኝ” ብሎ በመንደሩ ውስጥ ወዳለ አንድ የከብቶች ማደሪያ ቤት ወሰዳቸው፡፡

ከከብቶቹ ቤት ሲደርሱ በዚያ አህዮች፣ በሬዎች፣ በጎች፣…. ብዙ እንስሳት ተኝተው አገኙዋቸው፡፡ የበረቱ ሽታ በጣም ያስቸግር ነበረ፡፡ ነገር ግን ማደሪያ ስላልነበረ በዚያ ሊያድሩ ተስማሙ፡፡

ወደ በረቱ ሲገቡ እንስሶቹ ከተኙበት ተነሥተው በደስታ እየዘለሉ ተቀበሏቸው፡፡ በዚያም እመቤታችን ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም ሕፃኑን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ወለደችው፡፡ ይህም ታላቅ ሕፃን የሁላችንም አምላክ ነው፡፡ ወዲያውኑ የከብቶቹ ቤት በታላቅ ብርሃን ተሞላ፡፡ ቅዱሳን መላእክት ተገለጡ፤ በእመቤታችንም ፊት ሆነው በደስታ ከበሮ እየመቱ፣ እያጨበጨቡ መዘመር ጀመሩ፡፡ መዝሙሩም እንዲህ የሚል ነበር፡–

“ለእግዚአብሔር ክብርና ምስጋና በሰማያት ይሁን፣ በምድርም ሰላም ለሰውም በጎ ፈቃድ”

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Do Children in Materially Rich Countries Know It’s Christmas?

No, they don’t! How could they? Little Abby and little Billy don’t know it’s Christmas because their parents, their kindergartens and schools don’t have enough time to teach them about God, and they are not happy because of it. The parents and teachers discipline their children their way, instead of God’s way, and they are sad. They are sad, because their parents and teachers have fallen so far away from God’s teachings that they deny their children God, drive away the Angels who could give them inner warmth, comfort and happiness. Little Abby and Billy are sad, disturbed and unsafe because their parents and teachers are to busy collecting the guns, the knives, the grass…and, yes! Little Abby cries, because they took away from her the images of Jesus, The Virgin Mary, and The Angels to replace them with the images of Barbie Dolls, Bart Simpson and Barack Obama.

So, dear Ethiopians, this Christmas – children of Ethiopia know it takes place on the 7^th of January – don’t forget to pray for the materially rich children of the West who have nothing else but to play with man-made dolls that are just like them — pray for them that The Lord could fill them with his compassion, give them His eyes to see, give their parents and teachers boldness and selflessness and wisdom, so that they too might cry out for justice and feed the spiritually hungry, so that His light might shine throughout the earth — life them up because they are in a very terrible state of spiritual poverty, often marginalized, finding themselves in challenging circumstances they did not choose and helpless without our prayers to change. So, let’s all pray for them:

It’s Christmas time, and there’s no need to be afraid
At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade
And in our world of plenty, we can spread a smile of joy
Throw our prayers around the world at Christmas time

And there won’t be Frankincense in Europe and America this Christmas time
The greatest gift they’ll get this year is life
Where there is no joy, no light or Angels appear
Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?

So, let’s pray for the Children of the West
At Christmas time, it’s hard, but when you’re celebrating
There’s a world outside our window
And it’s a world of fear and sadness
Where the only unholy-water flowing is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there
Are the clanging chimes of doom
Well, tonight, thank God it’s them instead of you

Here’s to you, raise a glass for everyone
Here’s to them underneath that cold winter
Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?

Let’s free the world from bondage of materialism
Free the world

Free the world, let them know it’s Christmas time
And free the world
let them know it’s Christmas time
And free the world
let them know it’s Christmas time
And free the world
let them know it’s Christmas time…

“It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.” [Luke 17:2]

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” [Hosea 4:6]

“For these are rebellious people, deceitful children; children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction. They say to the seers, “See no more visions!” and to the prophets, “Give us no more visions of what is right!Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.”[Isaiah 30:9-10]

Materialism Breeds Unhappiness

My note: Worldwide surveys have consistently ranked the Scandinavian countries — with their generous family-leave policies, low crime, free health care, rich economies and, yes, high income taxes — as the happiest places on earth. But this happiness has always been accompanied by a paradox: the “happiest” countries also seem to have the highest suicide rates.

Is it the long, dark winters facing Norway, Sweden Finland and Denmark that cause the problem? Or some kind of Nordic depression gene? Or is it because those nations become more and more atheists by turning their backs on The Almighty God, Yahweh? (Suicide Rate 2011)

It is, perhaps, a simple fact of life in the West: we expect to be happy. The right to pursue happiness is part of America’s Declaration of Independence, after all. The feeling has been heightened by the booming field of “happiness studies”, which has produced a flow of news stories and books about what will and will not make us happy, about the happiest places to live, and about how to structure our lives so we can be happy almost all the time.

Some important findings have emerged. Too many choices lead to dissatisfaction. Chronic pain has a more negative impact than a single accident. We habituate quickly to our acquisitions. A good marriage is worth about $100,000 a year in terms of how happy it makes us.

But this headlong rush towards happiness might backfire. Could our constant worrying about why we are not happy be making us more miserable than if we simply accepted some occasional unhappiness as part of life? In viewing unhappiness as a problem to be solved, might we not miss what a little sadness has to offer us? Are we trading long-term satisfaction for feeling good now? Buying our present-day enjoyment at the cost of future meaning?

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So, what’s better, to be materially wealthy and unhappy or materially poor, but spiritually rich and happy?

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Hurricanes: Nature and Nature’s God

“The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.” [Nahum 1:3]

“The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they can’t speak. They have eyes, but they can’t see. They have ears, but they can’t hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.” [Psalm 135: 15-18]

“The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, [Revelation 9:20]

My note: I was thinking about the above Bible verses lately – and this particular image which captivated New Yorkers exactly proves those words. The man-made collapsed crane which is now called, ‘Hurri–crane’ is dangling over New York City – while real state tycoon, Donald Trump ‘could see the crane from his apartment window’. Coincidence? Can he see it now? Well, hopefully he is not going to fire someone over this – I assure him that King Kong was not there.

It’s of course, a horrible tragedy what we are witnessing in and around New York these days. Hurricane Sandy, which disrupted the lives of millions of Americans this week, is “a reminder of what the world really is like. Sandy is short for Cassandra, the Greek mythological figure who epitomizes tragedy. The gods gave Cassandra the gift of prophecy; depending on which version of the story one prefers, she could either see or smell the future. But with this gift also came a curse: Cassandra’s warnings about future disasters were fated to be ignored. That is the essence of this tragedy: to know that a given course of action will lead to disaster but to pursue it nevertheless.

The so-called superstorm flooded New York City and battered much of the East Coast. At press time, the storm had killed at least forty-three people and caused an estimated $32 billion in damages to buildings and infrastructure—figures expected to increase in the coming days.

While affluent people can usually insulate themselves from the ordinary effects of nature, we are all ultimately vulnerable, as New York Mayor Bloomberg rightly said yesterday: “I think people don’t understand just how strong nature is”.

Somewhere in the future, each of us has an inescapable appointment with irresistible force. For each one of us, the waters will someday rise, the winds spin out of control, the roof will come off the house and the power will go out for good.

May God have pity on the souls of those who died, and may The Almighty help the victims of those who were lost to move on and readjust their lives.

 

Nature and Nature’s God

While the lights went out across Manhattan tonight, and the city that calls itself the capital of the world was cut off from the mainland as flood waters thundered through its streets, many people around the world watched the spectacle and were reminded just how fragile the busy world we humans build around us really is.

Manhattan is one of those places where nature seems mostly held at bay. Except for the parks, oases of carefully preserved nature deliberately shaped by the hand of man, every inch of the city’s surface has been covered by something man-made. The valleys have been exalted, the mountains laid low and the rough places plain.

Those who live and do their business there pay very little attention to the natural world most of the time. It can be hard to get a taxi in the rain, and the occasional winter snowstorm forces a brief halt to the city’s routine, but the average New Yorker’s attention is on the social world, not the world of nature. What’s happening to your career, your bank account, your friendships and loved ones, the political scene and the financial markets: those are the concerns that occupy the minds of busy urbanites on their daily rounds.

Into this busy, self involved world Hurricane Sandy has burst. Sharks have been photographed (or at least photo shopped) swimming in the streets of New Jersey towns; waves sweep across the Lower East Side; transformers explode on both sides of the Hudson as salt water surges into the tunnels and subways. For a little while at least, New Yorkers are reminded that we live in a world shaped by forces that are bigger than we are; tonight it is easy to identify with the sentiments in John Milton’s paraphrase of Psalm 114:

Shake earth, and at the presence be aghast

Of him that ever was, and aye shall last,

That glassy floods from rugged rocks can crush,

And make soft rills from the fiery flint-stones gush.

Soon, though, the winds will die down and the waters recede. The bridges will open, the roads will be repaired, the water will be pumped from the subways and service restored. New Yorkers will go back to their normal pursuits and Hurricane Sandy will fade into lore.

But events like this don’t come out of nowhere. Sandy isn’t an irruption of abnormality into a sane and sensible world; it is a reminder of what the world really is like. Human beings want to build lives that exclude what we can’t control — but we can’t.

Hurricane Sandy is many things; one of those things is a symbol. The day is coming for all of us when a storm enters our happy, busy lives and throws them into utter disarray. The job on which everything depends can disappear. That relationship that holds everything together can fall apart. The doctor can call and say the test results are not good. All of these things can happen to anybody; something like this will happen to us all.

Somewhere in the future, each of us has an inescapable appointment with irresistible force. For each one of us, the waters will someday rise, the winds spin out of control, the roof will come off the house and the power will go out for good.

We can protect ourselves from a storm like Sandy by taking proper precautions; at the Mead manor we have candles, firewood and food stocked against the possibility that our power will go out. But one day, dear reader, a storm is coming which neither you nor we can survive. The strongest walls, the sturdiest retirement plans stuffed with stocks and CDs, the best doctors cannot protect us from that final encounter with the force that made and will someday unmake us.

Coming to terms with that reality is the most important thing that any of us can do. A storm like this one is an opportunity to do exactly that. It reminds us that what we like to call ‘normal life’ is fragile and must someday break apart. If we are wise, we will take advantage of this smaller, passing storm to think seriously about the greater storm that is coming for us all.

A grand and powerful woman I once knew died after two encounters with cancer and a devastating stroke took her from the realm of normal life into the storm tossed waters that surround us all on every side. She’d never been a religious woman and, growing up in a segregated South where so many churches and churchgoers defended a brutal system of institutionalized injustice and cruelty, she was always a rebel against the conventional piety and ritualized religious life she saw around her.

But late in her life when the winds around her howled and the dark waters were rising, she was driven to face the truth behind the illusions and the pretense, and told the person she loved best in all the world that “I’ve made my peace with God.”

That is something we all need to do. It involves a recognition of our helplessness and insufficiency before the mysteries and limits of life. Like the First Step in the Twelve Step programs, it begins with an acknowledgment of failure and defeat. We each try to build a self-sufficient world, a sturdy little life that is proof against storms and disasters — but none of us can really get that done.

Strangely, that admission of weakness opens the door to a new kind of strength. To acknowledge and accept weakness is to ground our lives more firmly in truth, and it turns out that to be grounded in reality is to become more able and more alive. Denial is hard work; those who try to stifle their awareness of the limits of human life and ambition in the busy rounds of daily life never reach their full potential.

To open your eyes to the fragility of life and to our dependence on that which is infinitely greater than ourselves is to enter more deeply into life. To come to terms with the radical insecurity in which we all live is to find a different and more reliable kind of security. The joys and occupations of ordinary life aren’t all there is to existence, but neither are the great and all-destroying storms. There is a calm beyond the storm, and the same force that sends these storms into our lives offers a peace and security that no storm can destroy. As another one of the psalms puts it, “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Accepting your limits and your dependence on things you can’t control is the first step on the road toward finding that joy.

Via Meadia hopes that all our readers survived Hurricane Sandy with their lives intact and their property whole. And more than that, we hope that our readers will take the opportunity that a storm like this offers, step back from their daily lives, and reach out to the Power who plants his footsteps in the sea and rides upon the storm. Getting the right connection with the highest power of all not only gives you a place of refuge when the big storm finally comes; it transforms daily life and infuses ordinary occupations with greater meaning and wonder than you ever understood.

The world needs people who have that kind of strength and confidence. Storms much greater than Sandy are moving through our lives these days: the storms shaking the Middle East, recasting the economy, transforming the political horizons of Asia. It will take strong and grounded people to ride these mighty storms; paradoxically, it is only by coming to terms with our limits and weakness that we can find the strength and the serenity to face what lies ahead.

 

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