A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day...03-21 thru 03-23-08...Easter Weekend ~ Stations of the Cross

dutchess;billie

[dutchess]

[dutchess]

Finest Weekend Thread - Stations of the Cross

As we prepare to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ please stop in and join us in prayer and meditation with the Stations of the Cross. May God bless you and yours. Also a special prayer for our military men and women and their families. Thank you all for being part of our FR Family.

[Faith]

This is beautiful, dutchess. Thank you so much.

[MEG33]

Pieta

Thank You, Dutchess for this most beautiful presentation.
Wishing You A Blessed Good Friday

[LetMarch]

“I exort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men be saved, and come unto the knowledge opf the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself a randsom for all, to be testified in due time.” (I Timothy 2:1-6)

[SheLion]

What a gorgeous thread.  Thank you So much!

 

[Diver Dave]

Beautiful Presentation, dutchess.

It’s Friday... They crucified Him... They laid Him in a tomb... But Sunday’s a-comin’!

Praise The Lord!

[Diver Dave]

To the ARTIST He is the One Altogether Lovely.

To the ARCHITECT He is the Chief Corner Stone.

To the BAKER He is the Living Bread.

To the BANKER He is the Hidden Treasure.

To the BIOLOGIST He is the Life.

To the BUILDER He is the Sure Foundation.

To the CARPENTER He is the Door.

To the DOCTOR He is the Great Physician.

To the EDUCATOR He is the Great Teacher.

To the ENGINEER He is the New and Living Way .

To the FLORIST He is the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley.

To the GEOLOGIST He is the Rock of Ages.

To the HORTICULTURIST He is the True Vine.

To the JUDGE He is the Righteous Judge, Judge of All Men.

To the JEWELER He is the Pearl of Great Price.

To the LAWYER He is the Counselor, the Lawgiver, the Advocate.

To the NEWSPAPER He is the Good Tidings of Great Joy.

To the OCULIST He is the Light of the Eyes.

To the PHILANTHROPIST He is the Unspeakable Gift.

To the PHILOSOPHER He is the Wisdom of God.

To the PREACHER He is the Word of God.

To the SCULPTOR He is the Living Stone.

To the SERVANT He is the Good Master.

To the STATESMAN He is the Desire of All Nations.

To the STUDENT He is the Incarnate Truth.

To the THEOLOGIAN He is the Author and Finisher of our Faith.

To the TOILER He is the Giver of Rest.

To the SINNER He is the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the World.

To the CHRISTIAN He is the Son of the Living God, the Savior, the Redeemer and the Lord.

To me...HE is all of this and more,
HE is my everything, my all in all.
HE is more than LIFE to me,
~MY SOON COMING KING~

What is He to you?

Wishing special blessings of the Easter season for you and yours.

[Billie]

This will always be one of our most beautiful threads. Thank you so much, dutchess, for creating it for the Finest in its infancy, and for sharing it with us every year on Easter weekend.

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you for the Beautiful Thread, dutchess!

[DollyCali]

From the diary of Egeria,

a woman from Gaul who traveled to the Holy Land in the 4th Century

Egeria's account of Christians from all parts of the Roman world walking westward on Holy Thursday from the garden of Gethsemane to the church of the Holy Sepulcher, where they celebrated Jesus' death and resurrection:

And at the first cockcrow they come down from the Imbomon with hymns, and arrive at the place where the Lord prayed, as it is written in the Gospel: and He was withdrawn [from them] about a stone's cast, and prayed, and the rest. There is in that place a graceful church. The bishop and all the people enter, a prayer suitable to the place and to the day is said, with one suitable hymn, and the passage from the Gospel is read where He said to His disciples: Watch, that ye enter not into temptation. The whole passage is read through and prayer is made.

And then all, even to the smallest child, go down with the Bishop, on foot, with hymns to Gethsemane. There, on account of the great number of people in the crowd who are wearied owing to the vigils and weak through the daily fasts, and because they have so great a hill to descend, they come very slowly with hymns to Gethsemane. And over two hundred church candles are made ready to give light to all the people.

On their arrival at Gethsemane, first a suitable prayer is made, then a hymn is said, and then the passage of the Gospel is read where the Lord was taken. And when this passage has been read there is so great a moaning and groaning of all the people, together with weeping, that their lamentation may be heard perhaps as far as the city.

From that hour they go with hymns to the city on foot, reaching the gate about the time when one man begins to be able to recognize another, and thence right on through the midst of the city. All, to a man, both great and small, rich and poor, all are ready there, for on that special day not a soul withdraws from the vigils until morning. Thus the bishop is escorted from Gethsemane to the gate, and thence through the whole of the city to the Cross.

Based on the translation reproduced in Louis Duchesme's Christian Worship, London, 1923

[dutchess]

God Bless Our Military
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Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Aquamarine; Dutchess, The Mayor, DollyCali or GodBlessUSA and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation’s leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.

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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.

Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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[dutchess]

This is beautiful, dutchess. Thank you so much

Thanks so much Faith. It was a labor of love. Have a blessed Easter!

[dutchess]

What a lovely picture of the Pieta. I had the opportunity to see it when I was in Rome. Absolutely awesome!

I read that Trubble is sick???? I'll be praying for him.

[dutchess]

Thanks for the compliment SheLion. I love your Easter greeting!

[dutchess]

Dave. I LOVE your easter greeting. Had never seen that before. Hope you and yours have a blessed weekend.

[dutchess]

This will always be one of our most beautiful threads

Well the thread certainly has your "fingerprints" all over it.

I LOVE your easter greeting. Another billie "classic"!

P.S. I forgot how beautiful your easter pledge was too!

[dutchess]

Thanks kitty. and your easter blessing matches the thread perfectly. I may have to “borrow it” for the greeting next year!

[dutchess]

Hi Dolly. Thanks for the history lesson! I hear you’re going to be getting snow today. YIKES! (((hugs))))

[DollyCali]

Hello dear friend... thank you for the lovely thread full of beauty & deep meaning

Without the cross & then the empty tomb there would be no Christianity and redemption...

Yes, snow expected here (yet again)

This is a bittersweet time for you w/o mom, dad & special pets.. I hope you & hubby can have a meaningful weekend & remember the many joys you shared with your family while God had them here with you.

I take my mom too much for granted & grumble & complain too much.. (bad dolly)

If the weather can hold off we are going to Kirkland for a living Stations of the Cross presentation this evening