Thanks! Just posted on Facebook as well.
They are serving toasted cheese sandwiches (with an image of the virgin Mary on it) after each service. (20 bucks each, tax deductible).
John 20:29 (b)
“.......Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.
Blessed are those who have not seen a virgin Mary cheese sandwich or smelled Iveron Icon myrrh and yet have believed.
Idol worship is not Christianity.
Praying to anyone but God through Jesus is not Christianity.
Divine Mercy Images
interesting.
Generally the Greek Orthodox Church frowns on this given how often these scan be scientifically explained.
Also there is a whole explanation how icons are not “worshiped” rather reminders of the real person they represent.
Think along the lines of Christians do not worship wood because it is shapped like a letter t. Rather it reminds us of the deed and the person behind the symbol.
——A few talked of a wave of peace and calm coming over them.——
I can understand this better now. A couple of months ago I went to a healing service with Fr. Aniello. Toward the end of the service we lined up along the altar. As Fr. Aniello came to each person, he held their hands and simply said, “It’s just you and Jesus.”
Each person fell back serenely, was caught, and laid on the floor for several minutes.
As my turn came, I thought profound thoughts like, “I’m the only one this won’t happen to. This is going to be embarrassing.” As I was worrying, he held my hands, and a wave of peace came over me. It felt like a megadose of Valium. I was so relaxed, that I didn’t worry about falling over backwards. I was fully conscious, but so relaxed that I didn’t move at all for several minutes.
This happened with everyone. And everyone who was laid out looked like a corpse. Needless to say, I’d never experienced anything like it.
The experience is a great comfort to me. I am certain that God exists, but it is a wonderful consolation to experience a sliver of God directly.
If the Catholic Church certifies this as a miracle, then the news for us isn’t very good.
Myrrh, while smelling nice, and being even more valuable than gold back in the time of Jesus, was used as an embalming agent.
In fact, some Bible scholars have analyzed the meaning of the three gifts - gold, frankensence, and myrrh - the myrrh being a foretelling us his death, the other two being gifts fit for a king.
I’m not shocked at all to hear that miracles are going to begin to occur. I wouldn’t be surprised to find people start having strange and identical dreams either.
Crying embalming fluid, to me, is more frightening than statues weeping blood, for example.
The Blessed Mother IS Theotokos. It’s Greek for “God-Bearer.”
I do wish you would post these under a Caucus thread. It helps prevent the Christian-bashing hit-and-run trolls.