Love to the End, Without Exceptions

Eastern Orthodox Catholic || 29 || Female || Leftist/Liberal || Non-American || Hopeful Universalist || Pro-Choice & Anti-Abortion || SGM Advocate || Prov 31:8-9 & Isa 1:17

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Please pray for Ukraine and Russia, please pray for Azerbajjan and Armenia, please pray for Palestine and Israel, please pray for Ethiopia, please pray for Sudan, please pray for Lebanon, please pray for Iran, please pray for Cuba, let us pray for peace and justice!

Almighty God and Creator, You are the Father of all people on the earth. Guide, I pray, all the nations and their leaders in the ways of justice and peace. Protect us from the evils of injustice, prejudice, exploitation, conflict and war. Help us to put away mistrust, bitterness and hatred. Teach us to cease the storing and using of implements of war. Lead us to find peace, respect and freedom. Unite us in the making and sharing of tools of peace against ignorance, poverty, disease and oppression. Grant that we may grow in harmony and friendship as brothers and sisters created in Your image, to Your honor and praise. Amen.

Due to increased submissions to this blog containing fund-raising appeals, donation asks will no longer be posted, instead please consider donating at Gaza Funds, UNITED24 and the Lebanese Food Bank

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If you ask me I don't want "good Christians" in government to counter the "bad Christians" I just want a separation of church and state like they promised us in third grade

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Holy Martyr Saint Anastasius of Persia

Feast Day: January 22nd

Your holy martyr Anastasius, O Lord, through his suffering has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God. For having Your strength, he laid low his adversaries, and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. Through his intercessions, save our souls!

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For some reason it only just occurred to me I could just print and frame icons. I have told people this before but it only just occurred to me I could do this myself. Very funny.

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So at this point, you’re saying having immigration laws is unjust? Man. You’re going to be disappointed to learn not everyone gets into heaven.

read more of ur Bible then come back to me

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Honestly I believe in completely open boarders. The only problem with completely open boarders is that some countries are currently nicer than others but in a world where we all looked after each other there would be no country that was better than others in things like freedom, medical care, social security or discrimination so there would be no real worry about immigrants overwhelming a system. Not everyone may get into Heaven but if you aren't hoping everyone does, despite this, you haven't really understood the text nor who God is.

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A rich person will exploit you if you can be of use to him, but if you are in need he will abandon you.

Sirach 13:4 (NRSV)

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Icon of the Vladimir Mother of God «Tenderness»

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Please pray for my uncle C. he has liver cancer and will soon start chemotherapy.

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05/01/2026

Education?!

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: This cartoon references a lot of verses, so here's an explanation for them all:

Matthew 1:18-24 is about the Annunciation (Gabriel announcing to Mary that she will bear the Son of God). This takes place "when Mary and Joseph were betrothed but before they came together." In this context, the word "betrothed" is being used for the stage of ancient Jewish marriage where the bride and groom had entered into the marriage contract but did not yet live together. So Mary and Joseph are legally a couple, but Joseph doesn't take her into his home until the end of this section after the angel reassures him in a dream. The taking of the bride into the groom's newly built home was the final stage of the marriage.

Matthew 22:1-2 is the beginning of one of Jesus's parables where He likens the Kingdom of Heaven to a king preparing a wedding feast for his son. The Bible is just lousy with wedding imagery when it comes to God's relationship with mankind; or rather, marriage is lousy with imagery pointing to the ultimate destiny of humanity to unite entirely with God in life-giving, self-giving love.

Matthew 26:26-28 is where Jesus lifts the bread and wine at the last supper and declares them His Body and Blood of the covenant. Jesus's cup is the cup that all other cups and covenants reflect all throughout the Bible. THIS is the big one, where God pledges Himself once again to mankind, IN THE FLESH!

John 13:33 and 14:1-3 are where Jesus talks about leaving the disciples for a time, then assures them that He's going to prepare a dwelling for them in His Father's house. He adds that, once He's done, He'll come back for them, to take them to Himself. In light of the other verses compressed into this fun little amateur Bible study, we can see Jesus is once again using very wedding-coded imagery to speak about heaven and the anticipated union with the Divine.

Thanks for reading! As a reward -- and because I can't post something without a joke (per MY covenant with my patron, St. Lawrence) -- here's a classic: "What do you get when you eat all the potatoes?"

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Please pray for my cat Simon, he is very very ill.

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He has now passed. Please continue to pray for him.

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Love your blog <3

What are your thoughts on the phrase "love the sinner, hate the sin" in reference to LGBT people. How do approach balancing between affirming something that God does not approve of and also loving all people unconditionally.

Christ is Risen! Thank you, I am glad you love it.

As to your question, personally I don't. I kinda hate that phrase in reference to LGBTQA+ people. I don't think you can seperate those two things, I do not believe you can hate the fact a person loves someone who happens to be the same gender or the fact they are another gender from who they are as a person. You cannot hate their "sin" without hating them.

“Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” (Romans 13:10)

I personally do not believe that God does not approve of being gay or transgender or anything in this vain. The few bible passages used to justify this belief could easily be being misread (the Bible is a very complex document) and even if they are saying exactly what was intended, I do not care. I believe the commandment to love my neighbour is a much higher duty than any loyalty to those specific verses (or saints reading of those verses).

Saint John Chrysostom said, "It is better to error by excess of mercy than by excess of severity."

There are only two doctrinal issues of the Eastern Orthodox Church I have major disagreements with and this is one.

Saint Maria of Paris said, "We must not allow Christ to be overshadowed by any regulations, any customs, any traditions, any aesthetic considerations or even any piety."

Leave that phrase for people who've committed true sins.

Saint Maria of Paris said, "No amount of thought will ever result in any greater formulation than the three words, “Love one another”, so along as it is love to the end and without exceptions."

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Живоносный Источник икона Божией Матери // The Life-giving Spring icon of the Mother of God

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I think this is a presupposition that most defines what sect and religion you follow. Please do not choose "another reason" if it's a mix. Choose the one you believe is primary. Tag what denomination/religion you follow. For science!

What is the purpose of God making this world/what is his Glory?

To show how powerful He is/that he has authority over everything

To be loved/have creations who love and praise him

To get people back to heaven/to live in an exalted state

To tell a good story/entertainment value

To take on responsibility and grow

He didn't have a choice (explain???)

Another reason

I don't believe a God created this world

Voting ended onApr 27

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In theory "To be loved/have creations who love and praise him" would be the closest one of the named options but the question contained the phrase "and praise him" which makes God sound like someone who needs people to worship him which is not the case.

God created this world and us in order to love us yes but also to meet us on equal terms. God wanted a friend, if we impose our humanity on it, because he was lonely.

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One of my alters - I have DID - isn't Orthodox or even Christian. Is he not going to go to Heaven when I die? I don't like that idea. He protected me from so much abuse. The idea he's not going to Heaven because he's (understandably) very damaged and jaded and can't bring himself to believe in a higher power bothers me. He was traumatized into that belief. It would feel wrong for him to be punished for it.

Sorry for the late reply. I was at liturgy, Christ is risen.

So as I told another anon who came to me here with DID, I do not think that you possess multiple souls, instead I believe they might share yours instead just like they share your body. This other identity is a part of you and God loves all of you! So maybe he might just be there in the afterlife with you despite their beliefs. To be Orthodox is not just about believing the right things but also about participation, of doing good. Don't concern yourself too much with this, Christ takes us at our best.

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Please pray for my cat Simon, he is very very ill.

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...Oh Allāh, let there be light! And protect against the darkness of his grave and grant him that light, oh one of creation and may He who has created grant him that light.

BES24 1.2, translated by Ahmad Al-Jallad, Ancient Allah: An Epigraphic Reconstruction, Journal of Semitic Studies, page 43

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Holy Prophet Isaiah

Feast Day: May 9th

With a great voice like that of a trumpet, you proclaimed the coming of Christ to the world. You were revealed as a swiftly-writing scribe of the things to come; Therefore, we acclaim you with hymns, most illustrious prophet Isaiah.