Make the Valleys Smoke

What they’re doing to the Mormons is a national crime. It’s wrong. It’s done in all our names, and we’re all guilty. Texas may be violating human rights, but the nation is supposed to protect against such things, under the Constitution. And it is the “homeland security” mentality that has brought this to be.
They’ve rounded [...]

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Take heart. Take courage.

To you who read this:

May the Lord answer in time of trial;
may the name of Jacob’s God protect you.
May he send you help from his shrine
and give you support from Zion.
May he remember all your offerings
and receive your sacrifice with favor.
May he give you your heart’s desire
and fulfill every one of your plans.
May we ring [...]

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Who sit in darkness and shadow

“Although by katchi abadi standards, Grax is better than many others, the village has many social, physical and civic deprivations. During one of our visits, the community health worker expressed concern about a girl who appeared ‘mentally disturbed’. She lived about a mile from the centre. We went to visit her at her house.
A small [...]

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The Profound Prayer Against Ecumenism

St. Arsenios of Cappadocia used the Psalms for blessings, especially when there was no prescribed blessing for a particular occasion. Essentially, he arranged his psalter as a book of needs. For Psalm (Septuagint) 105 (KJV 106), it is suggested as a prayer for this purpose: “So that God gives illumination to people so that they [...]

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Please Pray

Your prayers are asked for Eunice Cherotich (she is someone I care about in Kenya), for the Kenyan Orthodox Church, and for all Kenyans, especially the poor, the orphan, and the widow. Immense numbers of small and micro-business are burned to the ground, thousands of orphans are on the street, there are many refugees and [...]

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O Lord, save Thy People

and bless Thine Inheritance, granting to the Faithful victory over all adversaries. Reader, pray, I pray you, for the Orthodox and all people in Kenya. We cannot let this be another Rwanda. See: [Full Story]

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Petitions

Deliver the kidnapped, the enslaved, and the wrongly imprisoned.
Rescue the missing and the lost.
Deliver the innocent and the suffering.
Provide for the poor and protect the helpless and the weak.
Comfort the solitary, the broken, and abandoned.
Heal the sick and dying.
Expose the murderer and the rapist and the kidnapper and the exploiter.
On all men have mercy, and [...]

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