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The vulnerability of God

alasthai wrote in christianity Dec 12, 2010 16:35

Today, one of our priests described something in her homily which really struck me: the vulnerability of the infant Christ.
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Saturday of the Akathist

martiancyclist wrote in christianity Mar 18, 2010 23:01

On the fifth Friday night of Lent, we sing the Akathist hymn to the Mother of God. The hymn, however, is not so much about Mary herself as about the Incarnation of God: Christ, our salvation, came to us through her. In fact, large sections of the hymn are directly addressed to Christ ( Read more... )

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XKCD

martiancyclist wrote in christianity Aug 07, 2008 00:15

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The Two Natures of Christ

catholic_heart wrote in christianity Apr 23, 2008 11:22

Today's readings from Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter are from Acts 15:1-6, Ps 122:1-5, John 15:1-8The readings for today from Acts and from John have a very strong ecclesiastical component to them, and they demonstrate clearly the beauty of this gift of the Church that has been given to us. But before looking at that dimension, in order to ( Read more... )

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Begetting

martiancyclist wrote in christianity Feb 27, 2008 10:14

The Son is begotten of the Father ( Read more... )

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