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Holy Octave of Purification and Consecration to God the Father

For who does not have it and/or may be searching for it but cannot find it, in the light of the signs of our times, here (click on the link) is the Holy Octave of Purification and Consecration to God our Father.Filed under: God the Father

The Fifth and Sixth Seals of Revelation in the Book of Joel

(1) “Listen to this, you elders; everybody in the country, attend! Has anything like this ever happened in your day or in your ancestors’ days? Tell your children about it and let your children tell their children, and their children the next generation! What the nibbler has left, the grown locust has eaten, what the […]

The Fifth Seal of Revelation

Originally posted on THE DIVINE HEART OF GOD THE FATHER:
1) “Lift Your footsteps to wreak eternal ruin, to avenge everything that the enemy has harmed in the Sanctuary. Your enemies have roared amidst Your meeting place; they made their signs for signs. They fixed their emblems over the entrance, emblems never known before. Their…

Can the proud abandon themselves to the Father?

The question was asked, “Can the proud truly abandon themselves to the providence of the Father?” At face value, the answer would be in the negative, but there are many aspects to this question which cannot be addressed here. In brief, the proud can end up abandoning themselves to God our Father’s providence, after He […]

On God the Father – 2 – Why He made us

“Precisely because He is a Father and has a Son from eternity, God created a category of beings toward whom He could show a love like the one that exists between Him and His Son. He created beings whom He could raise up to love the Father as the Son does, to love the Son […]

On God the Father – 1

“Being only Father, and the Father of an only Son, He wants us to think of Him only as united with the Son. He wants nothing but to have the Son with Him, in all His thoughts and feelings, in His whole existence. He does not want to feel alone in His divinity, and for […]

Why an icon not a painting? – 2

“At all levels – the artistic, the spiritual, the political and the domestic – icons reveal a profound concern for the integration and inter-relationship of the spiritual and the material, the sacred and the secular” (J. Baggley,1987, Doors of Perception).Filed under: Icons, The Icon of the Divine Heart Tagged: Christianity, Icons, Religion and Spirituality, The […]

For the people – The desert

“Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, adorned with the sun, standing on the moon, and with the twelve stars on her head for a crown.She was pregnant and in labour, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth.Then a second sign appeared in the sky, a huge red dragon which had seven heads […]

The Icon of the Divine Heart of God the Father – 25

Originally posted on THE DIVINE HEART OF GOD THE FATHER:
The Icon of the Divine Heart of God the Father: Part 5 – Brief Overview of the Theology of the Icon of the Divine Heart It is beyond the scope of this work to enter fully into the theology of the ecumenical icon of the…

Where in Scripture is the Heart of the Father? – Response to a question

Originally posted on THE DIVINE HEART OF GOD THE FATHER:
The question was posed, “Where in Scripture does it talk about the Heart of the Father?” The answer was already posted early last year, so it is herewith reposted as follows: The Heart of God the Father in Christianity is indicated by 27 specific references…