Anglican woman covers her head in church.
Her statement on the Windsor Report.
I just can’t get used to photos like this. Even now, they seem to make a mockery of things. Oh by the way, the pic & link are from the pro-homosexual lobby of the Anglican Church, Integrity.
Thanks: Classical Anglican
WHEN …
anxious … Psalms 121,107; Luke 7, 17; Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 5:6; Hebrews 12:4-11, 13:5
business is poor … Psalm 37; Ecclesiastes 5
discouraged … Psalms 23, 42, 43
everything goes from bad to worse … 2 Timothy 3; Hebrews 13
sorrow overtakes you … Psalm 46; Matthew 28
friends seem to go back on you … Matthew 5; 1 Corinthians 13; Psalms 35, 41:9-13; 55:12-23; Luke 17:3,4; Romans 12:14, 17, 19
tempted … Psalms 1:1; 15, 19, 139; Matthew 4, 6:24, 26:41; James 1; Mark 13:33-37; Luke 21:33-36; Romans 13:11-14; 1 Corinthians 10-13; Colossians 1:12-27
sad … Psalm 34, 71; Isaiah 40
too busy … Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
you can’t sleep … Psalms 4, 46:1, 56, 130; Isaiah 26:3; Philippians 4:7
you have quarreled … Matthew 18; Ephesians 4; James 4
tired … Psalm 95:1-7; Matthew 11; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 55:22; Psalm 73:26; Isaiah 40:31; Jonah 2:7; Matthew 11:28-30; 2 Corinthians 4:16
worried … Psalm 46; Matthew 6:25-34; Philippians 4:4-13; Hebrews 13:-6; 1 Peter 5:6-7
challenged by opposing forces … Ephesians 6; Philippians 4
facing a crisis … Job 28:12-28; Psalm 119:71; Proverbs 8; Isaiah 55; 2 Tim.1:7; Hebrews 4:16, 12:4-11
jealous … Psalm 49; Proverbs 6:34; James 3
impatient … 1 Corinthians 15; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:28; Ephesians 3; Psalms 23, 71, 91; Isaiah 26:3; Philippians 4:7; James 5:7-11
desiring peace … John 14; Romans 8; Psalms 46:10-11, 107, 119:165; Isaiah 26:3-4, 32:17-18; John.14:27; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Romans 5:1-5; Colossians 3:15; James 3:17-18
all is well … Psalms 33:12-22; 100; 1 Timothy 6; James 2:1-17
afraid … Psalms 27, 56:3, 4, 139:23-24; Isaiah 41:13; Romas 8:18-27; 2 Corinthians 12:9; John 3; Revelation 14
bereaved … Matthew 5:4; Luke 6:21; 1 Corinthians 15; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:28; Revelation 21, 22
in pain, sick or suffering … Psalms 6, 39, 41, 42, 67; Matthew 26:39-42; Romans 8:18; 2 Timothy 2:2-13; Hebrews 12:1-11; James 5:11-15; Isaiah 26; 1 Peter 4:12, 13, 19
in need of comfort … Job 5:19, 11:13-19; Psalms 25, 30:5, 42:5, 103:11-13, 119:50-76; 121; 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
needing forgiveness … Psalm 130:4; Luke 7:36-50, 15; Acts 13:38, 26:18; Ephesians 2:1-10; Colossians 1:14; Matthew 23
weak in faith … Isaiah 65:24; Psalms 55:22, 14, 126, 146; Luke 18:27; Romans 10:17; Hebrews 11, 12; 1 John 5:11-13
needing prayer … Psalms 4, 6, 25, 42, 51; 1 Kings 8:12-61; Matthew 6:5-15; Luke 11, 18:1-14; John 17; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; 1 John.5:14, 15
God seems far away … Psalms 25, 42, 125, 138, 139; Luke 10:9; James 4:1-10
alone or fearful … Exodus 14:13; Psalm 23:4, 27, 91; Luke 8:22-39; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 Peter 4
troubled … Psalms 31, 38, 40; Romans 5:3-5, 8;18; Hebrews 12:4-11
bearing a grudge … 2 Corinthians 4; Ephesians 4:25-32; Luke 6
bored … Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 12, 13; Ephesians 4:7-12
discouraged or frustrated … Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 23, 40, 42, 43, 107:19; Hebrews 12
satisfied with yourself … Proverbs 11; Luke 16
seeking good investments … Matthew 17
starting a new job … Psalm 1; Proverbs 16; Philippians 3:7-21
given responsibility … Joshua 1:1-9; Proverbs 2; 2 Corinthians 8:1-15
making a new home … Psalm 127; Proverbs 17; Ephesians 5; Colossians 3; 1 Peter 3:1-17; 1 John 4
out for a good time … Matthew 15:1-20; 2 Corinthians 3; Galations 5
experiencing severe losses … Colossians 1; 1 Peter 1
disobedient … Isaiah 6; Mark 12; Luke 5; Psalm 51; Isaiah 53; John 3; 1 John 1
leaving home … Psalm 119; Proverbs 3, 4
planning your budget … Mark 4; Luke 19
want a worshipful mood … Psalms 24, 84, 116; Isaiah 1:10-20; John 4:1-45
Source: An unreferenced handout from All Saints, Salina, Kansas.
Hip Hop became the topic of recent comments on Conciliar Press’s new blog when someone mentioned the Black Eyed Peas recent hit, “Where is the Love?” as a positive example of the genre. Like much of contemporary pop music, the song is based on an older hit. Here follows the lyrics from the original version of “Where is the Love” followed by the Black Eyed Peas version.
Where Is The Love
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Where is the love (7 times)
Where is the love
You said you’d give to me
soon as you were free
will it ever be
Where is the love?
You told me that you didn’t love him,
and you were gonna say goodbye
but if you really didn’t mean it,
why did you have to lie?
Where is the love,
you said was mine all mine, till the end of time
was it just a lie
where is the love
If you had had a sudden change of heart
I wish that you would tell me so
don’t leave me hangin on the promises
you’ve got to let me know
Oh how I wish I never met you
I guess it must have been my fate
to fall in love with someone else’s love
all I can do is wait
(that’s all I can do)
yeah yeah yeah
Where is the love (vamp until end)
Where Is The Love?
Black Eyed Peas Lyrics
What’s wrong with the world, mama
People livin’ like they ain’t got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that’ll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin’
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you’re bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that’s exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y’all, y’all
People killin’, people dyin’
Children hurt and you hear them cryin’
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
‘Cause people got me, got me questionin’
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love
It just ain’t the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don’t belong
Nations droppin’ bombs
Chemical gasses fillin’ lungs of little ones
With ongoin’ sufferin’ as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin’ really gone
So I could ask myself really what is goin’ wrong
In this world that we livin’ in people keep on givin’
in
Makin’ wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin’ each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin’ on but the reason’s undercover
The truth is kept secret, it’s swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where’s the love, y’all, come on (I don’t know)
Where’s the truth, y’all, come on (I don’t know)
Where’s the love, y’all
People killin’, people dyin’
Children hurt and you hear them cryin’
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
‘Cause people got me, got me questionin’
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I’m gettin’ older, y’all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin’
Selfishness got us followin’ our wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema
Yo’, whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
Instead in spreading love we spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
That’s the reason why sometimes I’m feelin’ under
That’s the reason why sometimes I’m feelin’ down
There’s no wonder why sometimes I’m feelin’ under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
Now ask yourself
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
People killin’, people dyin’
Children hurt and you hear them cryin’
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
‘Cause people got me, got me questionin’
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
——————–
Where is the love, indeed. The first song is an obvious soap-opera about a couple’s shattered dreams. The second rendition, though with catchy hooks, is all over the map. While it pretends toward love, it is actually a divisive song pitting groups against each other. The CIA is our own terrorist group — on home territory? Having read through the BEP’s version several times, I still can’t understand how it is not indicative of the very vice it seems to reveal — namely, name-calling and segregation. Bloods & Crips ain’t got no love. KKK, CIA ain’t got no love. A war’s going on, but the reason’s undercover? Military, ain’t got no love. Bush ain’t got no love. I don’t care for the song, obviously I ain’t got no love. Perhaps if I had a hit record I’d have more love. It seems to me that the BEP’s version is critical of most everyone without offering any solutions other than:
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y’all, y’all
What love? Toward what love are we to “gravitate”? Though the Father is mentioned throughout the song, He is being asked to do something, something new I guess — send some guidance — from above.
The truth is kept secret, it’s swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where’s the love, y’all, come on (I don’t know)
Where’s the truth, y’all, come on (I don’t know)
Where’s the love, y’all
I find this rather depressing. It seems, at best, existentialist. Not that I expect the Black Eyed Peas, or HipHop for that matter, to espouse Orthodox doctrine. But to state: “Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria” … without offering any better advice than to meditate and gravitate to a love that (they don’t know) … is, well, about the same as the ill-fated saga of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Just a way to make a buck off an old record if you ask me.
Patience, forgiveness and joy are the three greatest characteristics of divine love. They are characteristics of all real love – if there is such a thing as real love outside divine love. Without these three characteristics, love is not love. If you give the name ‘love’ to anything else, it is as though you were giving the name ‘sheep’ to a goat or a pig.
— St. Nikolai Velimirovich, Homilies, Vol. I (On the Prodigal Son)
The debate continues …
So that we might joyfully encounter the Lord upon his glorious Second Coming, let us learn to encounter Him here, especially in the Holy Mysteries.
— St. John of Kronstadt
Seeking to please men destroys not only our love toward God, but even our remembrance of God.
— Holy Hierarch St. Ignaty Brianchaninov
To be angry is part of human nature, but to suppress one’s anger is part of a Christian’s nature.
— Blessed St. Jerome of Stridon
Taken from the monthly bulletin of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Washington, DC.
ST TIKHON’S: North America’s Oldest Orthodox Monastery Marks Centennial.
That Li’l Ol’ Mission from Texas …
Fr Richard John Neuhaus on Communion & relations between East & West:
“The only unity pleasing to God, and the only unity we can rightly pray for, is unity in the truth,” he said.
Even if others have their doubts, Neuhaus said that the Catholic Church is committed to working toward Christian unity. He said that John Paul’s inability to reconcile with the Orthodox Christian churches of Eastern Europe, despite numerous efforts, is the pope’s single greatest disappointment.
Read it H E R E.
Antiochian Orthodox Bishop Basil’s mother, Genevieve Essey, fell asleep in the Lord on February 24th. Here’s a beautiful tribute from her hometown newspaper. (Note: “Bill” is the Bishop).
In the 1950s and ’60s, [she] helped to operate Ernie’s Dance Studio in Monessen. She saw to it that Bill Essey, who was 3 years old at the time, started taking tap dancing lessons.
“We performed at Kennywood Park and on KDKA (television),” Bill Essey recalled. “Some of it was real nice.”
“I liked it,” he added, “but by the time I got to be 13 it wasn’t something I wanted to do. Thankfully, by that time my sister was ready to start.”
Read more H E R E.
May her memory be eternal!
