tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027438145843075022.post836136659002045881..comments2023-06-26T08:07:39.634-04:00Comments on Orthodoxy or Bust!: My Son at Vespers with me!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023716101668315942noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027438145843075022.post-22500396315093004112012-05-19T10:59:32.259-04:002012-05-19T10:59:32.259-04:00Tiffany,
two words of advice: remember, no one exp...Tiffany,<br />two words of advice: remember, no one expects you to do anything. Don't feel like you have to cross yourself, kiss icons, prostrate yourself on the floor, ect....just do what makes you comfortable....and, secondly, when in the service we pray, "o most holy Theotokos (Mary), save us!", please know we are NOT worshipping her, but rather asking her save us by her very effectual prayers...<br /><br />Come soon! I won't be there tonight cuz I am going out to a birthday dinner with my sons but JB Martin should be there.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023716101668315942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027438145843075022.post-1717612082889063102012-05-19T10:50:44.891-04:002012-05-19T10:50:44.891-04:00Han, I think you Re right...we can become "pr...Han, I think you Re right...we can become "practical athiests" in the way we approach life...if we really belived what we say we believe, we'd act differently.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023716101668315942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027438145843075022.post-26816623731567567842012-05-19T10:45:51.377-04:002012-05-19T10:45:51.377-04:00Mimi,
I was glad my son was there, too. I think it...Mimi,<br />I was glad my son was there, too. I think it might have been "too different" for him, since he grew up Evangelical ptrotestantJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023716101668315942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027438145843075022.post-78150413905225550222012-05-18T08:21:28.625-04:002012-05-18T08:21:28.625-04:00I'd like to attend one of these Vespers. Any a...I'd like to attend one of these Vespers. Any advice for an outsider?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027438145843075022.post-23846324146988788582012-05-08T00:48:23.206-04:002012-05-08T00:48:23.206-04:00I like the part of the priest's exhortation to...I like the part of the priest's exhortation to "take case lest you leave the Physician unhealed". Anyway, it's great that your son has taken interest in joining you for Vespers. Who knows, perhaps you all can come home together as a family after all.<br /><br />As for Confession, I think that much of our trepidation comes from the fact the we tend to lie to ourselves about our own sins, and from our tendency to not believe in God. If we truly internalized the idea that God is all Holy and the idea that He is omniscient, we would be far more afraid of having to actually confess our sins directly to God without the human intermediary. As it is, we often do not actually believe in God, which is why we fear personal, sacramental Confession--because we are ashamed to reveal our hidden weakness, not understanding that it isn't actually hidden from the One Who actually matters.Hanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11449078230379488480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027438145843075022.post-3007946777136940042012-05-07T13:31:58.746-04:002012-05-07T13:31:58.746-04:00That line is pretty eye-opening in the Confession ...That line is pretty eye-opening in the Confession service, isn't it?<br /><br />I've never seen a General Confession - it is not a pan-Orthodox service, at least not in my experience. I'm glad it was profitable.<br /><br />I am also glad to hear that your son enjoyed Vespers.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645484704486562810noreply@blogger.com