Comments for Gabriel's Dragon http://www.gabrielsdragon.com The Man Behind The Collar Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Quo Vadis? by Gabriel's Dragon http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/2009/08/10/quo-vadis/#comment-9 Gabriel's Dragon Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:09:29 +0000 http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/?p=47#comment-9 Hello Alex, miss you both terribly; Holy Week wasn't the same without you. Thank you for your comment. The "junk" on the internet/web-sites did not enhance spirituality nor the church. The mostly anonymous submissions besmirched people and the body of Christ. There must be a new category of sins, called internet gossip. Haram, the image of the church was badly wounded by the incessant negative verbiage probably a few who tried to do damage. This is evil. There is no truth hidden by fingers that punch keys in cyber-space with the specific intention of rendering hurt. The father of lies is behind this blatant attempt to sabotage our Metropolitan and those who love and serve him,Isn't a paradox, that those who have been with him for many years are labeled as a "gang" and even worse, like "mafia"i...but the supporters of others are called the crusaders for righteousness....as though we have been performing some demonic rituals........the internet has become rather, I think a tool of Diabolus. The great divider. There must be repentance by all who succumbed to the "murring" of their computers to write in such a manner as to diminish the written word..........forgetting that the WORD is the source of all words.............. Thanks again, Alex Hello Alex, miss you both terribly; Holy Week wasn't the same without you. Thank you for your comment. The "junk" on the internet/web-sites did not enhance spirituality nor the church. The mostly anonymous submissions besmirched people and the body of Christ. There must be a new category of sins, called internet gossip. Haram, the image of the church was badly wounded by the incessant negative verbiage probably a few who tried to do damage. This is evil. There is no truth hidden by fingers that punch keys in cyber-space with the specific intention of rendering hurt. The father of lies is behind this blatant attempt to sabotage our Metropolitan and those who love and serve him,Isn't a paradox, that those who have been with him for many years are labeled as a "gang" and even worse, like "mafia"i…but the supporters of others are called the crusaders for righteousness….as though we have been performing some demonic rituals……..the internet has become rather, I think a tool of Diabolus. The great divider. There must be repentance by all who succumbed to the "murring" of their computers to write in such a manner as to diminish the written word……….forgetting that the WORD is the source of all words………….. Thanks again, Alex

]]> Comment on Quo Vadis? by Alexi Dragatsi http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/2009/08/10/quo-vadis/#comment-8 Alexi Dragatsi Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:43:42 +0000 http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/?p=47#comment-8 Father Bless! As we say in Lebanon: Yislam Timmak! May God bless your mouth for such words of wisdom. I know a layperson is not supposed to bless a priest in Orthodoxy, but this article ht a chord with me...<br /><br />Father Bless! Father Bless! As we say in Lebanon: Yislam Timmak! May God bless your mouth for such words of wisdom. I know a layperson is not supposed to bless a priest in Orthodoxy, but this article ht a chord with me…

Father Bless!

]]> Comment on OH BOY! On marriage: by Gabriel's Dragon http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/2009/02/13/oh-boy-on-marriage/#comment-7 Gabriel's Dragon Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/?p=43#comment-7 Hello...I have had recently, Jason, several couples in your situation..one of them a rock star......... and although they lived together, they did so without sex. Sex is the ultimate expression of the union of two persons and to wait until married, of course is a struggle. But imagine, how wonderful will be that moment when the two of you are married and are joined together, spiritually and physically. Yes, it is a struggle, which is why, Christ in prayer can empower us to do so many impossible things...because everything as ST. Paul tells us is possible with Christ... also, do you ave a spiritual father to speak to...to help release the frustration? A good question...one need support! God be with you my friend..we are in this together.....AG Hello…I have had recently, Jason, several couples in your situation..one of them a rock star……… and although they lived together, they did so without sex. Sex is the ultimate expression of the union of two persons and to wait until married, of course is a struggle. But imagine, how wonderful will be that moment when the two of you are married and are joined together, spiritually and physically. Yes, it is a struggle, which is why, Christ in prayer can empower us to do so many impossible things…because everything as ST. Paul tells us is possible with Christ… also, do you ave a spiritual father to speak to…to help release the frustration? A good question…one need support! God be with you my friend..we are in this together…..AG

]]> Comment on OH BOY! On marriage: by Jason http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/2009/02/13/oh-boy-on-marriage/#comment-6 Jason Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:55:00 +0000 http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/?p=43#comment-6 You bring up a very interesting point about praying for one another. It seems very strange for couples to do this in this day and age. Let's face it, when things go well in our every day lives, Jesus tends to become very small and not important. In regards to your statement about couples whom already have consumated their marriages, and that you suggest celebacy until your married, deffinitly a possibility. An extremly hard choice, but can come with a great reward.<br/>Let's face it, when it comes to this topic, and the two people live together as my fiance and myself do, your options become limited. You can say move back to her parents...well, you know what happens then. She'll come over and by the time it's time to go, you both have gotten really comfortable, and I personally would not kick her out. Then their is weekends. So to me that option is out.<br/>The other option that was presented was to get married either civily or in private, then have a ceremony of sorts at a later point in time. Let's face it. Most families that grew up in a Catholic backround would most likly go balistic. Not to mention that doing this will take away from the joy of that blessed day. <br/>To remain celebate, is one the most ultimate struggles that a human will have with their fleshly desires. To deny self and submit to His soverign will, is not an easy task. This is the route that my fiance and myself have chosen at this point in time. There have been struggles on a daily basis, and we both recognize that we cannot do this on our own efforts. We need Christ. Prayer is also a must have. When tempted, we are attempting to stop and pray out loud, but lust of the flesh can be overwhelming. You bring up a very interesting point about praying for one another. It seems very strange for couples to do this in this day and age. Let’s face it, when things go well in our every day lives, Jesus tends to become very small and not important. In regards to your statement about couples whom already have consumated their marriages, and that you suggest celebacy until your married, deffinitly a possibility. An extremly hard choice, but can come with a great reward.
Let’s face it, when it comes to this topic, and the two people live together as my fiance and myself do, your options become limited. You can say move back to her parents…well, you know what happens then. She’ll come over and by the time it’s time to go, you both have gotten really comfortable, and I personally would not kick her out. Then their is weekends. So to me that option is out.
The other option that was presented was to get married either civily or in private, then have a ceremony of sorts at a later point in time. Let’s face it. Most families that grew up in a Catholic backround would most likly go balistic. Not to mention that doing this will take away from the joy of that blessed day.
To remain celebate, is one the most ultimate struggles that a human will have with their fleshly desires. To deny self and submit to His soverign will, is not an easy task. This is the route that my fiance and myself have chosen at this point in time. There have been struggles on a daily basis, and we both recognize that we cannot do this on our own efforts. We need Christ. Prayer is also a must have. When tempted, we are attempting to stop and pray out loud, but lust of the flesh can be overwhelming.

]]> Comment on Thoughts on being sad…. by Luis Delgado http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/2009/01/25/thoughts-on-being-sad/#comment-5 Luis Delgado Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/?p=40#comment-5 THE UNITY OF GOD<br/> <br/> "The glory that you gave me, I have given, to be one, as we are one. I in them, and you in me to be perfect in Unity, for the world to get from you sent me, and that you loved them as I too have loved you "(John 17,22-23)<br/><br/>Unity is one of the most valuable and beautiful ideas which are highlighted in the Scriptures. Appears implicit in the moment of creation when God begins to order selection, beauty, diversity, and life to things. Because the creation reflects the Unity of God. <br/>Even the participation of the Triune God reflected Unit, when God uses the plural word "make man in our image, after our likeness" (Gn.1, 26). But the Unity of God is the one element that permeates so also in the man that he is "image of God" (Gn.1, 27). That is, does that image fit the man to be in unity with God, that God speaks to this subject and to God. <br/>But God added a second unit in the form of a man and a bookshop in this loneliness. God created women to be both close to varon "one flesh" (Gn.2, 24). In this way there was a paradise in the perfect unity of man with God and of man with his wife (his neighbor). <br/>Perhaps for this reason it is emphasized that the Lord Jesus as the great commandment to love God and love of neighbor (Matthew 22,36-40). The tragedy begins when these two types of unit were desecrated following the fall of man in sin. And because of sin by the idea of "unity" turns off the conscience of man. From here, the history of humanity is darkened in a series of events that make the man on a destroyer of all forms of unity. Despite the darkness that gripped humanity, God irradio again the idea of unity in some people such as Noah, Moses, Josue, David, Elias, and so on. However, obscurantism prevalecia more in the heart of man. But God had already devised a way in which the unit is made permanent, and did so with the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ in human history. So that the Lord Jesus becomes an example of "Unity incarnate," the example of the true man of God united in perfect shape. Jesus is the light of unity that could remove the humanity from the darkness. But as the Unity of God aims to link back to men with their Creator, the unit has been, is and always will be the subject of relentless attack spiritual and earthly forces that oppose it. The Lord Jesus Christ suffered these attacks. His death apparently seems to be the triumph of the opposing forces on the Unity of God, but the resurrection of the Lord Jesus speaks more to the defeat of these forces and the resurrection of the Unit. From here the Unity of God begins to take effect on the fragile minds of men guided by the Holy Spirit, and takes its group with the appearance of the Church of Christ. Finally, the apocalypse describes the ultimate triumph of the Unity of God over all the opposing forces, and the exaltation of that unit that has always existed in eternity: God and the Lamb (Revelation 22:1). It also presents the final work of God on the conscience of man to forge unity in the idea of permanently improved over humanity (the sons of God). <br/>No doubt that anything exists, the unit is the most glorious God who has witnessed the man because the unit is not only an idea but an attribute of God and that He would like to share with their sons. THE UNITY OF GOD

“The glory that you gave me, I have given, to be one, as we are one. I in them, and you in me to be perfect in Unity, for the world to get from you sent me, and that you loved them as I too have loved you “(John 17,22-23)

Unity is one of the most valuable and beautiful ideas which are highlighted in the Scriptures. Appears implicit in the moment of creation when God begins to order selection, beauty, diversity, and life to things. Because the creation reflects the Unity of God.
Even the participation of the Triune God reflected Unit, when God uses the plural word “make man in our image, after our likeness” (Gn.1, 26). But the Unity of God is the one element that permeates so also in the man that he is “image of God” (Gn.1, 27). That is, does that image fit the man to be in unity with God, that God speaks to this subject and to God.
But God added a second unit in the form of a man and a bookshop in this loneliness. God created women to be both close to varon “one flesh” (Gn.2, 24). In this way there was a paradise in the perfect unity of man with God and of man with his wife (his neighbor).
Perhaps for this reason it is emphasized that the Lord Jesus as the great commandment to love God and love of neighbor (Matthew 22,36-40). The tragedy begins when these two types of unit were desecrated following the fall of man in sin. And because of sin by the idea of “unity” turns off the conscience of man. From here, the history of humanity is darkened in a series of events that make the man on a destroyer of all forms of unity. Despite the darkness that gripped humanity, God irradio again the idea of unity in some people such as Noah, Moses, Josue, David, Elias, and so on. However, obscurantism prevalecia more in the heart of man. But God had already devised a way in which the unit is made permanent, and did so with the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ in human history. So that the Lord Jesus becomes an example of “Unity incarnate,” the example of the true man of God united in perfect shape. Jesus is the light of unity that could remove the humanity from the darkness. But as the Unity of God aims to link back to men with their Creator, the unit has been, is and always will be the subject of relentless attack spiritual and earthly forces that oppose it. The Lord Jesus Christ suffered these attacks. His death apparently seems to be the triumph of the opposing forces on the Unity of God, but the resurrection of the Lord Jesus speaks more to the defeat of these forces and the resurrection of the Unit. From here the Unity of God begins to take effect on the fragile minds of men guided by the Holy Spirit, and takes its group with the appearance of the Church of Christ. Finally, the apocalypse describes the ultimate triumph of the Unity of God over all the opposing forces, and the exaltation of that unit that has always existed in eternity: God and the Lamb (Revelation 22:1). It also presents the final work of God on the conscience of man to forge unity in the idea of permanently improved over humanity (the sons of God).
No doubt that anything exists, the unit is the most glorious God who has witnessed the man because the unit is not only an idea but an attribute of God and that He would like to share with their sons.

]]> Comment on Joy is born on sorrow…. by Rochelle http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/2008/12/04/joy-is-born-on-sorrow/#comment-4 Rochelle Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:32:00 +0000 http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/?p=30#comment-4 Oh goodie, you're blogging! I am a big blog reader so I will be checking in regularly. It will be addicting to do it when you know you have readers. I'm so glad you have a website!<br/> <br/>If your webmaster gets time, I would love it if he could add captions under your pictures in the gallery. I looked at them wondering where you were in some of them, what the year was, or who was in the picture with you. Hope you had a good sleep and you post again soon. Love, Rochelle Joseph Oh goodie, you’re blogging! I am a big blog reader so I will be checking in regularly. It will be addicting to do it when you know you have readers. I’m so glad you have a website!

If your webmaster gets time, I would love it if he could add captions under your pictures in the gallery. I looked at them wondering where you were in some of them, what the year was, or who was in the picture with you. Hope you had a good sleep and you post again soon. Love, Rochelle Joseph

]]> Comment on The Man Behind the Collar… by lucas http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/2008/11/28/the-man-behind-the-collar/#comment-3 lucas Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:56:00 +0000 http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/?p=29#comment-3 Thanks for the "Divine" comedy. We want more funny clips of Poppy!!!<br/>Luke, Steve and Suzy Thanks for the “Divine” comedy. We want more funny clips of Poppy!!!
Luke, Steve and Suzy

]]> Comment on The Man Behind the Collar… by Helena http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/2008/11/28/the-man-behind-the-collar/#comment-2 Helena Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:27:00 +0000 http://www.gabrielsdragon.com/?p=29#comment-2 Ya deenie! I love this idea. Start telling your stories now... Ya deenie! I love this idea. Start telling your stories now…

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