Orthodox Priest AWRV- St. Peter Orthodox Church Ft. Worth Army Reserve Infrequently Posting Frequently Monitoring the Situation
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Fr William Ryerson retweeted
Almighty and everlasting God, who in thy beloved Son, the King of all, hast willed to make all things new: mercifully grant; that all the kindreds of the nations, now divided by the wounds of sin, may be made subject to his most gracious governance: Who liveth and reigneth with thee.
Please stop sharing Pastor Jonathan Shelley blasphemous and satanic filth. You should not be sharing/responding to his content anymore you would with someone producing porn or “snuff” videos.
Doing so not only makes you a secondhand participant in his wickedness but also gives
“Be angry, and do not sin” as the Apostle Paul writes in Ephesians. Shelley’s content is meant to be upsetting to Orthodox, Catholics and others holding to Apostolic beliefs. But in your anger, your first response should be to pray for him because he is preparing himself to be
Fr William Ryerson retweeted
Chesterton called tradition "the democracy of the dead." St Vincent of Lérins set down the criteria for Orthodox doctrine 14 centuries earlier: hold what has been believed everywhere, always, by all (Commonitorium 2). Scholarly consensus polls the living. The Church polls the living and the dead.
Fr William Ryerson retweeted
To those of us in Leadership positions:
Respect is earned, not demanded.
If you have to demand it, you don't deserve it.
But thanks for proving you shouldn't be leading!
Helpful information.
Fr William Ryerson retweeted
The names of the victims of the terrorist attack on Saint George Orthodox Church in Karak, Jordan:
1. Mazen Rasmi Al-Qusus
2. Khaled Al-Halsa
3. Fadi Al-Halsa
4. Assem Barqan
5. Alaa Al-Masarweh
6. Ihab Nayef Al-Halsa
7. Maher Al-Zureiqat
8. Marwan Al-Khitan
9. Mohammad Al-Qsous
Please pray for the soul of my uncle, David, who was found dead in his home today. He was baptised but not Orthodox, if that matters to you.
Please also pray for my mother’s family, especially for my grandparents, William and Denise.
I am looking forward to the brave soul who will explain why American Thanksgiving is actually demonic/pagan in origin.
Fr William Ryerson retweeted
I can think of 100 problems in American Orthodoxy worse than giving a kid a fun size snickers bar on October 31.
The good abbot is welcome to dislodge the logs from his own culture’s eyes and the American Orthodox priests will do their best to do the same.
"Halloween is a pagan feast. You put horns on your child—an angel? You mask him, you mock him at a pagan feast? My brothers, listen to what I tell you: one does not joke with God. Children are angels! And if we mock them, we mock the angels of God. And God is very angry with us.”
—Abbot Siluan Antoci
Brusturi Monastery, Neamt
