O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Saint Paisios saw Jesus Christ when he lived on earth and described Jesus like he appears on that icon. Actually he gave instructions how exactly to paint him.
“…One afternoon something extraordinary happened to him. While praying, he saw Christ in front of him right there in the forest.”
“Was it a mystical vision of the Christ?” I asked.
“No. Elder Paisios insisted that it was Christ Himself who literally appeared in front of him. He had a material body and was seen by the elder with his ordinary vision. It was a living experience, just like the experiences he later had with dead saints. In this manifestation Christ held an opened Gospel and what He said to him was spoken verbatim in the way it was written in the Gospel. Addressing him by his first name Christ told him:
"«Ἐγώ εἰµι ἡ ἀνάστασις καί ἡ ζωή. Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐµέ, κἄν ἀποθάνῃ, ζήσεται».
“I am the resurrection and the life: he who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.”
“This direct experience of the Christ,” Father Maximos continued, “was as far as I know the first entrance of young Paisios into the realm of supernatural revelations and was a turning point on his path toward monasticism.”
from ‘The Mountain of Silence,’ p.90
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@bien https://www.biblehub.com/john/17-5.htm so Jesus existed before the world begun... Of course since he is the one person of the Holy trinity
thank you so much sir!😊😊
you are wishing that if god shows some mercy on you all you can get what you want!!!! but there are so many people who are there without food and houses, can't you show some mercy on them? if you can help then then u r their god ...
There are a lot of celebrities in the world, and you probably know the name of one of them, but does that mean that you know it well? No, you do not know all the details of his life or what his attributes are.
Many know Jesus Christ, or have heard of him at least, although he lived on Earth almost 2,000 years ago, but most people do not know much about his personality, some say he was a good man, and some say he is a prophet, Some believe that God is what you think.
A prayer of the "heart" calling out the mighty name of Jesus - "Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God have mercy on me a sinner." Along with the prayers from the Imitation of Christ, which cleanses the soul and lifts us up from the earthly towards the heavenly.. Join in and let the mighty power of Jesus Christ, split open the "Red Sea" before you... Keep this prayer running and let His presence permeate your walls.... == Will you please pray a decade of the Rosary/ short prayer to support this ministry! Thank You & God Bless You!
Greetings @liondani
I think elders painted a human God when God sent His only Son to earth to save us from sin..God is unseen Hes is a Spirit.
God Bless sir Daniel
May Jesus come to the aid of the Copts and the Apostates in Egypt in these trying times. I believe in His miracles and I believe He is coming back to us all in a moments time. Lord come to our aid against those who kill and persecute us.
My God have mercy on my pitiful soul for it is truly unworthy of his compassion and attention. This hymn saved my life from a thousand enemies that stood in the presence of our most holy and most merciful lord. A miracle that has taken walk upon the earth and will be displayed on judgment day for all to see! This a Romanian Chant!
Thanks for the spiritual article sir. Pray for us all here, for sure Jesus takes good care all of us here! God blessed us all!
Beautiful post 🙏
@liondani, Yes, Almighty Father is merciful and he came to the earth to help and to guide Humanity and in my opinion no matter how much hardships and adversity phase we face we have to continue our faith.
And faith have power and whoever hold the faith for sure Almighty Father will help. And most importantly we should not forget one aspect and that is we all should hold the essence of Forgiveness.
And main teachings are, spreading love, peace, love and brotherhood. And we have to throw away the anger and too much materialistic aspects because these aspects influence us and that's not good at all.
Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂