Sav's Sunday Post

[Savoia]

"The purpose of life is to discover God and the meaning of life is love." ― Br. Giacomo


Vågan Church, Nordland County, Norway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A5gan_Church

[Savoia]

"We don't realise that Christ is all we need, until Christ is all we have." ― Tim Keller


St. Peter's Church, Edensor, Derbyshire

http://stpetersedensor.org/index.php...0of%20Interest

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"I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in the hands of God, that I still possess." ― Martin Luther


Bella Donna Chapel, Adriatica Village, McKinney, Texas

https://www.belladonnachapel.com/

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“How monotonously alike have been the tyrants and conquerors of this world, and how gloriously different the saints.” ― CS Lewis


Saint Andrew's Church, Kiev, Ukraine (Photo: Irisina)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_And...s_Church,_Kiev

[Savoia]

"We can search the whole earth and spend our entire lives seeking peace, but true peace is only found when we seek the Prince of Peace, the very One who continually invites us to discover Him." ― Br. Giacomo


The Chapel at Keldur Farm, Rangárvallasısla, Iceland

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keldur...A1rv%C3%B6llum

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"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I, have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded His empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him." ― Napoléon Bonaparte


Chapel of the Ozarks,Taney County, Missouri

http://www.topoftherock.com/weddings...ozarks-en.html

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"The greatest choice we can ever make, is whether to reject or receive Christ." ― Br. Giacomo


Noravank Monastery, Yeghegnadzor, Armenia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noravank

[Savoia]

"He who lays up treasure on earth spends his life walking away from his treasure. To him, death is loss. He who lays up treasure in heaven looks forward to eternity; he is moving daily towards his treasure. To him, death is gain." ― Randy Alcorn


The Church of St. Cathernine in Zasip, Slovenia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zasip

[Savoia]

"Be assured, that if you walk with God and look to Him and expect help from Him, He will not fail you." ― George Muller


The Cathedral of Saint Isaac, St. Petersburg, Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Isaac%27s_Cathedral

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"Is prayer your steering wheel, or your spare tyre?" ― Corrie Ten Boom


El Santuario de Chimayó (Chimayó Chapel), New Mexico, United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Santuario_de_Chimayo

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"Every century since Christ, the church has failed in its duty to faithfully represent God. For the church, like man, is imperfect. But no matter the effectiveness of the church, our conscience calls us to pursue God, by faith, as best we can, and from the very depths of our heart - for somewhere within each one of us is the awareness that He exists, and that He is who He says He is. One day we will stand before Him, of this we should be certain, and on that day how much better it will be if we already know Him. To those who are willing, He says: "Come, seek me, and you will find me; each and every day I wait for you." ― Br. Giacomo

Ekklisía Agios Stylianos (The Church of Saint Stylianos) Firá, Santorini, Greece

[Savoia]

"God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." ― St. Paul


La Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Tremezzo, Lago di Como / The Church of St. Lorenzo, Tremezzo, Lake Como, Italy
(Photo: Bob Radlinski)

http://www.comoanditslake.com/tremezzochurch.htm

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"The great chant of twentieth century Western secularism was "There is no god." That chant grows weaker every day as our youth look beyond the hollow soul of a moral-free twenty-first century. They are discovering for themselves, that which our ancestors once found, when their hearts were humble and open to faith. They are prepared to challenge the paradigms of the past, and in so doing they are recognising one fundamental truth - that there absolutely is a God!" ― Br. Giacomo

The Cooper Memorial Chapel, Bella Vista, Arkansas, United States

http://www.cooperchapel.com/about.html

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"All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing." ― Edmund Burke


Iona Abbey, the Isle of Iona, Scotland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iona_Abbey

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“Faith does not eliminate questions. But it knows where to take them.” ― Elisabeth Elliot

The Cathedral of St. Saba, Bcharré, Lebanon

http://website.bcharri.net/places/le...dral/?lang=en/

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"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." ― The Revelation to St. John


The Monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor, Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt

http://www.vantage-travels.com/old/-...ional-396-p-38

In Memoriam

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"The one with a future is he who is willing to discover why he has received the gift of life. And in pursuing this quest, no answer satisfies so completely as Christ." ― Br. Giacomo


The Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky, Yalta, Crimea

https://discover-ukraine.info/places/crimea/yalta/557

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"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost." ― Billy Graham


Chapel in the village of Machuca, in the Atacama Desert, Chile

https://www.gochile.cl/en/machuca/

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“Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.” ― Elisabeth Elliot


The Monastery of São Bento, Olinda, Brasil

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C3..._Bento_(Olinda )

[Savoia]

"Because of God's great love, we are not consumed; for His compassions faileth not. His mercy is new every morning, great is your faithfulness O' Lord!" ― The Prophet Jeremiah


Saint Isaac's Cathedral, as seen from Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Isaac%27s_Cathedral

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"It may seem as though we can live without Christ, but that is not to truly live, for it is only in relationship with Him that we discover our true worth and ultimate purpose. Though many choose to live without Him, it is absolutely certain they cannot afford to die without Him!" ― Charles Haddon Spurgeon


The Church of St. George, Adishi, Upper Svaneti, in the Greater Caucasus Mountains of Georgia (Photo: Magdalena Paluchowska)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adysh

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"The resurrection of Jesus changes the face of death for all who love Him. Death is no longer a prison, but a passage into God’s presence. Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there." ― Clarence W. Hall


La Chiesa di San Viglio, Colfosco, Badia, Italia

http://www.alta-badia.org/it/cultura...ale-s-vigilio/

A song for Easter

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“The love of Christ always helps us see beyond the faults of others.” ― Victor Manuel Rivera


The Monastery of Agios Savvas, Pothia, Kalymnos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece

http://www.kalispera.se/greece/kalym...ve-pothia.html

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"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."
― CS Lewis


The Church of Christ's Resurrection, Foros, Crimea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foros_Church

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“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” ― St. Paul


The Church of St. Thomas à Becket, Romney Marsh, Kent, England

http://theromneymarsh.net/stthomas

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“Our hearts were made for you O Lord; and they are restless until they rest in you.” ― St. Augustine of Hippo


La Chiesa di Sant’Antonio (The Church of St. Anthony), Ortisei, Alto Adige, Italia (Photo: Alessandro Rinaldi)

La Chiesa di Sant’Antonio

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“Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it.” ― CS Lewis

The Chapel of St. Nicholas, Rafina, Greece

"The small white chapel of St. Nicholas is the trademark of Rafina and is built at the place where an old Italian fort from the second World War stood. The view from St. Nicholas church is panoramic and you can see all the South Evoikos gulf from Marathon to Karistos. This was the chapel my father attended when he lived in Greece." ― Susan Abraham

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"To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless." — Gilbert K. Chesterton


The Abbey of Santa Maria de Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_...ntserrat_Abbey

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"You understand my thought afar off. Where can I go from your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall guide me, and your right hand shall hold me. For you formed my inward parts; you covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are your works, and that my soul knows very well. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with you." — King David (Psalm 139)


St. Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury, Dorset, England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Cat...el,_Abbotsbury