Sav's Sunday Post

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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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"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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"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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"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

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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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"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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"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

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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

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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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"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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“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

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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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"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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"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

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"I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved." ― Jesus Christ



A Song for Sunday

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I Am With You Always

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"True happiness is not found in any other reward than that of being united with God." ― Thomas Merton


Iglesia San Jaloma, Valle de los Chillos, Quito, Ecuador, (The Church of Saint Jaloma, Chillos Valley, Quito, Ecuador)

A Song for Sunday

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"I love you, I long for you and I yearn for you. In this love I have left signs for you everywhere, that you might find me. You will find me, when you seek me with all your heart." ― Almighty God


St. Colman's Cathedral, Cobh, County Cork, Ireland

http://cloynediocese.ie/about-the-diocese/cathedral/

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"For there is but one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus who gave Himself as a sacrifice for all." — St. Paul


Methodist Church in Bodie Hills, Mono County, California

https://www.bodie.com/history/struct...hodist-church/

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"The Christian life is filled with paradoxes; for we are asked to give that we may receive, to admit we are blind before we can see, to be of simple heart that we may learn wisdom, to suffer for the promise of joy, and to die that we may truly live." — Author unknown


La Chiesa di Santa Gertrude, Solda, Bolzano, Italia

http://turismoneiparchi.minambiente....-con-cimitero/

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"The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; He is faithful to those who trust in Him." — The Prophet Nahum


Holy Trinity Church, Fernandina Beach, Florida (Photo: Dawna Moore)

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The sacrifice made by those who gave their lives during two world wars has enabled an entire generation to experience relative peace and liberty. These wars witnessed countless acts of personal courage, the denial of self in order that others may live free from tyranny and oppression.

While visiting the Operations Room of 11 Group at RAF Uxbridge during the Battle of Britain, Winston Churchill was so moved by the courage and sacrifice he witnessed that he would utter the famous words: "Never in the history of mankind has so much been owed by so many to so few."

Except there was this one occasion, through which the entire human race would owe everything to just one person — the man Jesus Christ.

He was willing to abandon His heavenly domain, to take on human form, to live a sinless life and to suffer unjustly. By so doing He purchased for every man, woman and child, pardon from sin and access to eternity. John, the apostle of love, recorded it this way; "For God so loved the world that He that gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

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"Of this I am certain, that the sunshine of God's mercy and love will never set upon those whose heart's are turned towards Him." ― Br. Giacomo


Delafield Church, Fort Belmont, Jackson, Minnesota

http://www.fortbelmont.org/styled-5/styled-8/index.html

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"We may ignore God, but we can nowhere evade Him, for the world is filled with His presence. He walks everywhere continually, allowing Himself to be found by those who seek Him." ― CS Lewis


Funningur Church in the Faroe Islands (Photo: Adam Burton)

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

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The message of the Gospel is a rare and true story in which, because of love, the hero dies for the villain. This Christmas consider making 2018 the year in which Christ becomes a central part of your life.


The Church of St. Dmitry, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Russia

https://www.advantour.com/russia/ugl...try-church.htm

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"Behold, I send my messenger that he may prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly appear. Behold, He is coming says the Lord of hosts." ― The Prophet Malachi


La Chiesa di San Pietro, Valle Aurina, Sudtirolo, Italia

http://www.gemeinde-ahrntal.net/it/San_Pietro

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On this holy night we celebrate the coming of the promised Messiah in the person of Jesus Christ the Son of God, the One who was willing to be clothed with humanity so that He might suffer the penalty of sin for our sake. In His first appearing He did not come to set the world aright, for Isaiah prophesied "A bruised reed He will not break and a flickering lamp He will not extinguish", but He came instead to open the way between man and God.

When He ascended to heaven the Scriptures record of the disciples that "While they looked steadfastly toward heaven, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel and said to them, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will return in like manner.” When Christ returns He will not visit as the meek and mild Lamb of God, but as the Righteous and Triumphant Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and this time He will set the world aright, even forever.

Let us then remember this Jesus and what He has done for us, and let us place our hope in Him so that when we stand before Him we may do so not as one ashamed, but a child of His kingdom confident of His love and acceptance towards us.


St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia

http://www.saint-petersburg.com/cath...las-cathedral/

"And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn." ― The Gospel of St. Luke

O Holy Night

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"The greatest years of our lives, are those which are lived in fellowship with Christ." ― Br. Giacomo


Chapel in the Bavarian Alps, Germany

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"For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that through Him the world might be saved." ― St. John the Apostle


Belogorsky Monastery, Perm Krai, Russia

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