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“If we don’t see ourselves as potentially being depicted as an icon in a Church, then we are failing ourselves”. —- Abbot Tryphon ⠀
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This is a powerful quote that dovetails deeply with what an older priest at one of our local mission parishes says. Father Michael said that in Russia - in the villages - you would see icons of Saints you’d never even heard of - They were local Saints. In Greece I found it to be the same. There were Saints in some of the smaller Churches I’ve never known. ⠀
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The word Saint in Greek is Aghios - Holy. I think in English Holy is a more approachable word than Saint- but all the same - we just don’t have many truly American Saints - yet our Faith has been here for a long long time. ⠀
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Can you think of a truly American “born” Saint? ⠀
I encourage my Sunday School kids that we know Saint Nicholas of Myra, Saint Katherine, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Irene, Saint Nektarios, Saint Demetrios - the globetrotters - nothing but net - the Saints everyone in the whole world knows and venerates - but we also pray in the Liturgy commemorating “the Saints known and unknown”⠀
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I try to encourage those kids that they can be Holy - they are Holy - they they can be kid leaders in the Faith - and one day maybe we will see them on the walls of a Church. Because Father Michael said it in Orthodox lands it is normal - expected that you would see the icon of a Saint from the local area on the walls of the Churches. ⠀
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Our adult bible study leader told us recently that at the Dormition of the Theotokos - the Virgin Mary told the disciples - “trade your time for eternity”. ⠀
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“Trade your time for eternity” It is the way of the Saints - the way of redeeming the time the way of repentance - a life of Christ. ⠀
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To our young people - may we one day see people from our local towns villages and urban cities adorning the walls of our Churches. The Church is truly alive when she produces Saints - whether clergy monastics martyrs or regular normal people ⠀
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Maybe you even know someone right now in your life who is holy. ⠀
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It is a local movement to canonize a Saint. Icons are written of them before the official recognition by the Bishops
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24 de maio: dia de Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora
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“No céu, ficaremos gratamente surpreendidos ao conhecer tudo o que Maria Auxiliadora fez por nós na terra” - São João Bosco
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Os cristãos dos primeiros séculos chamavam Virgem Maria com o nome de Auxiliadora. Tanto que os dois títulos lidos nos monumentos antigos do oriente são: Mãe de Deus (Theotokos) e Auxiliadora (Boetéia).
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Oração à Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora
Ó Maria, Virgem poderosa,
Tu, grande e ilustre defensora da Igreja,
Tu, auxílio maravilhoso dos cristãos,
Tu, terrível como exército ordenado em batalha,
Tu, que só destruíste toda heresia em todo o mundo:
nas nossas angústias, nas nossas lutas, nas nossas aflições, defende-nos do inimigo;
e na hora da morte, acolhe a nossa alma no paraíso.
Amém.
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