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To: sionnsar
The theme of the service will be "speaking out against persecution and oppression."

"Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:11.

I doubt that this type of persecution will be much remembered at this service.

I must say, however, that I wish the orthodox Anglicans could seem happier about the fact that the powers of the world are persecuting them. It's in the Bible!

7 posted on 01/09/2007 7:12:48 PM PST by Martin Tell
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To: Martin Tell

After all, what's the point of being persecuted for something you deserve to be persecuted for? What honor is there in getting what you deserve? Only being persecuted unjustly gets you pennies in heaven.


16 posted on 01/10/2007 12:31:37 PM PST by ichabod1 (After the attacks of 9/11, profiling Muslims is more like profiling the Klan.)
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