Posted on 11/25/2011 6:55:10 AM PST by marshmallow
Tens of thousands wait for hours in freezing temperatures to kiss belt that Christians believe was worn by Jesus' mother
MOSCOW Braving freezing cold temperatures and ice-covered sidewalks, tens of thousands of Russians stood in line Wednesday to see and kiss a newly arrived relic of the Virgin Mary in Russia's largest Orthodox cathedral.
The Virgin Mary's Cincture, a belt that Christians believe was worn by Jesus' mother, was brought to Russia last month from Mount Athos, a monastic community in Greece.
Kissing the relic, which is encased in an ornamental box, is believed to help barren women conceive and heal other ailments.
The line of people, mostly women, waiting to enter the golden-domed Christ the Savior Cathedral stretched for 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) along the Moscow River despite temperatures that dropped to below minus 5 Celsius (23 Fahrenheit).
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CHRISTUS VINCIT
Christ King of Glory
Acclamations VIII Cent.
Ambrosian Chant (Variant)
Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat!
Exaudi, Christe. Ecclesiae Sanctae Dei salus perpetua. Redemptor mundi, Tu illam
adjuva!
Christ Lord of glory, Christ Prince of nations, Christ our King of kings! Christ Jesus,
hear us. Perpetual safety and welfare to the Church of God. Redeemer, Savior. Assist
and strengthen her.
1. Sancta Maria: Tu illam adjuva!
O Mary blessed Mother. Assist and strengthen her.
2. Sancte Joseph: Tu illam adjuva!
Joseph holy guardian. Assist and strengthen her.
3. Sancte Michael Tu illam adjuva!
Blessed Michael patron Assist and strengthen her.
Optional (Sancte Patricii: Tu illam adjuva!)
Blessed Saint Patrick: Assist and strengthen her.
All repeat: Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat!
Exaudi, Christe. Pio summo Pontifici et universali Papae vita! Salvator mundi, Tu illum
adjuva!
Christ Jesus hear us. Life and health and blessings to Pope Pius our Holy Father.
Redeemer Savior, Assist and strengthen him.
1. Sancte Petre, Tu illum adjuva! 1. Rex regum!
Blessed Peter, Assist and strengthen him. King of kings.
2. Sancte Paule, Tu illum adjuva! 2. Rex noster!
Blessed Paul, assist and strengthen him. Christ our King
3. Spes nostra!
Christ our hope.
Repeat: Christus Vincit! etc.
Gloria nostra, Misericordia nostra! Auxilium nostrum! Fortitudo nostra, Ar ma nostra
invictissima! Murus noster inexpugnabilis! Defensio et exaltatio nostra!
Lux, Via, et Vita nostra! Ipsi soli imperium, Laus et jubilatio per infinita saecula
saeculorum. Amen.
Jesus our glory, Fountain of grace and all mercy. Source of all our blessing. Defender
in battle, Strong arm of our God invincible. Our stronghold and our exaltation. Our
captain leader who has won our salvation.
Christ Jesus, our life and light eternal. To Him only is victory all praise and jubilation.
Through all the endless ages of eternity. Amen.
Tempora bona veniant! Pax Christi veniat! Redemptis Sanguine Christi: Feliciter!
Regnum Christi veniat! Deo Gratias! Amen.
Abundance of good things be ours. The peace of Christ be ours. Redeemed by the blood
of Jesus. Proclaim our joy. May His holy kingdom come. Praise be to our God Amen.
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My own opinion is because you people don't have a life. You're like divorced wives obsessed with the ex husband. You all are also very poor salesmen of your product. You don't gain coverts by insulting your targets and telling lies about what they believe.
It doesn't say that in Scripture.
1 Peter 3:21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
“When Jesus says it I believe it.”
Good.
“Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’ “
It’s God who heals, not faith itself.
Lots of people claim to have *faith* as if that makes them special, but everyone has faith in something.
It’s what, or more importantly WHO, our faith is IN that’s the critical component.
Re-read it then, because it does not say that at all.
I just heard there are something like 20 churches that have one of the ORIGINAL nails that nailed Christ to the cross..
I would love to know just how this 'belt" came into the hands of the Orthodox church??
This is an amulet that the proletariat hopes will cause an increase in the population ...I suspect that importing muslims would help more
BTW Buddha's Tooth is visiting Myanmar
It says exactly that: “ Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book.”
Quite simply, it doesn’t include everything Jesus did, meaning it is not a complete record.
What is a REAL hoot is when they come onto to a thread about our Russian Orthodox brethren and bash the Catholic Church. And yes, with their usual lies, half truthes, out of context scriptural quotes and refusal to answer even the most basic questions. BTW, if they actually KNEW what the Catholic Church actually taught (and you can see here on this thread their refusal to even look at those teachings) they could at least use the TRUTH about what we believe in argument, rather than lies. Of course that might cause them to think. Very sad.Another poster commented on a different thread about why we "Protestants" come on these threads and criticize Catholics when there are all those unbelievers out there.My own opinion is because you people don't have a life. You're like divorced wives obsessed with the ex husband. You all are also very poor salesmen of your product. You don't gain coverts by insulting your targets and telling lies about what they believe.
Very true!
Which then raises the question, what sort of master do they serve with these words?
Actually, Scripture does contain all we need for salvation.Here you go then:
Jesus said to them again, Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.
Luke 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
Was He also denying He had a mother in the following verse?
Matthew 12:46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
When the person said thy mother and they brethren he was obviously talking about His blood brothers or He wouldnt have had occasion to point out that He also claims adopted mother and brothers as we are told we are adopted into the family of God. Jesus was clearly differentiating between blood relatives and adopted.
Galatians 1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
And please dont come back to me with some assumption that Joseph had previously been married or that they were referring to relatives rather than blood brothers and sisters. It just doesnt wash.
Quite simply, it doesnt include everything Jesus did, meaning it is not a complete record.
I know that and I never claimed otherwise.
John 20:30-31 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
It DOES say that " but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."
John acknowledged that there was more that Jesus did that wasn't written down, but what WAS written was written so that we might believe.
All that he wrote was all that was necessary to lead someone to belief in Christ.
“All that he wrote was all that was necessary to lead someone to belief in Christ.”
So do you go to confession regularly? Or do you pik-n-choose the things God says to suit your own prejudices?
It clearly states that Joseph had sex with Mary AFTER she gave birth.
And please dont come back to me with some assumption that Joseph had previously been married or that they were referring to relatives rather than blood brothers and sisters.It just doesnt wash.Why not? You reject the answers that much more literate men than you have tendered for 2,000 years. Why are you willfully rejecting the possibility that YOU are WRONG?
All that he wrote was all that was necessary to lead someone to belief in Christ.
So do you go to confession regularly? Or do you pik-n-choose the things God says to suit your own prejudices?
When you get done with that odd obsession with the sex life of the Holy Family that so many prods exhibit, you might try answering the above question.
It clearly states that Joseph had sex with Mary AFTER she gave birth.Nope, that is just your interpretation. The hazards of self righteous certainty. Try prayer instead, and confession. You know, doing what God commands?
Jesus said to them again, Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.
You should have told Jesus.
Matthew 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
Matthew 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
John 2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
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