Posted on 07/25/2005 6:40:47 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Goddess Rosary
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The banner on the outside of Ebenezer Lutheran Church boldly proclaims “Goddess Rosary Every Wednesday 7 p.m.” Doubtless this precipitates questions in the minds of passers-by: a rosary at a Lutheran church? A feminist take on a ritual indigenous to a denomination with an especially strong patriarchal foundation? I was eager to experience this new phenomenon, and it was with open mind and heart that I entered Ebenezer on my first Wednesday evening in the City. Thought the church was empty, I felt that I had stepped into a Presence, like a mother’s warm embrace....
From the basket of rosaries, I took into my hand a strand of vibrantly-colored beads with a silver goddess icon in place of the traditional cross. The goddesses came in a variety of shapes and sizes, celebrating the beauty of the feminine form; I found reflections of my own figure in the full hips and Rubenesque curves of my goddess. Once gathered, we began to recite together the “Our Mother” and “Hail Goddess” prayers. At first, it was awkward as we broke the silence together, yet as our lips became accustomed to the shape and rhythm of the words, a lyrical and rhythmic unison chant emerged. I felt my own voice fortified, made fuller by the others. As we made our way around the rosary, the words flowed easily, and the text itself receded into the background, becoming a gently murmuring accompaniment to our silent prayers and meditations....
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The greatest of all Orthodox churches (since 1453, sadly occupied by the muslim Turk and now a museum) is the Hagia Sophia--Holy Wisdom. This Wisdom of course is an attribite of the Holy Trinity, not a false "goddess". May the Hagia Sophia and Constantinople be liberated soon!!!!
At various points in the Orthodox liturgy, the priest or deacon says "Wisdom!" For example, before the Gospel reading, the priest says "Wisdom! Let us attend!" In the original Greek form of the liturgy, "wisdom" is "sophia".
As for "blessed be", although that is a Wiccan saying, I think that the "Lutheran", "Episcopal", etc. feminazi corrupters use it in order to avoid a blessing in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These birds will do almost ANYTHING to avoid using the Triune Name of God, and they are imposing it on the rest of us through that horrible new ELCA hymnal. Our mis-leaders will be attempting to sneak the new hymnal under the radar at the CWA in Orlando next month. I advise any "voting member" of the CWA reading this to vote NO on ALL resolutions in Orlando, even the ELCA reorganization!!!!
Thanks for that hymn. Do you have the title of the hymn so that I can look it up? Is it in one of the LCMS hymnals?
Assuming for a moment that this was not a rhetorical question, because it enables them to then worship what they consider to be the most sacred and holy thing in the entire universe: themselves!
"To Me She's Dear, the Worthy Maid" does not appear in any major Lutheran hymnals that I am aware of.
I found it in Volume 53 of Luther's Works, page 292. This set was published jointly Concordia, St. Louis, and Fortress, Philadelphia in 1965.
Good Lord.
I am speechless.
Women like these, never fail to disgust me.
Nothing suprises me anymore.
good post
Antioch's post #36 pretty much sums it up.
Oh, just how "lovely".
Oh, just how "lovely".
Will they sacrifice live children to the red flames of Bhaal too?
Sorry, don't agree with you on this for a second. It is the duty of the individual to guard against his own conduct. It is the job of each man not to sin or be tempted (though I myself have failed, I still try) not the women who must hide everything so you aren't tempted.
Women in Islamic cultures, most of them, are none-entities with few rights and fewer powers, worth less then farm animals in some.
That picture of Aunt Esther is scream out loud funny!
Then may I suggest the Orthodox Church which bodes no breach in the proper litergy of Our Lord Jesus Christ. An example of a typical Orthodox reaction. In Nizhni Novgorod, an Orthodox priest was paid off to marry two men. By the end of the week he had been defrocked. By the end of the following week, his church was bulldozed as an unclean and unholy place.
Oh come on, they were "perpetual" virgins who "spread" their faith every night.
*choking...laughing* You are hilarious.
BTW, I totally agree with your tag line. Free Hagia Sophia!!!
Is America being Babylonianized rather than secularized? In other words, is paganism hiding behind secularism?
Yes it IS, GipperGal. Too funny, Convert!
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