Posted on 08/18/2014 4:18:26 AM PDT by NYer
FULL TITLE: Archbishop of Mosul: "I have lost my Diocese to Islam - You in the West will also become the victims of Muslims"
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| Armenian Orthodox church in Raqqa, Syria, now an ISIS office |
Our sufferings today are the prelude of those you, Europeans and Western Christians, will also suffer in the near future. I lost my diocese. The physical setting of my apostolate has been occupied by Islamic radicals who want us converted or dead. But my community is still alive.Please, try to understand us. Your liberal and democratic principles are worth nothing here. You must consider again our reality in the Middle East, because you are welcoming in your countries an ever growing number of Muslims. Also you are in danger. You must take strong and courageous decisions, even at the cost of contradicting your principles. You think all men are equal, but that is not true: Islam does not say that all men are equal. Your values are not their values. If you do not understand this soon enough, you will become the victims of the enemy you have welcomed in your home.
by Lorenzo Cremonesi, [Corriere della Sera's] envoy to Erbil...
August 9, 2014. The young ask for guns. The elderly approve. "Our sufferings today are the prelude of those you, Europeans and Western Christians, will also suffer in the near future," says Amel Nona, 47, Chaldean archbishop of Mosul exiled in Erbil. The message is unequivocal: the only way to end the Christian exodus from the places that witnessed its origins in the pre-Islamic age is to respond to violence with violence, to force with force. Nona is a wounded, pain-stricken man, but not resigned. "I lost my diocese. The physical setting of my apostolate has been occupied by Islamic radicals who want us converted or dead. But my community is still alive." He is very glad to meet Western media. "Please, try to understand us," he exclaims. "Your liberal and democratic principles are worth nothing here. You must consider again our reality in the Middle East, because you are welcoming in your countries an ever growing number of Muslims. Also you are in danger. You must take strong and courageous decisions, even at the cost of contradicting your principles. You think all men are equal," Archbishop Amel Nona continues, "but that is not true: Islam does not say that all men are equal. Your values are not their values. If you do not understand this soon enough, you will become the victims of the enemy you have welcomed in your home."
Catholic / Orthodox Ping!
Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!
islam may one day prevail in the west but if it happens in my lifetime, I will have died with a gun in my hands.
The warning is clear, but no one cares.
Yep, if they want it, they’ll have to earn it.
It looks like we has come to the point when we remember the old days of Saddam with nostalgy...
There is no peace with Islam, ever!
John McCain (Bipartisan Warmonger, AZ) has been involved in stirring up war and genocide in Ukraine, too!!!!
And he’s also good buddies with the Croats, Bosnian muslims, and Kosovo Albanians!
McCain’s also more at home with Hillary and Samantha World Power than with the average conservative Republican Christian in Arizona! It’s high time time for Arizonans to vote him out!!!!
I hear what Archbishop Amel Nona is saying, and I see it happening right before my eyes, but it seems not enough Americans really care, so when the time comes, those who don’t care now, will surrender to islam, and the rest of us will die. IMO!
There is nothing good in islam, it is a growing cancer consuming the human population by leaps and bounds, I believe it is the number one enemy of the whole world, but no one cares, it seems we have already surrendered, maybe not individually but as nations, it’s over, all the meager attempts at resistance has failed and the muslims know it.
Unless we wake up, and do what is necessary to stop it, like driving them from amongst us and sending them a NewClear message of total annihilation. After all that is their goal, it is what they desire for us, and they boldly proclaim it, while we proclaim peace and harmony.
George Santayana said it best: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it".
As far as I know, Muslims are the only group that denies the death of Jesus.
Prayer for Iraq
O God, who art the unsearchable abyss of peace,
the ineffable sea of love, the fountain of blessings
and the bestower of affection,
who sendest peace to those that receive it;
Open to us this day the sea of thy love
and water us with plenteous streams
from the riches of thy grace
and from the most sweet springs of thy kindness.
Make us children of quietness and heirs of peace,
enkindle in us the fire of thy love;
sow in us thy fear;
strengthen our weakness by thy power;
bind us closely to thee and to each other
in our firm and indissoluble bond of unity:
Syrian Clementine Liturgy (in: For all God’s people; p. 73)
The full text of Patriarch Sako’s prayer for peace follows:
Lord,
The plight of our country
is deep and the suffering of Christians
is severe and frightening.
Therefore, we ask you Lord
to spare our lives, and to grant us patience,
and courage to continue our witness of Christian values
with trust and hope.
Lord, peace is the foundation of life;
Grant us the peace and stability that will enable us
to live with each other without fear and anxiety,
and with dignity and joy.
Glory be to you forever. Amen.
Litany for Iraq
For lasting peace in this ancient land – From you, O Lord.
For wisdom and compassion for all in authority – From you, O Lord.
For comfort for families separated or bereaved – From you, O Lord.
For the release of captives – From you, O Lord.
For safety and security for minority communities.
For refreshment for the weary and healing for the sick – From you, O Lord.
For continuing faithfulness of the ancient churches of this land – From you, O Lord.
For tenacity of spirit for small Christian groups – From you, O Lord.
For the mutual enrichment and support of those of different Christian traditions – From you, O Lord.
You, Lord of all, we confess;
You, Lord Jesus, we glorify;
For you are the life of our bodies
And you are the Saviour of our souls.
The response in the litany and this hymn both come from the Chaldean liturgy. The ancient hymn celebrates Christ the source of resurrection in all situations of death and deprivation. (in: With All God’s People, p. 21, 22)
From Anonymous:
Father God, Our Savior and King,
We come to You in despair over the evil being done to our Middle East Christian brothers and sisters. We ask that You would put Your hand of protection upon them and that You would sustain them as You did the Israelites in the desert. Lord, cause our brothers and sisters to cry out to You for help and show them the peace that only You can give in answer to their needs. In their darkest moments, Lord, keep them, strengthen them, and comfort them. When they despair that no one is coming to help them, Lord, reveal Your glory and restore their souls.
We ask you these things in the blessed name of Your precious son, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Abraham Lincoln said something to the effect of "This nation cannot long survive being half-slave and half-free; it must eventually become either all-slave or all-free".
Likewise, the world cannot long survive being half-Muslim and half-non-Muslim; it must eventually become either all-Muslim or all-non-Muslim.
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