Some asked why not just tell Abouna “no you’re not forgiven” Besides cause a world of ecclesiastical trouble for both you and the priest, a true story as related to me by an older person. It occurred in their church in Egypt when they were a child. There was a priest who admittedly had no business being a priest (but those things seemed to happen quite a bit back in those days) It came to the this part of the liturgy and someone from the few people who still prayed there told abouna he refuses to forgive him. Abouna then proceeded to come down from the altar and beat the man with a shoe. (The priest in question was then as they say in Egypt sent behind the sun.) So the moral of the story is if you want to risk it make sure there are no shoes around.
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Sayedna,
Is there a substitute to doing metonias? I ask because I’m really out of shape and after doing three, I blacked out. Is there something that requires less cardio-vascular endurance? I wish to truly worship God with all my heart but I don’t think it involves a heart attack. So can I just sit down then stand up and say it was a metonia?
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Sayedna,
Abouna told me that God loves me individually and i can speak to God as friend and tell Him all that i am thinking. So is it wrong to pray for a really hot wife or talk about really hot girls?
Your Grace,
The Bishop of my diocese hits me with his cross everytime he sees me. It really hurts and he won’t stop. Who can I turn to to for relief.
Sayedna
Would it be possible to use the picture gallery of various church websites to select a wife? Is this so wrong?
– all submitted by anonymous
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