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When we trust in God, there is no need for crystals, manifesting, and looking to horoscopes because we trust HIM & HIS PLAN for our lives! 👉🏼This bible verse helped me leave the New Age 7 years ago: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 📖 God’s word tells us we can hear His voice for ourselves! We can hear God’s voice by prayer, reading the bible, and listening to the words of His prophets! This removes the need for psychics, astrology, tarot cards and numerology. The bible tells us that fortune tellers receive their powers from demons, which is why The Lord forbids his children from receiving from them. If you have ever engaged in these practices, you must repent and ask God for forgiveness. It is never too late to give your heart and your life to Jesus! He loves you so much He died on the cross to cancel the debt of your sins. There is freedom, healing, hope and salvation in Jesus ✝️❤️

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Den 21 mars 2024, torsdag torsdag i 5 fasteveckan Dagens bön: Var oss nära, Herre, i vår bön och omge oss med din barmhärtighet, så att vi, rena från synd, lever i din vänskap och ärver den härlighet du lovar oss. Läsningar: 1 Mos 17:3-9, Ps 105, Joh 8:51-59 Första läsningen 1 Mos 17:3-9 (Jag skall låta dig bli en fader till många folk) Läsning ur första Moseboken. Abram föll ned på sitt ansikte, och Gud talade så med honom: »Se, det förbund som jag å min sida gör med dig är detta, att du skall bli en fader till många folk. Därför skall du inte mer heta Abram, utan Abraham skall vara ditt namn, ty jag skall låta dig bli en fader till många folk. Och jag skall göra dig mycket fruktsam och låta folkslag komma av dig, och kungar skall utgå från dig. Och jag skall upprätta ett förbund mellan mig och dig och din säd efter dig, från släkte till släkte, ett evigt förbund, så att jag skall vara din Gud och din säds efter dig. Och jag skall ge dig och din säd efter dig det land där du nu bor som främling, hela Kanaans land, till evig besittning, och jag skall vara deras Gud.« Och Gud sade ytterligare till Abraham: »Du åter skall hålla mitt förbund, du och din säd efter dig, från släkte till släkte.« Så lyder Herrens ord. Responsoriepsalm Ps 105:4-9 (R. 8a) R. Herren tänker evigt på sitt förbund. Fråga efter Herren och hans makt, sök hans ansikte ständigt. Tänk på de underbara gärningar han gjort, på hans under och hans domar. R. Ni Abrahams, hans tjänares, ätt, ni Jakobs barn, det folk som han har utvalt. Han är Herren, vår Gud. Över hela jorden går hans domar. R. Han tänker evigt på sitt förbund, intill tusen släkten på det han har stadgat, på det förbund han slöt med Abraham och på sin ed till Isak. R. Lovsång Jfr Ps 95:8ab I dag må ni inte förhärda era hjärtan utan höra Herrens röst. Evangelium Joh 8:51-59 (Er fader Abraham jublade över att han skulle få se min dag) Läsning ur det heliga evangeliet enligt Johannes. Vid den tiden sade Jesus till judarna : »Sannerligen, jag säger er: den som bevarar mitt ord skall aldrig någonsin se döden.« Judarna sade: »Nu vet vi att du är besatt. Abraham dog och profeterna likaså, men du säger att den som bevarar ditt ord aldrig någonsin skall möta döden. Skulle du vara större än vår fader Abraham? Han dog, och profeterna dog. Vem tror du att du är?« Jesus svarade: »Om jag själv förhärligar mig, är min härlighet ingenting värd. Det är min fader som förhärligar mig, han som ni säger är er Gud. Ni vet inte vem han är, men jag känner honom, och om jag säger att jag inte känner honom, så blir jag en lögnare som ni. Men jag känner honom, och jag bevarar hans ord. Er fader Abraham jublade över att han skulle få se min dag. Han fick se den och gladde sig.« Judarna sade då till Jesus: »Du är inte femtio år, och ändå har du sett Abraham.« Han svarade: »Sannerligen, jag säger er: jag är och jag var innan Abraham blev till.« Då tog de upp stenar för att kasta på honom, men Jesus försvann och lämnade templet. Så lyder Herrens evangelium.






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Četvrtak, 21. 03. 2024. Svagdan ČITANJA: Post 17,3-9; Ps 105,4-9; Iv 8,51-59 BOJA LITURGIJSKOG RUHA: ljubičasta IMENDANI: Kristijan, Vesna, Vlasta, Serapion, Kasijan Prvo čitanje: Post 17,3-9 Postat ćeš ocem mnoštvu naroda. Čitanje Knjige Postanka U one dane: Abram pade ničice, dok mu Bog govoraše: »Ovo je Savez moj s tobom, postat ćeš ocem mnoštvu naroda; i nećeš se više zvati Abram — već Abraham će ti ime biti, jer ocem mnoštva naroda ja te postavljam! Silno ću te rodnim učiniti; narode ću iz tebe izvesti; i kraljevi će od tebe izaći. Savez svoj uspostavljam između sebe i tebe i tvoga potomstva nakon tebe — Savez svoj za vjekove: ja ću biti Bogom tvojim i tvoga potomstva nakon tebe. Tebi i tvome potomstvu nakon tebe dajem zemlju u kojoj boraviš kao pridošlica — svu zemlju kanaansku — u vjekovni posjed; a ja ću biti njihov Bog.« Još reče Bog Abrahamu: »A ti Savez čuvaj moj ti i tvoje potomstvo nakon tebe u sve vijeke.« Riječ Gospodnja. Otpjevni psalam: Ps 105,4-9 Pripjev: Gospodin se uvijek sjeća svojega Saveza Tražite Gospodina i njegovu snagu, tražite svugda njegovo lice Sjetite se čudesa koja učini, njegovih čuda i sudova usta njegovih! Abrahamov rod sluga je njegov, sinovi Jakovljevi njegovi izabranici! On je Gospodin, Bog naš; po svoj su zemlji njegovi sudovi! On se uvijek sjeća svojega Saveza, riječi koju dade tisući naraštaja: Savez koji sklopi s Abrahamom i zakletve svoje Izaku. Evanđelje: Iv 8,51-59 Abraham, otac vaš, usklikta što će vidjeti moj Dan. Čitanje svetog Evanđelja po Ivanu U ono vrijeme: Reče Isus Židovima: »Zaista, zaista, kažem vam: ako tko očuva moju riječ, neće vidjeti smrti dovijeka.« Rekoše mu Židovi: »Sada vidimo da imaš zloduha. Abraham umrije, tako i proroci, a ti kažeš: 'Ako tko čuva moju riječ, neće okusiti smrti dovijeka.' Zar si ti veći od oca našega Abrahama, koji je umro? Pa i proroci pomriješe. Kime se to praviš?« Odgovori Isus: »Ako ja sam sebe slavim, slava moja nije ništa. Ima koji me slavi — Otac moj, a vi velite da je on vaš Bog, no ne poznajete ga, a ja ga znam. Ako vam reknem da ga ne znam, bit ću lažac jednak vama. No znam ga i riječ njegovu čuvam. Abraham, otac vaš, usklikta što će vidjeti moj Dan. I vidje i obradova se.« Rekoše mu nato Židovi: »Ni pedeset ti još godina nije, a vidio si Abrahama?« Reče im Isus: »Zaista, zaista, kažem vam: prije negoli Abraham posta, Ja jesam!« Nato pograbiše kamenje da bace na nj. No Isus se sakri te iziđe iz Hrama. Riječ Gospodnja. Ova čitanja se prenose s hilp.hr Najčitanije Danas Tjedan Mjesec OPĆA AUDIJENCIJA Papa: Ovo su odlike mudroga čovjeka POBOŽNOST DJEVICI MARIJI Kako se moli krunica kako se moli krunica SNAŽNA ZAGOVORNA MOLITVA Započnimo tridesetodnevnu pobožnost na čast svetog Josipa – molimo za njegov zagovor! NIÑA RUIZ-ABAD Trinaestogodišnja djevojčica s Filipina mogla bi postati sveticom – Vatikan dao odobrenje za kauzu SVETA FAUSTINA Evo kako moliti Krunicu Božjeg milosrđa! Trenutno se čita OPĆA AUDIJENCIJA Papa: Ovo su odlike mudroga čovjeka NIÑA RUIZ-ABAD Trinaestogodišnja djevojčica s Filipina mogla bi postati sveticom – Vatikan dao odobrenje za kauzu BISKUPIJA COLUMBUS U biskupiji u SAD-u broj bogoslova se drastično povećao – otkrili su koja je njihova tajna PRED NAŠIM JE OČIMA Želite li znati što je Božja volja za vaš život? Reći ću vam u nekoliko riječi EVO KAKO IH IZBJEĆI Ove dvije zamke guraju nas u depresiju i udaljuju od naših bližnjih – skloni su im mnogi vjernici Nikada ne upućuj riječi Bogu dok misliš na nešto drugo. — Sv. Terezija Avilska (1515. – 1582.)






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Iv 8,51-59 Abraham, otac vaš, usklikta što će vidjeti moj Dan. Čitanje svetog Evanđelja po Ivanu U ono vrijeme: Reče Isus Židovima: »Zaista, zaista, kažem vam: ako tko očuva moju riječ, neće vidjeti smrti dovijeka.« Rekoše mu Židovi: »Sada vidimo da imaš zloduha. Abraham umrije, tako i proroci, a ti kažeš: 'Ako tko čuva moju riječ, neće okusiti smrti dovijeka.' Zar si ti veći od oca našega Abrahama, koji je umro? Pa i proroci pomriješe. Kime se to praviš?« Odgovori Isus: »Ako ja sam sebe slavim, slava moja nije ništa. Ima koji me slavi — Otac moj, a vi velite da je on vaš Bog, no ne poznajete ga, a ja ga znam. Ako vam reknem da ga ne znam, bit ću lažac jednak vama. No znam ga i riječ njegovu čuvam. Abraham, otac vaš, usklikta što će vidjeti moj Dan. I vidje i obradova se.« Rekoše mu nato Židovi: »Ni pedeset ti još godina nije, a vidio si Abrahama?« Reče im Isus: »Zaista, zaista, kažem vam: prije negoli Abraham posta, Ja jesam!« Nato pograbiše kamenje da bace na nj. No Isus se sakri te iziđe iz Hrama. Riječ Gospodnja.






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March 20 Saint Photina of Rome (Svetlana, Photina the Samaritan, Fotina) The Woman at the Well, Holy martyr of the Church. died 66 . Holy martyr of the Church, better known as the Samarian woman Jesus encounters at Jacob’s Well: . He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob' s well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink. For his disciples were gone into the city to buy meats. Then that Samaritan woman saith to him: How dost thou, being a Jew, ask of me to drink, who am a Samaritan woman? For the Jews do not communicate with the Samaritans. Jesus answered, and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God, and Who He is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of Him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep; from whence then hast thou living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered, and said to her: Whosoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again; but he that shall drink of the water that I will give him, shall not thirst for ever: But the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting. The woman saith to Him: Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw. Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered, and said: I have no husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast said well, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands: and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband. This thou hast said truly. The woman saith to him: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers adored on this mountain, and you say, that at Jerusalem is the place where men must adore. Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe me, that the hour cometh, when you shall neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, adore the Father. You adore that which you know not: we adore that which we know; for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeketh such to adore Him. God is a spirit; and they that adore Him, must adore Him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith to him: I know that the Messias cometh (who is called Christ). Therefore, when He is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith to her: I am He, who am speaking with thee. (John 4: 5-26) . Following these events, we know that Photina returned to her village, and many came to believe in Jesus through her testimony. The life of Photina following her encounter with the Lord is one of great love for Him, constant preaching despite fear of persecution, and eventual horrible torture and death. She is highly venerated in the Eastern and Orthodox traditions, and recognized in the Roman Catholic martyrology. . Following her encounter with the living Christ, Photina and her son apparently lived in Carthage, where they preached the Gospel to all who would listen. Her eldest son, Saint Victor, a soldier, had demonstrated his bravery in battle, and was therefore rewarded with a prominent station in the city of Attalia. Following a conversation with the city’s administrator, during which Victor was encouraged to renounce his faith and warn his mother and sisters not to preach the Gospel, the city administrator was struck dumb and blind for three days. Upon recovering his senses, and seeing Victor still with him, the administrator converted to Christianity, along with his servants. News of this miraculous conversion eventually reached Emperor Nero, an active and sadistic persecutor of Christians, who ordered them brought to Rome for trial. . Hearing of the trial, Saint Photina, her sisters, and several other believers, traveled to Rome to join the confessors in their time of trial. The trial was short, and torture began almost immediately upon the accused refusing to renounce their belief in Christ. Each of the martyrs had their wrists crushed in an anvil, but reported feeling no pain. Photina’s wrist, however, was miraculously unable to be crushed. The men were thrown into prison, where they continued to preach to all who would listen, the prison itself transforming into a place that was glowing with light and sweet in odor. The women were confined to the service of the Emperor’s daughter, who promptly converted to the faith through their witness, as did her servants. . Incensed with rage, Nero ordered the martyrs executed. The men were crucified upside down and beaten for three days, still refusing to die. They then had their legs severed below the knees, their limbs thrown to dogs, and were beaten until they expired. The women were mutilated, tied to two bent trees, and upon their release were split in half. Saint Photina was thrown down a well, fittingly, the place she had first encountered the Lord. After 20 days of freezing water, no food, or sleep, she was called before the emperor. Again, she was asked to renounce her faith, but replied, “Most impious, blind, lost mad man! Can you possibly think me so stupid that I would agree to renounce my Lord Christ and offer sacrifice to idols as blind as you?!” Without hesitation, Nero had her thrown back into the well, where she died at peace with the Lord. . We read throughout the New Testament about the life of Jesus, and the individuals he encounters during his ministry: the blind man who has his sight restored, countless individuals cured of leprosy, possession, and illness, those He dines with, those He teaches, those He challenges. Like the woman at the well, these are the first Christians, those who risked life and limb in the propagation (and promulgation!) of the early faith. Yet, we rarely pause to consider what their lives were like, following their encounters with Christ, recorded in the Gospels. Photina's martyrdom, recorded in history, offers us a glimpse into the lives of these early Christians. . Photina, so moved by the Lord, so thirsty for the water of life, gave all she had to spread the Gospel to others. So loving and charitable was she, she chose to give her life so that others might hear the words of Christ and come to believe. It is certainly a challenge in our lives to live our faith openly, witnessing to those we encounter, not because of threat of death in most cases, but because of the judgment and hostility exhibited by many in the world. The question is, should we let that stop us? The love of Christ compels us to call others to Him, so that they too may be saved. How, through our lives, words, and behaviors, are we serving as witnesses to the glory and redemption of Jesus Christ? We pray that we may courageously live our faith, so that all may see and believe! . By the well of Jacob, O holy one, thou didst find the Water of eternal and blessed life; and having partaken thereof, O wise Photina, thou went forth proclaiming Christ, the Anointed One. Help us to follow thy example, and through our lives bring glory to the Lord and believers to the Church. Amen. . Eternal Father, I wish to honor St. Photina of Rome, and I give Thee thanks for all the graces Thou hast bestowed upon her. I ask Thee to please increase grace in my soul through the merits of this saint, and I commit the end of my life to her by this special prayer, so that by virtue of Thy goodness and promise, St. Photina of Rome might be my advocate and provide whatever is needed at that hour. Amen.






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ShareCatholics inlägg ShareCatholic · MYSTERY OF THE HEAVENLY BREAD AND WINE “This "how" exceeds our imagination and understanding; it is accessible only to faith. Yet our participation in the Eucharist already gives us a foretaste of Christ's transfiguration of our bodies:Just as bread that comes from the earth, after God's blessing has been invoked upon it, is no longer ordinary bread, but Eucharist, formed of two things, the one earthly and the other heavenly: so too our bodies, which partake of the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible, but possess the hope of resurrection” ( CCC1000) The Eucharist is made from bread and wine; good, ordinary, normal raw materials from the Earth. This good, ordinary, normal bread and wine; when substantiation takes place -meaning transformed, becomes something NEW; becomes a NEW SUBSTANCE! Our bodies will undergo the same manner of substantiation -transformed in the Last Day when we get it back. The same as Christ’s Resurrected body looked like Jesus but a transformed body; NEW AND DIFFERENT! BAPTISM gave the participation privilege in the MYSTERY; and the EUCHARIST gave us the foretaste of Christ’s transfiguration of our bodies. THE CIY WITH FR. MIKE 2023: Source: Toby Kenobe, FB page March 20 Saint Photina of Rome (Svetlana, Photina the Samaritan, Fotina) The Woman at the Well, Holy martyr of the Church. died 66 . Holy martyr of the Church, better known as the Samarian woman Jesus encounters at Jacob’s Well: . He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob' s well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink. For his disciples were gone into the city to buy meats. Then that Samaritan woman saith to him: How dost thou, being a Jew, ask of me to drink, who am a Samaritan woman? For the Jews do not communicate with the Samaritans. Jesus answered, and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God, and Who He is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of Him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep; from whence then hast thou living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered, and said to her: Whosoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again; but he that shall drink of the water that I will give him, shall not thirst for ever: But the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting. The woman saith to Him: Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw. Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered, and said: I have no husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast said well, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands: and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband. This thou hast said truly. The woman saith to him: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers adored on this mountain, and you say, that at Jerusalem is the place where men must adore. Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe me, that the hour cometh, when you shall neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, adore the Father. You adore that which you know not: we adore that which we know; for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeketh such to adore Him. God is a spirit; and they that adore Him, must adore Him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith to him: I know that the Messias cometh (who is called Christ). Therefore, when He is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith to her: I am He, who am speaking with thee. (John 4: 5-26) . Following these events, we know that Photina returned to her village, and many came to believe in Jesus through her testimony. The life of Photina following her encounter with the Lord is one of great love for Him, constant preaching despite fear of persecution, and eventual horrible torture and death. She is highly venerated in the Eastern and Orthodox traditions, and recognized in the Roman Catholic martyrology. . Following her encounter with the living Christ, Photina and her son apparently lived in Carthage, where they preached the Gospel to all who would listen. Her eldest son, Saint Victor, a soldier, had demonstrated his bravery in battle, and was therefore rewarded with a prominent station in the city of Attalia. Following a conversation with the city’s administrator, during which Victor was encouraged to renounce his faith and warn his mother and sisters not to preach the Gospel, the city administrator was struck dumb and blind for three days. Upon recovering his senses, and seeing Victor still with him, the administrator converted to Christianity, along with his servants. News of this miraculous conversion eventually reached Emperor Nero, an active and sadistic persecutor of Christians, who ordered them brought to Rome for trial. . Hearing of the trial, Saint Photina, her sisters, and several other believers, traveled to Rome to join the confessors in their time of trial. The trial was short, and torture began almost immediately upon the accused refusing to renounce their belief in Christ. Each of the martyrs had their wrists crushed in an anvil, but reported feeling no pain. Photina’s wrist, however, was miraculously unable to be crushed. The men were thrown into prison, where they continued to preach to all who would listen, the prison itself transforming into a place that was glowing with light and sweet in odor. The women were confined to the service of the Emperor’s daughter, who promptly converted to the faith through their witness, as did her servants. . Incensed with rage, Nero ordered the martyrs executed. The men were crucified upside down and beaten for three days, still refusing to die. They then had their legs severed below the knees, their limbs thrown to dogs, and were beaten until they expired. The women were mutilated, tied to two bent trees, and upon their release were split in half. Saint Photina was thrown down a well, fittingly, the place she had first encountered the Lord. After 20 days of freezing water, no food, or sleep, she was called before the emperor. Again, she was asked to renounce her faith, but replied, “Most impious, blind, lost mad man! Can you possibly think me so stupid that I would agree to renounce my Lord Christ and offer sacrifice to idols as blind as you?!” Without hesitation, Nero had her thrown back into the well, where she died at peace with the Lord. . We read throughout the New Testament about the life of Jesus, and the individuals he encounters during his ministry: the blind man who has his sight restored, countless individuals cured of leprosy, possession, and illness, those He dines with, those He teaches, those He challenges. Like the woman at the well, these are the first Christians, those who risked life and limb in the propagation (and promulgation!) of the early faith. Yet, we rarely pause to consider what their lives were like, following their encounters with Christ, recorded in the Gospels. Photina's martyrdom, recorded in history, offers us a glimpse into the lives of these early Christians. . Photina, so moved by the Lord, so thirsty for the water of life, gave all she had to spread the Gospel to others. So loving and charitable was she, she chose to give her life so that others might hear the words of Christ and come to believe. It is certainly a challenge in our lives to live our faith openly, witnessing to those we encounter, not because of threat of death in most cases, but because of the judgment and hostility exhibited by many in the world. The question is, should we let that stop us? The love of Christ compels us to call others to Him, so that they too may be saved. How, through our lives, words, and behaviors, are we serving as witnesses to the glory and redemption of Jesus Christ? We pray that we may courageously live our faith, so that all may see and believe! . By the well of Jacob, O holy one, thou didst find the Water of eternal and blessed life; and having partaken thereof, O wise Photina, thou went forth proclaiming Christ, the Anointed One. Help us to follow thy example, and through our lives bring glory to the Lord and believers to the Church. Amen. . Eternal Father, I wish to honor St. Photina of Rome, and I give Thee thanks for all the graces Thou hast bestowed upon her. I ask Thee to please increase grace in my soul through the merits of this saint, and I commit the end of my life to her by this special prayer, so that by virtue of Thy goodness and promise, St. Photina of Rome might be my advocate and provide whatever is needed at that hour. Amen.






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THE SIEGE OF TYRE, C. 332 BC In c. 334 BC King Alexander III of Macedon—better known today as Alexander the Great— crossed the Hellespont into Asia Minor and invaded the Persian Empire. One by one, cities fell to him. By the time he reached Phoenicia, he had defeated the Persians in two big battles, Granicus and Issus, the latter of which was against the king of Persia, Darius III. In Phoenicia, Alexander claimed several towns and cities, including Sidon, before he reached the most important Phoenician city, Tyre. Tyre is in modern Lebanon. In ancient times it was a city split in two by the sea. The settlement on the mainland was the undefended Old Tyre; New Tyre, however, was an island city with very high walls, located just shy of a kilometre (about half a mile) from the mainland. The island had two main harbours. Alexander could have bypassed Tyre and marched to Egypt, but the city had ships and harbours which the Persians could use. "Friends and allies, I see two threats to our security," said Alexander. "An advance on Egypt is not safe as long as the Persians control the sea. And the pursuit of Darius is not safe either if we leave behind us ambiguity in Tyre itself with Egypt and Cyprus still held by the Persians."¹ Furthermore, Tyre was one of the richest trading centres in the Mediterranean.² Alexander was determined to take the well-defended city—peacefully or by force. It is often impossible to get accurate numbers for battles in World War I and II, never mind ancient battles or sieges that took place over 2,300 years ago. When Alexander invaded the Persian Empire it is believed that he had with him over 40,000 soldiers. He had no doubt lost thousands of men by the time he reached Tyre, but he would also have accumulated more followers on his way through the Empire. Therefore, Alexander must have arrived in Tyre with tens of thousands of men—a very strong army. Tyre, on the other hand, had a garrison many thousands strong and a total population of no more than 30,000. As he approached the city, Alexander was met by Tyrian envoys who greeted him and handed over gifts. But the meeting soon turned sour when the Tyrians refused to let Alexander offer sacrifice to Heracles (Hercules) in their temple in New Tyre. Knowing Alexander would take their city if he entered it, the Tyrians politely rejected and told him of a temple on the mainland that he could use. Alexander was furious and he threatened them with a siege if they did not welcome him into their island fortress. "You think nothing of this land army…because of your confidence in your position, living as you do on an island, but I am soon going to show you that you are really on the mainland.”³ The Tyrians returned to New Tyre with the message for the elders of the city who believed they were safe behind their high walls. Alexander knew the task ahead was going to be difficult, especially without a navy to blockade Tyre's harbours. How could he possibly take a walled island city without hundreds of ships? Well, he decided that he would make New Tyre part of the mainland. He therefore began his siege by destroying Old Tyre and using the materials to build a huge causeway that would allow his soldiers to reach the walls of the island city. It was a monumental undertaking: the causeway would have to be about half a mile long for it to reach the city. Wood was also needed, so Alexander sent teams of men to fell trees in the mountains. As the construction of the causeway got underway, the Tyrians mocked Alexander. According to Diodorus Siculus (1st century BC): "At first, the Tyrians sailed up to the mole and mocked the king, asking if he thought that he would get the better of Poseidon. Then, as the work proceeded with unexpected rapidity, they voted to transport their children and women and old men to Carthage... They did succeed in getting a part of their children and women to safety with the Carthaginians, but they were outstripped by the abundance of Alexander's labour force, and, not being able to stop his advance with their ships, were compelled to stand the siege with almost their whole population still in the city. They had a wealth of catapults and other engines employed for sieges and they had no difficulty in constructing more because of engineers and artisans of all sorts who were in the city. All kinds of novel devices were fashioned by them, so that the entire circuit of the walls was covered with machines, especially on that side where the mole was approaching the city." As the construction of the mole continued, the Tyrians unleashed hell on Alexander's workers. At one stage they sent a ship loaded with flammable liquids which crashed into the mole and engulfed Alexander's siege engines in flames. Arrian in the 2nd century AD records: "They filled a horse-transport with dry brushwood and other flammable timber, fixed two masts in the foreship, and fenced the deck round them as far and wide as they could, to hold as much wood-litter and as many firebrands as possible: they then added pitch, sulphur, and anything else which would create an enormous blaze. Across the two masts they rigged a double yardarm and suspended from it cauldrons of material which, poured or scattered on the fuel below, would feed the flames to a great height: and they piled ballast into the stern to weigh down the back of the ship and lift its prow. They then waited for a wind blowing towards the mole, and used triremes with ropes attached to the stern of the ship to tow it out by the rear. When they were getting close to the mole and the towers, they set fire to the wood and the triremes gave a violent tug which sent the ship crashing onto the end of the mole: it was now alight, but the men on it swam away without difficulty. Soon the blaze was huge and beginning to engulf the towers: and as the yardarms broke they poured on the fire the material which had been prepared to feed the flames. The men in the triremes hove to close by the mole and kept up a barrage of bowshots at the towers, making it too dangerous for fire-fighting parties to get their equipment anywhere near. At this stage, with the towers now burning out of control, large numbers of men ran out of the city, boarded light boats, and landed at various points along the mole, where they easily broke through the protecting palisade and burnt all the engines which the fire from the ship had not reached." This was a major setback. Alexander realised that he needed more ships to take the city. Therefore, he left his main army to besiege Tyre and went to the Phoenician city of Sidon to gather as many ships as possible. Sidon was a rival of Tyre and when the king of Sidon realised Alexander had taken his city, he deserted the Persian fleet and offered the Macedonian king his ships. Alexander was in luck. More ships came from Rhodes, Soli and Mallus, and a fleet from Cyprus, whose kings, realising that the Persians were losing the war, offered their help. While he was away from Tyre, Alexander made a quick expedition against the Arabians who dwelt in the neighbourhood of Mount Antilibanus. They had been attacking the teams of woodcutters he had sent to the mountains, and were thus disrupting the progress of the siege. On this expedition he apparently risked his life to save his tutor, Lysimachus, who insisted on following him, declaring himself to be neither older nor weaker than Phoenix.⁴ Alexander returned to Tyre with over 200 ships. Meanwhile, the men building the mole had made progress. According to Diodorus: "Now the Tyrians were alarmed at the advance of the mole, and they equipped many small vessels with both light and heavy catapults​ together with archers and slingers, and, attacking the workers on the mole, wounded many and killed not a few. As missiles of all sorts in large numbers rained upon unarmed and densely packed men, no soldier missed his mark since the targets were exposed and unsuspecting. The missiles struck not only from the front but also from the back, as men were working on both sides of a rather narrow structure and no one could protect himself from those who shot from two directions. Alexander moved immediately to rectify what threatened to be a shocking disaster, and manning all his ships​ and taking personal command of them, made with all speed for the harbour of Tyre to cut off the retreat of the Phoenicians. They in turn were terrified lest he seize the harbour and capture the city while it was empty of soldiers, and rowed back to Tyre as fast as they could. Both fleets plied their oars at a fast stroke in a fury of determination, and the Macedonians were already nearing the entrance, but the Phoenicians, by a narrow margin, escaped losing their whole force and, thrusting their way in, got safely to the city with the loss only of the ships at the tail of the column. So the king failed of this important objective, but nevertheless pushed on with the mole, protecting his workers with a thick screen of ships. As his engines drew close to the city and its capture seemed imminent, a power­ful north-west gale blew up and damaged a large part of the mole.​ Alexander was at a loss to deal with the harm done to his project by the forces of nature and thought of give up the siege attempt, but driven by ambition he sent to the mountain and felling huge trees, he brought them branches and all and, placing them beside the mole, broke the force of the waves.​ It was not long before he had restored the collapsed parts of the mole, and pushing on with an ample labour force until he came within missiles' range, he moved his engines out to the end of the causeway, and attacked the walls with his stone throwers, while he employed his light catapults against the men stationed along the battlements. The archers and slingers joined in the barrage, and wounded many in the city who rushed to the defence." With both of Tyre's harbours now blockaded by Alexander's ships, the Tyrians were now trapped in their island city and no help was coming. Worse still, the arrival of Alexander's ships facilitated construction of the mole and it finally reached the island city, thus making it part of the mainland. Alexander ordered an attack on the city by land and sea. He personally led the ships around one side of the city while his main army attacked from the causeway. Sharp fighting took place along the walls.⁵ According to Diodorus Siculus: "The Tyrians defended themselves strongly in all regards and showed themselves well provided with the means of defence. They were bold in face of their enemies, and left the shelter of the walls and their position within the towers to push out onto the very bridges and match the courage of the Macedonians with their own valour. They grappled with the enemy and, fighting hand to hand, put up a stout battle for their city. Some of them used axes to chop off any part of the body of an opponent that presented itself." Eventually, the Macedonians breached the walls and poured into the city, including Alexander himself, who was apparently first onto the city walls after crossing a bridge from a siege tower. His men proudly followed him and hand-to-hand combat ensued—blood was spilled in the streets of Tyre. Men, women, and children were killed in the slaughter. During the fighting, one of the Macedonian commanders, Admetus by name, a very brave and power­ful man, withstood the fury of the Tyrians with high courage and died heroically, killed instantly when his skull was split by the stroke of an axe.⁶ Thousands perished in the battle; the survivors were crucified or sold into slavery. The Tyrian king Azemilcus was deposed, but his life was spared. Meanwhile, Alexander visited the temple and made his sacrifice to Heracles. The siege of Tyre lasted about seven months. Alexander's plan was to make Tyre part of the mainland and capture it. He succeeded. Since 332 BC sediment has built up around the causeway and today Tyre is well and truly connected to the mainland. Thank you for reading. . . . Author: International Man of History Picture Credits: 1. Alexander's mole as it approaches the island city. Artist Duncan B. Campbell. 2. Siege of Tyre. 1912 old Antique colour tourist map, Wagner Debes. Sources: Alexander the Great, by Philip Freeman Diodorus Siculus' Library of History Arrian's The Anabasis, translated by Martin Hammond Plutarch, The Parallel Lives Notes: 1. Arrian's The Anabasis, translated by Martin Hammond (page 58) 2. Alexander the Great, by Philip Freeman (page 129) 3. Alexander the Great, by Philip Freeman (pages 129-130) 4. Plutarch 5. Diodorus Siculus 6. Diodorus Siculus Suzana Monika Iv 8,51-59 Abraham, otac vaš, usklikta što će vidjeti moj Dan. Čitanje svetog Evanđelja po Ivanu U ono vrijeme: Reče Isus Židovima: »Zaista, zaista, kažem vam: ako tko očuva moju riječ, neće vidjeti smrti dovijeka.« Rekoše mu Židovi: »Sada vidimo da imaš zloduha. Abraham umrije, tako i proroci, a ti kažeš: 'Ako tko čuva moju riječ, neće okusiti smrti dovijeka.' Zar si ti veći od oca našega Abrahama, koji je umro? Pa i proroci pomriješe. Kime se to praviš?« Odgovori Isus: »Ako ja sam sebe slavim, slava moja nije ništa. Ima koji me slavi — Otac moj, a vi velite da je on vaš Bog, no ne poznajete ga, a ja ga znam. Ako vam reknem da ga ne znam, bit ću lažac jednak vama. No znam ga i riječ njegovu čuvam. Abraham, otac vaš, usklikta što će vidjeti moj Dan. I vidje i obradova se.« Rekoše mu nato Židovi: »Ni pedeset ti još godina nije, a vidio si Abrahama?« Reče im Isus: »Zaista, zaista, kažem vam: prije negoli Abraham posta, Ja jesam!« Nato pograbiše kamenje da bace na nj. No Isus se sakri te iziđe iz Hrama. Riječ Gospodnja.






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Sunday Prayer to show kindness. Our Father who art inHeaven, we pray today to share with one another the loving kindness and blessing of Jesus and your Holy Spirit. We were saved, not because of our good works, but according to your own kindness, love and mercy. Help us to live and share your goodness every day. Remind us that our actions express who we are much more than our words. May we learn to love one another as you have loved us. Father, from (Mark 14: 3-9), we are told that, “While he (Jesus), was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper and as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment and she opened the jar and anointed him by pouring the ointment on his head and feet. But some were there who said to one another in anger, “Why was the ointment wasted in this way? For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her. But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish; but you will not always have me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her. Father, in John's gospel the woman is named Mary and is believed to be the sister of Martha and Lazarus. This may or may not be true, it doesn’t matter. The woman teaches us and the disciples a great lesson; and that is we are nothing without each other and Jesus. He would only be with us, in human form, for a short time, and as someone once said “we have to pick rosebuds while they are still in the bud”, which is only a short time. (Meaning being kind and loving to one another shouldn’t be put off). Father your plan for Jesus to be with us in the flesh didn’t give us or his disciples, much time; and at the time of this woman’s blessing his human days were quickly passing. This women who ever she was, represents all of us who believe in you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, (family). She acted out of true faith and love. Somehow she knew this was one of the last times she would be with Jesus, before his death. The next few days would be a time to prepare for a great change in Jesus; and in the relationship between man and God (you and us). We should look back at this time and incident and realize what a special gift she was given. Knowing beforehand that such a great change was about to happen, she could express her love for him through her actions then. With fewer regrets later. The Sanhedrins wanted to kill Jesus and Judas one of the twelve wanted to betray him; somehow this women saw Jesus in a new way, without her complete understanding she saw him as the lamb who was chosen for sacrifice. His time was near. Through some insight from you, she knew that Jesus, was the son of God (your Son), and she anointed him (saying good by, even before his death and burial. When she did, she brought to him the very best of what she had. For in the Israelite culture this oil or ointment was used primarily to anoint priests and kings, and as we know Jesus was even more. As your plan unfolded and at at the time of his death , Jesus became sin for all of us, he alone bore all our sins when he was on the cross, thus fulfilling the law. (2 Corinthians 5:21), “ God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God”. Righteousness that we call your divine attribute, that describes you as being always perfect, and always being, in a way that is consistent with your true perfection and nature. Father, we on the other are maybe searching for righteousness, and at times may achieve it, however we are far from perfect. Like the disciples in Bethany, we still argue, and are not always kind to one another. We unlike Mary do not perceive the the little signs you give us that something is changing. Only later when it is too late do we wonder why our time was wasted this way. Father, Jesus’ short life, death and resurrection, gave those that follow him eternal life with you. But his short time with us gave us something more. The women who took the time to bless him with her oil is also a good example for us. Jesus, told the people at the table, that they would not always have him with them in human form. Before they fully realized what he was saying, it came true, it was too soon too late to show him how much they loved him. This maybe another gift from you, intended to remind us of the frailty and fleeting nature of life. It can be here , then gone with the wind. Father, now we have Jesus in the spirit which is very good, yet not quite so personal. It would be so nice to shake his hand and look into his eyes and tell him how grateful we are for what he has done for us. This may happen one day if you are willing, for we believe you will do all things out of love and kindness. However if we truly think about life, and you, we do have this opportunity now and everyday. For we have each other. Poor and unperfected as we are, Jesus said, you can show kindness to each other, whenever you wish. Father, Jesus is still with us in the flesh only now he is in the form of our parents, children, grandchildren, coworkers, church members, and all the people we love and come in contact with everyday. Some live a long time some do not. Some are strong and some are not. Some are like the women who gave Jesus all she had and some are like Judas' and they may even betray us one day. Unless we receive some perceivable insight from you, we do not know how long we will have them in our life, or what will happen to them or us tomorrow. Something unexpected and permanent could happen to us or these people. So if we are ever going to show kindness and love to one of them or all of them, it must be today, and it must be now. Tomorrow could be to late as it was for the disciples. If we are wise we gather our rosebuds today, tomorrow the rosebuds will be open and may even be gone. Maybe that is why Jesus was only with us a short time. His death taught his disciples what it meant to truly be alone. And even though it was only three days it must have felt like a lifetime for them. So Father today we pray to greet Jesus, in human form, within all the roses buds (loved ones), we have with us. And we pray for the ones no longer with us. The ones we were unable to hold on to. The ones that slipped between our fingers. and were lost to us seemingly forever. We pray to walk and talk with you and them in the way we should have walked with you here on earth . Father, until then we pray for the wisdom to realize how fragile life truly is. Respect life as we respect you by sharing your love and kindness everyday. For Jesus was and is a gift to us, so are all the other rose buds we gather around us. These little blessings come and go throughout our lives. You give them to us for a time but then you want them back, before we are prepared to give them back. Father, one day they and we will return to you, probably when we least expect it. For the ones left behind this could seem like a life time, it could even be a life time, of loneliness and regret if we were not kind to them when they were with us. We pray for forgiveness and understanding from them and from you. until we all meet again help let us be kind. Amen. (Psalm 103:15-16), “As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more”. (But we and you do).






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