WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN  This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen and is so true: I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.'  I looked around in this area,... [اقرأ المزيد]

St. Kyrillos (Cyril), the Pillar of Faith (376-444 AD)   1.     The Early Years Born in Alexandria in 376, St. Kyrillos, studied classics, rhetorics and humanities.  His uncle, Pope Theophilus I, the 23rd Patriarch of Alexandria, had a remarkable influence on his theological and spiritual development.  On the recommendation of Pope Theophilus, Kyrillos headed to the desert of Wadie El Natroun... [اقرأ المزيد]

DADDY'S EMPTY CHAIR > > A man's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. > When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. > > An empty chair sat beside his bed. The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. > 'I guess you were expecting me, he said. 'No, who are you?' said... [اقرأ المزيد]

THE DEVIL AND THE DUCK (avoiding enslavement) There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square... [اقرأ المزيد]