Miracles:
Do they manifest for your existence? I personally am a susceptible bad sinful guy who most effective seeks God and worthwhile for others. It really is the testimony of my non secular brother Father Deacon Athanasius who became ordained this Sunday simply long past:
Testimony of Athanasius Corridor 2017
The Lord has graciously blessed me to have witnessed first hand many many miracles once i were with Fr. James and definitely many greater happened after i turned into absent.
It's miles opportune to percentage those reviews yet I achieve this, to not be proud yet to teach God exists and His mercy and style are enough for my very own weaknesses.
I start out with this scripture because it is tattooed on my correct forearm with a Move for this very cause:
GALATIANS 6:14
"God forbid that I needs to boast unless inside the Move of our Lord Jesus"
Within the call of the Fr. Son and Holy Spirit. Amen
I agree with the 1st miracle to be assembly Fr. James. I used to be residing in a completely poorly state and crucial lend a hand desperately but whatever I did ... matters most effective acquired worse. No matter my sinful and vulnerable tactics, God introduced Fr. James into my trail and lead me to a better wisdom of lifestyles, the Bible, Christ and what I wanted to do to alter and take delivery of The Lord and Saviour as an Orthodox Christian.
Via God's mercy Fr. James baptised me in September 2012 and has blessed me to witness right here miracles first hand:
1. Look of the Move
This has passed off on several circumstances, two of the foremost astonishing had been:
For the period of a liturgy (mass) as I attended to chanting prayers with Fr. James ultimate the Liturgy and as he broke the bread (holy frame) and lifted it from the tray a Go of our Lord seemed at the silver tray less than the holy frame. This turned into not just witnesses by using me yet through Fr James and a deacon often called Hany.
The second one took place after we lived in Thanes Creek, Queensland at a rural belongings. Less than the course of Fr. James we scale down two timber a few 30 to forty ft in period and made a Pass from them.
After the Move turned into erected, one transparent night time we spotted a faint however seen glow across the Move with a different beam from the sky into the highest of the Go. Originally I stood in awe and bowled over considering I used to be having delusions... Fr. James should see it too... thereafter nighttime after nighttime it glowed and changed into witnessed by means of 2 different males on the land on several situations and a non Christian neighbour who came visiting one evening.
For me this became probably the most extremely good miracle to work out at the moment and to this present day is still one I nonetheless won't be able to recognise.
2. The acts of evil and God's grace
One could no longer understand yet Australia has 23 of the realm's deadliest snakes on the earth.
At some point on the land Fr. James and that i had been running close to a few transport bins, while a perilous (expertise to die inside half-hour in the event that they chew you) snake charged at Fr. James. Fr. James used to be operating backwards to maintain his eyes at the snake and as I grew to become to look the place it become Fr. James tripped on a few picket and fell very exhausting to the bottom smashing the to come back of his head demanding into the floor and close to knocking him out. As we regarded as much as assess the snakes the place abouts it vanished into not anything... the grass turned into very quick and there has been handiest open and flat floor among us so it had no in which to cover. 3 4 length wedding dresses
By means of the grace of God inspite of smashing his head at the flooring Fr. James become k and the snake had vanished in the past our eyes.
On a moment event we have been serving food and drink to the homeless at the streets of Brisbane one nighttime. Some of the homeless are drug addicted, many are drunks and so on violent, a few mentally sick too.
Almost always we have now desk established subsequent to our van and volunteers lend a hand from the church. I usually acted as one more set of eyes to observe the homeless and be capable of maintain the volunteers. Fr. James might marvel among them being greeted probably with thank you and appreciation however in this get together be stood by means of a few rock reveal (water characteristic) wearing his priestly gowns and fingers by means of his facets.
An competitive and violent guy become conversing loudly and making all kinds of loopy statements. He then straight approached Fr. James and charged in opposition t him, as he did immediately he become thrown backwards with terrific drive and capability directly to his returned and approximately 10 ft from Fr. James. Fr. James HAD No longer MOVED A HAND OR FOOT... the guy became thrown approximately three or four ft inside the air and backwards, he easily acquired up and regarded in the back of him (clear of Fr. James) as though to work out who pulled him backwards with such drive!
Myself and 3 others observed this, mentioned it in a few period later on and that i stated it to the total church inside the subsequent mass with God as my witness (and the 3 different volunteers).
three. Cash
One Monday morning Fr. James and that i had been within the church condominium going over the costs and debts. We had a invoice to pay for 1,000 Australian Bucks and sincerely not anything within the checking account. Fr. James mentioned "do not be concerned God exists" and soon thereafter a knock at the door from a tender guy who was once Now not component to our congregation got here.
He got here in and advised Fr. James that God had instructed him to come back that day and donate $1,000 precisely. Each Fr. James and that i smiled and the brother departed having donated the cash.
There are such a large amount of different examples of this going down I've misplaced matter. It sort of feels as though on every occasion we would have liked cost God could ship it despite how extensive or small the will. For a automotive, land, resources, upkeep, nutrition, accounts or even my very own marriage ceremony once we had been desperately quick and Fr. James not just gave of his little but in addition others did too.
The average subject changed into we prayed, we waited and waited and waited then within the remaining moments of determined desire God added, now not that we have been exclusive or useful however by way of his grace and mercy.
In precis, there are lots of which might be confidential to me. Those contain the liked reward God gave me in my spouse a solution to prayer that she is. My daughter being baptised, my jobs over the last few years and having Fr. James as my confession Fr. Cherished Priest and deeply cherished good friend.
I'm a vulnerable sinner, undeserving of any sort of love and mercy, but by way of the ability and beauty of God I are living.
To God be the consideration honor and dominion for ever amen.
Deacon Athanasius
(Fr Dcn. Athanasius will probably be contacted to ensure on the above e mail).
