T/F: staff of Moses is authentic
According to an identifying document at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Moses' staff is on display today within the Sacred Relics collection at the Topkapı Palace -- wikipedia.
Religion
The Prayer for Freedom, by Beatty Carmichael
Request: This book claims the freedom prayer to god has resolved and/or cured all manner of maladies both physical, mental or emotional, nine times out of ten. And the ones it hasn't has been mostly downgraded to about a third of their previous levels.
burial vs. cremation
Request: "Some teachings insist on one or the other, but is there a difference in reality?"
Rig Veda (Rigveda Samhita)
Priority request. A compilation of 1,028 primarily devotional hymns dedicated to various deities such as Indra, Agni, Soma, Varuna, and Rudra, composed between c. 1500–1000 BCE in the northwestern Indian subcontinent -- Brave AI.
Litany of St. Joseph
"O God, in your ineffable providence you were pleased to choose Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of your most holy Mother; grant, we beg you, that we may be worthy to have him for our intercessor in heaven whom on earth we venerate as our Protector: You who live and reign forever and ever."
saying "Source of Life" rather than "God"
Priority request: Could language such as this be one way for atheists and agnostics or even comfortably religious people to avoid some of the resistance, anthropomorphism, and other issues associated with speaking of God?
intercessory prayer
Praying to a deity on behalf of others, or asking a saint in heaven to pray on behalf of oneself or for others -- wikipedia.
Jesus Christ leads all who reach heaven to Eternal Life (700 ADAP)
Request: for the reconciliation of Doc and the Buddha’s words on Enlightenment (600 ADAP) as a rarified occurrence, and Christ promising not only an unending Heaven as an abode (a sort of eternal life), but possibly Eternal Life as a state of consciousness (700 ADAP).
monkhood / monasticism
By request: "a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work."
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Mainstream Eastern Orthodoxy holds that the Holy Spirit proceeds only from the Father and rejects the Filioque clause ("and the Son") added to the Nicene Creed by the Latin Church, on the grounds that no council was called for the addition -- wikipedia.
Pope John Paul II
Priority request: "(1920-2005) head of church from 1978-2005." cal. 570 (awareness) in Truth vs. Falsehood.
Taize community
Today, the Taizé Community is made up of about hundred brothers, Catholics and from various Protestant backgrounds, coming from around thirty nations --taize.fr/en
Jesus Christ, You are my Life (Pope John Paul II) video
Priority request: A beautiful worship together as a church and a people. Made me emotional and I can see the pure joy in the face of the Pope and the people. A beautiful song! I can’t even imagine the energy in that space.
The Entombment of Christ (Caravaggio)
Priority request: [the painting] depicts Jesus being taken down from the cross. It highlights His love for the world and the fulfillment of His calling, which was its salvation.
Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell, by Emanuel Swedenborg
Request: Swedenborg was a Swedish mystic who experienced profound spiritual visions starting in 1744-1745.