Pieta, by William Adolphe Bouguereau
1876 oil on canvas depicting Mary holding the body of Jesus removed from the cross.
Religion
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."
T/F: Jesus is God
Request: The Christian belief is that Jesus is God. Other belief systems say that believing that Jesus is God is simply idol worship and is not true. Testing this statement to see if this is true or false can better help us understand the Christian belief system.
Bede Griffiths
Request: A Christian Hindu monk. He is known for bringing a marriage between spirituality in the West and East. His teachings go beyond religion and talk about the universal spirituality.
Roman Breviary
Priority request. A liturgical book, it contains public or canonical prayers, hymns, the Psalms, readings, and notations for everyday use, especially by bishops, priests, and deacons in the Divine Office (i.e., at the canonical hours, the Christians' daily prayer) -- wikipedia.
Advent
a season observed in most Christian denominations as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for both the celebration of the Nativity of Christ at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming -- wikipedia.
Dattatreya
a paradigmatic Sannyasi (monk) and one of the lords of yoga, venerated as a Hindu god. He is considered to be an avatar and combined form of the three Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva -- wikipedia.
Girls with Swords: How to Carry Your Cross Like a Hero, by Lisa Bevere
A passionate call for Christian women to effectively "wield the sword" of their God-given feminine strength against any evil that threatens them and those they love -- amazon.
belief in the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin based on scientific research
Request: David R. Hawkins calibrated that the Shroud is inauthentic; however, some scientists argue that no one in the Middle Ages could have crafted it so skillfully.
‘Salah,’ Islam's daily five prayers
Request: More than one and a half billion Muslims across the globe are obligated to... [pray] throughout the day, beginning before dawn to and ending early at night.
good and evil dichotomy
In Buddhism it is "perceived as part of an antagonistic duality that itself must be overcome through achieving Śūnyatā meaning emptiness in the sense of recognition of good and evil being two opposing principles but not a reality, emptying the duality of them" -- wikipedia
concept: test of faith
Request: wondering at what level this paradigm is experienced as true, the idea that God tests us to see if we will believe in Him, even in bad circumstances. You see it a lot in Christian teachings as a way to explain the hardships and vicissitudes of life.
Christadelphians
Request: A non-trinitarian restorationist Christian sect.
Traditional Latin Mass
the priest faces the altar with the people, offering a sacrifice to God, present in the Blessed Sacrament reserved in the tabernacle. With the exception of the sermon to the people, the Mass is sung, chanted, or spoken entirely in Latin -- stmarylatinmass.com
banning Islam
Request: Would banning Islam be a viable solution for protecting civil order in western countries? With the exception of Sufism, perhaps.