Carter Jones

Software Engineer. Writer. Language enthusiast. Husband.

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@true_concinnity Right - I tend to hold that souls would be primary, and the material portion more incidental - every “person” exists, and in my view, they likely exist eternally, it’s just a matter of that personhood being expressed within time/space

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and rise with him to newness of life; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

- The Collect for Holy Saturday

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O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day,

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@UntoldFortune @DanielAJones93 It’s especially weird considering how NeoPlatonic the East is - they can be deeply in denial about it, though. (At least in my experience)

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and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.” - Collect for the Seventh Sunday of Easter

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“O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us,

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and give to us all a pride in what we do, and a just return for our labor; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.”

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The Rogation Collect for today:

“Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ in his earthly life shared our toil and hallowed our labor: Be present with your people where they work; make those who carry on the industries and commerce of this land responsive to your will;

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If only Meister Eckhardt had been the Dominican to shape Western theology extensively and not Aquinas……..

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@JamesYazell Unironically I have come to accept this position, basically lol

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Alleluia, Christ is risen! I would say I’m a day late, but it’s Eastertide for a while now, so…

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A blessed Palm/Passion Sunday to those celebrating!

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@timmodryoid Same bro 😔

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@MaryLauraWilson I should say my interest in the EOC went back to 2010, though… or hypothetically even 2006

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@MaryLauraWilson Funny you mention that, we joined the EOC in 2015 lol

Mostly bc that was the year after we got married and could freely pursue the catechumenate

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@Grady_Booch @Adobe Godspeed, good sir. 🫡

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Thankfully it was just a tympanoplasty, fixing a previously failed tympanoplasty and doing some reconstructive work in there. Boy howdy does my ear hurt now tho 🥲

Grateful for all of the kind people who have prayed for me and kept me in their thoughts and sent good vibes etc.

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Recovering from a surgery I had yesterday. Recovering from surgery is even less fun than I remember it being! 😂