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The Greeks believed that crystal quartz was supercooled ice [10], and applied the word crystallos to the both of them. It is likely that the Israelites acquired crystal quartz from Nubia. The Nubian Kerma culture created beads from quartz crystals in their natural shape, sometimes coating them in a copper-based glaze [5].
6. Red Bead of God’s Love You are mine and I am Yours. Your love is everlasting. 7. Red Bead of Sacrifice Let me love my neighbour with Your love. 8. Pearly Beads of Secrets On these three beads you may tell God the personal, important, or secret things you don’t want anyone else to know. 9. Black Bead of Darkness
According to Pope John Paul II, rosary devotions are "among the finest and most praiseworthy traditions of Christian contemplation." [ 2 ] From its origins in the twelfth century the rosary has been seen as a meditation on the life of Christ, and it is as such that many popes have approved of and encouraged its recitation.
Most Christians believe that the greatest commandment is "thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment"; in addition to the second, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself", these are what Jesus Christ called the two greatest ...
In short, we are to practice and exhibit the holiness of God and the love of God, for without this we grieve the Holy Spirit. Love-and the unity it attests to-is the mark Christ gave Christians to wear before the world. Only with this mark may the world know that Christians are indeed Christians and that Jesus was sent by the Father.
Crystallization is a concept, developed in 1822 by the French writer Stendhal, which describes the process, or mental metamorphosis, in which the characteristics of a new love are transformed into perceptual diamonds of shimmering beauty.
St. John: The one who doesn’t walk in love doesn’t know God, because God is love. If you read the New Testament, you can’t miss this principle, unless you’re trying to miss it.
Islamic prayer beads, called Misbaha or Tasbih, usually have 100 beads (99 +1 = 100 beads in total or 33 beads read thrice and +1). Buddhists and Hindus use the Japa Mala, which usually has 108 beads, or 27 which are counted four times. BaháΚΌí prayer beads consist of either 95 beads or 19 beads, which are strung with the addition of five ...