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Tuesday, October 3rd
2023
The Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary
Time
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Zechariah 8:20-23
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Psalm 87:1-7
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Mark 10-45
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Luke 9:51-56
Christians, Christ Jesus was resolute, he
stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem: still, what are we,
steadfast, about and what is our resolution; more importantly, do we
know that we are to be steadfast and resolute about keeping the
words of our Lord Christ Jesus…. Truly Christians, we are to love
the Lord God the Heavenly Father with all of our heart, with all of
our mind, with all of our strength and with all of our soul – our
lives…. Now hear this Christians: Christ Jesus says, if a man loves
him, they will keep his, Christ Jesus’s words: and God the Heavenly
Father will love him; and they: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit will
come unto the person who loves God, the Lord Christ Jesus, and make
their abode with him; they will come and make their dwelling with
him…. Again, God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit will fill the
temple with their Holy Spirit and our bodies are to be temples for
the Holy Spirit…. Now Christians, when the eyes of men, women, that
is, humankind and all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord
God the Heavenly Father; yes, let us assert the truth, speak the
truth to one another, neighbor to neighbor; execute judgment, that
is, do what is right in the eyes and according to the words and
teachings of the Lord Christ Jesus: remembering to shoe our feet
with the Gospel of Peace, for Christ Jesus is the prince of peace;
he is wonderful; he is counselor; he is the mighty God, everlasting
Father: King of kings and Lord of Lords; he is the great high
Priest; Christ Jesus is eternal -- through whom all things were
created and for whom all things were created…. Christ Jesus is
Lord…. Yes Christians, Saint Paul teaches that indeed the wrath of
God is upon all unrighteousness, all ungodliness, and upon the
unrighteousness of men, humankind: indeed, in the days of the
dispersion because of the disobedience of the people and the leaders
causing the people to error – things were out of balance: what once
cost 10 and a small part of the persons day of labor now cost 20 and
a large part of the persons day of labor; still, we must remember
that this is the age of our Lord Christ Jesus and from the heavens
reach the law of the wheat and the tares…. Therefore, the children
of the kingdom and the children of the wicked one will be in one
field: both living and making decisions and these decisions, and the
deeds of these decisions, are the fruits of our lives, which we will
both be judge, accordingly, by the Lord Christ Jesus and according
to the Gospel that Christ Jesus did testify to humankind…. Yes
Christians, as Christ Jesus says, we are the lights of the
world…. In this we understand from Saint Paul’s, apostle’s
teachings that our flesh is sinful and that all are in need of
repentance…. So, if we judge another, we also judge
ourselves…. Yet, even though humankind’s flesh is sinful – this
does not mean that we all practice sin…. For there are those that
are after the flesh and they do mind the things of the flesh;
whereas, those that are after the Spirit of things of the
Spirit…. Yes, because of Christ Jesus, in the flesh, sin has been
condemned; so that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in us: remember, Christ Jesus testified, I do not come to destroy
the law but to fulfill the law…. Yes, sin has been condemned in the
flesh, so that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in
us, those, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit…. So
those who do the things of the flesh are after the flesh and those
who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit are of the
spirit…. Saint Paul, Apostle tells us the sins of the flesh are
obvious: it is those who changed the truth of God into a lie and
worship and serve the creature more than the Creator; it is those
who are turned over to their vile affections; it is those who call
this vileness love when God calls it an abomination; it is those who
changed the natural relationship between men and women, and choose
to go against nature; it is those who do not like to retain the
knowledge of God nor use the knowledge of God to glorify God and the
presenting of all of humankind to God as mature in Christ Jesus; it
is those who have been turned over to a reprobate mind doing all
things that are the obvious works of the flesh: filled with
unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate – blaspheming the word
of God, deceit, proud, inventors of evil, doing things against their
parents, disobedient to parents, and worse…. They, these covenant
breakers: know the just judgment of God the Heavenly Father and the
Lord Christ Jesus -- that those who do these things are doing things
worthy of death, not only do the same, but they take pleasure in
them that practice these sinful abominations; instead of, as Saint
Paul teaches, admonish and be ready to admonish everyone and
everything that rises up against the knowledge of God, the Gospel of
spirit and life of the Lord Christ Jesus…. Truly, the leaders
caused the people to error, going against God our Lord Christ
Jesus’s word: teaching that we should embrace such sinfulness and
those who practice it; instead of, as Saint Paul teaches: what do we
who are to be temples of the holy spirit have in common with temples
of idols and those who do those things that are not
convenient…. Again, Saint Paul teaches that the Lord God Christ
Jesus said: come out from among them and be separate, and touch not
the unclean things; and God the Heavenly Father and the Lord Christ
Jesus will receive us…. So, Christians, in these modern times and
these days of today: do not let yourselves be deceived; for we are
to live after the spirit and not after the flesh…. Now Christians,
in the name of the Lord Christ Jesus let us pray and be
thankful…. Amen….
Tuesday, October 10th
2023
The Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary
Time
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Jonah 3:1-10
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Psalm 1301-4 & 7-8
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Luke 11:28
·
Luke 10:38-42
Christians was their sincerity in Mary’s
decision or was she being lazy and trying to get out of helping
Martha, and does It make a difference….
Truly, Christ Jesus is showing and teaching us that women
have a place in the ministry of Christ Jesus, but they have a
woman’s place not a man’s place….
Clearly, Christ Jesus knew that Mary was sincere in learning
from him, our Lord Christ Jesus and that her heart and mind were
being faithful to learning what Christ Jesus was teaching, saying,
and being; whereas, Martha’s mind was contemplating the service of
food and that she was sore with Mary….
Martha was concerned with the presenting of a table, making
sure that all utilitarian things were taken care of and managed
thoroughly and properly; this also showing that Mary was of one
character, personality and Martha was of another individuality;
still, Martha is not to covet Mary’s life and Mary is to love Martha
as she loves herself….
Now Christians, Jonah was called to be a prophet for God the
Heavenly Father, but he, Jonah knew that the Israelites would hate
him for the message God the Heavenly Father had for him to give, to
testify, to speak to the people of Nineveh, and without
understanding of who God truly is: Jonah believed he could get on a
ship and sail to a far country and escape God’s command for him:
there is no escaping God our Heavenly Father’s word, for God’s word
does not return to him void and it fulfills the purpose for that God
intended….
Now, as well,
we have Christ Jesus’s teaching to humankind: if the world hates
you, you should understand and know that it hated him, Christ Jesus
before it hated you….
Then, we have Christ Jesus’s teaching of this, too: if you were of
the world, the world loves his own: but because you are not of the
world, for Christ Jesus has chosen some out of the world; therefore,
the world hates them….
Moreover, Christ Jesus states: that the world hated him without
cause….
Also, we have
the teaching of the Apostle James, saint: you adulterers and
adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is
enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world
is the enemy of God….
Now Christians, Saint James, Apostle, was aware of Christ Jesus’s
teaching, it cannot be thought of otherwise; therefore, when Saint
James uses the language that if we are friends of the world that we
are choosing to be enemies of God: all the while, Christ Jesus tells
us that we are now his friends if we keep his words and teachings,
that is: living by his righteousness in faith in equity and
re-proving: reprove: to justify or convict; appoint, argue, chasten,
convince – equity: figurative: concord; also straightness; as well,
justice, even place, plain, right, righteously, made straight,
uprightness.
Christians
one word on this phrase made straight: to make straight means to
repent and live, walk, and be in the righteousness of the Lord
Christ Jesus….
For we
cannot make things right, we must be in right, for Christ Jesus is
right; Christ Jesus is truth; he is the way and the truth, and we
must turn and be in Christ Jesus’s truth; we must be branches of the
vine – we cannot make another vine, for Christ Jesus is the true
vine….
Still, there are
many more things to consider: let us understand that we are to give
no resistance to evil, but turn our cheek: still, let us look at
what Christ Jesus did to see and understand….
For Christ Jesus tells us that certain Pharisees, asked him,
“Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath;” and Christ Jesus
answers them….
Christ
Jesus also tells us that the Son of man, he is the Lord of the
Sabbath; therefore, we should realize that Christ Jesus is also the
Lord of all the commandments, for keeping the Lord’s Day Holy is the
third commandment given to Moses, by God the creator of all….
Still, when Christ Jesus was in the temple on a certain
Sabbath, they, the Pharisees watched him to whether he would cure a
person on this holy day of the Lord God, Jehovah; otherwise known as
Yahweh; otherwise known as the Lord; and also, known as God the
Heavenly Father….
However, Christ Jesus knew the thoughts of the Pharisees and then
said to the man which had a withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth
in the midst; this man did as Christ Jesus said and stood forth….
Then, Christ Jesus asks them one thing: is it lawful on the
Sabbath days to do good or to do evil; to save life or to destroy
life – saying to the man, stretch forth your hand, and the person’s
withered hand was made whole as the other hand and arm were whole….
This, Christ Jesus speaking the light and truth of God the
Heavenly Father on the Sabbath day drove the Pharisees mad, berserk,
and they were furious and then like a brood of vipers communed to
plot the death of the Lord Christ Jesus….
See and understand Christians, when Christ Jesus teaches give
no resistance to evil that he does not mean: that we are not to go
forth to all nations and teach repentance for the forgiveness of
sin; for we are most certainly charge to go forth and teach
repentance for the forgiveness of sin; nor does it mean that we are
not to testify and witness too his Gospel; for we are most certainly
charged to go forth and testify and live in faithful accordance with
Christ Jesus’s Gospel; nor does Christ Jesus mean that we are not to
confess to what is right and true; nor are we to be ashamed of the
Gospel of the Lord Christ Jesus, rather we are to faithfully testify
the Gospel and witness faithfully in the moment, that, it calls upon
us: but with loving and righteous and kind and gentle hearts….
For remember that the world hated Christ Jesus, but we are to
fervently testify in the peace of Christ Jesus: faithfully and
rightly….
Yet, it would
be incomplete to not say: when Christ Jesus was in the garden and
the Pharisees and soldiers came with Judas, Iscariot to arrest him
and Saint Peter grabbed the sword, and cut off the ear of one of the
soldiers; Christ Jesus said: those who live by the sword will die by
the sword….
Yet, again,
at first Christ Jesus told his Apostles and disciples to go out two
by two and take nothing extra with you nor a sword, but then Christ
Jesus did amend this teaching and said: but now Christ Jesus tells
us go and sell your coat and buy a sword….
Christians, where do wars come from: according to Saint James
they come from the lusts that are within us….
So, Christians, we know the story of Jonah: how fantastic it
may be!
Behold, God our
Heavenly Father caused a storm on the Mediterranean Sea; Jonah was
thrown overboard; fantastically, a large whale swallowed Jonah and
then cast him up on the shores adjacent to the City of Nineveh –
Nineveh not being a coastal town; in fact, it is located on the
Eastern banks of the Tigris River….
Christians, we might imagine Jonah as he walks to the town of
Nineveh in prayer, praying to God: why do I have to go to Nineveh,
you know my brothers and sisters will hate me….
Why do you want to save the Ninevites any way; what good are
they?
To this, God the
Heavenly Father likely inspires Jonah with the remembrance that a
savior is coming and that this Messiah has things to be said, about
this city that chose to repent, Jesus said: The men of Nineveh shall
rise in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it: because
they, Nineveh repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a
greater [teacher] than Jonah is here….
Now Christians, in the name of the Lord Christ Jesus let us
pray and be thankful….
Amen….
Tuesday, October 17th
2023
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of
Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
·
Roman 1:16-25
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Psalm 19:2-5
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Hebrews 3:12
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Luke 11:37-41
Christians, it is said that we are to
believe in Christ Jesus, but what does it mean to believe in Christ
Jesus….
Here are a few
words that may help us: commit unto, commit (to one’s) trust, be
committed unto, be put in trust with, believer….
In addition, we have these ideas: to have faith (in,
upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), for example credit, by
implication to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well-being to
Christ): - believe (-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with –
these being some words and ideas to help us understand what belief
in Christ Jesus is….
Christ Jesus spoke the words that God the Heavenly Father gave him
to testify unto us, humankind.
Christ Jesus says this: that he has given the Apostles,
disciples, and then unto us, humankind, the words God the Heavenly
Father gave to him to testify, and the Apostles and disciples
received these words and teachings, and they, the Apostles and
disciples knew that the Nazarene, Jesus, the Christ, the Messiah was
and is the Son of God the Lord and creator of all that is; and the
Apostles and disciples believed that Christ Jesus was sent from God
the Heavenly Father….
Christ Jesus also said this: If he does not perform, manifest God
the Heavenly Father’s works, do not believe in him; yet, since
Christ Jesus did manifest and perform the works of God the Heavenly
Father even if you do not believe in Christ Jesus believe the works,
so that you may realize and understand that God the Heavenly Father
is in Christ Jesus and that Christ Jesus is in God the Heavenly
Father….
Therefore,
Christians, understand when the Pharisee invited him, Christ Jesus
to dine that Christ Jesus was a corporeal being and the Pharisee did
not invite him because he was another citizen; rather Christ Jesus
was invited because of the Gospel God the Heavenly Father gave him
to testify and too manifest that is perform: therefore, to believe
in Christ Jesus absent his Gospel is like the Pharisees saying that
they believe in God the Heavenly Father, but they did not believe
the Gospel that Moses brought down from Mount Sinai; for they
preferred the darkness….
Christians, let us have a complete understanding of what Christ
Jesus says, for he testifies: give alms of such things that you
have; and behold, all things are clean unto you: yet, in the very
next breath he testifies: you Pharisees you tithe mint and rue and
all manner of herbs and pass over judgment – judgment, being, living
in accordance with God the Heavenly Father’s Gospel; it also means
blessings and making right decisions between things….
As in when Solomon offered forth judgment of the women and
the child: saying cut the child in half and give each woman a part:
for Solomon knew the true mother would never allow such a thing to
happen to the child that she loved….
As well, Christ Jesus tells us it is not the washing of dirty
hands or the cleaning of the outside of a cup that will make us holy
as we are called to be holy – for it is not what we put into
ourselves that
defiles us, but it is what comes out, of us, that defiles us: meaning, if
we blaspheme against God the Heavenly Father’s word and all of the
other sinful things coming out of us; the sinful things we choose to
do; these things are what defile us, humankind….
Moreover, when Christ Jesus says bring forth alms and behold,
everything will be clean for you, he is not teaching or telling us
that we can purchase our way into heaven; for we are saved by grace
and not by our money purse: we cannot buy our way into heaven nor
can we be forgiven without repentance; therefore, we understand that
it is with charity-love and the giving of ourselves to God the
Heavenly Father; washing ourselves in the alms of the blood of
Christ Jesus; receiving and giving the true confession of our sins
and sinfulness, repentance, turning away from our sinfulness and
believing in Christ Jesus in obedience and believing and having
faith in God the Heavenly Father’s Gospel, Christ Jesus’s Gospel of
repentance for the forgiveness of sin that we then have the hope of
eternal salvation in our Lord Christ Jesus….
Now with this Christ Jesus says: although, you, speaking of
the Pharisee and also, how this alludes to us, that is, all of
humankind: you indeed tithe mint and rue, but you pass over judgment
and as well; you pay no attention to the love of God, the Lord
Christ Jesus: these you ought to have done and not leave the other
undone….
When Christ
Jesus tells us that they, the Pharisees pass over judgment; what is
this judgment that they did leave undone….
To think of this word judgment, we should realize it has a
broad scope of meaning, but that the road to eternal life is narrow,
and judgment in one sense is: making good decisions about things
that must be done and not left undone….
It also means that good judgment is proceeding in life
according to the words and teachings of our Lord Christ Jesus: in
his truth, his life, and in Christ Jesus’s faithfulness….
In a day-to-day account, we must look at our hearts and
consider our consciences to see if they are being hateful, lustful,
greedy, envious, murderous, and against the truth that is Christ
Jesus and God the Heavenly Father, and if they be, then we must
repent, that is, turn from these sins and all of our sinfulness and
walk and live, in the right, and the true, that being, the Lord
Christ Jesus….
God the
Heavenly Father tells Isaiah: Come now and let us reason together:
though, your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though, they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool….
That is, if you, [God’s creation], be willing and obedient,
then you shall eat the good of the land: but if you refuse and
rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the
Lord God the Heavenly Father has spoken it.…
Truly, Christians, because of Christ Jesus overcoming the
world and bringing into establishment his grace and, because, Christ
Jesus coming into the world and being born without sin: transferring
us, from, the kingdom of darkness -- brought about from Adam’s sin,
into the kingdom of light that was brought about, because, Christ
Jesus was born without original sin and because, although he was
made to be sin for us, humankind, he, Christ Jesus was without sin
and sinfulness and was the perfect sacrifice for being the eternal
sacrifice for our sins….
That is, when we acknowledge our sin and sinfulness and turn away
from are sin and sinfulness and choose to walk and live in Christ
Jesus’s way, truth, and life, which is repenting of sin and not
going after the flesh but choosing to first seek the kingdom of
heaven and the Heavenly Father’s Righteousness and going after the
spirit, then we receive Christ Jesus’s grace of forgiveness: Christ
Jesus’s Gospel, the words of spirit and life….
Now Christians, in the name of the Lord Christ Jesus let us
pray and be thankful….
Amen….
Tuesday, October 24th
2023
The Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary
Time
·
Romans 5:12, 15, 17-19 & 20-21
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Psalm 40:7-10 & 17
·
Luke 21:36
·
Luke 12:35-38
Christians,
Christ Jesus says: gird your loins and light your lamps, and he is
testifying to the fact that we are to be servants and to be
watchful….
Perhaps,
another way of expressing this would be: tighten your belts and do
your chores well….
Now,
although, we are to perform and manifest our daily chores without
complaining and do them scrupulously, that is, do them well, this
is, only a part of what Christ Jesus is saying unto us….
Truly, what the Lord Christ Jesus is teaching, when he speaks
of girding our loins and lighting our lamps is, that we are to be
faithful servants and ever watchful: to see, if we are being good
servants, of the Gospel God, the Heavenly Father gave to his Son, the
Lord Christ Jesus: to bring, to teach, to perform, to manifest and
to give to us, that is, to give to humankind….
Christ Jesus said that we are the lights of the world, and
when we light a candle, we do not put it under a bushel basket, but
put it where it will give light to the entire room….
Again, Christ Jesus says we are the lights of the world; we
are to light the whole, and entire world, with God the Heavenly
Father’s Gospel, that, his Son, the Lord Christ Jesus did bring to
humankind; that Christ Jesus did bring to us….
Now Christians, through Adam’s sin of disobedience, sin
entered into the world, but through Christ Jesus’s coming into the
world and by the sacrifice on the cross: all men, all of humankind,
became justified unto God the Heavenly Father….
That is, because of Christ Jesus being born without sin, took
away, the sin of Adam and then Christ Jesus’s death on the cross was
the sacrifice for the disobediences against: the commandments,
statutes, decrees and ordinances that Moses was given, to give unto
humankind, by God the Heavenly Father on Mount Sinai….
Now, the disciples and the Apostles, and then unto us: we
have been charged to go forth to all nations and proclaim, in the
name of the Lord Christ Jesus, beginning at Jerusalem, repentance,
for the forgiveness of sin and sinfulness and to those who receive
God the Heavenly Father’s Gospel, they are welcomed into the Church
that Christ Jesus is the head; however, to those who do not receive
God the Heavenly Father’s Gospel brought unto us by his Son, the
Lord Christ Jesus, we are to take our shoes off, shake the dust from
our feet – as testimony against them; and Christ Jesus says unto
humankind: it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and
Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for those who do not receive
Christ Jesus’s Gospel of repentance for the forgiveness of sin and
sinfulness….
Remember
Christians, that the parable of the wheat and tares is a parable; it
is an illustration; yet, even though it says elsewhere that there
will be two men in one bed and one will be taken and one will be
left behind, we know that Saint Paul’s, Apostles' exegesis: that
those who commit sins unto death will in no way enter into the
kingdom of heaven, the Church, where the true manifestation of the
alter of Christ Jesus is….
We should also remember that Saint John tells us: if any
person sees their brother, sister, neighbor sin a sin which is not
unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that
sin not unto death….
[Yet] There is a sin unto death: Saint John says, for these that he
does not say that he shall pray for it: [he says, for these that he
does not say that he will pray for such sin….]
Furthermore, Christ Jesus testifies: that he gave God the
Heavenly Father’s word unto his Apostles and Disciples and they
received them and believed them; they believed that God sent Christ
Jesus and that he is the Messiah….
Yes, Jesus said, that he prayed for these: his Apostles,
Disciples and for those who come to believe, in the words and
teachings of the Lord Christ Jesus, because, of Christ Jesus’s
disciples going forth to all nations: teaching repentance for the
forgiveness of sin, but Christ Jesus said that he did not pray for
the world….
Therefore,
Christians see and understand that yes, we go out into the entire
world, to all nations and teach repentance for the forgiveness of
sin and those who receive Christ Jesus’s Gospel are welcomed into
His Church, but those who do not receive his Gospel, God the
Heavenly Father’s Gospel and repent of their sins and sinfulness,
they are
not welcomed into his Church, the kingdom of heaven.…
For this day, we are with Christ Jesus, Jesus testifying in
Revelations: blessed are they that do his commandments; they, who
wash themselves clean in the blood of Christ Jesus from his
sacrifice on the cross, then they may have the right to the tree of
life and may enter in through the gates of the city….
However, the dogs, [the male cult prostitutes, homosexuals,]
sorcerers, and whoremongers and the murderers and idolaters and
whosoever, meaning, from the highest to the lowest, whosoever loves
the lie and makes a lie, they will be cast out where there is
weeping and gnashing of teeth….
Christians understand: God the Heavenly Father destroyed the
people in Noah’s time because they could not be redeemed, and that
their sinfulness was immolation, the burning of children – today’s
equivalent is abortion; yes, there wickedness and evilness, their
sins were: homosexuality, adultery, idolatry and these things God
calls wickedness and evil….
Then it came to Sodom and Gomorrah and they sinned these same
sins and they, could not be redeemed for their sins were murderous
and evil; God destroyed them….
Then came the Law of Moses and the people followed it for a
while, but then they took up the ways of their neighbors, forgetting
the one true God and going after false gods and sinning the same
sins: immolation, idolatry, adultery, murder, fornication,
homosexuality and making eunuchs, and then unto that God the
Heavenly Father caused the dispersion, and only a remnant was
saved….
Still, Isaiah,
Prophet of God the Heavenly Father tells us that right before the
dispersion the Israelites were wealthy: they had many chariots, much
silver and gold; no doubt they had evil and wicked gatherings; and
that the great men and the strong men both bowed down to the false
gods, and then, Isaiah sums up this exposition, saying; therefore,
forgive them not….
Moreover, Isaiah says: make not a confederacy with such people –
have no confederacy with them, no association; neither fear them or
be afraid….
Rather, we
are to sanctify ourselves in truth, Christ Jesus’s words and
teachings are truth….
We
are to fear the Lord God the Heavenly Father, we are not to fear
those who can bruise our bodies, break our bones, and even kill us
but after this can do no more; we are to fear the one that has the
power to throw our souls into everlasting damnation….
Then, next, Christ Jesus was born without sin: taking away,
the sin of Adam….
Then
after his crucifixion, being that Christ Jesus was made sin for us,
humankind, he put sin to death, in the human creature’s body, with
his resurrection from the dead and we are no longer slaves to the
flesh: this is something you will know if you go after the spirit
and do not go after the flesh….
For the grace and the truth of Christ Jesus through the Holy
Spirit will, if we seek the spirit, deliver us from all temptations
and sinful desires and we will overcome the world, because, Christ
Jesus overcame the world: yes, now the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after
the Spirit….
Still,
there is no grace to live sinful lives: there is only repentance for
the forgiveness of our sins and sinfulness, and if we go after the
spirit, the spirit of truth -- the Holy Spirit, the image that God
created us to be and do not go after the lie, that is, go after the
flesh, then, when we first seek the kingdom of heaven and the
Heavenly Father’s Righteousness, we have the hope of eternal
salvation in Christ Jesus’s Church, the kingdom of heaven….
Truly Christians, Christ Jesus’s grace is sufficient unto us,
for it is a grace that is born out of the Lord Christ Jesus’s birth,
life, gospel, crucifixion, death and his resurrection from the dead
and ascension into heaven….
It is a grace that put sin to death in our flesh; therefore,
when and if we sin now, it is because we choose to sin and rebel
against Christ Jesus: for Christ Jesus’s grace is only given unto
us, when we are baptized: freeing us from the sin of Adam and then,
repent of our sin and sinfulness: freeing us from the sins, the Law
of Moses made apparent to us, humankind….
Christ Jesus overcame the world and so too does his grace
overcome the world: the sinfulness that resides in every human
creature….
It is a grace
given to those who are born from God the Lord Christ Jesus and born
from above and born again: we are to walk in the light, as God the
Lord Christ Jesus is in the light and there is, no darkness in God;
there is only light.... Whereas, those who prefer the darkness, as does
the fallen angel Lucifer, the devil, who lies to humankind about
everything God calls light: even professing that sin, is light,
however, we all know that Lucifer is the father of lies and is a
murderer; and has no part in Christ Jesus’s Church nor the kingdom of
heaven: we are justified before God because Christ Jesus is the
perfect sacrifice for our sinfulness, that is, humankind’s
sinfulness, but there is no justification to sin, or of sin, there
is only repentance of sin and sinfulness; there is only the great
gift of repentance, the gift, for that Christ Jesus died: to bring
to us; to bring to humankind….
Now Christians, in the name of the Lord Christ Jesus let us
pray and be thankful….
Amen….
Tuesday, October 31st
2023
The Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
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Romans 8:18-25
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Psalms 126:1-6
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Matthew 11:25
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Luke 13:18-21
Christians, let us remember what Saint John,
the Apostle taught: Beloved, now we are the sons of God, and it does
not yet appear what we shall be; but we know
that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see
him as he is; we shall see Christ Jesus as he is….
Christians, let us look at these descriptions of the Kingdom
of God, knowing that heaven and earth shall pass away, but that God
our Heavenly Father’s word, the word that he sent his Son, our Lord
Christ Jesus to live, testify and be, shall not pass away….
Christ Jesus teaches, if a person loves him that they will
keep his words: then also will God the Heavenly Father love this
person, and then, they, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit will come
unto them and make their abode with us….
As well, Christ Jesus teaches us that if we continue in his
words and abide in them, then we will be his disciples; we shall
know the truth and the truth shall set us free….
In consequences, Christ Jesus teaches that a thief comes only
to steal and to kill and to destroy: whereas, Christ Jesus came that
we might have life, and that we might have it more abundantly….
Also, Christ Jesus teaches: whosoever has, to him shall be
given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever has not, from
him shall be taken away even that he has….
So now, let us remember what Christ Jesus is asking: “What is
the kingdom of God like?” we should realize therefore, that Christ
Jesus is not talking about a manifold of acquaintances; rather, that
Christ Jesus is talking about growing and maturing in the words and
teachings of the Lord Christ Jesus and the birds of the sky that
dwelt in its branches is, the words and the teachings: of God the Heavenly Father, the
Son the Lord Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit: yes, in the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God….
The Same was in the beginning with God….
Then Christians, when we love Christ Jesus and God, the
Heavenly Father, meaning, when we keep the words God the Heavenly
Father sent, his Son, the Lord Christ Jesus to bring unto us, then
they, through the word of God manifest unto us: making their
dwelling with us: those who first seek the kingdom of heaven and the
Heavenly Father’s Righteousness; truly, the more we come to grow in
the knowledge, the words and teachings, of God the Heavenly Father
and in truth serve, the Lord Christ Jesus, that is, serve in the
given fruits of the spirit: charity-love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance,
kindness, self-control then we have grown into a large bush and the
birds of the sky dwell in the branches thereof and as well, the
entire batch of dough has risen into mature leaven….
Now Christians, Saint Paul, apostle makes this statement, he
testifies: his suffering at present are as nothing -- to that the
glory that will be revealed unto humankind and that this glory is so
great, to compare them, would be to compare apples and oranges or
more appropriately, comparing life with death….
We should realize the testimony about Saint Paul from the
Book of Acts: to see and understand, somewhat: the difference to
the present suffering and the eternal glory in life….
Christ Jesus said: that Saint Paul would have to suffer, but
we also know that the Lord Christ Jesus, by the Holy Spirit, did
tremendous things through Saint Paul; yes, the Holy Spirit had
completely and fully made its abode with Saint Paul and Paul the
Apostle served the Lord Christ Jesus in life and truth….
Still, Saint Paul testifies that even he did not realize the
fullness of what will be, when Christ Jesus returns, Saint Paul
testifying: for now, we see through a glass, darkly; but then face
to face: now, Saint Paul said, that he knew in part, but then that
he would know even as also that he is known – this referring to the
same testimony that Saint John gave: but we know that, when he shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is; we
shall see Christ Jesus as he is….
Truly, Christians, be reminded that the Holy Spirit: only
testifies to, and of, the words and teachings that God the Heavenly
Father gave to his, Son, the Lord Christ Jesus to bring unto
humankind but that our adversary, the devil is like a roaring lion,
walking by deception, lies and seductive charms, seeking whomever he
may devour….
Still, we
are to resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same
afflictions are accomplished in our brethren that are in the world.... Yes, we are to put on the whole armour of God, that we may be
able to stand against the wiles of the devil….
Remember, temptation attacks us in every way that it can, in
the hope of destroying one of God the Heavenly Fathers sons, his
children: it attacks through making us feel unworthy, but God is our
Father and he has made us in his image; the devil attacks us through
seductive means, that is, the sinful pleasures of the flesh; Satan
attacks us through our vainglory: causing us to believe that we
alone, know, the way, humankind may have peace and to get along,
when the truth is: Christ Jesus is the way, the truth and the life
and only through Christ Jesus, can we come to know true peace and be
fulfilled in life’s joy; for everything else is counterfeit….
It is the taking of the pleasure of eating too much rich
foods only to end up sick….
Yes, Christians, in hope, the creature awaits, in
expectation, for the revelation of the sons of God: those who through
righteousness of faith fulfill the law; yes, those who live not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit….
Yes, there is an unknown something and longing; for in all of
creation and within every creature there is an eager awaiting for
the sons of God: those who love not the world, but love God, Father,
Son and Holy Spirit with all their hearts, minds, souls and
strength; those who do not chase after the lust of the flesh nor the
lust of the eyes, nor the pride of life: for these things our not of
God the Heavenly Father….
There is the eager expectation of the children of God to live
in fulfillment of Christ Jesus’s words and teachings: keeping his
commandments, for Christ Jesus did keep the Heavenly Father’s
commandments….
There is
the eager expectation for all of creation to walk in the way, the
truth and the life, that being, the Lord Christ Jesus….
Again, Christians let us see
the awesome love God the Heavenly Father has for us: God subjected
his creation to futility, not so we would be slaves to are flesh and
slaves to corruption, but so that we, through his Son, the Lord
Christ Jesus, would be set free, from the slavery to corruption;
moreover, so that we would be aware of being set free from
corruption by choosing to live, be and walk in the way, the truth,
and the life: be with Christ Jesus in his glory and holiness: the
image God the Heavenly Father created us to be….
Now Christians, in the name of the Lord Christ Jesus let us
pray and be thankful….
Amen….
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