Points
to Ponder About
July 2009
PURPOSE (*):
The purpose of Points to Ponder About
is to stimulate thinking that would draw the disoriented Faithful back
to God (**) and
away from the hypocritical duplicity of some religious institutions
which are destroying the little faith left on earth.
You may access all other editions of "Points to Ponder
About" through the appropriate links at the bottom of this page.
Note:
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been removed from the Net, or moved to different locations, since then.
CONTENTS in this
edition:
Published on
July 31st, 2009
The attempt to discredit the mgr.org
domain name of The M+G+R Foundation
Do you ever wonder..... to
what extent some will go to discredit the main "internet face" of The
M+G+R Foundation, i.e. the mgr.org
Domain ?
Wonder no more.....
We have
been informed that:
An
on-line casino - Superior Casino
- with a listed home in Great Britain...
Uses a credit card paying front, (2) which is listed in
Dubai...
Which shows on the credit card bill as
charged to WWW.M-G-R.ORG...
An organization that claims as its business mail sales of pet leashes
and coats...
With its Domain
being hosted by a hosting company in Dallas, Texas
If it is just a coincidence it must be
one of those "one in a million"
events - even without considering the fact that The M+G+R Foundation
was born in Houston, Texas - just a stone's throw away from
Dallas, Texas, and
that the ".ORG" indicator is not to be used in
for-profit commercial purposes.
We will see how God wishes to handle this
obvious smear to the mgr.org
name.
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Published on
July 24th, 2009
Man was not created to serve the
Religious Institutions
Do you ever wonder..... what is
the key meaning, hidden-in-plain-view, in the following statements made
by Jesus?
The
sabbath was made for man, and not man
for the sabbath. [Mark
2:27]
a statement which is
preceded by:
Have
you never read what David did when he
had need, and was hungry himself, and they that were with him?
How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the high priest, and
did eat the loaves of proposition, which was not lawful to eat but for
the priests, and gave to them who were with him?
[Mark 2:25-26]
Said crystal clear statements
instruct the Faithful that a Religious Institution is set up to serve
man by helping (nor forcing him!) in his journey to God and that, in
very special circumstances, man-made rules established by said
Religious Institutions can be circumvented - so long as they do not violate
Divine Law.... . In addition, He reminds us that man was not created to serve
the Religious Institutions. Man was Created to serve God above all, and
no man - regardless of claims made - may ever take the place of God.
That egocentric attitude is precisely what precipitated the fall of
Lucifer.
It does not matter what the Vatican or the Ecumenical Patriarchate in
Constantinople (1)
or, for that, matter, the Southern Baptist Conference or any other
Religious Institution may
claim. The clear and concise Word of God still rules above all.
Just as many angels fell because they believed Lucifer's theosophy,
many humans will fall for having placed men or institutions above God,
His Word and His Law. Surprised? One should not be for He also said:
How
narrow is the gate, and strait is the
way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it! [Matthew 7:14]
(1) The Vatican and the
Ecumenical Patriarchate - "Two peas in a pod" (The
Patriarch Bartholomew I receives Benedict XVI)
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Published on
July 21st, 2009
Lessons from the Presentation of Jesus
in
the Temple
Do you wonder..... what messages, beyond the reporting of the event,
are within the depths of the story about the Presentation of Jesus in
the Temple?
In Luke 2 we read:
22 And after the
days of her
purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they
carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord... 25 And behold
there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, and this man was just and
devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Ghost was
in him.
26 And he had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should
not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord. 27 And he
came by the Spirit into the temple.... 28 He also took him into his
arms, and blessed God, and said: 29 Now thou dost dismiss thy servant,
O Lord, according to thy word in peace; 30 Because my eyes have seen
thy salvation,
[...] 36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel,
of
the tribe of Aser... 37 And she was a widow until fourscore and four
years; who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers
serving night and day. 38 Now she, at the same hour, coming in,
confessed to the Lord; and spoke of him to all that looked for the
redemption of Israel.
Here are the main four which jump right out....
One: No priest
in the temple recognized the Messiah.
Two: Only a man and a
woman - equally in this case -
illuminated by the Holy Spirit of God recognized the Messiah
Three: Obviously the
Holy Spirit of God was working amongst pious
and holy individuals before the Pentecost.
Four: Even though a
woman - serving at the Temple - was so
exalted as to recognize the Messiah and to prophesy, she was not a
priestess since the priesthood is strictly a man's function, just like
motherhood is a gift reserved only for the Crown of Creation - the
female of the humans created in the Image of God. (1)
(1) The Story of
Creation
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Published on
July 17th, 2009 [Feast of Mary's Humility]
If the Mother of Jesus Christ request
that we pray the Rosary, it must be so important
Do you wonder..... if the Mother of Jesus Christ (1) - acknowledged by
all Christians to be God (2)
- has repeatedly requested that we pray
the Rosary on a regular basis, most Christians seldom do? Even among
those who invoke Mary's Holy Name and recite, from memory, Her many
Apparitions "at the drop of a hat"?
Frankly, we do not... unless, of course, it is a measure of the level
of control satan has on the particular individual.
A well prayed Rosary (3)
takes only thirty minutes and, we must ask again,.... With as many
thirty minute blocks of time that Christian shamelessly waste in
absolutely trivial and worthless endeavors (4), why couldn't they
dedicate thirty minutes a day to what most likely will be the best
spent time of their lives?
(1) The Divine Motherhood of Mary
(2) The
Secret Concept of the Most
Holy Trinity - One Substance, Three Distinct Persons
(3) How
to pray a Rosary
(4) The man who became m de P knew that well - He
"wrote the book" about shamelessly wasting time in absolutely trivial
and worthless endeavors, but at least he did not claim to be a real
Christian nor a bleeding heart Marian devotee.
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Published on
July 12th, 2009
The origin of the name "Opus
Dei"
- The Benedictine connection
Do you wonder.... where from Jose María Escrivá drew the
"Opus Dei" name?
It seems that the first one to use it in such context was St. Benedict.
In an interview (1)
with the Archabbot of Monte Cassino, Benedictine
Father Pietro Vittorelli, he stated:
Because
the Benedictines treat the Lord as Lord. There is a place of
honor given to the "opus Dei," as St. Benedict called it in his rule,
the work of God, the first work of God is prayer. Benedictine monks
have always given much attention to this primary aspect of their lives,
which feeds everything else.... ....as St. Benedict says in the
rule, that unceasing prayer of the heart that is so dear especially in
the Eastern tradition and which St. Benedict proposed to his monks in
the sixth century.
to which the interviewer, Father Rosica,
responded:
Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger is not a
stranger to your life or to your monastery because he has a special
place in his life for the Benedictine rule. Tell me about your
friendship with Cardinal Ratzinger (now Benedict XVI).
with the Archabbot responding thus:
I had the honor of
assisting him during
one of his longer visits to the monastery, when he stayed for about
eight days while writing one of his books. That time he stayed quite
awhile and I was able to be close to him for an extended period of time.
It is interesting to see that God does not stop
providing new "dots" to add, as it were for confirmation, to the image
already composed with other "dots" - all for the
benefit of those who listen to what we have to say in His Name.
(1) Full
interview (page no longer available in 2022) | Alternative
Link
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Published on July
7th, 2009
The "blame it all on the Second
Vatican Council" syndrome
Do you wonder.... how can the "blame it all on the Second Vatican
Council" syndrome (1)
be spun to make of the Second Vatican Council and the Popes behind it
the greatest thing ever happened to the world in the last two hundred
years?
Whenever the Vatican needs to "slip one by" hoping that no one notices
it. (2)
(1) "Blame it all" on the
Second Vatican Council
(2) See July 7th
post in Public Forum - Part II
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Published on July
5th, 2009
Benedict XVI's encyclical calling for
a new world body to govern globalization
Do you wonder .... how the Vatican is going to muscle its way in the
race (with the two other agents (1))
to establish a New International
Government?
Wonder no more.... The "coming out" will be via Benedict XVI's
forthcoming encyclical calling
for a new world body to govern
globalization. Caritas in Veritate ("Love in Truth"), as the new
document is entitled, will bear the symbolic date of 29 June in memory
of the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul. (2)
(1) The Threesome
of Saviors
(2) Information
source (visited in 2009) | More information (2012)
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Published on July
1st, 2009
The influenza A (H1N1) (aka "Swine
Flu") and the Mark of the Beast
Do you wonder .... what is
the
"second half of the story" that we announced in this column on June
29th (see below) regarding the persistent effort by public authorities
to
drum into the general population's psyche a latent panic
about the influenza A(H1N1) (aka "swine flu")?
Do not wonder any more.... CLICK
HERE for a "second half" scenario of
the story.
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Published on
June 29th, 2009 [Feast of St. Peter (1) and St.
Paul]
The influenza A (H1N1) (aka "Swine
Flu") and mandatory vaccinations
Do you still wonder.... why
such a great effort has been placed into carefully cultivating a low
level, but sustained, world wide panic about the influenza
A (H1N1) (aka "swine flu") ?
A lengthy article by Global Research (2) will give you the
proverbial "half of the story". We will soon publish the second
half.
(1) True
Petrine Ministry
(2)
Article - "Readying Americans for Dangerous,
Mandatory Vaccinations"
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Points
to Ponder About - Archive
The purpose of Points to Ponder About
was to
stimulate thinking that would draw the disoriented Faithful back to
God. What used to be posted in this
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NOTES
(*) PURPOSE: The Purpose
of this Page may be found at
the beginning of any of the past issues, such as in Points
to
Ponder (January 2005)
(**) "Because
it has been given to you
to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of
heaven, but to them it has not been given."..... Therefore I speak to
them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do
not hear, nor do they understand.... Lest they should see with their
eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their
hearts and be converted so that I should heal them." [Matthew
13:11, 13, 15]
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