Published
on May 31st, 2008 [Feast of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary plus
the Visitation of the Blessed
Virgin Mary]
On
May 28th (see below) we posted on this page the following:
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Do you
wonder... if Jesus said, responding to the
scribes and the Pharisees who asked: Why
doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners? [Mark 2:16] :
They that are well
have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to
call the just, but sinners. [Mark 2:17]
How
come would Paul
give the following advice to the Corinthians?
But now I have written to you,
not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother, be a
fornicator, or
covetous, or a server of idols, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an
extortioner:
with such a one, not so much as to eat. [1 Cor. 5:11]
We can give
you the answer
but, this time, we would
like to hear from our readers what they think the answer is.
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We
received a few responses and we must say that all of them had quite a few
correct elements in them. As we explain it - as we see it - those who
wrote will immediately recognize the correct elements in their response.
Let
us go to Luke 19 and we will meet Zacheus - chief of the Publicans.
Since he was short, yet, he was seeking to see Jesus, he climbed atop a
tree. Once Jesus saw him He said: Zacheus, make haste and
come down; for this day I must abide in thy house. to which Zacheus responded by making haste...
and came down; and received him with
joy. To which the self appointed righteous criticized Him
by "...saying, that he was
gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner."
Of
course, Jesus responded: This day is salvation come to this house,
because he also is a son of Abraham.
For the Son of man is come to seek and to
save that which was lost.
On Mark 2 we have a
similar situation. What is not as obvious is that Levi was also
"seeking Jesus", i.e. seeking the Living Word of God. However, since
Levi got up and followed Jesus when Jesus told him: Follow me, he may have not been
seeking as Zacheus did, but his
soul seeking indeed was, and once he heard the call, he followed
the Living Word of God.
Logically - when the
lost ones start seeking or following they must be assisted
Home as the Father did with the prodigal son. (1) That is precisely what
Jesus was doing.
Now we have Paul
saying in 1 Cor 5:11: But now
I have written to you, not to keep company, if any
man that is named a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or a server
of idols, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a
one, not so much as to eat.
As many of the
responders pointed out - the key here is the qualifier of the
individual: "...any
man that is named a brother..."
That individual had responded to a call and was in the fold - a
brother - but obviously his response was of the type we read in the
Parable of the Seed in Luke 8: 11-14.
...and with such a
one, not so much as to eat.
We pray that this little excercise has shown those who tried it how
important
and rewarding
is to ponder and meditate upon the Sacred Scriptures - thus how
tremendously edifying can the Mediated Rosary be.
(2)
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(1) The
return of the Prodigal Son
(2) The
Meditated Rosary
Published
on May 28th, 2008
Do you
wonder... if Jesus said, responding to the
scribes and the Pharisees who asked: Why
doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners? [Mark 2:16] :
They that are well
have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to
call the just, but sinners. [Mark 2:17]
How come would Paul
give the following advice to the Corinthians?
But now I have written to you,
not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother, be a
fornicator, or
covetous, or a server of idols, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an
extortioner:
with such a one, not so much as to eat. [1 Cor. 5:11]
We can give you the answer
but, this time, we would
like to hear from our readers what they think the answer is.
Drop a line to us and let us know why
you think that the apparent incoherence is another example of Biblical
coherence. Please keep your response at no more that one page. Rest
assured that whatever you may write will not be published without your
explicit permission.
Published on May 23rd, 2008
Do you
wonder... what Jesus meant when He said:
But I
tell you the truth: it is expedient to you that I go: for if I go not, the Paraclete
will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
[John 16:7]
and
But
when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the
Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me.
[John 15:26].
and Paul meant when he said:
And
because you are sons, God hath sent the Spirit of his Son into
your hearts, crying: Abba, Father. [Galatians 4:6]
Ponder about it......
Published on May 20th, 2008
Do you
wonder... how is it possible that God would have such reputation as
reflected by Moses words, thus:
Moses stood with him, calling upon
the name of the Lord.... Who renderest the iniquity of the fathers to
the children, and to the
grandchildren, unto the third and fourth generation. [Exodus 34:7]
It must be because God Himself had said:
I am the Lord thy
God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
[Exodus 20:5]
But.... "What kind of God is that?" - many have asked. Thus, to
force-justify such incoherence many have made a separation of God: The
God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament.
No, no, no.... "Coherence" is the "adhesive" of the Most Holy
Trinity. There is no such a thing of the God of the Old Testament
or the God of the New Testament or the God of Mercy or the God of Wrath
nor the "Buy one God and get Three" - should we want to sound as
ridiculous as those who separate the Old and New Testament in such
manner.
Before the advent of the Word of God - Jesus Christ - with the implied
messages of: "What part of what We
have been telling you for the past four thousand years you do not
understand" or "Read My lips!"
God had to communicate to His children in a manner the people of each
time could understand.
What God meant (and still means!) in Exodus 20:5, and which Moses
invoked in Exodus 34:7 was: If you
live outside my Law thus, reject Me, the (automatic) consequences that
you will bring upon yourself will last several generations.
For example: We are not finished paying for having ignored
the Divine instructions (1) clearly given in Fatima. When we pay the final
installment it will be somewhere between the third and fourth
generation (today's generation is equivalent to about 25 years).
In a physical world parallel Imagine if we said: If you reject my teachings about gravity
and internal injuries you and your family will suffer greatly.
Of course, they will when you try to fly off the roof of a ten story
building....!
After all, you have a wife, ten kids, a mortgage, and in debt over your
head and no health insurance.
Once again - Perfect Coherence
is "the middle name" of the Holy Scriptures and "the signature" of a
Perfect God.
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(1) The
ignored
instructions
Published on May 18th, 2008 [Trinity
Sunday]
Do you still
wonder... why God, the Father, issued His Word, the Son, to
Create
the Universe to then send His Spirit to vivify man? (1)
Because God is Love and Love
desires to share all that is good.... and to share.... one needs
someone to share it with.
Tragically we (2) have not learned that lesson either since.... as we
clog
our arteries with rich food, destroy our livers and kidneys with
alcohol and drug abuses, pollute our lungs with the emissions of "our
great progress"... five to ten million people die every year because
they are too poor to live while most of the world population live in
abysmal misery.
Sorry... this is not the local parish where the congregation is
massaged with politically correct messages to see if they drop an extra
buck in the collection plate.... THIS IS the Apocalypse and Thanks Be
to God for that!
Happy Trinity
Sunday!
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(1) Creation - Part
I and Part
II
(2) Make no
mistake - miguel de
Portugal
was well included in that "we" up to 1985
and although he had been marked for These Times from all Eternity many
did pray for him as God required for his conversion. May this serve
as a reminder why we
MUST
pray for those of the Elect who still are
deaf and blind so that may awaken from their slumber.
Published
on May 15th,
2008
Do you ever wonder... what
truly sets the Elect (1)
apart from the rest? Wonder
no
more!
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(1) Who
are the
Elect?
Published
on May 11th,
2008 [Sunday of Pentecost and Mother's
Day]
Do you ever wonder... if
Thomas and his successors (those whom were consecrated to the
priesthood through him) were ever able to forgive anyone's sins
considering....
He
said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent
me, I also send you. When he had said this, he breathed on
them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sins you
shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain,
they are retained. Now Thomas,
one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus
came.
[John 20: 21-24]
and further....
..... was Thomas Blessed considering....
Then
he saith to Thomas: Put in thy finger hither, and see my
hands; and bring hither thy hand, and put it into my side; and be not
faithless, but believing. Thomas answered, and said to him: My
Lord, and my God. Jesus saith to him: Because thou hast seen me,
Thomas, thou
hast believed: blessed are
they that have not seen, and have believed.
[John 20: 27-29]
The above is no to cast doubt
on the Scriptures; it simply is to provoke thinking and salutary
questioning so that the Holy Spirit of God may rejoice in illuminating
those who truly seek the truth and not follow blindly. If we were to
follow blindly, why would the Holy Spirit of God was to descend upon
all believers?
Published
on May 6th,
2008
Do you wonder... why in many
of the prayers, at
least
in English, after
a petition and/or invocation it is prayed thus: "....through
Jesus Christ." - which is wrong?
Such error is the result of a combination of poor translation (1) laced with poor Evangelization. (2)
What did Jesus say, over and
over again?
He often said "...ask the Father in
My Name" and, in one instance He said:
"....ask Me anything in My Name".
How did this error got past the "Guardians of the
Faith"? (3)
It filtered down as the result of a total misunderstanding of: "Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the
truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me." [John 14:6]
One thing is to "ask the Father" and another
totally different thing is "go to the
Father."
Of course Jesus IS the Only Way (in spite of what Escrivá (4) wanted others to believe) - but why?
He is the only Way because of the
reality of the hypostatic union (5) - wherein Jesus is God and Man. [We can proclaim
that, not because of the Council of Nicea, which was just a political
ploy of Constantine to keep the Empire together using Christianity as
"glue" (6), ruled so; we can proclaim that because we know it is the Truth as
you will now see.]
Jesus Is the Word of God made flesh. That "flesh" had to (humanly) suffer and
die to
later resurrect and open the Gates of Heaven to the Elect upon His
ascension. Gates
which had been closed since Adam and Eve traded a Divine Command for a
full belly (sounds like a familiar habit, doesn't it?) (7)
Therefore, because of His flesh dying and resurrecting - He - the flesh
- IS the Way.
Now, then, addressing His Divine component : He IS the Word of God
through which the Universe was Created. (8)
Since
the Word of God instructs us, assists us and inspire us to get
back to the Father (9); thus, - He - the Divine Word - IS the Way.
It is really that simple.
If the Masters (10) of the New Temple - the Vatican - would have paid
more attention to the One they claim to serve instead of worrying about
other matters...
i.e.
7 Hypocrites, well hath
Isaias prophesied of you, saying:
8 This people honoureth me with their lips:
but their heart is far from me.
9 And in vain do they worship
me, teaching doctrines and commandments
of men.
[Matthew 15:7-9]
...His children would have
been better instructed and the suffering in the world would have been
greatly reduced by it.
But do not take our word for it.... take His....!
Matthew 23
