This blog is based on references in the Bible to fear. God wills that we “BE NOT AFRAID”. Many theologians state that the eighth deadly sin is fear. It is fear and its natural animal reaction to fight or flight that is the root cause of our failings to create a Kingdom of God on earth. By “the power of the Holy Spirit” we can be witnesses and “communicators” of a new and redeemed humanity “even to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:7 8). This blog is dedicated to Mary the Mother of God.
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Deuteronomy, Chapter
31, Verse 6
Be strong and steadfast; have no fear
or dread of them, for it is the LORD, your God, who marches with you; he will
never fail you or forsake you.
Lord, thank you for helping me see more clearly than ever that "what I am" is your gift to me and "what I become" is my gift back to you-Melvin Banggollay.
He did not create us out of necessity;
He did not need us. He did not create us out of justice; He owed us nothing.
No, it is to His sheer love that we owe our existence. Therefore, we must
strive to be humble in accepting our mistakes, to know how to say, “I was
wrong.” You have good qualities—great qualities. Are you not a marvel of
creation, made in the image of God? You are a masterpiece of His love, wounded,
disfigured by sin, but remade by the Redeemer, more beautiful than before—and
at what a price! Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good. One drowns
very quickly in gall. Keep watch, therefore, over your soul; swallow the
bitterness, as Jesus swallowed the vinegar on Calvary, and know how to smile at
those who cause you pain. Poverty, austerity, fasting, prayer, and the gift of
miracles, without love of our brothers, all are pure illusion. Jesus, meek and
humble of heart, give me Your Heart to love my neighbor. The doctrine of abandonment,
which sees God in everything, will make you marvelously available for this
work. This is one of its richest secrets, for it obliges us to renounce, when
necessary, our own views and our little personal plans, even our plans for
sanctification. This total abandonment is the pinnacle of holiness and love,
because it identifies us more perfectly with Jesus, who lived only to do the
will of His Father.[1]
Rachel’s Corner- Try “ cloud berry’s [1] ” And Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior. For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed. The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. (Luke 1:46-49) · do a personal eucharistic stations of the cross. · Religion in the Home for Preschool: January · Carnival Time begins in Catholic Countries. · Bucket List trip: Selinda Reserve, Botswana · Make some: Zuercher Ratsherrentopf · Spirit Hour: Poncho Villa cocktail · National Slow Cooking Month · ...
Auxilium Christianorum - Praying for Persecuted Priests Monday, May 24 is the Feast of Mary Mother of the Church. It is also the Feast of Mary Help of Christians (Auxilium Christianorum). Please consider joining this Auxilium Christianorum family to pray daily for our holy and courageous persecuted priests. The Church teaches us that it is divided into the Church Triumphant (which includes the members of the Church in heaven), the Church Suffering (this includes the members of the Church in purgatory), and the Church Militant (this refers to those members of the Church who are alive in this world). Because we are part of the Church Militant, we are in a spiritual warfare and this spiritual warfare requires that we recognize, as Saint Paul teaches us "For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high ...
Switch of Manliness Legacy OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA Acts, Chapter 10, verse 1-4 1 Now in Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Cohort called the Italica, 2 devout and God-fearing along with his whole household, who used to give alms generously to the Jewish people and pray to God constantly. 3 One afternoon about three o’clock, he saw plainly in a vision an angel of God come into him and say to him, “Cornelius.” 4 He looked intently at him and seized with FEAR , said, “What is it, sir?” He said to him, “Your prayers and almsgiving have ascended as a memorial offering before God. Cornelius’ Cohort was an auxiliary unit of archers, men who are expert at hitting a mark or target. Sin is the act of violating God's will. Sin can also be viewed as anything that violates the ideal relationship between an individual and God, or as any diversion from the ideal order for human living. To sin has been defined as "to miss the mark" to have a h...
Monday Night at the Movies Luis Bunuel, Simon of the Desert, 1965 SAINT MOTHER THEODORE GUERIN Hebrews, Chapter 12, Verse 21 Indeed, so FEARFUL was the spectacle that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.” Moses was the heir apparent to the throne of Egypt in his youth. As a member of the Egyptian court, he would have seen many fearful spectacles yet imagine what it must have been like to have been a witness of God descending on Mount Sinai to give the law. He was terrified and trembling. Again, now imagine if Moses was somehow resurrected and was able to walk into an ordinary catholic church that has a very modest Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Do you think his reaction would be any different than the first time he encountered the living God? Be Still and Know that I am God [1] On the evening of October 1995, John Paul II was scheduled to greet the seminarians at Saint Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. It had been a very full day that began with a Mass at...
Now that we have experienced life in the 1950's next step life in a castle . Then there's always the family Castle... February 15 Saturday Singles Awareness Day Genesis, Chapter 3, verse 8-10: 8 When they heard the sound of the LORD God walking about in the garden at the breezy time of the day, the man and his wife hid themselves from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 The LORD God then called to the man and asked him: Where are you? 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden; but I was AFRAID , because I was naked, so I hid.” Before the fall both Adam and Eve were unafraid of being exposed to God and they were innocent in that they knew not that they were naked. Adam states I heard the sound of you in the garden. We do not know what the sound of God is from the verse. Was it the same sound as a man walking in the garden? Or was it the sound of a rushing wind? We do not know; but Adam...
February 7 First Friday MARRIAGE WEEK-Ballet Hebrews, Chapter 13, Verse 1-8 1 Let mutual love continue. 2 Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels. 3 Be mindful of prisoners as if sharing their imprisonment, and of the ill-treated as of yourselves, for you also are in the body. 4 Let marriage be honored among all and the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the immoral and adulterers. 5 Let your life be free from love of money but be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never forsake you or abandon you.” 6 Thus we may say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper, [and] I will not be AFRAID. What can anyone do to me?” 7 Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith . 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews, Chapter 13, Verse’ 1-6 show the following ways of living to demonstrate true love or c...
February 16 Sunday-Septuagesima Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 7-8 7 Blessed are those who trust in the LORD; the LORD will be their trust. 8 They are like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream: It does not FEAR heat when it comes, its leaves stay green; In the year of drought, it shows no distress but still produces fruit. I live in Arizona where hardly anything grows in the desert. However, along a stream or a creek, trees do put their roots into the bed of the water and create a mini paradise with flowers, deer and even provide sustenance even during the hottest days. Likewise, we should sink our roots into our Lord through our church and receive refreshment through frequent reception of the sacraments of Confession and the Eucharist, along with spiritual reading and time alone with our Lord. In this way we are nourished and prepared for the work our Lord has given us. “Blessed are the poor in spirit; for th...
Dara’s Corner Try an “ Blue Mountain Coffee ” · Spirit hour: “ Benedictine ” in honor of St. Francis de Sales · Bucket List Trip: Hang with Joc Cousteau in Fiji · Dry January or Ginuary · Get your Soup On · Hot Tea Month · Plan winter fun: o Soak in hot springs o Hit the snow slopes o Ride a snowmobile o Go for a dog sled ride o Ride a hot air balloon · How to celebrate Jan 29th o Feeling adventurous? Start your day with a challengi...
February 12 Wednesday Tu Bishvat Lincoln-Darwin Ezekiel, Chapter 12, Verse 18-19 18 Son of man, eat your bread trembling and drink your water shaking with FEAR . 19 And say to the people of the land: Thus says the Lord GOD about the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: they shall eat their bread in fear and drink their water in horror, because the land will be emptied of what fills it—the lawlessness of all its inhabitants. We become lawless when we lack leaders that had a leader’s heart. God measures the greatness of a leader’s heart not his intelligence or his wealth. Ezekiel message is that God punishes evil leaders and those who follow them. No nation rises above its leadership. God desires that leaders first develop the following characteristics of the heart: 1) Healthy personal security 2) Strong biblical identity 3) Growing intimacy with Him 4) Consistent personal disciplines 5) Pure motives and ambition...
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