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Christmas Meditation
He saw everything and loved
We are all called to interior freedom,
yet like everything in this world,
there is a price to be paid.
The armor of man is easier to wear
than is the armor of God.
To go against, to fight,
to hate, and seek revenge.
To devalue as less than...
Psalms 40:4-5 ESV
“Blessed is the man who makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after a lie!
You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of...
“The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
When evildoers assail me
to eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
it is they who stumble and fall.
Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall...
“Vindicate me, O Lord,
for I have walked in my integrity,
and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
test my heart and my mind.
For your steadfast love is before my eyes,
and I walk in your faithfulness.
“I do not sit with men of falsehood...
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no...
I am reading in Psalms 22, which is a very lengthy Psalm, part of which appears to predict the coming of Jesus Christ and of his life and death on the cross to take away our sins. For it begins with, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Psalms 22:1), which is what Jesus spoke to the...
“I love you, O Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
“The cords of...
“Give ear to my words, O Lord;
consider my groaning.
Give attention to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for to you do I pray.
O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
“For you are not a God who delights in...
All this was after Jesus had died on a cross for our sins and had been resurrected from the dead and had appeared to many people, including to his disciples. Peter and some of the other disciples had just gone fishing and had caught nothing. Then Jesus appeared and he told them where to cast...
“When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?’ He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’ He said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ He said to him a second time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ He said to him, ‘Yes...
“After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, ‘I am going...
The Holy Spirit and the Eucharist
My Heart thirsts for the love of the saints. To those who come to Me, I will give love and holiness. And in this shall My Father be glorified. 1 And this shall come to pass through the intimate action of My Spirit. Where I am present in the Sacrament of My...
Jesus Christ is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He always was and he always will be. And he is our creator God. But he left his throne in heaven, and he came to earth, and he was born as a baby to a human mother but conceived of the Holy Spirit. So God...
Hanukkah/Chanukah 2023 starts at nightfall on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, which is when the first candle is lit. The final candles are lit on Thursday evening, Dec. 14, and the holiday concludes the following day, Dec. 15.
Hanukkah or Chanukah (means Dedication) The holiday commemorates the...
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not...
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
“I...
God and the Afterlife a book by Jeffery Long
In the early 70’s, I went with a few community members, to a talk given by Kubler Ross on the Near-Death-Experience (NDE). Even though it was 45 years ago, I can still remember the talk clearly. In the audience was also a young man, named Raymond...
“And Jesus answered them, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world...