Wiki:

The word homosexual translates literally as "of the same sex", being a hybrid of the Greek prefix homo- meaning 'same' (as distinguished from the Latin root homo meaning 'human') and the Latin root sex meaning 'sex'.
The first known public appearance of the term homosexual in print is found in an 1869 German pamphlet

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77 years later in 1946, the term homosexual made its first appearance in the English Bible.

Recently, ESV 1 Corinthians 6:

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality.

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perform homosexual acts,
ἀρσενοκοῖται (arsenokoitai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 733: A male engaging in same-gender sexual activity; a sodomite, pederast. From arrhen and koite; a sodomite.

BDAG:

ἀρσενοκοίτης, ου, ὁ (ἄρσην [G730] ‘male’ + κοίτη [G2845] ‘bed’; Bardesanes 719 Fgm. 3b 10, 25 p. 653 Jac. [in Eus., PE 6, 10, 25]; Anth. Pal. 9, 686, 5 and Cat. Cod. Astr. VIII/4 p. 196, 6 and 8 have the sp. ἀρρενοκοίτης; Theoph. Ant. 1, 2 [p. 60, 27]; in a vice list—ἀρσενοκοιτεῖν SibOr 2, 73; AcJ 36 [Aa II/1, 169];

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G733 appears outside of the Bible in multiple places.

cp. the association of ἄρσην and κοίτη Lev 20:13, s. Soph. Lex.: ἀ.= ὁ μετὰ ἄρσενος [G730] κοιμώμενος κοίτην [G2845] γυναικείαν=‘one who has intercourse w. a man as w. a woman’;

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The two components of G733 appear in the LXX.

cp. the formation of μητροκοίτης [μήτηρ + κοίτη] ‘one who has intercourse w. his mother’ Hipponax 15, 2 Diehl3 [=Degani 20, 2])

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Similar word construction is used for having sex with one's mother.

a male who engages in sexual activity w. a pers. of his own sex, pederast 1 Cor 6:9

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NIV translation is more precise:

Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men.

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One thing I struggled with about Christianity is the statement that the Bible is “the infallible Word of God.” To me, the Holy Trinity is pure and perfect, yet any message passed on through human beings is bound to be flawed.

Any work done through people is bound to be contaminated by human errors. I only have to look at my own personal history to clearly see that everyone of us makes errors. So the idea that I should take the Bible word for word as the infallible Word of God doesn’t make sense to me.

How do you see this? And more in general, how do I talk to Christians who take the Bible word for word literally, and who see any idea that there may be little flaws in there as blasphemous? Any feedback appreciated. And the message of Christianity is still the best message out there. God bless!

Stock buybacks! Helping Americans?

Well helping rich Americans. Yes they could be giving that money to employees, they could be managing prices better. But nope.
Why?

GM announces record $10 billion stock buyback—more than it’s spending on UAW raises—as its electrification push stalls
Cigna does the same.
It seems any given week billions of dollars suddenly exist and get socked away in the dragon hordes instead of given to people who will spend it to survive.


Enriching stock holders is more important than customers or employees.

I want to say, first off, that by sacred scripture I mean the 73 canonical books in Catholic Bibles. I do not mean 66 books, or Jewish Tanakh, or a larger number of canonical books according to some other tradition.

When reading sacred scripture there are a number of ways one can approach the text. One is called "historical critical method" and it involves learning the nuances of the languages spoken and written at the time in which particular passages being read were written. It also means learning about the literary forms in use and identifying the form used in the passage under study. Further, it means attempting to discover the intended meaning of the author of the passage.

There is a great deal to be gained from this approach. Some may see it as "the right way" to read the sacred scriptures. But is it? Really?

anyone else seen this argument made, indirectly or directly by a lot of christians in the west?

we don't need to dredge up specific examples.
of course it stinks.

but, would you confront one of your neighbors if they killed another one of your neighbors? (lets assume there are no other authority around)

If understand correctly, the main hope offered by Christianity is the promise of eternal bliss after we die in return for following God. What does the Bible say about hope for our lives on earth?

Many believers do not have a passing thought about the Millennial Kingdom, so let's get started with some basics:

We see the timeline of this 1000-year reign of Messiah in Revelation 20:4 - 6 "Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years."

So for those blessed individuals who will "Rule and Reign" with our Messiah, this event is known as the "First Resurrection" and will be for the ones who "Overcome" "He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS; AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Fathe" Revelation 2:26-27
Included in this ruling class of resurrected and glorified saints that will "Rule and Reign" with Messiah would be the 144,000 messianic saints as they will be the "first fruits to God and to the Lamb" Rev 14:4

But more will be included other than these select few in the ruling class. All of those true believers who live through the tribulation will be brought into the Kingdom.

Mat 25:31 - 34 “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. “All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."

Included among those who will transition over to the Millennial Kingdom will be every living Israeli (Romans 11:26) who has been saved at his coming (Rev 19)

In the 1:05 youtube clip, Obama openly states he would be fine instructing the presidency behind the scene's with a (Front Man and Ear Piece) in a third term presidency? The 1:05 youtube clip

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The Western Journal​

Watch: Obama Talks About Using a 'Stand-in, a Front-Man' for a Third Term​

December 15, 2020​

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Death of last surviving Alaskan taken by Japan during WWII rekindles memories of forgotten battle​

Greg Golodoff’s wife of 50 years, Pauline, said he never spoke with her about his experience in Japan or about being the last living resident of Attu.

“I tried to ask him, but he didn’t want to talk about it,” she said.

Japanese soldiers landed on Attu Island on June 7, 1942, when residents were attending services at the Russian Orthodox church.

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God has equipped each person to perform the works He wants that person to perform. That person has a choice as to whether or not to perform those works, but if that same person has chosen to love God, his choice is made for him as described in Romans 8:28. The choice is made to act on God’s behalf if we love Him.

There is a song called ‘Onward Christian Soldiers.’ Question is, are we soldiers, or agents of God? Does it matter which one we are?

A soldier is generally defined as someone who fights when there is a war. Those of us who love God are fighting a constant war against Satan. But does it stop there? Depends on the degree we’re fighting him. If we as soldiers spend all our time fighting him while disregarding the needs of our family, friends and neighbors, since as soldiers we cannot go AWOL at any time to look after them, is Satan not winning the war against the human race?

What is an agent? An agent is defined as a person who acts for or represents another...Seems an agent of God is involved in a lot of things, not just fighting Satan. Our righteousness include our commitment toward God. Our righteousness includes treating other people as God would want us to, for the specific purposes we have. Jesus in Matthew 22:37-39 has given us two great commandments: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind...And... You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” As far as the treatment of other people goes, inasmuch as God loves us he would expect us to love eachother as He would love us, and in His Name. This is what would make us His agents.

Our commitment to God, and to no other Gods, is what makes us His soldiers. Seems that at the end of the day, we have a dual purpose as soldiers and agents of Him.

America has its domestic reasons for electing a president and it is their choice whom they elect but because they are the current leader of the free world the result matters to the rest of us also. So I wanted to start a thread on the potential international repercussions of the 2024 election. especially since Trump now seems to be the preferred candidate of most Republicans.

1) This election is a choice between isolationism and internationalism. Isolationism would mean Ukraine being conquered by Russia with possible further advances to follow and most likely an unopposed invasion of Taiwan to follow that with the loss of the main advanced chip industry to the Chinese. It could mean the end of NATO as a security alliance with the repercussion of less world stability, loss of American influence both military and economic and with the increased global instability the onset of more wars, economic depression (following increased protectionism), and a loss of global cooperation on key issues like the environment, pandemics, and global organized crime.

2) Trump is perceived as being unfit to govern by just about everybody in the Western world outside the USA. His election would result in an immediate loss of American credibility (he is a proven liar (e.g. election fraud claim) and will probably be convicted of crimes before the election). Trump as president might spell the death of American global leadership, and the failure of the Europe-US alliance that has kept the peace for the last 77 years.

Existence is divided into two realms: vertical and horizontal. The horizontal realm is the physical, measurable reality. Vertical is the rest.

Angels are beings existing in the vertical realm.

Satan is not a physical being. By these definitions, he is an angel.

If we are true followers of Jesus Christ, it should grieve us greatly to see so many people today professing his name, but not honoring him with their lives. They give lip service to the Lord, but they do not obey him. For they are still walking in their sins, still doing what their flesh desires, and their lives are not committed to obedience to the Lord and to holy living. And some of this is due to the false gospel that is being spread, but all people have a choice to obey the Lord or not, so they are without excuse.

But it is true that many lies are being spread today in the name of Christ, and in the name of the gospel of our salvation, and large numbers of people are flocking to these lies because the lies do not demand that they repent of their sins and that they follow Jesus in obedience to his commands and in holy living if they want salvation from sin and eternal life with God. For the lies grant them permission to keep on in their sins while they are being given assurance of salvation from sin and of eternal life with God.

But the truth that Jesus taught and that his NT apostles taught is the opposite of what so many of these liars and deceivers are teaching the people as the “gospel” message. For Jesus said that if anyone would come after him, he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our old lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if for Jesus’ sake we deny self, die daily to sin, and follow Jesus in obedience, then we have eternal life.

And Jesus also said that not everyone who says to him, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one DOING the will of God the Father who is in heaven. For many will stand before him on the day of judgment claiming him as “Lord,” and claiming all that they say they did in his name,” but he is going to say to them, “I never knew you. Depart from me you workers of lawlessness,” because they would not obey the Lord, but the flesh, instead (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

For it isn’t those who profess faith in Jesus Christ who are forgiven of their sins and who have the hope of eternal life with God, but it is those who are doing the will of God, in practice, who are obeying our Lord’s commands (New Covenant), who are walking in his ways, and who are living holy lives, pleasing to the Lord, by the grace of God, in the power of God. They are the godly whom God has set apart for himself, who listen to the Lord and who then follow him in obedience (see John 10:27-30). They have eternal life.

“Be angry, and do not sin,” is repeated for us in Ephesians 4:26-27. We are not to let the sun go down on our anger, and we are to give no opportunity for the devil. And how does that work, exactly? Because when we get angry, which could be anger based in sin, or anger based in righteousness, it stirs our emotions to the point to where we might consider revenge or getting even or treating those who wrong us in ways which are ungodly. And unresolved anger can lead to bitterness and hate and to sinful practices.

And to offer right sacrifices to God is to put our full trust in him. For we are to present ourselves to God as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to him. And this is our acceptable worship of God. For we can sing and raise our hands and not be in true worship. And we are to no longer be conformed to the ways of this sinful world, but we are to be transformed in heart and mind of the Spirit of God so that by how we live for the Lord we discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect (Romans 12:1-2).

So true worship of God involves us surrendering our lives to the Lord to do his will, and it involves us letting go of our selfish desires which want to please self, instead of pleasing God. It involves us dying with Christ to sin, not just once, but daily, and us being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness, no longer as slaves to sin but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness, for this is God’s will for our lives (Romans 6:1-23; Ephesians 4:17-32).

I Surrender All

Hymn lyrics by Judson W. Van De Venter, 1896
Music by Winfield S. Weeden, 1896

… Lo, we have left all, and have followed Thee. (Mark 10:28)

All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.

All to Jesus I surrender,
Humbly at His feet I bow;
Worldly pleasures all forsaken,
Take me, Jesus, take me now.

All to Jesus I surrender,
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine.

All to Jesus I surrender,
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessing fall on me.

All to Jesus I surrender,
Now I feel the sacred flame;
Oh, the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory, to His Name!

I surrender all,
I surrender all;
All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.

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I'm not sure if this should be posted here or in the news section, but the following news item has a video of sharks circling bait fish near a place called 1770 on the Queensland Coast. It's actually about a shark attack, the second in the last week in Queensland waters. The moving dark shadow in the water is the school of bait fish.


If you're wondering about the town with a number for a name it has to do with Captain James Cook's voyage up the east Australian coast in 1770.

The town of Seventeen Seventy is so named because on 24 May in that year, Lieutenant James Cook, captain of His Majesty's barque HMS Endeavour, came ashore and landed on the beach of Round Hill Creek in the vicinity of the present village.

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Many years ago I was on a fishing trip with a Christian group called "Scripture Union". We were on Fraser Island which is south of 1770 and Agnes Water. I was standing on the shore but I could see a feeding frenzy about 100 metres off shore. A bunch of shark fins were moving around and it was obvious they were excited.

A service focused this morning on the plight of the Palestinians. A Palestinian Methodist leader on video used the words genocide referring to the current action by the Israelis. This was just accepted by the service leader. Indeed, she only referred to October 7th once as a burning down of homes and implying that this was contiguous to what is happening in Gaza. The two huge and relevant differences are that Oct 7th directly caused the Israeli response and that Hamas's actions were sadistically carried out.
The dangerous use of the word genocide ignores also that the IDF are seeking out Hamas, NOT seeking to destroy the Palestinian people.
If pastors are going to 'DO' the current Palestine tragedy then there needs to be at least some political nuance and certainly some theology.

How can I avoid mortal sin? Be more prayerful? Be more busy?

I go to confession weekly and receive the Eucharist weekly, sometimes during the week.

What are your suggestions?

...or does "talking" act like a muscle?

For reference: It seems when I say certain written prayers out loud over a period of time, I can easily memorize them without looking them up.

Does our "mouth" get stronger as we repeat the same thing over and over? Is it considered a "muscle" in a sense?

Blessings

New study published in the journal Nature have shown that in some cases mRNA vaccines can lead to the formation of unwanted proteins. The scientists, however, reassure that no connection with side or negative effects has yet appeared, but during the development of future vaccines, it would be appropriate to correct this error.

https://www.science.org/content/article/mrna-vaccines-may-make-unintended-proteins-there-s-no-evidence-harm

Revelation chapters 6-19 content is about events that will take place in the 7 year 70th week. Let us begin...

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In Revelation 11:3 time passes - the two witnesses testimony time is 1260 days. Exactly half of a 2520 day 7 years.

The first half of the 7 years.

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Then moving into the second half, in Revelation 11:7-13 time passes - the two witnesses are killed and the bodies lay dead for 3 1/2 days before coming back to life and ascending to heaven. That same hour an earthquake hits Jerusalem, and 7,000 die. Then the 7th angel sounds. So all together, I think we can say 4 days.

Then in Revelation 12:7-9 time passes - when the 7th angel sounds, that signals Michael and his angels to cast Satan and his angels down to earth from the second heaven. The amount of time for the war is not stated.

Then in Revelation 12:14 - time passes - the woman given refuge in the wilderness, as Satan's little time left to persecute her is a time, times, a half time.

In Revelation 11:2, time passes - Jerusalem is trodden down by the gentiles 42 months.

In Revelation 13:5 time passes - the beast king rules for 42 months.

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So what we have is...

First half

1260 days - the two witnesses

Second half

first, 4 days - for the two witnesses called up to heaven/the earthquake/the 7th angel sounding. Leaving 1256 days left in the 7 years.

then, unstated time - for the war in the second heaven between Michael/his angels against Satan/his angels

then, time/times/half time - that Satan will have left

other activity in the Second half...

42 months (1256 days) of the beast king's rule, unhampered by the departed two witnesses. Concurrent with the 42 months (1256 days) of the gentiles treading down Jerusalem.

No Jews allowed from now on. Next year don't be surprised when Christians will also be banned. When will people stand up?

Here Dr. Muhammed Alo, a cardiologist and personal trainer, discusses the constrained model of exercise, and why exercise cannot contribute a substantial amount to weight loss. Once you get past a moderate level of activity, the more you exercise, the more your body reduces non-exercise caloric expenditure:

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Imagine that the judge even considers withholding prosecutorial documents from the defense. What about the presumption of innocence and rights to defend yourself against accusations?

A bit of background: I do not count myself as holy. I spent the first 56 years of my life in sin, even though I thought myself as Christian. I was born Catholic, left the Church came back after 20 yrs but still carried a doubtful conscience as to Church teaching. I would commit grave sin and not know it because of conscience. Somehow God had mercy, one of my deceased relatives or friends had to be praying for me, because I did not do anything, but God purified my heart and I fully submitted to Church teaching in 2019. The effect was immediate, the grave sin that would so easily beset me in the past was gone.

I looked at it and knew that if I ever returned to it, it would be mortal. It may have been grave in the past because mortal requires full knowledge. I have that now, so I rejoice in God’s grace that He gives me the strength to remain free. We all know about sins of the sixth commandment. It was not merely refraining from them, but aligning my past with the truth. I was married twice before and my current non-Catholic wife was married twice before. I was excommunicated in that I had as not allowed to receive communion until my past was reconciled to Church teaching.
I went through the annulment process and had to convince my non-Catholic wife to have her previous Non-Catholic marriages annulled as well. The whole thing took years, but I can say that if you humbly ask God for His grace, you will get it. The annulments were affirmed and my wife and I received a Radical Sanation for our current marriage.

I was able to receive communion again and we all lived happily ever after right? Wrong! There are some trials to go through first down here. Happily ever after is in heaven. I asked God for humility, because He knows I don’t have it.

My career is in the medical field and this requires me to get close to what I call pagan religious rituals, as they are anything but health care. I am speaking specifically of abortions, sterilizations, and transgender surgeries. You may say, that’s easy enough, just don’t do them.

Well the peer pressure is severe, and I am not perfect. It is only by the grace of God that I live. In my first job, I was promised that I would not have to give anesthesia for abortions, but lo and behold, looks what’s on my schedule. I had to go to the chief and ask to be reassigned, but he told me that I had to find the replacement myself. That was humiliating, but I did it.

I was Protestant at the time so I would assist with sterilizations and transgender surgeries, but there came a confrontation over this one abortion patient. I nurse wanted to ask me questions about her, and I tried to be discreet and say I cannot talk about that patient. She would not let up, so I more forcefully told her not to talk to me about that patient, still would not let up, so I lost control and said I don’t do those cases they are murder. That shut her up, but I got written up and reprimanded and told to keep my beliefs to myself blah blah blah. Didn’t last long at that job

Abortion never really became an issue for me again, but I was still performing sterilizations, and God pressed upon my heart, I have shown you the evil of contraception, how can you say you love Me when you enable others to flaunt my laws? I had my lawyer draw up a letter to give to my boss that asserted my Title VII rights to opt out of sterilizations out of conscience. The chief of anesthesia and the chief of surgery backed my right to opt out. The chief of OB/GYN was angry, but could not confront me. I was met with silence.

God was not done. He said to my heart, you are not participating in them, but you are a sell out as you enable that OR to run by your presence. I was thinking, it’s hard to get a new job and I am getting old. How shall I live? God was saying who do you love? Me or money? So He allowed my salary to be cut by 33% to give my the courage to resign. I initially resigned over money, but I told my partners, who were both Catholic, that I would stay if we as a department would refuse to assist in sterilizations. They said that they could not do that so I left.

Did not know where I would go, so I called an agency for placement, and I told them that I would work for them if they could find me a job where I was not required to assist in abortions, sterilizations, transgender surgeries or be forced to take experimental vaccines of unproven safety and efficacy. I was completely up front with them and gave my reasons according to Catholic Natural Law teaching. They agreed to help.
The first place they sent me was a beautiful Catholic hospital, and I was very happy. I don’t know if you understand agency medical work, but I was making a lot of money and the Catholic hospital had to let me go, because I was too expensive. They said they loved me and were sorry to see me go.

The next place I worked was a Lutheran hospital, but I was assured that they understood my conscience objections, but they assigned my to transgender and sterilization rooms. They prevented me from taking call, as I believe that they did tubal ligations on the weekend, but they gave some other excuse. My salary was 30 or 40% less than it would have been, so I resigned and gave notice. I worked my obligatory time and did not give them a bad review, but they hated that I quit and gave me a bad review but would not say the reason. It has become apparent now that discrimination due to religion or conscience is illegal and anything they say could be used against them in a court of law, so I was met with silence.

Next job I told my agency to make sure that they know about my conscience and was assured that they did. One day I was assigned to a case that involved sterilization and I asked to be reassigned. The chief graciously complied but asked me what I would do on a weekend when on call, and adds a tubal ligation to be done in addition to a C-Section? I explained the law of double effect in that I would be present for the baby and mother, the tubal ligation would be done, but my primary responsibility would be the
C-section. I stated that I would not perform a post partum tubal ligation as it has no medical necessity. I thought everything was fine as I told my agency ahead of time about my conscience requirements. Not so fast, the next day I was called into the chiefs office and summarily fired, citing clinical concerns. They would not elaborate and self doubt began to creep in. I am now out of work till January.

I received a bad evaluation from my last job without explanation, and now I am summarily fired from this one? A sense of doom came over me. Am I really that bad? I know I am not perfect but what am I going to do now? Everyone was silent and offered no explanation

I heard God’s voice on my heart in a dream. Come out from her my people, be not partakers I her evil deeds. I was not fired due to incompetence, but because I would uphold God’s law and not sell out for money. They were all completely silent because they know religious discrimination is illegal and anything they say can be used against them in a court of law. They will never admit what they did but would probably make up a trumped up charge if cornered.

Yes God had smacked me down in humility and forcefully corrected me. At first I was starting to like all the money and it inflated my ego, so God allowed me to be scammed out of a large chuck of change shall we say. I knew it was God, because I was not angry, but rather felt peace and accepted the Lords discipline. What the scammers had meant for evil, God meant for good, as my nonCatholic wife grew closer to me as a result. Now this firing right before Christmas , I thought my wife would become angry, but she was very comforting

My wife says that she knows I am not incompetent as she has seen me work, and other surgeons liked my work so much, they requested me personally. The hospital fired me because I would not do tubal ligations, I was a temporary emloyee from an agency and could be fired at will.

All is not lost as I have found work at a Catholic hospital that knows everything that happened, knows me and is very pleased to offer me a position in January. I will work for a Catholic hospital at a markedly reduced salary, but it’s only money. I am working for God, and His fringe benefits are heavenly.


I don’t want you to read this and think that I am bragging. I did not behave honorably along the way, but God has brought me here. I frequently wanted to lose heart and cave. I asked for strength and received the sacraments for spiritual strength. Study the word and you see take no thought of what you shall eat, what you shall wear. God knows that you need these things. I testify that He is true to His word. I don’t need money and mine will be taken away.
I have a great deal to learn because I have money. We are not rewarded in heaven by how much money you make but how we obey God.
When we pray the Our Father and say Thy will be done, we are not taking to God about some pie in the sky future when all creation obeys, but we are taking to ourselves now in real time, not my will but thy will be done. We must obey the Church and give up our desires for this world. He desires obedience rather than sacrifice. I could make a lot more money and sacrifice it all to God if I did sterilizations, but I would not be in obedience and therefore not pleasing to God
I know it’s hard to go it alone, but if my story can give you to other professionals living out their Catholic faith, than that is why I tell it