Kingdom

DAY'S SAINTS

Peter Julian Eymund, Marist Father
Eusebius of Vercelli, Martyr

Gospel Mt 13:44-46
Jesus said to his disciples:
"The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
which a person finds and hides again,
and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
searching for fine pearls.
When he finds a pearl of great price,
he goes and sells all that he has and buys it."

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A people who sees the Mother of God weeping
should be a repentant prayerful people in order
to find safety from coming sorrows.

The former president does not like being indicted; he threatens uproar and civil unrest if he does not avoid prosecution and the consequneces that follow. I think it is a disgrace for the nation to be dragged though the muck by the fool, I would remind people of two things:

 Number one, the Lord used us with our allies to overcome exactly the same issues, at the cost of millions dead, and complete destruction of what had existed prior to the war.

Number two, in many other countries I can think of, the man would have been dead already, and possibly with only a maniacal show trial. 

It is not our fault he has the mental issues he has, nor are the egregious issues of his political party anyone else's problem but their own.

I remind people that what the Lord wants, and has expressed for those who could perceive His message, was, that political parties be purified and those that hate others and work to degrade the lives of others should be removed from power in favor of those who will talk to the other side and work together for a mutually agreeable solution to national problems.

I remind people as well, that a beneficial national leadership is not the prerogative of ANY political party, but a GIFT from GOD for being attendant to His Will, and receptive to His affections toward us as His children, the children of God.

There should be no doubt or discussion, but action should  be taken by His children, otherwise, we may be subject to a great deal worse. That action should be to reunite ourselves to God, not to engage in worldly politics which only tend toward disorder.

We do not have the luxury of putting off the renewal of our love of God, being indifferent or outrightly rejecting God or His rule. Where He rules, there is peace and brothers love one another out of the revelation of His love for us.

The historical events which culminated in two uses of atomic weapons were set in motion by those who wanted total power over other human beings at the cost of death to those who dissented from that movement. They have even been used as excuses for a modern day invasion of another country, and those who engineered that are not friends of the human race, because friends of the children of God do not threaten the children of anyone else with nuclear annihilaton because the political aims of those involved differed from what the children of God embrace.

We might ask ourselves if we have as yet found the "pearl of great price", and what our reaction to it might be. Certainly, it is not anything of this world because all such things reveal their worthlessness by vanishing just when their promise was most needed by children who love God.

I wanted to take up using the Liturgy of the Hours, but I cannot find the Guide that helps you navigate trhough the Four Week cycle used in conjunction with it. I contacted an abbey not far from here, but in spite of the fact that they have a bookstore, they are sold out of the needed Guide. A commercial enterprise I contacted simply did not stock the Guide. I wait on the Lord to lead me where I might find what I need.

We should all wait on the Lord and be open to immediately doing His Will. Any solution which relies on intimidation and violance or lies is unsuitable. Those who should step down ought to do so quickly rather than waiting for someone else to act.