Types

 

There is prayer, then there is contemplative prayer. The latter is a precious gift. God gives it for a reason. One reason is that He must grant a greater degree of intimacy in order obtain from us, what He needs, and the soul that embarks upon a quest for intimate prayer must be terribly brave and unselfish. 

I had a time of many years of very intimate contemplative prayer. When that period ended, the current one began - a walk with Christ to the Cross, and to the passion-life. It can be a terrible spiritual dessication, interspersed with moments that are not so much illuminated with light, but lit on fire in a holocaust of love that is guaranteed to purify, and sanctify.

The solitary life is not devoid of human contact, but much of the contact can be on the spiritual plane. The kind that is on the earthly plane cannot hold a candle to the contemplative life on fire with God's love and the catastrophe of His touch.

Pray for your contemplatives, and prayer for your souls. If they are taken from our midst, we must do without the sweet fruits they win for us, except when God wishes to consume us entirely. If you chance upon a pierced soul whose wounds burn like the most awful fire, pause for a moment at least long enough to offer a drop of water for those souls who are in so much torment.

Types

 

There is prayer, then there is contemplative prayer. The latter is a precious gift. God gives it for a reason. One reason is that He must grant a greater degree of intimacy in order obtain from us, what He needs, and the soul that embarks upon a quest for intimate prayer must be terribly brave and unselfish. 

I had a time of many years of very intimate contemplative prayer. When that period ended, the current one began - a walk with Christ to the Cross, and to the passion-life. It can be a terrible spiritual dessication, interspersed with moments that are not so much illuminated with light, but lit on fire in a holocaust of love that is guaranteed to purify, and sanctify.

The solitary life is not devoid of human contact, but much of the contact can be on the spiritual plane. The kind that is on the earthly plane cannot hold a candle to the contemplative life on fire with God's love and the catastrophe of His touch.

Pray for your contemplatives, and prayer for your souls. If they are taken from our midst, we must do without the sweet fruits they win for us, except when God wishes to consume us entirely. If you chance upon a pierced soul whose wounds burn like the most awful fire, pause for a moment at least long enough to offer a drop of water for those souls who are in so much torment.

New and Old

 I have two computers; the HP is the older one. The newer PC is a Dell. There are two monitors which can be connected by various arrangements: the Dell connects through Display port to the newer larger monitor. The HP pc connects to the new smaller monitor via HDMI connection 

The old PC connects using Graphics Port (Display Port) and has a higher screen resolution. The resolution is so fine as to be nearly unreadable with my eyes being what they are anymore. I remedy that by using the "scaling" function in windows to enlarge the screen just enough to be able to more easily read the text.

The new pc has a slightly lesser screen resolution and does not need to be scaled as much. 

I can use the old monitor with both PC's if I want to but since two pcs cannot be running at the same time to the same monitor. It is more useful, to me, to have both pc's and both monitors connected autonomously so they can both be on at the same time.

In addition, if I wanted, I could also connect both monitors to one pc in order to have a larger screen.

For the sake of simplicity, I do not use that mode. This means both machines need to be updated periodically, although Windows usually has had an opportunity to update my systems by itself. That can have bad consequences if bad updates make their way onto my systems. I usually seem to have managed to dodge bad updates for the most part. However, so many changes are being made anymore, that you do not know about simple changes that can have large effects on using the system because Microsoft does not often inform people in a timely manner what is going on until it is too late. Then people find they are unable to do certain things because the button to connect to the system aspect desired is not readily available.

It takes a lot of attention to keep up with it all. Often it creates problems when I would rather be doing some meaningful work instead of having to reinstall windows to fix problems.

One of these days I may get another PC that can use Display Port and HDMI both for display connections to machines of equal screen resolution in order to simplify things.

I have to say, I rely on God for guidance and inspiration, and would not have survived very long as a computer user if I were on my own. Some people might laugh about that, but He can provide the inspirations for the innovations that have changed the face of the earth. It is satisfying to succeed knowing God has given the requisite insights to succeed.

One might realize that the second world war might not have had the ending it did if God had not intervened in the plans of men; certainly, one can wonder what might have happened if the atomic bombs had not been used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The mystery of men going to war in the sight of Almighty God is something to ponder deeply. When I say my Rosary each evening, I always ask for the end of wars and return of peace, and that no further nuclear weapon use takes place. Since He can allow or prevent things, it is reasonable to ask that He change things so no more nuclear weapons are made or used. It is asking a lot of Him, but He is a God of possibilities, and there is certainly nothing wrong with praying for the world we want and need. The pity is that men have confined themselves to certain outcomes when their alternatives are perfectly legitimate.

All that is necessary is obedience and the patience to wait on the Lord in peace and patience. Too often the war-mongers have insisted on things going their way for their own selfish reasons, to the detriment of the rest of the world.

Likewise, I pray that representatives come to the for who have the vision to see the benefits of legislators willing to talk to each other and work out their differences to the benefit of both sides.

What we need to avoid is the attitude of one side prevailing over another to the exclusion of considerations it is important to consider. The people who wall all or nothing do not  profit the people but only make things worse for their lack of vision.

In the world of computers, we could benefit from some uniformity without the dictatorial insistence of things being accomplished in only one way which does not benefit everyone. One of the blessings in life to be able to realize that there are other ways to do things, and it is possible that better things are possible where all possibilities are examined.

New and Old

 I have two computers; the HP is the older one. The newer PC is a Dell. There are two monitors which can be connected by various arrangements: the Dell connects through Display port to the newer larger monitor. The HP pc connects to the new smaller monitor via HDMI connection 

The old PC connects using Graphics Port (Display Port) and has a higher screen resolution. The resolution is so fine as to be nearly unreadable with my eyes being what they are anymore. I remedy that by using the "scaling" function in windows to enlarge the screen just enough to be able to more easily read the text.

The new pc has a slightly lesser screen resolution and does not need to be scaled as much. 

I can use the old monitor with both PC's if I want to but since two pcs cannot be running at the same time to the same monitor. It is more useful, to me, to have both pc's and both monitors connected autonomously so they can both be on at the same time.

In addition, if I wanted, I could also connect both monitors to one pc in order to have a larger screen.

For the sake of simplicity, I do not use that mode. This means both machines need to be updated periodically, although Windows usually has had an opportunity to update my systems by itself. That can have bad consequences if bad updates make their way onto my systems. I usually seem to have managed to dodge bad updates for the most part. However, so many changes are being made anymore, that you do not know about simple changes that can have large effects on using the system because Microsoft does not often inform people in a timely manner what is going on until it is too late. Then people find they are unable to do certain things because the button to connect to the system aspect desired is not readily available.

It takes a lot of attention to keep up with it all. Often it creates problems when I would rather be doing some meaningful work instead of having to reinstall windows to fix problems.

One of these days I may get another PC that can use Display Port and HDMI both for display connections to machines of equal screen resolution in order to simplify things.

I have to say, I rely on God for guidance and inspiration, and would not have survived very long as a computer user if I were on my own. Some people might laugh about that, but He can provide the inspirations for the innovations that have changed the face of the earth. It is satisfying to succeed knowing God has given the requisite insights to succeed.

One might realize that the second world war might not have had the ending it did if God had not intervened in the plans of men; certainly, one can wonder what might have happened if the atomic bombs had not been used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The mystery of men going to war in the sight of Almighty God is something to ponder deeply. When I say my Rosary each evening, I always ask for the end of wars and return of peace, and that no further nuclear weapon use takes place. Since He can allow or prevent things, it is reasonable to ask that He change things so no more nuclear weapons are made or used. It is asking a lot of Him, but He is a God of possibilities, and there is certainly nothing wrong with praying for the world we want and need. The pity is that men have confined themselves to certain outcomes when their alternatives are perfectly legitimate.

All that is necessary is obedience and the patience to wait on the Lord in peace and patience. Too often the war-mongers have insisted on things going their way for their own selfish reasons, to the detriment of the rest of the world.

Likewise, I pray that representatives come to the for who have the vision to see the benefits of legislators willing to talk to each other and work out their differences to the benefit of both sides.

What we need to avoid is the attitude of one side prevailing over another to the exclusion of considerations it is important to consider. The people who wall all or nothing do not  profit the people but only make things worse for their lack of vision.

In the world of computers, we could benefit from some uniformity without the dictatorial insistence of things being accomplished in only one way which does not benefit everyone. One of the blessings in life to be able to realize that there are other ways to do things, and it is possible that better things are possible where all possibilities are examined.

Inspiration

Break on through to the other side.

My new computer became unresponsive after an experiment, so I created a fresh recovery disk and inserted the thumb drive it was on into the computer. The result was that the computer got recovered, and is now working properly again. In order to solve a recent problem having to do with users and trying to startup without a password, things got tangles and the hiberfile apparently got scragged. The reset solved the difficulty, but not without the Lord giving me the insight, or, inspiration. It doesn't hurt to write down what you do step by step so if a similar problem arises, a similar solution might be applied.

Recently, I found I could create a new user and delete the old one and solve the problem of having to type a password. That was then, and this is now; apparently, Microsoft decided to disable the perfectly legitimate means of setting the PC so it would not insist on having a password typed. As it now stands, there is no way, and I don't mess with the registry, and the solution would have to lie there, if there one.

I am simply happy to have the PC functioning again. I copied the installation discs of my main programs to the hard drive for just such occasions as when it become necessary to completely scrubbing the hard drive to get rid of errors and problems. Having important data saved on an external hard drive to be recovered at a later date also helps to reduce the strain of wiping everything away and having to restore the data and hope nothing  important was  lost.

Certain matters were weaing heavily on me, and the work of restoring the computer helped me concentrate on something else. God is good +

Inspiration

Break on through to the other side.

My new computer became unresponsive after an experiment, so I created a fresh recovery disk and inserted the thumb drive it was on into the computer. The result was that the computer got recovered, and is now working properly again. In order to solve a recent problem having to do with users and trying to startup without a password, things got tangles and the hiberfile apparently got scragged. The reset solved the difficulty, but not without the Lord giving me the insight, or, inspiration. It doesn't hurt to write down what you do step by step so if a similar problem arises, a similar solution might be applied.

Recently, I found I could create a new user and delete the old one and solve the problem of having to type a password. That was then, and this is now; apparently, Microsoft decided to disable the perfectly legitimate means of setting the PC so it would not insist on having a password typed. As it now stands, there is no way, and I don't mess with the registry, and the solution would have to lie there, if there one.

I am simply happy to have the PC functioning again. I copied the installation discs of my main programs to the hard drive for just such occasions as when it become necessary to completely scrubbing the hard drive to get rid of errors and problems. Having important data saved on an external hard drive to be recovered at a later date also helps to reduce the strain of wiping everything away and having to restore the data and hope nothing  important was  lost.

Certain matters were weaing heavily on me, and the work of restoring the computer helped me concentrate on something else. God is good +

Break

He cannot forget you. Your cries have pierced the
silence, tearing open His Heart. He cannot forget you.

The work people do, molds their personality. Inasmuch as the body affects the soul, it too gets to feeling bludgeoned, and altogether, the effort is purposeless and uninspiring. Millions sit in a room in a huge building, servicing the needs of machines to manage people and their needs; the need for assistance with rent, food, medicine and medical care. In the end, too many die of the drudgery and monotony, and none of us will ever know the relief they feel when they are finally assumed into the Heart of Christ and enjoy His presence fully, without hindrance and in an unlimited way.

Unfortunately, sometimes people get caught up in the gears when someone drops the ball. Lives change, people lose their home, and die in the streets, because someone didn't care because they couldn't.

Once again the concept of intercessor comes to mind. The people who suffer on behalf of others they likely do not know, but whose suffering is not imaginary, and is unbearable.

Any suffering capable of killing is able also able to be felt in the empath. The monk in his cloister may wonder what he is doing there, as the years go by. Not much changes, and in the end, it is simply over.

The magnificence of the charity that can be spent, exhausted and emptied is, in the end, equal to the passion of Christ, and the passion-life of His forgottenness as He hung unseen for millennia to atone.

People went on sinning, and the undeserving and innocent are used up in the effort to redeem.

Welcome the random moment of joy, and give thanks for it, stopping still in your day to tell Him you love Him. He will show you how much He loves you, in reply.

Break

He cannot forget you. Your cries have pierced the
silence, tearing open His Heart. He cannot forget you.

The work people do, molds their personality. Inasmuch as the body affects the soul, it too gets to feeling bludgeoned, and altogether, the effort is purposeless and uninspiring. Millions sit in a room in a huge building, servicing the needs of machines to manage people and their needs; the need for assistance with rent, food, medicine and medical care. In the end, too many die of the drudgery and monotony, and none of us will ever know the relief they feel when they are finally assumed into the Heart of Christ and enjoy His presence fully, without hindrance and in an unlimited way.

Unfortunately, sometimes people get caught up in the gears when someone drops the ball. Lives change, people lose their home, and die in the streets, because someone didn't care because they couldn't.

Once again the concept of intercessor comes to mind. The people who suffer on behalf of others they likely do not know, but whose suffering is not imaginary, and is unbearable.

Any suffering capable of killing is able also able to be felt in the empath. The monk in his cloister may wonder what he is doing there, as the years go by. Not much changes, and in the end, it is simply over.

The magnificence of the charity that can be spent, exhausted and emptied is, in the end, equal to the passion of Christ, and the passion-life of His forgottenness as He hung unseen for millennia to atone.

People went on sinning, and the undeserving and innocent are used up in the effort to redeem.

Welcome the random moment of joy, and give thanks for it, stopping still in your day to tell Him you love Him. He will show you how much He loves you, in reply.

Care

 

A Hooded Merganser. You are as beautiful
and the Lord takes great care for you.

What is an intercessor? A cross on whom Jesus may be crucified again, a willingness to offer pain, suffering and all human misery for the sanctification of God's people.

Without those who are so, there would be no salvation for many. The deleterious effects of sin separate us from God in our mind and affection. Intercession reunites people with God, and people with each other, as beings who were created by God Himself to love.

Since it is our love He wishes, it stands to reason He will do whatever is necessary to try to unite people with Himself. 

That also means, that inasmuch as possible, we will tend, in our lives, to be united to Him as much as possible. 

Intercessors often endure great suffering. Suffering is part of every human life. The loving that goes on in the soul and the mind of the intercessor is what gives that suffering its power to heal people and reform their lives. It is the love God has for all men and which is always active for our salvation.

Sometimes it is not the suffering the Lord wants, but to unite us to Himself, and so He unites us spiritually to Himself, and while still in our suffering, takes us out of this life to bring us into paradise so He may be with us and enjoy us as the beloved beings that we are.

Intercessors often are very obscure and hidden. Their work is carried out outside the field of vision of most. Often, they are only revealed in death, and hindsight.

Pray for one another for these reasons. Pray to persevere and take nothing for yourself. A selfless gift brings tears to the Lord's eyes, and is good for Him to see.

Care

 

A Hooded Merganser. You are as beautiful
and the Lord takes great care for you.

What is an intercessor? A cross on whom Jesus may be crucified again, a willingness to offer pain, suffering and all human misery for the sanctification of God's people.

Without those who are so, there would be no salvation for many. The deleterious effects of sin separate us from God in our mind and affection. Intercession reunites people with God, and people with each other, as beings who were created by God Himself to love.

Since it is our love He wishes, it stands to reason He will do whatever is necessary to try to unite people with Himself. 

That also means, that inasmuch as possible, we will tend, in our lives, to be united to Him as much as possible. 

Intercessors often endure great suffering. Suffering is part of every human life. The loving that goes on in the soul and the mind of the intercessor is what gives that suffering its power to heal people and reform their lives. It is the love God has for all men and which is always active for our salvation.

Sometimes it is not the suffering the Lord wants, but to unite us to Himself, and so He unites us spiritually to Himself, and while still in our suffering, takes us out of this life to bring us into paradise so He may be with us and enjoy us as the beloved beings that we are.

Intercessors often are very obscure and hidden. Their work is carried out outside the field of vision of most. Often, they are only revealed in death, and hindsight.

Pray for one another for these reasons. Pray to persevere and take nothing for yourself. A selfless gift brings tears to the Lord's eyes, and is good for Him to see.

Waiting

 

It has been a while since I last posted. A lot has happened in the meantime, and changes are in the works, and I feel apprehension that things have gotten out of my control.

It is when you are absolutely out of control that God is the most firmly in control of you and your life.

Some people are very afraid to think they have lost control, and some even more so when it comes to God being in control as they are not.

All sorts of painful things can happen, but also, often, some very specially wonderful things. if you reminisce about the past. Often people forget the dreadful trials that pained them so, seemingly cost so much in terms of purely human terms. The stormy season was resolved, and peace returned. For those moments we need to be grateful, lest He get to think we are careless in our relationship to God.

Waiting is a difficult thing. For me it is probably the one thing I hate most, is waiting on someone else to do what they are supposed to do so things can happen the way they should.

We all love gardens, the cool air, the lush green and the energy of living things together reacting to the universe. But sometimes, Jesus enjoys our company in the Garden of Olives, in which He waited to be betrayed and carried off to be condemned to death.

For all such persons, I pray the Lord be kind and gentle with you. But you do your part and draw very near HIm while He is sweating bloody tears.

Waiting

 

It has been a while since I last posted. A lot has happened in the meantime, and changes are in the works, and I feel apprehension that things have gotten out of my control.

It is when you are absolutely out of control that God is the most firmly in control of you and your life.

Some people are very afraid to think they have lost control, and some even more so when it comes to God being in control as they are not.

All sorts of painful things can happen, but also, often, some very specially wonderful things. if you reminisce about the past. Often people forget the dreadful trials that pained them so, seemingly cost so much in terms of purely human terms. The stormy season was resolved, and peace returned. For those moments we need to be grateful, lest He get to think we are careless in our relationship to God.

Waiting is a difficult thing. For me it is probably the one thing I hate most, is waiting on someone else to do what they are supposed to do so things can happen the way they should.

We all love gardens, the cool air, the lush green and the energy of living things together reacting to the universe. But sometimes, Jesus enjoys our company in the Garden of Olives, in which He waited to be betrayed and carried off to be condemned to death.

For all such persons, I pray the Lord be kind and gentle with you. But you do your part and draw very near HIm while He is sweating bloody tears.

Tranquil

Do I not preserve my creation?

People today are drawn to what I call "tabloid Christianity", in which signs and wonders purport  to reveal the future and and warn of apocalyptic punishments. It is easy to get addicted to such things to the point that people lose objectivity and sadly, their precious peace of mind. 

Avoid getting hysterical that way. If a person pays notice of such things and maintain their peace and joy, and show the respect and reverence to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and otherwise are responsive to jesus for Himself, then perhaps their life has been secured in the Heart of Jesus, for there will be nothing of value without the two.

Jesus had always warned people to pay attention to what He said, and to follow Him in being like Him, peaceable and calm.

It is important that you should not be hysterically agitated and frightened when you hear that such and such has been predicted to take place. You know very well that Jesus is always active, and things can change, and that He is counting on His children to change. He can change things in an instant. One must preserve peace and quiet within themselves, and if a person is continually stirred up to fever pitch, then one ought to ask why, and to pray for the person's peace of mind.

Pray that the Lord fortify us in His Heart as in a citigel. He sends us forth from peace, knowing the peace where may dwell is maintained. Evil has no such effect on people, but  continually assaults us with temptation and sinful innuendos trying to dislodge our hearts from the peace of God and His love. The two go together and accompany the children of God to protect them.

We know that calamity waits for the human race. We have polluted the earth and the results have been deleterious effects on the environment, so that nature reacts as it can given exaggerated stimuli provided by excess. Nevertheless, we need to remain at His feet, quietly loving Him and commending ourselves to God. Such people will strong and close to the happiness of God, and people will benefit from their inner strength.

Do not get to the point you forget Jesus as you become aware of troubles. That is a dangerous position to be in. 

We pray to live, but death is always coming; it is not as if we were not already abundantly aware of it. It does not mean we have lost Jesus, or that our soul is lost. He Himself told us we are steeped in sin, but that He can clean us and heal us and renew us, and these facts are more important than signs and wonders, secret and hidden revelations.

Tranquil

Do I not preserve my creation?

People today are drawn to what I call "tabloid Christianity", in which signs and wonders purport  to reveal the future and and warn of apocalyptic punishments. It is easy to get addicted to such things to the point that people lose objectivity and sadly, their precious peace of mind. 

Avoid getting hysterical that way. If a person pays notice of such things and maintain their peace and joy, and show the respect and reverence to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and otherwise are responsive to jesus for Himself, then perhaps their life has been secured in the Heart of Jesus, for there will be nothing of value without the two.

Jesus had always warned people to pay attention to what He said, and to follow Him in being like Him, peaceable and calm.

It is important that you should not be hysterically agitated and frightened when you hear that such and such has been predicted to take place. You know very well that Jesus is always active, and things can change, and that He is counting on His children to change. He can change things in an instant. One must preserve peace and quiet within themselves, and if a person is continually stirred up to fever pitch, then one ought to ask why, and to pray for the person's peace of mind.

Pray that the Lord fortify us in His Heart as in a citigel. He sends us forth from peace, knowing the peace where may dwell is maintained. Evil has no such effect on people, but  continually assaults us with temptation and sinful innuendos trying to dislodge our hearts from the peace of God and His love. The two go together and accompany the children of God to protect them.

We know that calamity waits for the human race. We have polluted the earth and the results have been deleterious effects on the environment, so that nature reacts as it can given exaggerated stimuli provided by excess. Nevertheless, we need to remain at His feet, quietly loving Him and commending ourselves to God. Such people will strong and close to the happiness of God, and people will benefit from their inner strength.

Do not get to the point you forget Jesus as you become aware of troubles. That is a dangerous position to be in. 

We pray to live, but death is always coming; it is not as if we were not already abundantly aware of it. It does not mean we have lost Jesus, or that our soul is lost. He Himself told us we are steeped in sin, but that He can clean us and heal us and renew us, and these facts are more important than signs and wonders, secret and hidden revelations.

Patience

 

Infinity is more than the repetitive reflection of objects. We are all part of the human race, and we all have bodies and minds and souls all of which have their own requirements. I need to breathe as you do; I need to drink water and to eat, and I am subject to the need for sleep. It is well known that the Lord tests those He loves. But trying our patience can also happen. In adversity, one needs patience, and a Christian, especially a devout one, needs love. Trusting that there will be a good resolution is part of life, and it is sometimes more than trying.

The mistakes we make as human beings often affect other people; sometime a great number of people. One can take comfort in the fact that we are not alone; everyone is undergoing the same frustration and trial.

It is known that we are loved, because we can love in return, and the Lord appreciates our love. Beating off an attack of evil can take time and the rearrangement of many lives at the same time.  It can be like a Denial of Service hack attack on the internet. If enough people try to access a server at the same time, the connection will fail or be rejected. Everyone gets disconnected until the problem is resolved. That there are people who enjoy doing that is unfortunate, and some get paid by foreign governments to take down servers

I have had more than enough of frustration. On the other hand, my gouty foot is healing nicely, my back is behaving and life is falling back into place. One more hurdle and I will be free and clear.

Patience

 

Infinity is more than the repetitive reflection of objects. We are all part of the human race, and we all have bodies and minds and souls all of which have their own requirements. I need to breathe as you do; I need to drink water and to eat, and I am subject to the need for sleep. It is well known that the Lord tests those He loves. But trying our patience can also happen. In adversity, one needs patience, and a Christian, especially a devout one, needs love. Trusting that there will be a good resolution is part of life, and it is sometimes more than trying.

The mistakes we make as human beings often affect other people; sometime a great number of people. One can take comfort in the fact that we are not alone; everyone is undergoing the same frustration and trial.

It is known that we are loved, because we can love in return, and the Lord appreciates our love. Beating off an attack of evil can take time and the rearrangement of many lives at the same time.  It can be like a Denial of Service hack attack on the internet. If enough people try to access a server at the same time, the connection will fail or be rejected. Everyone gets disconnected until the problem is resolved. That there are people who enjoy doing that is unfortunate, and some get paid by foreign governments to take down servers

I have had more than enough of frustration. On the other hand, my gouty foot is healing nicely, my back is behaving and life is falling back into place. One more hurdle and I will be free and clear.

Fidelity

Boniface

Gospel Mk 12:18-27

Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection,
came to Jesus and put this question to him, saying,
"Teacher, Moses wrote for us,
If someone's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child,
his brother must take the wife
and raise up descendants for his brother.
Now there were seven brothers.
The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants.
So the second brother married her and died, leaving no descendants,
and the third likewise.
And the seven left no descendants.
Last of all the woman also died.
At the resurrection when they arise whose wife will she be?
For all seven had been married to her."
Jesus said to them, "Are you not misled
because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
When they rise from the dead,
they neither marry nor are given in marriage,
but they are like the angels in heaven.
As for the dead being raised,
have you not read in the Book of Moses,
in the passage about the bush, how God told him,
I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob?
He is not God of the dead but of the living.
You are greatly misled."

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Even if a man did as these people suggest, the offspring of their actions would be their own, and not their brothers. The brothers offspring would be the offspring of a man not his brother. What else are people proposing that makes no sense? What people propose frequently makes no sense, which is why it is called nonsense.

You have the Gospels written for you, and the opinions of others do not have any bearing on the truth because the truth is God's word, and no one has the right to ridicule it or  abrogate it.

People, do not be misled thinking you can think and do as you please and live. Freedom is frequently abolished and taken away, and you serve others because you were unfaithful to God. The only fitting remedy is to believe in Jesus Christ who is God and Lord, and to repudiate whoever would plant others in the Lord's field.

Since believing frequently results in death because someone else thinks they are god, it follows that you have no continuity in God if you do not believe. There are many ready to take your life from you because you will not believe in their nonsensical god.

Be prepared to give an accounting to God who has the right to demand your life. It has been an occasion of much bitterness, that a man spent his whole life trying to do his own will, blithely ignoring the duty to do and pursue and to know the Will of God. You will make your accounting to God, not to men, but if you are faithful to God and allow others to take your life, who is your god?

If I am killed by anyone, let it be known that I served the Lord, and not whoever took my life. God made me, and He gave me life, and so I serve Him, and no one else. No one has the right to demand my life of me but the Lord Our God. and anyone who attempts to take the life of another is in sin, grave sin. That this century has been bloody no one can deny, because it is the truth. Those who acted as if they were god were already deranged, and did not make sense and lost the power of reason. They were acting reasonably who submitted to death to serve the Lord and to make a testimony to Him with the gift of their life. They returned to God what God had given them and were known as martyrs, which is to say, witnesses to Jesus.

The kindness of the Lord is outstanding, and those who served Him knew His gentle love and were not ashamed to serve Him. Likewise, those who met their end through violence were known for their gentleness and kindness, animated by love as they were.

Pray for peace, and it will be given you, and if anyone take away your peace and quiet, be diligent in asking God to return your peace and quiet to you. Use your peace and quiet to love the Lord and know Him, and you will serve Him. 

Fidelity

Boniface

Gospel Mk 12:18-27

Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection,
came to Jesus and put this question to him, saying,
"Teacher, Moses wrote for us,
If someone's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child,
his brother must take the wife
and raise up descendants for his brother.
Now there were seven brothers.
The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants.
So the second brother married her and died, leaving no descendants,
and the third likewise.
And the seven left no descendants.
Last of all the woman also died.
At the resurrection when they arise whose wife will she be?
For all seven had been married to her."
Jesus said to them, "Are you not misled
because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
When they rise from the dead,
they neither marry nor are given in marriage,
but they are like the angels in heaven.
As for the dead being raised,
have you not read in the Book of Moses,
in the passage about the bush, how God told him,
I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob?
He is not God of the dead but of the living.
You are greatly misled."

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Even if a man did as these people suggest, the offspring of their actions would be their own, and not their brothers. The brothers offspring would be the offspring of a man not his brother. What else are people proposing that makes no sense? What people propose frequently makes no sense, which is why it is called nonsense.

You have the Gospels written for you, and the opinions of others do not have any bearing on the truth because the truth is God's word, and no one has the right to ridicule it or  abrogate it.

People, do not be misled thinking you can think and do as you please and live. Freedom is frequently abolished and taken away, and you serve others because you were unfaithful to God. The only fitting remedy is to believe in Jesus Christ who is God and Lord, and to repudiate whoever would plant others in the Lord's field.

Since believing frequently results in death because someone else thinks they are god, it follows that you have no continuity in God if you do not believe. There are many ready to take your life from you because you will not believe in their nonsensical god.

Be prepared to give an accounting to God who has the right to demand your life. It has been an occasion of much bitterness, that a man spent his whole life trying to do his own will, blithely ignoring the duty to do and pursue and to know the Will of God. You will make your accounting to God, not to men, but if you are faithful to God and allow others to take your life, who is your god?

If I am killed by anyone, let it be known that I served the Lord, and not whoever took my life. God made me, and He gave me life, and so I serve Him, and no one else. No one has the right to demand my life of me but the Lord Our God. and anyone who attempts to take the life of another is in sin, grave sin. That this century has been bloody no one can deny, because it is the truth. Those who acted as if they were god were already deranged, and did not make sense and lost the power of reason. They were acting reasonably who submitted to death to serve the Lord and to make a testimony to Him with the gift of their life. They returned to God what God had given them and were known as martyrs, which is to say, witnesses to Jesus.

The kindness of the Lord is outstanding, and those who served Him knew His gentle love and were not ashamed to serve Him. Likewise, those who met their end through violence were known for their gentleness and kindness, animated by love as they were.

Pray for peace, and it will be given you, and if anyone take away your peace and quiet, be diligent in asking God to return your peace and quiet to you. Use your peace and quiet to love the Lord and know Him, and you will serve Him.