The Scribe

Day's Saints

Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Jer 18:1-6

This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Rise up, be off to the potter’s house;

there I will give you my message.

I went down to the potter’s house and there he was, 

working at the wheel.

Whenever the object of clay which he was making

turned out badly in his hand, 

he tried again,

making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased.

Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Can I not do to you, house of Israel,

as this potter has done? says the LORD.

Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter,

so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

Gospel Mt13:47-53

Jesus said to the disciples:

“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,

which collects fish of every kind.

When it is full they haul it ashore

and sit down to put what is good into buckets.

What is bad they throw away.

Thus it will be at the end of the age.

The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous

and throw them into the fiery furnace,

where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”

“Do you understand all these things?”

They answered, “Yes.”

And he replied,

“Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven

is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom

both the new and the old.”

When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there.

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Jesus is the good scribe who is master of his task; He knows where everything is, and the nature of all things, so that He may gather the wise and the holy to Himself, relegating the sinful and evil to punishment, the purification which never ends because it cannot. Hell exists because the inhabitants rejected Love and rejected God.

The Lord speaks to us when it is necessary, and says the things we must know so we may act prudently and decisively when such things are called for.

The human race has had much to suffer at the hands of evil, but the day is coming when he will repudiated and rejected by those who are the Lord's. Then there will be the just and the holy and there will be a great joy in the instant Heaven is free of evil.

Jesus acts impartially, and in a way that heals and delivers. He makes sure that those in need are provided for, and those who have not reached out in prayer of love will be provided the opportunity to see and know God. Woe to those to whom He reaches out to save them, for they will be beyond rescue if they do not accept Him. There is but one Savior, and one opportunity to be saved. 

Jesus has mourned and tasted death like all men, therefore He knows how to save and to comfort and to set free those in bondage. Lies will be revealed for what they are, and evil deeds as well, but God will rescue those who cry out to Him.

One cannot err putting  one's trust in God. Neither will His Mother turn Her back on us. Reach out to Her in prayer and live in holiness.

The Scribe

Day's Saints

Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Jer 18:1-6

This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Rise up, be off to the potter’s house;

there I will give you my message.

I went down to the potter’s house and there he was, 

working at the wheel.

Whenever the object of clay which he was making

turned out badly in his hand, 

he tried again,

making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased.

Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Can I not do to you, house of Israel,

as this potter has done? says the LORD.

Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter,

so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

Gospel Mt13:47-53

Jesus said to the disciples:

“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,

which collects fish of every kind.

When it is full they haul it ashore

and sit down to put what is good into buckets.

What is bad they throw away.

Thus it will be at the end of the age.

The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous

and throw them into the fiery furnace,

where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”

“Do you understand all these things?”

They answered, “Yes.”

And he replied,

“Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven

is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom

both the new and the old.”

When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there.

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Jesus is the good scribe who is master of his task; He knows where everything is, and the nature of all things, so that He may gather the wise and the holy to Himself, relegating the sinful and evil to punishment, the purification which never ends because it cannot. Hell exists because the inhabitants rejected Love and rejected God.

The Lord speaks to us when it is necessary, and says the things we must know so we may act prudently and decisively when such things are called for.

The human race has had much to suffer at the hands of evil, but the day is coming when he will repudiated and rejected by those who are the Lord's. Then there will be the just and the holy and there will be a great joy in the instant Heaven is free of evil.

Jesus acts impartially, and in a way that heals and delivers. He makes sure that those in need are provided for, and those who have not reached out in prayer of love will be provided the opportunity to see and know God. Woe to those to whom He reaches out to save them, for they will be beyond rescue if they do not accept Him. There is but one Savior, and one opportunity to be saved. 

Jesus has mourned and tasted death like all men, therefore He knows how to save and to comfort and to set free those in bondage. Lies will be revealed for what they are, and evil deeds as well, but God will rescue those who cry out to Him.

One cannot err putting  one's trust in God. Neither will His Mother turn Her back on us. Reach out to Her in prayer and live in holiness.

Summer Flowers

 Photos

Pied-Billed Grebe adult male.

Sunflower

Nasturtiums

Cosmos

Sunflower, caught in twine.

Summer Flowers

 Photos

Pied-Billed Grebe adult male.

Sunflower

Nasturtiums

Cosmos

Sunflower, caught in twine.

Anticipations

Humility Wins

 I have been reading about Padre Pio again. One thing becomes immediately obvious: if one does not want pain and suffering, they should not expect to suffer the wounds of Christ, who immediately crucifies every victim soul in whom He has instilled a genuine longing for that particular martyrdom.

None of us in this world will ever know completely everything he encountered in life, whether joyful or mournful. The fact is, you seldom find pictures of Padre Pio with a mournful expression on his face. It is equally true of ordinary folk like us, that we know very little about one another unless in our lives we encountered our beloved baring their soul to us to find some peace and comfort.

Things that have passed us by, all too often appears to have settled deeply into a life causing no little pain of soul and mind. This being the case, let us be attentive to one another as we navigate life, and never miss an opportunity to pray for one another, whether acquaintances or the most intimate of friends.

Our separateness is transcended by God, and we often have the opportunity to know about sorrow in the lives of those we love. We ought to be willing to suffer some trivial thing for them so they may know peace and love.

It is a mystery how victim souls can genuinely encounter Jesus nailed to the cross and suffering every indignity in life. The fact is, they do, in such a way that the Will of God is fulfilled and their consciousness encounters the restful peace of His love.

That peace can coexist very well with the most abject pain and divine joy, and cloisters are filled with people who are cheerful, crucified in agony and knowing the full penetration of the lance which opened Christ's side. Let us give thanks for them, and pray that we not be subjected to such misery ourselves, yet willing to encounter some misery ourselves for their sake. Never be ashamed of the humbleness of our participation in their suffering; the humiliation itself, that we are not strong enough, can itself be offered humbly and unselfconsciously.

Blessed are they who encounter the cross and are not distressed to see the Face of God in our brothers and sisters in the world.

If we get to heaven, we may very well give thanks to God that someone confronted the Divine Passion on the Face of Christ.

Anticipations

Humility Wins

 I have been reading about Padre Pio again. One thing becomes immediately obvious: if one does not want pain and suffering, they should not expect to suffer the wounds of Christ, who immediately crucifies every victim soul in whom He has instilled a genuine longing for that particular martyrdom.

None of us in this world will ever know completely everything he encountered in life, whether joyful or mournful. The fact is, you seldom find pictures of Padre Pio with a mournful expression on his face. It is equally true of ordinary folk like us, that we know very little about one another unless in our lives we encountered our beloved baring their soul to us to find some peace and comfort.

Things that have passed us by, all too often appears to have settled deeply into a life causing no little pain of soul and mind. This being the case, let us be attentive to one another as we navigate life, and never miss an opportunity to pray for one another, whether acquaintances or the most intimate of friends.

Our separateness is transcended by God, and we often have the opportunity to know about sorrow in the lives of those we love. We ought to be willing to suffer some trivial thing for them so they may know peace and love.

It is a mystery how victim souls can genuinely encounter Jesus nailed to the cross and suffering every indignity in life. The fact is, they do, in such a way that the Will of God is fulfilled and their consciousness encounters the restful peace of His love.

That peace can coexist very well with the most abject pain and divine joy, and cloisters are filled with people who are cheerful, crucified in agony and knowing the full penetration of the lance which opened Christ's side. Let us give thanks for them, and pray that we not be subjected to such misery ourselves, yet willing to encounter some misery ourselves for their sake. Never be ashamed of the humbleness of our participation in their suffering; the humiliation itself, that we are not strong enough, can itself be offered humbly and unselfconsciously.

Blessed are they who encounter the cross and are not distressed to see the Face of God in our brothers and sisters in the world.

If we get to heaven, we may very well give thanks to God that someone confronted the Divine Passion on the Face of Christ.

Forbearance

Life is boring without anyone to
appreciate our surroundings.

I finally got the blog set up the way I want. I would not have succeeded without the Lord; things fell into place without much struggle, and that is a blessing.

As near as I can tell, night was invented for torture, but out of the tumbling and yelling, the answers to questions appear. It is like a rock collector putting promising stones into a tumbler to tumble for hours and hours. The result is smooth and shiny and beautiful; beautiful enough to make them worth quite a bit of money. Sometimes, though, it is hard at first, to appreciate being in the tumbler environment, but as the stones bang against each other, their beauty is revealed. 

It is too bad that human beings don't appreciate each other more. Out of the appreciation rises growth and maturity and the answers to questions. I find the thought of mutual annihilation abhorrent, and I believe the Lord is trying us; He has not ended the trial with a hung jury. Since  wars can still break out, we ought to be careful we don't annihilate each other. There are weapons enough to do it, but woe unto them who refuse to refrain from using them. 

If we can come to mutual agreements, we can get to see who else is out there because they cultivate forbearance, and I think that is worth a lot.