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May 17, 2007

May 17, 2007

Acts 18: 1-8

After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth, where he met a Jew called Aquila whose family came from Pontus. He and his wife Priscilla had recently left Italy because an edict of Claudius had expelled all the Jews from Rome. Paul went to visit them, and when he found they were tentmakers, of the same trade as himself, he lodged with them, and they worked together.  Every Sabbath he used to hold debates in the synagogues, trying to convert Jews as well as Greeks.

    After Silas and Timothy had arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted all his time to preaching, declaring to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. When they turned against him and started to insult him, he took his cloak and shook it out in front of them, saying, 'Your blood be on your own heads; from now on I will go to the gentiles with a clear conscience.' Then he left the synagogue and moved to the house next door that belonged to a worshipper of God called Justus. Crispus, president of the synagogue, and his whole household, all became believers in the Lord. Many Corinthians when they heard this became believers and were baptised.

 

John 16: 16-20

    In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later 
        you will see me again. 

    Then some of his disciples said to one another, ‘What does he mean, "In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later you will see me again," and, "I am going to the Father"? What is this "short time"? We don’t know what he means.’ Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said, ‘You are asking one another what I meant by saying, "In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later you will see me again." 

'In all truth I tell you,
you will be weeping and wailing
while the world will rejoice;
you will be sorrowful,
but your sorrow will turn to joy.
 

                    The priest at Mass today talked about
                tents. It was important that it
                said Paul was a tent maker.

                    Catholic he said means big tent in
                some dialect — He said we have to let everyone
                under our tent as a place of refuge. We open
                our tent — We open the doors of the Church —
                We open our hearts — We want the world to be
                one.

                    Tonight I will do the Sidney Rosary — I pray
                that husbands and wives and children all over the
                world will love Jesus and live as God the Father
                wants in the Holy Spirit.

                    I pray for the Father's will to be done on earth
                as it is in heaven — the Father's will being - every
                one having the plan of the Father, living in one
                accord as God desires —

                    It is so simple to me that we can act
                taintedly, selfishly, pridefully, in envy,
                lustfully — for our own vain glory —

                    I love God so much. In loving God this much
                we want His will — we love His will — a married
                man wouldn't flirt with another woman — he
                in loving the Father's will — loving Jesus and not
                wanting to offend Him. My life focuses on my
                relationship with God — I am His creature —
                my life makes sense living His plan only —

                    Look at this a DVD disc player was made
                for this purpose — it doesn't have a TV screen,
                it can't bring in the cable channels - its
                a disc player —
                    A TV cannot play a disc if it is only a TV.
                I can't make it take a disc - no slot - no
                parts to do it.

                    They are both electronics, they both have
                plugs, they both go into the wall for power
                but they have different functions. Can I
                play a disc on the hair dryer for my hair —
                it has a plug — how about if I sit before an
                electric alarm clock — do you think at some
                point it will play some TV cable shows —
                it has a sort of screen.

                    We were created with a purpose — with
                talents that the Creator gave to us — I am
                not an engineer, I depend on someone to help
                me — they can help me or use their talents in
                selfish ways that could be controlling — I can
                do God's will realizing I am serving God using
                the talents God gave me.

                    The creature can sing because it is a
                gift from God — I can write my own program
                for my life, but every time someone does that
                it is like taking the hair dryer and waiting for
                it to play cable TV and if I am a
                television I should play the
                best I can for the honor and glory of God.

                    We can see actors who lead people to
                untruths and sin, but they want money
                perhaps, fame for themselves — they want
                what they want, but they can be so attractive,
                so talented acting — everyone, they think,
                admires them, loves them, wants to follow
                them — they may want to do many things that are
                on the camera against God's will — they have
                many people, young people who follow them
                and they may like this power for their
                admiration for their honor and glory.

                    Does it make them happy — would it be
                better to act to promote God's Kingdom —
                act to help make the world one obeying the
                commandments of God rather than leading
                people off.

                    We have a will.

                    Those in heaven are one — living in one
                plan — the plan of the Father —

                    We can watch children — some are just
                willful — they will do everything to be in
                charge and get their way — they can learn to
                criticize, judge at an early age —

                    They can be taught by parents about
                obedience — two year olds are learning
                about obedience - they need to learn —

                    Some who have suffered in childhood,
                or marriages may try to control, manipulate
                to be in command — because of wanting
                everything their way - once they left
                home NOBODY TOLD THEM WHAT
                TO DO and NOBODY EVER WOULD!!
                INCLUDING GOD and HIS PLAN —

                    A willful person may try to do their
                own will — life long and be miserable for
                they listen to the devil's lies for their life
                and follow him instead of discerning and
                doing God's will. Then they are like the
                square peg in the round hole —
                everybody around them suffers — those
                who never have their talents and those
                who have to put up with their willfulness.

                    I don't know much about bugs, but
                when we were kids someone may capture
                one and they would jump in the jar trying
                to get out.

                    We can do that with ourselves when we
                don't really follow God's plan for us —
                We can be like a jumping bug in a jar —
                A square peg in a round hole ——

                God has a purpose for our lives —
                God created us uniquely
                God intended for us to help build the
                    Kingdom

                God, God, God —
                He is the One who keeps us breathing —
                He created us
                Why do we think we shouldn't be
                    ever mindful of God
                I see the sky before me — today in Cincinnati
                clouds cover the once beautiful blue
                sky —
                birds still fly around — the right way —
                    making noises like the sea gulls
                    of Florida —
                Some birds are in the trees "tweeting"

                Everything is really green here and so beautiful
                    and the trees have all come out from
                    a long winter's sleep

                Flowers are so beautiful here after Mother's
                    Day because we haven't seen the beautiful
                    begonias and pots of flowers outside
                    since last year — so they are so beautiful
                    against all the green — which was
                    once barren or old brown yellow
                    fields —

                It will probably rain again and then the green
                    gets even greener —
                    you know "April showers bring
                    May flowers"

                Nature obeys God's laws —
                    the trees grow —
                    the birds fly
                    fish swim —

                Creatures are given a free will —
                They can curse the Creator
                They can hurt others through jealousy,
                    pride, anger

                We have a free will.

Given May 15, 2007

                God is love
                To be like God we must love, care
                Sacred HeartSIGN of love

                Mission of the Shepherds of Christ 

                Read the whole Chapter John 17

John 17: 21-23

May they all be one,
just as, Father, you are in me
   and I am in you,
so that they also may be in us,
so that the world may believe
it was you who sent me.
I have given them the glory
   you gave to me,
that they may be one as we are one.
With me in them and you in me,
may they be so perfected in unity
that the world will recognise
   that it was you who sent me
and that you have loved them
as you have loved me.

                    Unity is loving in peace according to God's will

                Satan tells lies
                Tries to get people to do his work.
                He uses fallacious reasoning.

                Satan uses control and manipulation.

                Where the law is clear he gives fallacious
                    reasoning and the person reasons
                    in my case it's different — disobeying
                    the commands, rules authority —
                    a person can argue it's okay to have
                    an affair, it's my partner's fault for
                    not loving me (they rationalize).

                The bottom line is they always had an excuse —
                    always argued and did their own will
                    and justified their actions making
                    right —> wrong and wrong —> right.

                The bottom line is God works in structure —

                The purpose of the Shepherds of Christ is to help unite
                    the world and the Church in consecration
                    to the 2 Hearts — through the sacraments,
                    love, doing God's will in love

                A person who is really willful — will fight
                    authority trying to be dominant and lose
                    friends, jobs because they only see through
                    their tainted dysfunctional ways.

                    Cain slew his brother.
                    Joseph's brothers were wrong.

                God wants us to walk hand-in-hand working
                    with each other in love to do good to
                    help promote God's Kingdom.

                I used to teach a class for Fr. Carter and I would
                    go in and use the scripture how God
                    first loved us.

                Then I would ask them what they wanted in
                    a significant other.
                    Think — you don't want a liar
                    You want someone truthful
                    Fr. Pasquini wrote a book of prayers
                        Authenticity —
                        We want someone who says what
                        they mean —

                    In the scripture it says
                        "Let your yes be yes and your no
                            be no"

                Nothing can hurt us sometimes, it seems to
                    us, when someone betrays us
                    especially in a marriage, but
                    betrays from childhood, dysfunction
                    can be deeply covered up in wounds
                    inside of us.

                But parents were children once and if they
                    are still selfish and argumentative
                    that can be what they think is normal
                    so they pass it on generation after
                    generation.

                When people do some things very hurtful
                    they may not even tell themselves they
                    did it, blaming the person they have already
                    hurt.

                    We should try to be authentic — Be like Jesus —
                If we look at ourselves and can honestly say Jesus
                wasn't like me, then I know I must change —
                If I live in a family or community and
                do not like every body I live with — I
                have some work to do — leave or change
                your heart.

                    A man told me once he was not nice to live
                with — one morning after several children
                and lots of years of marriage she just
                left and that was the end.

                    He said he became more bitter and finally
                lost all his friends.

                    Finally he ended up in a psychiatric
                ward and found out he had to change
                himself.

                    We can be really unhappy, mean, uncaring,
                miserable inside. One morning we won't
                be better like St. Paul. We become worse and
                worse — it is illogical to think we might change
                like our dark cloud would just leave with
                no effort from us or act of the will.

                    This man changed and is the most gentle
                soul, but I am sure lots of people in lots
                of ways tell us things that we do wrong and
                we can try to fight them back thinking
                it is their fault when we really need to
                change some things.

                    I sat a two year old — she wrote on
                herself with a pen — I said hey don't
                write on yourself — she said "no" and
                kept saying "no" — then she ran with
                the pen and I didn't want to chase her —
                she could fall on it.

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