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June 25, 2010

                Today's Readings

2 Kings 25: 1-12

In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon advanced on Jerusalem with his entire army; he pitched camp in front of the city and threw up earthworks round it. The city lay under siege till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, when famine was raging in the city and there was no food for the populace, a breach was made in the city wall. The king then made his escape under cover of dark, with all the fighting men, by way of the gate between the two walls, which is near the king's garden — the Chaldaeans had surrounded the city — and made his way towards the Arabah. The Chaldaean troops pursued the king and caught up with him in the Plains of Jericho, where all his troops deserted. The Chaldaeans captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, who passed sentence on him. He had Zedekiah's sons slaughtered before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah's eyes and, loading him with chains, carried him off to Babylon.

In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month — it was in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon — Nebuzaradan commander of the guard, a member of the king of Babylon's staff, entered Jerusalem. He burned down the Temple of Yahweh, the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. The Chaldaean troops who accompanied the commander of the guard demolished the walls surrounding Jerusalem. Nebuzaradan commander of the guard deported the remainder of the population left in the city, the deserters who had gone over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the common people. But the commander of the guard left some of the poor country people behind as vineyard workers and ploughmen.

Psalm 137: 1-6

By the rivers of Babylon
we sat and wept
at the memory of Zion.
On the poplars there
we had hung up our harps.

For there our gaolers had asked us
to sing them a song,
our captors to make merry,
'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'

How could we sing a song of Yahweh
on alien soil?
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand wither!

May my tongue remain stuck to my palate
if I do not keep you in mind,
if I do not count Jerusalem
the greatest of my joys.

Matthew 8: 1-4

After he had come down from the mountain large crowds followed him. Suddenly a man with a virulent skin-disease came up and bowed low in front of him, saying, 'Lord, if you are willing, you can cleanse me.' Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him saying, 'I am willing. Be cleansed.' And his skin-disease was cleansed at once. Then Jesus said to him, 'Mind you tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering prescribed by Moses, as evidence to them.'  

 

                Jesus: Once rules that are wrong are established
                it is very difficult to change them —

                    A rule such as abortion was put in
                place, it is against the commandments
                to kill a baby for your own freedom —
                killing — taking life

                    I sweat blood for the men that would
                be lost today — I have given you the opportunity
                to help Me reach the souls — If one abuses
                others and has forced rules so they can
                control and abuse — they can be like
                an alcoholic that is addicted to punishing
                a scapegoat —

                    An angry man has to want to change
                his heart — He can be so angered because he
                was so wounded by another or others and looks
                to punish those innocent others in their
                present life —

                    I have come to the Shepherds of Christ to help
                bring the era of peace My Mother began at
                Fatima —

                    This comes from dying to ways not likened
                to Me — from recognizing only by My Might can
                you do things —

                    A controlling person — controls so nothing
                can be unpredictable to them — If their
                habits are constant argumentation and seeking
                dominance for themselves — this is how they
                see — they force everything around them based
                on their jealousies, fear of abandonment,
                anger, wounds they have and act out on innocent
                others —

                    I am meek and tender of heart — a person
                who lies about their sin is filled with
                guilt —

                    Blood on the hands can be washed off,
                but the memory of the murder, the one who
                dropped the guillotine lingers in their heart —
                I died for you — I am God — all pure —
                without sin — I died, I was whipped for
                your sins and the sins of the people I want
                to reach today —

                    Big nails were put in My hands — hammered
                through My precious body and you block
                My reaching men today when you control the
                work I am trying to do in My Church and My
                world —

                    I loved the souls so much —

                    I died for you, I died for them

                Sing: A Song from Jesus —

                You have established rules based on your
                    past so you could act out your anger
                    and show a certain other your purity - you think —

                Your mask —

                When you wear a mask you hurt yourself
                    and others —

                When you lie about sins you committed
                    you hurt yourself and others —

                When you block My work for your anger
                    and control — you hurt souls —
                    the souls I died for —

                I call religious to live by a rule — The
                    rule is a choice if one intends to
                    stay and work to help so many souls in the
                    religious life —
                A priest is under their Bishop
                A priest is not independent on their own —

                A person wanting independence from
                    any rules is opposing the very
                    rule of the religious order —

                I give you religious communities —

                In problems people work in love together
                    to do God's will —

                A person angry inside looks down, very
                    often on others, they can want others to
                    not be successful — so they can rescue
                    them —

                All are called to make Jesus the King and Center
                    of their hearts and lives —

                I am the King of Kings —

                Who is on your throne — you cannot serve