August 25, 2018

                R. When I was studying math –
                we had mathematical models –

                Like systems of equations
                    you could solve for
                    unknowns and apply
                    them to different branches
                    of science.

                3 Unknowns  x, y, z –

                Set up systems of equations
                    with known things and
                    solve the equations

                Simultaneously –

                Substitution

                But Math can be used for

                    (1) Finances
                    (2) Chemistry
                    (3) Physics
                    (4) Probability –

                It's a tool to solve problems –
                    that's why word problems
                    were important –
                    even age problems for
                        insurance policies

                Models and tools
 

                If Mike wanted to fix the
                    toilets in Clearwater –
                    he wanted the exact
                    right tools and he could
                    get the job done because
                    he knew how the plumbing
                    part worked.
 

                Math is a tool for science –
                    I knew Math –
                    I taught Math –

                People came from all walks
                    of life to learn it as
                    a tool –

                I need to put down a floor –
                    if I am a rug supplier –
                    I use math –

                Somebody else uses the same
                    areas and measurements
                    to sew blankets for beds
                    square feet, square yards,
                    etc., etc., etc.

                Models –

                    Math a tool for lots of
                        things –

                    Children in school
                can't cut a corner
                about learning multiplication
                and division –
                they need it for LIFE

                Models –

                Well there are models we fit
                ourselves in

                God intended us to believe
                    in Him –
                    We work at believing
                        without seeing –
                        God gives His grace –
                        God gives His vision –

                In baptism we receive the
                    supernatural virtue of
                    faith –

                We believe without seeing
                    what God is making more and
                    more clear to us –

                Once we believe

                    We hope and desire our
                    eternal happiness with
                    God – and because we love
                    our brothers, we want them to
                    go to heaven.

                We must believe in God's
                    Plan and we see
                    in clouded vision –
                    we believe without
                    seeing clearly – we believe
                    in God's plan on faith –

                God works in a supernatural
                    way in our hearts revealing
                    His plan to us and we
                    accept it on faith without
                    seeing it clearly because
                    of His grace He gives and we
                    say "yes" (co-operate with the grace).

                We receive the supernatural virtue
                    of love in baptism –
                    We share in God's loving
                    capacity –

                We love Him in a way we
                love on a supernatural level
                because God is giving us
                a greater supernatural ability
                to love –

                ABOVE NATURAL

                Above our nature

                A NEW LIFE

                Knowing in faith the plan
                    of God more and more –
                    knowing on a supernatural
                    level – seeing without
                    seeing with our eyes –

                Believing God's plan revealed
                    to us in faith in
                    our hearts and souls –

                The Spirit of God dwells
                    in me –

                I know God in my soul –

                God is life and
                He lives in me –

                Insight into the Divine Mysteries –

                Insight into the gifts God uses
                    in the Universe –
                    Patterns which repeat
                    in different aspects of
                    life.

                God and the Divine Mysteries –

                God opens up insight into
                    the Divine Mysteries –
                    I believe on faith –
                    supernatural faith –

                    It is beyond my understanding
                to know how there are 3
                Persons in 1 God, (the
                Mystery of the Trinity), but
                I believe it on faith.

                    I believe Jesus is truly
                present in the Eucharist
                Body, Blood, Soul and
                Divinity – I believe on
                faith God gives me.

                I believe the priest can
                celebrate Mass and change
                ordinary bread and wine
                into the Body and Blood of Jesus.
                I believe Baptism washes
                away original sin and
                I receive a sharing in
                God's life in baptism –
                FAITH, HOPE and LOVE are
                theological virtues – that means
                God must give me the grace
                to increase these supernatural
                virtues I received in Baptism.
                God gives, but I have to
                co-operate with the grace –

                    Now I want to go back
                to models. Jesus and Mary
                teach us as models in
                our life to follow –
 

Luke 1: 46-55

And Mary said:

My soul proclaims
    the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
    in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
    the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
    all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
    has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
    to those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm,
he has routed the arrogant of heart.
He has pulled down princes
    from their thrones
        and raised high the lowly.
He has filled the starving with good things,
    sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the help
    of Israel his servant,
        mindful of his faithful love
—according to the promise
    he made to our ancestors—
of his mercy to Abraham
    and to his descendants for ever.

                R. The devil's ways are evil –

                They are hidden –

                Models - I thought of a
                leader wanting power to raise
                above others –

                    He needs a force
                mechanism –

                    A force to make others
                squirm under their feet –

                    Like nuclear weapons –

                They can be a little nation, a
                    little person,
                    but parade their force
                    mechanism above men and
                    then they can make
                    men squirm –
                    power for the sake of power –
                    not for the good of our brothers –

                Every brute power mechanism
                    is based on this –

                This model –

                    If you are operating and
                I have a gun on you –
                I got power over you –

                    If I abuse you, threaten
                you with your house, your
                comforts in life by assuming
                power – concealing information
                and using my abuse as power
                for the sake of control and
                power over you, it's evil –

                    A person that was sexually,
                emotionally, financially,
                physically abused as a
                child may punish others
                life long –

                    But the power model
                is the same –
                    they need FORCE over
                an innocent other –
                somebody trying to live morally –

                FOR the wounded abuser –
                they were wounded and
                never healed of bitterness,
                anger and hatred against
                their abuser –

                    Power has this model –

                    Satan tried it on Jesus
                        after Jesus fasted –
                        He told Jesus to get
                        down and worship him,
                        satan, and he would
                        give him the kingdoms
                        of the world –

                Satan has no power unless
                    weak - pleasure seeking,
                    individuals, lust for
                    power people - give it to him –
                    They can do evil and try
                    to force evil on others –

                This is serving the wrong
                    side –

                Some people live their whole
                    lives and all their decisions
                    are based on "being-over"
                    others –

                Power and control –

                They want to be ON-TOP!!
 

                The model is FORCE –

                    ABUSE –

                    RAISING TO THE TOP
 

                God calls us to love –

                Jesus is All Mighty

                Jesus is All Powerful –

                He loved us unconditionally.

                We need forgiveness of our
                unloving ways we treated
                others – We need God's forgiveness –
                We need a Savior – God to SAVE US –
                WE must forgive others and not
                    hold out in anger against
                    innocent others for
                    the anger inside of us –
                    fermenting in us –
                    unhealed anger! – Living in
                    anger is opposing God's
                    marvelous plan for us
                    to be loving and in His
                    image and likeness –

                The right tools

                The right model is God –

                A man can fix the blades
                    on an engine or a
                    fan and hurt so many
                    if that air-plane
                    crashes because of
                    his negligence

                The right motive
                    EMPATHY
                    Loving others
               
                Helping others to be all God
                    wants them to be –
                    in every job we hold
                    in service of others
                    to be in the right plan –

                We leave our mark of
                    love on the world –
                    When we live to love
                    and serve others as
                    God commands us –

                Jesus shows us His Sacred Heart –
                God is love and
                In Him is no darkness –
                Our model is JESUS –
                He took flesh to teach us –
                He gives us His flesh
                    to eat in the Eucharist –
                    We put on Christ –
                    but we must be
                    co-operating with God –

                    We can ignore God and
                be mad all the time
                even when we go to the
                Eucharist –

                    Who would hire a person
                that lies and uses their
                job to play tricks that
                are evil –

                    Believing is seeing when
                we have faith in God –

                    And living to have dominance
                for dominance sake – power
                and control over others for evil
                is opposing God's plan –

                    So you got your own
                evil plan to do it –

                    God's plan is love –

                God's plan is
                    forgiveness –

                God's plan is living by
                    His instructions and
                    doing His will –

                Haven't we learned a lot
                    of dark stuff about
                    men seeking power and
                    control for dominance
                    sake –

                It's the same story from
                    Moses and Pharaoh
                to Jeremiah and the King
                to what is going on today
                when people live to
                control others –

                Look at Herod - he killed
                    all those babies –
                    where is Herod and Hitler today?
           
                God rules –

                    In the end Pharaoh lost –
                    The King with Jeremiah lost –

                Nothing flourishes when man
                    selfishly seeks his
                    own honor and glory –

Romans 2: 8

but for those who out of jealousy have taken for their guide not truth but injustice, there will be the fury of retribution.

1 Chronicles 16: 11

Seek out Yahweh, seek his strength, continually seek out his presence!

1 Corinthians 10: 31

       Whatever you eat, then, or drink, and whatever else you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Colossians 3: 12

As the chosen of God, then, the holy people whom he loves, you are to be clothed in heartfelt compassion, in generosity and humility, gentleness and patience.

 

1 Peter 4: 8

Above all preserve an intense love for each other, since love covers over many a sin.

 

1 Peter 2: 11

I urge you, my dear friends, as strangers and nomads, to keep yourselves free from the disordered natural inclinations that attack the soul.

 

Colossians 3: 10

Ephesians 4: 2

With all humility and gentleness, and with patience, support each other in love.

Galatians 5: 13

After all, brothers, you were called to be free; do not use your freedom as an opening for self–indulgence, but be servants to one another in love,

1 Corinthians 12: 13

We were baptised into one body in a single Spirit, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as free men, and we were all given the same Spirit to drink.

 

John 14: 15

If you love me
    you will keep my commandments.

Isaiah 55: 6-7

Seek out Yahweh 
    while he is still to be found, 
call to him while he is still near. 
Let the wicked abandon his way 
and the evil one his thoughts. 
Let him turn back to Yahweh 
    who will take pity on him, 
to our God, for he is rich in forgiveness; 
 

                Given October 29, 2016

                R. Please spread blessed holy water
                (You can also mix Jesus and Mary water
                with your blessed Holy Water if you have it.)
                in your yard, around your house,
                in the state you live in.