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Jesus sufferings and living example of Fr Pio(general version)

A. Human suffering:

Every human in this world under go suffering. This come in two forms - spiritual and bodily;
that is, suffering of the body and sorrow in the mind. Bodily sufferings can be trivial or tremendous, passing or permanent, merely inconveniencing or totally incapacitating. They can range from headaches and cancer to hernia and the hideous injuries apt to arise from road accidents.

Spiritual sufferings, on the other hand, wound us inwardly, and can do so in ways and to degrees quite as wide ranging as the bodily variety. Here we think of things like worry,loneliness,fear,disappointments, bereavements.

Interior sufferings like these transform the garden of the soul into a little Gethsemene, while the bodily kind look to Calvary as their crowning summit.
Scripture says of the Lord who so lovingly endured every thing that Gethsamene and Calvary could inflict on Him: " Son of God though He was, He learned school of suffering"(Heb 5:8).



B. JESUS AT THE CROSS:



 At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to the be Crucified. At that time only "worst"criminals were given this penalty. Jesus was to be nailed to the cross by His hands and feet. Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long.

The nails were driven into His wrist. Not into His palms as is commonly portrayed. There's a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder.
The Roman guards knew that when the nails were being hammered into the wrist, that tendon would tear and break, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support himself so that He could breathe.
Both of His feet were nailed together. Thus He was forced to support Himself on the single nail that impaled His feet to the cross. Jesus could not support himself with His legs because of the pain, so He was forced to alternate between arching His back then using his legs just to continue to breathe. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the suffering, the courage.
Jesus endured this reality for over 3 hours.

 We saw wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound to His side.. A hammer driving large nails through the wrist, the feet overlapped and an even large nail hammered through the arches, then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear.

But before the nails and the spear, Jesus was whipped and beaten. The whipping was so severe that it tore the flesh from His body. The beating so horrific that His face was torn and his beard ripped from His face. The crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp. Most men would not have survived this torture.



 Jesus poured all 3.5 liters of his blood; He had three nails hammered into His members; a crown of thorns on His headband, beyond that, a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His chest.

C. Symbolic extensions of Jesus sufferings in recent past.

WHAT IS STIGMATA?



Stigmata is a miraculous phenomenon where a person receives wounds identical to those inflicted on Jesus during His crucifixion-namely nail marks in his hand &feet,wound in inside of abdomen(where lance of Roman soldier pierced heart of Christ),and/or head wounds(from crown of throns). These wounds are not self inflicted and there is no evidence of any internal or external cause,yet wounds appear and often bleed during prayer. Medicine will not heal wounds neither infected nor  become worse. No one is born with stigmata and dies from it

STIGMATA OF ST FRANCIS ASSISI


Many saints have had invisible stigmata, but only some have visible ones. The most stigmatisation in church history is that of St Francis of Assisi. In 1224, two years before his death, while in prayer on Mount Alvernia, a seraphim appeared to St Francis showing on his wings the figure of an extremely beautiful crucified man- Our Lord Jesus Christ- with His hands and feet extended in the form of across. When the vision disappeared, a flame of divine love remained in his soul, and the wounds of the Reedeemer appeared on his body. St francis hid them as well as he could until his death on 3 oct 1226. But after his passing, the friars- who witnessed his agony- and many lay people clearly saw in the palms of his hands and in his feet, three iron coloured nails formed with his own flesh and adhering to it. The heads of these nails were round and protruded from the skin. Their tips, which loomed in the back of his hands and the soles of his feet, looked gnarled and pitted so that one could easily insert, like into a ring, a finger into the fold beneath the tip protruding from the flesh. And on the right flank, as if pierced by a spear, they observed a reddish scar from a real wound from which blood often flowed.
On one hand, these wounds were the cause of great joy for St Francis, and on the other hand, they cause intolerable pain.

ANOTHER CASE!


Another remarkable case of stigmatisation is that of St Veronica Giuliani. When she died, an autopsy was done in presence of doctors and church men, and they they found that her heart seemed to have been carved into kind of delicate bas-relief representing all the instrument of crucifixion: nails, pliers,hammer, and crown of thorns.


C. MOST RECENT STIGMATA! ST PADRE PIO


 He was born on 27/5/1887 in southern Italy. At the age of 10,in order to practice mortification he formed a way to quietly abstain from solid foods and liquids. He slept on the floor,leaning his head on a rock that served as a pillow.In 1903, age 16,he admitted to the novitiate of capuchin order. In 1910 aug 10 th, he was ordained as a capuchine priest.

Receiving invisible Stigmata!

On 20 sept 1915, while praying, he suddenly felt a searing pain in the manner of burning in his hands and feet and below his heart. But he could see no injury as he looked at these parts of his body, in other words, he had received the invisible stigmta.

FR PIO STIGMATA!


Exactly 3 years later,while meditating on the passion and death of our Lord before a crucifix in the Capuchine convent, he asked for the grace of participating in the sufferings of Jesus. At that movement, he received the five wounds of the visible stigmata.

The pain was so great that he could not bear it and fainted. Blood flowed profusely from his wounds. Two friars arrived at the scene, realized what had happened and led him back to his cell, laying him in bed. He asked to be left alone.

FR Pio's Gethsemani



The stigmatisation of Padre Pio was frowned upon by some people, who spread rumors that he was a trickster who intentionally injured himself and kept his wounds fresh with the help of the devil. Others said he was hysterical, a psychopath, a mad man.

These suspicions and murmuring echoed in Rome, to the point that the Holy Office ordered Padre Pio placed under observation and forbid him to show his stigmata, to appear in public, to celebrate Mass in the presence of others, to write letters to anyone(including his spiritual director), and even to walk in the choir of the convent with the other friars so that his voice could be heard from a distance by those present in the church. In 1923 the Holy Office issued an official statement declaring that"...the facts attributed to Padre Pio are not found to be supernatural."It ordered the Capuchin to not to exercise any priestly Ministry(except celebrating Mass in the convent inside chapel) and dramatically vetoed pilgrimages by the faithful who went to San Giovanni Rotondo. It also banned any kind of relationship between the believers and Padre Pio, including letter writing. In 1926, the same Roman Court ruled that people should not read any book on Padre Pio and reiterated the prohibition to communicate with him. In 1935,on 25 th anniversary of his priestly ordination, he was not allowed to celebrate a Solemn Mass.

In 1936, friars who kept indirect relics of Padre Pio(eg: objects touched on him) were threatened with ipso facto suspensionad divinis. Lay people who did likewise were warned that they would be denied communion. Years later the Holy Office put on the index of all books of Padre Pio. About all these it is well to clarify that the majority of the small and mid-level officials of the Holy Office were favorable to Padre Pio.

WITHIN HIS OWN RELIGIOUS ORDER HE WAS ALSO SUBJECT TO MERCILESS PERSECUTION.
Some friars called him a"Venomous, repugnant and execrable serpent","devil" etc. One of his superiors ordered any and all documents about him found in the convent of San Giovanni Rotodo to be burned. Another referred to a piece of skin that fell from the stigmata in his hands as " disgusting". A third, seeing that a faithful had touched a handkerchief to the wounds of Padre Pio, asked him for it,tore it up, threw to the ground and trample it under foot. Padre Pio was accused of bad behavior, caressing young woman, paying journalists to advertise himself, buying and using expensive perfumes, demanding special meal etc. They went so far as to hide upon recorders under his bed and even in his confessional.

 Late 1930's Pope Pius XI ordered the Holy office to reverse it's ban on Pio,s public celebration of Mass and ability to hear confessions was restored. He offered all these humiliation(around 20 years) in total obedience to his legitimate superiors and never disobeyed a single rule even when in his heart he must have thought they were unjust.

FR PIO'S INCORRUPT BODY!


 On 23/sept/1968 he died. He was canonized as saint in 16/6/2002.In 2008,when his grave was opened, His body was found to be in corrupt.


He lived in the light of faith, immersed in supernatural realities. In God he placed all his confidence and hope, not only with words but also by example. The guiding principle of his day was to love God and make Him loved. His spirit of mortification and love of the cross show admirable practice of virtue of fortitude. His humility shines in his behavior after he received the stigmata. When it became visible, he preferred to hide it rather than have it seen by others. As for his observance of the religious vows, he was obedient in all things to the commands of his superiors; cultivated poverty with total detachment from self and from earthly goods and honors; and he shined in the practice of chastity.

FR PIO'S ADVICE:


 He greatly encouraged praying of Rosary, which he called"my weapon".His motto was"ABONDON YOURSELF INTO THE ARMS OF YOUR HEAVENLY MOTHER. SHE TAKES CUSTODY OF YOUR SOUL".

 D. EXAMPLE OF GOOD THIEF!


Indeed, that crucified pair who flanked our savior on Good Friday can be said to represent all of us, since everyone without exception hangs on a Cross carpentered by life's circumstances. But we must at all costs identify with the Good Thief by saying to the lord
"We suffer these things justly on account of our sins"(Lk23:41).

Yet another key lesson is that we can offer our Redeemer every sorrow and suffering that comes our way as a coredemptive contribution to the salvation of souls.

E. KEY LESSON OF THE CROSS


Obedience basically means our loving acceptance of God's Will. This is the paramount lesson we pupils in life 's school of suffering are to master at all costs.
A further key lesson in the syllabus is that every suffering, whatever its shape or size, really forms part of the penalty that the sins of the world, our own included, justly deserve for our having offended against the Almighty Creator.




St Francis of Assisi, St veronica, St Padre Pio have practically showed us the value of cross into our lives. Catholism always find solution under God's direction for the mental and physical agonies in our life. In this regard, St Padre Pio, un corrupt Body is a living example of reality of Golgotha and Gethsemani, how to apply to our own lives, to reach Happiness.
His last words before leaving this world on 23 sept 1968(81 years) to us

"PRAY THE ROSARY AND HAVE OTHERS PRAY IT"


GBU

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Cycle 2:season : lent:sunday no :6; date-29/3/2015 Lonely Catholic(Palm sunday)


Back ground:
last 5 sundays we were reminded the value  of regulating Will(mental), fasting(physical) to achieve a healthy life. Then we were reminded as a catholic,how to be happy in following God's commands: 10 commandments(specially Bowing Down only to God). Then we got to know the value of avoiding 7 vices(7 vices-Anger,sloth, pride,lust,envy,avarice, gluttony),for not to crave too much on earth bound needs such as Power,money and desires. Last sunday we were reminded that for a person, who follows Catholicism, the past sins are been forgotten by God. In other words, the effect of sin(fear and sorrows) will be washed off by God.

Today, we will see, how Jesus was welcomed by people. After 1 week we will see how the same people rejected Him. Just to show the earth bound recognition is short lived. By following the instructions of Jesus, disciples found a donkey; how does Jesus knew that they will meet a man who is carrying water, when they are going?. This clearly shows the Divine Nature of Jesus. Human mind cannot reason out, God's plans.

Preamble to today's reading:

B.(1)Good things
We cannot judge things as being good or bad because we do not have access to all the information.
One day a man brought a stallion,and all of his friends said"that's good". The next day the stallion ran away,and all his friends said"that is bad". 2 weeks later the stallion returned with a herd of mares. His friends said"that is good" the next day his son broke his shoulder when the stallion threw him off. The friend said" that's bad". The next month war broke out. Because the boy was injured, he could not go to war. The friend's said that is good. The story could go on and on with people judging events as being bad or good when actually all events are connected and have an impact on each other. Trying to sort good from bad and putting labels on events that are constantly changing their shape can make a you crazy.
When you see God as your only source, and love in control of your life plan, is the best solution to lead present life without going crazy.

The action required to see God as your only source: follow

(1) 10 commandments with no enemies
(2) Avoid 7 vices
(3) follow God's will for you.

B.2 God's will

Prophet Balaam was on a mission to curse someone,suddenly his donkey stopped on road!.no matter,how hard prophet kicked her,she would not budge. Without donkey He couldn't carry out his deed. He start to beat donkey severely, practicing management style of ruling thru' fear. Finally donkey cried out "why are you beating me? haven't I served you faithfully all these years?" An angel spoke to Balaam and said "you fool,quit beating her,even she could see I am standing here! Your donkey just saved your life,for if you had gone you would have been killed" Balaam returned kissing donkey all way back. If you do everything possible and you are not successful,find out Angel without kicking donkey,since you are not avail with all outcomes. When you think that you are on top of world, you may be sitting in a dangerous place.

B.3 obedience:

The dominion of death ushered in by Original sin extends to all the sufferings and sorrows that are so liable to afflict us, often enough without a moment's notice, as we journey through life.

"Man's first disobedience and the fruit of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death to the world, and all our woes, with loss of Eden"

As Holy Mary and St joseph learned themselves  in life's hard school, human woes come in two forms - spiritual and bodily; that is, suffering of the body and sorrow in the mind. Bodily sufferings can be trivial or tremendous, passing or permanent, merely inconveniencing or totally incapacitating. They can range from headaches and cancer to hernia and the hideous injuries apt to arise from road accidents. Spiritual sufferings, on the other hand, wound us inwardly, and can do so in ways and to degrees quite as wide ranging as the bodily variety. Here we think of things like worry,loneliness,fear,disappointments, bereavements. Interior sufferings like these transform the garden of the soul into a little Gethsemene, while the bodily kind look to Calvary as their crowning summit.
Scripture says of the Lord who so lovingly endured every thing that Gethsamene and Calvary could inflict on Him: " Son of God though He was, He learned school of suffering"(Heb 5:8). Obedience basically means our loving acceptance of God's Will. This is the paramount lesson we pupils in life 's school of suffering are to master at all costs.


B.3- FORMING HABIT:

Like brushing teeth/ handing over your fears and sorrows every day morning, to Holy Mary, will help you to achieve worry less mind from peaceful mind. When you can control your anger and you avoid laziness, you will achieve peaceful mind. But worries/disagreements/sickness are always present in your life. You should know how to hand over such worries to holy Mary for her to intercede with God, to make you happy;
Like brushing your teeth every day, try to form a habit(fixed time in a given day-preferably early morning/independent of location- like brushing teeth/every day morning you brush your teeth, where ever you go). Praying Rosary is easiest method. In addition if you can send a petition to Lourdes Grotto and hand over your worries to her, will be much beneficial for you!
Link you can follow is given below:


http://en.lourdes-france.org/praying/placing-a-petition-at-the-grotto-of-lourdes


C. Today's reading:

Prop Isaiah says(Is 50:4-7)"Lord has given me..tongue..know how to reply to weaired..Each morning he wakes me to..listen like a disciple..my part..no resistance..I offered..my cheeks..tore at my beard..Lord Comes to my help.."

Paul says(Ph 2:6-11),"His state was divine..emptied himself..condition of a slave..accepting death on cross..God raised..above all other..beings..Should bend the knee at the name of Jesus"

Mk14:1-15-47)says"..Jesus bound..to Pilate..questioned..released Barnabbas..handed..to be crucified..stuck his head..finished..fun of Him..led Him..to crucify..Simon..to carry His cross..crucified two robbers with Him..calling Elijah..veil..temple..torn..this man..son of God".

Reminds: in life you get mental suffering resembling Gethsamani and physical suffering Golgotha. Your life swings with physical and mental suffering. How much you have emptied yourself like a child and listen to the God's will result in your overall happiness!.

D. Conclusions:

During lent, church has carefully guiding us
(1) How to reach healthy physical life with controlling your bad habits such as over eating
(2) How to reach healthy spiritual life with controlling, earth bound desires: subject to the easy principles given in Catholicism, where there is no restriction on eating!
(3) How to reach happy life by managing your mental and physical anguish es!

You will get to know, you are achieving a happy life by following God's will, in forming your behavior according to 10 commandments, avoiding 7 vices!

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Sunday (29/3) lonely Catholic-palm Sunday-(brief Version)


Prop Isaiah says"Lord has given me..tongue..know how to reply to weaired..Each morning he wakes me to..listen like a disciple..my part..no resistance..I offered..my cheeks..tore at my beard..Lord Comes to my help.."


Paul says,"His state was divine..emptied himself..condition of slave..accepting death on cross..God raised..above all other..beings..Should bend knee at name of Jesus"



Mk14:1-15-47)says"..Jesus bound..to Pilate..questioned..released Barnabbas..handed..to be crucified..stuck his head..finished..fun of Him..led Him..to crucify..Simon..to carry His cross.. crucified two robbers with Him..calling Elijah..veil..temple..torn..this man..son of God"




Reminds:in life

(1)U swing mental+physical suffering resembling Gethsameni+Golgotha.Strive to emptied U'rself like a child &listen to God's will for U'r happiness!

(2)world recognition is temporary &they start hating quickly!U?

GBU

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Cycle 2: Season: Lent, Sunday No 5: Date:22/3/15; Glorified Catholic




A. Back ground:
 last 4 sundays we were reminded the value of fasting, value of regulating Will, as a catholic value of following 10 commandments(specially Bowing Down only to God), value of not craving too much to earth bound needs such as Power,money and desires(specially avoiding 7 vices-Anger,sloth,pride,lust, envy,avarice,gluttony). Today we were reminded the result of following all above 4, you lead a happy life- specially your effects of sins, in creating your fear and sorrow in your life, will be washed off by Our Lord.

B Preamble for todays reading:

B.1. Happiness and living, is it two things?

Water we need to drink everyday. 75% of our body contains water. We need to replenish water every day. Wine or alcohol we drink only for happy occasions, not throughout day!. So Happiness and living are 2 things. To drive your life you should be happy.
Jesus in His 1 st miracle clearly showed us
(1) Depletion of wine has been seen by Mary though Jesus was there at that wedding
(2)Jesus did not multiply wine, without filling the jars by the wedding manger
(3) New wine multiplied by Jesus was very much superior than old wine, which has already been served.

This clearly showed
(A) follow new message- Christianity
(B) you invite Holy Mary into your life, to reach your happiness(wine),for her to intercede on behalf of you with God.
(C)following 10 commandments/not having enemies/avoiding 7 vices/ following God's will for you- resembles water and you should strive to adhere to these points in your life, in order for you not to Sin.

B.2. Effects of Sin
Every living human in this world will face fear, sorrow, disagreements, unhappiness while leading their life. Your unhappiness may be different to my unhappiness. Every religion in the world, says, that Sin leads to unhappiness in your present life and future lives.(even after death). Similar to unhappiness, every human will sin in this life. Certain religion says that effect of sin, you cannot erase, hence fear and sorrow will come at any stage of your life(present or future). Karmic effects they speak. But christianity says' when you follow and lead your life according the principles given, the effects of Sin will be washed off from your life. In other word God guarantees, that you will lead a happy life.

Example of a satellite:

A geo stationery satellite stays 10000 km above earth. This satellite moves at the same speed and same direction of earth. You need rocket+other ammunities to send this satellite to geo orbit.GE0 STATINARY SATELLITE IS STATIONARY WITH RESPECT TO EART AS IT MOVES IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND SAME SPEED OF THE EARTH. This resembles, that if you want to see, the matters as it is in earth, you should elevate yourself to the Geo stationary orbit. In lent first few sundays you are advice what to do; main things are that you should not have anger + laziness to be developed in your life. 1/3 of the weight of the satellite is oil. What for, due to various gravitational effects towards earth, this geo stationary satellite tends to move lower orbits towards earth. The equipment of the satellite, identifies that it deviates, and start firing thru' the oil it has stored for tracking. Then only satellite will move in the geo stationary orbit. Similar to this phenomina, you should take your life to the geo stationary orbit, to see the worldly things clearly by your self( by avoiding anger+laziness), you should develop oil in your satellite by avoiding 7 vices in your life with following 10 commandments). Then only you start noticing that your deviation from the geo stationary orbits, when you lead your life. Under such time, you should have developed enough oil,in your satellite to burn for tracking.
YOU ARE LIKE A SATTELITE. YOU SHOULD GO TO GEO STATIONRY ORBIT TO SEE THE EARTH MATTERS PROPERLY. WHEN YOU ARE LIVING YOU TENDS TO DEVIATE FROM GEO STATIONARY ORBIT TOWARDS ANOTHER ORBIT TOWARDS EARTH, MAKING YOU TO ROTATE MORE SPEED THAN THE EARTH IS MOVING. YOU SHOULD DEVELOP A GOOD TRACKING SYSTEM, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR DEVIATIONS. THIS IS A LIFE LONG EXCECISE, TO EXPEIRNCE HAPPINESS, LIKE A SATTELITE MOVING EFFORTLESSLY IN A GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT.(HAPPY). CATHOLISM IN A NUTSHELL CAN BE PARTLY EXPLAIN THROUGH THIS GEO STATIONARY SATTELIE MOVEMENT.

B.3 life is Dynamic!
The cells of your body is everyday changing. Similarly technology you used everyday changing. Hence your living is everyday changing and LIVING BECOME DYNAMIC. Your character is always changing. Under this dynamic character, you may become unhappy at present and happy in past or vice versa. Unless you change your character to match to this dynamic situation, with the behavioral rules given by God(10 commandments+pardoning+follow God's Willn, you might start sinning and unhappiness start growing. That is why certain other religions say" life is sorrow".
In order to have happy life catholism support in 3 stages;
(1) Have a peaceful life(without anger+laziness)
(2) Have a worry less mind(handing over your worries to holy mary+saints)
(3) Happy mind(avoid 7 vices) to develop cheerfulness in your life.

C. Todays reading:

Prop Jeremiah(Jr 31:31-34) says"..It is the Lord who speaks..deep within them I will plant my law,writing it on their hearts..no further ..to teach neighbor..I..never call their sins to mind."
Hebrews says(Heb 5:7-9) says"..although He was son ,He learned to obey through suffering..He became for all who obey Him the source of eternal salvation."
Jn 12:20-30 says"..Anyone who loves his life loses it..who hates..will keep it..if anyone serves me, my father will honor him..a voice came from heaven, I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."
Reminds; for you to please God, forget all your previous sins, as well as others disagreements,quarrels,harms against you. Forgetting others sins against you will be hardest to train and going against gravity. You feel like you lost your life, but catholism says that God will support for your Happiness. 3 hardest thing in world to do due to our original sin(1)Love the Hate(2) including excludes(3) admitting that you are wrong!. Train your WILL to carry out these difficult task to hear from God" YOU ARE MY BELOVED SON"

D. CONCLSIONS:

Eveybody in this world wants to live happily. When you are mentally and physically satisfied you are happy. In order this happiness to maintain through out in your life, Catholicism guarantees a shortest path. When you follow Catholicism, you will attain happiness, and you will see God says to you" YOU ARE MY BELOVED SON"

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Sunday(22/3) Sunday Glorified Catholic(brief Version)


Prop Jeremiah says"..It is Lord who speaks..deep within them I will plant my law,writing it on their hearts..no further.. to teach neighbour..I..never call their sins to mind."


Hebrew says"..although He was son,He learned to obey through suffering..He became for all who obey Him source of eternal salvation."



Jn 12:20-30says"..Anyone who loves his life loses it..who hates..will keep it..if anyone serves me,my father will honour him..a voice came from heaven,I have glorified it,&I will glorify it again"





All readings sums up; for U to please God, forget all U'r previous sins, as well as others disagreements,harms against U(will be hardest to train).U feel like U lost U'r life,but God says HE will provide U'r Happiness.




3hardest thing in world
(1)Love the Hate
(2) including excludes
(3) admitting that U'r wrong!.

Train your WILL to carry out these difficult task to hear from God"U'r MY BELOVED SON" you?

GBU

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Cycle 2: Season: Lent, Sunday No 4: Date:15/3/15; blind catholic - in detail


A. Back ground:
During lent, we are invited to look thru' our life, and improve our behavior for our own happiness.

During lent: we start FASTING- remove toxin in our body; REGULATING OUR WILL- train to regulate our desires, to achieve good health, where normally we cannot control.(Resisting short term urge, to achieve long term benefit). All these 2 things are generally good to be practices irrespective of any religion, to lead a healthy life. Last sunday we further analyzed the value of 10 commandments to be practiced,(as given by God), for our good behavior(to enjoy the freedom). There we note that we should BOW DOWN only to God not to any other person or things. Today, we are reminded that without our knowledge we will crave on to earth bound needs and justify ourself(Excuse tic- excuse for not to do a thing), though we are going against God's rule and Will.
In happiness you float in air(mind), just to show that you fly, by balancing gravitation.

B. Pre amble for today's reading:

B.1- Our main activities of life and connection to shadow TRINITY

When you are born, without your knowledge, you do the following 3 things:
(1) Start breathing: you breath average of 21000 times/day until you die
(2) You start to walk on the ground, you stop this when you die
(3) You start developing your mind, try to communicate with other people/ try to develop the ability to choose. This appears continuing even after death

All these 3 actions in your life represent shadow Trinity;FATHER-happiness(above 2 how you control your earth bound desires), SON- behavior(above1), HOLY SPIRIT- knowledge(above3).

Also you note that all these 3 you start developing without your knowledge.

Breathing you are doing, to organize your behavior- 10 commandments in catholism.
Walking you are doing, resembling the attraction of earth bound needs such as Money, power and worldly desires.
Developing your mind resembles your happiness. How much you can go against gravity.(Fasting,regulating your will, charity,doing exercises etc)

B.2 Catholic Freedom:

Freedom is defined as what you ought to do NOT what you can do!.Hence human freedom is always subject to law. There are 3 types of freedom. External- government, internal- religious, personal- matters lying in between government and religious freedom). As catholics our law is 10 commandment. You should know how 10 commandments came. It derived from Exodus 20:2-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21

St Augustine(354-430A.D), bishop of Hippo, was the first to assign numbers to the ten commandments. There are slight variations of 10 commandments, with one christian denomination to another!.

B.3 Shameful practices!
Without our knowledge, we adhere to shameful practices undermining God' law. Last sunday we observed in deutronomy- that we cannot Bow down to anybody except God. When this has been translated into catholic law, we say worship only to God. Unfortunately, we bow down to our parents,teachers,elders and respect to Eucharist! Without our knowledge.


C.Today's reading:
Book of Chronicles says(2 ch 36:14-16. 19-23)" ..head of the priesthood..added infidelity to infidelity, coping all the shameful practices..de filing the temple..ridicule messengers of God..their enemies.. set fire to all its places.."
Paul says(Eph 2:4-10)" God..Generous with His mercy:when we were dead..He brought..Christ..through grace..you..raised..with Him..We are God's work of art,created in Christ..live good life.."
John says(3:14-21)" the son of the man must be lifted up as moses lifted up the serpent..God sent His son..not to condemn the world..men has shown they prefer darkness to light..deeds were evil..hates the light.."
Readings warn our church, about how to teach and set examples to humans about Jesus messages. In this regard the example set and the efforts made by Pope Francis is highly appreciated. Also readings focused and remind us, by practicing Catholicism, you can be happy even in this world. This is by regulating your earth bound needs and avoiding 7 vices in your life.(Anger,sloth,pride,lust,avarice,envy,gluttony). These vices you cannot avoid if you don't believe for all your actions and results are subject to God's decision.



C. Conclusions

Fasting(40 days),regulating will(transfiguration),worshiping God(10 commandments+removing 7 vices), are the subjects,we reflected on the previous 3 sundays. Today readings invited us to reflect importance of controlling earth bound needs, to have a happy life. money,power and earthly desires are main attraction towards earth. We need all these 3, but craving to these will make us to stay on earth and cannot lift like Jesus! Making you Unhappy!. That is why it says you cannot serve God and world at the same time!

GBU

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http://holymaryreflection.blogspot.com
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