A. Back ground: last 2 sundays, we reflected, about reducing our faith due to Pride and jealousy. Pride balloons, specially with popular people(politicians,priests,
Without their knowledge, making them to think that they are OMNIPOTENT(so powerful). Jealousy(envy), comes, where we try to analyze others, and equate their needs with us. All these 2 vices comes from undermining the God creation.
God created you
(1) To be happy, with time
(2) What HE expect from you is different to other
(3) Your worries are not same as my worry. Similarly while your basic need is same for every human(to find food to live), all other wants are different to each other.
(4) To be happy, even in this life, follow 10 commandments, with pardoning principle and follow God's will for you.
Today, it high lights, the outcome of following the 2 vices, PRIDE and JEALOUSY, you tend to form cast, without your knowledge, thus depriving knowledge to your self!.
B. Preamble to today's reading
B.1 God's Will from close system to open system.
God uses Jews to show, how to reintroduce Happiness to the human. He did,'t use any other race,millions of years, through prophets & other means. We see in the old testament, how HE was preparing Jews. One can question, why HE used only Jews?. That is wisdom, HE always take the best method.
Then HE was sending HIS own son- Jesus to show us how to act independent, to God, to lead our life. Through our own will, or own freedom, how we should lead our life, to be pleasant to HIM. Jesus, as a JEW, while following the major rituals of Jew(not eating pork+circumcisng) showed the message of love and showed that HE is God, through resurrection. Major phase of Christianity is given up to Jesus resurrection, and it was to a close group of Jews.
Then after 50 days to his death, HE send Holy spirit to inaugurate the church. Mary, Peter was witness to that. Peter became the first pope. The great persecutor of Christian, Paul was converted to christianity through a vision, and his 3 days blindness. Paul, who has been circumcised as a jew, recommended NO Circumcision, for any catholics, as all human are children of God.
Then peter, who was circumcise and not eating pork, found that for the new church, there should not be any restriction of food. So new church, after Holy Spirit became an open church, for any human in the world, without any cast,creed. Hence church has to find amicable solutions, with the guidance of Holy spirit, any present question. Some are birth control, euthanasia, uni sex marriege etc. Pope infallabilty becomes vital, upon these situations!. Hence Church moves strictly on non cast-open system method-as against up to jesus, only to jews!.
Today, it high lights, how you will decrease your faith due to cast. Next few sundays it will address other matters, pertinent to church.
B.2 how cast works!
Cast is considered as fixed unchangeable social class in to which people are BORN. Your great,great grand father has farming, where as mine was fishing,today we both are teachers doing same job,(may be same blood group),but we differentiate each other from cast. Cast conscience person will lead to hardheadedness(form of pride),where he take practical decisions without letting his emotions affecting his judgment. You tend to forget, that God has created you and every human is God creation&U have to look for friendship irrespective of cast. Cast dilutes the ability to appreciate,human achievements unbiased way,thus harming your self of deprived knowledge. There are many other forms of cast based on ancestral villege/based on your job position. All casts are heading towards selfish motives,while coordination between one cast to another is very poor depriving to achieve common goals of a country!. Pope Francis send clear signals of having a cast less church.
Cast has become cancer in the developing countries. People prefer to show their cast in his name, just to get undue preference, from others(for their own selfish motives).
Priests in the church are also instrument in forming casts. Parish priest, other congregations, other clergy are forming various casts, and coordination between cast become extremely difficult, causing negative outputs of church!
B.3 How st peter and st paul treated casts?
Peter&Paul(29/6)
Peter was1st pope,Vicar(substitute)of Christ on earth. He was crucified in 67AD, head downward,in Nero's gardens at vatican,because he said He was not worthy to die same way as Jesus!&Paul was beheaded as a prisoner outside gates of Rome on same day. They are 2 main pillars of Church. Before Pentecost(b'day of church)Peter denied 3 times that he doesn't know Jesus,while Paul was VIGOROUSLY PERSECUTING christians.He was converted by vision"Saul,why do U prosecute me?"(Even now it is valid!). Paul(born around15AD)was small,ugly, constantly ill,horribly frightened, desperate lonely man.He declared that you are new creation in Christ,irrespective of any form of cast(& not to circumcised!). While Peter's faith was strengthen at Pentacost, was brave fisherman. He performed1st public miracle &pioneered1st Church Council. Their heads-in silverbusts at Popes Cathedral-Rome.After pentecost, you are free. You have to treat every human,as a creation of God and cannot be given undue preference to any body for your personal cast oriented interests!.
B.5 -Basic Era's of teaching of the church!
It is very clear, that there are 5 era's of the catholic church
Era 1: God created U to be happy, with certain rule to follow: NOT TO EAT FROM THE FORBIDDEN TREE. Our original parents proud ness and Jealousy, caused them to betray, resulting, in death, fear and sorrow in to our life. So our eternal life is having 2 periods (1) in this world(2) outside this world.
Era 2: God, the Father, train, through Israel, how to reintroduce happiness. HE was directly instructing Israelis, through various prophets and means, how to lead life according to HIS WILL. HE introduced 10 commandments with Eye to Eye principle.
Era 3: JESUS the son, showed how to lead our. Life managing, fear and sorrow. HE showed only to Israelis. He introduce the message of love, through following same 10 commandments, with turn other cheek of yours, the shortest path to realize Love in the society.
Era 4: Church was formed with Pentacost. Earlier Jesus message was only to Jews. Mary, peter and Paul, plays a vital role in making this universality, under the influence of Holy Spirit. Jesus teaching was only to Jews, and He followed, the circumcise and food restrictions(not to eat pork), where as church lifted all under the influence of Holy Spirit, church was made universal, without any food restrictions and without circumcise!. So church becomes light house of a cast less society, with Pope as the head. Church in colloboraton with Holy Spirit, from time to time guide us, how to lead our life Happily!
Era 5: when you follow the Era's of Father, son and Holy spirit, the teachings of the church, you will be happy now and eternal.
Today's reading:
Ezkiel(Ezk2:2-5) says:"..whether they listen or not this set of rebels shall know, there is a prophet among them"
Paul (2 Cor 12:7-10)says"..stop..getting too proud..pleaded..Lord three times..leave me..power of Christ stay over me.."
Mark(6:1-6) says"Jesus..home town.."Where did the man get all those things?".. carpenter..not accept Him..amazed..their lack of faith"
Reminds: Faith means you increase your knowledge on a subject. Catholic faith means you increase knowledge about God. Every day, you can increase knowledge from associating many other people. When you are cast oriented, you tend to bar your knowledge limited only to your cast, undermining God, because every creation of God's is good,every human are equal. Cast oriented mind tends to decrease faith, and increase Proud and Jealousy in their life, where we reflected in last 2 sundays!
Forming any cast, based on your birth,office position,based on your ancestral villege is against to the concept of church which Holy Spirit guides!
Conclusions:
Ordinary sundays, we are directed in orderly form to understand our religion and practice the same to lead our life happily.
This sunday allows us to think
(1)To avoid 7 vices specially, Pride and Envy(primary vice to eliminate is Anger and Sloth), which leads to form cast
(2)In order for you to understand Catholicism, you should be aware of 5 Eras of God actions!
(3)Role of the catholic church
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