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Perfect Catholic(sunday1/11) All Saints (brief Version)

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Person who is HAPPY is not because Everything is RIGHT in his Life..
He is HAPPY because his Attitude towards Everything in his Life is Right..!!

Saints are good examples of enjoying eternal happiness of life. During living, everybody will have worries/disagreements/sorrows- how to be happy with these things-saints are good example.
When you forget, what is reality and when you get negative experience, you tend to have mental disorders, making you unhappy.
For reality one should be clear, that he has been created by God, to lead a happy life. When you identify and accept above reality, you have to follow the commandments given by God. What are the commandments: father has given 10 commandments, Son has given pardoning and love, Holy spirit has given, church rules/explanation:
ex:(1) conversion of church to cast-less
(2) Not to have male circumscion
(3) Eat pork(no restriction on food)
(4)Concept of communion of saints
(5) Concept of purgatory.
(6)Not to have artificial birth control
(7) Not to have abortion
(8) No euthanasia
(9)Concepts about Holy Mary(Immaculate conception+assumtion)
(10)Follow 7 sacraments

Once you follow these rules, you are pleasing your creator God. Then you can easily avoid 7 vices(anger,sloth,pride, envy,lust,avarice,gluttony). Then You will be happy with time.

To days readings:
Book of Apocalypse(Rv;7:2-4. 9-14) says"..John saw..Angel rising..carrying..seal..God;..called.. 4 angels.. to devastate land and sea.'Wait..until..put..seal..foreheads..servents..God..I saw..huge..'Victory to..God'..touched ground with their foreheads,worshipping God..they washed..robes..again.."
John says(1 Jn 3:1-3) "Think..love..father..lavished on us..world refused..Him..future..it s revealed..like him..see HIM.."
MT(5:1-12) says"..Jesus..hill..speak..how happy..poor..heaven..gentle..heritage..mourn..comported..who hunger..satisfied..merciful..shown them..pure heart..see God..peacemakers..children of God..cause of right..heaven.. Happy are you when people abuse..speak..kinds of calamity..on my account. Rejoice.."

Reminds: Gospel reading gives us the characteristics of living saints. Other readings indicate that we should follow commandments. Otherwise no happiness even in this life.
Today we were reminded that we cannot live alone,about inter dependency with our society. This inter dependency to be developed spiritually as well. We celebrated the feast of St Jude on 28/10. He is patron saint for achieving impossible things. This indicate the role of saints. There is a patron saint for every field. They intercede with God to making impossible things to possible.
All saints day is followed by all souls day. We were reminded about purgatory. We can always support the departed loved ones, with prayers,alms giving and offering masses to relieve them from Purgatory.
These 2 feasts are family feast. It reminds and maintain the spiritual social connectivity with humans.

Conclusions:

Summary of saints:
By divine choice Mary+saints intercedes for us!(ex:Cana wedding), Intercessory prayer affirms that we are one spiritual FAMILY!,with God.5steps to declare Saint(1)whether he lead his life with7Heroic Virtues(cardinal-PRUDENCE,JUSTICE, FORTITUDE,TEMPERENCE+ theological-FAITH,HOPE,CHARITY)(2)With approval from CONGREGRATION FOR CAUSE OF SAINTS(CFCOS),he will be considered "SERVENT OF GOD"(3)Relator investigate his work whether it is Theologically Sound!.CFCOS/Pope will declare him as"VENERABLE"(Virtues are worthy of being venerated by people!)(4)Blessed is declared,with a miracle-(Prostulator report,action is supernatural &directly attributed to him)(5)After Blessed miracle is needed him to declare as Saint!.They does not need honour from us neither our devotions add slightest thing for what theirs!.

About all souls day:

Similar to earthly friends,U should develop heavenly friends-saints,which we reflected yersterday!.Today U remember U'r friends suffering in PURGATORY{ex:2maccabees(12:43-45)}-can U forget U'r friends who have departed?Like all saints,all souls also family feast,where social bonds are renewed.Council of trent,declared,souls in purgatory(they cannot help themselves,but depend on living people)are assisted by U'r prayers+alms+offering Holy Mass, to satisfy divine justice+to shorten their detention in purgatory,where they must expiate their Venial sins+suffer pains due to their sins,whose guilt,indeed,has already removed but for which there still left a debt of temporal punishment,on account of imperfection in repentance.Church custom enriched with visiting cemetery today.U'r living is interdependent with both spiritual &earthlysociety.Protestants do not believe purgatory.

GBU

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Cycle 2:season:ordinary(2): Sunday No:30: Date:25/10/2015. Recovered Catholic:

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A.
Back ground: we started on 23nd sunday, with reflecting about spiritual deafness,after 7 sundays, today we are reflecting about spiritual blindness. All these 7 sundays church talk about the message, that we should be clear, in order to be happy in this world, in following God's will for you!
To day you are reminded to rethink,whether you are blind to the subjects, that has been reflected during last 7 sundays;
Summary is given below:
23 rd sunday-deaf catholic-CHURCH IS FORMED AND RUN BY HOLY SPIRIT
VALUE OF FOLLOWING CHURCH RULES: castless, no restriction on food,no artificial birth control,no abortion, no euthanasia etc.

24 th sunday-Renounce Catholic-
YOUR WILL IS NOT THE GOD'S WILL. HOW TO RENOUNCE GOD IN OUR LIFE.

25 th sunday-seadless catholic-
CATHOLISM IS SIMILAR TO GROW A SEED. YOU TREAT THE SEED TO BECOME A BIG TREE, WHICH IS USEFUL TO THE SOCIETY,BY FORMING GOOD HABITS LIKE PRAYING, ANLYSING EVERY DAY!, YOUR LIFE CANNOT ACHIEVE ANTICPATED HAPPINESS!

26th sunday-disciplined Catholic-BEFORE JUDGING OTHER RELIGIONS, FIRST YOU VERIFY WHETHER YOU UNDERSTAND COMMANDMENTS OF CATHOLISM AND YOU FOLLOW THOSE!

27th sunday-Childish catholic-HOW TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL IN FAMILY ENVIROMENT!

28th Sunday: adaptable catholic;
HOW TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL IN YOUR PERSONAL ENVIROMENT!

29th sunday- Serving catholic-WHEN YOU FOLLOW GOD'S WILL,UNLESS YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL TO SURRENDER YOUR PRIDE FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, YOU WILL BE VICTIM OF EGOTISM. YOU TEND TO FORM CAST.

Preamble for todays reading:

B.1 Taxonmy:

Most of the people in the world, will suffer from mental worries.

Mental disorder deriving from loosing touch of reality & begin imagining things&acting on those imagined things. When there is absence of some expected behavior,you lead either
(1)Flat affect: exhibits no emotionality what so ever. or
(2)Alogia: thought processes are dull, blocked,or generally improvised or
(3) Avolition: no ability to persist in an activity,looks like extreme lack of motivation.

How to loose the reality?
When you forget that God has created you
to lead a happy life,with unique personality
You loose reality.

What is the purpose of living?

your talents has to be converted to energy with following God's WILL.

What is energy?

Your energy consist of knowledge,skills and attitude,equivalent to head,hand, heart.

How to develop knowledge?

Knowledge consist 6phases
Remember/understand/apply/analyze/evaluate/create.

Let's analyse the meanings;

Skill:ability to do talent well,since you have learned& practice.

Attitude:Opinion&feeling that you usually have about your neighbour:

Your ATTITUDE will depend upon your knowledge+skill!

We say we are very much lack in attitude's. In order to have good attitudes 1st,we should have good knowledge about God, then you should convert more than 1 skill of yours,to energy.

Try to develop knowledge about God
(1) by following His commandments given by Father+Son(Jesus)+Holy Spirit

(2)Daily analyze, deviation(sin),get it pardoned from God

(3)avoid 7vices(sloth,anger, Pride,lust, envy, avarice,gluttony)

(4)develop your mind from peace to worry less then to happy
(5)be healthy by doing excercise+drinking water
(6)Use latest techniques in developing your talents like using internet,email etc

Finally, you will see you are on correct attitude!

IN ORDER TO AVOID TAXONOMY, ONE SHOULD BE AWARE, WHO HAS CREATED YOU AND WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF HIS CREATION! ONCE YOU ARE CONVINCED OR DEVELOPED FAITH ON GOD, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE DYNAMIC

B.2 sub conscious mind and Catholism

B.2.1 Difference between conscious and sub conscious mind

These are not 2 minds. They are 2 spheres of activity within one mind. Conscience mind is reasoning mind. It is the phase of mind which chooses. Ex: you choose your book, your home, your partner.

On the other hand without any conscious choice on your part,your heart beats,process of digestion,circulation, breathing are carried out automatically by your subconscious mind, independent to your conscious control.
it is on the job 24 hrs/day and never sleeps. It is always trying to help and preserve you from harm. YOUR SUBCNSCIOUS MIND ACCEPT WHAT IS IMPRESSED OR WHAT YOU CONSCIOUSLY BELIEVE. It doesn't reasons things out like your conscious mind, and it does not argue with you controversially. Your sub conscious mind is like a soil, which accepts any kind of seed, good or bad. your subconscious mind is all wise and knows the answers to all questions. It does not argue with you or talk back to you. You have to be careful, in not impregnate yourself with negative thoughts, and it responds accordingly. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHOOSE. CHOOSE HEALTH and HAPPINESS. CHOOSE TO BE CO-OPERATIVE, JOYESS, FRIENDLY, LOVABLE AND THE WORLD WILL RESPOND.

B 2. 2- influence of Catholicism

Treatment for fear!

Catholicism says" that God created you to lead a happy life". Hence when you follow all commandments, your happiness is guaranteed.
Over come the fear by substituting"I can do all things through the power of God.

B.2.3 what Jesus said?

Belief is a thought in the sub conscious mind. It means to accept something as true.

JESUS INSISTED UPON,WAS FAITH. According to your faith it is done unto you, you can see that Jesus is actually appealing to the operation of subconscious mind of blind men.
B 2. 4 Effect of comparing others

Always remember, in the eyes of God you are different person to others. What God expect from you is different to others. What God guarantee is happiness with respect to time.

Envy and jealousy are stumbling blocks to the flow of happiness. Rejoice in the prosperity of others!.

B.2.5. Practical exercise:
-you can over come any mental conflict regarding happiness, by affirming frequently" by day and by night I am a unique person. I have been created by God, to lead a happy life"

B.3 recent example:

Life of st john paul II
Karol Wojtyla,polish,Born18/5/1920.at age of19yrs,he has lost all his family members.16/10/1978,he became as 264th pope.He is soccer lover!,He played as goal keeper.When he was installed as pope on sunday22/10/1978,he scheduled mass in morning,so that every one can see afternoon soccer matches in TV His papacy was remarked like a goal keeper, who protected value of being team player.His Motto was "TOTALLY YOURS-BE NOT AFRAID"-following example of Holy MARY.He reined as pope26yrs(3rd longest)He is 2nd pope to visit Srilanka 1995 Jan.He survived gun shots on13/5/1981(75th anniversary/1st vision Fatima).He died on2/4/2005.With JP2 intercession Sr Marie Simon-Pierre(french) was completely cured from Parkinson disease&Mrs Mora Diaz,(Costa Rican)from brain Aneurysm-He was raised to altar on27/4/2014,& was1of4 Popes raised as saint in last 700 yrs!.He was a MAN FOR ALL SEASONS-with strong FAITH.

St John Paul II, wrote in his encyclical on"Gospel of Life"- Whether abortion & euthanasia are legal or not, criteria is not the LEGALITY BUT MORALITY. A life devoted to THE LOVE OF GOD & THE LOVE OF NEIGHBOUR as expressed in thoughts,words,& deeds-that was mattered more to St JP II than whether U or I die by disease,accident or just old age,etc. After Parkinson disease ravaged his body,st JP II did not eliminate his public appearences. He allowed world to see his health deterioriate. Suggestions of retirement & resignation abounded but he had none of that!
His feast day is 22nd October.

C. To days readings:
Jeramiah says(Jr 31:7-9)"..shout..lord..saved..people..they in tears..I will comport them as I lead them back.."
Hebrews says(Heb 5:1-6)"..high priest..mankind..with God..offer gifts..sacrifices for sins..no one takes this honur himself.."
Mk(10:46-52) says"..Jesus left Jerico..blind beggar..have pity on me..what do you want me to do..see again..Go your faith has saved you.."

Remind: Peace and happiness are possible and always available to us if we make an effort to gain them. When mistakes occur, we should understand and defeat them. We should be clear about what are our mistakes!.(Blindness). Last 7 sundays we reflected those things; when we summarize;

(1) church is formed by Holy spirit.
(2)How to practice Catholicism? Praying and forming habits
(3) Before judging other christian denominations, be a good catholic
(4)How to follow God's will in family environment?
(5) How to follow God's will in your personal life?
(6) Without your knowledge you can develop pride.
(7)How to renounce yourself as Catholic?

When we reflect the sunday readings and follow the implying instructions, your spiritual blindness will be removed; you will be aware about your life. You will aware about existence of God and Gd created You to lead a Happy life.

D. Conclusion:
When we are open to sunday readings; we can remove our deafness. Then we have to practice it. More you practice; more you will convince!. 7 sundays we were told how to practice; then you can renounce God in your life and enjoy happiness with time(as promised by God)

GBU

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Recovered Catholic(25/10) Brief Version

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HOW TO REMOVE SPITUAL DEAFNESS?
Follow every sunday mass, and receive Holy Eucharist.

HOW TO REMOVE SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS?
Before you attend sunday mass, reflect on sunday reading and try to practise the actions proposed.

Jeramiah says(Jr 31:7-9)"..shout..lord..saved..people..they in tears..I will comport them as I lead them back.."
Hebrews says(Heb 5:1-6)"..high priest..mankind..with God..offer gifts..sacrifces for sins..no one takes this honur himself.."
Mk(10:46-52) says"..Jesus left Jerico..blind beggar..have pity on me..what do you want me to do..see again..Go your faith has saved you.."

Reminds:
spiritual blindness is those who do not wish to see any meaning of life,no spiritual values &vision,are selfcentered& selfsatisfied.Blind to needs of poor, concerned only himself.when you have a desire to see,God will help you.when you are cured you will not go off like 9 lepers,stay as disciple for life.

For that last 7 sundays we reflected(from 23 -30th today)(1)know& follow rules given by Father(10 comms)+son(love+pardoning)+Holy Spirit(church rules)(2)follow God's will(3)avoid Pride&7vices(4)renounce God from your life!.

Practical problem and solution for that

When you lead life deviating from reality, you tends to face mental dis orders(taxonomy). Certain times you face

(1)Flat effect: exhibits no emotionally what so ever. or
(2)Alogia: thought processes are dull, blocked,or generally improvised or
(3) Avolition: no ability to persist in an activity,looks like extreme lack of motivation.

How to loose the reality?
When you forget that God has created you to lead a happy life,with unique personality You loose reality.

Solution

Your sub conscious and conscious mind!

These are not 2 minds. They are 2 spheres of activity within one mind. Conscience mind is reasoning mind. It is the phase of mind which chooses. Ex: you choose your book, your home, your partner.

On the other hand without any conscious choice on your part,your heart beats,process of digestion,circulation, breathing are carried out automatically by your subconscious mind, independent to your conscious control.
it is on the job 24 hrs/day and never sleeps. It is always trying to help and preserve you from harm. YOUR SUBCNSCIOUS MIND ACCEPT WHAT IS IMPRESSED OR WHAT YOU CONSCIOUSLY BELIEVE. It doesn't reasons things out like your conscious mind, and it does not argue with you controversially. Your sub conscious mind is like a soil, which accepts any kind of seed, good or bad. your subconscious mind is all wise and knows the answers to all questions. It does not argue with you or talk back to you. You have to be careful, in not impregnate yourself with negative thoughts, and it responds accordingly. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHOOSE. CHOOSE HEALTH and HAPPINESS. CHOOSE TO BE CO-OPERATIVE, JOYESS, FRIENDLY, LOVABLE AND THE WORLD WILL RESPOND.

influence of Catholicism

Treatment for fear!

Catholicism says" that God created you to lead a happy life". Hence when you follow all commandments, your happiness is guaranteed.
Over come the fear by substituting"I can do all things through the power of God.

what Jesus said?

Belief is a thought in the sub conscious mind. It means to accept something as true.

JESUS INSISTED UPON,WAS FAITH. According to your faith it is done unto you, you can see that Jesus is actually appealing to the operation of subconscious mind of blind men.

Effect of comparing others

Always remember, in the eyes of God you are different person to others. What God expect from you is different to others. What God guarantee is happiness with respect to time.

Envy and jealousy are stumbling blocks to the flow of happiness. Rejoice in the prosperity of others!.

Practical exercise:
-you can over come any mental conflict regarding happiness, by affirming frequently" by day and by night I am a unique person. I have been created by God, to lead a happy life"

GBU

For more details follow this links :
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Cycle 2:season:ordinary(2): Sunday No:29: Date:18/10/2015. Serving Catholic:(mission sunday)

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A. Back ground: last 2 sundays we reflected on how we can get the God's Will in married life and in individual life.
For both cases one should follow 10 commandments, practice love and pardoning and adhere to church rules. Then in married life, try to follow the forceful action, like a child, even when you are not in agreement with the action.(But it should not be in contravene to commandments)

In individual case, one should be able to leave any possession, for the grace of God.

To day church is reflecting about, the characteristics of God's kingdom. Flat orgernisation, with God as the head!, common weakness that is faced by church going catholics-pride going towards Ego-maniac.

B. To days readings:

B.1 Ego Maniac!
Someone who thinks that they are very important, and tries to get advantages for themselves without caring about how this affects other people.
Ego is normally arising out of Pride.

Pride; it is too great an admiration of oneself. Pride has 7 evil consequences: boasting, love for publicity, hyprocrisy, hardheadness,discord,quarreling and dis obedience. When all these 7 evil inclination grow in our dealing with God and neighbor,THE DEVIL BALLOONS OUR PRIDE TO MAKE US LOSE EVANTUALLY TO OUR OWN EGOISM.

When you lose identifying, God as the sole source of your success, you tend to replace God by yourself. People who are in power, who controls other humans, normally get Pride.
Similarly, few priest in catholic church, without, their knowledge, get this, mainly due to converting of bread to Holy Eucharist. This special power,they get is to serve the people not to develop pride. Ultimately, any doubts about faith to be cleared by the devotees,are ignored!.

B.2 Riffle effect:

Have you ever noticed that many times, the grass immediately surrounding a sprinkle head is brown?. So much energy and drive is going to the outer reaches of the yard that the grass closest to the source of water is left dry.
Jesus understood the theory of educating and informing His people first. He practiced the Ripple style of management, depending in a small circles to spread into bigger ones. A good public relations plan will include both internal and external PR. Internal PR is normally the priority!.
When you are on mission to reveal God's kingdom, sometimes you deviate with basic knowledge of Commandments. You may be thinking that you are aware about all basic factors and you tend to forget, basic missionary action!.

B.3 Church and politics:
In past,power & religion were interconnected!,which contradict Mt 22:21'So give back to Caesar what is Caesar & to God what is God'

In 1161 Thomas Becket(37yrs)became most powerful figure in UK,as Archbishop of Canterbury, nominated by his friend king Henry II. But friction started between king & church. In 29/12/1170,king's Knights killed Thomas. In short period he was raised to alters.
In recent past, St John Paul II ,took stern action, against priests who were involved in politics & holding office in Governments: ex Jesuit father Earnesto Cardenal/1983.

Trouble follows when church &state are blended together,ie when clergy holds public office:'no servant can serve 2 masters,either he will hate one & love the other,or else he will be devoted to one &despise other'(luke16:13).

C. To days readings:

Isaiah says( Is 53:10-11);"..Lord..pleased..crush His servent with suffering..if he offers..life in atonement..he..long life..through him..Lord wishes..done..his soul's..light.."
Hebrew says(Heb 4:14-16)"..Jesus..gone..highest heaven..never let go of..faith..capable..feeling..weakness..but..tempted..every way..though He..without sin.."
Mk(10:35-45) says"..James..John..approach Jesus..allow us to sit one at right hand..you donot know..asking..Jesus..cup..I..drink you..drink..but for seats..not mine..grant.."Anyone who wants to become great..must be your servent.."

Reminds: God as father; showed us to follow 10 commandments; God as Son, showed us, how to treat our fears and worries-HE showed all possible ways of temptations+sufferings encountered in our life. God as Holy spirit, showed us through the church, how we proceed with life problems encountered day to day. Holy Spirit will lead all humans towards end of world, how to resolve life problems stemming from paradigm changes due to technological advancement. Today, reflections are going beyond the commandments, to show general weakness, that can arise when you are close to God. You forget HIM.(You tend to assume, God will follow you.(Because you are doing so much to Him.)
Holy Mary is the ideal women who showed us how to live according to the God's Will, avoiding 7 vices(anger,sloth,Pride,envy,lust,avarice,gluttony). She is the deal human model to our living humans, how to lead a happy life, following God's Will.

Conclusions:
When you serve people,forgetting God,you expect their recognition and a place in society. Worldly society is heirachical, where as spiritual is flat orgernisation with only one head God. There are no bosses in between.

Pride, is the silence killer of Missionary action. When you are close to God, without your knowledge pride develops. Unless you are careful enough to curb that, you are deprived to carry God's word!

1884/Baltimore Church decided not to identify interest of faith with fortunes of politics".when you serve God,you can easily become servant of others &love them!

GBU

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