A. Back ground: last 2 sundays, in ordinary times, church informed us
(A) you are a professional Catholic, having being received Baptism and confirmation. Professional will have sufficient knowledge to practice; in other word you know how to lead your life according to Christianity. Any profession is guided by ethics. Catholics too are guided by 7 ethics
(1) 10 commandments
(2) 7 sacraments
(3) 7 vices
(4) 7 corporal Mercies
(5) 7 spiritual Mercies
(6) Pardoning
(7) Love
Without adhering the ethics, one cannot, start love to others. His love may not be the same as what Christ told about love, but selfish love
(B) from the 1st Miracle, God has shown how to treat your worries(depletion of wine) thru' Holy Mary+saints. The role of mary and saints in Christianity, is to intercede on behalf of you with God, to lead your life toward Happiness. God has shown with this intercessionry prayers you will receive much more than what you want(new wine is better than old wine) and church will have a dynamic process, in identifying saints, till end of world. By doing this we are not undermining God's power, but what God asked us to do for purpose of setting examples of for living people, how to follow HIS commandments and enjoy Happiness.
So God,thru' dfferent phases( father,son and Holy spirit) shows us a method, how to follow HIS WILL, in our life.
You are like a steel rod. When your actions in following 7 ethics+ God's will, allow you to generate more current, run thru' this steel rod, which is going to be magnatised.
A MAGNATISED PIECE OF STEEL WILL LIFT ABOUT 12 TIMES ITS OWN WEIGHT,AND IF YOU DEMAGNATISED IT,IT WILL NOT LIFT EVEN FEATHER!. Similarly there are 2 types of humans; who is full confident and faith-full magnatized person; who is full of fears and doubts- demagnetized person. Easy path to be a magnatised person given by Catholism. Today we are reminded that factor!.
B. Preamble for todays readngs:
B.1- human life:
All cultures and civilizations have been convinced that the human person is not purely material being. Rather they recognized that the human person possesses some elements that is relatively independent of the body, giving life and power to the body-this is human mind. Your brain will act as an interface between your body and mind.
Any professional life is guided by his professional ethics. Successful professional always tries train his mind to follow the ethics. Similarly, catholic has to follow ethics.
When you are mentally fit, then you can think about, how to be physically fit?. Drinking water and doing regular exercise make you physically fit.
The last is how to mange your life with society?
You cannot live in isolation of the society. You are always interdependent. You should have the necessary capital to run your life. Though you are interdependent with another, you should know how to stand alone, without depending on others.
Your life is always changing. After 7 years you have complete new set of cells. You are subjected to aging. You might get new problems (health or social) in time to come. Who knows? Only God. Hence try to be dependent to God. When you please God, HE has guaranteed, happiness with time and after your death, eternal happiness
B.2 is there any solution for the treatment of worries?
Most of the religions in the world, give various, explanation, as to the reason for your worry. Most of the cases it does not provide you how to treat this worry. Christianity, specially catholics,practiced beautiful process, in handing your worries, as shown by God, at the 1st Miracle Cana. This is to hand over your worries, depending upon nature of your worry, in general to Holy mary or particular saint, who has been bestowed special power, to intercede on behalf of you. For Example: St anthony: for lost things: St sebastian-for health etc.
Last sunday with Cana, 1st miracle of Jesus, we were clearly informed by God, that our worries and fears to be handed over to Mary and saints, for them to intercede with HIM. HE assured more support than normal, you will receive from HIM. It is quiet, reasonable for God to show that method, since Church can appreciate and raise the real examples of exemplary life of humans, towards end of the world. This is most practical way, to attract all living humans, to respect, valuable characters(saints) already declared and yet to be announced!.
The method shown is not to dilute God, but to encourage all humans to practice God's Will and appreciate good characters such as St john paul 2 or mother theresa and many!.
C. Today's reading:
Book of NEHEMIAH(Ne 8:2-6, 8-10) Says"
Ezra..law..assembly..
interpreting..Nehemiah..
Paul(1 COR 12:12-30)Says"..body..many parts..one body..also Christ..one Spirit..baptized..one body..drink.. one Spirit..body..not a single part, but many.
..less presentable.. treated..propriety..Christ’s body.."
Gospel(LK 1:1-4; 4:14-21)says"..many..compile..
Rolling..scroll..said..
“Today..Scripture..fulfilled..
Reminds: that Jesus teaching fulfills, the process that we should follow, to be independent person, enjoying with full freedom.
For that we have to be clear on the following points:
(1) No 2 humans are identical mentally or physically
(2) Every human's body and character changes every day.(Every 7 years you are a new person). The change can be either positive or negative, with respect to physical and mental abilities.
(3)When you are living in a society, you are always interdependent to other person.
(4)Each person will have his own knowledge different to another person.
(5)Each person will have different work style and mostly different professions, in running a society, towards a common goal of reaching Happiness
(6) All these different persons will have one common expectation individual to him,- that is to live happily with time. You are child, you want to be happy, similarly when you are old you want to be happy.
(7) What God guarantee is that happiness,with respect to time, when you follow HIS WILL.
For the above 7, you should 1st practice the 7 ethics in Catholicism to have a peaceful mind, then you hand over your fear and sorrows through Holy Mary and saints, to have a worry-less mind. Finally, you follow church rules, to develop a HAPPY MIND. Catholicism provides you a short cut practical path!.
Conclusion:
Infinite Riches are all around you, if you will open your mental eyes and behold the treasures house of infinity within you. There is a gold mine within you from which you can extract every thing you need to live life gloriously, joyously,and abundantly. Catholicism will provide this easy path to practice! More you practice, more you are magbatised, more you are magnatised, more happiness to you and more service to the society.
To be more magnatised, check whether, you follow 7 ETHICS
(1)10 COMMs; Thou shalt have no other Gods before Me/Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain/Keep holy the Sabbath Day/Honour thy father and mother/Thou shalt not kill (means only HUMANS)/Thou shall not commit adultery/Thou shall not steal/Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour/Thou shall not covert thy neighbour's wife/Thou shalt not covert thy neighbours goods
(2)7SACRAMENT-Baptism/holy communion/confirmation/
(3)avoid7VICES-anger/sloth/
(4)practice 7CORPORAL MERCIES{feeding hungry+giving drink to thirsty+clothing nacked+welcoming stranger+visiting sick & imprisoned+burying death}
(5)practice 7SPIRITUAL MERCIES{counsellingdoubtful+
(6)PARDONING
(7)LOVE.
We high light only LOVE. Your Love may not be same as my Love. LOVE is guided by 6 other ethics!
GBU
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