TRANSFIGURATION
Jesus would tell us, "I AM the Resurrection and the Life! Yes, and I AM also the preceding Transfiguration!" Do any of us doubt it?
Jesus would tell us, "I AM the Resurrection and the Life! Yes, and I AM also the preceding Transfiguration!" Do any of us doubt it?
O Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, come into my heart! Rekindle my love. Let it overflow the chalice of my heart that I might extend the cup of mercy to every part of Life—every part of Life, every part of Life! (Say 9x)
It can be! With God, all things are possible, and these blessed words are a great hope to the present and coming age, and they are also my hope for each one of us, for men and women of every race, dwelling in every clime as citizens of every nation. Blessed friends, the cradling of a Christ was alone never enough in itself, for His Mother Mary gloried in the joy of observing his growth year by year, watching him stretch his then tiny limbs and at last seeing him running forth in youth, maturity, and then Christhood!
Remember well the old maxim - "Silence is Golden" - and I am sure you will always try to practice keeping silent when silence is wisest and best - and yet not fearing to speak when speech is needed to comfort and bless some other part of life, or when a sincere questioner seeks the answer to a besetting problem which may be facing the questing one.
"And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." (Revelation 7:14)
The power of faith has "framed the world" and the power of faith to alter a way of life for a nation, a state, or an individual continues to be "the spark that God begot," the spark of heavenly confidence that knows no bounds to possibility wedded to effort. Miracles are called for by mankind, yet the sense of the miraculous is often absent from their consciousness. The confining stakes that stretch forth the extent of the human claim are often a far cry from the mighty revelation of possibility which springs from the mind of God as the strength to accomplish, by the power of vision in action, born of hope and nurtured by charity.
Beloved Who with Charity Would Abide Forever:
You have heard it said that although tongues may cease and knowledge shall banish away, 'Charity never faileth' (I Corinthians 13:8). Human speculations concerning the Earth and its destiny frequently have caused men to desire to probe the Earth's existence from its earliest beginnings unto its final end. The Biblical statement, "...the Earth abideth forever" (Ecclesiastes 1:4), is frequently cited as proof that the world will continue to exist beyond all mortal ken.
Among the manifold Blessings enjoyed by the American people are the treasured memories of the great dramas of their early history—of General Washington crossing the Delaware, the winter at Valley Forge and his magnificent leadership of the American Revolution during a trying period in the formation of the United States. The Great General, who knelt in the forest and implored protection from his Almighty God, did evoke a response that could never be measured as material substance is; for it was the very real Charity of Heaven and the response from the Mercy Seat of God that flooded his Heart and manifested in him as flint-like courage to press on through the most dire hardships and forebodings. Thus he came to a place where his Faith expanded still further in the drawing together of the strands of Unity throughout the Thirteen States that comprised the first American Union.
The twinkle of mirth is needed on earth in many a situation in which mankind find themselves. A happy, confident approach to any situation, even what appears to be quite a serious one, is of tremendous assistance to all concerned in bringing about a divinely just and satisfactory resolution thereof.
Men and Women of Freedom's Hope,
Those who love the natural expression of truth find it difficult to understand how there can be so much untruth in men's concepts. As they gaze upon the face of nature and see the beauty of the light passing through the sky—the fretted, fluttering, fading leaves of autumn penetrated by that light, their cadences promising change—it is as though there were two gods—a God of nature where the face of truth is and a god of man where vacillation, deceit, and confusion manifest.
You may ask why I have chosen to use a picture of the Saint, Thomas More, but just study his life then brothers to understand his devotion to God and the principles of truth and justice he espoused, thereafter your question will be answered.
As many of you may recall, Mary Magdalene, referred to our Beloved Jesus as "Rabboni" when she came upon him after his resurrection. This is to say "Master" and was a Jewish word used to address someone who was a spiritual leader or a learned one in those days. So our Beloved Master Speaks to us in our heart flames if we will hear. What does the Master Jesus whisper to us in the still small voice we hear in our minds and hearts?
"Unborn babies are persons and they have the right to life", say Judge Andrew Napolitano.
Napolitano is a former judge of the New Jersey Superior Court and is a news analyst on Fox news. He frequently weighs in on the constitutionality of actions taken by elected officials including the judiciary. Earlier this week Judge Napolitano weighed in on the likely effort moving forward of the Biden administration attempting to make it nearly impossible for states to make and enforce their own laws on abortion.
Beloved Friends of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Especially among those of us who live in the busy western world of today, there are but very few who ever take the time or get quiet enough to cognize or even believe in the presence and service of those transcendent God-friends of life -the angelic host. These beautiful beings serve God's children on earth and represent the very essence -as well as all the virtues -of divine love itself. They are ever alert and always instantly ready to go into action -whenever and wherever called on by us. For those of us who do know of these mighty messengers of God and accept their reality and call for their help -help that is needed right here -practically -in the physical world, we know they are truly and literally a God-send.
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." Isaiah 1:18