8/24/10 cblog DON'T PROTECT YOUR OWN SKIN, GIVE ALL (like BARTHOLOMEW, SKINNED AIVE) St. P. Chanel, "1st intro..of apostles to Jesus..they all begin to know Jesus...later..new disciples..discpls began to blv..nathaniel sceptical..what's intrstng..israel/jacob was duplicitous...tricky..u will see greater things...angels...They would see..nathaniel did see the greater things..different languages..preached in languages they had never learned..martyrdom...bart was skinned alive..how painful...sistine chapel a pic of him holding his own skin.....such strength in martyrdoms...Jesus died the mst painful of deaths..into your hands I commend my Spirit....all martyrs have strngth, superhuman, comes from Christ..somehow can bare the pain w/o flinching..w/o losing hope..if pray thru a saint... our prayers will be more powerful..that's what we believe.....gates..12 tribes..heavenly jerusalem..israel of coursr..12 layers w/ each apostles name..& the new israel...not to protect our skin, but give all, like bartholomew.."
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