8/25/10 [see note] cblog WHAT WE WILL GIVE, WE WILL GET, St. Cath laboure 8a"In our Chr tradition we emphasize justice & peace..try to put it into practice, build charitable orgs..help poor,,less fortunate..unfort what seems to be problem..most of the time...those w/ most needs are not being helped..we cannot avoid..can't judge person or people they need it..but those really in need no help..so we try to refer..most come..run into church asking for money...some come in angry...not given help..what is justice,peace? What all about ? Peace justice..measure out,,what GIVE, WILL GET...spirit of sharing, supporting..unfort thing..we don't have that strength..why we go to church..2nd thought on what we should do..always will be taken away..mot having a 2nd thought how to deal w/ people..see feel new light..how to help..paul gives similar way of looking @ justice..where is justice & peace ? Bible give out exact terms..but what we are looking for..go beyond to help others..go beyond what bible says so people realize there is Christ God living in us..why we gather to be given strength...sometimes we try t adminster justice become angered because...ask god for strength faith to help those really in need ..."
[My Note: sounds like a theme of "good kharma"..., but is it always true that good things will happen here on earth if you are good on earth ? Sometimes bad things happen even when we are good & giving. But sometimes bad works for good, spiritually speaking]
2 Thess 3:6-10, 16-18 "We instruct you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who walks in a disorderly way and not according to the tradition they received from us. For you know how one must imitate us. For we did not act in a disorderly way among you, nor did we eat food received free from anyone. On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day we worked, so as not to burden any of you. Not that we do not have the right. Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you, so that you might imitate us. In fact, when we were with you, we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one eat. May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. This greeting is in my own hand, Paul’s. This is the sign in every letter; this is how I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you."
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Matt 23: 27-32 "Jesus said“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing.“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites You build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the memorials of the righteous, and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have joined them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’ Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets now fill up what your ancestors measured out!”
