So, my friends,
What can we say to
one another in this day of massive church law and theological perfection? One
doctrine pits itself against another and many doctrines against many others.
Each claiming to be the one true doctrine, so many claiming to be true because
of a line of apostleship and the laying on of hands from bishop to bishop and
yet doctrines and theology’s are different. While one excommunicates another
and one claims all others to be heretics, have we forgotten our Lord and
Savior?
During this time of
fasting and penance should we not be praying not for our will and our way but
the for the will of Almighty God and the welfare of the souls of mankind? Fast
and pray, do penance, seek God’s will and not some preconceived will of our own
theological perfection. The Savior has already arrived, He waits patiently,
when He returns there will be no next time. Pray. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of
God, have mercy on us all.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for
joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD YOUR KING will come to you, the just and
saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an
ass.
1 Jesus therefore, six days before the Pasch,
came to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life. 2 And
they made him a supper there: and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them
that were at table with him. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of
ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus,
and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of
the ointment. 4 Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that
was about to betray him, said: 5 Why was not this ointment sold for
three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 6 Now he said this, not
because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the
purse, carried the things that were put therein. 7 Jesus therefore
said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial. 8 For
the poor you have always with you; but me you have not always. 9 A
great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came,
not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised
from the dead.
10 But
the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also: 11 Because many of
the Jews, by reason of him, went away, and believed in Jesus. 12 And
on the next day, a great multitude that was to come to the festival day, when
they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches
of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried: Hosanna, blessed is he
that comes in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel. 14 And
Jesus found a young ass, and sat upon it, as it is written: 15 Fear
not, daughter of Sion: behold, your king comes, sitting on an ass's colt. 16 These
things his disciples did not know at the first; but when Jesus was glorified,
then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had
done these things to him. 17 The multitude therefore gave
testimony, which was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the grave, and
raised him from the dead. 18 For which reason also the people came
to meet him, because they heard that he had done this miracle. 19 The
Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Do you see that we prevail nothing?
behold, the whole world is gone after him.
20 Now
there were certain Gentiles among them, who came up to adore on the festival
day. 21 These therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of
Galilee, and desired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus. 22 Philip
comes, and tells Andrew. Again Andrew and Philip told Jesus. 23 But
Jesus answered them, saying: The hour is come, that the Son of man should be
glorified. 24 Amen, amen I say to you, unless the grain of wheat
falling into the ground die, 25 Itself remains alone. But if it
die, it brings forth much fruit. He that loves his life shall lose it; and he
that hates his life in this world, keeps it unto life eternal. 26 If
any man minister to me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my
minister be. If any man minister to me, him will my Father honour.
Web Page;
Monk Michael's 'Spiritual Christianity for Today! on Kindle; http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZCIF4M
Monk Michael's 'Spiritual Christianity for Today! paperback; http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-author=Rev.%20Fr.%20Michael%20Valentine%20Sweet&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ARev.%20Fr.%20Michael%20Valentine%20Sweet
Many Blessings!
In Christ,
+William
