February 26th, 2011

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No One Can Serve Two Masters

February 26-27, 2011

Planning the space gets tough sometimes.

“No one can serve two masters”

What does this sentence really mean?
Heaven and Earth?
We read the Gospel over and over and over, several times.
We were still hung up on this two master thing.

“Do not worry about your life”

We joked about the song, “Don’t worry, be happy”, sarcastically.
Mark and Lois ferreted out this line…

“Look at the birds in the sky, they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them”

Lois really liked this one.

” Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them”

We stopped and talked, and joked, and conned Mark into making
A
BEAUTIFUL
flower arrangment
to visually illustrate the Gospel.

“Will he not provide much more for you?”

We decided to put this quote under the flowers,

“But seek first the kingdom of God”

Then the message became as clear as a crystal pond.

Trust!

Blind stubborn trust!

Head banging,

I don’t care what they do to discourage me,

TRUST!!!

Keep the Faith, Baby

 

 

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February 20th, 2011

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Eye for an Eye and Tooth for a Tooth


February 19-20, 2011
 

Jesus said to his disciples:

“You have heard that it was said,
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek,
turn the other one as well.”

Matthew 5:38-39

Eye for an Eye and Tooth for a Tooth

 

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February 19th, 2011

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Wise and Experienced Businessmen

 

February 19-20, 2011
 
“Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you considers himself wise in this age, let him become a fool, so as to become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the eyes of God,
for it is written:
God catches the wise in their own ruses,
and again:
The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. So let no one boast about human beings, for everything belongs to you, Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or the present or the future: all belong to you, and you to Christ, and Christ to God.”

Corinthians 3:18-23

Wise and Experienced Businessmen

Secure in their superior personal conquest over nature.
they agreed,
the size of their fish is incidental.
It’s the quest!
Having mastered abundant technical knowledge of the fishing process.
Understanding the sophistication of the highly technical equipment and the raw unbridled passion to simply catch one.
But…but…but,
They also agreed however, that having a bigger fish was more fun…
99.9% of the time . . . . . . .

Ultimately -
God controls the environment.

 

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February 13th, 2011

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Trust

 February 13, 2011

Planning the space gets tough sometimes.

 
“No one can serve two masters”
 
The response I got was, “Tell Father Ron that!”
What does this sentence really mean?
We read the Gospel
over and over and over,
several times.
We were still hung up on this two master thing.
 
“Do not worry about your life”
 
We joked about the song, “Don’t worry, be happy”,
sarcastically.
 
Mark and Lois ferreted out this line…
 
“Look at the birds in the sky, they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into the barn, yet your heavenly father feeds them”
 
Lois really liked this one.
 
”Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them”
 
We stopped and talked, and joked, and conned Mark into making
 A
 BEAUTIFUL
 flower arrangement
to visually illustrate the readings.
 
“Will he not provide much more
for you?”
 
We decided to put this quote under the flowers,
 
“But seek first the kingdom of God”
 
Then the message became as clear as a
crystal pond.
 
Trust! 
Blind stubborn trust!
Head banging,
 I don’t care what they do to discourage me,
TRUST!!!
 
Faith is so hard these days.

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February 12th, 2011

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Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

February 12-13, 2011

A reading from the Book of Leviticus

The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them:

Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy.”

“You shall not bear hatred for your brother or sister in your heart.

Though you may have to reprove your fellow citizen, Do not incur sin because of him.

Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against any of your people.

You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

I am the Lord.”

The word of the Lord.

 

In this environment, the greatest commandment is to love one another.

The timing is perfect, have a loving St. Valentine Day!

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