St. Zacchaeus of Jericho

An open letter to Pope Benedict XVI

Most Holy Father Pope Benedict,

How are you. I Hope you are well.

I am just wondering, will it be okay with you to canonize Zachaeus of Jericho? I just thought that it will be a very good idea to make him a saint and offer to Filipino politicians as their patron saint.

With St. Zacchaeus as their patron saint, every time they meet, e.g. senate or congressional meetings, they can conclude the invocational prayer with St. Zacchaeus, pray for us.

And everytime they celebrate mass, the gospel narrating St. Zacchaeus story will be read before them.

They can also hang a poster of St. Zacchaeus in all government offices to serve as constant reminder of the virtue of giving back to people their ill-gotten wealth.

With St. Zacchaeus as their (Filipino politicians) main source of inspiration, graft and corruption in the Philippines will come to an end. (Bingo!)

Just imagine, Your Holiness Pope Benedict, if all corrupt Filipino politicians and government employees will say:

"Look, Your Holiness Pope Benedict! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."

Not only graft and corruption but also poverty in the Philippines will be never be hard of again.

I've got a funny feeling that St. Zacchaeus inspiration will be 4x more effective to corrupt Filipino government officials who are short in stature.

Looking forward for your kind approval to this request.

Best regards and God bless,

Marblaze(Christian Blog for Everyone)



Luke 19:2-10 (New International Version)

2A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

5When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." 6So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

7All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.' "

8But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."

9Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

Lord, that I may see agian

Lord, that I may see again. This is from a blind man who has been shouting the name of Jesus Son of David in which Jesus approached and asked if what does he wanted. And that was his answer.

Christian life is partaking in the mission of Jesus in our own unique way relative to our own calling and talent. This means that we should do what Jesus did in accordance to our God-given gifts. So what did Jesus do? He taught he preached, he made friends with others, he prayed, he cured the sick. One very special form of healing practiced by Jesus is re-storing eyesight, or healing the blind. Healing during the time of Jesus was also called miracles.

Today, blinds are not hopeless; they can still have their eyesight back. They can see again because there are people today, like Jesus, who helps in bringing eyesight to our blind brothers. Their works are also miracles, for like Jesus they help people who wanted to see again.

Physicians who cure other people’s eyes are sharing in the healing ministry of Jesus. They are miracles to their patients. We need to encourage, rally behind, and support. Yes we need to support them. By supporting them the more that they can help our blind brothers and sisters and the more that we partake in Jesus’ mission.

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Many love to have his or her own pet. Having a pet enhanced man's wellbeing. Normally a pet is an animal. We take care of our pet by taming it. Our success pet-wise is measured by how much we have tamed our pet.

There is duality in man. We are persons with body and soul. We are human and animal at the same time. There is an animal deep within us. The maturity of a Christian can be measured by how much we have tamed the animal deep within.

Have you heard of religious persons falling into grace. Do you know why there are deeply religious Christians in the government offices who practiced rampant corruptions. The dimple reason is that they failed to tame the animals deep within themselves. Yes, as chruch goers, as Christians they are true and sincere (at least by intention) but they are not strong enough to take control of the animals in thenm.

The spirit is willing but the animal is weak.

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Does it matter to know who your biological father is? Jesus has none but we all knew that St. Joseph took good care of him as his own flesh and blood.

Some of us are lucky to grow with our father (biological) to be always around, guiding us, playing with us, as our all around handy man and a buddy to lean on that you can count on always. Sadly, some never knew who their real father is, but in place of their father is a step father. So what's the big deal? Does it really matter to know or find your real father when you got a 'real' father. If Jesus has done his mission successfully and so you will.

But of course knowing your biological father will be very helpful in terms of your emotional well being. It will answer many questions and give you a sense of identity and connectedness. However in Christian context this is not necessarily important. You can still live a life to the full even without knowing who your biological father is.

Mama mia the movie is about a young lady (Sophie) who did not know if who her biological father was but she found out that three men could be one of them. Hoping that she could find out when she meets them she invited them all to her wedding.

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Text Criticism on Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 18:1-8.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 18:1-8.

Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, 'Render a just decision for me against my adversary.' For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, 'While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.'" The Lord said, "Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

The Judge - God

(Judge) not God Fearing, not respecting any human being - (God) Loves everyone UNCONDITIONALLY

The widow - Person who prays (a prayér)

(Judge) motive - get rid of the woman; (God) - motive: love and care for humans

The analogy is bad. While both God and Judge answered request (prayer) the motivations/ attitude of them are significantly different.

In reading the bible, just focus on the theological point. We have very little idea about the background and circumstance behind the story. Just ignore the literary form when you found it not so palatable.

Finlay on the question, will he find faith on earth? Maybe yes but perhaps not as big as a mustard seed, lest we've seen mountains hovering above.

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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 16:1-8

Filipino politicians should be banned from reading this passage from the gospel of St. Luke. I can't understand why such kind of story should find itself in the Holy Bible. This is promoting corruption.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 16:1-8.

Then he also said to his disciples, "A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.' The steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg. I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.' He called in his master's debtors one by one. To the first he said, 'How much do you owe my master?' He replied, 'One hundred measures of olive oil.' He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.' Then to another he said, 'And you, how much do you owe?' He replied, 'One hundred kors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note; write one for eighty.' And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. "For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.