The Blinds Can Now See

The mission of Jesus is to show us the love of God to all the people. Jesus is a sign and symbol of God's Love. He showed us this love by teaching, exorcising and healing. Among these three healing is the one which interests many of us. In many instances Jesus performed miracles by means of curing different kind of infirmities and many of which are curing blind people.

There are many stories about Jesus curing the blinds, giving them their eyesight back. Below is one of them:

John 9:13-25 I was blind, but now I see

They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man's eyes was a Sabbath. Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. "He put mud on my eyes," the man replied, "and I washed, and now I see."

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1990s are full of memories of my seminary life.

Eraserheads just reminds me of those times, the golden time of my life.

Seminary, philosophy, LST, summer apostolate they mean one thing to me: Life.

When I think about those things it's you that I remember.

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Meal Fellowship

The way to man's heart is through his stomach.

The above is a good food for thought If you want to win someone then you give him something nice to yum.

In the Bible we find several passages in which Jesus invited his would be followers in a meal fellowship. But Jesus did not really do the cooking himself, instead he visited them and ate meals with them.

Meal fellowship would be more colorful with healthy and nice tasting meals. Good recipes are highly recommended.

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Christian Meals

Meals are the best occasion for bonding.

When we eat together we become more one with another. Jesus invited Zacheus and Matthew to follow him., and his approach was simply, I will dine with you tonight.

The more we eat together the more Christians we become.

Laptop

A glass can either be half empty of half full.

The internet can be an occasion of sin or a venue for evangelization. Evangelizers, whether lay or religious should take advantage of the opportunity that internet offers. Now it's too easy to pass on the Good News of salvations.

Just take your PC or laptop and tell Tell the World of His love.

Computers are now common place. Almost every househole has one. Information technology has now come to its best and still improving. Some 20 years ago, PCs and laptops were simply luxuries, now they are almost necessities.

Yes you should own one in case you still haven't got any. If you can affor to buy a brand new one, why not try a second hand first. Computers, because IT is continuously improving, ten to devaluate faster,, i.e. if you buy a model that is about two year behind, you can buy them at very affordable and reasonable prices.

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Head in a platter

Christian life is not an easy life. The prophets were murdered. John the baptist head ended up on a platter, and Jesus died a most gruesome and degrading death. To be crucified is comparable to lethal injection of today.

A true Christian will not be affected by these tragic outcomes. A true Christian knows by heart that behind this earthly humiliations and sufferings is a million times of happiness and glory.

Faith will conquer death.

Never Stop Learning

Education is an on-going process. As long as you live you should not stop learning new things.

Ours is a life journey to God. We can go to Him via different routes. By being a good lover because God is Love, by striving to be strong because God is Powerful and by trying our best to learn what we can because God is all knowing.

Indeed, the more you know the close you are to God. Learning new things will make you feel happy and will make you feel fine. This nice feeling is an experience of God because it's only God who can give us true happiness.

There are so many ways to choose from in finding yourself good education. You can DIY it by reading a lot or do it the proper way, i.e. find yourself a school which is suitable for you.

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what is a sin?

Sin should be understood in the context of relationship. The reason being is that God is triune.
A community of persons. Persons whose relationship makes them one.

A sin therefore is anything that makes us separates or break up.

Try to analyze a simple action. You will always find that the bottom line of which is a broken relationship.

Gossip, extra marital affair, telling a lie, and many more. They one thing in common. They ruin relatioships they make persons break apart.

One Liner

Flirting can be bad or good.

The good one is when two persons find mutual attraction for each other and through exhange of smiles and few words new friendship begins.

This kind of flirting is a healthy one. Both persons will experience a sense of fullfilment, a taste of happiness which is subtle and yet deep. This experience is an experience of God, a sharing in the life of the Holy Trinity, an relational experience between persons.

Flirting becomes bad when it leads to shallow form of relationship. One or perhaps both parties have hidden agenda apart from becoming a friend of the other.

The difference lies on the motive. The good one aims to offer oneself to the other in a healthy form of relationship while the other simply aims to use the other person.

"He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first."

This marks the begining of Jesus and Mary Magadlene friendship. It was actually addressed to the crowd.

Jesus first words to Mary was, "Go and sin no more."


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What Has been Omitted from Council of Trent

The burning stone in hell, that is

Spend Less than Your Income

Economics is very simple. When you spend more than your income then you are in trouble otherwise you are okay.

Here are some current economic terms which you might like to know if your expenses is greater than your earnings, or when you think that your credit card is as good as cash.

Debt consolidation letting someone organise payment for all your depbts. You pay him and he will take care of paying your individual debts.

Debt relief in the strictest sense, when you actually paid all your debts, ie. you are debt free, otherwise this would mean asking someone to help you devise a scheme to pay for your debts relative to your circumstance or your capacity to pay.

Debt help asking your parents to give you money so that you can pay your debt or going to financial companies who will give you appropriate advice on how you can manage your debt.

Bills IQ the quotient when you divide your earning by your expenses.

Credit card debt the balance in your credit card, you should settle this asap or else this will grow exponentially.

Credit counseling a genuine advice which tells you stop using your credit card.

Thanks Judas?

If Jesus needed to die on the cross in order to save us, the we must be thankful to Judas.

If Jesus needed to die on the cross in order to save us, then God's power is limited.

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Victory Hair is one that makes a person very strong. Without it he'll never be a victor but with his victory hair he can never lose. This is Samson's hair, a classic victory hair, it was a secret until he flirted with Dellilah, the Medianite woman who brought her to his downfall.

Flirting can be dangerous indeed but on the other hand it can be fun. Some old fashion folks would think that it is a sin, yes it can be but flirtng per se is not a sin. What is sinful is what happen next after the flirting. But mature Christians never do such things.

It was one sunny day, Jesus and company were hungry. The disciples went away but some food and Jesus was left alone, where Jacob well was. During those times, by the well is where they flirted and Jesus was alone with a woman and worst of all she was a Samaritan. A Jew does not speak with a Samaritan specially those who belong to the circles of the 'honorables and hollies'.

Indeed Jesus flirted with the Samaritan woman but he never sinned.

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The Shortcoming of the Council of Trent Teaching on Hell

The main theme in council of Trent teaching on hell is fear. It serves as a threat to everyone that anyone who does evil is doomed to eternal damnation.

Such teaching is the common idea of many about hell. This teaching may be effective some hundred of years ago but not anymore today.

The simple reason is that God is love and fear and threats are incompatible with God.

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Moment in Time

When I am having problems specially concerning health of a loved or myself, or perhaps major problem in my job, such experiences have now become very special, i.e. something I tend to value as opposed to rejecting it as the way I use to do before.

Of course I am not hoping to be in such situations but once I am in, then I tried to make the most of it. One thing I noticed is that my craving for earthly and materials possessions just banish in the haze.

Anger seems to have no more significance, love for life or will to live becomes intense, and feeling others love and my desire to give love away is almost instantaneous.

If ever there is a feeling that I love to re-live and experience everyday, this is it. (less the big problem would be nice but not necessarily preferred.)

Spending Wisely

Christian life is not purely praying and attending masses. They are indeed important but a true Christian should reflect a Godlike life in all aspect of his life.

Having a sense of responsibility is something that a Christian must always be. We should take time to reflect our motive in everyhing that we do. Managing one's finances right is one way of showing how true Christian a person is.

Your prayers and other acts of piety will have no meaning if you are spending your money unwisely.

One simple way of managing your finances is by monitoring your expenses. If you are aware if how much you are spending on something then you can have a clear idea if where your money is going. Just last night my wife and I did input all our ins and outs in a spreadsheet based on our monthly bank statement and to our surprise we have been spending twice as much we thought we do.

Having this awareness we studied our spending habit and then we have managed to pinpoit some areas which we can afford to 'cost-cut'.

We are hopeful that next month the situation is going to improve. The key thing is to know the difference between a need and a want.

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Though shalt not fear hell

Take this as the 11th commandement, Though shalt not fear hell.

God's actions are all motivated by love. Hence the only reason why God created hell is because God is love, i.e. God loves so much thouse souls in hell and through his infinite Goodness and Wisdom God knows best that for some souls, Hell is better than heaven.

People whose good acts are purely motivated by fear of hell are those with very shallow faith. Their motivation is fear not love.

A true Christian is willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause. He is willing to live in hell for eternity so that those who are in hell can be admitted to heaven. (But eventually he would soon realis that hell is actually better than heaven for these people.)

God is Love and for this reason he created hell to cater for the needs of those who are goint to hell.

Heaven is for the spiritually mature and anyone who did not reach such level of maturity will never be happy in hell.

If for some reasons you ended up in hell, there's nothing to worry, you are there because relative to your circumstnces hell is better in heaven.

Do good things because of love not because you fear hell.

Memory Walk

It was a bit strange, my mother lost money and all of sudden she was accusing my sister of taking it. It was a bit unusual, whenever we take something from anyone in the family we simply tell the latter afterwards. We just care for everyone so much that if you run short of money anyone will always be happy to help, there's no need to take someone else money.

And then after sometime, my mother found it very hard to remember things. She was usually in charge of giving my Dad his meds but there were several occasions in which my father protested because my Mom seemed to be administering the medecines twice.

We started to be alarmed so we consulted a doctor. She was asked to answer some basic information like who is the current president, how old are you, what is the current year, where are you at the moment, and then she was also asked to do some simple mathematical additions.

To our surprise the information that she gave were mostly incorrect or pertaining to events or things which are about 10 years behind.

It was only then tht we realise that my Mom is now begining to show symptomps of Alzheimer/

We were told that at present there is no availabe drug yet to cure this disease but the progress of it can be slowed down by keeping our mother mentally busy and by taking some vitamins.

Right now we were told that there current researches being done to find cure for this ailment and I believe it is the duty of us, younger people to contribute in whatever way we can in order to fight against Alzheimer.

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Growing Old

Growing old is a friendly reminder that we are not meant for this world forever.

If we don't grow old we would look good always, healthy and strong all the time, and we may be deceived by all the gliiters glamours of this world.

But life is not about drinking and partying, buying and possessing.

There are other more important things.

We will only know when we pass over to another world.

IT Training

My life was never the same ever since I learned to use the computer. That was about 15 years ago. I had my first proper job then, the salary was not great but we are entitled to attend as many IT trainings as we can plus unlimited use of the office PCs.

It was like liberation, experiencing a new freedom, just like a little child learning how to walk or talk for the first time. Indeed it was very exciting and fulfilling

Since then there was no looking back. Now I have been using my computer most of my waking time, at work and at home.

MS Office is very useful. My CAD skill had improved a lot over the past years. I owe my jobs both present and past to having been trained to use a computer.

I would highly recommend to anyone, young or old, single, married, full time mother, or even if you had already retired from work. Learning computer is for everyone.

IT skill is now becoming a necessity. In paying your bills, buying your daily groceries or transacting with your bank, the preferred option now is doing them on-line.

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Encourage everyone you knew to go on-line now. It' s now becoming the main stream. If you are not IT trained you are not in. Don't get behind, put your hands on the keyboard now and start caressing your lovely mouse.

Death is Sweet

Death is sweet. Many people had experience clinical death and when they came back to life they shared common experience, i.e. they never felt being loved and cared for as that when they died.

We don't like to die because it is innate in us to cling to life, in other words this so called survival instinct. Without this many will never care dying, hence the purpose of life whatever it is will be defeated.

But the turth is, death is sweet.

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DAILY GOSPEL «Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.» John 6,68 Thursday, 24 July 2008 Thursday of the Sixteenth week in Ordinary Time Today the Church celebrates : Sts. John Boste, George Swallowell, & John Ingram, Blessed Louise of Savoy See commentary below or click here Saint Justin : "Many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see" Book of Jeremiah 2,1-3.7-8.12-13. This word of the LORD came to me: Go, cry out this message for Jerusalem to hear! I remember the devotion of your youth, how you loved me as a bride, Following me in the desert, in a land unsown. Sacred to the LORD was Israel, the first fruits of his harvest; Should anyone presume to partake of them, evil would befall him, says the LORD. When I brought you into the garden land to eat its goodly fruits, You entered and defiled my land, you made my heritage loathsome. The priests asked not, "Where is the LORD?" Those who dealt with the law knew me not: the shepherds rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after useless idols. Be amazed at this, O heavens, and shudder with sheer horror, says the LORD. Two evils have my people done: they have forsaken me, the source of living waters; They have dug themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that hold no water. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 13,10-17. The disciples approached him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" He said to them in reply, "Because knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted. To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. This is why I speak to them in parables, because 'they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.' Isaiah's prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: 'You shall indeed hear but not understand you shall indeed look but never see. Gross is the heart of this people, they will hardly hear with their ears, they have closed their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and be converted, and I heal them.' But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB Commentary of the day : Saint Justin (c.100-160), philosopher, martys First Apology, 1.30-31 "Many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see" To the Emperor Hadrian, Augustus Caesar, and to Verissimus, his son, the philosopher, and to Licius, the philosopher, and to the Senate and all the Roman people, on behalf of people of every race who are hated and persecuted unjustly: I, who am one of them, Justin of Neapolis [Nablus] in Syria of Palestine, address this discourse... The objection is put forward that the one whom we call Christ is no more than a man, born of man, that the miracles we ascribe to him are caused by magic art, and that he has successfully passed himself off as Son of God. Our demonstration will not rest on rumors but on prophecies made before the event in which we cannot but believe: for we have seen, and continue to see, the realization of what had been predicted ... Among the Jews there were prophets of God through whom the prophetic Spirit announced beforehand future events. Their prophecies were diligently kept in the form in which they had been uttered by successive kings of Judah, in books written in Hebrew by the very hand of those prophets... Now, in the books of the prophets, we read that Jesus, our Christ, must come, that he will be born of a virgin, will reach manhood, will heal every sickness and infirmity, will raise the dead, that, misunderstood and persecuted, he will be crucified, will die, will rise again and ascend to heaven, that he is and will be recognised as Son of God, that he will send out certain men to proclaim these things in all the world and that it will be the pagans, above all, who will believe in him. These prophecies were made five thousand, three thousand, two thousand, a thousand, eight hundred years before his coming since the prophets followed one after the other from generation to generation. Manage your subscription directly clicking HERE ---------------------------------------- The DGO is sent every day to more than 280.000 subscribers ! Do you want to help us maintain this free service? The Daily Gospel is free of charge, but it is not free of cost. Make a tax-deductible donation directly at "The Daily Gospel", 6375 New Hope RD, New Hope, KY 40052. USA. Thank you and God bless you.

Thanks, Mother

Mothers are not perfect but they know best. Children got the impression that there’s nothing their mother can not do for them. This is exactly what I thought of my mother way back some thirty odd years ago.

There were times when I got frustrated because mothers are after all humans. Yet still they know best. You don’t have to be perfect to know what is best. Relative to others ideas mothers are always the best.

We are seven siblings in the family. My mother, a university graduate had to make a big sacrifice not to get a full time job in favour of being a full time mum. It was not an easy task. There were ups and downs but in the end we all end up successful in out own respective careers. Thanks to our mother who knew what is best for us.

There times of frustrations but as long as the mother intention are pure and sincere, she may not be able to solve all the problems that we encountered but in the end we had managed to weather the down side and up-hills of our lives.

My only regret is that during those times when my mother had to stay home and work full time as mother at 24/7 she was not able to find ways to make some descent means of earning, i.e. something that could have given her a sense of being productive and not being put all her university learning in her hidden cabinet.

Perhaps if interned had existed before, she could have earned some and maybe lots by monetising her blog.

I could never be where I am now without the support of my mother. Thanks a lot, mom.

Exosfear Dancer

When praying you should not do it by your lips alone, nor by your mind alone. Your entire body should give worship and glory to God.

Singing and dancing, mind, body and soul, the entire you should pray to God.

Silence is important but self expression is equally important. Dancing as a form of prayer is ideal.

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Concave lenses are used in eyeglasses that correct nearsightedness. Because the distance between the eye's lens and retina in nearsighted people is longer than it should be, such people are unable to make out distant objects clearly. Placing concave lenses in front of a nearsighted eye reduces the refraction of light and lengthens the focal length so that the image is formed on the retina. Convex lenses are used in eyeglasses for correcting farsightedness, where the distance between the eye's lens and retina is too short, as a result of which the focal point lies behind the retina. Eyeglasses with convex lenses increase refraction, and accordingly reduce the focal length.

Whether your eyes are still in good condition or whether you are already wearing eye glasses you can maintain or improve your eyesight by exercising your eyes everyday.

You can do it by rotating your eyeballs through the perimeter of your eyes by looking around you surrounding from left then up and to your right and down. Look as far left or right or up or down as much as you can. In this way you are developing eye muscles which could then control the curve of your eyes' lense. This exercise is also believed to prevent catarac.

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God Is Watching Us from a distance

God is watching us from a distance

In good times and bad times, God is watching us from a distance.

When you are happy and when you are sad God is watching you from a distance.

In sickness and in health God is watching us from a distance.

When Nadal won the Wimbledon title and when the Celtics took the NBA championship God is watching from a distance.

When the twin towers were bombed when Tsumani took place when The Princess of the Star sank God is watching from a distance.

Everything that we need is here all the answers to your prayers had been given to you in advance.

In al tragedies and great calamities, God stays at a distance. No big deal. It's only us who take too much. In the next life, we will surely understand, they are nothing but cliches.

God doesn't have to pamper us, He know we are able enough so He simply watch from a distance.

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DAILY GOSPEL «Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.» John 6,68 Monday, 07 July 2008 Monday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time Today the Church celebrates : Bl. Ralph Milner & Roger Dickenson See commentary below or click here Saint Cyril of Alexandria : "He came and took her by the hand" Book of Hosea 2,16.17-18.21-22. Then will I remove from her mouth the names of the Baals, so that they shall no longer be invoked. I will make a covenant for them on that day, with the beasts of the field, With the birds of the air, and with the things that crawl on the ground. Bow and sword and war I will destroy from the land, and I will let them take their rest in security. I will espouse you to me forever: I will espouse you in right and in justice, in love and in mercy; The earth shall respond to the grain, and wine, and oil, and these shall respond to Jezreel. I will sow him for myself in the land, and I will have pity on Lo-ruhama. I will say to Lo-ammi, "You are my people," and he shall say, "My God!" Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 9,18-26. While he was saying these things to them, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, "My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live." Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples. A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel on his cloak. She said to herself, "If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured." Jesus turned around and saw her, and said, "Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you." And from that hour the woman was cured. When Jesus arrived at the official's house and saw the flute players and the crowd who were making a commotion, he said, "Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping." And they ridiculed him. When the crowd was put out, he came and took her by the hand, and the little girl arose. And news of this spread throughout all that land. Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB Commentary of the day : Saint Cyril of Alexandria (380-444), Bishop, Doctor of the Church Commentary on Saint John's Gospel, 4; PG 73, 560 "He came and took her by the hand" As soon as Christ has entered us with his own flesh, we shall be wholly brought to life. It is inconceivable – or, rather, impossible – that life should not give life to those into whom it enters. Just as people put a cover over a burning brand taken from a heap of straw so as to keep the spark of fire going, so our Lord Jesus Christ conceals the life within us with his own flesh and sets, as it were, a seed of immortality there that casts out all the corruption we bear within us. So it is not just by his word that he brings about the resurrection of the dead. To show that his body gives life, as we said, he touches corpses and gives life with his own body to bodies already in process of decomposition. If the touch of his sacred flesh alone restores life to these dead people, what benefit shall we not find in his life-giving eucharist when we receive it!... It would not be enough if only our souls were to be regenerated into new life by the Spirit. Our solid, earthly body also has to be made holy by its participation in a body that is as solid as our own and of the same origin, and it, too, must thus be called to incorruptibility. Manage your subscription directly clicking HERE ---------------------------------------- The DGO is sent every day to more than 280.000 subscribers ! Do you want to help us maintain this free service? The Daily Gospel is free of charge, but it is not free of cost. Make a tax-deductible donation directly at "The Daily Gospel", 6375 New Hope RD, New Hope, KY 40052. USA. Thank you and God bless you.

Rare Coin

When Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked, "Does your teacher pay the Temple tax?"

"Of course," Peter answered.

When peter went in to the house, Jesus spoke up first, “Simon, what is your opinion? Who pays duties or taxes to the kings of this world? The citizens of the country or the foreigners?”

"The foreigners," answered Peter.

"Well, then," replied Jesus, "that means that the citizens don’t have to pay. But we don’t want to offend these people. So go to the lake and drop in a line. Pull up the first fish you hook and in its mouth you will find a coin worth enough for my Temple tax and yours. Take it and pay them our taxes." (Mt. 17;24-27)

The point of this pericope is not about Jesus ability to produce money instantly as if like magic. Remember th author of the Bible used literary form and style in presenting the gospel.

This is more about respecting the current legal set up during the time of Jesus. Jesus was a revolutionary but not a bloody one. He initiates transformation through a peaceful means. He ended up in a bloody death but he did not counter violence with violence.

With regards to the coins found from the mouth of the fish, where could it be now?

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Judge Not

Judge not and you will not be judged.

The mere fact that we are here implies that we are one of the best souls among others. Life on earth is very fragile, vulnerable, full of dangers and one thing for sure, if you are not tough you don't deserve to be here.

We are all in the process of progressing for the better. Some of are are far more advance whilst other are logging behind, but nonetheless each one needs to be respected.

We should help our brothers who are spiritually weak, us who are strong. Time will come when they become more stronger than us.

Each one should help anyone whenever opportunity comes. This is the best way forward.

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DAILY GOSPEL «Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.» John 6,68 Monday, 23 June 2008 Monday of the Twelfth week in Ordinary Time Today the Church celebrates : St. John Fisher See commentary below or click here Saint John Climacus : "Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye?" 2nd book of Kings 17,5-8.13-15.18. For this, the king of Assyria arrested and imprisoned Hoshea; he then occupied the whole land and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and deported the Israelites to Assyria, settling them in Halah, at the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. This came about because the Israelites sinned against the LORD, their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the domination of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and because they venerated other gods. They followed the rites of the nations whom the LORD had cleared out of the way of the Israelites (and the kings of Israel whom they set up). And though the LORD warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and seer, "Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments and statutes, in accordance with the entire law which I enjoined on your fathers and which I sent you by my servants the prophets," they did not listen, but were as stiff-necked as their fathers, who had not believed in the LORD, their God. They rejected his statutes, the covenant which he had made with their fathers, and the warnings which he had given them. The vanity they pursued, they themselves became: they followed the surrounding nations whom the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. till, in his great anger against Israel, the LORD put them away out of his sight. Only the tribe of Judah was left. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 7,1-5. Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove that splinter from your eye,' while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye. Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB Commentary of the day : Saint John Climacus (c.575-650), monk on Mount Sinai The Ladder of Perfection, 10th step "Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye?" I have heard some people speak ill of their neighbour and have rebuked them. To defend themselves, these evildoers have answered: «We are saying these things out of charity and concern!» However, I have replied: «Stop practising a charity like that or you will be accusing of deceit the one who said: 'Whoever slanders his neighbour in secret, him will I destroy,' (Ps 101[100],5). If you love him – as you claim – pray for him in secret and don't make a mock of the man. This is the way of loving that pleases the Lord; don't lose sight of it and you will take the greatest care not to judge sinners. Judas was of the number of the apostles and the thief was among the criminals but, in an instant, what an astonishing change!...» So reply to anyone who speaks evil of his neighbor to you: «Stop, brother! I myself fall into the most serious faults every day; how could I now condemn this man?» Thus you will make a twofold gain: you will heal yourself and heal your neighbor. Not judging is a shortcut towards the forgiveness of sins, if this saying is true: «Do not judge and you will not be judged»... Some people have committed grave faults in the sight of everyone but, in secret, have carried out the greatest acts of virtue. Thus their detractors have been mistaken by focussing only on the smoke without seeing the sun... Those who are hastily censorious and severe fall into this delusion because they don't keep the memory and constant care of their own sins before them... Judging others is shamelessly to usurp a divine prerogative; condemning them is to bring down our own souls... Just as a good grape-picker eats the grapes that are ripe and does not pick those that are green, so a watchful and sensible soul carefully takes note of all the virtues he sees in others; but it is the stupid man who keeps an eye on their faults and failings. Manage your subscription directly clicking HERE ---------------------------------------- The DGO is sent every day to more than 280.000 subscribers ! Do you want to help us maintain this free service? The Daily Gospel is free of charge, but it is not free of cost. Make a tax-deductible donation directly at "The Daily Gospel", 6375 New Hope RD, New Hope, KY 40052. USA. Thank you and God bless you.

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Death is nothing to fear, this is our ticket to eternal life, but we need to live our life to fulfill a purpose which we only know by instinct. Though we don't understand it in essence but each one feel it. We want to live, we fear death.

There is a reason for life, life is the reason.

Gambling, bad or good?

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We have no assurance, i.e. assurance understood as proof that can be touched or see. Our only assurance is the Word of God that as long as we believe in Jesus then we will not perish and have an everasting life.

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Death Penalty or Reward

Is death penalty really a penalty, or is it more of a reward?

God is love and it is just proper for Him to keep the sould of a person who has been victimised by man's brutality, i.e. death penalty.

Killing a person is just like punishing the turtle by throwing it into a river. Death is a sort of homecoming. When we kill someone, we simply shorten his life adventure on earth and bring him home earlier than schedule.

The real penalty is when you are condemned to LIVE FOREVER, literally, i.e. living for million of years, 24 hours a day. Can you imagine yourself living that long and do you think would you like it. Living forever here on earth, in a world of sins and imperfections is indeed a brutal punishment.

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DAILY GOSPEL «Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.» John 6,68 Tuesday, 06 May 2008 Tuesday of the Seventh week of Easter Today the Church celebrates : St Petronax, St Dominic Savio See commentary below or click here Saint Irenaeus of Lyons : "So that he may give eternal life to all you gave him" Acts of the Apostles 20,17-27. From Miletus he had the presbyters of the church at Ephesus summoned. When they came to him, he addressed them, "You know how I lived among you the whole time from the day I first came to the province of Asia. I served the Lord with all humility and with the tears and trials that came to me because of the plots of the Jews, and I did not at all shrink from telling you what was for your benefit, or from teaching you in public or in your homes. I earnestly bore witness for both Jews and Greeks to repentance before God and to faith in our Lord Jesus. But now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem. What will happen to me there I do not know, except that in one city after another the holy Spirit has been warning me that imprisonment and hardships await me. Yet I consider life of no importance to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear witness to the gospel of God's grace. "But now I know that none of you to whom I preached the kingdom during my travels will ever see my face again. And so I solemnly declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you, for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the entire plan of God. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 17,1-11. When Jesus had said this, he raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to all you gave him. Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began. I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you gave me is from you, because the words you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours, and everything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them. And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are. Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB Commentary of the day : Saint Irenaeus of Lyons (c.130-c.208), Bishop, theologian and martyr Against the Heresies, IV,14 (SC 100, p.537 rev.) "So that he may give eternal life to all you gave him" In the beginning it was not because he had need of man that God fashioned Adam but so as to have someone on whom to set his blessings. For, not only before Adam but even before creation, the Word glorified the Father while dwelling in him and was glorified by the Father as he himself said: «Father, glorify me with the glory that I had with you before the world began.» Further, it wasn't because he needed our help that he told us to follow him but to win salvation for us. Because following the Savior is to share in salvation just as following the light is to have a share in the light. When people stand in the light, it is not they who illumine the light and cause it to shine but who are illumined and made to shine by it. Far from contributing anything at all to it, they benefit from the light and are lit up by it. This is how it is in serving God: our service contributes nothing to God for God has no need of man's service; but to those who serve and follow him God gives life, incorruptibility and eternal glory... If God requests man's service it is so that he who is good and merciful might grant his blessings to those who persevere in his service. For, if God has no need of anything, yet man has need of communion with God. The glory of man is to persevere in the service of God. That is why our Savior said to his disciples: «It was not you who chose me but I who chose you» (Jn 15,16). Thus he showed that it was not they who glorified him by following him but that, since they had followed the Son of God, they were glorified by him. «Father, I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory» (Jn 17,24). Manage your subscription directly clicking HERE ---------------------------------------- The DGO is sent every day to more than 280.000 subscribers ! Do you want to help us maintain this free service? The Daily Gospel is free of charge, but it is not free of cost. Make a tax-deductible donation directly at "The Daily Gospel", 6375 New Hope RD, New Hope, KY 40052. USA. Thank you and God bless you.

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DAILY GOSPEL «Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.» John 6,68 Sunday, 27 April 2008 Sixth Sunday of Easter Today the Church celebrates : St. Zita of Lucca, St Liberale See commentary below or click here Saint Hilary : "I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always" Acts of the Apostles 8,5-8.14-17. Thus Philip went down to (the) city of Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them. With one accord, the crowds paid attention to what was said by Philip when they heard it and saw the signs he was doing. For unclean spirits, crying out in a loud voice, came out of many possessed people, and many paralyzed and crippled people were cured. There was great joy in that city. Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they received the holy Spirit. First Letter of Peter 3,15-18. but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who defame your good conduct in Christ may themselves be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that be the will of God, than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the spirit. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 14,15-21. If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him." Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB Commentary of the day : Saint Hilary (c.315-367), Bishop of Poitiers, Doctor of the Church The Trinity 2,31-35 "I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always" «God is spirit,» the Lord said to the Samaritan woman...; since God is invisible, incomprehensible and infinite, it is neither on a mountain nor in any temple that God is to be worshipped (Jn 4,21-24). «God is spirit,» and spirit cannot be circumscribed or contained. He is everywhere by force of his own nature nor is he lacking from any particular place; everywhere himself, he overflows in all things. Hence we must worship in the Holy Spirit the God who is spirit... The apostle Paul spoke no differently when he wrote: «The Lord is spirit, and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom,» (2Cor 4,17)... So let those who deny the Spirit refrain from their disputes. 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DAILY GOSPEL «Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.» John 6,68 Saturday, 26 April 2008 Saturday of the Fifth week of Easter Today the Church celebrates : St Marcellinus See commentary below or click here Saint Polycarp : "If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you" Acts of the Apostles 16,1-10. He reached (also) Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him, and Paul wanted him to come along with him. On account of the Jews of that region, Paul had him circumcised, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. As they traveled from city to city, they handed on to the people for observance the decisions reached by the apostles and presbyters in Jerusalem. Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith and increased in number. They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia. When they came to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them, so they crossed through Mysia and came down to Troas. During (the) night Paul had a vision. A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." When he had seen the vision, we sought passage to Macedonia at once, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15,18-21. If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to you, 'No slave is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB Commentary of the day : Saint Polycarp (69-155), Bishop and martyr Letter to the Philippians, SC 10, p.215-217 (©Penguin Classics) "If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you" Let us never relax our grasp on the Hope and Pledge of our righteousness; I mean Jesus Christ... Let us imitate that patient endurance of His; and if we do have to suffer for His Name's sake, why then, let us give glory to Him. For that is the example He set us in His own person, and in which we have learnt to put our faith. I appeal now to everyone of you to hear and obey the call of holiness, and to exercise the same perfect fortitude that you have seen with your own eyes in the blessed Ignatius, and Rufus, and Zosimus; and not in them alone, but in a number of your own townsmen as well - to say nothing of Paul himself and the other Apostles. Be very sure that the course of these men was not run in vain, but faithfully and honorably; and that they have now reached a well-earned place at the side of the Lord whose pains they shared. Their hearts were not set on «this world of ours» (2Tim 4,10), but on Him who died for our sakes and was raised up again for us by God... May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus' Christ, and the eternal High Priest Jesus Christ Himself, the Son of God, help you to grow in faith and truth, in unfailing gentleness and the avoidance of all anger, in patience and forbearance, and in calmness and purity. To you, and to ourselves as well, and to all those under heaven who shall one day come to believe in our Lord Jesus Christ and in His Father who raised Him from the dead, may He grant part and portion among His saints. Pray for all God's people. Pray too for our sovereign lords, and for all governors and rulers; for any who ill-use you or dislike you; and for the enemies of the Cross. Thus the fruits of your faith will be plain for all to see, and you will be perfected in Him. Manage your subscription directly clicking HERE ---------------------------------------- The DGO is sent every day to more than 280.000 subscribers ! Do you want to help us maintain this free service? The Daily Gospel is free of charge, but it is not free of cost. Make a tax-deductible donation directly at "The Daily Gospel", 6375 New Hope RD, New Hope, KY 40052. USA. Thank you and God bless you.

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Apotles and Desciples

Apostles and Desciples, what's the difference?

A "disciple" is a follower, a student, i.e from the same root word as that of "discipline". An "apostle" is an emissary, someone who is sent out to spread a message (apo = "out", stolos = "sent"). Effectively, the disciples became apostles after Jesus left.

Jesus said before his ascension to his desciples who then graduated to become Apostles, to make desicples of all nation.

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DAILY GOSPEL «Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.» John 6,68 Monday, 21 April 2008 Monday of the Fifth week of Easter Today the Church celebrates : St. Anselm See commentary below or click here Saint Nicholas Cabasilas : "Whoever loves me... my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him" Acts of the Apostles 14,5-18. When there was an attempt by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their leaders, to attack and stone them, they realized it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding countryside, where they continued to proclaim the good news. At Lystra there was a crippled man, lame from birth, who had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking, who looked intently at him, saw that he had the faith to be healed, and called out in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet." He jumped up and began to walk about. When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they cried out in Lycaonian, "The gods have come down to us in human form." They called Barnabas "Zeus" and Paul "Hermes," because he was the chief speaker. And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, for he together with the people intended to offer sacrifice. The apostles Barnabas and Paul tore their garments when they heard this and rushed out into the crowd, shouting, "Men, why are you doing this? We are of the same nature as you, human beings. We proclaim to you good news that you should turn from these idols to the living God, 'who made heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them.' In past generations he allowed all Gentiles to go their own ways; yet, in bestowing his goodness, he did not leave himself without witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filled you with nourishment and gladness for your hearts." Even with these words, they scarcely restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 14,21-26. Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him." Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, "Master, (then) what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me. I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name--he will teach you everything and remind you of all that (I) told you. Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB Commentary of the day : Saint Nicholas Cabasilas (c.1320-1363), Greek lay theologian Life in Christ, IV, 6-8 (SC 355, p.267) "Whoever loves me... my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him" The promise attached to the eucharistic table makes us live in Christ and Christ in us, for it is written: «He remains in me and I in him» (Jn 6,56). If Christ remains in us, of what else could we have need? What could we lack? If Christ remains in us what more can we want? He is both our host and our dwelling. How happy we are to be the place where he lives! What joy that we ourselves are the abode of such a host! What could lack those whom he thus treats? What do those who shine with such a light have in common with wickedness? What evil could stand up to such good? There is nothing else capable of remaining in us or coming against us when Christ unites himself to us in this way. He surrounds us and penetrates our deepest selves; he is our protection and refuge; he hems us in on every side. He is both our dwelling and the host who wholly fills his dwelling place. For we receive, not a part of himself but himself, not just one sunbeam but the sun..., until we become one single spirit with him (1Cor 6,17)... Our soul is united to his soul, our body to his body, our blood to his blood... As Saint Paul says: «What is mortal is swallowed up by life» (2Cor 5,4) and: «I live, yet no longer I, but Christ lives in me» (Gal 2,20). Manage your subscription directly clicking HERE ---------------------------------------- The DGO is sent every day to more than 280.000 subscribers ! Do you want to help us maintain this free service? The Daily Gospel is free of charge, but it is not free of cost. Make a tax-deductible donation directly at "The Daily Gospel", 6375 New Hope RD, New Hope, KY 40052. USA. Thank you and God bless you.