This post has nothing to do with politics.
This post has everything to do with how foolish people can be when they are blinded in selfishness.
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I.
wow. Paul wasn't kidding when he cried for three years...
just weeping over the false doctrines and blasphemies that would rise up among the Christians.
We may be weeping for four years...or longer.
Here is one I am really having trouble rapping my brain around...now I agree Barack seems like a cool dude btw...
but how in the world can he or his Catholic running mate affirm a morality to be more and more like Jesus and in the same conversation affirm a morality that okays aborting children?
That one spins me for a loop.
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Today is a great day for the Franciscans and all other Christians for that matter to recall Saint Louis...(the french king Louis the 9th)...
I heard an awesome homily this morning about him. A Saint from among the laity
...and a king; a politician.
Not only did he take seriously to providing to his kingdom's physical needs (caring for the poor and oppressed and underprivileged)...which he did.
recall saint Louis
...but He was quite intentional on behalf of his kingdom's spiritual needs as well (caring for the poor in spirit and nurturing them in the Holy Spirit and in Christ's TRUTH).
recall saint Louis
A man and father and king that took seriously his faith in Christ, and the responsibility such faith requires. A man that sought toward unity with God constantly and taught those around him, under his authority to do the same... Recall Saint Louis.
Now contrast this with the men of a generation (me included) that struggle against seeking toward their own wants and needs and ambitions every single hour of every single day rather that toward perfection in Christ.
recall saint Louis.
Now contrast this with the men that want to lead a nation that struggle with the integrity as men and FATHERS in Christ's Church to stand up for the morality of Christ...the very grace that saves them... to distinguish with moral clarity that which is true and life giving...and that which is false and brings death.
recall saint Louis.
“Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.”- Psalm 119:165
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II.
from Mark 9:30-37
"They left that place and passed through Galilee.
Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because he was teaching his disciples.
He said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."
But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.
"Who is Greatest?"
They came to Capernaum.
When he was in the house, he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?"
But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.
Sitting down...
Jesus called the Twelve
...and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all."
He took a little child and had him stand among them.
Taking him in his arms,
...he said to them, "Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me."
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So here is a temptation that we all face... EGO
But here is the whisper of truth... "you can be like God"
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The very first heresy among the Christians was a suggestion some had that Jesus only pretended to be human.
That Jesus was in fact...a superman.
But here is the whisper of truth... Jesus did not come to Hide who God really is...that is silly
Jesus came and revealed who God is.
He has real flesh.
real blood.
The cross pierced through real hands and real feet.
He has nervous tissue
real pain.
He lived real life perfecting the law's of moses.
real perfection.
He really died, and really rose from the dead!
REAL SALVATION!!!
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It is my opinion that every person that has walked the face of this planet has suffered from a messiah complex...
all except for one man...
and he just happened to be the Messiah.
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