Christ the Lord Has Risen Today – Happy Easter -Image: St. Paul Street Evangeliztion
The New Life In Christ
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you will also appear with Him in glory. –Colossians 3:1-4
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For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is His name and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer the God of the God of the whole earth He is called. For the Lord has called you like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off says your God.
For a brief moment I forsook you but with great compassion I will gather you. In overflowing wrath for a moment I hid my face from you but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the Lord your Redeemer.
For this is like the days of Noah to me as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you and will not rebuke you. For the mountains may depart and the hills may be removed but my steadfast love shall not depart from you and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord who has compassion on you.
O afflicted one, storm tossed and not comforted, behold I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires. I will make your pinnacles of agate your gates of carbuncles and all your wall of precious stones. All your sons shall be taught by the Lord and great shall be the prosperity of your sons.
In righteousness you shall be established, you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear and from terror, for it shall not come near you. –Isaiah 54:5-14
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Being found in human form He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth. –Philippians 2:8-10
The Woman Obama Did the Tango With in Argentina Did a 2006 Photo-Spread in Playboy
(Daily Caller) Moro Godoy grabbed headlines when she Tangoed with an ‘Out of Touch’ Obama in Communist Argentina on Wednesday, the 43 yr old dancer’s performance wasn’t the first time she stepped into the international spotlight — back in 2006 she did a nude photo spread for Playboy.
“What the hell is wrong with President Obama,” Piers Morgan said. Why does he not seem to have a clue how to behave when major atrocities happen around the world? The ISIS terror attacks on Brussels were Belgium’s 9/11,” the Daily Mail reported. Obama in his capacity as President of the United States is supposed to be the ‘Leader of the Free World’ and therefore defacto leader of NATO – That alone should have demanded he immediately abandon his jolly in (Communist) Cuba, where he is (was) cosying up to a dictatorship and return to Washington to lead the global response with a powerful statement from the Oval Office — but Obama had other ideas.
Obama Yucks It Up With Raul Castro Who Ordered Shoot Down of the ‘Brothers to the Rescue’
Planes in 1996 -Image Courtesy: Nerdy Wonka
Where oh where is the American leadership in the War on ISIS? What kind of message does it send to be yukking it up with Raul (Castro) asks the National Review as Belgian authorities are picking up body parts off the floor of the Brussels airport?
St. Francis of Assisi Was Both Humbled and Challenged by Christ on the Cross –Franciscan Media
For St. Francis of Assisi it is the love of God, the self-offering and surrender of control that comes with the Incarnation that is at the heart of what it means to talk about the suffering of Jesus on the Cross.
The sense of giving up control is seen in the way Scholar Zachary Hayes describes the place of the Cross in the spiritual worldviews of Francis and Bonaventure.
When we look at the mystery of Jesus, this evokes quite a different sense of the divine. When we think of the historical origins of Jesus, the poor circumstances of His life, the tragic historical ending on the Cross, we must ask in what sense this is truly the incarnation of divine love.
For St. Francis and St. Bonaventure such historical realities point our attention to the humble, tender elements of the world in order to discover there important signals of the presence of the divine.
How can one look at the figure on the Cross without asking: What is the nature of creative and redemptive love? What is truly creative power?
Continue reading here St. Francis of Assisi and the Cross of Christ -American Catholic
Blessed Holy Thursday — Image Courtesy: Archbishop Jose Gomez
I give you a new Commandment said the Lord:
Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. –John 13:34Jesus Washes the Disciples Feet
Now before the Festival of Pesach (Passover) Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
The Devil had already put into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray Him and during supper Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands and that He had come from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off His outer robe and tied a towel around Himself, then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around Him.
When Jesus came to Simon Peter who said to Him, ‘Lord, are you going to wash my feet?’ Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.” Simon Peter said to Him, ‘Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head.’ Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet but is entirely clean and you are clean, though not all of you.” For He knew who was to betray him – for this reason He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
After Jesus had washed their feet, had put on His robe and returned to the table He said to them, “Do you not know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord and you are right for that is what I am. So if I your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.” –John 13:1-15
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Judas Agrees To Betray Jesus
Then one of the twelve (disciples) who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the Chief Priests and said, “What will you give me if I betray Him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver and from that moment he began to look for an opportunity to betray Him.
Pesach (Passover) With the Disciples
On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus saying, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Pesach Seder?” Jesus said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is near, I will keep Seder at your house with my disciples.'”
So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and they prepared the Seder meal.
When it was evening, Jesus took the place with the twelve and while they were eating He said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.” They became very distressed and began to say to Him one after another, ‘Surely not I Lord.’
Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. The Son of Man goes as it is written of Him but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would have been better for that one not to have been born.” Judas, who betrayed Him said, ‘Surely not I Rabbi?”
Jesus replied, “You have said so.” –Matthew 26:14-25
Creating a Terrorist — Israel Defense Force
How does a teenager decide to skip school one day put a knife in his or her backpack to stab an Israeli? How does one decide not to show up for work because they want to ram their car into Israeli’s waiting at a bus stop?
- Flashback: On the 26 October, 2014 I wrote here 3 month old American Chaya Braun was murdered as a result of an Islamic Jihadist vehicular terrorist attack at a light rail station.
Where does this drive to kill come from? The factors are clear and they are as follows:
Children’s Toys: Receives a Stuffed Toy With a Rock in Hand
Watches Public Television
Can you imagine Elmo talking to a child and encouraging the child to stab another human being?
Many grow up watching their favorite shows on public television networks. It is a core component to many children–Sesame Street encourages children to be nice to one another and to be good friends. Other programming is silly, humorous and harmless but many Palestinian children grow up watching more than Sesame Street or Kai-Lin.
Instead many Palestinian youth are watching ‘Palestinian Authority’ sponsored television with cartoons depicting Jews as monsters. They also watch shows similar to Sesame Street, with dressed up bunnies that praise and encourage children to sacrifice their lives to kill Jews.
Palestinian Children’s Television
Stabbing For Kid’s: Palestinian Child on Facebook Gives Demo – Stab, Stab, Stab…
Play Video Games
Goal of many Palestinian video games is to stab Jews or commit other violent acts against Jews and other Israelis.
Go To School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4d9HPw4a_k
Palestinian Children are Taught that Jews are Murderers and Taught the Way to Martyrdom.
There are many schools in Gaza, Judea and Samaria that are named in honor of suicide bombers and terrorists. For example, there are three schools under the Palestinian Authority named after the infamous suicide bomber Dalal Mughrabi who killed 38 civilians – 12 of them children.
The curriculum in some schools is also problematic — In 2006 the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Higher Education introduced the new 12th Grade schoolbooks written by Palestinian educators who were appointed by the Fathah leadership. — Palestinian Media Watch reviewed these books and found they made no attempts to educate for peace or coexistence with Israel, instead Israel’s right to exist is adamantly denied and the Palestinian war against Israel is presented as an eternal religious battle for Islam.
In 2014 the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Culture Taught Children Not to Recognize Israel
Go To Prayer
Palestinians also attend prayer services and the Imam stands on stage preaching, the audience listens as their community leaders laud the efforts of Palestinians who have executed attacks against Israelis. They promote violence and encourage listeners to go out and stab Jews. They are not only praising Allah, they are also perpetuating violent incitement and are ingraining a hateful, violent and even a murderous mentality.
Go On Facebook
See posts celebrating terrorists who killed Jews. Facebook has been utilized as a tool to perpetuate incitement and users in Palestinian communities see statuses applauding murder. They see instructional videos of terrorists with a knife showing viewers, step-by-step, how to stab and kill a Jew.
Go Out at Night & Weekends Celebrating Death in Parades — Praising the Terrorists – Riot
Palestinians of all ages spend part of their Friday rioting, there are riots weekly. Rioters use rocks, sling shots, firebombs, burning tires and anything they can to attack Israelis, soldiers and civilian roads. Beyond the riots, there are parades and celebrations — they celebrate when a Jew is killed or when a Palestinian terrorist is killed. The Palestinian Authority often organizes or facilitates funerals for terrorists to praise them, even celebrating them for killing or attempting to kill Jews.
Go To Stab
Palestinian Incitement to Murder
(NBC LA) The U.S. Bank Tower in Downtown Los Angeles Was Lit Up in Belgian Flag Colors
After the ‘Religion of Peace’ Struck Again Murdering 34 and Injuring 200+ on Tuesday
Blessed Tuesday of Holy Week -Image Courtesy: St. Paul Street Evangelization
Jesus speaking to His disciples said, “I tell you this now before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He. Very truly I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send, receives me and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”
Jesus Foretells His Betrayal
After saying this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and declared, “Very truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom He was speaking. One of His disciples-the one whom Jesus loved-was reclining next to Him; Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking? So while reclining next to Jesus he asked Him: “Lord who is it?
Jesus answered: “It is the one to whom I give this piece of bread, when I have dipped it in the dish.” So when He had dipped the piece of bread, He gave it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. After Judas had received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “Do quickly what you are going to do.”
Now no one at the table knew why He said this to him. Some thought that because Judas had the common purse, Jesus was telling him, ‘Buy what we need for the festival’ or that he should give something to the poor, so after receiving the piece of bread, he immediately went out and it was night.
The New Commandment
When he had gone out Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified and God has been glorified in Him. If God has been glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself and will glorify Him at one. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for Me and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ I give you a new Commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” –John 13:19-35
Israeli Customs Seized 4,000 ‘Rock Throwing Dolls’ Intended for the Palestinian Authority