Aliens heard He was entombed; did you?_8777
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience
to remain silent. "
Thomas Jefferson
__________________
Twelve Biblical Reasons For Wanting To Spend One Hour With Jesus In
The Blessed Sacrament
1. He is really there!
"I myself Am the Living Bread come down from Heaven." (Jn 6:35)
2. Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because of his
Infinite love for you!
"Behold I will be with you always even to the end of the world,"
because "I have loved you with an everlasting love, and constant is My
affection for you." (Mt 28:20; Jer 31:3)
3. The specific way that Jesus asks you to love Him in return is to
spend one quiet hour with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"Where your treasure is, there is your heart...." "Could you not watch
one hour with Me?" (Mt 6:21; 26:40)
4. When you look upon the Sacred Host, you look upon Jesus, the Son of
God.
"Indeed, this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks upon
the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life. Him I will raise
up on the last day." (Jn 6:40)
5. Each moment that you spend in His Eucharistic Presence will
increase His Divine Life within you and deepen your personal
relationship and friendship with Him.
"I have come that you may have life, and have it more abundantly." "I
am the Vine and you are the branches. Whoever remains in Me and I in
Him shall bear much fruit because without Me, you can do nothing." (Jn
15:5)
6. Each hour you spend with Jesus will deepen His Divine Peace in your
heart.
"Come to Me all of you who are weary and find life burdensome and I
will refresh you..." "Cast all of you anxieties upon the One who cares
for you..." "My Peace is My Gift to you." (Mt 11:28; 5:7; Jn 14:17)
7. Jesus will give you all the Graces you need to be happy!
"The Lamb on the Throne will shepherd them. He will lead them to the
springs of life-giving water." (Rev 7:17)
8. Jesus is infinitely deserving of our unceasing thanksgiving and
adoration for all He has done for our salvation.
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive honor, glory and
praise." (Rev. 5:12)
9. For Peace in our country!
"When My people humble themselves and seek My Presence... I will
revive their land." (2Chr 7:14)
10. Each hour you spend with Jesus on earth will leave your soul
everlastingly more beautiful and glorious in heaven!
"They who humble themselves shall be exalted...." "All of us, gazing
on the Lord's glory with unveiled faces, are being transformed from
glory to glory into His very image." (Lk 18:14; 2Cor 3:18)
11. Jesus will bless you, your family and the whole world for this
hour of faith you spend with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"Blessed are they who do not see and yet believe..." "Faith can move
mountains..." " What is needed is trust... " "Behold I come to make all things new." (Jn 20:29; Mk 11:23; Mk 5:36; Rev 21:5)
12. Each moment you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament brings
joy, pleasure, and delight to His Sacred Heart!
"My joy, My pleasure, My delight is to be with you." (Prov 8:31)
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Rancor Is Poison to Soul, Says Pope
Urges Faithful on Holy Thursday to Forgive
ROME, MARCH 20, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Don't allow the soul to be poisoned by rancor, Benedict XVI urged the faithful at the Mass of the Lord's Supper
During this evening's Mass in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Pope reflected on the need for interior purification as a condition to live in communion with God and with each other.
"This is what Holy Thursday exhorts," he said, "do not let rancor toward others become poison for the soul. It exhorts us to continually purify our memory, forgiving each other from the heart, washing one another's feet, so as to be able to go all together toward the banquet of God.
"Day after day we are covered by numerous forms of filth, of empty words, prejudices, reduced and altered wisdom; a multiplicity of falsities filter in continuously to our most intimate being.
"All this obscures and contaminates our soul, it threatens us with being incompetence with regard to the truth or the good."
The Holy Father said Christ synthesized charity and purification with the gesture of washing the feet of his disciples.
"If we take the words of Jesus with an attentive heart, they become true cleansers, purifiers of the soul, of the interior of man," the Pontiff said. "This is what the Gospel of the washing of the feet invites us to: allow ourselves to be washed again with this pure water, to be capable of communion with God and with our brothers and sisters."
To the end
"Not only water, but blood also flowed from the side of Jesus after the soldier pierced him with his sword. Jesus didn't only speak, he didn't just leave us with words," Benedict XVI continued. "He surrendered himself. He washes us with the sacred power of his blood, that is to say, with his surrender 'until the end,' until the cross.
"His word is something more than simple speaking; it is flesh and blood 'for the life of the world.' In the holy sacraments, the Lord kneels down again before our feet and he purifies us. Let us ask him that we become ever more penetrated by the sacred washing of his love and in this way remain truly purified."
The Pope added, "We have a need for 'the washing of the feet,' the washing of the sins of each day, and for this reason, we need to confess our sins.
"We have to recognize that also in our new identity as baptized persons we sin. We have the need of confession just as it has taken shape in the sacrament of reconciliation.
"In it, the Lord washes always anew our soiled feet and we can sit down at the table with him."
During the liturgy, the Holy Father washed the feet of a dozen priests, and during the presentation of the gifts, the Pontiff was presented a monetary offering that will be sent to the orphanage "La Edad De Oro" (The Golden Age) in Havana.
With the Mass of the Lord's Supper, Benedict XVI began the Easter triduum that commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
On Good Friday the Holy Father will participate in the celebration of the Passion of the Lord in St. Peter's Basilica, and in the evening, will preside over the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum.
Aliens heard He was entombed; did you?_8777
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience
to remain silent. "
Thomas Jefferson
__________________
Twelve Biblical Reasons For Wanting To Spend One Hour With Jesus In
The Blessed Sacrament
1. He is really there!
"I myself Am the Living Bread come down from Heaven." (Jn 6:35)
2. Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because of his
Infinite love for you!
"Behold I will be with you always even to the end of the world,"
because "I have loved you with an everlasting love, and constant is My
affection for you." (Mt 28:20; Jer 31:3)
3. The specific way that Jesus asks you to love Him in return is to
spend one quiet hour with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"Where your treasure is, there is your heart...." "Could you not watch
one hour with Me?" (Mt 6:21; 26:40)
4. When you look upon the Sacred Host, you look upon Jesus, the Son of
God.
"Indeed, this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks upon
the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life. Him I will raise
up on the last day." (Jn 6:40)
5. Each moment that you spend in His Eucharistic Presence will
increase His Divine Life within you and deepen your personal
relationship and friendship with Him.
"I have come that you may have life, and have it more abundantly." "I
am the Vine and you are the branches. Whoever remains in Me and I in
Him shall bear much fruit because without Me, you can do nothing." (Jn
15:5)
6. Each hour you spend with Jesus will deepen His Divine Peace in your
heart.
"Come to Me all of you who are weary and find life burdensome and I
will refresh you..." "Cast all of you anxieties upon the One who cares
for you..." "My Peace is My Gift to you." (Mt 11:28; 5:7; Jn 14:17)
7. Jesus will give you all the Graces you need to be happy!
"The Lamb on the Throne will shepherd them. He will lead them to the
springs of life-giving water." (Rev 7:17)
8. Jesus is infinitely deserving of our unceasing thanksgiving and
adoration for all He has done for our salvation.
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive honor, glory and
praise." (Rev. 5:12)
9. For Peace in our country!
"When My people humble themselves and seek My Presence... I will
revive their land." (2Chr 7:14)
10. Each hour you spend with Jesus on earth will leave your soul
everlastingly more beautiful and glorious in heaven!
"They who humble themselves shall be exalted...." "All of us, gazing
on the Lord's glory with unveiled faces, are being transformed from
glory to glory into His very image." (Lk 18:14; 2Cor 3:18)
11. Jesus will bless you, your family and the whole world for this
hour of faith you spend with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"Blessed are they who do not see and yet believe..." "Faith can move
mountains..." " What is needed is trust... " "Behold I come to make all things new." (Jn 20:29; Mk 11:23; Mk 5:36; Rev 21:5)
12. Each moment you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament brings
joy, pleasure, and delight to His Sacred Heart!
"My joy, My pleasure, My delight is to be with you." (Prov 8:31)
____________________________
Rancor Is Poison to Soul, Says Pope
Urges Faithful on Holy Thursday to Forgive
ROME, MARCH 20, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Don't allow the soul to be poisoned by rancor, Benedict XVI urged the faithful at the Mass of the Lord's Supper
During this evening's Mass in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Pope reflected on the need for interior purification as a condition to live in communion with God and with each other.
"This is what Holy Thursday exhorts," he said, "do not let rancor toward others become poison for the soul. It exhorts us to continually purify our memory, forgiving each other from the heart, washing one another's feet, so as to be able to go all together toward the banquet of God.
"Day after day we are covered by numerous forms of filth, of empty words, prejudices, reduced and altered wisdom; a multiplicity of falsities filter in continuously to our most intimate being.
"All this obscures and contaminates our soul, it threatens us with being incompetence with regard to the truth or the good."
The Holy Father said Christ synthesized charity and purification with the gesture of washing the feet of his disciples.
"If we take the words of Jesus with an attentive heart, they become true cleansers, purifiers of the soul, of the interior of man," the Pontiff said. "This is what the Gospel of the washing of the feet invites us to: allow ourselves to be washed again with this pure water, to be capable of communion with God and with our brothers and sisters."
To the end
"Not only water, but blood also flowed from the side of Jesus after the soldier pierced him with his sword. Jesus didn't only speak, he didn't just leave us with words," Benedict XVI continued. "He surrendered himself. He washes us with the sacred power of his blood, that is to say, with his surrender 'until the end,' until the cross.
"His word is something more than simple speaking; it is flesh and blood 'for the life of the world.' In the holy sacraments, the Lord kneels down again before our feet and he purifies us. Let us ask him that we become ever more penetrated by the sacred washing of his love and in this way remain truly purified."
The Pope added, "We have a need for 'the washing of the feet,' the washing of the sins of each day, and for this reason, we need to confess our sins.
"We have to recognize that also in our new identity as baptized persons we sin. We have the need of confession just as it has taken shape in the sacrament of reconciliation.
"In it, the Lord washes always anew our soiled feet and we can sit down at the table with him."
During the liturgy, the Holy Father washed the feet of a dozen priests, and during the presentation of the gifts, the Pontiff was presented a monetary offering that will be sent to the orphanage "La Edad De Oro" (The Golden Age) in Havana.
With the Mass of the Lord's Supper, Benedict XVI began the Easter triduum that commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
On Good Friday the Holy Father will participate in the celebration of the Passion of the Lord in St. Peter's Basilica, and in the evening, will preside over the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum.