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Did some research on the building and the name of the gentleman along with the date.
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David Rettiger, for a number of years a prominent business man and an influential citizen of Strong City, Kan., was born in Germany, Nov. 9, 1849, son of Nicholas Rettiger, also a native of the Fatherland, who brought his family to America, in 1853, and to Kansas, in 1873. Nicholas Rettiger, who died in 1886, and his nine children, were all communicants of the Roman Catholic church. David Rettiger inherited those German characteristics of thrift and industry and was a man of unusual business intelligence. After coming to Kansas, in Chase county, he acquired large and valuable tracts of land, on which were found valuable deposits of building stone. He invented a stone cutting machine and engaged in stone contracting on a large scale. He built many of the stone buildings at Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, and numerous other Kansas towns, and among his largest contracts were those for furnishing building stone for the Santa Fe Railway Company.
In 1886, at Strong City, David Rettiger and Rose L. Harvey were united in marriage. She was born in Scotland, in 1869, and came to America early in her life, with her parents—Hugh Harvey and his wife—who settled in Morris county, Kansas, but later removed to Chase county and located at Strong City, where Mr. Harvey was a successful druggist and business man.
To Mr. and Mrs. Rettiger were born four children—Hubert E., Charles D., Ervin J., and Esther Mary—all of whom are the subjects of Mrs. Rettiger's special love and care, and to whom she is giving excellent educational advantages.
Upon the death of Mr. Rettiger, Sept. 22, 1899, Mrs. Rettiger assumed the management of his large estate and has proved to be the possessor of unusual executive ability and business discernment. She has added to the estate left to her charge, largely by additional land purchases, and the realty now in her possession, in Chase county, is valued at approximately $200,000.
June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.
The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.
Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:
Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)
Tom Barrett, Nativity
William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen
Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement
Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul
Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen
Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement
Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence
Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo
Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family
Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch
Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)
Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:
Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish
Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish
Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish
Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving
June 22, 2021 – Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 13 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle. In an evening prayer service, the Bishop congratulated and commissioned these students to serve in ministry leadership throughout the diocese. The Bishop remarked on their courageous commitment not only to ministry leadership, but to their four years of study in the program. Bishop Parkes also congratulated and thanked their spouses, family members and friends for their support and encouragement over the four years of the program.
The graduating class represented 10 parishes from around our diocese. Graduates completed one year of discernment and three years of academic and spiritual preparation.
Those who were commissioned and their parishes are:
Susan Lynn Arcand, St. Paul (Tampa)
Tom Barrett, Nativity
William L. Brown, III, St. Stephen
Theresa V. McCain Cole, St. Clement
Christine DeLieto, St Vincent DePaul
Ophelia Hinton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Elizabeth L. Huetteman, St. Stephen
Paula M. Hurlock, St. Clement
Dale P. Kennedy, St. Lawrence
Christina Marie Kijanka, Espiritu Santo
Paul J. Laurence RN, Holy Family
Carol J. Ritter, St. Ignatius of Antioch
Scott Samuels, St. Paul (Tampa)
Three individuals also received certificates from Bishop Parkes for completing Level 1 of the Southeast Pastoral Institute Escuela de Ministerios (SEPI). They are:
Leila Castellanos – Nativity Parish
Theresa Hernandez – Most Holy Redeemer Parish
Felicia Westbrook – Incarnation Parish
Thank you to Dana Rozance for graciously taking and sharing these photos with us! #courageouslyliving
On March 13, 2019, a winter storm system intensified and swept across much of the Central U.S., causing heavy rain, severe thunderstorms, snow, and blizzard conditions. This unusually deep mid-latitude cyclone met the criteria for a “bomb cyclone,” rapid intensification of a cyclone (low-pressure system) with surface pressure falling by at least 24 millibars in 24 hours. The storm led to widespread flooding across parts of South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa.
NOAA’s new flood products, developed by algorithm scientists Sanmei Li and Donglian Sun at George Mason University with NOAA support, use data from the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 satellites’ Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument and NOAA GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). New spectral channels, improved resolution, and faster scanning capabilities (compared to the imager on previous GOES satellites) from ABI allow for better discernment of meteorological features and real-time monitoring of environmental hazards. The maps created using the new flood products, along with aircraft, unmanned drones, and ground assets help determine the impact of a storm – where flooding is happening, what the extent is, as well as how long it will last and what damage has occurred.
The Missouri Basin River Forecast Center utilized the new flood products during this record flood event. “This definitely shows water out its banks and is another line of evidence of major flooding across the area. It's a nice visual of the whole area, which supports our forecasts going forward,” forecasters stated. “This is game-changing information.” The University of Wisconsin Space Science Engineering Center provides the ABI river flood product hourly as well as an ABI daily river flood product to help forecasters determine where flooding will occur.
Full story: go.usa.gov/xmcvX
contrap...we must do something about the
One of several remaining members of its race, an alien from Venus is guided to Earth by disgruntled scientist Tom Anderson, who tells it which humans it should attach mind control devices to. Among them is his old friend, fellow scientist Paul Nelson. Nelson, after killing a flying bat-thing which carries the device, finally persuades the paranoid Anderson that he's been wrong to ally himself with an alien bent on world domination. They hurriedly leave when they discover Tom's wife has picked up a rifle and gone to the alien's cave to try to kill it
Exile (エグザイル, Eguzairu?) is a 14-member all-male Japanese pop dance group. On artwork and promotional material, the band name is typeset in all capitals as "EXILE". The leader of the group is Hiro, who debuted as a member of Zoo under For Life Music, but Exile has released their singles and albums under Avex Group's label Rhythm Zone. Hiro and Avex's president Max Matsuura came from the same high school.[1]
position..it's possibly got bodged and various other positions in it
ASIO at the program..was JUST asio.....at the same hospital as my late first MRS
scarab juice in cofee pannic..the boys look like angels sayt..great pain the prayer of.....
fred fish disks amiga sd card...cia factbook
dance mods
In total, they have sold over 17 million records just in Japan.
what's the earththought theory....
in wormy and com...disabled kiddies...possibly cystic fibroses ..resulting from deathcamp experiemts more of the telling herpers
GANGLAND black widow Judy Moran faces the prospect of dying a "common" prisoner in jail after being found guilty of masterminding the murder of brother-in-law Des "Tuppence" Moran.
After six days of deliberation,
Sonic Healthcare acquires NSW based companies Hanly Moir Pathology and Barratt and Smith Pathologists, and the Canberra based Barratt Smith Moran Pathology. ...
that's right kiddies anything for a GOOD NIGHT..it's not a good night in the wormy..there should be some foot
CHarlie we want to see camilla...fergi...we want to see you staright..little wezza...smoking is legal and I know MAAM says it's a dirty habit I know but conragational church of tonga..it's not about being gay
and outside deathcamp herr takes on a worrmy and the spirit of sinai and dayb cray over wormy com cause well DEciced..something must be done
Vactican They're damned
Sympothy for the devil
not really just like angel crysing cause they don't want a sodom smote
so full blood ilanders...sarah palin wants some monies to run they tell
How about some of you illgotten gails..it LOOKs like a gain..go home and build your conutry TONGY is dead..stop the habit of blameo...
and then heer parys the prayer of the black knight DAYB's down!
and wonder woman carry's him back to the car....
judy moran says there is evil in the underworld....and he kid was a beautiful boy
grrr.....
where was I disabled kiddies at comm..GOVTs in excile
I"m Serious charles while of spencer may not like Shand's tactice..I don't cause we never got our house at bushrangers hill with the sandstone hut to work out of..and bungan castle rose garden..they don't do that anymore cause of the basement and james morrision and the splinter church up mona vale road they tell and julie anthony....
what are we to do...
POPE..Archbishop of canterbury..we must ask at the sept for some discernment in this....I mean it ratsinger if money is the root of all evil
and aN ANGEL CAN JUST STAND THERE and take the time absorbsion no issue there....
and chico sticks his head out the time gate CHICO you'll age 10 years without permissions..thanks for the tip...
Description: "Deaf Dumb and Blind Girl" Julia Brace article. Letter is "an extract from a gentleman in Boston to his friend in New Haven".
Full text: Article:
“On my return from your city, I tarried a short time at Hartford and visited the asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. I should have trespassed oftener on the urbanity of the (unreadable few words) associate, if I had not been deterred by a fear of retarding the improvement of their pupils, for whose welfare and proficiency I felt a peculiar regard. Their promptitude, readiness of apprehension, and docility not withstanding the obstacles to their advancement in knowledge, excited in my mind, mingled emotions of pleasure and compassion. They are certainly interesting objects; and if I were required to prove the immateriality of the human soul by a single instance, I would point to one of the inmates of that Asylum, and inquire, whether the intelligence that animates his eye, is not the effect of an ethereal energy?
If proofs of vigorous intellect in the deaf and dumb, are admirable, how much more wonderful are evidence of a similar nature, in persons who suffer additional misfortune of being blind?
I heard a benevolent lady mention the name of Julia Brace, a girl about eleven years old, living in the vicinity of Hartford, who is afflicted with the treple calamity of Blindness, Deafness, and Dumbness, having lost the senses of sight and hearing, by violence of a typhus fever, at the age of 4 years. On visiting her myself, I learned that the extreme poverty and the obscurity of her parents, have prevented her from being known or particularly noticed, except by the charitable ladies of the town, and a few gentlemen, who have been induced, by motives of curiosity, to examine her conduct. The following facts and little anecdotes, I relate for your amusement.
Her form and features are regular and well proportioned. Her temper is mild and affectionate. She is much attached to her infant sister, often passes her hand over the mouth and eyes of the child, in order to ascertain whether it is crying and soothes its little distresses with all the assiduity and success of a talkative [musical] nurse. All objects which she can readily handle, she applies to her lips, and rarely fails of determining their character. If any thing is too large for examination in this way, she makes her fingers the interpreters of its nature and properties, and is seldom mistaken. She will beat apples or other fruit from the tree, and select the best with as much judgment as if she possessed the faculty of sight. She often wanders in the field, and gathers flowers, to which she is distracted by the pleasantness of their odor. Her sense if smelling is remarkably exquisite, and appears to be an assistant guide with her fingers and lips.
A gentleman, one day, gave her a small fan. She enquired of her lips what it was; and on being informed she returned it into the gentleman’s pocket. The mother observed, that Julia already possessed on hand; she probably thought that another would be superfluous-The gentleman gave the fan to a neighboring girl, whom Julia was in the habit of visiting. She went a few days after, to visit her companion, whose toys she passed under the review of her fingers and lips, and among other things, the fan, the identity of which she instantly discovered, and again restored to the pocket of the gentleman, who happened to be present.
She feels and admires mantle piece ornaments, and never breaks or injures the most brittle furniture, even in a strange room.
She is as obedient as other children in general. The jar of her mother’s foot upon the floor effectually prevents the commission of a fault; but she easily distinguishes the stamping of one of the children from that of her mother, and obeys or not as she pleases.
Her parents as you may well souse, have not been able to indulge her in dress; but when she receives articles of clothing, or ornaments as presents, she is highly gratifies to find that they resemble in form and fashion, those of her playmates. She has, as you perceive, a piece of female vanity! At a tea-table, she behaves with more gentility, than many a miss, who has the benefit of eyes, by which to adjust her motions and attitudes.
In short, this poor girl, in her calamitous state, exhibits so much good nature, vivacity and intelligence, that I sincerely wish some plan might be devised to furnish her with instruction. The very thought, you will say, is visionary. Perhaps it is: but the fingers are so expert, that possibly she might be taught by means of letters raised, or in some way rendered susceptible to the touch. Would not charity and (unreadable word) be well employed in making the child an object of attention!
She might certainly be taught to use a needle skillfully. She has made a Vandyke for her cat, a bonnet for her doll, and some other little things of curious workmanship.
A gentleman once made several experiments with a view to satisfy himself whether she really had the discernment, which she was reported to possess. Among other acts for affecting his object, he pretended to carry away her infant sister. She immediately detected the cheat by ascertaining that his umbrella remained on the table. She then went out of the door, and picked the head of a large thistle in full bloom, brought it (unreadable few words) of it as she came, and of a nosegay. He reached out of his hand to receive it; but she archly pricked his hand by way of retort, for his freedom in testing her sagacity.
Publisher: The Recorder. Connecticut Herald.
Date: 1817
Format: text
Digital Identifier: AG54-JB-0019
Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Buddhism (text based on Wickepedia) is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha (Pāli/Sanskrit "the awakened one"), and is classified as an Indian religion. The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. He is recognized by adherents as an awakened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end suffering (or dukkha), achieve nirvana, and escape what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth.
Two major branches of Buddhism are recognized: Theravada ("The School of the Elders") and Mahayana ("The Great Vehicle"). Theravada—the oldest surviving branch—has a widespread following in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and Mahayana is found throughout East Asia and includes the traditions of Pure Land, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Shingon, Tendai and Shinnyo-en. In some classifications Vajrayana, a subcategory of Mahayana, is recognized as a third branch. While Buddhism remains most popular within Asia, both branches are now found throughout the world. Various sources put the number of Buddhists in the world at between 230 million and 500 million, making it the world's fourth-largest religion.
Buddhist schools vary significantly on the exact nature of the path to liberation, the importance and canonicity of various teachings and scriptures, and especially their respective practices. The foundations of Buddhist tradition and practice are the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings), and the Sangha (the community). Taking "refuge in the triple gem" has traditionally been a declaration and commitment to being on the Buddhist path and in general distinguishes a Buddhist from a non-Buddhist. Other practices may include following ethical precepts, support of the monastic community, renouncing conventional living and becoming a monastic, meditation (this category includes mindfulness), cultivation of higher wisdom and discernment, study of scriptures, devotional practices, ceremonies, and in the Mahayana tradition, invocation of buddhas and bodhisattvas.
My cat deems a (Japanese) Bondi Blue iBook a suitable place to settle, thereby demonstrating his refined sense of taste and discernment.*
Yes, I suppose it would be better if he were curled up asleep, but you can't have everything.
(*He has also been known to sit on top of Mitsubishi monitors, or at least a Mitsubishi monitor. Make of that what you will.)
Although we can not perceive any consciousness in stones or plants does not mean that consciousness does not exist there. There is no unconscious matter. Some quality of discernment occurs in everything in the cosmos although we are often only aware of such qualities in humans and certain animals.
These other consciousnesses or intelligences consolidate archetypes which create those “forms” which are the collective memories of genetic awareness which guide evolutionary development.
There are innumerable hierarchies of sentient beings which perform different functions. They exist on earth in the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms, as well as on the physical, astral, and etheric planes. Each of these kingdoms of nature possesses a unique form of consciousness.
I wonder how many politicians and cronies got super rich on this one?
THE MORAL DIMENSION OF PEOPLE POWER
Corazon C. Aquino
Joint MBC-MAP General Membership Meeting & PinoyME 2nd Anniversary
February 26, 2008
Yesterday, we marked the anniversary of the remarkable People Power revolution that ushered in a new era of hope for our nation. Twenty-two years ago, we began the arduous task of reviving the democratic institutions that the Marcos dictatorship had destroyed.
And it is with shame and sadness that we today revisit those institutions in the same state of disrepair: an executive branch wielding tremendous power and patronage, unchecked by a largely subservient legislature; an electoral process so prone to manipulation; a military and a bureaucracy that are highly politicized; a system of governance utterly lacking in transparency and accountability.
Worst of all, we seem so hard-pressed to express a collective sense of moral outrage at the wanton abuse of power at the highest levels of government. Twenty-two years after EDSA I, how can we tolerate a president of doubtful legitimacy who can brazenly stonewall the search for truth and who can routinely intimidate dissenters, journalists, businessmen and ordinary citizens with impunity?
Has People Power passed away out of sheer weariness and frustration at the seeming futility of trying to make our democracy work? The cynics, mocking our inability to assemble the numbers which would approximate the legions that swelled our protest rallies in the mid-1980s, would like us to think just that. But perhaps they are looking in the wrong direction.
If there is anything that the past 22 years have taught us, it is the realization that People Power must start from within. The potential for greatness of every Filipino needs to be cultivated before true strength in numbers can be realized for our nation. People Power resides inside each of us, waiting to be unleashed to trigger a chain reaction that would transform the fabric of our society.
Those four memorable days in February 1986 gave us a glimpse of what that latent power can achieve. Filipinos from all walks of life abandoned all concern for personal interest and safety to gather at EDSA to pray, to care, to share, to give one another a measure of comfort and courage at a most perilous time. In the face of such solidarity, not even fully armed soldiers and tanks could turn the democratic tide.
Unfortunately this internal, moral dimension of People Power got overwhelmed by the manifold exigencies of restoring democracy. All too soon, most Filipinos began reverting to their old ways putting the interest of self and family above that of the national community. And we are now paying the price, perhaps, for having failed to cultivate a counter-culture of giving, compassion and spirituality in a more deliberate way.
Today, we are suffering a severe moral crisis that permeates every level of our society. Mr. Jun Lozada gave us a graphic description of how low our state of governance has sunk when he talked about permissible zones for kickbacks on public projects and how he had been instructed to moderate the greed of the favored proponents of the ZTE-NBN deal.
As discomfiting as it may be to hear such words uttered during a live telecast of a Senate hearing, virtually none of us can feign shock at these revelations. That�s because many of us are inured to a culture of malfeasance and are partly to blame for allowing such depths of corruption to persist.
Like Mr. Lozada, we are all imperfect human beings with our share of weaknesses and faults, big and small. But how many of us are willing to undergo the individual transformation from which social change can begin? How many of us can muster the courage to confront ourselves, to rise above the culture that shaped us�for better or for worse and may have warped our sense of values?
Only by willing ourselves to change can we achieve the moral clarity to tell our children: This culture of corruption is unacceptable! You and future generations of Filipinos deserve a society far better than this. Only at this point would our collective outrage rise like a tidal wave to wash away the rotten foundations of our society.
The cynics among us might view this as unabashed idealism. After all, Dr. Jose Rizal said practically the same thing through Padre Florentino in El Filibusterismo, and Filipinos then and now did not seem to take heed. But there is hope germinating in the most unlikely of places.
Over the last two and a half years, I have had the privilege of drawing inspiration from ordinary Filipinos, who amid the squalor in some of our poorest communities, lead far more honorable lives than the high and mighty among us. They are mostly mothers trying to carve out an honest living through micro-enterprises. They are silently working themselves out of poverty, saving up to put their children through school and slowly improving their quality of life. And they are doing so with a cheerful spirituality that puts to shame those of us who have so much more in life, yet gripe from day to day. And to each and every mother in these communities, the path of hope begins, incredibly, with a micro-loan of P5,000 or less.
This is yet another manifestation of the internal dimension of People Power: ordinary Filipinos recovering dignity in the midst of poverty by dint of hard and decent work. Servicing these extraordinary mothers is a small army of microfinance institutions (MFIs) who need external support to harness their full potential in disadvantaged communities across the country.
This was how PinoyME short for Filipino micro-enterprise was born two years ago. A social consortium, which brought together some of the best minds and stoutest hearts in the private sector and civil society, was convened to see how best to help MFIs broaden their reach and enhance the breadth and quality of their financial services for the poor. As explained by Mr. Manny Pangilinan earlier, the consortium zeroed in on four areas of strategic intervention resource mobilization, capacity-building, business development services and knowledge management that could take MFIs, along with a critical mass of their clients, to the next level.
In addition, these four areas of intervention offer avenues by which other sectors and individuals could pitch in to make the microfinance industry more vibrant and robust. These avenues could range from seasoned bankers providing financial advice to MFIs to corporations lending their marketing expertise, from universities filling the urgent need for more loan officers to IT firms or departments helping organize a rich and useful database for micro-enterprises. This highlights another facet of People Power: bridging those with talent and resources to a sector that services our most needy countrymen in a sustained and widespread spirit of sharing.
The overall strategy also underscores the painstaking and deliberate process it would take to strengthen our democracy at the base. This serves to remind us that People Power is not about quick fixes. It is about bringing people from all walks of life together to build our nation and, by their joint effort, to cultivate shared pride in being Filipino. Ultimately, that is what PinoyME, as the Taglish idiom suggests, is all about.
Our long-term vision is to help change the shape of our socio-economic structure from a pyramid with a wide base of impoverished Filipinos to a diamond with an expanded middle class of empowered and more politically mature citizens.
As a first step toward realizing this vision, the consortium in February 2006 launched a program to raise P5 billion to empower five million Filipinos approximating the number of families living below the poverty line in five years.
Five billion pesos by our financial experts calculations, that is the minimum amount it would take to gradually ramp up lending so that MFIs can increase their coverage to five million clients by 2011. Just think about that for a moment: five billion pesos�even less than the figure purported to represent the kickback in a single government transaction can go a long way in empowering hundreds of thousands of our countrymen along a sustainable path out of poverty.
Given the scores, perhaps hundreds, of government transactions which have escaped public scrutiny and funneled billions in peoples money into corrupt hands, one wonders who is really sabotaging the economy and keeping millions of Filipinos poor.
Even as we take deliberate steps to empower our disenfranchised countrymen and to strengthen our institutions, therefore, we cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening at the highest levels of our government and our society. Let us heed the call for discernment and, together, act with a sense of moral purpose and urgency.
Our guiding light should not be an obsession to evict the President from Malaca�ang. Given our concern to protect the pillars of our democracy, the extra-constitutional removal of the President is not an ideal we would want to aspire for. But in an environment where abuse of power, in the face of weak democratic institutions, closes all doors of legitimate redress, sadly, we are too often pushed to the brink. That is why the most noble and least disruptive�way out of the moral crisis would be for the President to resign from office.
These critical times call for strong moral leadership, which clearly she is no longer in a position to provide. She must give way to a credible government that can lead by example. Our country needs leaders who can inspire our people to work and seize opportunities, pay their taxes and together build a good society that every Filipino would feel proud to be part of.
We cannot afford to turn another generation of Filipinos into cynical folk who would eschew responsible citizenship in favor of playing the game of corruption and patronage politics and resigning themselves to the impossibility of fundamental change in government and society.
Rizal, again through Padre Florentino, said it best: To an immoral government belongs a demoralized people.
Let us not allow this to come to pass.
Long live People Power! Support PinoyME! Mabuhay ang Pilipino!
Speech of Pres. Cory Aquino at the Makati Business Club-MAP Meeting
By Xiang Wang
Many brothers and sisters in the Lord all feel confused: In the Age of Law, Jehovah God did His work and led the Israelites in Spirit, so why must God become flesh to work and save man in the Age of Grace? Couldn’t He do that work in a spiritual body?
On this question, I’ll share a bit of my understanding. As a matter of fact, every stage of God’s work is done based on the needs of corrupt mankind and also according to the steps of God’s plan of managing mankind. In the Age of Law, because mankind was minimally corrupted, what they needed was not God’s work of redemption. They only needed God to promulgate laws and commandments so that they could be aware of their sins and know how to Worship God and how to live on earth. At that time, as long as mankind obeyed the laws and commandments, they could receive God’s care, protection, blessings, and grace. Therefore, in the Age of Law, God didn’t need to incarnate Himself to do His work.
At the end of the Age of Law, however, since mankind had become more and more corrupt, they couldn’t uphold the law anymore. After sinning, they had no adequate sacrifices to offer and so they made inferior offerings to Jehovah God. Everyone was facing the danger of being put to death according to the law. Thus, in order to save mankind from being condemned by the law, God personally became flesh and was crucified for mankind to redeem them from the clutches of Satan, so that man would no longer be executed by the law because of sinning.
So why didn’t God perform the redemption work in the Spirit? It is because God is Spirit, formless and amorphous, so if He doesn’t become flesh, He can’t be nailed to the cross and can’t be mankind’s sin offering. Just as Jehovah God said to Moses: “You can not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live” (Exodus 33:20). The corrupt mankind can’t come into direct contact with God’s Spirit. If man were to come into contact with God’s Spirit, they would be smitten by God. If so, how could God redeem mankind? Moreover, since man can’t see God’s Spirit, he can only use his brain to imagine what kind of God God is, what disposition He has, and what His essence is. However, such understanding is not practical or precise. Besides, if God’s Spirit worked on man, giving man enlightenment, illumination, moving, and guidance, this would give man a sense of the mysterious and the unimaginable. So it wouldn’t be easy for man who has a mind and has been deeply corrupted by Satan to accurately understand God’s Will, so man would feel a sense of estrangement from God. In this way, it would be impossible for God’s redemption work to be effective.
But the work of God in the flesh is different. God incarnate can practically interact with men, live among them, take part in their lives, and support, provide for, and teach them at any time. He can use the language of men to clearly tell mankind His demands, His will, His disposition, and all that He has and is. In this way, without having to cast about and search, men can clearly understand God’s will and know God’s work, so that they have a clear goal and direction and the accurate path of practice for believing in God. For example, we can understand from the Lord Jesus’ words what kind of people can enter into the kingdom of heaven, and that we should forgive others seventy times seven times, love our neighbor as ourselves, and be tolerant and patient to others, etc. From the utterances and work of the incarnate God, we can practically feel God’s love and compassion for mankind. God in the flesh has sympathy for mankind’s weakness and gives sinners chances to repent. As long as man sincerely repents and confesses before God, he can gain God’s pardon and forgiveness without having to give offerings. In this way, man no longer needs to be worried about being put to death according to the law when he sins and has no offering, and can break free from the bondage and shackles of the law. The work of God in the flesh can also reveal which believers have real faith and which believers are hypocritical, and let man know what type of person God likes and what type of person disgusts Him. For instance: The Pharisees were the leaders in the synagogues, and they read the Bible well, strictly followed the regulations of the law, purposely engaged in long prayers, and wrote scriptures on tassels of their garments. The Jewish people all thought they were the people who piously served God and thus imitated and followed them. However, the Lord Jesus revealed the essence and truth of the Pharisees’ hypocrisy, and repeatedly condemned and cursed them, saying “woe to you,” which has given believers in God discernment. All of this is brought by God incarnate, and the work of the Spirit simply cannot achieve this effect.
As God's word says: “The work that is of greatest value to corrupt man is that which provides accurate words, clear goals to pursue, and which can be seen and touched. Only realistic work and timely guidance are suited to man’s tastes, and only real work can save man from his corrupt and depraved disposition. This can only be achieved by the incarnate God; only the incarnate God can save man from his formerly corrupt and depraved disposition.”
It is now the last days. We humans have been deeply corrupted by Satan and all follow the evil trends of society. Relationships between people are built on the foundation of money and benefits. People have already lost all conscience and reason, and those who have believed in the Lord for many years are no exception. All their actions are according to their own will. They attack and belittle each other for their own fame, fortune, and status. They are arrogant and have no reverence for God, living in the state of committing sins and confessing them. Their sins are more serious than those of the people who lived in the Age of Law and they are more evil and corrupt. Just as the Bible says: “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God” (2 Timothy 3:2-4). If in the last days, God worked in Spirit to bring the age to an end, then none of us corrupt humans could be saved and we would only be smitten by God and perish. This wasn’t God’s original intention when He made man. His management plan is to save man and bring those who are purified into a new heaven and a new earth. For this reason, God must become flesh again in the last days to work and save mankind, which contains His good intentions for mankind’s salvation.
The Bible says: “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come” (John 16:12-13). “For as the lightning, that lightens out of the one part under heaven, shines to the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day” (Luke 17:24). “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (Revelation 2:29). “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me” (John 10:27).
From these prophecies, we can clearly see that when God comes back in the last days, He will come secretly as the Son of man to express the truth and do His work. When it comes to the Son of man, it refers to the incarnate God who is born from a human and has both normal humanity and complete divinity. The Lord Jesus also prophesied that when He returns in the last days, we corrupt mankind will resist and reject Him because we don’t love the truth and don’t know God. Just as the Lord Jesus said: “But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation” (Luke 17:25). However, for those who love the truth and long for God’s appearance, when they hear the news of the Lord’s return, they will be able to seek and investigate with a God-revering heart. It’s like Peter, John, and other disciples: When the Lord Jesus became flesh to work, they could humbly seek and pay attention to listening to the Lord’s voice. In the end, they followed the Lord and received His salvation. It is hoped that all of us can be someone like Peter and John who humbly seeks, puts aside their own conceptions, and accepts the truth, so that we can recognize God’s voice from His words, follow His footsteps, and receive His salvation of the last days.
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I have been practicing mindfulness of breath and mindfulness of body using guided meditations by Martine Batchelor.
During these meditations my mind frequently drifted away from the object of focus (breath or body), whenever I noticed that my mind was drifting I gently returned it to the the object of focus. Martine draws a comparison between a drifting mind in this meditation setting a boat at anchor, the boat will drift but not too far.
One day during meditation my mind drifted to a small open boat offshore, I was in the boat and out of sight of land. I noticed that my mind had drifted and that I was feeling slightly panicky, I returned my mind to my breath. Again my mind drifted to the boat, this time I could see the shore, I observed this drift as openly as I could, not judgementally but with discernment . . back to my breath . . . drifting again, this time I recognise that I am close enough to shore to recognise familiar features of the coastline . . . I become aware that my mind is trying to find a safe haven . . . back to the breath . . . back to the boat . . . and so on until my mind ends somewhere between in the middle ground of this picture . . . I am in a safe haven . . .
In 1887, following a much publicized period of discernment and debate concerning moving the congregation away from Shelton Square, Mrs. Trueman G. Avery, a faithful member of the congregation who lived at the site now occupied by Kleinhans Music Hall, donated a parcel of land across the circle at the corner of Wadsworth and Pennsylvania Streets in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Austin. Thus begins the story of the present edifice, designed by the renowned architectural firm of Green & Wicks. Following a well published design competition the winning design by the architectural firm of Edward Brodhead Green & William Sidney Wicks stood out from the other three finalists, it was noted for its Romanesque exterior, Byzantine-revival styled sanctuary and tall central tower that would dominate the skyline of late 19th century Buffalo through the present day.
Ground breaking took place and the first services were held in the newly built chapel on September 11, 1889, then on December 13, 1891 the first services were held in the newly constructed sanctuary. However the new building was not dedicated until after the completion of the tower on May 16, 1897
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Pages 207-209 from A Twentieth century history and biographical record of Crawford County, Kansas, by Home Authors; Illustrated. Published by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, IL : 1905.
L. H. Lashley is a retired farmer and one of the most extensive landowners of Crawford county, his possessions aggregating fourteen hundred and fifty acres. He has been very successful in business, and his life record proves what can be accomplished by strong and determined purpose when guided by intelligence and sound business discernment. His example may well serve as a source of emulation and courage to others who have to begin life as he did, without financial assistance or particularly fortunate environment in youth.
Mr. Lashley is a native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Bedford county, that state, on the 7th of August, 1846. His parents were William and Mary E. (Hullinger) Lashley, and the father was for many years a merchant, carrying on business along that line until his death, which occurred in 1881, when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-one years. His wife passed away in 1890 at the age of eighty years.
To the public school system of his native county L. H. Lashley is indebted for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. He was only seventeen years of age when, in the spring of 1864, he responded to his country's call for troops and enlisted as a member of Company A, Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving under General Phil Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley. He participated in the battles of Winchester and Charleston and several other engagements and was honorably discharged at Winchester, Virginia, in the fall of 1865. In the meantime, however, he had become familiar with all the hardships of southern prison life, for he had been captured and was held as a prisoner of war at Libby, at Salisbury, North Carolina, and at Pemberton, the period of his incarceration covering four months.
When the country no longer needed his services Mr. Lashley returned to his home in Pennsylvania and gained his early business experience as his father's assistant. Some time after the war he began merchandising on his own account at Chaneysville, where he continued for fifteen years. He had in 1866 made a trip to Dixon, Illinois, but after a short period there again returned to Pennsylvania, where he carried on his mercantile pursuits until his removal to Kansas. He became a resident of this state in 1885, and for two years was engaged in the hardware and lumber business at Englevale. He then turned his attention to farming and became one of the most successful and prosperous agriculturists of this portion of the state. As his financial resources increased he added to his realty holdings, and his investments now cover fourteen hundred and fifty acres of fine farming land in Washington and Lincoln townships. The first land which he ever owned in the state was located in Washington township, and was purchased by him in 1883 when on a visit to Kansas. He has been extensively engaged in the raising and shipping of grain, hay and stock, but has now retired from active connection with agricultural interests. In 1902 he rented his farm and removed to Girard, where he now owns a nice home. He is now enjoying the fruits of his former toil without further recourse to labor, save for the supervision which he gives to his property interests.
Mr. Lashley's first marriage was with Miss Rachel Kennard, and one daughter was born, Josephine C., who is a graduate of the Baltimore Medical College and is now a successful physician and surgeon at Kansas City, Missouri.
September 4, 1878, Mr. Lashley was united in marriage to Miss L. E. Hullinger, a daughter of Lewis and Susan (Long) Hullinger, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. They have three children: Garrett S., Edgar L. and Roscoe H., all of whom are residents of this county. Garrett is one of the general merchants of Pittsburg; he is married and has two little children, Floyd and Fern. Edgar is a young, practical farmer, and is married and has one little daughter, Lillian Fay. Roscoe is in the high school at Girard. The parents are members of the German Reformed church, and Mr. Lashley is a member of the blue lodge and chapter of Masons at Girard. He is also connected with General Bailey Post, G. A. R. His political allegiance has always been given to the Republican party since attaining his majority, and he has served as school treasurer for a number of years, while at the present writing he is a candidate for the office of county commissioner. His life has been a busy, active and useful one, and his capable management and enterprise have been strong factors in winning him the splendid success which has crowned his efforts.
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Pierre-Bienvenu Noailles
Born in Bordeaux in 1793 at the height of the Terror that followed the French Revolution, Pierre Bienvenu grew up in a closely-knit family surrounded by loving brothers and sisters. He was a lively child and had a turbulent adolescence. A brilliant young man who succeeded at everything he undertook, he could have had a great career in a number of professions. But God entered his life and another unexpected destiny was offered him.
A merciful God revealed himself to Pierre Bienvenu as the only source of happiness. This conversion led him to Paris to the seminary of Issy at the age of twenty three. A few days before that he received, in the church of Saint Sulpice, a very special grace of discernment and detachment that helped break the last vestiges of resistance that held him back. From that moment it is hard to say whether God or Pierre Bienvenu sought the other more diligently.
At the Seminary he took the call to holiness addressed to all the baptized very seriously. He often contemplated the Holy Family whom he referred to as "the lovely image of the Trinity". It was in this intimate dialogue with Jesus, Mary and Joseph that he discovered his spiritual identity. It can be summed up in one phrase that constitutes the core of the founding charisma he was to receive: Seek God Alone in all things like Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Pierre Bienvenu cultivated that precious grace, the call to renew the Church of his time, to present to the world a God who was near and a Church with a 'family face', something for which the first Christian communities have left us a taste.
Inspired by God he conceived the plan of a vast Society, something very new for his time. It would welcome within its fold women and men of all conditions and vocations (contemplative and apostolic women religious living in community, consecrated seculars, lay people committed in the world, married or single, children and adults, priests). Engaged in the work of proclaiming the Good News, they would all apply themselves to imitate the Holy Family. By their union in diversity they would demonstrate that communion among all is possible, that it is the vocation of the church and the world to be and to build the family of the children of God.
After being ordained priest on June 5, 1819 in the Church of Saint Sulpice, Father Noailles returned to Bordeaux to his home diocese. He became curate in the parish of Saint Eulalie where his apostolic zeal in all circumstances, his love of the poor and his qualities of discernment made him an exceptional priest much sought after for spiritual direction. He gathered together young people and adults for catechesis and allowed all to share in his work.
He organized them according to the needs and the talents of each one. To all he gave the same instructions: to imitate the virtues of the Holy Family. His project was in the hands of God, to whose will he was constantly attentive. It took root officially when, with the encouragement of his Bishop, Mgr. d'Aviau, he assembled in community three young girls who felt the call to give themselves to God in a new way. In their poverty and their destitution they welcomed orphans poorer than they.
An extraordinary favor gave momentum to the first community. Twenty months after its foundation God gave a visible sign of his comforting presence. During Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on February 3, 1822 the figure of Jesus appeared in the monstrance blessing those present in a most kindly manner. This event, seen by many credible eye witnesses who concur in their accounts, was duly authenticated by the ecclesiastical authorities.
For forty years, despite many obstacles, Fr. Noailles presided over the destiny of the Holy Family, perfecting his work and drawing up Rules and Statutes. At a time when the role of women in French society was restricted he managed to attract and obtain the collaboration of outstanding women, lay and religious, to whom he gave real responsibility.
When he died on February 8, 1861, the Holy Family was not alone in mourning him. The whole of Bordeaux was saddened. On the day of his funeral a large crowd accompanied him to the cathedral. All felt they had lost a friend and father but gained a saint.
The reputation for holiness that Father Noailles had during his lifetime continued to spread. On February 8, 1988 the Church confirmed the holiness of his life and declared him Venerable, the first step on the road to canonization.
His holiness showed itself in the ordinary actions of everyday life and in his constant and burning desire to conform his life to that of the Holy Family which he had so often contemplated. "Jesus, Mary and Joseph who loved, sought and desired God alone here below" were his models. This contemplation blossomed in availability to serve, in goodness and love of the poor so that the orphans, the poorest of the poor, called him the Good Father.
On Saturday, June 7, 2014. Bishop David J. Walkowiak ordained Rev. Mr. Douglas Braun and Rev. Mr. William
Vander Werff as transitional deacons during celebration of the Eucharist with the Rite of Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew. Transitional deacons are deacons preparing for the priesthood.
Please keep these men in your prayers as they continue their discernment of a vocation of priestly ministry in service to our Lord and his people. (Photography by Dave Taylor)
For more information about priestly formation in the diocese, visit www.grpriests.org/Pages/Home.aspx.
Bishop Olmsted ordains diocese’s newest priest
By Ambria Hammel | June 2, 2012 | The Catholic Sun
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted ordained Dan Vanyo to the priesthood June 2 at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral.
He joins 254 diocesan and religious priests who serve the Phoenix Diocese by offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, conferring the sacraments and overseeing aspects of parish life. Many of them were on hand to offer congratulations to their newest brother.
That included a handful of local priests and some from St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver who played key roles in Fr. Vanyo’s discernment. Fr. Vanyo, 43, began discerning his call to the priesthood at age 32 when a friend through a local Catholic singles group was discerning religious life.
“I never discerned anything,” Fr. Vanyo said. He researched some religious orders, but it wasn’t until a day for prospective diocesan seminarians that he reached a peaceful conclusion.
“They need help here,” Fr. Vanyo, then a hospice nurse, recalled thinking. “That’s when I gave the Lord my fiat. If you open the door, I’ll walk through it.”
He ran into Fr. Chauncey Winkler, who he knew from the local Catholic Retreat for Young Singles group and told him, “I think this is where I could be of some help.”
He entered the seminary in 2005 and was among a reported 487 ordinands nationally who will join the ranks of priesthood this year. Bishop Olmsted read from the Ordination Rite during Mass.
He reminded the crowd, including family and friends who filled the first row on both sides, that Jesus chose certain disciples to carry out publicly in His name, a priestly office. He reminded the diocese’s newest priest of his roles of Christ the teacher, priest and shepherd.
“Carry out the ministry of Christ the priest with constant joy and love,” the bishop said. He also challenged Fr. Vanyo to bring the people together in one family. That’s a challenge the priest plans to meet in his new home, Queen of Peace Parish in Mesa. He will serve as parochial vicar starting July 1.
“I am most excited that I will be able to hear people’s confessions. When the Holy Spirit touches the hearts of the penitents with His grace in the confessional, I will be blessed to be a witness to it,” Fr. Vanyo said.
In addition to a parish presence, Fr. Vanyo will serve as chaplain at Seton Catholic Preparatory High School in Chandler. Fr. Vanyo will offer his first liturgy, a Mass of Thanksgiving, at his home parish Holy Cross in Mesa, at 10 a.m. June 3.
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Co. A, 12th PA. Cavalry
Pages 207-209 from A Twentieth century history and biographical record of Crawford County, Kansas, by Home Authors; Illustrated. Published by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, IL : 1905.
L. H. Lashley is a retired farmer and one of the most extensive landowners of Crawford county, his possessions aggregating fourteen hundred and fifty acres. He has been very successful in business, and his life record proves what can be accomplished by strong and determined purpose when guided by intelligence and sound business discernment. His example may well serve as a source of emulation and courage to others who have to begin life as he did, without financial assistance or particularly fortunate environment in youth.
Mr. Lashley is a native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Bedford county, that state, on the 7th of August, 1846. His parents were William and Mary E. (Hullinger) Lashley, and the father was for many years a merchant, carrying on business along that line until his death, which occurred in 1881, when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-one years. His wife passed away in 1890 at the age of eighty years.
To the public school system of his native county L. H. Lashley is indebted for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. He was only seventeen years of age when, in the spring of 1864, he responded to his country's call for troops and enlisted as a member of Company A, Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving under General Phil Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley. He participated in the battles of Winchester and Charleston and several other engagements and was honorably discharged at Winchester, Virginia, in the fall of 1865. In the meantime, however, he had become familiar with all the hardships of southern prison life, for he had been captured and was held as a prisoner of war at Libby, at Salisbury, North Carolina, and at Pemberton, the period of his incarceration covering four months.
When the country no longer needed his services Mr. Lashley returned to his home in Pennsylvania and gained his early business experience as his father's assistant. Some time after the war he began merchandising on his own account at Chaneysville, where he continued for fifteen years. He had in 1866 made a trip to Dixon, Illinois, but after a short period there again returned to Pennsylvania, where he carried on his mercantile pursuits until his removal to Kansas. He became a resident of this state in 1885, and for two years was engaged in the hardware and lumber business at Englevale. He then turned his attention to farming and became one of the most successful and prosperous agriculturists of this portion of the state. As his financial resources increased he added to his realty holdings, and his investments now cover fourteen hundred and fifty acres of fine farming land in Washington and Lincoln townships. The first land which he ever owned in the state was located in Washington township, and was purchased by him in 1883 when on a visit to Kansas. He has been extensively engaged in the raising and shipping of grain, hay and stock, but has now retired from active connection with agricultural interests. In 1902 he rented his farm and removed to Girard, where he now owns a nice home. He is now enjoying the fruits of his former toil without further recourse to labor, save for the supervision which he gives to his property interests.
Mr. Lashley's first marriage was with Miss Rachel Kennard, and one daughter was born, Josephine C., who is a graduate of the Baltimore Medical College and is now a successful physician and surgeon at Kansas City, Missouri.
September 4, 1878, Mr. Lashley was united in marriage to Miss L. E. Hullinger, a daughter of Lewis and Susan (Long) Hullinger, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. They have three children: Garrett S., Edgar L. and Roscoe H., all of whom are residents of this county. Garrett is one of the general merchants of Pittsburg; he is married and has two little children, Floyd and Fern. Edgar is a young, practical farmer, and is married and has one little daughter, Lillian Fay. Roscoe is in the high school at Girard. The parents are members of the German Reformed church, and Mr. Lashley is a member of the blue lodge and chapter of Masons at Girard. He is also connected with General Bailey Post, G. A. R. His political allegiance has always been given to the Republican party since attaining his majority, and he has served as school treasurer for a number of years, while at the present writing he is a candidate for the office of county commissioner. His life has been a busy, active and useful one, and his capable management and enterprise have been strong factors in winning him the splendid success which has crowned his efforts.
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Denville, NJ (September 17, 2010) - Kathie Duggan, host of Radio Maria has invited Loci B. Lenar as a guest to share his personal testimony on the topic of signs and wonders on her Catholic radio show, Sacred Treasures.
Lenar's conversion began in1990 and was followed by several spiritual events. As a result of the occurrences, Lenar searched for a spiritual advisor and later connected with Father Richard Tartaglia of St. Mary's Church. Fr. Tartaglia is Lenar's spiritual advisor for more than fifteen years. Lenar is also a parishioner of Saint Mary's. Father Martin Glynn is head pastor at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, which is located on the corner of Route 46 and Myers Avenue in Denville, New Jersey.
Lenar will discuss the spiritual presence of angels including the events leading up to a sign of a cross which appears annually on his property in Mine Hill, New Jersey. Lenar will share his story of being healed of several medical conditions with prayer and through the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
Hear Lenar's remarkable account of witnessing the Miracle of the Sun and his life changing spiritual encounter with Jesus.
Listen in and take note of Lenar's interesting discernment of God's calling for the church to move forward with Christian unity.
Learn more about Lenar's perspective on God's plan for evangelizing the world by tuning into Radio Maria on September 27, 2010. Radio Maria is an instrument for spreading faith related news pertaining to Catholicism and is a tool for evangelization and conversion.
Regardless of your geographical location, listeners can connect and hear Sacred Treasures by visiting Radio Maria's website at radiomaria.us/. The show is broadcasted weekly on Monday's between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm (EST).
Some of Lenar's testimony can be read by visiting his site at www.christian-miracles.com/. The website was created and launched in 2008 as a gathering place for all Christians and Catholics to renew their religious faith by reading inspirational news and using daily devotional prayers. With increased reports of the miraculous, Lenar embarked on broadcasting events in order to bring public awareness to signs and wonders arising from Jesus Christ.
Visitors to the website can also post prayer requests at the following link: www.christian-miracles.com/apps/prayers/
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Zhong Xin is a preacher at a house church in Mainland China. He has believed in the Lord for many years, and has been suffering capture and persecution of the CCP. He hates the CCP deeply and has already seen clearly that the CCP is a satanic regime treating God as its enemy. In recent years, he has seen that the Chinese Communist government and the religious world have persisted in wildly condemning, capturing, and persecuting the Church of the Eastern Lightning. But the Eastern Lightning not only survives, but also continues to thrive and grow. He thinks it is unbelievable and starts to reflect: Is the Eastern Lightning the appearance and work of the Lord? Zhong Xin also finds that what the CCP and the religious world speak to condemn the Eastern Lightning are all rumors and lies. In order to find out the truth, he leads brothers and sisters to investigate the Eastern Lightning. After the fellowship of the preachers from the Church of Almighty God, most of them firmly believe that the words expressed by Almighty God are the truth and the voice of God. Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus. However, the Church of Almighty God is suppressed and condemned by the Chinese Communist government and is wildly opposed and condemned by the religious pastors and elders. Faced with this situation, some are confused: Since the work of Almighty God is the true way, why does it suffer the furious resistance and condemnation of those in power and the religious world? Through reading Almighty God's words and listening to the fellowship of the preachers from the Church of Almighty God, these brothers and sisters understand the source of mankind's resistance of God, and see clearly that why the road to the heavenly kingdom is so perilous. They have discernment in the truth-hating and God-opposing essence of the satanic CCP regime and the religious leaders. In the end, Zhong Xin and others free themselves from the control and bondage of Satan's influence without hesitation. They accept Almighty God's work in the last days and truly return before God's throne.
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Eight men commence ministry for the Church
Story and photos by Ambria Hammel | Nov. 15, 2010 | The Catholic Sun
A baptism at St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish in Cave Creek last week marked a double cause for celebration for one man in particular.
The waters of baptism signaled the first step of a lifelong journey in faith for the 2-month-old boy and the first time the celebrant — the infant’s grandfather — administered the sacrament as a permanent deacon for the Church.
One day prior, Deacon Robert Torigian was among eight men, all married with children, whom Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted ordained to the diaconate Nov. 6 at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral. They join 239 permanent deacons serving the Phoenix Diocese from the altar, within parish ministries and in the greater community.
“I know that each of them has what it takes to be an effective, caring deacon and a powerful witness of Jesus, the Servant of all,” said Deacon Doug Bogart, associate director of education and formation for the diaconate.
He described them as smart and creative. The new deacons, ages 42-60, have a strong commitment to service, particularly to the bishop, their parishes and to the poor, Deacon Bogart added.
Bishop Olmsted told a crowded cathedral filled with extended family, friends, priests and fellow deacons that deacons represent the charity of the Church. Therefore, he said, they will see the new deacons as disciples seeking “not to be served, but to serve.”
Then he spoke directly to his eight newest “sons.”
“You receive sacred authority to teach in the name of the Church. Such teachings are badly needed,” the bishop said. He cautioned them to resist the temptation to omit any teaching that may not be popular.
“Hand it on faithfully in its organic wholeness,” the bishop said.
One by one all eight deacon candidates knelt in front of the bishop, placed their hands in his and promised their fidelity.
Then the entire church offered a litany of supplication while the candidates fully prostrated themselves down the cathedral’s center aisle. It marked their act of submission.
When they got up, the new deacons spread themselves along the foot of the altar where priests vested them for the first time. Jesuit Father Dave Klein vested his brother Deacon Tom Klein, who will be the only deacon serving St. Francis Xavier Parish.
Deacon Klein also cited his other brother, a St. Thomas the Apostle parishioner and longtime Vincentian, as influential in his discernment.
“It’s been a lifetime evolution for me. There was no lightning bolt moment,” Deacon Klein said in his final hour before ordination.
Deacon Klein, who also works as a trial lawyer, will head the parish’s busy marriage preparation program. He hopes to encourage parishioners of all ages to become more active in the Church.
Once vested, the deacons knelt a final time in front of Bishop Olmsted as he symbolically handed each of them the Book of the Gospels.
“Now you are not only hearers of the Gospels, but also its ministers,” the bishop said.
The deacons finished their ordination Mass from the altar and helped distribute the Eucharist.
Hope for the future
“We, today, witnessed the living faith being handed on from generation to generation so that the Church of Christ will never be without the sacraments of the three holy orders of the Church,” Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares said during a brief program at a post-ordination reception.
Providing for the future of the Church, especially by administering the sacrament of baptism, is what several new deacons looked forward to in their first weeks of ordained ministry. One had eight baptisms lined up during his first week.
“That is the joy and source of hope,” said Deacon David Runyan, a retired meteorologist who will serve St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Chandler and El Cristo Rey Parish at the Grand Canyon in the summertime.
Deacon Torigian, who baptized his grandson, plans to remind older Catholics of their baptismal obligation to come to know and serve the Lord, he said.
The new deacon and longtime physician assistant should know a thing or two about service. He devoted so much time to pastoral ministry in his native Detroit that several deacons invited him to consider joining the diaconate. He finished formation in Phoenix.
Outside of parish work at St. Gabriel, Deacon Torigian will also help the diocesan Office of Natural Family Planning develop curriculum for Catholic high school students.
Deacon Jim Gall, who for a while didn’t know what a deacon was but always liked to serve others, also looks forward to living the deacon motto of servant leadership.
He gained a deeper prayer life during the formation process. It’s helped him see things with spiritual eyes instead of reacting based on temperament, he said.
“I could never go back to the way I was,” Deacon Gall said.
Most new deacons said they gained a deeper spirituality and strengthened their marriage and family relationships during formation.
“I just thank God that I finally said yes,” said Deacon Al Homiski, a parish administrator at St. Bernadette in Scottsdale. He admitted putting off repeated invitations to join the diaconate for years.
The five-year formation process in Phoenix involves two years of weekly Kino classes, monthly diaconate meetings with candidates and their wives, practicums including at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, and twice daily prayer. The experience is enough to impact the entire family.
Deacon Ron Johnson saw a noticeable change in the spiritual lives of his three children as well during formation. The psychologist first felt called to the diaconate during a Cursillo weekend seven years ago and is looking forward to being the first Spanish-speaking deacon in the Flagstaff area.
He’ll also travel with Fr. Pat Mowrer throughout the north deanery supporting other parishes and missions.
Deacon Jason Robinson said he was always attracted to serving the Church. He applied to the priesthood after high school and entered further discernment.
He soon met his wife through a singles ministry and continued to search for his niche in the Church.
“I had this passion for the Church kind of from the inside, yet I was a working man,” the software developer said, “so I was always a bridge.”
He thought about entering the diaconate later in life. A personal invitation to the diaconate expedited his formation and ordination.
His ministry will include prison and Native American outreach plus parish work.
“Thank you for responding to God,” Deacon Jim Trant, director of the diaconate told the diocese’s newest deacons, “for doing and acting upon His will.”
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Sister bishops lay hands on and pray for North Carolina Bishop Hope Morgan Ward (center) after she finished presiding over a difficult session of the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The session, which considered the controversial "Rule 44" group discernment process was marked by much debate and confusion. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS
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