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Be Crazy in Love!

Be like Jesus!

If we love each other like Jesus loves us, we may be viewed as being crazy! Hate seems to be more normal in our world today. Perhaps it has been that way always! Jesus tells us in word and deed that this hate is contrary to Divine Culture. We read in St. Mark’s Gospel,

When His relatives heard of this, they set out to seize Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.” Mark 3: 21

The family of Jesus did not understand that Jesus’ purpose is to make the Divine present in the here and now. They would eventually understand because His relatives would continue His work after His Death and Resurrection.

Are we ready to live the Divine Culture of Love?

Perhaps we would be crazy to say yes because many of true believers get misunderstood and mistreated because others do not want the Culture of Love to reign. But for those who choose to say yes to the Divine, the peace and love and joy outweigh all of the suffering one might encounter in being true believers.

Choose to be out of one’s mind like Jesus!

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Feed on Jesus!

We become what we eat!

We read in St. Mark’s Gospel,

And as they were eating, He took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take; This is My body.”

And He took a chalice, and when he had given thanks, He gave it to them, and they drank of it. And He said to them, “This is My blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.”

Mark 14: 22-24

Jesus came to be with us and gave us Himself in His Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, in other words, Jesus gave us His totality so that we we could remain with Him forever. This may seem otherworldly, but actually it in “This- Worldly”! Evil will attack us, and we need protection.

Jesus is Lord!

Jesus knew we would suffer because of following Him, hence He had to give us Divine Food so we could “Walk through the shadow of death “.

The more we consume Jesus worthily, the more we are Jesuslike!

Jesus will take over and we will regain peace through Him!

Happy Solemnity of Corpus Christi!

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Enter Into Divine Love!

Happy Feast of the Blessed Trinity!

When we enter into the Love of God we can find peace when everything around us is difficult to deal with. Our health may not be good, those we trust may have hurt us, or the world around us may be in turmoil, yet the peace that passes all understand is still ours. We have this grace because we are united in the Love that the Father God has with God The Son, in union with the Holy Spirit, and we are one with Them!

Jesus called us all to be one! We read in St. Matthew’s Gospel,

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”

Matthew 28:19-20

We join God in God’s triune nature. If only we could all do this, then paradise on Earth would be realized. The problem is the Ego which makes us separate from the Father who made, the Son who redeemed us, and the Holy Spirit that gives us the Holy Presence that dwells in us and through us to the entire world.

Looking at the world as it is may make us believe that it is an impossible dream. However, we have sprinklings of “Paradise People” living among us. These are the people who live everything that Jesus taught! These individuals prove that Heaven on Earth is possible because these individuals live Heaven on Earth!

May we be Paradise People! May we stay in the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit! May we bring Paradise wherever we are!

Happy Feast of the Holy Trinity!

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The Dream Still Has Time!

Let the message of Easter fill our lives!

It is hard to come to the end of Eastertide, but we follow a historical event. After fifty days from the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus, after the Ascension of the Lord Jesus to the Right Hand of Father God, and after the Novena of Prayer with Mary the Mother of Jesus, and the Apostles, the Holy Spirit descends on them, and the Church is born. God the Holy Spirit, sent to give the followers of Jesus the gifts to save the world, works through these individuals and their spiritual descendants, to make God’s love present in the here and now!

We have to move on in our regular time to live out the Easter message!

We read in St. John’s Gospel,

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, even so, I send you.”

John 20:21

The world seems to be always in a mess, but we live God’s Dream that Heaven will be on Earth!

We have been taught, we have received the Spirit, and now we bring the Love of God wherever we go and to whomever we meet.

The Divine Dreams still have time, live it!

Happy Pentecost Sunday!

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Be Consecrated in The Truth!

Mother’s Day Blessings!

There is a New World that we live in that is different from the world we see. This is Heaven on Earth and those who belong to this world live in Jesus!

As we come to the end of Eastertide (next Sunday is Pentecost Sunday which ends the season) we are reminded that we are different than the rest of the world even though we must function in it. We have been consecrated by the Resurrected Lord Jesus and we are to live this consecration. We read in St. John’s Gospel,

“They are not of the world, even as, I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is the truth. As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world” John 17:16-18

Jesus has brought us together to be with Him now and always. The people we interact with must see that we are different. And that the life we live is attractive and inviting. The best way to bring people to the Jesus’ Kingdom is to live as citizens of that Kingdom!

And may we never forget that the majority of people who live in the Jesus’ Kingdom were born and raised in it. We ask blessings on all of the mothers of our lives, both living and deceased!

Happy and blessed Mother’s Day!

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Mother’s Day Blessings!

 

 

Love Triumphs!

The Resurrection of the Lord Jesus means that Love will have the final victory!

First let us wish our Eastern Orthodox Sisters and Brothers a Happy Resurrection Sunday!

We read in St. John’s Gospel,

“This I command you, to love one another.”

John 15:17 RSV-CE

The Commandment of Love is central to Jesus and His true followers. This makes perfect sense because He is the personification of Divine Love. Jesus entered our world so that we can enter into God who is Love. The problem is living this Love is difficult because those who follow this Love will often experience the pushback, to a greater or lesser degree, what Jesus experienced as He promoted Divine Love in human relations.

Love anyway!

Do not give up Heaven because people choose to live in hell!

True followers of Jesus will experience their crosses. Be strong, embrace your cross, and live the peace that passes all understanding!

Pax, The Hermit of Peace.

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Let the Word Prune Us!

May we bear an abundance of fruit!

Jesus uses the grape vine to help us understand our place in the world as His Disciples. We read in the Gospel of St. John,

“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.”

John 15:4 RSV-CE

Abiding is key for our relationship to Jesus and to the world. In this relationship we make Jesus present in us, in our places of school or work, in our activities of entertainment and in everything we do. In keeping this relationship constant we make the miracles we need, and our world needs!  We will bear much fruit!

However, if we sever this relationship, we are dead as representative of Jesus. We are not able to produce the fruit that the world most desperately needs.

Choose to be fruitful!

This means staying in the Word! This means living the Word, the Bible and letting it convict us!

Allow ourselves to be pruned by the words of Jesus!

We may not be able to change the world, but Jesus is able to change the world if we remain true Disciples of Jesus!

Pax. The Hermit of Peace.

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We Are Loved! We Will Not Be Lost!

Happy Good Shepherd Sunday!

We are still celebrating Easter! And in this Fourth Sunday of Easter, we celebrate a key feature of our Lord in our relationship with Him. We read in the Gospel of St. John,

“I am the Good Shepherd, I know my own and my own know me, as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for My sheep.”

John 10:14-15

It is so easy to get lost in the world. God knows how we can get ourselves into trouble. And because God loves us, God joined us in Jesus Christ our Lord. Sheep have not been known to be smart creatures. Without guidance, without a good shepherd, they can fall off a cliff. Sheep are easy prey for wolfs and other predatory creatures, they would lose their lives without the protection of a good shepherd. This is the reality for sheep, and I cannot speak for you, but I can speak for myself. I need a Good Shepherd, and I know Him as Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Having a personal relationship with Jesus is a life saver! His word leads us through dark places into sublime green pastures. Jesus will fill us with His love so that we are overflowing in His grace. We do not have to fear evil, because He has conquered that too!

Today let me leave you with a prayer from Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo,

“O Jesus, I surrender myself to You, take care of everything!”

My friends, once we have done all that we can do, leave everything in God’s hands.

Have a blessed Sunday!

Pax. The Hermit of Peace.

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Rejoice and Be Glad!

Jesus Is Risen, He Is Truly Risen!

Happy Third Sunday of Easter! We see in our Gospel selection from St. Luke that the post-Resurrection Jesus comes to His Disciples. They could not believe their eyes. Is it truly our Lord? The Disciples had difficulty accepting the resurrection. It was too marvelous to believe! Jesus had to meet them where they were. We read in the Gospel,

And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, He said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave Him a piece of broiled fish, and He took it and ate before them.

Luke 24:41-43

Jesus knew this action would be proof He was not a ghost.

With this proof, Jesus’ Disciples would give up everything to serve Him. For three hundred years, following Jesus could mean death.

The radical nature of the Resurrection must change our lives. We need Easter, We need Resurrection Sunday, because it reminds us how we are to live. There are so many messages in the world and they may take us off our Christian Life Path. Easter reminds us that we are a Resurrection People and that Love will be Victorious!

What Jesus said two thousand years ago, He is saying to us now,

“You are witnesses of these things.”

Luke 24:48

May we live as People of the Resurrection and witness to the world the Power of Love!

Pax. The Hermit of Peace

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