Guard the Threshold

 Time is love. What you do with your time shows what you love or what you don't.
Wake up to what you really and truly love and want to be, then go for it..
What image do you see in your mind's eye of who you are and what you want to be.
Look carefully at whatever appears at the threshold of your imagination.
If reason tells you that it is something you ought to do then pursue it.
Do not be swayed by instinct, habit, emotion, or desire but by reason alone.
If there is something at the threshold that you ought not to pursue, close the door.
Don't play foolish and dangerous games. For why did God make you anyway?
He made you to know Him, to love Him, to serve Him, in this life,
And to be happy with Him in the next. Guard the threshold of your soul.
Time is love, but not just any love. Go after the love that you were created for.
Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, And in our hearts take up Thy rest;
Come with thy grace and heavenly aid, to fill the hearts which Thou hast made,
Oh  Comforter, to thee we cry, Thou heavenly gift of God most high;
Oh fount of life, and fire of love, and sweet anointing from above Amen!

Peace and Good Will

Our Father who Art in Heaven,

Who is not only present in the great beyond,

But also in our earth-bound heart of hearts,

Hallowed be thy name and hallowed be thy grace

That grants salvation to every believer

Through the merits of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

At this season of the celebration of His Incarnation,

Grant us peace and good will to all of our neighbors,

Because we cannot do it by ourselves without help,

No matter what we promise and how hard we try.

Like the Angels whose wills are thy wills,

Teach us to offer up our own wills to thee.

Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive the 

Bad treatment we have received from others,

Through thy infinite mercy divine, and

Forgive us our own sins of thought, word, and deed.

Let our faith be tested by the evil powers,

But no more than we are able to bear.

We not only pray for ourselves, Lord,

But for all the souls of the faithful departed and

All of the people that they leave behind.

Thy kingdom come and thy will be done. Amen!

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Agnus Dei...

At Advent when the Christmas trees go up and lights begin to glow,

The desires and expectations for material things can exceed reality.

Oh Star of Bethlehem, burning bright in the cold December night,

Guide us to the heavenly light of that first holy night in Bethlehem.

Let us give ourselves to Our Heavenly Father this Christmas, and

Receive His gift of eternal life in Heaven with those already there.

Peace on the Earth and goodwill to all men, women, and children.

Regardless of their race, creed, color of skin, and whom they love.

We have no worthy material gifts for God except tears of repentance,

And our tears of repentance are made genuine by our faith alone.

The love of God enables us to be forgiven as we forgive others.

Our proof of faith is our willingness to help the unfortunate,

While we wait for the Messiah to come and rescue us again.

Oh Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

Oh Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.

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Where what is willed must be...

​Oh, you divider at whom I aim my words,

You who change your mind at the whim of the wind,

Whose worldly deeds are not those of the noble lion,

But rather those unseemly tricks of a wiley fox.

Warped words wreak havoc on people's lives​.​

With rhetorical witticism instead of sound advice​,​

The human tongue can set the world ablaze.

False counsel undermines the common good​.​

​Even if​ your infamy reaches the ends of the earth,

It will not be so in Heaven, for you will be absent.

In these troubled waters it may seem time for many

To lower their sails and gather in their lines, but

Silence is worse than sin because it clears the way

For conscience to ignore the culpability of guilt.

It is impossible to repent and sin at the same time.

In Hell the wages of sin accrue to those who

Incur the just punishment for sowing discord.

It has been willed where what is willed must be,

For only with the power and will of Almighty God

Can human faith have hope to triumph over evil. 

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The Aim of Mankind

The world of the inanimate is beautiful, but
The world of the animate is cruel and merciless.
Worldly life gives birth to worldly death unless
We choose by our own free will the alternative.
To avoid a worldly death we need enlightenment.
To achieve enlightenment we must be kind, and
Sympathetic, empathetic, compassionate, and
Passionate, and active in our own self sacrifice.
Through malice toward none, and charity to all
We pass directly from finite life to eternal life.
The formula is simple but difficult to follow.
To love God with our whole heart, soul, and mind,
And love our neighbors as ourselves, and have
Sympathy + Empathy + Compassion + Action
Which = Love, Charity, Truth, and Salvation.
The chief end of man is the glory of God
And to enjoy His abundant blessings forever.
We exist to glorify God and align ourselves
With Him and seek to bless everyone we meet
In some special, personal, and practical way.

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Are we going the right way?

We claim to trust in God and render unto Mammon.

God being the greater good, it stands to reason,

That we follow His laws for our common good.

But we too often ignore both God and Mammon,

Being untrue to both and prosperous in neither.

We follow our own desires for pleasure and greed,

Rebelling against both God and civil authority,

The imperfect human will brings forth weeds

That are barren of fruit and do not flower,

Strangers to God and indifferent to humanity,

No good for great things and too bad for good.

In the end many will lament the terrible loss

Of what might have been but never was.

Now is the time to stop ourselves and say,

"Are we truly going the right way?"  

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And that goes for me too!

 Don't discount the present for the future
By thinking that the future will be better.
On its own it won't be better than today and,
Tomorrow won't be better until we make it so.
To make tomorrow better we must start today!
Even a poor plan today, if we execute it well,
Can make tomorrow a little better than today.
The whole matter is up to you, and you, and YOU!  
And that goes for me too!

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It ain't over yet...

 In a gust of wind, like a long heavy sigh, 
As the autumn leaves fall, they think, "It's over."
The rose nearest to the thorn appears out of nowhere,
The strange autumn rose that brings the winter wind,
Prior to withering before it like summer memories.
Don't withhold your hand from the rose for fear of the thorn.
A rose by itself is every rose and speaks all languages,
The rose does not care by what name you call it,
For after winter comes spring, and after night the day,
We are the link between the micro and the macro.
O Lord, I pray for all of those poor people
Who have no one to hug and pray for them,
And I also pray for those who will not pray.
I do not pray like a pigeon jerking its head up and down.
I Pray like your dog when he puts his head on your knee,
And looks you in the eye with love and devotion,
Pray for yourself until the day dawns in your mind's eye,
And the morning star rises in your heart,
Then begin to love others as you love yourself.
I am a prayer for you, my friend, and you are my "Amen!"

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Like a warm hug...

The sun comes up, and the sun goes down.

The tide comes in, and the tide goes out.

Those who can, survive, to keep hope alive,

Until the Lord comes again to free us from

Our troubles and bring us home to Paradise.

Oh Lord, that our efforts are not in vain,

Please give us this day some daily bread

To share with those who have none

Like a warm hug from an angel, so that we may

Love our neighbors in the communion of brotherhood,

That every person on earth can have a full stomach,

Peace in their heart, and soul, and mind, and the

Blessed assurance of salvation. Amen!

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Inevitable

There is a word called "inevitable"

That is spelled the same in English

And in Spanish. It is pronounced

Differently but means the same thing...

"Unavoidable and certain to happen."

Things that we don't yet understand

Until such time that it is almost too late.

Wake up, oh my soul and look around you

To see where your journey has taken you

And to see where you are presently going.

This is the time for searching out the truth.

It is the day that the Lord has made

For us to rejoice and be glad in it,

To be happily seeking our salvation.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

And my family, all the days of our lives,

And we will dwell in the house of the Lord,

Forever!

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