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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An observation...

After His Baptism by John the Baptist, Jesus prayed for forty days in the desert and then received three temptations by Satan. In his wonderful book, "The Life of Christ", Bishop Fulton J. Sheen writes that the third temptation was political and so Christianity and Politics have been closely associated for about two millennia.

Saint Augustine, in his book "Confessions" said that the third temptation is a wish to be feared or loved by people for no other reason than the joy derived from such power, which is no joy at all. It is a repulsive life of wretched vanity.

If we hold certain offices in society it is often deemed necessary to be loved and feared by people and the enemy of true happiness will always tend to be on the offensive. When we are avid to amass such approval, we may be caught off guard. We cease to find our joy in truth and place it in deceitfulness. It becomes our temptation to be loved and feared not for the sake of truth but for our own sake.

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One more day...

Many of us look forward to eternal life.

But first we must deal with the present reality,

And know how to live here for the time being.

The past is no more, and the future is not yet.

There is only today and eternity to contemplate.

We live in this moment instant by instant.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery,

And today is a precious gift from God.

This is the day the Lord hath made.

Let us rejoice and be glad in it,

"Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,"

For the Greater Glory of God.

​"Hoy, gracias a Dios, un otro día más​."

​Today, thanks be to God, one more day.​

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Like a Hot Wind

It is the characteristic of evil powers

To take advantage of real weaknesses and

Stretch and enlarge them to the utmost.

We should not underestimate how deep a wound

That a vindictive tongue can make with a few words.

The devil likes to whisper his lies in intimacy.

What people call "insinuations" are like gunpowder

When passed around through malicious gossip.

The tongue is a useful tool in the realm of evil.

Truth must come from the heart and not the lips.

Those who drink in false gossip quite eagerly,

And repeat it as a form of gleeful entertainment,

Will slide unknowingly and insensibly into the habit

Of speaking evil to impress and titillate others,

And thus the evil gathers force from the wind

Like a tornado in tornado alley on a hot day.

In the case of lies and false conspiracy theories

The path of the wind leads straight to the abyss.

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