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05 Jun 2005 04:38:00 PM |
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You Cannot Give What You Do Not Have. |
I desire mercy, not sacrifice. -- Matthew 9:13.
It is one of the fundamental principles of the gospel that if we want
to be merciful with others, we need to receive mercy ourselves.
Consider the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32). The older
brother in this story was in a position to experience his father's
love, but he seems to have held his father at arm's length. This made
him hard-hearted and judgmental, attitudes that became evident when his
younger brother returned home.
In today's gospel, some Pharisees asked Jesus' desciples, "Why does
your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" (Matthew 9:11).
This question is similar in tone to the older brother's remarks to his
father about the wayward son: "For all these years I have been working
like a slave for you... yet you have never even given me a young goat
so that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours
came back... you killed the fatted calf for him!" (Luke 15:29-30).
In dining with people who had a bad reputation, Jesus showed the
compassion he has for us, a compassion which he calls us to show one
another. But we can't give what we don't have. That's why it is so
important to make sure we are constantly receiving the mercy of God in
our hearts.
God desires mercy, not sacrifice. He sent his Son to love us so
powerfully that his love would spill out to everyone around us. Of
course he wants us to *show* mercy, but he knows that only happens to
the degree that we *receive* mercy.
Choose today to be a generous receiver. Try to sit down with your
Bible and contemplate today's readings. Quiet your mind and let God
show you his mercy. Let him reveal the tenderness with which he looks
at you, so that you will be able to share that mercy and love with
everyone around you.
"Lord Jesus Christ, I praise you for your mercy and forgiveness. Make
me a vessel of your mercy for the world. May your kingdom come!"
Today's readings:
Matthew 9:9-13
Hosea 6:3-6
Psalm 50:1, 8, 12-15
Romans 4:18-25
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| User: "Katt" |
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| Title: Re: You Cannot Give What You Do Not Have. |
05 Jun 2005 04:58:59 PM |
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<vivapadrepio@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1118007480.097568.257950@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I desire mercy, not sacrifice. -- Matthew 9:13.
Eh? 'viva padre pio'...?
You mean *this* 'Padre Pio'...??:
"Indeed, Padre Pio's reputation over the decades has -- even in many
official church quarters -- been that of a womanizer, fraud, and mentally
ill huckster who claimed extraordinary paranormal powers. The padre was
investigated by the Holy Office over a dozen times, and at one point banned
from celebrating the Mass in public, receiving visitors, or talking to women
alone. Correspondent John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter newspaper
recently wrote, "The whispered consensus on Padre Pio in the halls of the
Vatican was that he was at best a naive hysteric, at worst a con man.""
"Over the years, investigations even by church officials led to charges that
Pio faked miracles and had sex with women in the confessional box. Many felt
that the friar caused the stigmata by burning his skin with nitric acid, and
used a perfume to create what his credulous followers described as a
pervasive "odor of sanctity" that was said to surround Pio. A report by
journalist Paul Vallely of the New Zealand Herald newspaper says that Pope
John XXIII, suspicious of Pio's cult-like popularity, authorized the bugging
of his confessional. And the founder of Rome's Catholic University Hospital
concluded that Friar Pio was "an ignorant and self-mutilating psychopath who
exploited people's credulity.""
"In 1960, Monsignore Carlo Maccari concluded an investigation ordered by
Pope John XXIII. "The 200-page report he compiled," notes the National
Catholic Reporter, "though never published in full, is said to be
devastatingly critical. Vatican gossip long had it that the 'Maccari
dossier' was an insuperable obstacle to Padre Pio's sainthood.""
"One entry in the file reported that Padre Pio engaged in sexual activities
twice a week with female penitents, "his in hebdomada copulabat *****
muliere...""
"In 1992, Italian physician and theologian Agostino Gemelli, who specialized
in the investigation of stigmata cases for the Vatican, said that Padre Pio
was a "hysteric" who inflicted the wounds upon himself."
http://www.sonic.net/~ric/go/church/PadrePio.htm
Katt.
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: You Cannot Give What You Do Not Have. |
05 Jun 2005 04:44:40 PM |
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<vivapadrepio@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1118007480.097568.257950@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I desire mercy, not sacrifice. -- Matthew 9:13.
It is one of the fundamental principles of the gospel that if we want
to be merciful with others, we need to receive mercy ourselves.
Wow, what a retarded principle.
I've extended mercy in my life without any mercy in return, and would do the
same thing again.
I often do good things with no expectation of reward or fairness.
The gospel is amoral.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
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| User: "Josef Balluch" |
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| Title: Re: You Cannot Give What You Do Not Have. |
05 Jun 2005 07:32:10 PM |
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In a message sent 'round the world, poured fuel on
the fire with the following:
It is one of the fundamental principles of the gospel that if we want
to be merciful with others, we need to receive mercy ourselves.
Why not just cut out the middle man, and let others receive it direct
from the source? It speeds up the whole "economy" in mercy, making it
less expensive all 'round. Less handling also means an improvement in
quality.
....
In dining with people who had a bad reputation, Jesus showed the
compassion he has for us, ...
Indeed. In doing so, he saved us the bother of having to do it
ourselves.
But we can't give what we don't have.
This explains a lot about your posts.
That's why it is so
important to make sure we are constantly receiving the mercy of God in
our hearts.
Just In Time delivery is the key to success in the global economy.
God desires mercy, not sacrifice.
Shouldn't be a problem. We keep hearing that the supply is infinite.
He sent his Son to love us so
powerfully that his love would spill out to everyone around us. Of
course he wants us to *show* mercy, but he knows that only happens to
the degree that we *receive* mercy.
This is kinda puzzling. If your deity is able to show so much mercy,
then from where does he RECEIVE it?
Choose today to be a generous receiver.
Send me all your money. I will gladly receive it in a "generous"
fashion.
....
Regards,
Josef
The greater the lie the more readily it will be believed.
-- Adolf Hitler
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