Saturday, 4 May 2024

 04/05/2024

Within the lifetimes of the English Martyrs whose faithfulness to Rome led them to heroic deaths many others had been killed in England at the behest of the Church for refusing to accept the authority of the Pope.

The Jews had had to clear out the "nations" from the "Promised Land" before they could occupy it to be able to claim it as their birthright. Jesus' Foundation on Peter has never offered the path of non-resistance as part of the "Way" even though he taught us to turn the other cheek to the violence of the aggressor.

Jesus, our Saviour, always emphasized the dichotomy between preaching and practise that characterized the degenerate Temple Worship that was typified by the Pharisees of his day.

It was to save us from this human failure that God corrected the errors in his chosen ones by showing his power over matter in the miracles of Jesus and the Apostles. In his parables and discourse Jesus taught us rationally as an authoritative rabbi so that we could "ponder" and grow in wisdom from his words.

The Church has had two thousand years to become the Body of Christ on Earth. There has never been any evidence that the Institution has  ever been even close to this. I know that Jesus is with us to the end of time. The Resurrection is the heart of the mystical body that became the New Holy Family at the foot of the cross and thus we can be part of the Kingdom that is not of this world. 

Jesus taught us to beware of the hypocrisy of pharisees whose practise does not match the teaching that their Institution has preserved, but often mocked in practise and to seek the grace of God to avoid falling into this ,very human fault ourselves. We must always remember that Jesus did not found an institution to be powerful in this world but one  to be our spiritual home and guide living to Eternity.

Dear Lord your Mother is the Immaculate source of your human being and she is with Joseph and you the Holy Family which guided your youth on earth. On Calvary You presented Her and John to each other to form a New Holy Family which is your Mystical Body on earth. Help your institution to realise that your words really are the Truth and that the words "My Kingdom is not of this world " mean exactly what they say. 

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