The Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible declared that God is Creator - the only being capable of making something from nothing - The book of Genesis also declared that God created humanity as "male and female." - Gen. 1:27 - Together they formed the blessed pair needed to replenish and subdue the earth.

Since God created the universe out of nothing, it is His and will always serve His purpose. As He shaped creation without any interference from anyone, He will bring creation to its desired end. No power can frustrate God in His purpose to complete the process started in creation and revealed in Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible. God is Spirit - not a material substance - it must mean more than physical resemblance. To be created in God's image means that human being, though a creature, is akin to God. Our hope rests in the sovereign power of Him who created the world and then recreated us through the saving power of His Son, Jesus Christ.

Do not be afraid, for I am with you.
I will bring you offspring from the east,
and gather you from the west.
To the north I will say, 'Give them up'
and to the south, 'Do not hold them.'
Bring back my sons from far away,
my daughters from the end of the earth,
all those who bear my name,
whom I have created for my glory,
whom I have formed, whom I have made. - Isaiah 43:5-7 -

I, I am Yahweh,
there is no other saviour but me.
It is I who have spoken, have saved, have made the proclamation,
not any strangers among you.
You are my witnesses - it is Yahweh who speaks -
and I, I am your God, I am he from eternity.
No one can deliver from my hand,
I act and no one can reverse it. - Isaiah 43:11-13 -

By sin, death came into the world, and sin had destroyed the plan of God's creation. Humankind was created without sin, morally upright and inclined to do good. - Eccl. 7:29 - But sin entered into human experience when Adam and Eve violated the direct command of God. - Gen. 3:6 - Thus, a new creation was necessary.

Well then, sin entered the world through one man, and through sin death, and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned....... Again, as one man's fall brought condemnation on everyone, so the good act of one man brings everyone life and makes them justified. As one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's obedience many will be made righteous. When law came, it was to multiply the opportunities of falling, but however great the number of sins committed, grace was even greater; and so, just as sin reigned wherever there was death, so grace will reign to bring eternal life thanks to the righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ our Lord. - Rom. 5:12-21 -

Does it follow that we should remain in sin so as to let grace have greater scope? Of course not. We are dead to sin, so how can we continue to live in it? You have been taught that when we were baptised in Christ Jesus we were baptised in his death; in other words,when we were baptised we went into the tomb with him and joined him in death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glory, we too might live a new life.

If in union with Christ we have imitated his death, we shall also imitate him in his resurrection. We must realise that our former selves have been crucified with him to destroy this sinful body and to free us from the slavery of sin. When a man dies, of course, he has finished with sin.

But we believe that having died with Christ we shall return to life with him: Christ, as we know, having been raised from the dead will never die again. Death has no power over him anymore. When he died, he died, once for all, to sin, so his life now is life with God; and in that way, you too must consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus. - Rom. 6:1-11 -

Now if Christ raised from the dead is what has been preached, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead?............ If this were not true, what do people hope to gain by being baptised for the dead? If the dead are not ever going to be raised, why be baptised on their behalf? What about ourselves? Why are we living under a constant threat?...You say: let us eat and drink today; tomorrow we shall be dead. You must stop being led astray: "Bad friends ruin the noblest people." Come to your senses, behave properly, and leave sin alone; there are some of you who seem not to know God at all; you should be ashamed. - 1Cor. 15:12-34 -

If we live by the truth and in love, we shall grow in all ways into Christ, who is the head by whom the whole body is filled and joined together, every joint adding its own strength, for each separated part to work according to its foundation. So the body grows until it has built itself up, in love. - Eph. 4:15-16 -

In his body lives the fullness of divinity, and in him you too find your own fulfillment, in the one who is the head of every Sovereignty and Power. - Col. 2:9-10 -

The Holy Eucharist is not only a sacrificial oblation but also a sacrificial meal. It is for the continuation of His work in the world. Through Holy Eucharist, or Holy Mass, or Holy Communion the Lord Jesus becomes incarnate in each one of us and continues His life through us. Jesus wants our human nature to be as completely at His disposal as was His sacred humanity during His life in the world.

Jesus said: "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." No one can come to the Father except through me. - John 14:6 -

If Jesus Christ is not presence in the Holy Eucharist as our spiritual food and strength, as our love and life, the work of redemption might have been all in vain for us. Only Jesus Christ flesh and blood can unite heaven and earth. The stream of His blood and flesh flows on and shall flow till the end of time.

Jesus answered:

'I tell you most solemnly,
you are not looking for me
because you have seen the signs
but because you had all the bread you wanted to eat.
Do not work for food that cannot last,
but work for food that endures to eternal life,
the kind of food the Son of Man is offering you,
for on him the Father, God himself, has set his seal.'

Then they said to him, 'What must we do if we are to do the works that God wants?' Jesus gave them this answer, 'This is working for God: you must believe in the one he has sent.' So they said, 'What sign will you give to show us that we should believe in you? What work will you do? Our fathers had manna to eat in the desert; as scripture says: He gave them bread from heaven to eat,' Jesus answered:

'I tell you most solemnly,
it was not Moses who gave you bread from heaven,
it is my Father who gives you the bread from heaven,
the true bread;
for the bread of God
is that which comes down from heaven
and gives life to the world.'

'Sir,' they said 'give us that bread always.' Jesus answered:

'I am the bread of life.
He who comes to me, will never be hungry;
he who believes in me will never thirst.
But, as I have told you,
you can see me and still you do not believe.
All that............

Meanwhile the Jews were complaining to each other about him because he had said, 'I am the bread that came down from heaven.'...Jesus said in reply, 'Stop complaining to each other.'

'No one can come to me
unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me,
....... I am the bread of life.
Your fathers ate the manna in the dessert
and they are dead;
but this is the bread that comes down from heaven,
so that a man may eat it and not die.
I am the living bread which has come down from heaven.
Anyone who eats this bread will live forever;
and the bread that I shall give
is my flesh, for the life of the world.'

Then the Jews started arguing with one another: 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?' they said, Jesus replied:

'I tell you most solemnly,
if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man
and drink his blood,
you will not have life in you.
Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood
has eternal life,
and I shall raise him up on the last day.
For my flesh is real food
and my blood is real drink.
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood
lives in me
and I live in him.
As I, who am sent by the living Father,
myself draw life from the Father,
so whoever eats me will draw life from me.
This is the bread come down from heaven;
not like the bread our ancestors ate:
that are dead,
but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.'

Jesus taught this doctrine at Capernaum, in the synagogue. After hearing it, many of his followers said, 'This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?' Jesus was aware that his followers were complaining about it and said, 'Does this upset you? What if you should see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before?

'It is the spirit that gives life,
the flesh has nothing to offer.
The words I have spoken to you are spirit
and they are life.' - John 6:26-71 -

The flesh and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ continues to flow from heaven to the earth and from earth back to heaven. Holy Eucharist is the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ from which "grace for grace" comes to us. This is a great mystery. "Indeed, from his fulness we have, all of us, received - yes, grace in return for grace." - John 1:16 -

Holy Eucharist, or Holy Mass, or Holy Communion is the Completion, as the harvest is the completion of the process begun with the sowing of the seed. Sacrifice requires the sacrificial meal. Sacrifice is also prayer, the attempt to become one with God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit - the Holy Trinity - belong together like Faith, Hope, and Love. These cannot be separated.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -