"He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted." Isaiah 53:3-4 RSVCE That is one of the most mysterious prophecies about the Messiah. The words predict psychological pain, social detestation, something impossible to put together with the glorious redeemer of I … [Read more...]
Through many tribulations, the Kingdom
“We must go through many tribulations to enter the Kingdom of God.” (Acts 14:22) In some passage of The Imitation of Christ we read: "Although you were taken to the third heaven with Paul, you were not thereby insured against suffering. Jesus said: 'I will show him how great things he must suffer for My name’s sake.'” (Imitation 2:12) I will remember that passage because it took me a lot of suffering to learn it. Suffering willingly is the essence of the Christian doctrine. The Cross of C … [Read more...]
The Triumph of the Spirit
Who would deny the we are reaching the end of the Age of Revolution. Having turned upside down government systems, politics, morals, education, sexuality and myriad things more, the Revolutionaries are now focused on revolting against the natural order of things. We can affirm without fear of error that the Revolutionaries are soldiers of the flesh. There are other revolutionaries who worked to contain and control the fleshly inclinations of man with mixed success but we are not going to look … [Read more...]
Here Comes the Good Wine
‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ (John 2:10) To understand our time in history we have to go back to the beginning. God is always in control and now He is preparing mankind for the big reunion with Him. After the fall of man, God mysteriously prepared Adam and his wife Eve for the trials to come. Adam's act of disobedience was a grave offence because the majesty and honor of God wer … [Read more...]
From Chaos to Order
In the beginning God [אֵ֥ת] created heaven, and earth. And the earth was void [וָבֹ֔הוּ formless, disordered, chaotic] and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters. (Genesis 1:1-5 Douay-Rheims) We are in history. History is in motion. History is a river that we cannot stop or speed up. Sometimes those limitations upset those who are aware of the importance of living in this particular time in history and want to do something to improve the lo … [Read more...]
