TRUTH AND LOVE'S THANKSGIVING TO OUR SAVIOR

TRUTH AND LOVE'S THANKSGIVING TO OUR SAVIOR 

IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH - HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONEBLOGSPOT.COM - SUN. NOV. 26, 2017

 

MEDITATION ON TRUTH

"IN DEATH MEN PASS INTO THE FULLNESS OF REALITY AND TRUTH.  THEY ASSUME THE PLACE THAT IS TRULY THEIRS. THE MASQUERADE OF LIFE, THE HIDING BEHIND POSTURINGS AND FICTIONS, IS NOW OVER.

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE IN TRUTH. JUDGMENT CONSISTS IN THE REMOVAL OF THE MASK OF DEATH. FOR JUDGMENT IS SIMPLY TRUTH ITSELF, ITS MANIFESTATION. CERTAINLY THIS TRUTH IS NOT IMPERSONAL.

GOD IS TRUTH, TRUTH  IS GOD, IS A "PERSON". 

TRUTH CAN BE JUDGING, DEFINITIVE, ONLY IF IT HAS A DIVINE CHARACTER. GOD IS JUDGE IN SO FAR AS HE IS TRUTH ITSELF. BUT GOD IS TRUTH FOR US AS THE ONE WHO BECAME MAN, WHO HIMSELF BECAME THE MEASURE OF MAN.

HENCE GOD IS THE CRITERION OF TRUTH FOR US IN AND THROUGH CHRIST.

HEREIN LIES THE REDEMPTIVE TRANSFORMATION OF THE IDEA OF JUDGMENT THAT CHRISTIAN FAITH HAS BROUGHT ABOUT.

THE TRUTH THAT JUDGES US HAS ITSELF GIVEN US A TRUTH  OF A SPECIAL KIND, THE TRUTH  OF BEING LOVED BY TRUTH. " 

 

FROM THE CLASSIC BOOK,  "CO-WORKERS OF THE TRUTH" BY JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER, "MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR, NOV. 24. IGNATIUS, 1992 (TODAY'S POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI.)

 

       MEDITATION ON LOVE 

"IF I COULD SPEAK IN ANY LANGUAGE IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH BUT DIDN'T LOVE OTHERS, I WOULD ONLY BE MAKING MEANINGLESS NOISE LIKE A LOUD GONG OR A CLANGING CYMBAL.

IF I HAD THE GIFT OF PROPHECY, AND I KNEW ALL THE MYSTERIES OF THE FUTURE AND KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING, BUT DIDN'T LOVE OTHERS, WHAT GOOD WOULD I BE?

AND IF I HAD THE GIFT OF FAITH SO THAT I COULD SPEAK TO A MOUNTAIN AND MAKE IT MOVE, WITHOUT LOVE I WOULD BE NO GOOD TO ANYBODY.

IF I GAVE EVERYTHING I HAVE TO THE POOR AND EVEN SACRIFICED MY BODY, IF COULD BOAST ABOUT IT; AND IF I DIDN'T LOVE OTHERS, I WOULD BE OF NO VALUE WHATSOEVER 

 

LOVE IS PATIENT AND KIND. LOVE IS NOT JEALOUS OR BOASTFUL OR PROUD OR RUDE. 

LOVE DOES NOT DEMAND ITS OWN WAY. LOVE IS NOT IRRITABLE, AND IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WHEN IT HAS BEEN WRONGED. IT IS NEVER GLAD ABOUT INJUSTICE. BUT REJOICES WHENEVER THE TRUTH WINS OUT.

LOVE NEVER GIVES UP, NEVER LOSES FAITH, IS ALWAYS HOPEFUL, AND ENDURES THROUGH EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE. LOVE WILL LAST FOREVER, BUT PROPHECY AND SPEAKING IN UNKNOWN LANGUAGES AND SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE WILL ALL DISAPPEAR.

NOW WE KNOW ONLY A LITTLE, AND EVEN THE PROPHECY REVEALS LITTLE! BUT WHEN THE END COMES, THESE SPECIAL GIFTS WILL ALL DISAPPEAR.

 

IT'S LIKE THIS: WHEN I WAS A CHILD I SPOKE AND THOUGHT AND REASONED AS A CHILD DOES. BUT WHEN I GREW UP, I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS. NOW WE SEE THINGS IMPERFECTLY AS IN A POOR MIRROR, BUT THEN WE WILL SEE EVERYTHING WITH PERFECT CLARITY. ALL THAT I KNOW NOW IS PARTIAL AND INCOMPLETE, BUT THEN I WILL EVERYTHING COMPLETELY, JUST AS GOD KNOWS ME NOW.

THERE A THREE THINGS THAT WILL ENDURE - FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE - AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE."

 

FROM THE CLASSIC BOOK, "THE BEST OF THE BIBLE" 365 MUST-READ BIBLE PASSAGES"  NOV. 24, TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS, INC. WHEATON, ILLINOIS, 1996

George H. Kubeck

 

MILLENNIALS: POLITICALLY STUPID; RELIGIOUS NAIVE

MILLLENNIALS: POLITICALLY STUPID; RELIGIOUSLY NAIVE!

IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH - HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONE.BLOGSPOT.COM - SUN. NOV. 5, 2017

"MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE." - "MY CHILDREN ARE STUPID DUE TO INDOCTRINATION OR LACK OF INFORMATION."  YOU DECIDE!

1. "According to the latest survey from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, a D.C. - based nonprofit, one of two U.S. millennial say they would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist democracy.

What's more, 22% of them have a favorable view of Karl Marx and a surprising number see Joseph Stalin and Kim Jong Un as "heroes." Really, that's what he numbers show.

View as heroes, personal, country or world:

Ronald Reagan: 60% +++ Bernie Sanders: 40% +++ George W. Bush: 39% +++ Justin Trudeau: 38%

Angel Merkel: 37% +++ Donald Trump: 31% +++ Hilary Clinton: 30% +++ Che Guevara: 26% +++

Vladimir Putin: 25% +++ Karl Marx: 18% +++ Vladimir Lenin: 17% +++ Mao Zedong: 16% +++

Joseph Stalin: 13% +++ Kim Jong Un: 13% +++ Nicolas Madura: 12%

"Millennials now make up the largest generation in America ..." said Marion Smith, executive director of the organization."Millennials are increasingly turning away from capitalism and toward socialism and even communism as a viable alternative." But do they even know what it is?

The survey which was conducted by research and data firm YouGov, found that millennials are the least knowledgable generation on the subject, with 71% failing to identify the proper definition of communism. ...

2. Ref. "OC Catholic, Orange Country Register, Nov. 5, 2017 - By Bishop Robert Barron, "The Least Religious Generation in U.S. History: Reflection on Jean Twenge's "IGEN"     Selected extracts:

"iGen'ers are growing up much more slowly than their predecessors....And Twenge argues that smartphone have undeniably turned this new generation in on itself. Now there are many more insights that Dr. Twenge shares, but I was particularly interested ... in her chapter on religious attitudes and behaviors among iGen'ers. In line with many other researchers, Twenge shows that the objective statistics in this area are alarming. As recently as the 1980s 90% of high school seniors identified with religious group. Among iGen'ers, the figures are now around 65% and falling. And religious practices is even more attenuated: only 28% of twelfth graders attended services in 2015, whereas the number was 40% in 1976. ...

Whereas even twenty years ago, the overwhelming numbers of Americans, including youngsters, believed in God, now fully one third of 18 to 24-year olds, say that they don't. as late as 2004, 84% of young adults said that they regularly prayed; by 2016, fully one fourth of that same age cohort said that they never pray.

One fourth of iGen"ers say that the scriptures are a compilation of "ancient fables, legends, history, and moral precepts recorded by men." ... A second major reason for iGen dissatisfaction with religion is one that has surfaced in lots of surveys and polls, namely, that religious belief is incompatible with a scientific view of the world...

One of Twenge's interviewees put it with admirable succinctness: "I'm questioning the existence of God. I stopped going to Church because I am gay and was part of a gay-bashing religion." One survey stated the statistical truth bluntly enough: 64% of 18-24 year olds believed that Christianity is anti-gay, and for good measure, 58 % of those iGen'ers thought the Christian religion is hypocritical. Dismal stuff I know... Her book should be required reading for those who wish to evangelize the next generation."

George H. Kubeck

THE MINDS OF ST. PIO AND OUR JESUIT POPE FRANCIS

 THE MINDS OF ST. PIO AND OUR  JESUIT POPE FRANCIS

IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH - HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONEBLOGSPOT.COM - FRIDAY, NOV. 24, 2017

PREFACE: THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM WITH CATHOLIC-IN-NAME ONLY POLITICIANS AND POPE FRANCIS'S "AMORIS LAETITIA" IS THE RECEPTION OF HOLY COMMUNION. HOW SACRED IS IT TO YOUR CATHOLIC FAITH? THE SILENCE AND NO PUBLIC CONDEMNATION BY A MAJORITY OF THE US. CATHOLIC BISHOPS FOR DECADES IN THIS MATTER OF THE "CINOP" RECEIVING "THE BLESSED SACRAMENT" IS A DEEP TRAGEDY FOR THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. ALL OF THIS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT  "AMORIS LAETITIA." IT ALSO DOESN'T MEET THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY STANDARD OF ST. POPE JOHN PAUL'S "VERITAS SPLENDOR."

HERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS OF ST. PIO ON THE EUCHARIST AND THE EXISTENCE OF THE DEVIL WHICH THE HEAD OF THE WORLD'S JESUIT ORDER BELIEVES NOT TO EXIST.

A. "ON ONE OCCASSION PADRE PIO WROTE PADRE BENEDETTO HIS SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR, "THAT WHICH HURTS ME MOST, DEAR FATHER, IS THE THOUGHT OF JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. MY HEARTS FEELS ITSELF BEING ATTRACTED BY A SUPERIOR FORCE BEFORE IT UNITES ITSELF TO HIM IN THE MORNING IN HOLY COMMUNION. I HUNGER AND THIRST SO MUCH BEFORE RECEIVING HIM THAT I ALMOST DIE OF ANXIOUSNESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I CANNOT UNITE MYSELF WITH HIM BECAUSE OF ILL HEALTH. I AM FORCED TO GO AND EAT HIS FLESH.

THIS HUNGER AND THIRST KEEPS INCREASING MORE AND MORE, RATHER THAN REMAINING SATISFIED AFTER I HAVE RECEIVED HIM IN THE SACRAMENT.

IN THESE LETTERS WE HAVE THE TOUCHSTONE OF THE MAN'S AUTHENTICITY, HIS PASSION FOR JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. THIS WAS THE CORE OF HIS PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY AND THE DRIVING FORCE OF HIS MINISTRY. "WHAT IS THIS FIRE WHICH BURNS MY WHOLE BEING? FATHER MINE, IF JESUS MAKES US SO HAPPY ON EARTH WHAT WILL HEAVEN BE LIKE?

ON APRIL 18, 1912, HE PENNED ANOTHER LETTER WHICH REVEALS HIS INTIMACY WITH GOD: "AT THE END OF MASS I STAYED A WHILE WITH JESUS TO GIVE THANKS. OH, HOW SWEET WAS THE CONVERSATION WITH PARADISE THIS MORNING..." P. 40, "PADRE PIO" BY REV. JOHN A. SCHUG, CAPUCHIN, 9TH PRINTING,1995, "NAT. CTR. FOR PADRE PIO, INC." PARTO, PA, 19504 - 610-845-3000

B. Let us refer to Pope Francis's spokesman Thomas J. Reese S.J. in "America" - The Jesuit Review of Faith and Culture, Nov. 13, 2017. This Jesuit was an Associate Editor (1978-85) and editor in chief (1998-2005). Then, he became a columnist for "National Catholic Reporter",  in (2015-2017) a dissident Catholic news source: His article, "Family Counseling 'Amoris Laetitia' teaches the Church to listen.'

"Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation "The Joy of Love"(Amoris Laetitia)", the product of the pope's thinking after two synods of bishops on the topic of the family ... came out in 2016. Much of the coverage was focused on the documents opening in Chapter 8 to the possibility for divorced and remarried Catholics who had not received an annulment of their first marriage to receive communion."

Here are a couple of sentences from LifeSiteNews, Mon. Nov. 20, 2017, "The radically different beliefs of Father James Martin and Fr. Weinandy highlight the crisis in the Church."

"Fr. Martin subscribes to what might be called 'gay liberation theology,' through which he interprets scripture - and more broadly, all church teaching - in light of the LGBT experience. He sees Catholicism through an LGBT prism and speaks in an LGBT tongue, presenting an LGBT-infused. This is a gospel foreign to most Catholic ears. To many same-sex Catholics  like me, it is not only foreign; it rings untrue."

George H. Kubeck