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In our country there is a choice to be made: Second Amendment
{right to bear arms}, or Fifth Commandment {one of 10 rules for right
living}. There is the Constitution, and
there is the Creator of the Universe, who said “Thou shalt not kill.” This was
God’s command through Moses to His unruly people who’d tried to replace God
with a Golden Calf. This order of the
Covenant was then perfected by the gift of His only Son Jesus who said not only
not to kill, but to love the enemy, and when facing the violent confrontation
of threatened death late at night in Gesthemane’s garden—commanded his
followers to put away the sword.
Right relationship? Bible to be opened, read, prayed, and taken to heart for answer to become clear.
You can believe in the power of the redeeming nonviolent
merciful love of Jesus, or the violent power of the nation state. There is a choice to be made. A nation has for its overwhelming directive,
its own survival, at any cost. The
overwhelming character of God revealed in Jesus is unconditional love and
mercy. Salvation is assured and survival
eclipsed, made irrelevant. We have only to turn to Jesus--His way of living to
serve, instead of to dominate.
Miracle at Cana--from windows at St Joseph Church, Port Huron--photo by Rick Ramales
To enter heaven we have to become like little children, not
valiant warriors. Here is a prayer we
said with our children growing up. It
asks Jesus’s mother Mary, La Virgen de Guadalupe, for help in our need, and
help to follow her last words to us in Scripture—“Do whatever He tells
you.”
Holy card by Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy -- obverse has image of Virgen de Guadalupe
And in Spanish ---
“¡MIRA¡ TU MADRE”
Santa
María de Guadalupe, señal del Poder y La Misericordia, no hecha por manos
humanos, tu, que estas levantada por La Sabiduría de Dios, al centro de las
Américas, en la tilma milagrosa para que todos los de la América puedan verte,
le pedimos a tu Hijito, curar la
mordedura de la serpiente ardiente que
quiere destruir nuestro cuerpo y
nuestra alma.
Mientras, mirándote
a ti, Madre de lo Imposible, te pedimos quitar nuestras aflicciones,
como tu quitaste las enfermedades del tío de Juan Diego, para que la victoria
sobre ellas, puedan testificar el Amor de Dios, el Poder de Dios, y el camino
de Vida de Jesús, El Cristo.
Querida, cariñosa Señora de Guadalupe, nos arrepentimos
de todo los pensamientos, palabras y obras que no habían sido según la Vía que
Jesús nos enseña, dar la Vida—el Sermón
del Monte. Prometemos, tratar
sinceramente seguir tus ultimas palabras en el Evangelio: “Hagan lo que Él les diga.”
Ahora, Clemente, Madre de
Humanidad, quien está mas profundamente
unida en Cristo Dios, que intercedes con tu Hijo, para que escuches los gritos de nuestro pequeño corazón
(Aquí
se hace la petición)
Virgen Inmaculada de
Guadalupe, mientras miramos tu rostro de
bronce, por favor danos La Paz, con una
mirada de Amor, una sonrisa del Paraíso, un beso curativa de Dios.
Gracias – Amen
Salve María......
Toda Santa Trinidad,
Ten
piedad de nosotros.
Escrito por Padre Emanuel
Charles McCarthy
Trad.
por Padre José G. Herrera Alcala.
An interesting book that explores the deep hold violence has on humanity, and the hope for change.
Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads, By Gil Bailie
Available at libraries, and Amazon
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