So let's talk about today's readings 4/23/09

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“We gave you strict orders, did we not, to stop teaching in that NAME.”
Why didn’t they say not to mention Jesus, or stop teaching that He rose from
the dead, or stop teaching that He was the Son of God?, Or stop teaching
that we are guilty of killing an innocent man? or stop teaching that by the
power of Jesus, people are healed? There are many, many things to be said,
but they say “in that NAME”.

Here’s what Crumpy said yesterday: To use the divine name is to call God into our presence.It is therefore to give praise and thanksgiving to God, all at once.

It’s excellent! But, I still feel like something’s missing. Why would the Sanhedrin
be telling the apostles not to call God into our presence or to give Him praise
or thanksgiving?

The psalm is repeated today, “the Lord hears the cry of the poor”. Today I notice
that the trials of the just man are many, but the Lord delivers him from them all.
Sometimes it seems like He waits until they die though.

The gospel says that the One who came down from heaven testifies to what He
has seen and heard. What did He see and hear in heaven?

Today is the day of St. George. Did he really kill a dragon?

So what struck you about today’s readings? :bible1::twocents:
 
cheeto1 said:
usccb.org/nab/readings/042309.shtml

“We gave you strict orders, did we not, to stop teaching in that NAME.”
Why didn’t they say not to mention Jesus, or stop teaching that He rose from
the dead, or stop teaching that He was the Son of God?, Or stop teaching
that we are guilty of killing an innocent man? or stop teaching that by the
power of Jesus, people are healed? There are many, many things to be said,
but they say “in that NAME”.

Here’s what Crumpy said yesterday: To use the divine name is to call God into our presence.It is therefore to give praise and thanksgiving to God, all at once.

It’s excellent! But, I still feel like something’s missing. Why would the Sanhedrin
be telling the apostles not to call God into our presence or to give Him praise
or thanksgiving?

The psalm is repeated today, “the Lord hears the cry of the poor”. Today I notice
that the trials of the just man are many, but the Lord delivers him from them all.
Sometimes it seems like He waits until they die though.

The gospel says that the One who came down from heaven testifies to what He
has seen and heard. What did He see and hear in heaven?

Today is the day of St. George. Did he really kill a dragon?

So what struck you about today’s readings? :bible1::twocents:
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The Sanderhin did not acknowledge that Jesus was the Messiah. They did not believe even after the Resurrection. They allowed folks to call upon the Almighty, but not His Son.

Jesus was the One who knew heaven and came to earth to testify to us. He alone sould say with certainty what transpires in Heaven as well on earth. No human could.

Sometimes this life is the pits for everyone. Those who bear great crosses (financial or otherwise) are the ones who inherit the glory of God. Each of us is “poor” by birth. We do not truly own anything. We are given these privledges by God and only God. The Sermon on the Mount talks about the poor inheriting heaven. Isn’t that much better than having a 2 million dollar house and trappings on earth? No matter what our station is in life, it is how we use it. I have heard of rich people who were miserly, do they recieve heaven? Or is it the person who gives all they have for thier neighbors welfare? My pick would be the second ones.

God Bless!
 
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