“The mind weighs and measures but it is the spirit that
reaches the heart of life and embraces the secret; and the seed of the spirit is deathless.
“The wind may blow and then cease, and the sea shall swell and then weary, but the heart of life is a sphere quiet and serene, and the star (Christ) that shines therein is fixed for evermore.”
- Kahlil Gibran, Jesus, the Son of Man
(Christ’s quiet, loving presence within! Learn to rest in his peace!)
Christianity and Reincarnation by Philip St.
Romain, M.S., D. Min.
July 28, 2016
7:00 p.m. C.D.T.
Can a Christian believe in reincarnation? This webinar will review evidence for and against reincarnation, history of Christian beliefs on this topic, and differences between Christian and Eastern views of liberation.
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Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Ps 36:6-11; Mt 13:10-17
R. With you is the fountain of life, O Lord.
O LORD, your mercy reaches to heaven;
your
faithfulness, to the clouds.
Your justice is like the mountains of God;
your judgments, like the mighty deep.
How precious is your mercy, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They have their fill of the prime gifts of your house;
from your delightful stream you give them to drink.
For with you is the fountain of life,
and in your light we see light.
Keep up your mercy toward your friends,
your just defense of the upright of heart.
Reflection on the
Scriptures |
“Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Good question. If we desire the wisdom to fathom the mysteries of the kingdom, we have to seek answers. Little children learn through questioning. They constantly ask, “Why?” We know that Jesus uses parables to enable those who lack
understanding of the kingdom to come to know it. We know God by asking about him. If we truly want to see, we need to delve deeper and invest time to reflect. If we truly want to hear, we have to be willing to take further steps. The mysteries of the glory of God are vast. Faith is wonderful, but curiosity and a desire to know God are just as important if we are going to comprehend what the Lord has to say to us.
“Grant us, Lord, the desire to know you and your ways, we pray.”
- from preacherexchange.com
Revelations of Divine
Love - by Julian of Norwich
Ninth Revelation, Chapter 22
“The Love that made Him to suffer passeth so far all
His Pains as Heaven is above Earth”
And in these words: If that I might suffer more, I would suffer more,—I saw in truth that as often as He might die, so often He would, and love should never let Him have rest till He had done it. And I beheld with great diligence for to learn how often He would die if He might. And verily
the number passed mine understanding and my wits so far that my reason might not, nor could, comprehend it. And when He had thus oft died, or should, yet He would set it at nought, for love: for all seemeth Him but little in regard of His love.
For though the sweet manhood of Christ might suffer but once, the goodness in Him may never cease of proffer: every day He is ready to the same, if it might
be. For if He said He would for my love make new Heavens and new Earth, it were but little in comparison; for this might be done every day if He would, without any travail. But to die for my love so often that the number passeth creature’s reason, it is the highest proffer that our Lord God might make to man’s soul, as to my sight. Then meaneth He thus: How should it not be that I should not do for thy love all that I might of deeds which grieve me not, sith I would, for thy love, die so often,
having no regard to my hard pains?
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