When we first secure employment in our careers we have to realize that there are certain trade-offsbetween our morals and our need to support our families or our career goals. Trade-offs are wherever you find them if you are the lower end of the total goal trade-offs may contain training time with family to work often with no choice as you work in a secular environment you also must hear words, conversations, as well as the every day gossip. The issue here becomes if you remain according to your morals aloof from these conversations you will be seen by coworkers to being for lack of a better term stuck up. Being labeled such means that you are socially dead within your the working world or at least this job. So you must choose between your morals and the idle gossip of the world room floor and often the choice is to accept the idle gossip of the floor this is often our first surrendering of our morals on the job. However it does not end there there is also the social side of the work place. It is often popular for people to want to go out on Friday evening to drink down a couple beers, blow off steam and in this process you can develop two areas of difficulty. The first be spending time away from your family and taking money that could go for things you need and spend it on drinks instead. Therefore you sacrificed to morals time with family and stewardship money. The fact that alcohol is there leads to many other issues. It is said alcohol loosens, the tongue However this is not all it loosens. You also lose your ability of decision and your ability to control your own mouth. It is said in the Bible that what comes out of a man's mouth comes from the heart. Alcohol in moderation is fine too much alcohol is not. Good. If you are intoxicated and without your ability to control what you say there is the obvious chance will offend someone or let go of information from your life that you would rather nobody knows about. The problem in this situation is what you release in a intoxicated state will be turned against you at a later date. We has humans take great value in being liked. So much so that we are willing to believe that when we are part of the social group everyone within our group likes us However the next time you feel this watch what happens when one of the group goes to the bathroom. He becomes the subject of conversation and nowhere is there now a kind word instead anything that can be used to reduce his stature is brought out. When he returns from the restroom it is back to everybody being friends. If you think this never happens to you for lack of a better term you are a fool. At work everyone puts up a front they want to be head of the pack or in the know so they can trade information for brownie points with management. Management for its part condone such behavior to find troublemakers, dissenters and those who they feel are disrupting harmony.
The main point is that if we hold our morals we are soon social outcast and many will want you removed from your position. In management the issue is made twice as baas there is a level of politics within management. This is caused by competition to rise above the current level of managers around you and those seeking to replace you. In the management political world you tell your boss what he wants to hear and at every possibility you kiss his rear. This becomes a way of life as well as a survival skill. Those who cannot develop such skills are doomed to failure. It is rare in today's world for a manager to promote you simply on the basis of hard work. Managers are expected to be the first in and the last out family time all but dries up. Perhaps this is the price we pay for giving up one of our most basic command of humility. It is said by one of our greatest church doctors to remain small. To not seek power for ourselves but to do the little things of God perhaps this is why she is called Little flower. I also believe that this is why many are not happy in their jobs trading morals for advancement and position goes against the very fiber of our Catholic beliefs.
time that our physical losses on our body are replaced by a tenfold increase of wisdom within our brains and spirits. My only wish is to learn this fact sooner rather than later.
In a world of impure thoughts and selfishness we must remember that we are not of this world. The world we see full of pornography vial language and sell over others is not a world that any of us wish to be in. Yet Christ has sent us to this world to be a light shining as a lamp in a very dark world. Last night it was reported on the news that New York City had over 30 gunshot deaths in one day. Chicago also had the same issues but to a lesser extent. most of those killed one wounded were teenagers and children who had never been shown the light of Christ. we all including myself must do a better job of spreading the gospel of Christ to the young of this nation so that they may repair all the damage we had done. in the past 100 years were less we have gone from the world of caring for others to caring for ourselves only. I am sure that when Jesus looks upon what we have done with this world he cries. we will all answer for this great injustice upon our fellow man between the ages of 20 and 50 we are capable of changing the world in one way or another . the majority of us let this time pass until we cannot change anything . however I believe that with God all things are possible and we should not give up this fight to change our world to a world of love of others and denial of self no matter our age no matter our situation no matter our political convictions. We can no longer as a member of the body of Christ have one leg in the secular world and the other in God's kingdom we must all make a choice I hope that those who read this make the correct decision is not difficult all we must do is the little things and if we all do the little things love will spread selfishness will die and all shall come to the realization of Christ and his Grace and mercy and love for us all.
On a separate note I apologize for being away for my blog as I have been working with voice recognition software. this software goes through a time of training so if you see line that makes no sense please forgive and bear with me until the software gets an idea of my voice patterns .
until then God bless you and may he keep your family and home safe amen.
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Monday, September 5, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Garbage in and Garbage out Part III
Hello and welcome to Part III Garbage In Garbage Out.
The first part or part I of this series was about dissension within the Church as well as within The Body of Christ. The second part was a look at what our children face in the secular homes and with school systems that are liberal biased and directed to teach the state directed knowledge tests. In Texas we know this as TAKS. The third part is going to be a little touchy because nobody (not even I) like to look at themselves. So for tonight take a second be honest with yourself and understand by the time I am through I will be mad at myself enough for all of you plus myself.
Early on in this part I am going to use specific examples of times of our lives. If I do not cover your particular circumstance it is because there are so many variables. I will try to point out where variables set in. At some point most of us plod through High School and eventually graduate. Weather a GED or Diploma all the same. We (some of us) take the summer off to prepare for our charge into adulthood, the whole problem is most at 18 years old are in no way ready to handle adulthood. By the number of children who are killed yearly by driving drunk I do not believe a teen is ready for adulthood until 25 for a male and 21 for a female. I am not being biased at this point nor is my wife hanging over me with a huge frying pan. It is a known fact women mature faster than men (just ask your teens auto insurance guy!) So most end up in one of four places. The first is the military (not as popular as it used to be with a war on and such) but usually this ranks about first over all. The second is school either at Community College or at a University. The third is off to the working sector to try and begin to learn a living. The fourth is on your parents couch thinking what you are going to do (later on) to determine how your life will go.
This stage usually lasts about four years and gives some each time to form what kind of world we live in. Usually in these four stages (unless Dad's boot ended plan number 4 as stated earlier) exists one big common ground problem for us at this time of our lives. It goes by many names but they are all the same drinking,partying or chilling with friends. Now there are exemptions from this. If you are in the military and deployed (sorry no drinking until you get back stateside). At this stage of life for me my Father gave me a choice military,school or working and moving out. I tried the school thing but I was not interested in school at that time. This was the time of the Iranian hostage crisis (yes I am that old) but for the younger here. The Iranians when Khomeini came into power attacked the US embassy and held a large group of Americans hostage for over 500 days. All I really knew was they had our people we looked as if we were going to war and I considered it my duty to my nation to be there. There is a old saying the apple falls not far from the tree. My Son saw 9/11 and the Twin Towers fall he made up his mind that day that it was his duty to his nation to join the military and he was in the Army thirty days later.
They all have the party and drinking thing going, sadly some die in senseless auto accidents or at a party because you did not wear the right color of clothes or were just picked at random so some drunk jerk could prove just how macho he was. I knew a young man I had worked with him in the Post Office before I was injured. He lived a life of fornication and payed child support at the age of 22 for four children. He liked to party and since it was allot cheaper to drink in Mexico that is where he went every weekend. His said he was going on one weekend and everybody warned him not to. The drug gangs were in a hot war against each other (this war continues today) and it was very dangerous. He ignored the warnings and went. sometime Saturday night he was standing with friends in front of a night club when a car came by and fired over 200 shots at the bar. Everybody who was outside died of gunshots he never stood a chance, it was front page news and left four children without a Father and a new casualty count for the year. It was senseless and a waste of life, yet the same things happen here every night and nobody notices it because we are all numb (we will deal with this in part four).
If we survive this time in our lives (more do than don't) we are considered young adults. Now at this sad stage there are two trails one leads to family, less drinking and a course set for our lives. The other is taken by those who just want to stop growing up. This leads to continued drinking,usually one divorce and allot of hurt people in their path. You will know who took the second path they are usually loud,often drunk and trying to prove they are just as much macho at 35 than they were at 18. It is during this time that we find out about the great mystery. No not girls, but close. One night we are out be it at a club (hopefully not) or at a friends house or just walking down the street and wow! Clocks stop time halts and you could swear you just saw your idea of a angel from heaven, the last point has yet to be seen. Next thing ya know you are married and this is where the fun begins. It does not begin any earlier because you are single and the only person you have to worry about is yourself.
The first year of marriage weather you have a child or not is tough. Those little things that when you met your wife that were by her words cute. You know staying out with the boys until 3am and coming home roaring drunk, How you just tossed your soiled under ware in a corner and let it stay long enough to be a national monument and of course you were having "relations" about 5 times a week when you were engaged and this has trailed off to 1 or 2 times a week or zero if you were one of them who came in at 3am. It is these marriages I really wish there was a 18 month rule to have your first child. That way if your prince or princess turns out to be (in your eyes) a servant of the evil one. There would not be a child to suffer through and live with a divorce. Sadly much too many children live with this situation, often with the missing spouse not offering a dime to help raise his/her child.
This is where one group has to wait on the other. Once a person meets his/her future spouse and it works (usually the man got wiser like in my case). Before you know it you have a child and now it is not just you anymore it is now three Husband,Wife and Baby makes three. This is where also the real garbage begins to flow at the force of a river and not just a trickle. So you begin to set on what will be the course of your life. You seek a profession not a job and benefits become just as important as salary. It is at this stage we begin to compromise. There are a million first steps. Perhaps it was fibbing a bit on you resume or you compromise a value to earn a living and become a stripper or drug dealer. Either way there is always a first step. You already know enough about lying to earn a masters degree in the subject because your parents taught you with such cute little sayings such as "just tell them I am not here" or the ever famous "Just tell Grand Ma that you love your lime green pajamas complete with footsies and bunny ears. To keep in training you have been telling your significant other that they are more beautiful than the day you meant them, a better answer is always you love them more than you did yesterday. The great thing about love (and perhaps it is because we as Catholics take it so seriously no matter how you look. Love makes you the most beautiful thing they have ever seen. When I was married I weighed in at 162lbs my Wife was 98 lbs. I won't even tell you at what level we tip the scales at now but I can assure you it is allot. But to me my wife is a supermodel and who knows how she sees me but we are together so it does not matter.
So you now think you have set your course (Hopefully God is in your Marriage) if not it is allot tougher. You have lied on a application or tweaked your resume or if you are a type A person your family is second to your job and your desire to get ahead. Your Children see you only at night you are gone too early to see them in the morning. At night when they hope for time you are tired, have work to do, frustrated to the point of anger (please remember not to take this out on your family) or are too worried about money,trying to get that promotion or there is conflict with your spouse's family. So the children really don't see you at all except in passing. This is not true of many but if you are lucky enough to get time with your children don't waste a second because each is precious. I once spent 4 months on a job as a manager where I was gone before my children got up and got home far too late to see them when I got hope. I was working 18 hours a day at times more and I continued because money was most important in my life at that time. I worked until I actually physically and mentally collapsed and came close to death. It was not until I rejoined the Catholic Church and began to learn family values and the importance of having God there that I learned how actually stupid I was. I missed allot of days of my children's life and have regretted every minute horribly.
It is at this point I will stop for tonight and pick up Garbage in Garbage out Part IIIB. Until then God bless and keep you.
The first part or part I of this series was about dissension within the Church as well as within The Body of Christ. The second part was a look at what our children face in the secular homes and with school systems that are liberal biased and directed to teach the state directed knowledge tests. In Texas we know this as TAKS. The third part is going to be a little touchy because nobody (not even I) like to look at themselves. So for tonight take a second be honest with yourself and understand by the time I am through I will be mad at myself enough for all of you plus myself.
Early on in this part I am going to use specific examples of times of our lives. If I do not cover your particular circumstance it is because there are so many variables. I will try to point out where variables set in. At some point most of us plod through High School and eventually graduate. Weather a GED or Diploma all the same. We (some of us) take the summer off to prepare for our charge into adulthood, the whole problem is most at 18 years old are in no way ready to handle adulthood. By the number of children who are killed yearly by driving drunk I do not believe a teen is ready for adulthood until 25 for a male and 21 for a female. I am not being biased at this point nor is my wife hanging over me with a huge frying pan. It is a known fact women mature faster than men (just ask your teens auto insurance guy!) So most end up in one of four places. The first is the military (not as popular as it used to be with a war on and such) but usually this ranks about first over all. The second is school either at Community College or at a University. The third is off to the working sector to try and begin to learn a living. The fourth is on your parents couch thinking what you are going to do (later on) to determine how your life will go.
This stage usually lasts about four years and gives some each time to form what kind of world we live in. Usually in these four stages (unless Dad's boot ended plan number 4 as stated earlier) exists one big common ground problem for us at this time of our lives. It goes by many names but they are all the same drinking,partying or chilling with friends. Now there are exemptions from this. If you are in the military and deployed (sorry no drinking until you get back stateside). At this stage of life for me my Father gave me a choice military,school or working and moving out. I tried the school thing but I was not interested in school at that time. This was the time of the Iranian hostage crisis (yes I am that old) but for the younger here. The Iranians when Khomeini came into power attacked the US embassy and held a large group of Americans hostage for over 500 days. All I really knew was they had our people we looked as if we were going to war and I considered it my duty to my nation to be there. There is a old saying the apple falls not far from the tree. My Son saw 9/11 and the Twin Towers fall he made up his mind that day that it was his duty to his nation to join the military and he was in the Army thirty days later.
They all have the party and drinking thing going, sadly some die in senseless auto accidents or at a party because you did not wear the right color of clothes or were just picked at random so some drunk jerk could prove just how macho he was. I knew a young man I had worked with him in the Post Office before I was injured. He lived a life of fornication and payed child support at the age of 22 for four children. He liked to party and since it was allot cheaper to drink in Mexico that is where he went every weekend. His said he was going on one weekend and everybody warned him not to. The drug gangs were in a hot war against each other (this war continues today) and it was very dangerous. He ignored the warnings and went. sometime Saturday night he was standing with friends in front of a night club when a car came by and fired over 200 shots at the bar. Everybody who was outside died of gunshots he never stood a chance, it was front page news and left four children without a Father and a new casualty count for the year. It was senseless and a waste of life, yet the same things happen here every night and nobody notices it because we are all numb (we will deal with this in part four).
If we survive this time in our lives (more do than don't) we are considered young adults. Now at this sad stage there are two trails one leads to family, less drinking and a course set for our lives. The other is taken by those who just want to stop growing up. This leads to continued drinking,usually one divorce and allot of hurt people in their path. You will know who took the second path they are usually loud,often drunk and trying to prove they are just as much macho at 35 than they were at 18. It is during this time that we find out about the great mystery. No not girls, but close. One night we are out be it at a club (hopefully not) or at a friends house or just walking down the street and wow! Clocks stop time halts and you could swear you just saw your idea of a angel from heaven, the last point has yet to be seen. Next thing ya know you are married and this is where the fun begins. It does not begin any earlier because you are single and the only person you have to worry about is yourself.
The first year of marriage weather you have a child or not is tough. Those little things that when you met your wife that were by her words cute. You know staying out with the boys until 3am and coming home roaring drunk, How you just tossed your soiled under ware in a corner and let it stay long enough to be a national monument and of course you were having "relations" about 5 times a week when you were engaged and this has trailed off to 1 or 2 times a week or zero if you were one of them who came in at 3am. It is these marriages I really wish there was a 18 month rule to have your first child. That way if your prince or princess turns out to be (in your eyes) a servant of the evil one. There would not be a child to suffer through and live with a divorce. Sadly much too many children live with this situation, often with the missing spouse not offering a dime to help raise his/her child.
This is where one group has to wait on the other. Once a person meets his/her future spouse and it works (usually the man got wiser like in my case). Before you know it you have a child and now it is not just you anymore it is now three Husband,Wife and Baby makes three. This is where also the real garbage begins to flow at the force of a river and not just a trickle. So you begin to set on what will be the course of your life. You seek a profession not a job and benefits become just as important as salary. It is at this stage we begin to compromise. There are a million first steps. Perhaps it was fibbing a bit on you resume or you compromise a value to earn a living and become a stripper or drug dealer. Either way there is always a first step. You already know enough about lying to earn a masters degree in the subject because your parents taught you with such cute little sayings such as "just tell them I am not here" or the ever famous "Just tell Grand Ma that you love your lime green pajamas complete with footsies and bunny ears. To keep in training you have been telling your significant other that they are more beautiful than the day you meant them, a better answer is always you love them more than you did yesterday. The great thing about love (and perhaps it is because we as Catholics take it so seriously no matter how you look. Love makes you the most beautiful thing they have ever seen. When I was married I weighed in at 162lbs my Wife was 98 lbs. I won't even tell you at what level we tip the scales at now but I can assure you it is allot. But to me my wife is a supermodel and who knows how she sees me but we are together so it does not matter.
So you now think you have set your course (Hopefully God is in your Marriage) if not it is allot tougher. You have lied on a application or tweaked your resume or if you are a type A person your family is second to your job and your desire to get ahead. Your Children see you only at night you are gone too early to see them in the morning. At night when they hope for time you are tired, have work to do, frustrated to the point of anger (please remember not to take this out on your family) or are too worried about money,trying to get that promotion or there is conflict with your spouse's family. So the children really don't see you at all except in passing. This is not true of many but if you are lucky enough to get time with your children don't waste a second because each is precious. I once spent 4 months on a job as a manager where I was gone before my children got up and got home far too late to see them when I got hope. I was working 18 hours a day at times more and I continued because money was most important in my life at that time. I worked until I actually physically and mentally collapsed and came close to death. It was not until I rejoined the Catholic Church and began to learn family values and the importance of having God there that I learned how actually stupid I was. I missed allot of days of my children's life and have regretted every minute horribly.
It is at this point I will stop for tonight and pick up Garbage in Garbage out Part IIIB. Until then God bless and keep you.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Garbage in and garbage out. part II
In our opening we first discussed those who dissent in the Church and therefore hurt the body of Christ which is each of us. United we can accomplish great things and perhaps bring a new wave of people to the Church. Divided we will fail as we cannot fight among ourselves and reach out effectively to others.
The second area of Garbage in Garbage out occurs slowly you have 12 years to spot it and what it does to your child and to millions of Children nationally. Schools are in my humble opinion the worst spreaders of Garbage we face. Now this is not to say there are no good teachers there are. But most have become powerless in a system that demands they teach a skills test and that is it. Here in Texas having spoke to many teachers they are deeply upset that they are forced by the government to teach all year for a test called (TAKS) that determines if your child passes on to the level. It was supposed to improve education, but all it has done is leave a bunch of young adults counting on their finger unless the register tells them what change to give.
It in my opinion is the bastion of the Devil. Our children are forced to watch the President make a half political speech on television and forced to learn to respect all peoples (which is good) unless such people have anything to do with the "G" word. Nope no God or Jesus Christ allowed. The very principles our nation's beginnings are wrapped within the loving arms of God and Christ. We must recognize Kwanzaa,Ramadan and Hanukkah but Christmas is not Christmas it is the holidays the holiday season. We cannot even have Christ in our celebration of our saviors birth.
Discipline is nonexistent in the schools as the students run the schools and know there is nothing the school district will do because of lawsuits by parents who are that in name only. The language used in school is horrible and worse it is now used in the open against anybody who does something they do not like. This language is so horrible a sailor would almost cry at what he saw. 13 to 15 years old and parents take no action as they push through a crowd of the elderly and speak words that are so horrible the disrespect drips from them. Another proud achievements learned in school. Cell phones,texting and drugs are all areas of deep study by our young. Then we have specialization oh yes we do, it is called. sexting,cell phone recording of beat downs and of course forced prostitution as a way to pay for drugs they now are dependant on. From every corner we are allowing a minority liberal association and atheists to push God out of this country forever, They try so hard that now "God bless America only shows up on the side of our coins and no where on Federal land. How much longer can we say with a ounce of truth "God bless America".
We have lost our God as a nation and our pride for what she once was. Don't think so? Go to a baseball game and see how many stand for our National Anthem. We spend 14 billion dollars a year on everything from Dog foods, dogie jackets, dog snow shoes, to scratch posts and toys for any other kind of pet. Yet in the West Texas area alone it is estimated that 2 out of 3 kids go to bed hungry in just this part of the nation and in this speck of the world.This did not count the areas in Mexico where the drug wars make many more kids go to bed hungry. We have Cell Phones, texting, video conferencing. talking clown heads that take our lunch orders and televisions tell us where to find love and scrubbing bubble foot washers. And finally the intranet where 69% of the pages are dedicated to pornography, putting child pornography at anybodies finger tips. And there are millions more others who are looking at this stuff than any amount of Priests pointed out by the enemies of the Catholic Church or have we forgotten Swaggart.Oral Roberts and so many others that preach their own wealth by telling those who listen if you give me 500 dollars God will bless you with 3500 dollars. Religious leaders are men not perfect they have no super powers only what God has granted them. and nobody has a right to paint a label on an entire Church body for the sins of the few.
This is by far the largest Garbage in file you children must deal with because added to the above we have peer pressure and changes in the body due to hormones and the transference from child to adult. The question is how do we replace some of this garbage. Allot depends on what your situation is. If you are home during the day and retired try home schooling where you can place God back on top at school and not have anyone say no. You can teach the basics like you were taught. English,reading,math and science as well as citizenship. You control the discipline as well as the language used and can teach good ole fashioned respect for the elderly as well as for their God and Country. If time fails you try a good Catholic church or one that teaches your faith. If money fails you there is always ways that can help you out such as economic discounts and work study things. Where you could clean up the school a night or two and this pays part of your tuition. Third both you and your kids need to get into Church pray together discuss together and shut down the boob tube awhile you might find you like it better. Serve God and do his will as a family. Feed the poor,clothe the poor or just hand a bottle of super cold water on a hot day. Tell others God bless you, some will say nothing but still you have asked for a blessing upon them and it is there. Many are thankful for the blessing and offer one back. What a wonderful gift to give somebody.
Finally just be a DAD or a Mom and listen and be there. Rebuke sin with love and gentleness because they have not learned many of the way that the enemy throws sin at you. The best part you don't have to be perfect to any of this. All you must do is love you children. Show them the correct path to follow so they never walk of the path or deny God and you have given them the greatest gift of love there is. A chance to be a servant to God and by his mercies and graces they may share eternity with Jesus. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. He rose to give us all eternal life. Can you do less for your own kids. Part III next
The second area of Garbage in Garbage out occurs slowly you have 12 years to spot it and what it does to your child and to millions of Children nationally. Schools are in my humble opinion the worst spreaders of Garbage we face. Now this is not to say there are no good teachers there are. But most have become powerless in a system that demands they teach a skills test and that is it. Here in Texas having spoke to many teachers they are deeply upset that they are forced by the government to teach all year for a test called (TAKS) that determines if your child passes on to the level. It was supposed to improve education, but all it has done is leave a bunch of young adults counting on their finger unless the register tells them what change to give.
It in my opinion is the bastion of the Devil. Our children are forced to watch the President make a half political speech on television and forced to learn to respect all peoples (which is good) unless such people have anything to do with the "G" word. Nope no God or Jesus Christ allowed. The very principles our nation's beginnings are wrapped within the loving arms of God and Christ. We must recognize Kwanzaa,Ramadan and Hanukkah but Christmas is not Christmas it is the holidays the holiday season. We cannot even have Christ in our celebration of our saviors birth.
Discipline is nonexistent in the schools as the students run the schools and know there is nothing the school district will do because of lawsuits by parents who are that in name only. The language used in school is horrible and worse it is now used in the open against anybody who does something they do not like. This language is so horrible a sailor would almost cry at what he saw. 13 to 15 years old and parents take no action as they push through a crowd of the elderly and speak words that are so horrible the disrespect drips from them. Another proud achievements learned in school. Cell phones,texting and drugs are all areas of deep study by our young. Then we have specialization oh yes we do, it is called. sexting,cell phone recording of beat downs and of course forced prostitution as a way to pay for drugs they now are dependant on. From every corner we are allowing a minority liberal association and atheists to push God out of this country forever, They try so hard that now "God bless America only shows up on the side of our coins and no where on Federal land. How much longer can we say with a ounce of truth "God bless America".
We have lost our God as a nation and our pride for what she once was. Don't think so? Go to a baseball game and see how many stand for our National Anthem. We spend 14 billion dollars a year on everything from Dog foods, dogie jackets, dog snow shoes, to scratch posts and toys for any other kind of pet. Yet in the West Texas area alone it is estimated that 2 out of 3 kids go to bed hungry in just this part of the nation and in this speck of the world.This did not count the areas in Mexico where the drug wars make many more kids go to bed hungry. We have Cell Phones, texting, video conferencing. talking clown heads that take our lunch orders and televisions tell us where to find love and scrubbing bubble foot washers. And finally the intranet where 69% of the pages are dedicated to pornography, putting child pornography at anybodies finger tips. And there are millions more others who are looking at this stuff than any amount of Priests pointed out by the enemies of the Catholic Church or have we forgotten Swaggart.Oral Roberts and so many others that preach their own wealth by telling those who listen if you give me 500 dollars God will bless you with 3500 dollars. Religious leaders are men not perfect they have no super powers only what God has granted them. and nobody has a right to paint a label on an entire Church body for the sins of the few.
This is by far the largest Garbage in file you children must deal with because added to the above we have peer pressure and changes in the body due to hormones and the transference from child to adult. The question is how do we replace some of this garbage. Allot depends on what your situation is. If you are home during the day and retired try home schooling where you can place God back on top at school and not have anyone say no. You can teach the basics like you were taught. English,reading,math and science as well as citizenship. You control the discipline as well as the language used and can teach good ole fashioned respect for the elderly as well as for their God and Country. If time fails you try a good Catholic church or one that teaches your faith. If money fails you there is always ways that can help you out such as economic discounts and work study things. Where you could clean up the school a night or two and this pays part of your tuition. Third both you and your kids need to get into Church pray together discuss together and shut down the boob tube awhile you might find you like it better. Serve God and do his will as a family. Feed the poor,clothe the poor or just hand a bottle of super cold water on a hot day. Tell others God bless you, some will say nothing but still you have asked for a blessing upon them and it is there. Many are thankful for the blessing and offer one back. What a wonderful gift to give somebody.
Finally just be a DAD or a Mom and listen and be there. Rebuke sin with love and gentleness because they have not learned many of the way that the enemy throws sin at you. The best part you don't have to be perfect to any of this. All you must do is love you children. Show them the correct path to follow so they never walk of the path or deny God and you have given them the greatest gift of love there is. A chance to be a servant to God and by his mercies and graces they may share eternity with Jesus. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. He rose to give us all eternal life. Can you do less for your own kids. Part III next
Thursday, August 25, 2011
What goes in comes out. Part 1
I have began allot of thought lately concerning what computer geeks use to say junk in junk out. First let me apologize for being away from the blog for those who do not know of did not read the story I suffer from extreme depression as well as stress,anxiety and PTSD. So there are days when I just do not get to my computer due to this condition. However with the last of the disability battles winding up there will be more time.
Junk in junk out was a term used by computer geeks to denote that whatever info you put into a computer the same will come out. Bad date gives you bad data. If you put good data you get good data back. A man who's books I love reading Archbishop Fulton J Sheen would I am sure have a witty way of putting it but even as I watch his TV program Life is Worth Living he states the same thing just as the Bible states you can't put a bunch garbage into yourself and maintain a truly Christian spirit as sooner or later the garbage you put in will come spilling out.
This rule applies to any part of your life. The Body of Christ (the church) must support each other as well as our Priests and Nuns all the way to the Holy Father any detraction from this can cause division within the Body which is a case for serious sin. When you enter as a member of the Body of Christ as part of the Roman Catholic Church it is a take all or none proposition. You must follow the Holy Father and the teachings of the Church completely and to treat your Church like a Cafeteria line where you can pick what you like in the Canon Law and disregard what you do not like. In every Church no matter what faith there is one. The one who liked the last Priest better and complains this one is too new or speaks more on sin and Hell than on little fluffy bunnies that come out in the night to magically do your laundry for you. Most of the time he.she is listened to quietly and gets a nod of the head as the victim tries to make their getaway. The question arises should he/she be rebuked? In full honesty I would pull the person to the side and point out the folly in a Brotherly way. This is not done with a I am better than you attitude or a self-righteous attitude. However any act that injures the Body of Christ injures all as we all make up the Body.
The theory that any one of us as members of The One True Church. As members of the Body of Christ. God's one true Church has a right to accept what teaching they want to follow and disregard any that we do not like we can just throw it away is a bit ludicrous. Are we putting ourselves above God? Do we know so much more than God that we know better than he who gave us the Church what the Dogma or Canon laws must be. I pray that we never do such a heresy but sadly it is all to common today as many Catholics continue to murder children through abortion or contraceptives. And please do not let the word contraceptive fool you. It still kills the life that was created bu use of spermicide and other sources. Either way abortion is caused there is no difference. I can tell you through self examination that self-justification for sin is our favorite excuse it also places a large shadow upon our ability to see our own faults and a magnifying glass to see others faults. Once I got by this self justification stuff I am almost convinced that if I am lucky enough to make Purgatory I will be the last one out.
I also note that many people in their attempt to seek religious education keep on confusing themselves however slightly by reading religious studies books from both the Catholic and the Evangelical sides of the issues. This has created almost a mini following throughout the church of what some term Charismatic Catholics. If you are one of these I am going to upset you by telling you there is no such animal. This is a attempt to combine Pentecostal beliefs with Catholics. So lets not mix oil and water because in that mix Our Holy Mother is lost along with all the saints. While not trying to smear any religion it should be stated that anybody who believes one visit to the alter to accept Christ into your life takes care of all sins and guarantees heaven. is living in fantasy land as such a contention cannot be biblical proven. So if you are there and see my buddy Daffy Duck day hello for me.
Part 2 tomorrow
God keep you and bless you
Junk in junk out was a term used by computer geeks to denote that whatever info you put into a computer the same will come out. Bad date gives you bad data. If you put good data you get good data back. A man who's books I love reading Archbishop Fulton J Sheen would I am sure have a witty way of putting it but even as I watch his TV program Life is Worth Living he states the same thing just as the Bible states you can't put a bunch garbage into yourself and maintain a truly Christian spirit as sooner or later the garbage you put in will come spilling out.
This rule applies to any part of your life. The Body of Christ (the church) must support each other as well as our Priests and Nuns all the way to the Holy Father any detraction from this can cause division within the Body which is a case for serious sin. When you enter as a member of the Body of Christ as part of the Roman Catholic Church it is a take all or none proposition. You must follow the Holy Father and the teachings of the Church completely and to treat your Church like a Cafeteria line where you can pick what you like in the Canon Law and disregard what you do not like. In every Church no matter what faith there is one. The one who liked the last Priest better and complains this one is too new or speaks more on sin and Hell than on little fluffy bunnies that come out in the night to magically do your laundry for you. Most of the time he.she is listened to quietly and gets a nod of the head as the victim tries to make their getaway. The question arises should he/she be rebuked? In full honesty I would pull the person to the side and point out the folly in a Brotherly way. This is not done with a I am better than you attitude or a self-righteous attitude. However any act that injures the Body of Christ injures all as we all make up the Body.
The theory that any one of us as members of The One True Church. As members of the Body of Christ. God's one true Church has a right to accept what teaching they want to follow and disregard any that we do not like we can just throw it away is a bit ludicrous. Are we putting ourselves above God? Do we know so much more than God that we know better than he who gave us the Church what the Dogma or Canon laws must be. I pray that we never do such a heresy but sadly it is all to common today as many Catholics continue to murder children through abortion or contraceptives. And please do not let the word contraceptive fool you. It still kills the life that was created bu use of spermicide and other sources. Either way abortion is caused there is no difference. I can tell you through self examination that self-justification for sin is our favorite excuse it also places a large shadow upon our ability to see our own faults and a magnifying glass to see others faults. Once I got by this self justification stuff I am almost convinced that if I am lucky enough to make Purgatory I will be the last one out.
I also note that many people in their attempt to seek religious education keep on confusing themselves however slightly by reading religious studies books from both the Catholic and the Evangelical sides of the issues. This has created almost a mini following throughout the church of what some term Charismatic Catholics. If you are one of these I am going to upset you by telling you there is no such animal. This is a attempt to combine Pentecostal beliefs with Catholics. So lets not mix oil and water because in that mix Our Holy Mother is lost along with all the saints. While not trying to smear any religion it should be stated that anybody who believes one visit to the alter to accept Christ into your life takes care of all sins and guarantees heaven. is living in fantasy land as such a contention cannot be biblical proven. So if you are there and see my buddy Daffy Duck day hello for me.
Part 2 tomorrow
God keep you and bless you
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Where's the love??
Not more than three weeks ago the Dodgers and Giants played a three game series in Los Angelas. If it had been a normal event I would have said so what as when it comes to sports my interest rates are near the level 0f studying pond scum. What did get my attention is that it seems three Dodger fans jumped a Giants fan and almost killed him. His future progress is up to God at this point, Today during a preseason football game with San Francisco and the Oakland Raiders three were wound one fighting for his life right now after being seriously beaten in a bathroom. The second man was shot in the stomach 3 or 4 times as he drove his vehicle to a gate and collapsed trying to get help. The third was in serious condition.
A new term has entered our vocabulary where "beat downs" has became a hot item on the list for young teens to do. These are usually race related and people are picked by their skin color and nothing else. It usually involves 5 kids beating one child within a inch of their lives, This has now become such a issue cities like Chicago,Newark.Philadelphia and Miami. Now there are some who will say "so what it is inner-city and the victims are white while the attackers are black. But shake this out of your head it does not matter who is beating up who what matters is that such a thing happens. This kind of hate seems to be ruling our nation and yet out of all the options we have hatred is our least desirable.
Our Public School system is nearly devoid of any type of discipline. Our children run around in High School exposed to drugs,pre-marital sex, Teachers protected by a system of makes those who have tenure almost impossible to fire. Teachers that because of interference no longer cares about his and her job. Evolution and science are the classes of today as any mention of God or Jesus must not be used to avoid offending atheists or Muslims. Not to mention that now we need classes to help us realize that not are Muslims are bad, I believe a four year old student could figure out on his own. Our youngest children in public schools are given books like Bobby has two daddies and Mary has two Mommies. We do not allow Christ or God onto schools yet we acknowledge Kwanzaa, Black history month and Mexican America awareness month. In other words instead of teaching that we are all God's children.
Our nation has never been so divided and frightened at the same time as people are loosing thousands in retirement funds and many wonder if their is going to anything left for those who are retiring. Politicians are withholding funds to make the Government work.at the expense of the peoples interests rather than helping them. Every political party wants to make a statement as to how their plan to fix the economy is better than the other guys. Meanwhile people who can least afford higher costs are faced with food rates up 26% higher than last year and fuel that has hovered from 3.25 to 5.00 per gallon. This means making a job search almost impossible. The math is simple if you are trying to hang on to your house and car and feed your family very little is left for Gas.
People are pulling their kids out of public school system by the drove full and more and more people has lost all faith in anything Government or even each other. We are suspicious and mistrusting of anybody who comes into our area. On top of this instead of sending tractors and seed and fertilizers to help nations we assist to eat and help their medical people to end disease and inoculate people against sicknesses. Instead of this we send corrupt governments who deny food to their people and to let those of a wrong religion starve to death. We also give them birth control to stop the rise in their populations and our world is not even near of running out of space. So as a Government we allow our nation to suply7 ways for people to be starved and murdered and many more to die of disease and to top it all off we give them a way to kill their children.
What in the world could be going on that a world that only 50 or 60 years ago could rely on his neighbor to help raise a barn or just to fix a car. We treated our elderly with respect for the wisdom they had and paid homage to our veterans. and called our land blessed by God.. Perhaps there lies the problem to all the issues of society. We have watched a minority group of people work very hard at removing God from every coroner of our lives. They got it out of school and government buildings and has even moved it off the top of our coins to the sides of them. Our President does not salute the flag of our nation.
his cross to know that everything will be great.
Gob Bless
A new term has entered our vocabulary where "beat downs" has became a hot item on the list for young teens to do. These are usually race related and people are picked by their skin color and nothing else. It usually involves 5 kids beating one child within a inch of their lives, This has now become such a issue cities like Chicago,Newark.Philadelphia and Miami. Now there are some who will say "so what it is inner-city and the victims are white while the attackers are black. But shake this out of your head it does not matter who is beating up who what matters is that such a thing happens. This kind of hate seems to be ruling our nation and yet out of all the options we have hatred is our least desirable.
Our Public School system is nearly devoid of any type of discipline. Our children run around in High School exposed to drugs,pre-marital sex, Teachers protected by a system of makes those who have tenure almost impossible to fire. Teachers that because of interference no longer cares about his and her job. Evolution and science are the classes of today as any mention of God or Jesus must not be used to avoid offending atheists or Muslims. Not to mention that now we need classes to help us realize that not are Muslims are bad, I believe a four year old student could figure out on his own. Our youngest children in public schools are given books like Bobby has two daddies and Mary has two Mommies. We do not allow Christ or God onto schools yet we acknowledge Kwanzaa, Black history month and Mexican America awareness month. In other words instead of teaching that we are all God's children.
Our nation has never been so divided and frightened at the same time as people are loosing thousands in retirement funds and many wonder if their is going to anything left for those who are retiring. Politicians are withholding funds to make the Government work.at the expense of the peoples interests rather than helping them. Every political party wants to make a statement as to how their plan to fix the economy is better than the other guys. Meanwhile people who can least afford higher costs are faced with food rates up 26% higher than last year and fuel that has hovered from 3.25 to 5.00 per gallon. This means making a job search almost impossible. The math is simple if you are trying to hang on to your house and car and feed your family very little is left for Gas.
People are pulling their kids out of public school system by the drove full and more and more people has lost all faith in anything Government or even each other. We are suspicious and mistrusting of anybody who comes into our area. On top of this instead of sending tractors and seed and fertilizers to help nations we assist to eat and help their medical people to end disease and inoculate people against sicknesses. Instead of this we send corrupt governments who deny food to their people and to let those of a wrong religion starve to death. We also give them birth control to stop the rise in their populations and our world is not even near of running out of space. So as a Government we allow our nation to suply7 ways for people to be starved and murdered and many more to die of disease and to top it all off we give them a way to kill their children.
What in the world could be going on that a world that only 50 or 60 years ago could rely on his neighbor to help raise a barn or just to fix a car. We treated our elderly with respect for the wisdom they had and paid homage to our veterans. and called our land blessed by God.. Perhaps there lies the problem to all the issues of society. We have watched a minority group of people work very hard at removing God from every coroner of our lives. They got it out of school and government buildings and has even moved it off the top of our coins to the sides of them. Our President does not salute the flag of our nation.
his cross to know that everything will be great.
Gob Bless
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Part II
It seems if we read long enough there are so many rules that it would be moronic to say we all lived by every rule and were correct to the letter of what Jesus set before us as rules. But this is the whole point we can't do it all correctly so we must rely on the mercy as well as the graces of our Lord's love. As it is stated in the Bible how the body does what we do not want it to do and does not do what it should. So we are all given to sin on occasion and we all slip.fall and slide away. We have free will given to us by God that sometimes keeps us in line or when we make a poorer judgement even if it is made with the best of intentions. The key is that God is with us everywhere we are never alone and we have the wonderful Mass of reconciliation to give us new starts with Jesus.
The mercy and graces from Jesus is endless and beyond our ability to understand let alone explain. The only way not to receive these gifts is to turn your back and deny God or the Holy spirit or Christ himself. Even then as the prodigal son when he comes to himself he seeks to return. So we have to wonder what do we have to do to get the "gold ring we seek". Remember ST. Padre Pio and St. Therese "little flower" neither of them travelled any appreciable mileage from their home areas. Neither had millions to house and feed the poor, nor they people of many words. God had never demanded these things from them. So what did they do so different. They first were totally committed to Christ, they prayed at all time and whatever they were asked to do it was done with humility and quietly so no man could bring them praise. They lived simply and not with the many distractions today "television game systems PS3 etc, MP3 players and such, It is no matter that we cannot devote a day let alone a hour to spend in prayer and worship. But we can set down a time for prayer and mediation to God our Father. Even a hour a day is better than nothing before God.
As stated earlier we swing for the bleachers trying to always to hit that home run so we can let the world see out actions without us having to say a word. However while we do this it is easily spotted as a pride that screams look what I did. So what to do ? We are shown by both St. Padre Pio and ST. Therese they had three thing Total concentration,constant prayer and the (what I call the little way) you see somebody without a coat, give it to them,see somebody hungry share your food, and if you see somebody thirsty, give then water. By doing the small things God will increase all things and in his time slowly increase your role in your mission assigned by God for you.
Until later God Bless
The mercy and graces from Jesus is endless and beyond our ability to understand let alone explain. The only way not to receive these gifts is to turn your back and deny God or the Holy spirit or Christ himself. Even then as the prodigal son when he comes to himself he seeks to return. So we have to wonder what do we have to do to get the "gold ring we seek". Remember ST. Padre Pio and St. Therese "little flower" neither of them travelled any appreciable mileage from their home areas. Neither had millions to house and feed the poor, nor they people of many words. God had never demanded these things from them. So what did they do so different. They first were totally committed to Christ, they prayed at all time and whatever they were asked to do it was done with humility and quietly so no man could bring them praise. They lived simply and not with the many distractions today "television game systems PS3 etc, MP3 players and such, It is no matter that we cannot devote a day let alone a hour to spend in prayer and worship. But we can set down a time for prayer and mediation to God our Father. Even a hour a day is better than nothing before God.
As stated earlier we swing for the bleachers trying to always to hit that home run so we can let the world see out actions without us having to say a word. However while we do this it is easily spotted as a pride that screams look what I did. So what to do ? We are shown by both St. Padre Pio and ST. Therese they had three thing Total concentration,constant prayer and the (what I call the little way) you see somebody without a coat, give it to them,see somebody hungry share your food, and if you see somebody thirsty, give then water. By doing the small things God will increase all things and in his time slowly increase your role in your mission assigned by God for you.
Until later God Bless
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Following God's directions one persons opinion Part I
I have had the pleasure of reading allot of books recently that introduced several points of view that I had never taken into consideration. The Authors of these books were Padre Pio, Archbishop Sheen and St. Therese of Lisieux. These were greats in my opinion on the church and gave us such examples that by their examples we to could be called Blessed or Saint. In my small but growing library I have 27 books on my Kindle and another 47 on my shelf I was astounded to see one thing. While many of these books were are on defending the faith. I found almost just as many on getting to know God and how to pray to God and what scarf to fling around to get God's attention. I really believe that this is common for many new Catholics and those who have been away from the Church for years.
While reading several books it finally struck me like a lightning bolt. I don't have to wave a scarf around and I don't do anything to get God's attention through Christ I already have it. Yes sin does separate us but if we reconcile our sins and are ashamed of them God is merciful enough and graciousness enough to take us back. Jesus came to give us life not a horrible end time judgement where he sends everybody to a cruel fate. Are there rules sure we know them as the Ten Commandments and almost as fast as we can list them some 4,000 Catholics have broken one of them. If we add all the other faiths to this list it would be in the high billions. So how did the people who authored these books get to such a admired state in the Catholic Church. Padre Pio never travelled farther that 45 miles from his Monastery and yet was so loved that a riot in sued when it was determined to move him (The decision was reversed). Archbishop Sheen was a defender of the faith beyond all measure. yet was gifted with such wit and stories he could hold the attention of millions and spread the word of God to many. St. Theresa (little flower) never left her covenant and showed her strategy of the little things could become great. She was named a Doctor of the Church and never had any deep training in Catholic Biblical studies.
All of these three had one thing in common deep humility and a simple faith. Padre Pio doubted his own salvation and used to put a chemical in his fellow Brothers pipes to that would make them sneeze when they lighted them for a evening smoke. So he was a simple man of simple needs was humble before all yet loved God to the fullest. The others also had a very humble outlook upon themselves and loved God and their fellow man beyond measure. All of these people had one other thing in common. They wanted only to serve God and their fellow man and prayed for many they did not know. Another common thing between them was that God chose them they did not strive by any means to get to where they ended. All the saints carried this with them as we can see in the Bible God did not go to Paul who was on the road going to Jerusalem to persecute believers. God did not do as Bill Cosby suggests call him and then he asks if he is on Candid Camera. He didn't give him a slide show and then say "hey how bout signing with the team guy ! What do you say. He stated I am God why do you persecute my people and then blinded him so he would learn the real truth and not that of the Pharisees. He won't do it for you either. If he chooses you you are in for very very great suffering and affliction just look at Padre Pio's word on this. To him it was so severe he could barely stand it. When asked if he would go through all the pain and suffering again knowing now how horrible it was. He said without pause yes because he wanted to serve Christ in what ever way God provided him.
In our lives we tend to think of God as a trophy something to be achieved instead of received as a gift of love. Once we win our trophy we put it into our show case and show it off until we get board of it then we tuck it away in a closet in our lives. We have a strong desire to swing for the fences and hit a home run. So we try to do the same with our faith we want to accomplish great things not just small things. We want others to see what we have done and admire our efforts. As a society it is hard to imagine how we got to this point. In Ephesians it states if you do not take care of your family Christ is not in you and it would have been better if you had never knew him yet there are thousands of people who actually avoid this requirement of the law. There are millions of self justifications for this everything from well she doesn't let me see the kid to I can't afford the payments. Yet it is just a simple matter of going in to the Child Support Office and requesting a reconfiguration of our Child Support commitments. The support will drop if you can't keep making these payments. So simple but so rarely done.
I will finish this tomorrow in Part II
While reading several books it finally struck me like a lightning bolt. I don't have to wave a scarf around and I don't do anything to get God's attention through Christ I already have it. Yes sin does separate us but if we reconcile our sins and are ashamed of them God is merciful enough and graciousness enough to take us back. Jesus came to give us life not a horrible end time judgement where he sends everybody to a cruel fate. Are there rules sure we know them as the Ten Commandments and almost as fast as we can list them some 4,000 Catholics have broken one of them. If we add all the other faiths to this list it would be in the high billions. So how did the people who authored these books get to such a admired state in the Catholic Church. Padre Pio never travelled farther that 45 miles from his Monastery and yet was so loved that a riot in sued when it was determined to move him (The decision was reversed). Archbishop Sheen was a defender of the faith beyond all measure. yet was gifted with such wit and stories he could hold the attention of millions and spread the word of God to many. St. Theresa (little flower) never left her covenant and showed her strategy of the little things could become great. She was named a Doctor of the Church and never had any deep training in Catholic Biblical studies.
All of these three had one thing in common deep humility and a simple faith. Padre Pio doubted his own salvation and used to put a chemical in his fellow Brothers pipes to that would make them sneeze when they lighted them for a evening smoke. So he was a simple man of simple needs was humble before all yet loved God to the fullest. The others also had a very humble outlook upon themselves and loved God and their fellow man beyond measure. All of these people had one other thing in common. They wanted only to serve God and their fellow man and prayed for many they did not know. Another common thing between them was that God chose them they did not strive by any means to get to where they ended. All the saints carried this with them as we can see in the Bible God did not go to Paul who was on the road going to Jerusalem to persecute believers. God did not do as Bill Cosby suggests call him and then he asks if he is on Candid Camera. He didn't give him a slide show and then say "hey how bout signing with the team guy ! What do you say. He stated I am God why do you persecute my people and then blinded him so he would learn the real truth and not that of the Pharisees. He won't do it for you either. If he chooses you you are in for very very great suffering and affliction just look at Padre Pio's word on this. To him it was so severe he could barely stand it. When asked if he would go through all the pain and suffering again knowing now how horrible it was. He said without pause yes because he wanted to serve Christ in what ever way God provided him.
In our lives we tend to think of God as a trophy something to be achieved instead of received as a gift of love. Once we win our trophy we put it into our show case and show it off until we get board of it then we tuck it away in a closet in our lives. We have a strong desire to swing for the fences and hit a home run. So we try to do the same with our faith we want to accomplish great things not just small things. We want others to see what we have done and admire our efforts. As a society it is hard to imagine how we got to this point. In Ephesians it states if you do not take care of your family Christ is not in you and it would have been better if you had never knew him yet there are thousands of people who actually avoid this requirement of the law. There are millions of self justifications for this everything from well she doesn't let me see the kid to I can't afford the payments. Yet it is just a simple matter of going in to the Child Support Office and requesting a reconfiguration of our Child Support commitments. The support will drop if you can't keep making these payments. So simple but so rarely done.
I will finish this tomorrow in Part II
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