Originally posted on Catholicism Pure & Simple: Campaign dignifying ‘Johanna’ exposes evil of abortion-tainted vaccines WORTHING, England (ChurchMilitant.com) -?A pro-life organization is turning the British government’s COVID-19 psychological-warfare campaign on its head by using Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fearmongering advertising to raise awareness of Britain’s abortion genocide and abortion-contaminated vaccines. READ THE REST THERE
I find it very difficult to even talk about this subject of aborted human babies being used to harvest cell lines for vaccines without being very emotional and putting it plainly wanting to puke! I responded to a previous posting here at CP&S back on February 20th which I was so repulsed by the savage reality of what the article was referencing I literally became ill thinking that I’m in this world where this horror is going on; and I include the link to that blog with my commentary at the close of my statement here today. Let me tell you straight out that I’m absolutely certain this is all part of the most evil diabolical manifestations on earth from hell that is now infecting a large portion of the human race! The fact that many people have grown indifferent to these acts of inhumanity and fiendish evil also makes me thoroughly ill!
What else would be the driving force behind this modern day pagan sacrilege other than enormous wealth that certain nefarious persons stand to gain with global vaccines, chiefly those individuals who run and own Big Pharma along with the lead investors like Bill Gates and Dr. Antony Fauci for starters! But, the money and power are the lure to commit the most heinous evil on earth, being always orchestrated by Satan himself, just as he has influenced and controlled many a human monster over the millennia to transgress God Almighty, while in essence he gets these humans to spit in God’s eye metaphorically speaking!
The cost of this PSYOP Covid Plan-Demic has been so deadly and devastating on so many levels causing damage that still hasn’t peaked and will ultimately affect the human race for generations! It’s been estimated that this intentionally inflicted global crisis has already cost monetarily speaking as much as all of World War II had cost totally over those most infamous years of war for humanity. But, what I have to focus on most of all in this wholesale global debauchery and discounting of innocent human babies for these ulterior materialistic sacrilegious designs, by some earthly powerful corrupted persons; that this is also more poignantly than all of what I’ve mentioned, is a ramping up exponentially of the Devil’s final massive plan to take as many souls to hell with him as possible; so we are in later days, there can be no doubt about that now! We know that throughout ancient history from Holy Scriptures and other records that many times chastisement and God’s wrath did come down upon the earth to punish and destroy certain peoples that provoked God and went so far in blaspheming Him that it was required at that point! Such as the Great Flood of Noah’s time or how Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed; and life on earth was allowed to continue in order to fulfill God’s plan and ultimate Salvation for all who would be worthy of forgiveness! But, the sort of things going on now in this highly advanced unprecedented time are producing transgressions like nothing this world has ever seen and I say this is all next to being in hell, or in effect; it’s really become very close to hell on earth! So, let’s face it you and I can logically and in our hearts know that our all loving Creator who we are able to know and worship in the form of our Savior Jesus Christ, will not be putting up with much more of this truly diabolical satanic activity much longer! It can’t be allowed to go any further than the appearance of the Antichrist because then what would be the point of allowing a completely out of control blaspheming human race to continue and transgress God in ways too ugly to even talk about. We have reached the breaking point and things are moving fast now; which stands to reason being in the digital age!
Another fine article here on this site “Babies were aborted alive, placed in a fridge to harvest cell lines used in some vaccines: researcher said” based on reports from February 19, 2021, LifeSiteNews: And I quote here from that article report; “Cell lines derived from aborted babies used in the production or testing of various vaccines, including a number of COVID vaccines, most likely came from babies who were aborted alive, and according to the general practice as outlined in medical literature, may have been placed in a fridge while still living where they awaited dismemberment before having their organs harvested, a researcher has found.”
“Biologist Pamela Acker, who has a master’s degree in Biology from the Catholic University of America and who recently authored a book titled Vaccination: A Catholic Perspective, related what the literature says about how babies were aborted to obtain cell lines used in a number of vaccines.” Catholicism Pure & Simple
Brothers and sisters this is too much for me to handle and process in a sense because I still can’t believe these things are happening and it seems like this would be some science fiction horror story; but the truth is this is exceedingly more evil than even what the crazy perhaps demonic possessed Mayans back in their civilization did to satisfy pagan superstitions and false gods, and yet here we are in 2021 the most gifted era for humanity with so much to be thankful for, but humans can sink to this utter lowest depth of a hellish debauchery and do these evils!
A point that needs to be mentioned here because the Plan-Demic COVID-19 virus has pushed this sort of fiendish research and development exponentially; illustrates clearly the meaning to me that COVID is absolutely diabolical in origin!
“This problem is irrespective of the original number of abortions performed to obtain a cell line, and will only be exacerbated by the acceptance of HEK-293-derived COVID vaccines,” As stated quite correctly by Biologist Pamela Acker.
Bishop Athanasius Schneider stated; “While the Catholic Church’s 2020 guidelines permit Catholics to receive abortion-tainted vaccines, the Bishop said that Christians cannot “simply resign” themselves to the fact that the production of various medicines is tied to the slaughter of preborn babies who are utilized for their body parts.”
“The voice of the unborn children’s blood is crying to God from the abortion tainted vaccines, from the abortion tainted medicines,” he said.
“This voice is crying all over the world, and we have to awaken.”
“No one who is really deeply concerned about the defense of life and the moral law can be silent or can be quiet and can resign to this situation,” he added. Catholicism Pure & Simple
God bless.
Brother in Christ Jesus,
Lawrence Morra III
Campaign dignifying ‘Johanna’ exposes evil of abortion-tainted vaccines
WORTHING, England (ChurchMilitant.com) -A pro-life organization is turning the British government’s COVID-19 psychological-warfare campaign on its head by using Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fearmongering advertising to raise awareness of Britain’s abortion genocide and abortion-contaminated vaccines.
“Thy Kingdom Come”
The signs are so evident and clear for those that wish to see! Only open your eyes and look at this more than troubled world, this falling world, and you see its now apparent limitations mounting up to a dead end! The parameters of maintaining the success of the whole of it, its populations, ecosystems, life sustaining raw materials and even the means of keeping it all, is an exercise in futility! Its fundamental essence intact being unattainable, is too obvious to ignore as now even the battle ensues by those that desecrate and attack the word of God and His Church; which is the sign that clearly spells out the end of this world is fast approaching, as men once again as in ancient times in massive numbers reject God, even defile and put themselves above Him!
It’s all too obvious to me that time is running out quickly for all of us and this is the time to not falter but hold fast your faith in Him, it’s so obvious that there is nothing else that can be trusted to provide comfort and security from what is coming to this world; as the most powerful among us try to hoard or consolidate all the earthly riches they can, thinking that will protect them or give them some measure of longevity they prove themselves the jokers in the deck; as they mock themselves in spades the biggest losers; as they separate and move furthest away from God’s Church to join the condemned and damned of this passing world!
Look and see, then decide quickly, where you stand while you can; because the time is at hand. Thanks to God in the highest, He who gives to all abundantly, but He only takes His own with Him into the “New and Everlasting Kingdom Come.” Amen.
Brother in Christ Jesus,
Lawrence Morra III
“Layer by layer, their evil intents will become clear as they trip themselves up.”
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Jesus to Mankind Prayer meeting on Thurs, 8th April, 2021
Prayer Group Theme: Discipleship (A& E)
Bible: Leviticus 23: 15-22
Book of Truth: 19 March, 2013 (Vol. 3)
Reading from the Bible
Leviticus 23: 15-22
Pentecost. 15 Beginning with the day after the sabbath, the day on which you bring the sheaf for elevation, you shall count seven full weeks; 16 you shall count to the day after the seventh week, fifty days. Then you shall present a new grain offering to the LORD. 17 For the elevated offering of your first-ripened fruits to the LORD, you shall bring with you from wherever you live two loaves of bread made of two tenths of an ephah of bran flour and baked with leaven. 18 Besides the bread, you shall offer to the LORD a burnt offering of seven unblemished yearling lambs, one bull of the herd, and two rams, along with their grain offering and libations, as a sweet-smelling oblation to the LORD. 19 One male goat shall be sacrificed as a purification offering, and two yearling lambs as a communion sacrifice. 20 The priest shall elevate them—that is, the two lambs—with the bread of the first-ripened fruits as an elevated offering before the LORD; these shall be sacred to the LORD and belong to the priest. 21 On this same day you shall make a proclamation: there shall be a declared holy day for you; no heavy work may be done. This shall be a perpetual statute through all your generations wherever you dwell.
22 When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not be so thorough that you reap the field to its very edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. These things you shall leave for the poor and the alien. I, the LORD, am your God.
Comment:
When we celebrate the Last Supper, the Death of Our Lord and Resurrection, we are celebrating in the New Covenant, which replaces the old. However all we do is richly and intricately connected to the Old Testament; woven into the story of the People of God. Recently, my daughter was questioning as to why we don’t celebrate the Passover as Christians. I explained that we do! Our Holy Week celebrations begin with Palm Sunday, take us through the Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper, delve deeply in to the mystery of Good Friday and end with celebrating The Resurrection on Easter Sunday. We continue to celebrate Easter until The Ascension and look forward to Pentecost. These were all life-changing, pivotal events in the lives of the disciples.
This reading from the Old Testament shows just how perfect and connected, how richly symbolic is God’s Plan. All the symbolism written here in the Jewish celebration of Pentecost prefigures what we will celebrate in the New Testament. The 7 weeks, outlined in the Old Testament reading above, equals the forty days of time from the Resurrection to the Ascension of Jesus to heaven; plus the 10 additional days until the feast of Pentecost is celebrated. The ways in which each of these lines up, is remarkable! So, what are we being reminded about in regards to Pentecost, an important Feast Day in the life of the Church and all disciples?
We are reminded that we must be purified and offer sacrifice to the Lord. We must be merciful to those who need it, not scrupulous in gathering all for only ourselves to offer, but sharing with those who have less. As then, the finest bread and wine is offered, but it is now the Lamb of God, Who atones for our sins.
We must therefore celebrate the Eucharist, elevated and offered through the hands of the priest, according to The Lord’s decree– because these things shall be sacred to The Lord. And the statute of the holy day, will remain till the end of time.
The theme of Pentecost, when we are reminded of the power of the Holy Spirit, was then continued in the next reading, randomly and perfectly chosen, from the Book of Truth.
Holy Ghost window
Reading from the Book of Truth
Message 0735
19 March 2013 @ 10:45pm
Layer by layer, their evil intents will become clear as they trip themselves up
My dearly beloved daughter, My Holy Word spreads like a powerful wind across the whole world, at this time, through these Messages.
Many will hear My Voice, whether they wish to do so, or not, for It will sound like thunder before the storm. Some will recognise the Holy Spirit as It engulfs their souls. Others, unfortunately, will not, but I say this to them. You have heard My Voice. It has stirred your soul and, yet, you block Me. Yet, you turn your back. You may fear My Voice, as It can be overwhelming, but the one thing you cannot do is to ignore Me.
So powerful is My Holy Spirit that It will touch your soul, whether you wish this to be or not. To those of you who run, hide and pretend that I Am not Present, you should know that you will be unable to deny My Presence, no matter how hard you try.
Some of you will resist the Truth as you lack faith in My Promise to offer you eternal life. Many of you find this frightening and would prefer to think that the Great Day of the Lord will not take place in your lifetime. And so you close your eyes, block your ears and seek solace in other things.
The security you feel in trying to find peace, where it can be found, will be short lived.
Soon you will be denied the Word of God. Words you have been used to hearing will disappear from the homilies, and the letters from your bishops and cardinals, delivered to you and all those unsuspecting followers of Mine.
Masonic sects infiltrate the Church in Rome. Make no mistake – there can only be one pope in one lifetime.
Many of My followers will now reject My Holy Word, the Truth, just as they did during My trial on earth. You, My daughter, will be rejected as a heretic, sneered at and mocked. You will become a thorn in the side of the false prophet. But soon, all will see the subtle acts and the sly gestures of those false imposters who preside over My Throne in Rome, for they amount to sacrilege.pope_sickle
Layer by layer, their evil intents will become clear as they trip themselves up and those, blessed with the insight bestowed upon them by Me, will realise the abomination, which is unravelling.
The beast is now ready and forms a secular circle, comprised of some of the world’s leaders, as one in union with all that is against the Kingdom of God. Demonic spirits, who invade these poor souls, will, because of their pride and arrogance, show themselves for all to see through their gestures, which will be scrutinised and questioned until the final answers will dawn on those blessed with the Gift of Discernment.
Trust in Me. Trust in this Gift of Trust. Let Me hold you and guide you through this jungle of evil creatures, who wish to devour your souls.
Originally posted on Mission of Salvation: My new paradise will become the world without end – as foretold 2014.04.17 21:00 My dearly beloved daughter, My resurrection from the dead happened for a reason. It did not take place simply to prove My Divinity to those who did not accept who I was. Up to that time,…
“Thy Kingdom Come”
The signs are so evident and clear for those that wish to see! Only open your eyes and look at this more than troubled world, this falling world, and you see its now apparent limitations mounting up to a dead end! The parameters of maintaining the success of the whole of it, its populations, ecosystems, life sustaining raw materials and even the means of keeping it all, is an exercise in futility! Its fundamental essence intact being unattainable, is too obvious to ignore as now even the battle ensues by those that desecrate and attack the word of God and His Church; which is the sign that clearly spells out the end of this world is fast approaching, as men once again as in ancient times in massive numbers reject God, even defile and put themselves above Him!
It’s all too obvious to me that time is running out quickly for all of us and this is the time to not falter but hold fast your faith in Him, it’s so obvious that there is nothing else that can be trusted to provide comfort and security from what is coming to this world; as the most powerful among us try to hoard or consolidate all the earthly riches they can, thinking that will protect them or give them some measure of longevity they prove themselves the jokers in the deck; as they mock themselves in spades the biggest losers; as they separate and move furthest away from God’s Church to join the condemned and damned of this passing world!
Look and see, then decide quickly, where you stand while you can; because the time is at hand. Thanks to God in the highest, He who gives to all abundantly, but He only takes His own with Him into the “New and Everlasting Kingdom Come.” Amen.
Brother in Christ Jesus,
Lawrence Morra III
My new paradise will become the world without end – as foretold
2014.04.17 21:00
My dearly beloved daughter, My resurrection from the dead happened for a reason. It did not take place simply to prove My Divinity to those who did not accept who I was. Up to that time, souls who died could not enter heaven. They had to wait.
But, no sooner had My resurrection taken place, than they were given new life in My kingdom. My resurrection brought eternal life for souls and death, therefore, would no longer have a hold over the human race. My resurrection will be truly evident at My Second Coming, for then all those souls, who died in me and for me, will also be raised from the dead and be given eternal life.
They will rise in body and soul, in perfect union with the will of God and they will live in…
Truth; “Modern liberalism’s attempt to define the “good” of man without reference to the God who determined it can only end in tragedy.”
Liberalism is a form of being mentally deranged! Dr. Michael Savage had said on radio and in his books that, “Liberalism is a mental disorder.” I can see plainly that these people in this hell-bent category who now promote such illogical and destructive thought and behavior as Transgenderism are promoting Transgression against God Almighty; making them to me the stupidest or most arrogant people walking around on this planet. Much of their behavior is based purely on rebelliousness and not wanting to accept the reality of their being an order to the universe, and a carefully conceptualized one; which only proves that the higher power or Creator exists and is the Authority on all things; not us humans! Who in this case the renegade liberals, think they can protest anything they want and then dictate to the world that they are right about whatever they want to be right about, just because they say so; even when they are totally wrong and don’t have a clue what they are talking about! Time to wake up for so many are running rampant and amuck!
No doubt about it! “Modern liberalism’s attempt to define the “good” of man without reference to the God who determined it can only end in tragedy.”
Just remember this that those of us who believe in God and know Him through our faith and the actual Holy Scriptures given to mankind directly from God, know the truth in this matter, and are aware that Satan will use the liberals for his evil designs to ensnare and trap as many foolish and lost persons as he can to bring them to ruin and damnation! I’ve met some extreme liberals over the years who I had no doubt were demonically influenced and in a few cases it was completely obvious to me they were possessed by actual demons, which is becoming very prevalent these days throughout society, and we can see clear evidence of this in our political arena! Make no mistake about this that diabolical forces are running at a fever pitch these days and many liberals are a primary tool or conduit for Satan to project and spread his lies and nefarious designs!
I’ve personally dealt with liberals who will rant to no end about protecting or saving cats and dogs or other animals which I actually love too; from mankind, but, they absolutely won’t talk to me one bit about the horror and evil of abortion and basically deny it as anything bad or even sad, because to them it’s just a simple matter of a woman’s choice to control her own body and reproduction capability! I find it’s like talking to a brick wall, trying to get such people to see the simple facts and truth in this to me obvious transgression against God’s order and will in these matters.
As I see this conflicted situation it would be nice if this old adage would come into play during any interaction with such obtuse persons in these matters; what writer Oscar Wilde so accurately stated when he wrote: “I like talkingtoabrick wall—it’s the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!” The only actual downside is, that in some instances that holds true, but these particular Brick Walls are not always, “just seen and not heard!”
I’ve quoted Einstein in the past, and not that he was any theologian or expert in the realm of religion, but then because he wasn’t; and yet because we know he was the father of theoretical physics and could see the physical plane of reality in a much deeper way than most people. This is why along with his proven humility and genuine appreciation of the absolute miracle of existence, that I do indeed find his perspective refreshing; in that being a great man of science he wasn’t straying from the many obvious factors of our existence like some other scientists do; probably because some of them are also liberals to the point where they deny even the possibility of God and are devout atheists! Einstein was not any such sort of scientist, and here I quote what he said that pertains to God’s existence, religion and plan.
The star-forming region NGC 3603 – seen here in the latest Hubble Space Telescope image – contains one of the most impressive massive young star clusters in the Milky Way. Bathed in gas and dust the cluster formed in a huge rush of star formation thought to have occurred around a million years ago. The hot blue stars at the core are responsible for carving out a huge cavity in the gas seen to the right of the star cluster in NGC 3603’s centre.
“The most beautiful and most profound experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the sower of all true science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their primitive forms – this knowledge, this feeling is at the centre of true religiousness.”
-Albert Einstein – “The Merging of Spirit and Science”
He also said while having a conversation with other physicists regarding the Big Bang Theory and origin of the universe; when one of the physicists was explaining that he extrapolated that in the Pre-Big Bang, how in that realm there were enough random events occurring simultaneously, which meant that the right combination had to come about at some point mathematically speaking and in the millisecond before the Universe came about; that is what surely must have happened! To which Einstein said, “God doesn’t Roll Dice.”
To me it’s obvious that even this brilliant scientist Einstein could see the absurdity of thinking that we can know so much the way this other scientist would have us believe and yet not see the absolute design by a greater intelligence than our extremely limited one, and how that was definitely behind Big Bang and all that exists! For Einstein could see the illogical absurdity of such thinking, when it’s actually easy to see the intricate design of all things, and the impossibility of so much order and well defined intricacies to just suddenly, randomly, fall into place like magic; or perhaps liberalism; where a thing is what it is, “because someone just says so!”
God bless.
Brother in Christ Jesus,
Lawrence Morra III
Modern liberals often present themselves as the champions of “science” and “reason,” even as the positions they take grow increasingly fantastical. To sustain those positions, they reject science and reason in favor of pure ideology. They can stare at a sonogram and deny that it shows a human life. They can stare at a biological male and call him a woman.
The defense of reason these days comes not from the citadels of modern liberalism but from religion. What G. K. Chesterton called “the modern and morbid habit of always sacrificing the normal to the abnormal” has become a ubiquitous feature of Western culture. The last holdouts against this trend are the religious, who insist on rational norms.
“Sold Their Souls to The Devil!” Each Had His Price.
The answer is simple; this False Pope Bergoglio is Satanic. We’ve known for some time how he runs contrary to the established truth and facts, so who does he think he is to throw into question foundational precepts and teachings from our Lord Jesus Christ; the way he does! He is obviously Anti-Christ and serves Satan. This man puts himself above God on many occasions and has gotten bolder in his assaults on Jesus and His Church; with each passing year.
Let’s not forget this is the same man who thoroughly promoted the most corrupted and diabolical career politician here in America, the now Fraud Puppet POTUS “Scranton Joe” Biden who himself is an absolute “Judas character in America!” Bergoglio is saying straight out that evil and transgression against the Most High, God Almighty; is not a bad thing!
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20).
Biden has been and is so obviously an evil fraud of a man, but so too is this man Bergoglio who walks around as a “Puppet Pope” serving dark purposes only, as he links himself directly with “global politics” or in essence the crooked “Ways of the World” and we can be sure who the puppeteer is in his case!
And I must quote here from the article this line that cuts to the chase, “To many faithful Catholics, it seems like Francis is betraying the Mystical Body of Christ in much the same way that Judas betrayed Our Lord.”
Of course he has and is, without a doubt; so the verdict is in as far as I’m concerned, that we have here in this personage named Bergoglio; the “False Prophet” prophesied in Holy Scriptures; who perhaps even wants to call himself God! But, we can be certain he is in lockstep with the Antichrist and Satan!
When we speak to this issue of Judas we must remember these great words from our Lord Jesus Christ!
James 4:4 ESV “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”
1 John 2:15-17 ESV “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”
And this last verse we can clearly apply in this matter of Bergoglio as well as Biden, and of course Judas; who was afflicted with the same sin in his heart!
Matthew 6:24 ESV “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
I repeat this portion of what the book of John states precisely, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
Judas who was right in the presence of God in the personage of Jesus Christ, was showing by his own clear choice that he didn’t want to serve Jesus or God; but instead clearly proved that he wanted to serve this world and those that ran it at that time; so he “Sold Out” and lost his own soul to Satan. That is exactly what Biden did a long time ago putting a price on himself in the Billions of dollars, much greater than the “coins that Judas accepted to betray the Savior!” Bergoglio “Sold Out” for “worldly power” and puts himself above God as he is a so called “Holy Man” who is now betraying the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, claiming “earthly moral authority” and fusing that with “Global earthly political power!” He is clearly blaspheming God! He can only be serving Satan!
1 John 5:19 ESV “We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.”
John 15:18-19 ESV “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.”
Matthew 16:26 ESV “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?”
God bless you.
Brother in Christ Jesus,
Lawrence Morra III
According to the Vatican’s own newspaperL’OsservatoreRomano, Pope Francis has placed a painting of a resurrected nude Jesus ministering toJudas,Christ’sown betrayer,behindthe Pope’sdesk in his personal study in the Vatican.
The Vatican newspaper dedicated the first three pages ofitsHoly Thursday edition to Judas and called into question,as Pope Francis has done,Judas’ damnation.Although Pope Francis has,several times already,suggested that Judas is not in hell, that notion directly conflicts with statements of previous popes andOur Lord Himself, who said of Judas it would be better for him that he had not been born.
L’OsservatoreRomano,which isofficiallyapproved before publication,featured as its cover photo a scandalous painting of a nude resurrected Jesus ministering to Judas. And if that’s not bad enough, the acompanyingeditorialexplains that that painting was…
Amen!
Glory, Glory Alleluia!
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ and give our thanks to Him our Savior!
Thanks to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost; the Holy Trinity.
Thank you Jesus and Father in heaven for pouring out unto us all your mercy and love to save us giving this hope above all things seen and unseen;
of Salvation!
Amen! Alleluia!
Brother in Christ Jesus,
Lawrence Morra III
EASTER SUNDAY
“The Lord has truly risen, Alleluia!”
“The Lord calls all those He has redeemed to sing a hymn of victory.” (St Athanasius).
“Jesus is the One” whose death and resurrection brings “eternal life to all who believe”
Fear Not For I Am With You.
As back in the time of our Lord today in 2021 the wicked ways of the world and that serpent the Devil have shuttered and put a damper or fear into the people with the global falsehood Covid catastrophe, to turn people away from Jesus Christ and the faith and to bow to the earthly power of the government or the many elite (emperors)and swear allegiance to this earthly system, with even talk of vaccine passports with the wearing of masks to cover the face and thus the visual identity of a person; to make one insignificant and to show trust only in the great world system with its power and supposed experts! Of course as back in the time of Jesus Christ just like those earthly powers then sought to mislead; this is all a lie to deceive and control God’s children with fear.
Secularism or materialism coupled with a culture of death is a dark scourge upon our Nations and we have to pray we can free ourselves and indeed our societies from the powerful grip it has on it; distracting so many people from seeing the plain simple truth right in their faces! Instead many are attracted to corruptions, sin, decadence, falsehoods and outright immorality; an antichrist movement, which is the road to perdition!
God is there to help us with our earthly living and who knows better than God what all of this is about. He directs us to do the best thing if we are truly receptive to Him, and also trying our best to do the right thing.
Look and see plainly where our society is now, a place in which an entitled group of bigoted lying criminals that are untouchables and in return spawned new criminal acts using those previous examples as templates to get away with doing wrong! All those former transgressions should have been nipped in the bud and been prosecuted to the full extent of the law to conviction; Rule of Law must apply for all equally just like Due Process is a given or should be. We want innocent people not being victimized but equally we want the guilty to pay for their crimes. This is what makes a society good and worth its salt.
But now more often than not we’re in a place where the unjust or most crooked among us can be elevated to positions of great earthly authority, even a President; as has happened here in America.
Many people perhaps feeling helpless or confused and scared want to be led to a place of assurance and comfort, and they love to invest themselves into some person who comes across as sure and strong with that article of great need by so many, wisdom; insight and knowledge of the Truth! What is the Truth and can we be sure of it when we think we have found it! In some things we can with practical knowledge and scientific logic break things down into the component parts and get the whole picture of what makes a thing what it is or tick.
Matthew 25:21 NIV says, “His master replied, ‘Well done my good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20).
Something Billy Graham said once rings with Truth very clearly to me. “Humanity has always been dexterous at confusing evil with good. That was Adam and Eve’s problem, and it is our problem today. If evil were not made to appear good, there would be no such thing as temptation. It is in their close similarity that the danger lies.
Modern social righteousness often differs from the righteousness of the Bible. Someone has said: “A wrong deed is right if the majority of people declare it not to be wrong.” By this principle we can see our standards shifting from year to year according to the popular vote! Divorce was once frowned upon by society, and laws against fornication and adultery were strictly enforced. But now divorce is accepted by society, and fornication is glorified in our literature and films.” https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/june-2012/confusing-evil-with-good/
I think genuine humility is a great thing; I think of Dismas on the cross next to Jesus and his humility was powerful to the Lord because as we know he told Dismas, “Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43
Another man considered a Saint now, who has to this day a profound effect on me and so many other’s is former Pope John Paul II who was a very good man with a “humble heart” and disposition, so to me he was offering these same kind of insights and basic truths to anyone; telling us to give our hearts to Jesus Christ.
I don’t think God intended on giving enough morsels of information and truth to leave us still so hampered and blind to what we must understand to some substantial level in order to now in these most troubled times to make the mistake of giving up, or maybe never satisfied. I like you too am observing the near outright chaos happening in our country and around the planet lately seeing the shaky flimsy balance of societies, while there are those agents within that promote the same, making matters exponentially worse; how it seems likely that perhaps anarchy is right around the next corner as we travel down this road of life on earth these days. We as Christians agree that God has it all covered, but, He gives us so many blessings or opportunities to shape up and take the initiative that we should, to be “devoutly faithful” and in prayer often, so that we maintain our own path to salvation, but just as important inspire others to do the same by setting a good example as we do it; especially in this topsy-turvy time of conflict and confusion where it’s so sorely lacking.
Here is an excerpt of something I was saying in one of my recent blogs regarding Big Pharma that I believe says something fitting here.
“An antichrist entity out to subdue, control, ruin and destroy countless lives and ultimately souls.” With this type of culture at work around the planet with absolutely secularism running rampant, promoting and being facilitated by Big Tech now every second of every day on a massive scale not promoting God or anything to do with Him, but rather, “faith in technology” as God, and “Government coupled with High Tech” being our true savior, a narrative that’s saying the ways of the world and man himself are the only thing this side of heaven that can help us and do us any good!” This imposter savior which is like the Totalitarianism we see in China and other countries!
“Humility and Trust” in the Lord, are the essential factors to weather any storm or hardship we as mere children of God may face. As He has told us, we need to keep growing in our faith; and to remember this that our Lord and Savior said.
“Be not afraid, for with thee I am, Look not around, for I am thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.” Isaiah 41:10
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
Yea, He is with us always, as now to support, strengthen and guide us to everlasting victory! We can rest assured of that, and know this world has no claim upon us, his faithful; His victory made certain of it! And all that is unholy and not of the Father He will cast into the lake of fire when the final judgment comes; so there is truly nothing to fear, our victory has been assured and we rise up to the father with Him, our ever-loving glorious Savior Jesus Christ! Amen.
This is what it all comes down to; “Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, {there} you may be also. 4 And you know the way where I am going. 5 Thomas said to Him, Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way? 6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me” (John14:1-6).
The death of our Lord is God’s way to heaven; it’s the only means by which we can live forever with Christ. Death, once our enemy, is defeated. Death cannot keep us from God; Christ’s death draws us to Him! Apostle Paul said, “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better.” Philippians 1:21-23.
“Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord–for we walk by faith, not by sight–we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:6-8.
Jesus encouraged His disciples and all the faithful as He assured them that His death was going to be the means by which they would be with Him forever in Paradise. His death was not the problem, it was the only solution. So the Truth is our Lord’s death did not create any problem, it actually solved the greatest problem we all face being fallen and having the stain of sin; which can only provide death. If Jesus had not been separated from the Apostles and all of us this way, by His death for all sins, they and we would die in our sins and thusly be separated from Him forever; which is too horrible to contemplate! Jesus’ going, His death, paid the price or ransom for men’s sins, so that we can live forever in His presence. Amen.
The disciples did not understand Jesus at the time just prior to His crucifixion, but they did after His resurrection from the dead. They then went on and preached to all who would listen that “Jesus is the One” whose death and resurrection brings “eternal life to all who believe.” They no longer feared His death, as they had previously; just as we should not fear anything now in our uncertain world; even our own death, if we have faith in Him; we know we will gain life by losing this one. The Apostles then as we now; have received the greatest Truth!
Where, O Death, your sting? Where, O Death [[or Hades]], your victory?” 1 Corinthians 15:55
Thank you very much for this great thought on preparation for those faithful who are so devoted and humble that they do suffer during this period, just before the most beautiful and incomparable joyous gift we can ever be given; that of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday of our Sweet Lord, Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ; who saves us also from the sting of death!
I’m a firm believer in facing reality or the music as the old adage goes! Too many people today are trying to live like the proverbial ostrich with its head stuck in the ground to avoid facing the Truth!
Here are a group of my thoughts and ideas that apply here as they do speak to several of the events and circumstances of Holy Week leading up to Jesus Christ’s crucifixion as I have explained in several writings of mine lately.
For years now I watch the Mel Gibson film “The Passion of The Christ” which even Saint John Paul the II said at the time of its release, “that is how it was,” and I know for a fact it’s true, because God chose Mel to make that film when he did! And every Easter I watch it alone which makes me cry or actually weep like a child throughout the entire film, I just got a woozy stomach and started to tear saying this here to you. “Peter denied Him a first time but did not shed a tear because the Lord’s gaze did not meet his.” I think for me and perhaps all humans that really care they spend their whole life practically doing what Saint Peter did, denying Jesus, even if we think we don’t because don’t forget Peter was right there living with Jesus and was His first or lead disciple; and he did!
Did crowds of people rush the captors of Jesus or riot and demand this “Good Shepherd Jesus” be set free or after his death in revulsion of what was done to Him; no, not even the Apostles sacrificed themselves to stop what had to happen, it was God’s will, because even if they wanted to stop this injustice it wasn’t their place to do so, nor could they have overpowered the legions of soldiers if they tried; so it was futile just like humanity’s ever being freed from death and oblivion; without the death of Jesus Christ! Although some time later some of the Apostles faced a test of their faith and devotion to Jesus as did many saints and martyrs over the ages; and they would not relent, so were tortured and put to death! The whole world and its corrupt ways produced His crucifixion and handed Him over to Pilate, whether as active participants or by default of all humans being fallen, and not being worthy to be in the presence and glory of Almighty God in His absolute perfection!
Romans 3: 10-12, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
But when I watch that true to life depiction of Christ, I shudder and cry with my quilt, as I’m starting to do already again and just with the memory of the film while knowing and seeing my quilt! Oh my God! I’m sorry! Please forgive me for being so wrong and not appreciating every minute you have given me in this fallen world; to come to terms with my sin knowing I don’t deserve you, but yet you love me this much that you wait as long as it takes to call me home, and I follow your call to your heart of hearts! Thank you Jesus! I cry now again; because I see your endless love!
I see how Barabbas was significantly to be seen as a son of the crooked world system, or “ways of the world” while the “Holy One Jesus” was contrasting or clashing if you will with not only the false Son Barabbas but with the “ways of the world” and the whole world system. But more profound in all of this is not so much the semantics of a few words being totally and perfectly translated, but instead that here as Peter had done, when he denied Christ Jesus; the whole world system and the people of the world denied Him at that moment when Pilate washed his hands of Him as did the world with him; making us all equally guilty and carrying sin to our own graves, while He Jesus Christ had none, not even a curse word; because Jesus was not of this “crooked world” so the only Truth that can be drawn from this confrontation is that Jesus rejects the sinful world in this departure sentencing and the people that live by it instead of by the Father’s will; because even with the smallest of sins we are all contaminated by the ways of the world and doomed as creatures of it! And therefore the world or those people in it then and and now were doomed hands down, even if unconsciously wanting to wash their hands of “Him,” just as Pilate did; so thus they too sealed the deal of the fallen world and all in it being doomed outright; while Jesus the Lamb of God would be raised from it; pure as the driven snow!
Because Jesus was not part of this world; he then sets in stone the direct path to the Father by He being the only being (The Savior) that could create this bridge that will allow us to cross the impossible chasm from oblivion to everlasting life and peace, by His offering to any who will believe in Him; God’s planned gift of Salvation!
This had to be the only way it could be completed, rejection going both ways then the “Resurrection” would be in the offering until the end of the world to any who will turn to Jesus Christ as their personal Savior; as He would be absolutely and purely the only means of forgiveness of sin and the resurrection to eternal life with the Father, our Maker. Like cutting the cord, then the “testing” out of all souls began.
I have always felt that this can be readily seen in the Mel Gibson film “The Passion of The Christ” and the scene where Pilate washes his hands both literally and figuratively of the matter and basically throws Jesus to the lions in a manner of speaking and condemns himself with Barabbas and all humans; at that point dooming all of humanity! But, His death on the cross, would now give us all the gift of resurrection with Him; if we will accept it!
So I have no problem with anything here because I visualize the event quite clearly and see the intent and significance of all actions and behavior being exactly as they “were meant to be” to clearly illustrate why and what it would mean to all humanity moving forward!
Today I see my governments leaders or politicians not any different than those Pharisees, minions and Barabbas, as many are living in a totally narcissistic pagan way while some pretend to worship God through Jesus like a Pelosi, Biden and Harris among countless others, but they really don’t, and are the true hypocrites as they worship this world and power with great wealth; in other words Satan. It really hasn’t changed because as back then so many if not all would deny Jesus at one time or another during their lives; today the same thing is happening in spades with so many living lives of luxury and decadence, usually with ill-gotten moreover gluttonous gains; the crooked ways of the world, many Barabbas’
Turning for a moment our thoughts to the traitor Judas, who desecrated the sign of friendship making it an instrument of death. His kiss of death just like many Mafioso bosses would do when a hit was put out for one of their own!
This idea does strike me as a sharp reminder of the duality of us humans, who often times break promises and vows of all kinds and backstab or betray so easily! Or lie when it’s to our advantage, so we may think at the time even saying, a little white lie won’t hurt anyone! Heinous betrayal such as this act by Judas is most egregious but people do it every day! Of course they don’t sentence Jesus Christ to crucifixion, or do they? Could it be that Judas represented many of us; a piece of every one of us, because we all sold Jesus out being of this fallen nature and subject to the ways of the world and Satan’s influence; so aren’t we all responsible for His unimaginable suffering and pain unto a horrible languishing death?
We all owe everything to God Almighty, and we could never repay Sweet Jesus on that cross at Calvary for what He had to do, in order to follow the Father’s will; who offers each and every one of us the gift to be Redeemed, making us sanctified and pure so that we can be in the presence of our Heavenly Father!
Mark 12:30, Jesus tells us that our first responsibility is to Him, “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” This same theme is reiterated many places in the Bible (Deuteronomy 6:5, 13:3, 30:6; Matthew 22:37; Luke 10:27).
Or are we looking deeper into the heart of our simple existence here on earth to see the “profound reality” that much, much more is going on than meets the eye! The Holy Scriptures say “Seek” and you will find, (7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-12)
It’s getting more obvious to me as I’m sure you as we grow older that we all come up short changed or even broke, if we depend on mere temporary earthly contentment’s or pleasures to fill us; virtually an impossible fool’s errand. But, with a caveat I say we should always try to make the best of what we have and be eternally grateful just for that, indeed our next breath is a miraculous gift; and then seek Him the Divine and Everlasting to satisfy our every dream and need in His kingdom to come! I’m sure I’ll see you there as long as I keep trying my best, that’s all He expects of any of us! Amen.
This is such great hope and encouragement for any of us to remember that the gate into heaven is narrow and the road to hell is wide; but, our heavenly Father who knows all things is “full of mercy and love for us,” so “there is always hope” even for the lowly criminal or worst sinner if he can see the error of his ways and repent turning his heart over to our Father in heaven in the holy name of Jesus Christ! Our Lord Jesus Christ knows us, and “when we stand before Him there will be no fooling Him, but there will also be no denying of His own.” That is a promise He made to us! We should pray we are so worthy when we see Him!
God doesn’t expect us to be rocket scientists but he only expects us to see the “Plain Truth” before our eyes and what is in our hearts; so that even “the simplest of minds can understand” what He is saying to us! I truly hope this helps you and anyone that wants to “open their heart to Christ more fully and love, worship and adore Him with all their strength.” I say cry for him, not only because of all the suffering He took for us, which does cause me to cry when I think of the Passion film or absolutely when I watch it tomorrow; but even more for the “Amazing Grace” and “Beauty” of His “Heart of Hearts” to love us the way He does! This is making me cry now to say all this; it is the Plain Truth when we see the gift and love in our hearts and minds this way; you can’t help but “cry for Him being so beautiful and kind, to we; who are so unworthy!” Amen.
Mark 12:30, “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”
“Our thoughts turn to the traitor Judas, who, on this very day, profaned the sign of friendship by making it an instrument of death.”
This line does strike me as a sharp reminder of the duality of us humans who often times break promises and vows of all kinds! Or lie when it’s to our advantage, so we may think at the time even saying, a little white lie won’t hurt anyone! Heinous betrayal such as this act by Judas is most egregious but people do it every day! Of course they don’t sentence Jesus Christ to crucifixion, or do they? Could it mean that Judas represented many of us; a piece of every one of us, because we all sold Jesus out being of this fallen nature and subject to the ways of the world and Satan’s influence; so aren’t we all responsible for His unimaginable suffering and pain unto a horrible languishing death?
If three men go into a bank and rob it while a fourth man is outside watching from the getaway car isn’t he as guilty of bank robbery when they all get caught!
We all owe everything to God Almighty, and we could never repay Sweet Jesus on that cross at Calvary for what He had to do, in order to follow the Father’s will; who offers each and every one of us to be Redeemed, making us sanctified and pure so that we can be in the presence of our Heavenly Father!
“The Church omits, today, the sign of fraternal charity, it would too painfully remind us of sacrilegious hypocrisy.”
As now the world and even our beloved Church is full of Hypocrisy as we have borne witness to politicians and Bergoglio joining hands in this hypocrisy, even with Islam who wants Christendom wiped off the face of the earth with Jews and all other religion too!
Did crowds of people rush the captors of Jesus or riot and demand this Good Shepherd Jesus be set free or after his death; no not even the Apostles sacrificed themselves to stop what had to happen because even if they wanted to stop this injustice it wasn’t their place to do so, nor could they have overpowered the legions of soldiers if they tried; so it was futile just like humanity’s ever being freed from death and oblivion without the death of Jesus Christ! The whole world and its corrupt ways produced His crucifixion and handed Him over to Pilate whether as active participants or by default of all humans being fallen, and not being worthy to be in the presence and glory of Almighty God in His absolute perfection!
Romans 3: 10-12, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
It’s getting more obvious to me as I’m sure you as we grow older that we all come up short changed or even broke, if we depend on mere temporary earthly contentment’s or pleasures to fill us; virtually an impossible fool’s errand. But, with a caveat I say we should always try to make the best of what we have and be eternally grateful just for that, indeed our next breath is a miraculous gift; and then seek Him the Divine and Everlasting to satisfy our every dream and need in His kingdom to come! I’m sure I’ll see you there as long as I keep trying my best, that’s all He expects of any of us! Amen.
Mark 12:30, Jesus tells us that our first responsibility is to Him, “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” This same theme is reiterated many places in the Bible (Deuteronomy 6:5, 13:3, 30:6; Matthew 22:37; Luke 10:27).
So we must first and foremost ask ourselves are we willingly being deceived and led astray by the many temptations and the glitter of the fool’s gold or snares of this world?
Or are we looking deeper into the heart of our simple existence here on earth to see the profound reality that much, much more is going on than meets the eye! The Holy Scriptures say “Seek” and you will find, (7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-12)
You know the old adage of “get up, brush yourself off and get moving again.” This life is a proving ground, and we all go through trials and tribulations.
Let’s reflect on this great parable Jesus gave to us!
The Prodigal Son Parable in the book of Luke 15:11-32: 11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.”
Basically this younger son was so foolish and threw caution and reason to the wind wasting all that his father had given to him! Of course in time he realized what a fool he had been and that his father’s servants were better off, so thinking he should return to his father and admit his error perhaps his father would allow him to at least be kept as a servant, which would obviously be better than being a vagabond or beggar!
On his journey back to his father, “still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. 22 But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. 23 And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.”
Obviously this is to illustrate that our Heavenly Father who knows and understands all things holds out for us if we have run amuck or been led astray to awaken from our doing wrong because learning from a mistake and growing in wisdom is achieved if genuinely felt in the heart which to God is a most pleasing thing for any of us to achieve. as we are all fallen and none are worthy or righteous, and to rise above sin or transgression and be sincerely sorry is an act of courage and shows character!
Remember how Jesus at Calvary told the condemned sinner and criminal on His right side as they were being crucified, “I say to you today, you will be in paradise with me!” A despot heathen criminal who in his final opportunity saw the light and truth and showed genuine sorrow and faith to Jesus our Father and that was something Jesus would not deny being rewarded; just as the prodigal son’s father saw in his son true remorse or repentance, and how it was a blessing that he came back into the light and fold or the family!
But, in all of this the older brother who had followed his father’s ways and fallen into line all of his adult life was shaken by all this praise heaped upon the wayward younger brother! He was asked to join the celebration that ensued.
“But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, 29 but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat that I might celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes; you killed the fattened calf for him!’ 31 And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’’
This is such great hope and encouragement for any of us to remember that the gate into heaven is narrow and the road to hell is wide; but, our heavenly Father who knows all things is full of mercy and love for us, so there is always hope even for the lowly criminal or worst sinner if he can see the error of his ways and repent turning his heart over to his Father in heaven! Our Lord Jesus Christ knows us, and when we stand before Him there will be no fooling Him, but there will also be no denying of His own. That is a promise He made to us! We should pray we are so worthy when we see Him!
But, clearly the takeaway in all that I say here is that we are all lost and yet all found, because our Father in heaven knows us all better than anyone can and is always calling out to us watching from afar!
Most important is that Jesus Christ promised that those who have faith in Him and abide in His living word that He will be with us to the end and forever! He is definitely with us and this is a “short ride;” so I often wonder how I wasted so much time! I really have to kick myself in the behind for that one; so much more I could have done better! But, the good news is there is, no better time than the present, today, right now; to make the biggest impact! It’s a collective building power of faith, which can get over any mountain and make the impossible possible! Amen to that.
The Church intends, on this day, to renew, in a most solemn manner, the mystery of the Last Supper: for our Lord Himself, on this occasion of the institution of the Blessed Sacrament, said to His Apostles: Do this for a Commemoration of Me (St. Luke, xxii. 15). Let us, therefore, resume the Gospel narrative.
Jesus is in the Supper chamber, where the Paschal Lamb is to be eaten. All the Apostles are with Him; Judas is there, also, but His crime is not known to the rest. Jesus approaches the table, on which the Lamb is served. His Disciples stand around him. The ceremonies prescribed by God to Moses are religiously observed. At the beginning of the repast, Jesus speaks these words to His Apostles: With desire I have desired to eat this Pasch with you, before I suffer (St. Luke, xxii. 15). In saying this, He does not imply that the Pasch of this year is intrinsically better than those that have preceded it; but, that it is dearer to Him, inasmuch as it is to give rise to the institution of the new Pasch, which He has prepared for mankind, and which He is now going to give them as his last gift: for as St. John says, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them unto the end (St. John, xiii. 1).
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The Mass of Maundy Thursday is one of the most solemn of the Year; and although the Feast of Corpus Christi is the day for the solemn honouring the mystery of the Holy Eucharist, still, the Church would have the anniversary of the Last Supper to be celebrated with all possible splendour. The colour of the vestments is white, as it is for Chrismas Day and Easter Sunday; the decorations of the Altar and Sanctuary all bespeak joy: and yet, there are several ceremonies during this Mass, which show that the holy Spouse of Christ has not forgotten the Passion of her Jesus, and that this joy is but transient. The Priest entones the Angelic Hymn, Glory be to God in the highest! and the Bells ring forth a joyous peal, which continues during the whole singing of the heavenly Canticle: but, from that moment, they remain silent, and their long silence produces, in every heart, a sentiment of holy mournfulness. But why does the Church deprive us, for so many hours, of the grand melody of these sweet bells, whose voices cheer us during the rest of the year? It is to show us, that this world lost all its melody and joy when its Saviour suffered and was crucified. Moreover, she would hereby remind us, how the Apostles, (who were the heralds of Christ, and are figured by the Bells, whose ringing summons the Faithful to the House of God,) fled from their Divine Master and left him a prey to His enemies.
The Holy Sacrifice continues as usual; but at the solemn moment of the Elevation of the Holy Host and the Chalice of Salvation, the Bell is silent, and, outside the Church, there is not given to the neighbourhood the usual signal of the descent of Jesus upon the Altar. When the time of the Holy Communion is near, the Priest does not give the Kiss of Peace to the Deacon, who, according to the Apostolic tradition, should transmit it, by the Subdeacon, to those that are about to communicate. Our thoughts turn to the traitor Judas, who, on this very day, profaned the sign of friendship by making it an instrument of death. It is out of detestation for this crime, that the Church omits, today, the sign of fraternal charity, it would too painfully remind us of sacrilegious hypocrisy.
Another rite, peculiar to today, is the Priest’s consecrating two Hosts during the Mass. One of these he receives in Communion; the other he reserves, and reverently places it in a Chalice, which he covers with a veil. The reason of this is, that, tomorrow, the Church suspends the daily Sacrifice. Such is the impression produced by the anniversary of our Saviour’s Death, that the Church dares not to renew, upon her Altars, the immolation which was then offered on Calvary: or rather, her renewal of it will be by the fixing all her thoughts on the terrible scene of that Friday Noon. The Host reserved from today’s Mass, will be her morrow’s participation. This rite is called the Mass of the Presanctified, because, in it, the Priest does not consecrate, but only receives the Host consecrated on the previous day. Formerly, as we shall explain more fully further on, the holy Sacrifice was not offered up on Holy Saturday, and yet the Mass of the Presanctified was not celebrated, as it was on the Friday.
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The Stripping of the Altars
As soon as Vespers are over, the Celebrant returns to the Sanctuary, assisted by the Deacon and Subdeacon. He goes to the altar, and takes off the cloths and ornaments. This ceremony signifies the suspension of the Holy Sacrifice. The altar should be left in this denuded state, until the daily offering can again be presented to the Divine Majesty…. He is now in the hands of his enemies.. who are about to strip him of his garments, just as we strip the Altar. He is to be exposed naked to the insults of the rabble…
I see how Barabbas was significantly to be seen as a son of the crooked world system, or “ways of the world” while the “Holy One Jesus” was contrasting or clashing if you will with not only the false Son Barabbas but with the “ways of the world” and the whole world system. But more profound in all of this is not so much the semantics of a few words being totally and perfectly translated, but instead that here as Peter had done, when he denied Christ Jesus; the whole world system and the people of the world denied Him at that moment when Pilate washed his hands of Him as did the world with him; making us all equally guilty and carrying sin to our own graves, while He Jesus Christ had none, not even a curse word; because Jesus was not of this “crooked world” so the only Truth that can be drawn from this confrontation is that Jesus rejects the sinful world in this departure sentencing and the people that live by it instead of by the Father’s will because even with the smallest of sins we are all contaminated by the ways of the world and doomed as creatures of it! And therefore the world or those people in it then as now, were unequivocally even if unconsciously wanting to wash their hands of “Him,” just as Pilate did; so thus they too sealed the deal of the fallen world and all in it being doomed outright; while Jesus the Lamb of God would be raised from it; pure as the driven snow! Because Jesus was not part of this world; he then sets in stone the direct path to the Father by He being the only being (The Savior) that could create this bridge of Redemption that will allow us to cross the impossible chasm from oblivion to everlasting peace, by His offering to any who will believe in Him; God’s planned gift of Salvation!
This had to be the only way it could be completed, rejection going both ways then the “Resurrection” would be in the offering until the end of the world to any who will turn to Jesus Christ as their personal Savior; as He would be absolutely and purely the only means of forgiveness of sin and the resurrection to eternal life with the Father, our Maker. Like cutting the cord, then the “testing” out of all souls began.
I have always felt that this can be readily seen in the Mel Gibson film “The Passion of The Christ” and this scene where Pilate washes his hands both literally and figuratively of the matter and basically throws Jesus to the lions in a manner of speaking and condemns himself with Barabbas and all humans; at that point dooming all of humanity! But His death on the cross would now give us all the gift of resurrection with Him if we will accept it!
So I have no problem with anything here because I visualize the event quite clearly and see the intent and significance of all actions and behavior being exactly as they “were meant to be” to clearly illustrate why and what it would mean to all humanity moving forward!
Today I see my governments leaders or politicians not any different than those Pharisees, minions and Barabbas, as many are living in a totally narcissistic pagan way while some pretend to worship God through Jesus like a Pelosi, Biden and Harris but they don’t and are the true hypocrites as they worship this world and power with great wealth; in other words Satan. It really hasn’t changed because as back then so many if not all would deny Jesus at one time or another during their lives; today the same thing is happening in spades with so many living lives of luxury and decadence, usually with ill-gotten, moreover gluttonous gains; the crooked ways of the world, many Barabbas’
This is the significance of this article to me and should be for anyone rather than any splitting of hairs to get to some infinitesimally perfected interpretation! God doesn’t expect us to be rocket scientists but he only expects us to see the “Plain Truth” before our eyes and what is in our hearts; so that even “the simplest of minds can understand” what He is saying to us! I truly hope this helps you and anyone that wants to open their heart to Christ more fully and love, worship and adore Him; with all their strength. I say cry for him, not only because of all the suffering He took for us, which does cause me to cry, but even more for the “Amazing Grace” and “Beauty” of His “Heart of Hearts” to love us the way He does; this is making me cry now to say this; it is the Plain Truth when we see the gift and love in our hearts and minds this way; you can’t help but cry for Him being so beautiful and kind, to we; who are so unworthy! Amen.
God Bless you!
Brother in Christ,
Lawrence Morra III
Not This Man but Barabbas by Albrecht Dürer, c. 1520 [Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries, UK]
In their respective narratives of our Lord’s Passion, all four Gospels mention the crowd’s election of Barabbas over Jesus. That choice comes at the end of Pontius Pilate’s half-hearted attempt to free Christ. It is the moment of the crowd’s definitive rejection of Christ and embrace of evil.
The whole account captures human sinfulness in just a few verses. Pilate puts before the crowd first “Jesus Barabbas” (Mt 27:17) – that is, “Jesus, son of the father” – and then Jesus, the eternal Son of the Father. The crowd must choose either the real Son of the Father or His counterfeit, the true Sonship or the false. Its choice of the counterfeit and false summarizes our sinfulness.
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