Surely, all truly married couples mirror the Trinity in some way: there is the one who loves, then the beloved and the love they share. When a child is conceived in the marital union of husband and wife, there is surely a clear mirror of the Holy Trinity since now you have the Lover, the Beloved and the Love, personified in the baby. In all families, there is a communion of persons. There is a relationship between husband, wife and child. Since the Holy Trinity is a communion of Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit who love one another so perfectly that they are perfectly one, perfectly united as One God with three Divine Persons who love each other from all eternity. So, when God creates the human family, we can be sure that He will mirror in us the Divine Communal Life of the Holy Trinity.We are not only made individually in the image and likeness of God, we are also as a family made in the image and likeness of God.
Today is the Feast of the Holy Family in the Church..which is herself a faith-filled family based on the communal family love of all Christians. Even those Christians who are not Catholic, still in soul belong to the Body of Christ which is the Church of Christ.
The Holy Family is the most perfect mirror of the Holy Trinity we have on this earth. One of the Persons of this family was Jesus, the Son of God, The Word made Flesh. The "Word was with God; and the Word was God; and the Word became Flesh and dwelled among us." John 1 So, in this earthly Family, one of the Persons of the Holy Trinity is present. He not only symbolizes the Son of God, He is the Son of God. Joseph symbolizes the Father in the Holy Trinity. Mary symbolizes the Holy Spirit since she is the spouse of the Holy Spirit who overshadowed her to bring about the Incarnation of Jesus in her womb.
What is so interesting in this family is that they are only concerned with loving the other members of the family. Each member of the Holy Family is devoted to the welfare of the other members. Each member is totally selfless just as the Holy Trinity Persons are devoted and love the other Persons in the Holy Trinity.
This total self-giving love and devotion reaches great sacrificial heights. Joseph remains celebate to honor Mary's vow of virginity and so that her virginity can be truly seen as a sign: "The sign of Jona" - that a "virgin shall conceive and bear a son and his name is Emanuel." If Joseph and Mary were to have children, that sign would have been negated. So, here we have two loving people - married - who love each other and who are in love with one another who give up holy marital union for a higher cause. So, here we have a man sleeping next to his wife who is contented with giving her a hug and kiss goodnight and nothing more. Why? Because Joseph loved Mary more than himself...loved her mission...loved her very being as the Mother of the Messiah. Mary..who loved Joseph also gave up her natural desires that are good. Adam and Eve before they fell into sin were able to make love with a holy desire that was controlled. Mary gave all that up even before the Angel announced to her that she was "full of grace" - that is she was the "Immaculate Conception" because she was to be the spouse of the Holy Spirit at the moment of the Incarnation when she said: "Let it be done according to your word."
Therefore even before the angel came to her, she was totally dedicated and devoted to God: that is what virginity truly means: totally devoted to God. In that sense, even grandmothers who become nuns are now "totally devoted to God" and are mystically "virgins for the Lord" - spouses of the Lord.
So, we have seen that Joseph was devoted to Mary. Mary also was devoted to Joseph; she washed his clothes and made his meals and slept near him at night. She was a good and faithful wife, devoted to her husband and her Child. Do you see that these two members of the family are totally self-less and devoted to others. There is not self focus here on one's own happiness. No, happiness for each member is total devotion to the others in the family. But that is such a perfect mirror of the Holy Trinity whose Persons are totally devoted to the others in the Trinity. It is this total self love in the Holy Family that so mirrors the Holy Trinity.
What of Jesus? " The child grew and became strong.." Luke 2: 48. Jesus, this Person in the Holy Family on earth is totally unique: he is the God-man. He is the Second Person of the Holy Trinity who has had a LONG ETERNITY of experience of how to LOVE in a family.
So, Jesus can love Joseph and Mary with a human and Divine Love at the same time. This is a great mystery. But Jesus did give us a hint about how He can do this: He said: "As the Father has loved me, so I love you....Love one another as I have loved you." And: "Whoever welcome a child such as this for my sake welcomes Me. And whoever welcome Me welcomes Him who sent Me."
There you have it: the total formula for family unity and love.
Jesus, Joseph and Mary teach us even more: Humility!
The Word of God in becoming Flesh as Jesus, the Christ, shows utter humility to come down from the heaven to live in a little hut with mortals. He further shows us how to work in silence and anonimity for 30 years. He sent no letters nor talked on radio or wrote any books. No, He stayed home and worked in the family business..quietly..humbly....and lovingly.
What of Jesus love for Joseph and Mary? His love for His family on earth is beyond our telling. But since He also adopted all of us into this family, He showed that love by dying a horrible death to save us and bring us into His Heaven Family in Heaven one day. Jesus' family love knows no bounds! We are awed..because He even said: "No man shows more love than to lay his life down for his friend." But Jesus did exactly that for us His friends. There is more: Jesus even died for His enemies....He even tried to bring His enemies into His family. You would think that Jesus would be more street smart. He was smart: He was Wisdom Incarnate. He even said: "Father, forgive them because they do not know what they are doing." Only family members say things like that. Even to the very end, Jesus was ministering to the weeping women of Jerusalem, praying for his enemies that they would repent and be forgiven. He even tried to win back Judas in the middle of Judas's betrayal. Jesus just doesn't give up. He is totally a "dreamer of bringing all into His family". At end of the world at the last judgment, we shall see just how wise and merciful He is..and how right He was to reach out to sinners as if they were His family. Jesus only had eyes to see "family" because in the Trinity, Family is all that there is!
Holy Family, please pray for us...give us to love one another in humility and utter devotion as you did for one another. Please pray for our souls now and at the end of our days so that we can all be part of your Holy Family in Heaven with you. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Peace and love, Pio
Friday, December 30, 2011
Pio's Proverb 140: "As a man thinks in his heart..so he is." Proverbs by Solomon
When Solomon wrote: "As a man thinks in his heqrt..so he is", did he realize the the profundity of his words? Since he wrote in the Holy Spirit, it is possible that only the Holy Spirit knew the whole truth of what Solomon was inspired to write in this short but all pervasive summary of who a man is...who he really is in his whole being.
I was moved when Mongomery Cliff played a role in which he did not save his wife from drowning. He was sentenced by a court to die for his murder of his wife. As he was going to the gallows, he turned to the priest who was there to give him the last rites and said: "I did not do it...did I?" The priests said something profound that the condemned man took to his death. The priests said: "There was murder in your heart, son." Since "murder" was in his "heart", so "he is" - a murderer. You would think the priest would have been more comforting...Perhaps, he could have said: "God has forgiven you for having murder in your heart that kept you from saving your wife", but the priest said the bare truth. The writer of this screen play was writing for effect...maybe to satisfy the audience who did not have any mercy for him and wanted him to get what he deserved; but I would have been more merciful if I were the priest. I would have given him absolution as my final gesture and a prayer: "May God show His mercy on you and give you entrance into heaven."
But the writer of this play was not only putting words into the criminal's mouth, he was revealing his own heart. Yes, "as the man (writer) thinks in his heart...so he is.." Thus the writer revealed that he was a man who was not merciful.
Hitler in his Mein Kumpth - "My Struggle" revealed who he was completely. Everything was there: hatred for the Jews, his erotic relationship with power. "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks (writes).
He lost in the election to become channcelor; but he took over the power over the German People. All was present in his book. Why did not the people understand that this man was a menance to mankind. On the day he took his own life in April of 1945, Berlin and all the cities of Germany were in complete ruins. But all of that was present in his words, in his speaches. His heart was revealed. He rose to power because there were so many in Germany who wanted to get revenge for the First World War defeat and who hated the Jews. The said thing is that Hitler was merely reflecting what the Germans wanted. Not all; but these types also commited suicide on the day that Hitler did when the Russians were entering the city. Attacking the Russians to try to rule over Russian was the most collosal blunder Hitler ever made. No one could sanely wage war on so many fronts. And the Russian people were not like the Americans. They came to wipe out Germany as if it were an ant underfoot. They violated German women and som many of them died from the abuse. Americans did not do that because what was in the hearts of the Amiericans was to end the war and start rebuilding the world devastated by the War. Again the truth is clear: "As a man thinks in his heart..so he is." That goes for Hitler, Stalin, the Russian soldiers and the German soldiers and the American and English soldiers. This Solomon Proverb that a man is what he thinks in his heart is so completely true for every man because as he thinks in his heart is how he acts out. A man does as he thinks; so he is as he thinks.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta had so much in her heart. She came to the incredible truth that in the poorest of the poor, there is Christ...His Body. She not only went to Holy Communion everyday. She held the Body of Christ in her arms in the dying poor who died in her arms with her comforting words and loving heart. Surely as she thought in her heart, so that is the woman she was. She blatantly blasted the world with her love and care of others. In India there is a cast system. The rich did not wish her to build her mini hospitals in a rich section of the city. They took her to court. They lost because the judge said, "If she does not build here, how will you take care of these poor people?" Her opponents had no answer. They were moot. She built her hospital right in the rich section of the city because what was in her heart...was who she was..and no one could prevail over her love for the poorest of the poor - who were Christ to her...And she was totally correct. There was truth in her heart. She was a monumental woman of truth and love.
What is in your heart and mind today? What is in our hearts is the total substance of our prayer life. The sum of what we talk to God about each morning is who we really are. Please join me as I get up and go on our knees by our bedside and say to God:
"Thank You, Father, for a good and safe night's rest and that You have decided to give me another new day. Thank You for whatever surprisesYou plan to give me today as a proof of Your love for me. I offer you all my joys and sufferings today and join my pains and suffering to those of Jesus for the conversions of sinners, the protection of the unborn and for all those who will die this day that the Precious Blood of Jesus will atone for their sins and give them hope for heaven without fear...even for the atheists or great sinners whom the devil thinks he has for sure. Let these souls turn to Christ and accept Him as their Lord and Savior because "Out of the body, present to the Lord." So when these souls come to see Jesus when they are out of the body and present to Him, let them see His love and mercy and run into this arms as did the prodigal son accept the embrace of the forgiving Father. All this we ask in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Love, Pio
I was moved when Mongomery Cliff played a role in which he did not save his wife from drowning. He was sentenced by a court to die for his murder of his wife. As he was going to the gallows, he turned to the priest who was there to give him the last rites and said: "I did not do it...did I?" The priests said something profound that the condemned man took to his death. The priests said: "There was murder in your heart, son." Since "murder" was in his "heart", so "he is" - a murderer. You would think the priest would have been more comforting...Perhaps, he could have said: "God has forgiven you for having murder in your heart that kept you from saving your wife", but the priest said the bare truth. The writer of this screen play was writing for effect...maybe to satisfy the audience who did not have any mercy for him and wanted him to get what he deserved; but I would have been more merciful if I were the priest. I would have given him absolution as my final gesture and a prayer: "May God show His mercy on you and give you entrance into heaven."
But the writer of this play was not only putting words into the criminal's mouth, he was revealing his own heart. Yes, "as the man (writer) thinks in his heart...so he is.." Thus the writer revealed that he was a man who was not merciful.
Hitler in his Mein Kumpth - "My Struggle" revealed who he was completely. Everything was there: hatred for the Jews, his erotic relationship with power. "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks (writes).
He lost in the election to become channcelor; but he took over the power over the German People. All was present in his book. Why did not the people understand that this man was a menance to mankind. On the day he took his own life in April of 1945, Berlin and all the cities of Germany were in complete ruins. But all of that was present in his words, in his speaches. His heart was revealed. He rose to power because there were so many in Germany who wanted to get revenge for the First World War defeat and who hated the Jews. The said thing is that Hitler was merely reflecting what the Germans wanted. Not all; but these types also commited suicide on the day that Hitler did when the Russians were entering the city. Attacking the Russians to try to rule over Russian was the most collosal blunder Hitler ever made. No one could sanely wage war on so many fronts. And the Russian people were not like the Americans. They came to wipe out Germany as if it were an ant underfoot. They violated German women and som many of them died from the abuse. Americans did not do that because what was in the hearts of the Amiericans was to end the war and start rebuilding the world devastated by the War. Again the truth is clear: "As a man thinks in his heart..so he is." That goes for Hitler, Stalin, the Russian soldiers and the German soldiers and the American and English soldiers. This Solomon Proverb that a man is what he thinks in his heart is so completely true for every man because as he thinks in his heart is how he acts out. A man does as he thinks; so he is as he thinks.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta had so much in her heart. She came to the incredible truth that in the poorest of the poor, there is Christ...His Body. She not only went to Holy Communion everyday. She held the Body of Christ in her arms in the dying poor who died in her arms with her comforting words and loving heart. Surely as she thought in her heart, so that is the woman she was. She blatantly blasted the world with her love and care of others. In India there is a cast system. The rich did not wish her to build her mini hospitals in a rich section of the city. They took her to court. They lost because the judge said, "If she does not build here, how will you take care of these poor people?" Her opponents had no answer. They were moot. She built her hospital right in the rich section of the city because what was in her heart...was who she was..and no one could prevail over her love for the poorest of the poor - who were Christ to her...And she was totally correct. There was truth in her heart. She was a monumental woman of truth and love.
What is in your heart and mind today? What is in our hearts is the total substance of our prayer life. The sum of what we talk to God about each morning is who we really are. Please join me as I get up and go on our knees by our bedside and say to God:
"Thank You, Father, for a good and safe night's rest and that You have decided to give me another new day. Thank You for whatever surprisesYou plan to give me today as a proof of Your love for me. I offer you all my joys and sufferings today and join my pains and suffering to those of Jesus for the conversions of sinners, the protection of the unborn and for all those who will die this day that the Precious Blood of Jesus will atone for their sins and give them hope for heaven without fear...even for the atheists or great sinners whom the devil thinks he has for sure. Let these souls turn to Christ and accept Him as their Lord and Savior because "Out of the body, present to the Lord." So when these souls come to see Jesus when they are out of the body and present to Him, let them see His love and mercy and run into this arms as did the prodigal son accept the embrace of the forgiving Father. All this we ask in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Love, Pio
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Pio's Proverb 139: "Three Peters walking down the road"
When my friend, Peter Furbacher, and his dad, Peter Furbacher and I, Peter Zammit, were walking down a road on the Furbacher estate, I suddenly noticed something and said so all could hear: "No where on this planet are there three Peters walking side by side who care about and love each other!"
We all looked at each other...paused..and then had to admit..that this was totally true. Now what are the chances of three Peters to just happen to be walking together down a road together? I think that the chances are a million to one or more. Therefore, this little gathering of three Peters was not by chance. It was by Providence.
All the events of our life seems ordinary at the time; but in God's eyes, He has seen all of them from all eternity. Really? Yes, really. Did God the Father know the exact second of the exact hour of the exact day of the exact year that His Son, Jesus, would die? Absolutely. He knew the moment of Christ's birth and death. His birth because Jupiter and and star Regulus were close enough to seem as one largest star that came to a stop over Bethelem. How can Jupiter come to a stop? It does not really stop. But when it comes around in orbet and goes in the opposite direction, it seems to stop - at the precise time. So, that is the star that the Magi saw coming to stand still over Bethlehem. At the precise momen of Christ's death, the moon was eclipsed and seem to disappear. Also, there was a blood red moon that night as well because the moon only gets light reflected from the earth at that time...so it appeared red as does our sunset. But for all this to happen, God the Father must have known before the creation of the universe the precise time of His Son birth and death. That being so, what of us who God's children? Did God see us three Peters walking down the road together from all etenity? Yes, He did....and I also believe that He willed it so......to show us that His eyes are always lovingly on us.
Love, Pio
We all looked at each other...paused..and then had to admit..that this was totally true. Now what are the chances of three Peters to just happen to be walking together down a road together? I think that the chances are a million to one or more. Therefore, this little gathering of three Peters was not by chance. It was by Providence.
All the events of our life seems ordinary at the time; but in God's eyes, He has seen all of them from all eternity. Really? Yes, really. Did God the Father know the exact second of the exact hour of the exact day of the exact year that His Son, Jesus, would die? Absolutely. He knew the moment of Christ's birth and death. His birth because Jupiter and and star Regulus were close enough to seem as one largest star that came to a stop over Bethelem. How can Jupiter come to a stop? It does not really stop. But when it comes around in orbet and goes in the opposite direction, it seems to stop - at the precise time. So, that is the star that the Magi saw coming to stand still over Bethlehem. At the precise momen of Christ's death, the moon was eclipsed and seem to disappear. Also, there was a blood red moon that night as well because the moon only gets light reflected from the earth at that time...so it appeared red as does our sunset. But for all this to happen, God the Father must have known before the creation of the universe the precise time of His Son birth and death. That being so, what of us who God's children? Did God see us three Peters walking down the road together from all etenity? Yes, He did....and I also believe that He willed it so......to show us that His eyes are always lovingly on us.
Love, Pio
Pio's Proverb 138: Christmas Trees Cut for Nothing and Who Lived A Little While To Talk About It.
While driving off of 15 mile to go South on Gratiot just a few days ago after Christmas day, I saw about 30 Christmas trees laying down in a neat row in a Christmas tree lot. These trees were all blue spruce and about 7 years old. No one bought them. They were beautiful. Why did no one buy them: two reasons: 1) they were probably priced too hight. 2) the business man cut two many trees.
Can you imagine two trees conversing on a hill side observing other trees being cut down.
One tree says to the other: "Why are all these beautiful trees being cut down?"
The other tree says: "They are going to be used as Christmas trees."
One: "But why sacrifice a life just for a few days of Christmas?"
Other: "Well, we smell Christmasie and look Christmasie, and we get to be all dressed up in lights and ornamaments. It is a glorious time."
One: "Do they plant us in their yard for next year?"
Other: "No..we are only used once. But it is glorious and spiritual. We are to symbolize Jesus and His star pointing to heaven".
One: "I am not sure I want to give up my life for a few days of glory...but maybe for Jesus' glory, I would."
Other: "Well, we do not have too much of a choice. Here comes the 'saw man' to get us!"
One: "Buzzzzzz!"
Other: "Buzzzz!"
A week later.......
One: "Why are we still here in this Christmas tree lot.....No one took us home to decorate us?"
Other: "I do not know. Maybe the business man was greedy and wanted to make a lot of money. He could have sold us for a dollar each..instead of $50 dollars each which no one could afford. But he kept holding out for more money. And now we are here cut down for nothing!"
One: "I do not see anything spiritual in him at all. He is only interested in making money off of Christmas and giving us away to some children to enjoy. What will happen to us now?"
Other: "We have just a few days to live because we have no water for our trunk. If we had been taken home, we could have lived for weeks."
One: "I feel so cheated. I have been cut for nothing. I could have lived for a hundred years or more and become a great tree and maybe then be taken down for the grand Christmas Tree for the City or for even placed in the Vatican Plaza. Now...we will go the dump.....it is just not fair...no fair....why..?"
Other: "Well, ...maybe we are a symbol....we can still be used in some way...."
One: "How will we be seen as a symbol? ...a symbol of our owner's greed?"
Other: "Well, ...greed...yes, for sure...we are seen as a waste created by greed...But there is some deeper meaning for all this."
One: "What?"
Other: "We are a visible sign of a much deeper cruelty and greed!"
One: "What can be more cruel than to cut us down while we were awaiting spring and the hope of a great life?"
Other: "I think God allowed all this to happen so that people can see visibly the absolute greed and waste of aborting babies who are thrown away and cut down before they could even see the sun for one minute. We at least have had seven years of life. These little babies were cut down so doctors can make money and girls can have an easier life."
One: "How will anyone know about us being this symbol....cars drive by...cars just drive by...no one knows what you are thinking and telling me..."
Other: "No....you cannot be sure of that.....there is a man named Pio I saw go by in a car......He saw us and looked long at us.....He understood the symbolism and will tell many about us...our lives are not in vain..we have a purpose after all....after all..."
One: "I hope so...because I want to live......so much.."
Other: "That is the very point.....all the babies in the womb ..wanted to live so much...so much."
Love, Pio
Can you imagine two trees conversing on a hill side observing other trees being cut down.
One tree says to the other: "Why are all these beautiful trees being cut down?"
The other tree says: "They are going to be used as Christmas trees."
One: "But why sacrifice a life just for a few days of Christmas?"
Other: "Well, we smell Christmasie and look Christmasie, and we get to be all dressed up in lights and ornamaments. It is a glorious time."
One: "Do they plant us in their yard for next year?"
Other: "No..we are only used once. But it is glorious and spiritual. We are to symbolize Jesus and His star pointing to heaven".
One: "I am not sure I want to give up my life for a few days of glory...but maybe for Jesus' glory, I would."
Other: "Well, we do not have too much of a choice. Here comes the 'saw man' to get us!"
One: "Buzzzzzz!"
Other: "Buzzzz!"
A week later.......
One: "Why are we still here in this Christmas tree lot.....No one took us home to decorate us?"
Other: "I do not know. Maybe the business man was greedy and wanted to make a lot of money. He could have sold us for a dollar each..instead of $50 dollars each which no one could afford. But he kept holding out for more money. And now we are here cut down for nothing!"
One: "I do not see anything spiritual in him at all. He is only interested in making money off of Christmas and giving us away to some children to enjoy. What will happen to us now?"
Other: "We have just a few days to live because we have no water for our trunk. If we had been taken home, we could have lived for weeks."
One: "I feel so cheated. I have been cut for nothing. I could have lived for a hundred years or more and become a great tree and maybe then be taken down for the grand Christmas Tree for the City or for even placed in the Vatican Plaza. Now...we will go the dump.....it is just not fair...no fair....why..?"
Other: "Well, ...maybe we are a symbol....we can still be used in some way...."
One: "How will we be seen as a symbol? ...a symbol of our owner's greed?"
Other: "Well, ...greed...yes, for sure...we are seen as a waste created by greed...But there is some deeper meaning for all this."
One: "What?"
Other: "We are a visible sign of a much deeper cruelty and greed!"
One: "What can be more cruel than to cut us down while we were awaiting spring and the hope of a great life?"
Other: "I think God allowed all this to happen so that people can see visibly the absolute greed and waste of aborting babies who are thrown away and cut down before they could even see the sun for one minute. We at least have had seven years of life. These little babies were cut down so doctors can make money and girls can have an easier life."
One: "How will anyone know about us being this symbol....cars drive by...cars just drive by...no one knows what you are thinking and telling me..."
Other: "No....you cannot be sure of that.....there is a man named Pio I saw go by in a car......He saw us and looked long at us.....He understood the symbolism and will tell many about us...our lives are not in vain..we have a purpose after all....after all..."
One: "I hope so...because I want to live......so much.."
Other: "That is the very point.....all the babies in the womb ..wanted to live so much...so much."
Love, Pio
Pio's Proverb 137: Thomas of London declared a Saint in just two years.
Thomas of Londom was born of Norman leniage on December 21, 1118 in London.. At age 36 Thomas was made chancellor by the young new King Henry II who ascended the throne when his father King Stephen died.
We do not have a portrait of Thomas at this time as we do of Thomas More because there were no Holbeins in those days. But here is a verbal description of Thomas:
He was "of slim growth and pale, dark hair, a long nose and a straightly featured face. ...Blithe of countenance was he, winning and loveable in his conversation, frank of speech in his discourses, but slightly stuttering in his talk, so keen of discernment and understanding that he could always make difficult questions plain after a wise manner." -- as written by Robert Cricklade in his "Icelantic Saga."
Henry also thought he could control the Church if he made Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury. But Thomas warned Henry that as Archbishop, Thomas would be loyal to the Church and put her first and could not use his position in the Church for the King's gain. But Henry was stubburn and continued to believe he could control the Church with the help of Thomas' strategic positioin in the Church. But as Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas kept his word and opposed King Henry at every turn and verified by deeds that he would not let Henry take over the spiritual power of the Church.
Finally, King Henry realized there was no controlling Bishop Thomas and said in the hearing of his guard that he wanted someone to "rid him of the meddlesome priest." Assisins were all too egar win the favor of the King and slew Thomas while he was saying Vespers in the Cathedral.
Now there is a great danger regarding the State's polictical power and the Church: If the State tries to run the Church, it is doomed to fail because the concern of the Church and its agenda is as St. Paul said: "We preach Christ crucified "and "resurrected". The State does not have this agenda. Even today, the State tries to show its power in the separation of church and state; but the First Amendment does not do not separated the Church and State since both are needed for the good of the people. So our founding fathers made God a great part of their governing. They said "We have inalienable rights endowed by the Creator to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Even when Supreme Court Justice, Hugo Black declared this separation of Church and State by closing for two years all Catholic Schools. But he failed in this edeavor, too. Against injustice, the Church always wins because the "gates of hell will not prevail against her". Henry did not win either. Even when he made the comment: "Who will rid me of the meddlesome priest?" that caused the death of Thomas while he was at service in his own cathedral, the Catholic Church declared Thomas a Saint in just two years because there were so many miracles taking place at Thomas' Shrine. Thomas was only 62 years old when he was martyred on today's date: December 29, 1170. Henry and his assassin went - as a public penance - to the Holy Land. It is believe that both of them Both died there and are buried in Jerusalem.
All this proves that the Church always prevails in Faith and Morals. Even when the state tries to set the agenda for the Church -- as did Henry VIII try when he tore down the Shrine devoted to the memory of St. Thomas a' Becket...and even when he created new martyrs such as St. John Fishe and St. Thomas More -- the Catholic Church keeps on going and has for 2000 years and will continue to the end of time.
In 1538, King Henry VIII tried to destroy St. Thomas of Lond's Shrine. He had the body exhumed and burned; but in 1888, a skeleton was found on the sight that is now revered as that of St. Thomas. It just seems that the Saints just don't want to go away.
What about today? When Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black - a devoted member of the Ku Klux Klan - declared the separation of church as the basis of his closing down Catholic Schools for two years, the nuns reversed this and opened them up again because the First Amenment did not declare a "separation of church and state, but only supreme court justices do.
Interestingly enough it was Supreme Court Justice Blackmunn who allowed abortion for Roe in Roe v. Wade, in 1973. But even he said that "..if the suggestion that a fetus is a human person can be proven, then the appellant's case (Roe) would completely collapse; for then the fetus would be protected by the 14th Amendment: "No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.." So, now these very words are the basis of a new law before Congress. This law is called "Life at Conception Act" that will declare every and all fetus from the moment of conception a "human person." Roe v Wade will be completely overturned and all abortion will be illegal. Even if after this Act is passed by Congress and is subsequently vetoed by President Obama (who says that "women's right to abortion must be protected"), still 2/3 majority of the Congress will override his veto. [Please note that there is no legal document or any congressional document or any consitutional document that ever menions "a woman's right to abortion". There is no document because abortion is not a "right"; it is a "wrong".] I deeply believe that there is no power on this earth that can stop the "Life at Conception Act" proposed by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky from becoming law! Why? Because the Holy Spirit wrote this law.
God is not just looking the other way with abortion...as He did not look away when 6,000,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis. God suffered with the Jews and suffers with all 60,000,000 babies killed in the womb. But in both cases, He sends saviors: Raoul Wallingburg, the American GI's who saved the Jews; and now He is sending Senator Rand Paul and Fr. Frank Pavone and all the pro-life workers. God will send His "Moses" to rescue His people. He always has. He aways will. You and I will see all abortion clinics declared illegal. All babies in the womb will be protected by the 14th Amendment and by the Power of Almigty God. No Hitler nor Obama will be able to declare any innocent human being to be executed by the state. Pres. Obama in five of his speaces in mentioning our "inalienable rights....of life, liberty...and pursuit of appiness," did so while skipping the most important words of all: "endowed by the Creator". Pres. Obama skipped those words because like Hitler he wants to let the State create what "rights" men and women should have. If our rights are "endowed by the Creator", then abortion is nullified by his own words because the rights of the fetus IS ENDOWED BY THE CREATOR. After the passage of the "Life at Conception Act", the fetus will have a CHOICE for the first time in 38 years.
SOLOMON'S COMMENT on President Obama's view of himself:
"All the ways of a man may be right in his own eyes, but it is the Lord who proves hearts. To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than Sacrifice.....He who makes a fortuen by a lying tongue is chaing a bublle over deadly snares." Proverbs 21: 2 and 6.
And what shall we do with President Obama: "Expel the arrogant man and discord goes out; strife and insult cease." Proverbs 22: 10.
And who is President Obama really? "As a man thinks in his heart..so he is," so Solomon says. And what does the President think in his heart? His mouth speaks his heart. He skips the words: "endowed by the Creator" five times. He says that "women's right to abortion must be protected" when abortion is against the First and Fourteenth Amendments. No one has a right to kill an innocent defenseless person. So what is in President Obama's heart IS who he IS! And who is he? In his heart, he is a murderer...and speaks to please pro-choice women. Let the merciful words of St. Michael the Archagel spoken to Lucifer be our words to this president: "May God correct you!"
In this Country, there is a popular saying of "Separation of Church and State" which is was never part of any of our Constitutional documents. There is a cooperation between Church and State because these two great institutions need each other. But today: the "hearsay doctrine of separation of Church and State" really means a "Suppression of the Church by the State." This is proven by these Court decisions:
1) 1962: School prayer censored.
2) 1973: Child's right to life under the 14th Amendment is canceled by Roe v.Wade: abortion is made legal for any reason and at any stage of fetal development - even up to 9 months of gestation.
3) 1980: The 10 Commandments are censored.
4) 1987: Teaching of "Creation" in the sciences is censored.
5) 2004: Marriage between one man and one woman is re-defined to include same-sex couples which is an ontological impossibility.
6) 2005: The 10 Commandments are further censored.
All of the above Supreme Court Decisions are contradictions to the Judaic-Christian and Natural Law.
Jesus said that anyone "lives by the sword, will die by the sword." Well, this applies to the abortive swords that kill babies in the womb. It applies to the Word of God that cuts like a two edged sword into error and false doctrines. We as a Nation are moving away from God which makes us no better than China which openly says that atheism is the State religion. But we - with people like Obama in the Whitehouse - are moving very quickly towards a God-less, State-controlled Nation. God - please - help us!
Love, Pio
We do not have a portrait of Thomas at this time as we do of Thomas More because there were no Holbeins in those days. But here is a verbal description of Thomas:
He was "of slim growth and pale, dark hair, a long nose and a straightly featured face. ...Blithe of countenance was he, winning and loveable in his conversation, frank of speech in his discourses, but slightly stuttering in his talk, so keen of discernment and understanding that he could always make difficult questions plain after a wise manner." -- as written by Robert Cricklade in his "Icelantic Saga."
Henry also thought he could control the Church if he made Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury. But Thomas warned Henry that as Archbishop, Thomas would be loyal to the Church and put her first and could not use his position in the Church for the King's gain. But Henry was stubburn and continued to believe he could control the Church with the help of Thomas' strategic positioin in the Church. But as Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas kept his word and opposed King Henry at every turn and verified by deeds that he would not let Henry take over the spiritual power of the Church.
Finally, King Henry realized there was no controlling Bishop Thomas and said in the hearing of his guard that he wanted someone to "rid him of the meddlesome priest." Assisins were all too egar win the favor of the King and slew Thomas while he was saying Vespers in the Cathedral.
Now there is a great danger regarding the State's polictical power and the Church: If the State tries to run the Church, it is doomed to fail because the concern of the Church and its agenda is as St. Paul said: "We preach Christ crucified "and "resurrected". The State does not have this agenda. Even today, the State tries to show its power in the separation of church and state; but the First Amendment does not do not separated the Church and State since both are needed for the good of the people. So our founding fathers made God a great part of their governing. They said "We have inalienable rights endowed by the Creator to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Even when Supreme Court Justice, Hugo Black declared this separation of Church and State by closing for two years all Catholic Schools. But he failed in this edeavor, too. Against injustice, the Church always wins because the "gates of hell will not prevail against her". Henry did not win either. Even when he made the comment: "Who will rid me of the meddlesome priest?" that caused the death of Thomas while he was at service in his own cathedral, the Catholic Church declared Thomas a Saint in just two years because there were so many miracles taking place at Thomas' Shrine. Thomas was only 62 years old when he was martyred on today's date: December 29, 1170. Henry and his assassin went - as a public penance - to the Holy Land. It is believe that both of them Both died there and are buried in Jerusalem.
All this proves that the Church always prevails in Faith and Morals. Even when the state tries to set the agenda for the Church -- as did Henry VIII try when he tore down the Shrine devoted to the memory of St. Thomas a' Becket...and even when he created new martyrs such as St. John Fishe and St. Thomas More -- the Catholic Church keeps on going and has for 2000 years and will continue to the end of time.
In 1538, King Henry VIII tried to destroy St. Thomas of Lond's Shrine. He had the body exhumed and burned; but in 1888, a skeleton was found on the sight that is now revered as that of St. Thomas. It just seems that the Saints just don't want to go away.
What about today? When Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black - a devoted member of the Ku Klux Klan - declared the separation of church as the basis of his closing down Catholic Schools for two years, the nuns reversed this and opened them up again because the First Amenment did not declare a "separation of church and state, but only supreme court justices do.
Interestingly enough it was Supreme Court Justice Blackmunn who allowed abortion for Roe in Roe v. Wade, in 1973. But even he said that "..if the suggestion that a fetus is a human person can be proven, then the appellant's case (Roe) would completely collapse; for then the fetus would be protected by the 14th Amendment: "No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.." So, now these very words are the basis of a new law before Congress. This law is called "Life at Conception Act" that will declare every and all fetus from the moment of conception a "human person." Roe v Wade will be completely overturned and all abortion will be illegal. Even if after this Act is passed by Congress and is subsequently vetoed by President Obama (who says that "women's right to abortion must be protected"), still 2/3 majority of the Congress will override his veto. [Please note that there is no legal document or any congressional document or any consitutional document that ever menions "a woman's right to abortion". There is no document because abortion is not a "right"; it is a "wrong".] I deeply believe that there is no power on this earth that can stop the "Life at Conception Act" proposed by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky from becoming law! Why? Because the Holy Spirit wrote this law.
God is not just looking the other way with abortion...as He did not look away when 6,000,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis. God suffered with the Jews and suffers with all 60,000,000 babies killed in the womb. But in both cases, He sends saviors: Raoul Wallingburg, the American GI's who saved the Jews; and now He is sending Senator Rand Paul and Fr. Frank Pavone and all the pro-life workers. God will send His "Moses" to rescue His people. He always has. He aways will. You and I will see all abortion clinics declared illegal. All babies in the womb will be protected by the 14th Amendment and by the Power of Almigty God. No Hitler nor Obama will be able to declare any innocent human being to be executed by the state. Pres. Obama in five of his speaces in mentioning our "inalienable rights....of life, liberty...and pursuit of appiness," did so while skipping the most important words of all: "endowed by the Creator". Pres. Obama skipped those words because like Hitler he wants to let the State create what "rights" men and women should have. If our rights are "endowed by the Creator", then abortion is nullified by his own words because the rights of the fetus IS ENDOWED BY THE CREATOR. After the passage of the "Life at Conception Act", the fetus will have a CHOICE for the first time in 38 years.
SOLOMON'S COMMENT on President Obama's view of himself:
"All the ways of a man may be right in his own eyes, but it is the Lord who proves hearts. To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than Sacrifice.....He who makes a fortuen by a lying tongue is chaing a bublle over deadly snares." Proverbs 21: 2 and 6.
And what shall we do with President Obama: "Expel the arrogant man and discord goes out; strife and insult cease." Proverbs 22: 10.
And who is President Obama really? "As a man thinks in his heart..so he is," so Solomon says. And what does the President think in his heart? His mouth speaks his heart. He skips the words: "endowed by the Creator" five times. He says that "women's right to abortion must be protected" when abortion is against the First and Fourteenth Amendments. No one has a right to kill an innocent defenseless person. So what is in President Obama's heart IS who he IS! And who is he? In his heart, he is a murderer...and speaks to please pro-choice women. Let the merciful words of St. Michael the Archagel spoken to Lucifer be our words to this president: "May God correct you!"
In this Country, there is a popular saying of "Separation of Church and State" which is was never part of any of our Constitutional documents. There is a cooperation between Church and State because these two great institutions need each other. But today: the "hearsay doctrine of separation of Church and State" really means a "Suppression of the Church by the State." This is proven by these Court decisions:
1) 1962: School prayer censored.
2) 1973: Child's right to life under the 14th Amendment is canceled by Roe v.Wade: abortion is made legal for any reason and at any stage of fetal development - even up to 9 months of gestation.
3) 1980: The 10 Commandments are censored.
4) 1987: Teaching of "Creation" in the sciences is censored.
5) 2004: Marriage between one man and one woman is re-defined to include same-sex couples which is an ontological impossibility.
6) 2005: The 10 Commandments are further censored.
All of the above Supreme Court Decisions are contradictions to the Judaic-Christian and Natural Law.
Jesus said that anyone "lives by the sword, will die by the sword." Well, this applies to the abortive swords that kill babies in the womb. It applies to the Word of God that cuts like a two edged sword into error and false doctrines. We as a Nation are moving away from God which makes us no better than China which openly says that atheism is the State religion. But we - with people like Obama in the Whitehouse - are moving very quickly towards a God-less, State-controlled Nation. God - please - help us!
Love, Pio
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Pio's Proverb 136: CHRISTMAS and The Wisdom of Solomon
The coming of Jesus at Christmas was and is today the coming of Wisdom Incarnate. To conceive of Wisdom as a Person is different from Solomon who had the gift of Wisdom in his person. What is the difference? Jesus is Wisdom, itself. He does not merely have the gift of Wisdom as did Solomon
Wisdom is intrinsic to His Divinity. When Jesus spoke, Wisdom spoke. Even Jesus said when there was an impass between Him and the Pharasee who would not listen to reason or wisdom concerning the resurrection: Jesus said: "Time will tell where Wisdom lies." Jesus had the Wisdom to tell his opponents that time would prove Him right. And Jesus did come in the "fullness of time." That means it's is the fullness of time for us, right now. Christmas is only four days away. As I write, I can hear a Christmas choir singing on ewtn. Christmas is in the air. But more than that Christ must be born in us at Christmas. The angel announced to Mary the good news. Yes gave her consent, her "fiat" - "Let it be done according to your will." Her consent brought salvation for her and for the whole world.
But we have our own guardian angel, He announces to us every day some good news and directiion for our salvation. We must like Mary give our free consent. St. Augustine wrote: "God made us without our help but He will not save us without our consent." So Salvation is absolutely not possible without Mary's and our free consent. She could have said, Thanks but no thanks." That is the response from millions who sees Christ presented to them through a co-worker, a friend, a relative, a pastor, a sister, a parent. These people who are given the opportunity to accept Jesus, say to Him: "Thanks, but no thanks." I have heard atheists tell me that. When they say, "no", Jesus cannot become incarnate in their soul. But when we give our consent and yes to our angel, Jesus does come into our hearts spiritually and is incarnate in us in the Holy Eucharist.
But Mary said loud and clear: Let it be done according to your word." When she gave her consent, The Word of God became flesh in her; the Word became incarnate. Wisdom was there before the foundations of the world playing before God during the creation of all things. Now, Jesus is the Wisdom of
God.
Solomon wrote "The Book of Proverbs" 31 chapters that ends with the virtues of the Ideal Wife. He also wrote the greatest love story in history: "Song of Songs" - an autobiographical account of his love to a most beautiful woman. God is not mentioned in this book at all. Why? Because "God is love; and wherever there is love, there is God." There is no greater exchange of love in such poetry between a husband and wife as this work. It is so sublime that it has been used by St. John of the Cross as to depict his love between his soul and God, his soul being the beloved whom God cherishes like a His Beloved wife.
The "Book of Wisdom", written about a hundren years before the coming of Jesus, was the work of an unknown author who was a member of a Jewist Community at Alexandria in Egypt. He is unlike Solomon who began his work of "Book of Proverbs" exhorting the wise man to listen to these proverbs to advance in learning, knowlege, and who gives the foundation of all wisdom as "The fear (honor) of the Lord, is the beginning of knowlege." ..."wisdom and instruction fools despise." Solomon's words fit perfectly all those who reject Christ who is Wisdom, Himself. The author of the "Book of Wisdom" begins his work as an exortation of the reward of Justice: "LOVE JUSTICE, you who judge the earth; thnik of the Lord in goodness, ans seek him in integrity of heart...Because he is found by those who test him not, and he maniefest himself to those who do not disbelieve him." These words are like John the Baptist making ready the way of the Lord. The Holy Spirit in this "Book of Wisdom" is preparing us for the Christ Child, the Wisdom of God.
King Solomon received the greatest gift of Wisdom into his heart of any man before or after him...until Jesus said in all truth: "But someone greater than Solomon is here." Solomon had Wisdom. Jesus IS WISDOM.
Let us pray: Dearest Father, please give to all men and women and children of good will Your Peace and Wisdom to say "Yes" to Jesus so that He can be born in each one of us. Give us the humility of Mary to say "yes" to all that You ask of us and announce to us by our guarding angels. Give us the Wisdom to love one another because each one of us is "Jesus" in the world. He even said: "What every you do to the least of my brethern, you do to me." Thus we serve and love Christ in one another. If we refuse to love anyone - no matter what the reason or the hurt from that person - we reject Christ who said "Love your enemies and do good to them." Wisdom is this: "Love one another as I have loved you." That is the bottom line of all of Solomon's Wisdom, and Jesus's Wisdom - all in one Wisdom: Jesus.
O Father give us the Wisdom to love You and serve You with all our heart, soul, mind, wills, freedom and strength. Father, You gave to Solomon more Wisdom than you gave to any man; "no one before or after" Solomon was given more, except Jesus who was Wisdom Incarnate. Would You, Dearest Father, grant me this prayer: Would You allow Solomon in heaven to use his gift of Wisdom not only in the Books he wrote but also to use it now in our present day? You see my prayer today even as I started to write Pio's Proverb #1. Please let all the 136 Pio's Proverbs I have already written be impacted with Solomon's Wisdom so that he would have and will be able to impact what I wrote so that his gift of Wisdom would not be silent. Please let Solomon use his gift today to respond to present day situations. I know and appreciate the gift of Wisdom You have given to my from the Holy Spirit at Confirmation. I hope the Holy Spirit has helped me in all that I wrote. My prayer, today, is to ask You to let Solomon's gift to show stronly in my Proverbs so that Solomon in a sense would be writing them as well. Please let Solomon's gift of Wisdom be beneficial to the children of God today. Is this not letting Solomon and me participate in the Communion of Saints, A cherished doctrine of the Church. So, Father, would you please give permission to Solomon who is heaven to share his Wisdom with me so as to apply his Wisdom to present day situations such as abortion and the like. Solomon discovered the true mother in a dispute over one infant. Please let Solomon discover for us the truth in so many problems that confront our society - which is so vast. Please let Solomon have the joy of speaking today his Wisdom through these Proverbs I present now and in all the future Proverbs I submit. Let this a most joyous collaboration that will touch the hearts of everyone: from ardent atheists to devout monks. Please let Your Holy Spirit touch the hearts of those who have read and will read these Proverbs. All is really His work....without the Holy Spirit, not a word of Truth could be written. I am merely a piano key that the Spirit presses down to make a note. If the Spirit plays a lovely melody, the key cannot take credit at all - not for a single note. All is in the Holy Spirit and by the Holy Spirit and with the HolySpirit for Your Honor and Glory Father, Amen. In Jesus' Name I pray. Through Mary, Seat of Wisdom. Amen.Thank you, Father, for already hearing my prayer. I love You. Pio.
Wisdom is intrinsic to His Divinity. When Jesus spoke, Wisdom spoke. Even Jesus said when there was an impass between Him and the Pharasee who would not listen to reason or wisdom concerning the resurrection: Jesus said: "Time will tell where Wisdom lies." Jesus had the Wisdom to tell his opponents that time would prove Him right. And Jesus did come in the "fullness of time." That means it's is the fullness of time for us, right now. Christmas is only four days away. As I write, I can hear a Christmas choir singing on ewtn. Christmas is in the air. But more than that Christ must be born in us at Christmas. The angel announced to Mary the good news. Yes gave her consent, her "fiat" - "Let it be done according to your will." Her consent brought salvation for her and for the whole world.
But we have our own guardian angel, He announces to us every day some good news and directiion for our salvation. We must like Mary give our free consent. St. Augustine wrote: "God made us without our help but He will not save us without our consent." So Salvation is absolutely not possible without Mary's and our free consent. She could have said, Thanks but no thanks." That is the response from millions who sees Christ presented to them through a co-worker, a friend, a relative, a pastor, a sister, a parent. These people who are given the opportunity to accept Jesus, say to Him: "Thanks, but no thanks." I have heard atheists tell me that. When they say, "no", Jesus cannot become incarnate in their soul. But when we give our consent and yes to our angel, Jesus does come into our hearts spiritually and is incarnate in us in the Holy Eucharist.
But Mary said loud and clear: Let it be done according to your word." When she gave her consent, The Word of God became flesh in her; the Word became incarnate. Wisdom was there before the foundations of the world playing before God during the creation of all things. Now, Jesus is the Wisdom of
God.
Solomon wrote "The Book of Proverbs" 31 chapters that ends with the virtues of the Ideal Wife. He also wrote the greatest love story in history: "Song of Songs" - an autobiographical account of his love to a most beautiful woman. God is not mentioned in this book at all. Why? Because "God is love; and wherever there is love, there is God." There is no greater exchange of love in such poetry between a husband and wife as this work. It is so sublime that it has been used by St. John of the Cross as to depict his love between his soul and God, his soul being the beloved whom God cherishes like a His Beloved wife.
The "Book of Wisdom", written about a hundren years before the coming of Jesus, was the work of an unknown author who was a member of a Jewist Community at Alexandria in Egypt. He is unlike Solomon who began his work of "Book of Proverbs" exhorting the wise man to listen to these proverbs to advance in learning, knowlege, and who gives the foundation of all wisdom as "The fear (honor) of the Lord, is the beginning of knowlege." ..."wisdom and instruction fools despise." Solomon's words fit perfectly all those who reject Christ who is Wisdom, Himself. The author of the "Book of Wisdom" begins his work as an exortation of the reward of Justice: "LOVE JUSTICE, you who judge the earth; thnik of the Lord in goodness, ans seek him in integrity of heart...Because he is found by those who test him not, and he maniefest himself to those who do not disbelieve him." These words are like John the Baptist making ready the way of the Lord. The Holy Spirit in this "Book of Wisdom" is preparing us for the Christ Child, the Wisdom of God.
King Solomon received the greatest gift of Wisdom into his heart of any man before or after him...until Jesus said in all truth: "But someone greater than Solomon is here." Solomon had Wisdom. Jesus IS WISDOM.
Let us pray: Dearest Father, please give to all men and women and children of good will Your Peace and Wisdom to say "Yes" to Jesus so that He can be born in each one of us. Give us the humility of Mary to say "yes" to all that You ask of us and announce to us by our guarding angels. Give us the Wisdom to love one another because each one of us is "Jesus" in the world. He even said: "What every you do to the least of my brethern, you do to me." Thus we serve and love Christ in one another. If we refuse to love anyone - no matter what the reason or the hurt from that person - we reject Christ who said "Love your enemies and do good to them." Wisdom is this: "Love one another as I have loved you." That is the bottom line of all of Solomon's Wisdom, and Jesus's Wisdom - all in one Wisdom: Jesus.
O Father give us the Wisdom to love You and serve You with all our heart, soul, mind, wills, freedom and strength. Father, You gave to Solomon more Wisdom than you gave to any man; "no one before or after" Solomon was given more, except Jesus who was Wisdom Incarnate. Would You, Dearest Father, grant me this prayer: Would You allow Solomon in heaven to use his gift of Wisdom not only in the Books he wrote but also to use it now in our present day? You see my prayer today even as I started to write Pio's Proverb #1. Please let all the 136 Pio's Proverbs I have already written be impacted with Solomon's Wisdom so that he would have and will be able to impact what I wrote so that his gift of Wisdom would not be silent. Please let Solomon use his gift today to respond to present day situations. I know and appreciate the gift of Wisdom You have given to my from the Holy Spirit at Confirmation. I hope the Holy Spirit has helped me in all that I wrote. My prayer, today, is to ask You to let Solomon's gift to show stronly in my Proverbs so that Solomon in a sense would be writing them as well. Please let Solomon's gift of Wisdom be beneficial to the children of God today. Is this not letting Solomon and me participate in the Communion of Saints, A cherished doctrine of the Church. So, Father, would you please give permission to Solomon who is heaven to share his Wisdom with me so as to apply his Wisdom to present day situations such as abortion and the like. Solomon discovered the true mother in a dispute over one infant. Please let Solomon discover for us the truth in so many problems that confront our society - which is so vast. Please let Solomon have the joy of speaking today his Wisdom through these Proverbs I present now and in all the future Proverbs I submit. Let this a most joyous collaboration that will touch the hearts of everyone: from ardent atheists to devout monks. Please let Your Holy Spirit touch the hearts of those who have read and will read these Proverbs. All is really His work....without the Holy Spirit, not a word of Truth could be written. I am merely a piano key that the Spirit presses down to make a note. If the Spirit plays a lovely melody, the key cannot take credit at all - not for a single note. All is in the Holy Spirit and by the Holy Spirit and with the HolySpirit for Your Honor and Glory Father, Amen. In Jesus' Name I pray. Through Mary, Seat of Wisdom. Amen.Thank you, Father, for already hearing my prayer. I love You. Pio.
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