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It was a good day at the Cathedral. The day began with our regular and traditional service from the Book of Common Prayer. At the 10:30 service we held a Eucharist. For the first time in a while we did not have a Baptism on the first Sunday of the Month!
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There are really two stages in life, and to put is simply we move from desiring what we think is important...to Knowing what is really Important.
I remind you The only time Jesus casts judgement in the Bible is in Matthew 7 and Matthew 25 Vs. 7 Judging others causes your own judgement. ch.25 Not living the life of compassion and selflessness seperates you from God!
Most Christians today still refuse to see that Jesus was NOT upset with the sinful person.
"Jesus is shockingly not upset with sinners, a shock so total that most Christians to this day refuse to accept it.
He is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners:
Introduction:
- I put the Wrong Month on the Bulletin.
Some of you would believe me if I told you I did that on Purpose.Most of you know me better than that.
The Points of Advent:
Advent means
to wait.
Other helpful
images might be:
- To catch your breath
- To stop and Think
- Not to rush choices
- To focus on what matters.
Book reference:
Father Richard Rhor, a Franciscan priest wrote a book called Falling Upwards.
I recommend it to you.
Rohr just
says something we all know instinctively. Father Richard Rhor, a Franciscan priest wrote a book called Falling Upwards.
I recommend it to you.
There are really two stages in life, and to put is simply we move from desiring what we think is important...to Knowing what is really Important.
Advent
reminds us that with God’s warning that we are wasting time if we are not focussed or searching for what really matters and that , there is Love,
healing, Joy, Hope and peace waiting for us. We won't find it at WALMART!
We are
reminded that Jesus, by becoming the propitiation for our Sins, sends a clear
message .....
He refused
all religious codes ,traditions, judgements and values. There is a lesson in that for us!
Jesus Refused
to divide the world into the pure and the impure, much to the chagrin of almost
everybody — then and now.
I remind you The only time Jesus casts judgement in the Bible is in Matthew 7 and Matthew 25 Vs. 7 Judging others causes your own judgement. ch.25 Not living the life of compassion and selflessness seperates you from God!
Most Christians today still refuse to see that Jesus was NOT upset with the sinful person.
"Jesus is shockingly not upset with sinners, a shock so total that most Christians to this day refuse to accept it.
He is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners:
The denial
of who we are before God totally blocks the avenues of Grace .
Let us ask
God as we travel through Advent to help us. So that we
will have hope for the time of our lives that is yet to Come.
Please make an effort to search for Contact points with God During this Advent Season.
We will do all we can at this Church to help that Happen!
