FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ WHO ARE YOU CALLING A HYPOCRITE? ~ 27 October 2013

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

WHO ARE YOU CALLING A HYPOCRITE?

I always chuckle a little when I must sit through someone's "sermon" on why he/she doesn't ever darken the door of a church. Invariably at the top of the list of reasons given for not attending is something about the church being so full of hypocrites. You know, those people who affect virtues and qualities they don't have ... religious fakes.

The humor in this line of argument rests not so much in the fact that I never hear anything original, but rather in the facts surrounding the genesis of the word hypocrite. It was a term applied to the ancient Greek actors who wore masks in order to convey to the audience certain qualities and emotions. The actor hid behind the mask and the mask projected the necessary image.

In reality, a hypocrite is anyone who wears a mask hiding the true self while projecting an image for the benefit of the "audience." As I see it, that makes us all hypocrites! We all hide behind masks pretty consistently. How often, for instance, do we observe our hurting friends struggling to keep the "coat hanger" smile in place?

Yes, when two people stand eyeball-to-eyeball, it's one hypocrite starin' at another! The guy who won't go to church because it's full of hypocrites is not being completely honest. What he really means is that he prefers secular hypocrisy to religious hypocrisy. It's sort of like the smoker's preference for a particular brand of cigarettes.

The religious hypocrite at least has one advantage over his secular counterpart: he's looking in the right direction, to the One who can effectively remove masks: "Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my thoughts; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting." (Psalm 139)

CDR Thomas E. Braithwaite, CHC, USN

 

[ConorMacNessa]

Good Evening, Kathy!

***HUGS***



A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours! Thank you very much for tonight’s Sunday Chapel thread.

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[mountainlion]

I am a HYPOCRITE

Is there a 12 step program? At least my deception does little to harm our Great Country.

[SkyDancer]

Hi Kathy ~

Ain't Happening ~ News story says all of Australia is on fire ...

[ConorMacNessa]

LORD, NOW LETTEST THOU THY SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE



NUNC DIMITTIS
Geoffrey Burgon
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Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace:
Quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum
Quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum:
Lumen ad revelationem gentium, et gloriam plebis tuae Israel.
(Lucas 2:29-32 BSV)

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritu Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word:
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
(Luke 2:29-32 KJV)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be.
World without end, Amen.

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS))))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, or National Guardsman
Feel alone or forgotten.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is loving kindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

Psalm 130:7 & 8

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...a Blessed Lord’s Day to the MacNessa family.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.

[SandRat]

No one, lest I be so judged by GOD.

[SkyDancer]

Hi Conor!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, mountainlion, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours. ((HUGS))

No 12 step program....your acknowledgement to yourself is all it takes.

Are you still cut off from the world? Still existing on your Y2K supplies?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.

[GulfWar1Vet]

Evening, Kathy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

G’Day, Janey...((HUGS))...A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours and Dad and friends.

That’s a lot of fires....natural or have they had “help”? ANYONE who intentionally starts a fire should be put inside the perimeter...and left there. I have NO sympathy for firebugs....the good guys always get hurt.

Any near you? Stay safe! And prayers for all those effected.

[Kathy in Alaska]

He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.

May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.

May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.

G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.

[SandRat]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Gulf...((HUGS))...a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Are you seeing winter yet? We’ve had nary a flake of snow yet.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi back to you, ML and Lynn-Dah...((HUGS))

Did you ladies go garage saling today? Find good stuff?

Did the Biker Trio, maybe Quartet, get a good practice in today?