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To: narses
First, be Thankful. It sounds like your Diocese needs a miracle and just think of all the Miracles of Christ which were preceeded with a "thank you."

The Consecration Who, the day before He suffered, took bread into His holy and venerable hands, and having raised His eyes to heaven to you, God, His Almighty Father, giving thanks to You, He blessed, + it broke it, and gave it to His disciples, saying: "Take and eat of this, all of you, FOR THIS IS MY BODY."

*Facing His death, He gave Thanks and the Miracle of Transubstantation occured

31 The Jews therefore, who were with her in the house and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up speedily and went out, followed her, saying: She goeth to the grave to weep there.

32 When Mary therefore was come where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet and saith to him. Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews that were come with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and troubled himself,

34 And said: Where have you laid him? They say to him: Lord, come and see.

35 And Jesus wept.

36 The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved him.

37 But some of them said: Could not he that opened the eyes of the man born blind have caused that this man should not die?

38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the sepulchre. Now it was a cave; and a stone was laid over it.

39 Jesus saith: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him: Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he is now of four days.

40 Jesus saith to her: Did not I say to thee that if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?

41 They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifting up his eyes, said: Father, I give thee thanks that thou hast heard me.

42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people who stand about have I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

43 When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth.

44 And presently he that had been dead came forth

*Jesus began with Thanksgiving and the miracle of Lazarus followed.

We see Jesus facing death, weeping etc. He responds with Thanksgiving and miracles follow.

Why not try and imitate Jesus and begin with Thanksgiving and wait on the Lord even when we are, seemingly, facing the death of a Liturgy, or a Diocese etc?

17 posted on 12/29/2004 1:39:15 PM PST by bornacatholic
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To: bornacatholic

"It sounds like your Diocese needs a miracle ..."

It does. To thank God for moral turpitude and fiscal madness simply doesn't ring true. Perhaps in your mind that is sense, in mine, it is madness.


19 posted on 12/29/2004 7:51:30 PM PST by narses (Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family + Vivo Christo Rey!)
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