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I think that's a great idea?! I've been thinking about doing something in the same fashion(privately).
Very good idea, I'll certainly join in.
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Very nice thought. I will say one for a return to the Traditional Faith and the Traditional Mass. These two monumental changes would bring the necessary Grace from the Holy Spirit that would heal and restore the Church. Everything else is just window dressing.
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2 CORINTHIANS 5:17–6:2
Be reconciled to God.
Brothers and sisters: Whoever is in Christ is a new
creation: the old things have passed away; behold,
new things have come. And all this is from God, who
has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given
us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, God was
reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting
their trespasses against them and entrusting to us
the message of reconciliation. We are ambassadors
for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We
implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know
sin, so that we might become the righteousness of
God in him.
Working together, then, we appeal to you not to
receive the grace of God in vain. For he says:
In an acceptable time I heard you,
and on the day of salvation I helped you.
Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is
the day of salvation.
PHILIPPIANS 2:6-11
He humbled himself. Because of this,
God greatly exalted him.
Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under
the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
ROMANS 8:28-32
To be conformed to the image of his Son.
Brothers and sisters: We know that all things work for
good for those who love God, who are called according
to his purpose. For those he foreknew he also predestined
to be conformed to the image of his Son, so
that he might be the firstborn among many brothers
and sisters. And those he predestined he also called;
and those he called he also justified; and those he justified
he also glorified.
If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did
not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all,
how will he not also give us everything else along
with him? Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen
ones? It is God who acquits us, who will condemn?
Christ Jesus it is who died—or, rather, was
raised—who also is at the right hand of God, who
indeed intercedes for us.
EPHESIANS 4:1-6
One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge
you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have
received, with all humility and gentleness, with
patience, bearing with one another through love,
striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the
bond of peace: one body and one Spirit, as you were
also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one
faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is
over all and through all and in all.
ROMANS 12:3-13
We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us.
Brothers and sisters: By the grace given to me I tell
everyone among you not to think of himself more
highly than one ought to think, but to think soberly,
each according to the measure of faith that God has
apportioned. For as in one body we have many parts,
and all the parts do not have the same function, so we,
though many, are one Body in Christ and individually
parts of one another. Since we have gifts that differ
according to the grace given to us, let us exercise
them: if prophecy, in proportion to the faith; if ministry,
in ministering; if one is a teacher, in teaching; if
one exhorts, in exhortation; if one contributes, in generosity;
if one is over others, with diligence; if one
does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what
is good; love one another with mutual affection; anticipate
one another in showing honor. Do not grow
slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in
prayer. Contribute to the needs of the holy ones, exercise
hospitality.
JOHN 15:12-17
This I command you: love one another.
Jesus said to his disciples: "This is my commandment:
love one another as I love you. No one has greater love
than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You
are my friends if you do what I command you. I no
longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know
what his master is doing. I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from
my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who
chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit
that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father
in my name he may give you. This I command you:
love one another."
MARK 10:13-16
Let the children come to me; do not prevent them.
People were bringing children to Jesus that he might
touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When
Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them,
"Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for
the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen,
I say to you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of
God like a child will not enter it." Then he embraced
the children and blessed them, placing his hands
on them.
LUKE 9:11B-17
They all ate and were satisfied.
Jesus spoke to the crowds about the kingdom of God,
and he healed those who needed to be cured. As the
day was drawing to a close, the Twelve approached
him and said, "Dismiss the crowd so that they can go
to the surrounding villages and farms and find lodging
and provisions; for we are in a deserted place here."
He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves."
They replied, "Five loaves and two fish are all we have,
unless we ourselves go and buy food for all these
people." Now the men there numbered about five
thousand. Then he said to his disciples, "Have them sit
down in groups of about fifty." They did so and made
them all sit down. Then taking the five loaves and
the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the
blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the
disciples to set before the crowd. They all ate and were
satisfied. And when the leftover fragments were
picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets.
LUKE 22:39-44
His sweat became like drops of blood, falling on the ground.
Then going out, he went, as was his custom, to the
Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.
When he arrived at the place he said to them, "Pray
that you may not undergo the test." After withdrawing
about a stone’s throw from them and kneeling, he
prayed, saying, "Father, if you are willing, take this
cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be
done." And to strengthen him an angel from heaven
appeared to him. He was in such agony and he prayed
so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood
falling on the ground.
LUKE 24:13-35
They recognized him in the breaking of the bread.
That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’
disciples were going to a village seven miles from
Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing
about all the things that had occurred. And it happened
that while they were conversing and debating,
Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but
their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. He
asked them, "What are you discussing as you walk
along?" They stopped, looking downcast. One of
them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, "Are you
the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the
things that have taken place there in these days?" And
he replied to them, "What sort of things?" They said to
him, "The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before
God and all the people, how our chief priests and
rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and
crucified him. But we were hoping that he would be
the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now
the third day since this took place. Some women from
our group, however, have astounded us: they were at
the tomb early in the morning and did not find his
body; they came back and reported that they had
indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he
was alive. Then some of those with us went to the
tomb and found things just as the women had
described, but him they did not see." And he said to
them, "Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to
believe all that the prophets spoke! Was it not necessary
that the Christ should suffer these things and
enter into his glory?" Then beginning with Moses and
all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred
to him in all the Scriptures. As they approached the village
to which they were going, he gave the impression
that he was going on farther. But they urged him, "Stay
with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost
over." So he went in to stay with them. And it happened
that, while he was with them at table, he took
bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized
him, but he vanished from their sight. Then they said
to each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way and opened the
Scriptures to us?" So they set out at once and returned
to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the
eleven and those with them who were saying, "The
Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to
Simon!" Then the two recounted what had taken place
on the way and how he was made known to them in
the breaking of bread.
JOHN 6:41-51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said, "I
am the bread that came down from heaven," and they
said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not
know his father and mother? Then how can he say, ‘I
have come down from heaven’?" Jesus answered and
said to them, "Stop murmuring among yourselves. No
one can come to me unless the Father who sent me
draw him, and I will raise him on the last day. It is written
in the prophets:
They shall all be taught by God.
Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him
comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father
except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.
Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal
life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna
in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes
down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I
am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever
eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that
I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."
JOHN 6:51-58
My fresh is true food and my blood is true drink.
Jesus said to the crowds: "I am the living bread that
came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will
live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh
for the life of the world."
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, "How
can this man give us his flesh to eat?" Jesus said to
them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the
flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do
not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him
on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my
blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks
my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living
Father sent me and I have life because of the
Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life
because of me. This is the bread that came down from
heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died,
whoever eats this bread will live forever."
JOHN 19:31-37
One soldier thrust his lance into his side and
immediately blood and water flowed out.
Since it was preparation day, in order that the bodies
might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for the
sabbath day of that week was a solemn one, the Jews
asked Pilate that their legs be broken and they be
taken down. So the soldiers came and broke the legs
of the first and then of the other one who was crucified
with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus and saw that
he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but
one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately
blood and water flowed out. An eyewitness has
testified, and his testimony is true; he knows that he is
speaking the truth, so that you also may come to
believe. For this happened so that the Scripture passage
might be fulfilled:
Not a bone of it will be broken.
And again another passage says:
They will look upon him whom they have pierced.
JOHN 21:1-14
Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them.
Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea
of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way. Together
were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,
Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and
two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them,
"I am going fishing." They said to him, "We also will
come with you." So they went out and got into the
boat, but that night they caught nothing. When it was
already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore; but
the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. Jesus
said to them, "Children, have you caught anything to
eat?" They answered him, "No." So he said to them,
"Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you
will find something." So they cast it, and were not able
to pull it in because of the number of fish. So the disciple
whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord."
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he
tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad, and
jumped into the sea. The other disciples came in the
boat, for they were not far from shore, only about a
hundred yards, dragging the net with the fish. When
they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire
with fish on it and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring
some of the fish you just caught." So Simon Peter went
over and dragged the net ashore full of one hundred
fifty-three large fish. Even though there were so many,
the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, "Come, have
breakfast." And none of the disciples dared to ask
him, "Who are you?" because they realized it was the
Lord. Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it
to them, and in like manner the fish. This was now the
third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples after
being raised from the dead.
LUKE 7:36-50
Her many sins have been forgiven because
she has shown great love.
A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and
he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.
Now there was a sinful woman in the city who
learned that he was at table in the house of the
Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she
stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to
bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them
with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with
the ointment. When the Pharisee who had invited him
saw this he said to himself, "If this man were a
prophet, he would know who and what sort of
woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner."
Jesus said to him in reply, "Simon, I have something
to say to you." "Tell me, teacher," he said. "Two
people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed
five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty.
Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it
for both. Which of them will love him more?" Simon
said in reply, "The one, I suppose, whose larger debt
was forgiven." He said to him, "You have judged
rightly." Then he turned to the woman and said to
Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I entered your
house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she
has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with
her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but she has not
ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You
did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my
feet with ointment. So I tell you, her many sins have
been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But
the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little." He said
to her, "Your sins are forgiven." The others at table
said to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives
sins?" But he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved
you; go in peace."
