[Havoc]

I sometimes like to just sit and think about the Holy Family at dinner. The perfect love which must have existed among them. The joy the must have felt, simply being in each other's company. Then, I try to create, to the greatest degree possible, that same atmosphere at our own dinner table.

Thank you for sharing these things Alguy. I have read endlessly through scripture seeking little tidbits of this and that. I've read through the intracacies of excavation reports and archeological evidences. I've poured over volume after volume of histories and evidences both of truth and of lies. And simple notions are not lost on me. I still marvel at the same passage you noted - Mary and Joseph finding the boy, Jesus in study 'did you not know I must be about the Father's work'. I'd have wanted to paddle some sense into the child as well till that came out. Or I try to imagine what the rest of the conversation might have been with the little girl or Lazurus when they were raised - a bit of Hawkeye Pierce comes to mind, though it's a bit of an intrusion to me, it somehow makes me laugh to think of him winking and perhaps saying "stop frightening these people and go let them know you're alright. And by the way if you die again you'll never hear the end of it. (wink)"

So involved are these things and life that the simple things are an absolute joy. And I wish there was more time for them than for the tedium. Our time here reaches an end soon, yet my job is far from over. I have yet begun and I have no doubt as messy as things are now, I will soon wish for the simplicity and ease of the debates we have here. The world is so sure of it's errors that it cannot and does not care for the truth. The religious are more prone to this than any other. And I have come to know why the angel in Revelation keeps uttering the word "Woe". As angry as I was when I first examined the lies I was being fed, I have great pitty for those who will find out at judgement - and none for those who led them to that position. Be just with the kids, and keep striving to emulate the master at dinner and everywhere else. Just remember to keep away from the junk that masquerades as truth and you'll have nothing to be shocked at.

[AlguyA]

"Or I try to imagine what the rest of the conversation might have been with the little girl or Lazurus when they were raised - a bit of Hawkeye Pierce comes to mind, though it's a bit of an intrusion to me, it somehow makes me laugh to think of him winking and perhaps saying "stop frightening these people and go let them know you're alright. And by the way if you die again you'll never hear the end of it. (wink)""

=) A good one. I doubt I'll ever be able to read those passages again without thinking of this and smiling. -)

It's been a long day, all. May the peace of Our Lord be with you all.