EASTER THE MAJORITY OF MEN WILL BE DAMNED

 

 

GOD WILLS EVERYONE TO BE SAVED AND TO COME TO KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH. 1 Timothy 2:4.

Jesus, however, reveals that his passion, death on the cross and his resurrection will be useless to the majority of men and women.

1)-EASTER IS THE GREATEST FEAST OF THE YEAR.  WE CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST FROM THE DEAD WITH GREAT JOY.

Our lord Jesus conquered death, the world and satan.  however, Jesus himself reveals that his sufferings, his crucifixion and death on the cross will be completely useless to the majority of men.

May we read Jesus in his own words in  Matthew 7:13:

 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”

Thus, Jesus himself assures us the majority of men and women will be condemned to hell.  

2)-THE REASON WHY THE MAJORITY OF MEN WILL BE DAMNED SEEMS SIMPLE.

The whole of divine revelation teaches men are going to hell because they “believed in vain.”

Saint Paul insists constantly on the absolute necessity not to accept any false interpretations of the message of Jesus.

May we read Saint Paul in his own words in 1 Corinthians 15:1-2:

 “Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.  By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.”

We already studied to believe in vain means to accept as truthful a false belief.

3)-SAINT PAUL REVEALS THERE IS ONLY ONE MESSAGE OF SALVATION.

In his letter to the Galatians, Paul rebukes his Christians who committed a fatal doctrinal error when they abandoned his teachings to accept false teachings of impostors.

May we read saint Paul in his own words in Galatians 1:1-9:

“No other gospel

 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of christ and are turning to a different gospel—  which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.  But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under god’s curse!  as we have already said, so now I say again: if anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!”

4)-EACH PERSON HAS THE OBLIGATION TO INVESTIGATE ITS OWN BELIEFS TO AVOID BELIEVING IN VAIN.

We have already studied it is possible to believe in vain.  to believe is simple.  when i believe, I ask the person whom I believe to guide my life.  I become a follower of the person who teaches me.

Thus, before I commit my life to someone who teaches me, I must prove the veracity of the teachings I receive.  First of all, I must verify if my preacher belongs to the successor of saint peter.  If my preacher belongs to the apostolic succession, he guides me into the truth.  If he does not belong to the church founded by Jesus on the apostles and the Apostolic Succession, the preacher guides me away from salvation.  Thus, his teachings are false.

5)-THE PERSON TO WHOM JESUS ENTRUSTED THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

Jesus chose saint Peter and  only to him he entrusted the keys of the kingdom of heaven.  I must follow this person chosen by Jesus to guide me in the path of salvation.

May we read Jesus in his own words in Matthew  16:16-19:

“ Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.   And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

In this revelation, Jesus entrusted each one of us  to a special leader chosen by himself.  To this leader in the faith, he entrusted the keys of heaven. 

6)-SAINT PETER IS OUR FIRST LEADER IN THE FAITH.

This revelation to saint peter is the most important in my life as a pilgrim of eternity.  

Jesus identifies this leader to whom he entrusted each one of us in the path to heaven.

May we meditate the words of Jesus to Peter, our first Pope:

“Blessed are you, Simon bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my father who is in heaven. ^…I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,” 

 7)-JESUS CLARIFIES FOR US THE SUCCESSORS TO SAINT PETER.

Jesus knows well saint peter will die.  Jesus wanted to help us understand his will concerning the divine power he entrusted to Peter.  Jesus reveals the person entrusted with the keys of heaven must be a pilgrim like all of us pilgrims to the eternal life.

8)-JESUS CLARIFIES THE VOCATION  OF THE MAN ENTRUSTED WITH THE KEYS OF HEAVEN.

This person with the power of the keys must juge our problems with the faith on earth.  He must guide our beliefs as we battle our way to heaven.

9)-JESUS KNOWS THE MANY PROBLEMS OF FAITH WILL SURGE IN HIS CHURCH.

Martin Luther, with his fatal erroneous doctrine “no priests,” has and continues to throw millions and millions of souls out of the priestly means of salvation. Presently there are more than 36,000 preachers separated from the successor of saint Peter. Such preachers do not accept the will of Jesus to follow the man entrusted with the keys of heaven.

10)-SAINT PETER, FROM HIS THRONE IN HEAVEN, CANNOT GUIDE US AWAY FROM FALSE BELIEFS. 

Jesus specified his role to bind or to loose “on earth.”  therefore, to loose or to bind pilgrims in their problems of false creencias, the man with the power of the keys must be on earth, he must be a pilgrim of eternity like all of us.

May we read Jesus in his own words.

“AND WHATEVER YOU BIND ON EARTH SHALL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN, AND WHATEVER YOU LOOSE ON EARTH SHALL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN.”

Jesus in this revelation, ordered successors to the man entrusted with the keys of heaven.  Peter’s successors must continue to fulfill the sacred duty to uphold the teachings of Jesus until the end of the world.

 

11)-WHEN SAINT PETER IS CRUCIFIED, THE CHURCH DID NOT CHOOSE SAINT JOHN FOR HIS SUCCESSOR.  

When saint peter died crucified on a cross, the church did not choose the apostle john to succeed saint peter.  Saint john was still living then. 

12)-SAINT LINUS (66-78) WAS ELECTED OUR SECOND POPE. 

Saint Irenaeus of Lyons in year  180 a.d., and also  Hegesippus year 160, and attested by Eusebius year  260-340, affirmed saint Linus was entrusted with the office of the apostles peter and Paul in Rome as the first successor of saint peter.  Thus, he was named the first successor of saint peter.

This Linus appears in saint Paul’s second letter to bishop timothy 2timoteo 4:21.

13)-EASTER CELEBRATES THE GUIDE TO WHOM JESUS ENTRUSTED HIS FOLLOWERS  TO GUIDE US IN OUR PILGRIMAGE TO ETERNAL LIFE.

Jesus did not abandon us as prey to self proclaimed preachers, imposters who did not belong to the apostolic succession in the church.

14)-JESUS, CELEBRATING HIS RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD, GIVES US HIS MANDATE.

To avoid believing in vain, each person is to follow the man chosen by Jesus himself to hold the divine power of the keys of heaven on earth.  Jesus wanted to entrust each one of us to the guide he himself appointed to guide us down through centuries until the end of the world.

15)-BEFORE HE MET WITH JESUS,  PETER’S NAME WAS “SIMON BAR JONAH.” 

Jesus changed his name to “Peter.”  Simon bar Jonah died crucified.  However, Peter lives in the church in his successors.  Let us follow Peter in his successors.

In this feast of the Resurrection of Christ Jesus from the dead, I wish to all my students around the world a celebration of their faithfulness to the Man with the keys of heaven on earth.              The professor.

 

 

 

GOOD FRIDAY GOD NAILED OUR SINS TO THE CROSS

 

THE BEAUTY OF CREATION IS ENGULFED BY SIN.

“ON THE SIXTH DAY OF CREATION, GOD LOOKED AT EVERYTHING HE HAS MADE AND HE FOUND IT VERY GOOD. Genesis 1:31.

1)- POPE BENEDICT XVI REFLECTS ON HIS LENTEN RETREAT OF FEBRUARY 23, 2013.

POPE BENEDICT XVI MEDITATING DURING HIS LENTEN RETREAT AFFIRMS THAT THE BEAUTY OF GOD’S CREATION IS OBSTRUCTED BY SIN. 

May we read the Holy Father in his own words:

“On the sixth day, God saw that creation was beautiful; such view of God’s creation is always challenged in this world by evil, suffering, and corruption.”

2)-BENEDICT XVI REFLECTS ON THE FORCE OF EVIL IN CREATION.

May we read the Holy Father in his own words:

“It almost seems that evil wants to permanently mIre creation, to contradict God and to make His truth and His beauty unrecognisable. In a world that is also so marked by evil, the 'Logos', eternal beauty and eternal 'ars', should appear as the 'caput cruentatu'.

3)-THE HOLY FATHER WANTS US TO MEDITATE ON THIS GOOD FRIDAY ON THE BEAUTY OF THE SON OF GOD.

EVEN THE BEAUTY OF THE SON OF GOD IS ENGULFED  BY EVIL IN CREATION.

May we read the Holy Father in his own words:

“The incarnate Son, the incarnate 'Logos' is crowned with a crown of thorns and, nevertheless, just that way, in this suffering figure of the Son of God, we begin to see the most profound beauty of our Creator and Redeemer.” 

4)-THE HOLY FATHER SEES LIGHT IN THE DARK NIGHT OF EVIL.

May we read the Holy Father in his own words:

 “In the silence of the 'dark night' we can still hear the Word. Believing is nothing other than, in the darkness of the world, touching the hand of God and thus, in silence, listening to the Word, seeing Love.”

5)-THE HOLY FATHER ASKS US TO TURN TO SEE THAT LIGHT.

May we read the Holy Father in his own beautiful words:

“Who will show us what is good? We can answer, those who reflect God's light and face with their lives.”

6)-JESUS ON THE CROSS REFLECTS GOD’S LIGHT AND FACE.

HIS FACE CROWN WITH THORNS TOGETHER WITH THE DARKNESS OF EVIL AROUND HIM, JESUS ENDOWS GOD’S LOVE FOR HIS ELECT.  IN ALL HIS SUFFERINGS, JESUS OOZES HIS HAPPINESS FOR HE HAS ACHIEVED OUR REDEMPTION. THIS IS HIS GREATEST HAPPINESS.

7)-THE GREATEST HAPPINESS OF JESUS CROWN WITH THORNS AND DYING ON THE CROSS.

JESUS’ GREATEST JOY ON THE CROSS HE SAW ALL THOSE WHO WILL ACCEPT HIS PRIESTLY POWERS TO WORK THEIR SALVATION.

May the good Lord bless us with his Eternal Love on this Good Friday to accept our death with profound love and happiness.  The professor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAST SUPPER OF THE LORD CELEBRATES HIS PRIESTLY CHURCH

 

 

DO THIS IN MEMORY OF MI.  JESUS “ORDERS,” HIS APOSTLES TO CELEBRATE THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD UNTIL HE COMES AGAIN! 

1)-AT HIS LAST SUPPER,  JESUS CELEBRATES HIS HOLY PRIESTHOOD.

Jesus  offers to each one of us  to participate into his priesthood so to work our salvation. 

Jesus  reveals himself to us the high priest of God the Father.

May we read the Letter to the Hebrews 4:14-16:

 “Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.  For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

2)-AT HIS LAST SUPPER ON EARTH,  JESUS ORDAINED  HIS APOSTLES INTO HIS PRIESTLY POWERS.

 At the Last Supper, Jesus had a definite goal.  He wanted his apostles to celebrate his Body and Blood until the end of the world. Jesus made it a condition for us to be saved, we were to eat his body and drink his blood. The apostles and their successors, therefore were to celebrate the breaking of the bread for our salvation until he comes.

When Jesus “ordered” his apostles to “do this in memory of mi,” he gave  them his divine power  to consecrate the bread into his body and the wine into his most precious blood. 

3)-THE PRIESTLY POWERS OF CHRIST IN THE CONSACRATION OF THE BREAD.

The divine priestly powers of Jesus to consecrate the bread into the body of Christ are a real power.  The divine priestly powers to consecrate the bread into the body of Christ are not a prayer of intercession.

To change the bread into the body of Christ, someone must be endowed with the priestly powers of Christ to do it.

4)-JESUS ORDAINED HIS APOSTLES INTO HIS PRIESTLY POWERS EXACTLY TO DO WHAT HE HAD JUST DONE.

Saint Luke gives us an account of Jesus’  last supper.

May we read saint Luke in his own words in Luke 22:19:

“Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them saying, “This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.”

When Jesus said “do this in memory of me”  the apostles were consecrated (they were ordered) into the priestly powers of Jesus.

5)-JESUS CLEARLY PROCLAIMS THE APOSLES ATE HIS BODY. 

First of all,  the apostles eat his body.  Jesus tells them his body is given for them.  The apostles are not eating bread; they are eating his body. 

Some argue the apostles ate bread.  if the apostles ate bread, then Jesus lied to them.  However, Jesus cannot lie, he is God.

6)-THE APOSLES BELIEVE THEY EAT THE BODY OF CHRIST.  . 

Saint Paul in his letter to the Corinthians reveals the faith of the early Christians they ate  the body and blood of Christ in the holy communion.  

May we read saint Paul in his own words in 1 Cor 11:23-29:

“For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”   In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”    For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.   Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.  For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.”

7)-THE APOSTLES UNDERSTAND THE “ORDER” FROM JESUS TO “DO THIS IN MEMORY OF MI.”

The apostles understood  Jesus  ordained them into his priestly powers  to consecrate the bread into his body and the wine into his blood in their own homes.  They celebrated in their own words “the breaking of the bread.”  The breaking of the bread today is known as celebrating the holy mass.

May we read saint Luke in his own words in the Acts of the Apostles, 2:42-47:

“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.  Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.  All the believers were together and had everything in common.  …  Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes …  praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”

8)-THE APOSTLES ARE FULLY AWARE OF THEIR PRIESTLY POWERS TO CELEBRATE “THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD”.

The breaking of the bread is their meeting place with their victim who paid off their debt with God the Father.

May we read saint Paul in his own words in Galatians 2:20:

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ  lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

9)-JESUS REVEALS TO US IN THE GOSPEL OF SAINT JOHN THE ESSENTIAL OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.

Jesus keeps repeating we must eat his body and drink his blood to go to heaven.

May we read in John 6:52-56:

“Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.  Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.  For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.  Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.”

10)-TO EAT HIS BODY AND DRINK HIS BLOOD IS A CONDITION FOR OUR RESURRECTION.

Jesus  reveals  in  very clear terms each one of us must eat his body and drink his blood.  Jesus makes it the condition for our resurrection from the dead. 

May we read Jesus in his own words in John:

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.

We must all make it our personal conviction to find out the meeting place with a duly ordained priest.   The priest has been ordained in the  priestly powers of Christ by a successor of the Apostles,  to celebrate the Sacrifice of the Cross to feed us with the body of Christ. 

11)-ONLY OUR FREEDOM TO REFUSE SETS THE LIMIT TO SALVATION.

Jesus offers us his priestly powers the means we need to work our salvation.

However, our freedom to refuse sets the limit to salvation.

We use our freedom to refuse when we impose our own will against the will of God.  We tell God we choose our own way to go to heaven.  We refuse therefore to accept God’s priestly means to work our  salvation.  Our freedom to refuse sets the limit to salvation.

May we ask Jesus our High Priest to bless us on this Holy Thursday with accepting Him our High Priest who left us  his priesthood in our consecrated bishops and priests to feed us with his body and  blood for our salvation.   The professor.

 

PALM SUNDAY THE PASSION OF THE LORD

 

 

“THEN JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, “WHOEVER WANTS TO BE MY DISCIPLE MUST DENY THEMSELVES AND TAKE UP THEIR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME. ^.. 

FOR THE SON OF MAN IS GOING TO COME IN HIS FATHER’S GLORY WITH HIS ANGELS, AND THEN HE WILL REWARD EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.”

Matthew 16:24-27.

JESUS BEGINS HIS HOLY WEEK WITH PALM SUNDAY.  HE CELEBRATES GOD’S LOVE DEMANDING JUSTICE.         (Isaías 53:5-12)

JESUS BEGINS HIS HOLY WEEK WHERE HE WILL ACHIEVE OUR REDEMPTION.  JESUS COMES INTO A WORLD CONDEMNED INTO THE CLAWS AND SNARES OF SATAN AND THE ORIGINAL SIN.

 

1)-JOHN PAUL II IN HIS ENCYCLICAL “THE REDEEMER OF MEN” HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND SOMEWHAT THE INEFABLE MYSTERY OF REDEMPTION. OUR REDEMPTION REQUIRES THAT WE AT LEAST STUDY JUSTICE IN GOD.  WHY GOD REQUIRED ALL THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PASSION, THE SCOURGING AND CROWNING WITH THORNS AND THE CRUCIFIXION OF HIS ONLY SON ON THE CROSS?

May we read the Pope in his own words in #9:

“ The redemption of the world-this tremendous mystery of love in which creation is renewed- is, at its deepest root, the fullness of justice in a human Heart-the Heart of the First-born Son-in order that it may become justice in the hearts of many human beings, predestined from eternity in the Firstborn Son to be children of God and called to grace, called to love. The Cross on Calvary, through which Jesus Christ-a Man, the Son of the Virgin Mary, thought to be the son of Joseph of Nazareth-"leaves" this world, is also a fresh manifestation of the eternal fatherhood of God, who in him draws near again to humanity, to each human being, giving him the thrice holy "Spirit of truth.”

2)-JOHN PAUL II TEACHES US THAT JESUS MADE HIMSELF OUR JUSTICE BEFORE GOD

GOD IN HIS ETERNAL LOVE FOR US CREATED OUR FIRST PARENTS IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.  WHEN ADAM AND EVE DOUBTED GOD’S REVELATION TO THEM, THEY COMMITTED THE GRAVEST SIN AGAINST GOD’S MAJESTY.  THEY YELLED SATAN’S WORDS AT GOD, “WE WILL NOT SERVE YOU!”  THEY TOLD THEMSELVES GOD LIES TO US!  SATAN TOLD US THE TRUTH!  GOD, WITH ADAM AND EVE’S CRIME REQUIRED JUSTICE BE DONE.

May we read the Pope how he clarifies God demanding justice in #9:

“This revelation of the Father and outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which stamp an indelible seal on the mystery of the Redemption, explain the meaning of the Cross and death of Christ. The God of creation is revealed as the God of redemption, as the God who is "faithful to himself", and faithful to his love for man and the world, which he revealed on the day of creation. His is a love that does not draw back before anything that justice requires in him.”

3)-EACH PERSON WHO SINS YELLS HIS PRIDE TO GOD: “I AM MY OWN god!”

SIN IS A GRAVE OFFENSE TO GOD REACHING RIGHT INTO THE HEART OF THE BLESSED TRINITY.  MANY BISHOPS LIE TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD WHEN TEACHING THAT SINNING IS ONLY SAYING NO TO GOD.  GOD’S MAJESTY IS OFFENDED AND DEMANDS REPARATION.  JOHN PAUL II TEACHES US  GOD’S REQUIREMENTS FOR REPARATION TO HIS MAJESTY OFFENDED.   GOD DEMANDED HIS SON TO TAKE ON HIMSELF THE SIN OF OUR FIRST PARENTS TOGETHER WITH OUR OWN SINS.  JESUS ACCEPTED TO BECOME BEFORE GOD OURSELVES CONDEMNED IN SATAN’S CLAWS AND THE ORIGINAL SIN AND TO BE SEPARATED FROM GOD FOR EVER IN HELL.

May we read the teachings of the Pope on God’s amendment requirements  in  #9:

 “Therefore for our sake (God) made him (the Son) to be sin who knew no sin". If he "made to be sin" him who was without any sin whatever, it was to reveal the love that is always greater than the whole of creation, the love that is he himself, since "God is love". Above all, love is greater than sin, than weakness, than the "futility of creation", it is stronger than death; it is a love always ready to raise up and forgive, always ready to go to meet the prodigal son, always looking for "the revealing of the sons of God", who are called to the glory that is to be revealed". This revelation of love is also described as mercy; and in man's history this revelation of love and mercy has taken a form and a name: that of Jesus Christ.”

4)-PALM SUNDAY DEFINITLY HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD.

THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, AS FOUNDED BY JESUS HIMSELF, IS TO ORIENT AND GUIDE THE CONSCIENCE OF ALL MEN AND WOMEN TO THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST “IN ALL ITS DIMENSIONS”.  IN SUCH AN ENDEAVOR, THE CHURCH REALIZES HER MISSION IN HER MANDATE RECEIVED FROM THE LORD WHEN SHE TEACHES CATECHISM TO ALL NATIONS

May we read the Pope in Catechesi Tradendae #10.

  “The Church's fundamental function in every age and particularly in ours is to direct man's gaze, to point the awareness and experience of the whole of humanity towards the mystery of God, to help all men to be familiar with the profundity of the Redemption taking place in Christ Jesus. At the same time man's deepest sphere is involved-we mean the sphere of human hearts, consciences and events.”

 

5)-THE HOLY WEEK ORIENTS THE CONSCIENCES OF ALL MEN AND WOMEN INTO THE PASCHAL MYSTERY.

PROPHET ISAIAH HAS PAINTED FOR US A DRAMATIC AND PAINFUL PORTRAIT OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PASCHAL LAMB, THE SERVANT OF GOD.

May we read the Prophet in his own words in chapters 53:1-12:

“ He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.  He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
    he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

 Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
    stricken by him, and afflicted.
 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
    and by his wounds we are healed.
 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
    each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

 He was oppressed and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
    for the transgression of my people he was punished.
 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
    and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.

 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
    and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
 After he has suffered,
    he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.
 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
    and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
    and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
    and made intercession for the transgressors.”

 

6)-WE MEDITATE DURING THIS HOLY WEEK THE WORDS OF THE PROPHET  ISAIAH.

THE PROPHET REVEALS TO US THAT JESUS DOES NOT BEAR THE SINS OF ALL  BUT OF MANY.  

“For he bore the sin of many,
    and made intercession for the transgressors.”

OUR FINAL HOUR BRINGS ABOUT GOD’S JUDGEMENT. THIS FINAL JUDGEMENT SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE, SINCE IT WILL ONLY BE ABOUT OUR CHOICES DURNG OUR LIFE.  WE SHOULD LIVE A LIFE WORTHY OF OUR ASPIRATIONS FOR THE INFINITE ON OUR DEATHBED. 

7)-JESUS MANDATES TO EACH ONE TO LIVE HIS COMMANDMENT OF LOVE.

May we read Jesus’ words in Juan 14:23:

“Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.”

WE MUST NOT WAIT FOR THE LAST MOMENT OF LIFE TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF OUR LIFE.  WE COME TO THE LAST MOMENT OF OUR LIFE WITH THE LIFE WE HAVE LIVED

IN MATTHEW, JESUS INSISTS ON THE REQUIREMENTS TO SALVATION.

May we read Jesus own words in Mat 16:24:

“Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”

8)-THE PASSION AND DEATH ON THE CROSS OF THE PROPHET JESUS IS TO REDEEM US.

JESUS SUFFERS HIS PASSION AND DEATH ON THE CROSS TO REDEEM US FROM OUR FIRST PARENTS’ HORRIBLE SIN TOGETHER WITH OUR OWN SINS.  WE MUST NOT WAIT FOR THE LAST MOMENT TO CHANGE OUR LIFE.  THE TRAGEDY IS TO REACH OUR LAST BREADTH WITH EMPTY HANDS. 

SAINT JOHN REVEALS TO US A BEAUTIFUL TEACHING to be known. 

May we read Jesus  in John 5:29:

“Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,  and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.”

9)-JESUS WILL JUDGE OUR CHOICES WE MADE IN LIFE.

WE MAY TALK VERY WELL ABOUT JESUS.  WE MAY THINK VERY WELL ABOUT JESUS AND WISH JESUS BE A FRIEND.   HOWEVER, WE CHOOSE TO LIVE IN ADULTERY.  WE CHOOSE TO LIVE IN A GAY UNION.  WE CHOOSE TO STEAL AND TO PROGRESS WITH OUR BOOTY.  WE GO TO CHURCH WITH OUR NEIGHBOUR’S BLOOD ON OUR HANDS, TO DAMAGE A REPUTATION THAT CANNOT BE REPAIRED!  WE MUST READ OUR MEDITATION OF ASH WEDNESDAY TAKEN FROM THE APOSTLE SANTIAGO, ALL CHAPTER 3.

10)-BISHOPS AND PRIESTS ARE CONSAGRATED IN THE PRIESTLY MINISTRY OF JESUS TO SAVE SOULS.

BISHOPS AND PRIESTS, THE HOLY WEEK GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AGAIN THE PASSION  AND THE SUFFERINGS OF JESUS IN HIS CRUCIFIXION.

HOW DO WE LIVE OUR CONSECRATED PRIESTLY MINISTRY?  DO WE GIVE PRIORITY TO TEACHING CATECHISM TO OUR FAITHFUL, OR SIMPLY WE SAY WE DO NOT HAVE TIME?   HOW DO WE HELP JESUS TO SAVE SOULS WHOM HE REDEEMED AT THE COST OF HIS OWN BLOOD?

SAINT PETER REVEALS TO US A DOCTRINE WE MUST MEDITATE.

May we read saint Peter in his own words: 1Ped 1:17-20 

^“ Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,  but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.  He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

11)-BLESSED JOHN PAUL II IN  “CATECHESI TRADENDAE” BEGS BISHOPS AND PRIESTS TO PERSONALLY TEACH CATECHISM TO THEIR FAITHFUL.

OUR CATHOLICS LIVE A CONSTANT BATTLE AGAINST SATAN AND THEIR CONCUPISCENCE IN A TOTAL IGNORANCE OF JESUS PRIESTLY MEANS TO WORK THEIR SALVATION.

ALMOST ALL CATHOLICS IGNORE JESUS IN HIS PASSIONS AND DEATH ON THE CROSS.  NOBODY EVER TAUGHT THEM THE HEAVENLY HELP JESUS IS OFFERING TO THEM TO WORK THEIR SALVATION.  THEY LIVE IN ADULTERY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THEY KNOW.  THEY DO NOT SEE IN ADULTERY A CHOICE LEADING TO DAMNATION.

12)-WE HEAR CARDINAL OUELLET CLAIMING THAT SOCIOLOGY WILL HEAL THE PROBLEMS OF THE CHURCH IN QUEBEC AND THE WORLD OVER.  THIS IS A SHAMEFUL STAND FOR A BISHOP. HE MUST STAND FOR THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. 

JESUS ONLY TEACHES US WE NEED HIS PRIESTLY POWERS TO WORK OUR SALVATION.

BISHOPS MUST TEACH THE APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION “CATECHESI TRADENDAE” IN THE SEMINARIES. 

A BISHOP AND A PRIEST ARE TEACHERS OF THE WORD OF GOD.  THEY SPEND THEIR ENTIRE SEMINARY FORMATION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO TRAINING IN THE ART OF TGEACHING AND TO TEACH THE WORD OF GOD.  EN CATECHESI TRADENDAE, JOHN PAUL II LAYS DOWN EXPLICITLY THE METHODS TO BE USED AND THE DOCTRINE TO BE TAUGHT IN THE PRIESTLY MINISTRY OF EACH BISHOP AND PRIEST.   

JOHN PAUL II  BEGS BISHOPS AND PRIESTS TO TEACH CATECHISM TO THEIR BAPTIZED.  HE RECEIVED NO ANSWER.  HIS EXHORTATION FELL ON DEAF EARS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCTRINE IN THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER IS LEFT TO THE LAY PEOPLE WITH VERY LITTLE PREPARATION OR NO PREPARATION AT ALL.

13)-JESUS MADE A PROMISE TO THOSE TEACHING THE NARROW PATH OF JUSTICE TO HEAVEN.

TEACHING CATECHISM DESERVES THE GREATEST PREMIUM GOD MAY OFFER TO THE TEACHERS OF THE WORD.

THE BOOK OF REVELATION REVEALS THE PROCESSION OF THE SAINTS ENTERING INTO HEAVEN.  THE PROCESSION IS BEING LED BY THE WORTHY LAMB WITH HIS CROSS.  FOLLOWING THE LAMB, FIRST IN RANK COME THE APOSTLES.  FOLLWING THE APOSTLES, SECOND IN RANK ARE THE MARTYRS, THOSE WHO SHED THEIR BLOOD FOR THE CAUSE OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 

THEN FOLLOWING THE MARTYRS, THIRD IN RANK ARE THE TEACHERS OF THE WORD.

THE PROPHET DANIEL CROWNS  THOSE WHO TAUGHT “EL CAMINO RECTO” TO OTHERS IN THE HEAVENLY GLORY.

May we read  Daniel in his own words, Daniel 12:3:

“And those who teach the many into the path of justice shall shine like stars forever in heaven.”

 

14)-TO TEACH CATECHISM TO THE NEIGHBOUR IS THE GREATEST WORK OF CHARITY.

THE MOST IMPORTANT HELP TO OFFER TO SOMEONE IS TO TEACH THE NARROW PATH TO HEAVEN.

WE PRAY TO JESUS TO SHED HIS LIGHT IN OUR SOULS TO DISCOVER THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBOUR.   WE MUST NOT ABANDON THE NEIGHBOUR.  WE ARE TO ASSOCIATE THE NEIGHBOUR IN OUR STUDIES OF THE PRIESTLY POWERS OF CHRIST IN OUR SALVATION.  THIS DOCTRINE, WE NEED IT TO WORK OUR SALVATION IN  OUR PEREGRINATION TO HEAVEN.

MAY WE SHARE WITH THE NEIGHBOUR OUR TOTAL COMMITMENT TO TEACH THE PRIESTLY POWERS OF CHRIST IN OUR SALVATION.

15)-THE APOSTLE SAINT JAMES SHEDS A GREAT LIGHT ON OUR PEREGINATION TO HEAVEN.

May we read saint James in his own words  James 1:21-25:

^“ Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.  But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.   For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.  For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.   But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.”

May God bless our bishops and priests to accept their commitment to teach catechism to their faithful and  to the world.                     The professor.