I hosted a retreat at the parish church of St Lawrence from 5 to 8 December. During this retreat, I discussed the power of love as opposed to the love of power and our paths releasing our inner prisons while walking to a act according to our convictions. A visit to the prison in Three Rivers was also held to promote an exchange of Christmas cards.
LAST PART five episodes
THEME: ACTING IN ITS BELIEF RATHER THAN BY DUTY
Occasionally, our governments undertake economic or political. Recent crises of financial crash in the U.S. and the issue of global warming due to greenhouse mount the complexity issues, leading to the creation or imposition of new reforms. Interests are too easily lead to significant compromises essential.
For those who remember the politician Caouette Social Credit of Canada, in his colorful style, during the election campaign, he declared one day: the current government led us to the edge of precipice, ladies and gentlemen, but thanks to the Social Credit of Canada, we will take a big step forward!
The choice is ours: either wait to be "The brink" or to act in a timely manner. Can we or do we act on our beliefs or do we expect to be forced to act (our personal lives, our governments, our church!) To initiate the necessary changes?
JESUS always acts according to his beliefs even when under pressure to work miracles. It acts as the desire of his Father even chasing "violent" sellers from the Temple.
and we, what are we satisfied? Our beliefs do they bother? Rather we changing opinion in the direction of the wind? About Us believe that Jesus rose from the dead and that I will live with Him for eternity? Does this belief changed my life now? How?
AND THE CHURCH? Like any business, church regularly institutional reforms primer (think Vatican II). The complexity of the necessary changes, while remaining faithful to the teaching of Christ, makes the acceptance process very complicated. For sure, there are too many reforms. For others, it is never enough! For my part, I feel that the institutional church has done and continues to make a long way in the right direction. THE MAIN ENGINE OF CHANGE IS THE WILL TO SERVE THE LORD AND PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL.
The RAGE, which poisons the brokenhearted people wounded by the abuse of power by the institutional church, has become a prison, a hell extremely in the revolt that makes us suffer.
refusal to forgive is like keeping a torch burning in the palm of the hand. We must launch this brand as far as possible before it burns the heart and reduce our lives to ashes (from Donald Marcoux story about the will a mother to her children).
CONCLUSION OF THE RETIREMENT
the example of Jesus is the power of love must guide our beliefs and not the love of power.
To get out of our inner prisons, we must clean our tasks and our chains DETACHED refusal to love and forgive. We are asked to give up OUR PRIDE OF INDEPENDENCE to clothe the garment of addiction as a child in the arms of his mother or his father.
the example of Jesus, baptized as:
WE PLEDGE NOT TO ABUSE OF POWER OF OUR PLOT
WE REFUSE TO LIVE IN FEAR OF HELL
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD LOVES
JESUS IS THE DELIVERER HOME OUR PRISONS
JESUS HELL OUT OF OUR accordance ON THIS ROAD THAT LEADS TO THE "GOOD GOD"
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY IS FIRST MEMORIES OF THE BIRTH OF THE CHILD GOD AND NOT THE PARTY OF THE ABUSIVE BEBEL "SANTA" ADVERTISING
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