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Friday, April 28, 2006

Incomprehensible

In a way Incomprehensible,
what wasn't then was.
The was which still is was good.
set this way by the Incomprehensible.

--take care, take rest, take what's needed...
--what's needed will be provided...
--if boundaries aren't broken then all will stay as is
spoken this way by the Incomprehensible

What was, broke it's boundaries
denying the presence
and choosing instead the absence
piercing the heart of the Incomprehensible.

-- here I give you all of Me,
-- as one of what you have become
-- He will suffer for the absence
returning all presence by the Incomprehensible

What agony it was, done so what is
may be returned to what was
in a glorious rebirth
done so by the Incomprehensible

-- I will give you me, as a memorial
-- of the agony so what now is
-- will be made new
fed to you by the Incomprehensible

Stay close to this food, it will
keep this beautiful ship
afloat, a lovely bride for the groom.
made infallible for the Incomprehensible.

-- You who persevered are your
-- own level of perfect, now
-- reborn into your true home
this granted by the Incomprehensible

Holy, Holy, Holy are You
You who none can comprehend
mystery upon mystery You are.
Saving us to be back in our borders
Through your sorrow and agony which
was ours, You were reborn
You brought us back home
give glory all made new to the Incomprehensible.

Saturday, April 22, 2006

(use your imagination and place a title here)

well, i'm glad i can post, i'm tired right no, i should probably just go to bed.

Anyway some things i would like to say and hopefully the Holy Spirit can guide me so what I say is what I should say. How is it that the Bible can have such seemingly opposite meanings at times? Well, it's like Chemistry. But before I say the analogy, It is known that truth can't condradict itself. So letting that be known you can't have two things be true that condradict. Philosophers call this the Law of Condradiction. The Bible is the Word of God. God is the way the Truth and the life. The Bible contains truth revealed to man (let anyone reading this please realize that Sola Scriptura is false because private interpretation has caused so many different people to condradict themselves while still claiming that they interpreted it correctly. So how do they know which is correct. They must ask the people who it was handed down to from the original writers who were the tools of God that wrote down God's Word. The official term is apostolic succesion i believe.) Since truth can't contradict itself and the bible contains the truth of God then, (though seeming like "Tom Logic") The Bible must not condtradict itself because of the Law of Condradiction. Back to the analogy of chemistry (analogies are simply analogies so they will have techincal errors, but they are meant to be used to understand what can't be understood, in an abstract way) In chemistry according to the Law of Conservation of Mass, in nature (of course not supernature which would be God so he doesn't follow his own rules if you are wondering if this just means that science has nothing to do with God which it does) mass cannot be created or destroyed. In chemical formula equations. you may have for instance H2+O2--->H2O. The uneducated person would think this contradicts the Law of conser. of mass. It obviously doesn't so you must balance this. Basically you fill in the blanks. The little extra bits of information that you need in order to fully understand what's going on. When it comes to scripture, it sometimes seems as though it contradicts itself, but if you understand the little extra bits of information things become clearer and you soon realize that at the surface it seems contradictory, but if you "balance" it then you soon realize that there is no contradiction at all. The following equation is balanced to 2H2+O2--->2H2O. So even though it seemed as though it shouldn't make sense, it does. Hopefully this all makes sense. Feel free to add something to this that I may have left out in the handy dandy leave comment thingy.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Come On Back

Come On
What’s going on?
Your falling down
When, you should be running

You thought you found manhood,
But this is not what, he intended
Oh no…

Are you ever gonna learn?
These things will never last

So Where’s your profit?
You got all you wanted
But you’ll lose it all
-Where are you gonna Go?

Come on
You and her
You thought it was love
So, why was she hurting?

You blamed it on pressure,
But it was her soul
Oh love…

How blind you gonna get?
I’m sorry I kept closed

So where’s your profit
You got all you wanted
But you’ll lose it all
-where are you gonna go?
-where are you going to
-where are you gonna go?
-when, your world falls apart
-Who will save you then
-Who you gonna run to
-Will it be your pleasure

Oh no…no…no…no……

He’s your true lover, and
He’s your life
He will turn this boy in, to a man

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Appeals Court Allows Schools to Ban Nativity Display While Allowing Menorah and Islamic Crescent

A sharply divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that it is constitutionally permissible for New York City public schools to ban the display of the Christian nativity during Christmas, while permitting the display of the Jewish menorah and the Islamic star and crescent during Hanukkah and Ramadan.

www.catholicexchange.com

Saturday, April 15, 2006

The Exultet - The Easter Proclamation

Here is the most amazing song ever. Read closely and see how amazing it is. I like the Easter Vigil. People complain about how long and boring it is. They can shut up and eat carrion (or perhaps sugar free jelly beans which are just or possibly more disgusting) for all I care because it is a great mass and the most important one of all the year.

"Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing choirs of angels!
Exult, all creation around God's throne!
Jesus Christ, our King is risen!
Sound the trumpet of salvation!

Rejoice, O earth, in shining splendor,
radiant in the brightness of your King!
Christ has conquered! Glory fills you!
Darkness vanishes for ever!

Rejoice, O Mother Church! Exult in glory!
The risen Savior shines upon you!
Let this place resound with joy,
echoing the mighty song of all God's people!

My dearest friends,
standing with me in this holy light,
join me in asking God for mercy,
that he may give his unworthy minister
grace to sing his Easter praises.

The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.

It is truly right that with full hearts and minds and voices
we should praise the unseen God, the all-powerful Father,
and his only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

For Christ has ransomed us with his blood,
and paid for us the price of Adam's sin to our eternal Father!

This is our passover feast,
When Christ, the true Lamb, is slain,
whose blood consecrates the homes of all believers.

This is the night,
when first you saved our fathers:
you freed the people of Israel from their slav'ry,
and led them dry-shod through the sea.

This is the night,
when the pillar of fire destroyed the darkness of sin.

This is night,
when Christians ev'rywhere,
washed clean of sin and freed from all defilement,
are restored to grace and grow together in holiness.

This is the night,
when Jesus broke the chains of death
and rose triumphant from the grave.

What good would life have been to us,
had Christ not come as our Redeemer?

Father, how wonderful your care for us!
How boundless your merciful love!
To ransom a slave you gave away your Son.

O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam,
which gained for us so great a Redeemer!

Most blessed of all nights,
chosen by God to see Christ rising from the dead!

Of this night scripture says:
"The night will be as clear as day:
it will become my light, my joy."

The power of this holy night dispels all evil,
washes guilt away, restores lost innocence,
brings mourners joy;
it casts out hatred, brings us peace,
and humbles earthly pride.

Night truly blessed,
when heaven is wedded to earth
and we are reconciled to God!

Therefore, heavenly Father, in the joy of this night,
receive our evening sacrifice of praise,
your Church's solemn offering.

Accept this Easter candle,
a flame divided but undimmed,
a pillar of fire that glows to the honor of God.

Let it mingle with the lights of heaven
and continue bravely burning
to dispel the darkness of this night!

May the Morning Star which never sets
find this flame still burning:
Christ, that Morning Star,
who came back from the dead,
and shed his peaceful light on all mankind,
your Son, who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen."
http://www.op.org/Domcentral/life/exsultet.htm