HolySpirit & Mary

 

During The Annunciation Angel Gabriel mentions " HAIL Mary , FULL OF GRACE", How can an Angel of God say to a Simple Woman " HAIL MARY",whereas in the same Chapter when the Angel meets Zechariah he says just " Do not be afraid , Zechariah". look at the difference of salutation in both the instances. Even though a noble person's prayers are heard and God wishes them to have a Child it just a fulfillment of wishes, Whereas the Most Holy Woman is given a Salutation of the Highest order from the Angel who come with a message of God. In any circumstances When a King sends a message it should be addressed to only a King or someone Equivalent to King and when they address the King they would always give Salutation Hail King or it would be just a information or Order given to any other Commoner. Here when God send his Best Messenger to a Human being who is considered a Commoner below the Angels, the messenger need not call the common man with any salutation this can be seen even when Abraham draws his sword to kill Issac (Gen:22:10) The Angel of God calls him Abraham Abraham do not lay your hand on your son and cause any harm" it is clearly states he was not said Hail Abraham but just Abraham. The Scripture clearly shows where God has kept Mother Mary even before he sends his messenger to her.

Here The Messenger of God was given Clear words from God, the messenger cannot change one letter of the communication which needs to be delivered. The Messenger with all Humbleness called Mary as "Hail Mary Full of Grace", not that she will be filled with Grace after Holy Spirit but already Filled with Grace not half or 3/4 but FULL and FULL of Grace, thats even before the Holy Spirit Shadows on a humble Human being. Only a person who is already Full of Grace has capacity , eligibility to be shadowed by God's Spirit, we read in Scripture Exo: 33: 18 onwards when Moses asks God to show his Glory, God Answers you cannot see my Face for any human who sees it will Die". Where God has shown So much of Mercy and Grace to Our Lady that She was to be Shadowed by his Spirit and bear God's Son. Unimaginable Grace has been showered beyond the world can even Express on her. This is the Truth. 

When She accepts God's Will with utter most Humility, the Holy Spirit Comes and Shadows Mother Mary. They Become One. Henceforth you cannot seperate a Husband and Wife. Bodily there are different but in Mission of God, to bear a Son of God they have Become one. Anything you say about the Wife of Spirit is not just Blasphemy but annoying, irritable and SIN, which will Anger the Spirit to worse. You cannot ignore his wife and seek the Spirit to work on you, IMPOSSIBLE. 

First Mary never claimed anything on behalf of her, She is FULL of Grace and Spouse of the Spirit of God who has descend on her to Fulfill the mission of Saving us from our Sins. God the Father makes his Spirit shadowed the Woman to bear his Son who is the Word of the God. Ignoring her is your Ignorance but blasphemy against her is an Unimaginable Sin in front of God.

The Daily Life of the Holy family -1

 

God the father didnt give the luxury of his Son born in the most wealthy on the earth, for he knows all the wealth of the earth cannot be equal to the Son of the Father. What more the Father need or Yearns to make a decision " This is What i consider as Most Precious to me that I will put my Son in the most Respected Place on Earth, Where Even the Heavenly beings envy". What made the Father make this decision, its not Gold, Diamonds, Finest Horses, Powerful Men ? No, but Humility, Love for all, self control and all the virtues of being a Divine person. The partners in Divine withheld the virtues of all that is require and complete surrender to God that God couldnt ask for more that he made his Only Son born to these Most Holy Couples. 

Please do not think that how did St.Joseph get the privilege of being the Father of the Christ for the scripture say it different, God needed the Decedent of King David to fulfill the written scripture we read he needed The Most Holy person who is also the decedent who at the same time of right match to The Most Holy Mary who will be The Most Holy Parents of Son of God. What if St.Joseph was a Drunkard , lazy, scared person, Proud, if God had chosen him the mission of Saving Mankind would have take serious task for Our Lord Jesus would have worked and pained along with his Mother and cried for his father and prayed for his change but St.Joseph was Most Model father Anyone on earth could have yearned for. It is an Obilgation for God the father to choose the Right couple who have been shortlisted by all the heavenly beings so that the purpose of the Mission of his Holy Son can be fulfilled. 

God have to create a Perfect Platform for his Son so that he can focus on his Mission of Saving the Mankind for that mission itself needed to sacrifice himself. God the Father's Careful meticulous selection of the Couple cannot be questioned as the Nature we live cannot be Questioned and as the Scripture of Genesis says " All that he created on earth he found it Good" and all Good Things on Earth comes ONLY from God. 

The Holy Couples lived their lives in Joy even though they never possessed worldly wealth. What could a Simple Carpenter or sculptor earned in a place among simple poor people. That too when the baby was born in Bethlehem they were driven to Egypt by the Angel what could have they carried when running to save the child's life. Again after the death of King Herod the Great they had to return to their homeland, so we learn from these that worldly wealth was never a part of the Holy Family. As we see in many poor family many a times the parents need to starve to feed the poor and if the work doesnt give earnings the health of the parents is affected. The moral obligation to feed the Son of God who will be a Redeemer of the world with best things Possible is always priority to the Holy Parents. 

Why should I believe

 

Why should i Believe if Mother Mary is Virgin and how does it anyway bother for the redemption of us. how can you correlate that to the Mission of the Christ to Redeem us? Many brethren in Christ has the same view as said above, why should Virginity of Mother Mary being talked big in the Catholicism.  

My dear Brethren, the virginity of Mother Mary has little to do with the Hymen of women which is called as protected till marriage, let me ask you a question?, if a girl/lady did not have penetrative sex with a man but she has had other physical intimacy or has perversion in mind to abduct anything which doesnt belong to her, can we consider her a Virgin since she did not have copulation. No, she cannot be a virgin because her heart is not pure. Virginity should not be taken into Today's context since we have already passed 2000 years and the justification towards sex as basic need of a man (Maslow's Theory) by which we have already made ourselves unclean. 

It is to do with PURE LOVE, the love to serve God and God alone. 

This is the virtue if being a Virgin and if God himself has chosen to make his Only Son born through a Virgin , he doesnt choose a women who has one thought of Sin ever even crossed her mind and acknowledged. So do we mean to say that no thought of Sin or Temptation would have come to Mother Mary? I dont think so she had the privilege of complete protection towards Temptation, Our Lord Jesus christ himself was put to temptation so his Mother the Tabernacle the Most Holy Place on Earth would have been obviously put to test to ensure it is THE MOST HOLY. Like a Gold being put on furnace for purification so that it glitters, Like a Pearl being polished for its shine Our Holy Mother too must have undergone the temptations in this worldly life. 

But she withstood every bit of temptation that with all these turbulence she never ever got one bit of sin even in her mind. That God raised her to the level where he has put his only Son in the Womb of the Lady where it MUST be considered as the MOST HOLY place on earth. 

  

Eucharist

 Eucharist

Our Lord says " Enough of the sacrileges you have done to my Body is it for what i died on the cross " i gave my Body as a renew of the commitment God the father has given to mankind. What do I seek from you other than being loyal to me.. i didi not expect any respect for me but the respect for my father. 

Now this bond will be broken, it will be given to people of all mankind, i protected you , you dont deserve them.  the Eucharist is not a mere host, it is my Own body. you have no belief in it. when you receive them you recieve my body in you in which you become a part of me. Do you respect your body, no.. when you dont respect the image of God and body of mine, how do you think  i will become one with you. When  you want all the grace and blesings you dont really mean it, you just mean the materialistic blessings. the Spiritual blessings , the grace of happiness is not what you seek. the grace to love others unconditionally. 

Now the Grace of the Eucharist will be given to all the people who deserve them. The most immense of blessings is when you receive me with preparation, everytime i come to your heart i Bless you. i ensure that your heart if filled with love but i stay only when I feel im worth it. i come to your heart knocking at your heart waiting for you to receive me. If i feel i dont deserve to be there i knock of my dust against you and walk out. Sad. 

Children, materialistic posessions doesnt constitute as blessings, they are just distractions of the world. how long can you get distracted how long do i have to wait for you to return to me. Im not interested in any of the offering you give, i dont need your materialistic offering. wht more can i ask other than your pure love for me and for al the people who dont get it. I put you in the world full of people who needs your love and blessings, i wanted you to get the blessings which they dont otherwise know. 

Offerings

What more can we give other than carrying our Daily cross and praising God for our Lives.
What more can we given other than our Cry of agony to him
What more can we give when we cry for our Brethren's pain

Offering is not something that needs to be given only in Temple.

Smiling at Strangers
Going a mile extra than your are demanded
Being humble

Micah : Ch: 6 Ver 6-8 sums it all.

With what shall I come before the Lord
    and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
    with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
    with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly[a] with your God.

Where does your Offering Goes

What Can I offer to God?, What will Please him?

God doesnt ask anything from us,  Gold Diamonds Precious metals, Sweets, Cattle... Nothing will please God if our Intention has any Hidden motives. God sees our Heart, he reads our minds for he know what is our Wicked intentions. Caine offered, Abel also offered but there is a sea of attitude by which both of them Offered, one offering was taken and other not. In every book of Prophets in Bible clearly says God doesnt want your Offering, it Irritates him, He hates it.

We Offer God as a commitment out of Fear, compulsion, Status, commission to our Deadly Sins. God will not even look at them. For he knows our Intentions by our Heart. This words really touched me" If you cannot help fellow Human being with Love, How can you Love an Invicible God", There is ample chance God came in Disguised to you, you chased him away..
Jesus say "Buy what you cannot buy with what you have", this summarize everything. Golds , Precious metal are just lying in store of Holy Places unused or being taken by people or theives. where it could have served a meal for many hungry people, the money did not serve it purpose.

Why would God wants these metals, for he created them. Whereas a food or little money or hug or Smile or Shoulder to Cry or all of them will help many people around us feel God worked through us to them. This is What St.Mother Theresa said and did in her life. we take inspiration from them but we fail to live even 10% to change.
The Money which Goes to Institutions is not serving purpose.  People who manages it assume it is given to them, Spending on personal comforts and luxuries. God says woe to them for they take all the intention of the giver unfullfilled to their Grave. They will Suffer every penny of it to their count until all the money is given back. And Whoever Receives it knowing it is God's Money will also suffer to the Last penny to be given back.
Giving stolen articles, money of the Poor, money from wrong doings and anything which make God angry will need to be settled in Suffering, either now or after death.

Why Should we Venerate Saints in Catholicism

Why Saints are Venerated in Catholicism

I often get doubts about Saints and their role in Christianity, it is just a mere history or Stories we know about Saints till many Centuries in the history of Christianity. Why do Catholicism give more prominence to Saints and their history when they are supposed to focus on Christ alone?, a Common Question in everyone's mind. are we over indulging in Praying to them and seeking favors when we can ask God directly. why should we need a person in between us and God, if they can do it themselves are they better than Christ?,

Keeping aside all the Questions and Doubts, one thing we Should understand is the So called Saints have not asked to Pray to them when they lived in this world. They  just lived a life like you and me but the life of them Replicated the Life of Christ, that after their death God has raised them to a High Soul that remembering them they intercede to us. Why should they Intercede for us?

When you have a full glass of water you cannot Pour anything more than it can hold, when you have the Happiest life on Earth we dont even think of  God, Leave aside the saints. But in most cases we dont have luxury of living a Happiest life, we suffer in our daily life and when we lost all our Hope we tend to move away from God intending to punish him by committing Sin. Our Lives change so much that even thinking of God becomes so irritating. The Enemy occupies the whole of our Heart. The Presence of God is not reflecting in our daily Lives, God is Good Shepherd he needs to bring our lives towards him.
These Saints intercedes for us to God to make our lives not end in Hell or in Disaster, they put the Righteous thoughts in our minds, they hold us by hands , they walk us through the toughest narrow path to ensure we are saved by our Soul.
In Catholicism there is a Patron saint for every situation who intercedes for particular requests, it is same like a Big Orgnanized and Just Office, Everyone has a role to play and every department has a task to complete in the presence of the Lord.
We have seen Angels , Prophets from the Start of the World carrying messages to People all chapters of Bible are just that. God did not Write The BIBLE but his Spirit made Prophets do it. The Cycle of sending messages, healing and bringing Good News is still there.
Some are Gifted to give Visions, InCorrupt bodies etc., are only the Manifestation of God's Gift to each Saints. They Never asked but they are Honored, Believing or not is our discretion but it shows just one Message. God Still Loves Us, He cares for us and He is Still around us through his Saints to Express his Love for us and Save us. 

Why God needed Mother mary for redemption of Mankind

Why God needed Mother mary for redemption of Mankind

God who made all creation could have made Jesus come out of some forest as the Jews believe. Jews were skeptical of accepting the Christ because of this reason because it is known to them that he is the Son of Mary and Joseph whereas the scripture states that whereabouts of how the Messiah is not known to anyone. how does this fulfill the scripture?

The Scripture says that he will be a King born from the descendant of King David, for Jesus is the Descendant of david but he was King of Mercy and Compassion, for his Kingdom is to redeem the mankind from their Slaves of Sin. God wants to show all Mankind how merficul he is that he sends his only Son to save us all. When God wanted to show how merciful he wanted a FULL Circle of mankind completed, from his birth to his death.

For this reason God did not wanted his son to Surprise the world by making him come out of Fire or Water or from Forest or from any of his creation but it should come from his breath and Spirit.

God has bestowed his immense Grace among us by bringing his Only Son to redeem us. He did not want any humankind to blasphemous that he made to bring his son from Heaven directly that he doesnt understand the pain of being a Human and GOD doesnt know the suffering of us. He made his son born to a poor carpenter that he doesnt show any worldly pleasures to his Son.

The Pain of being a Poor Carpenter who is the Foster father to The Christ is unimaginable that we can write a Volumes of Silent pain St.Joseph had undergone in his life. I will cover in a seperately.

God did not give Worldly, Kingly richness to his son at the same time he didnot miss to choose the WORTHY person who will be Guide and comforter in his worldly journey. The world was waiting for more than thousand years for the Messiah who will be born and redeem Israel from bondage, but God made his son born to save the Whole World. God Chose a Soul, prepared a soul and protected the Soul special that the soul will bear the Fruit of his Word "Jesus Christ".

The New Covenant who will carry the Word of God. The Covenant which carried the 10 commandments was considered the Holiest Holy. It was just Stone and here it was God's own Words coming as Flesh and blood. To carry the God's Words as Flesh and blood howmuch care would have been taken by God, Unimaginable.

Even if a man touching the covenant with Good intention of not falling dies in the Old testament, imagine the blasphemous talks people do against THE NEW COVENANT. God please forgive them for they do not know what they do.

Mary is the Symbol and Embodiment of God's Nature on earth that she will need to give her entire life to Support her son in his mission. She is one person FULL of GRACE even before she was given the annouciation of Jesus in her womb. She was Greeted Full of GRACE, an unimaginable grace was given to her that she blesses Elizabeth and she was filled with Holy Spirit.

Mary was such a faithful Spouse of Holy Spirit that the Spirit of God was with her always and fills everyone who she wanted to be filled.

Bringing a connect Mary filled with Holy Spirit, Mary Visits Elizabeth and fills her with Holy Spirit, Child of Elizabeth St.John the Baptist. Holy Spirit filled John Baptizes Jesus and Heaven break and Spirit comes like a Dove to sit on Jesus. Mary Unites Disciples after the death of Jesus and prays with them, the room was filled by Spirit, tongues of fire came on each of them. Scripture Clearly shows The Spirit of God is always lives with his Spouse Mother mary. If you do not believe this you cant believe in Christianity at all.

The Sin of a Man & Woman will need to be Restituted by the Sacrifice of Man and Woman. The Sin of Adam & Eve is Restituted by Jesus & Mary. The New Abraham who took his Son to slaughter is mother Mary thereby the lamb is killed for our Sins.

Why Mary is Greatest Living Saint is for this reason, She cried and lamented but never intervined the Will of God. For the sake of us all mankind she accepted the Death bestowed on her Son.

God chose such a Strong Soul that the soul will guide and lead the Will of God to be fulfilled.

Why We Christians are more Vulnerable to Sin

Dear Bros & Sisters, Our Christian values are based not on just Teachings of Christ but living as Christ lived in our midst. The values have been built on the blood of Apostles, Saints and Martyr for Christ Jesus. Though we learn them or Read them or hear them in sermons we failed to note a Very important part which is their lives were built of the Christ's passion of Unfailing, Unconditional love for Humanity, that these saint were able to offer their lives like God has thought us. There is no Big sacrifice than laying down for your Brethren.
Just a moment to reflect how much our life has been aligned to the Life of Christ. When we do it we do not need a role model in life, For our Role model is ONLY the Christ Jesus.

When we failed to have christ as our role model we assume the Preachers of the Gospel as our Role model, which will be misleading for their Personal Choice for their role model may or may not be the Christ. When a person is blessed by the Gift of Preaching his words will be so powerful to touch our hearts for it is based on Life of Our Jesus Christ, but their life may not have been touched by their own words that the Preachers life Cannot be our Role model life. Our Lord Clearly states in the Bible (Mathew 23:3)So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

God's Gifted person should not be our Role Model. Christ alone has died for our Sins and he alone has taken the passion for our sins. Our Divinity to God and Adoration is only to Trinity and Jesus. 

1. Doubts Of St.Joseph

God. Why this is to me.

ST.Joseph Pray for Us.

In This Blog i would like to bring some deep thoughts which we will meditate in the way St.Joseph would have undergone in his mind and lived his life. 

To Start as perceived by Many historians St.Joseph was not a widower as many of the people mistake we will discuss in the coming posts.

God the father when said to Devil that a Women would crush your head he wanted a women of purity to the fullest like him to do it. And that to happen she cannot just be like a Warrior in War field to crush the Devil's head, here we should understand the God's way of doing things. Why did he chase the Devil out of Heaven ? because it chose itself as God's equal and assumed he can be God, it failed to Obey the God the Almighty. Obedience is the first Virtue to be a holy person, Obedience to God, Obedience to own heart , this is exactly why God chose The Most holy Person who will be Obedient to him and he will crush the Devil through the Obedience devoted.

God chose everyone around Redeeming of the world Very carefully and who will be Obedient so that God will work through them.

St.Joseph had no intention of marriage until the High priest insists that he marry, out of sheer compulsion he accepts and for long time he wanted to live a simple life of a Carpenter but very Obedient to God.  For God Cannot execute the plan of Human Redemption with a flawed person who can easily misguided and carried away of Devil Temptation, it was very evident that Adam and Eve failed to the Temptation and God have to chose a person Most Holy to protect the Divine Plan.

When St.Joseph doesnt ever want to get married he wanted to keep his Virginity protected without a single Sin of perversion. This is a HOLY MYSTERY which WE SHOULD ACCEPT if we believe in the CHRIST Redemption. God cannot allow a person of St.Joseph's Stature to commit a sin and who will be a Foster Father of the CHRIST.

God has a plan for everyone who take a birth on this Earth and we agree to fulfill his wish in the earth and come with a commitment. St.Joseph also was chosen among all the Men on Earth to fulfill the God's Divine Plan, the man who doesnt want to get married, protect his Virginity and lead a simple life.  God had a different plan which we cant anticipate, GOD chose Joseph even before he was to born just like Mother Mary but he allowed all the Worldly rituals to complete so that he is not identified as a chosen one.
St.Joseph's marriage was fixed with a unknown girl, all his vows of being offered till his last breathe got shattered. He was betrothed and but he was wondering what is God's plan for him?, all these years God protected him for all sins and made him a Purest kind but now suddenly a Godly Priest pushes him to marriage. He was Obedient and accepted for he was sure God will take care of his people in all circumstances, he would have just said "If its God's Will I will accept it and God will Lead him". 

Think How could have St.Joseph come to know that the Girl whom he doesnt know got Pregnant? And Now he hears the murmurs of people around him, they mock him and laugh at him and few congratulate him also. St.Joseph is Confused as a common Man, may be he learns through his Brother's Wife that he is going to be a Father of a child. Imagine the Agony and shame he underwent at the time, nothing is written in Bible but if we introspect enough we can easily understand the pain of St.Joseph.

Oh God what have you done to my Life? why did you forsake me? How can you leave me to lurch and cry in silence. I Trusted you and why me?. People Presume that all these years he was acting very pious and now he has become the Talk of family and friends for they see St.Mary pregnant and Only he Knows that he is still carrying his purity and always , he would have agreed earlier with St.Mary that both of them will carry their purity till death. BUT NOW He is confused. 

How can a girl who promised to be pure go bad and get pregnant with someone else while the Betrothed person is alive. St.Joseph can neither say he was not the father of St.Mary's mother nor committed any Sin. He would have to be very careful on what he does or Says for it will affect both him and Our Lady very badly. St.Joseph might have thought to consult with someone and vent his point of view but who will believe him. He now has to prove his innocence, his pious and justify his life he has lead all these years.

Acceptance of St.Joseph

Part 2

 St.Joseph's natural Magnanimity can be seen in his decisions taken. With such a pious life he has lead he doesnt want to change his nature for something not of his fault. He didnt want to tell anyone his point of view, he didnt want to shame the Girl in public, he didnt want to publicize his innocence and he didnt want to harm the Girl.

 Knowing very well that contempt of Adultery is Stoning to death in Jews laws, he did not want to make public the Sin and cause damage to the Young girl and his Piousness.  Not Knowing that Mother Mary is Carrying The Christ in her Womb, Divine Revealing has not been given to him Yet. With all compassion and Pity in his Pure Heart and being a JUST MAN. HE JUST FORGAVE HER.

Having decided to Forgive her and move on in life, he was to silently get the betrothal nullified not causing any harm to anyone. In every circumstances he didnt cause any damage to himself or God or the Girl. His heart was so pure that clearly shows how God has chosen such a Wonderful person to be his Foster father of Christ. God's saw such a wonderful person's heart troubled that he sent his angel to clarify his doubts.

An Angel came in dreams and said to accept Mary as his wife. Its just a DREAM- how can we relate it directly to our Life?. It shows that it is not the first time angel was sent by God to speak with him and He was Obedient to accept what the Angel says and He accepts God's Plan.

But what is God's Plan St.Joseph wasnt aware of, he did not question the Angel , he did not doubt, he did not say anything but he BLINDLY OBEYED. He did not ask one word to Mother Mary, he just woke up from his Dreams and Accepted her as her Wife and the UNBORN child. Wow... How can be a person so HOLY ?

In the time of uncertainity, in the time of doubts, in the time of bad times, in the time of shame and gossips St.Joseph Pray for us.

Our Father in Heaven

i recently read a facebook article directing the faithfuls not to say The Lord's Prayer " Our Father" with open hands and i learnt it is called as Oran's Posture. Smilingly was wondering how will I do it during the Holy Mass, i wasnt conscious about how I say. So pathetic of me. 

Looking at this article wondering who gave permission to decide on what posture we should be, THE LORD who we believe as our Redeemer himself has thought us the prayer. he never say how it should be or When it should be said.. all he said was to say the prayer in faithful and humbleness. 

Why people are becoming Hypocrites about how we stand, keep our legs and hands. When you dont believe it is the same words which Saints have said for all these thousand years, we doubt the Most POWERFUL Prayer on Earth. 

What is required is the Focus towards God and not on Rituals around us. The HOLY MASS is not a Ritual but a way of participation in the Christ's passion. Please do not inculcate your Hypocrisy in our Faiths.