I very much agree with you Pnillip. Its ok to occasionally go to a Mass, prayer group somewhere else. We also need to be fed, reinspired and so on. However, to go out of our way to belong to a parish of like minds is, as the old saying goes, preaching to the choir. If your parish is like some of the parishes in thebook of Revelation whose love has grown cold or weak, then see yourself as a missionary. And I also agree NEVER be wordy and long winded. It turns people off. They cease to listen, and we look very arrogant. We look like Pharisees, always finding fault and pointing fingers. Instead seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit to know how to serve others yand help them know the love of the Lord. Growing up the three people who taught and inspired me the most were my great grandmother Agnes and my two grandmothers. Their one liners and way of life are still teaching me today, and I am 75! They were poor, yet like Teresa of Calcutta they helped others who were even poorer especially during the Depression. One grandmothers reported that she actually saw food multiply. It sems the less food she had for her family of 7, the more food multiplied with leftovers. Like Teresa they simply said to folks God loves you. He will provide. No sermons just from the heart reassurances. Great article Phillip! Spot on!!!
Dec 4, 2022Liked by Phillip Hadden, Jonathon Fessenden
Great article,Phillip,when you figure only a"wild man",or someone once considered mentally deranged,like myself,has enough "I don't care what people think"attitude,to boldly proclaim the gospel,or the soon appearing Christ in the heavens,and on earth!
Phillip,I appreciate your concern,of my rejection, particularly feminine rejection of myself .This is, perhaps,in God's overall plan for my life.As you know Christ,and many of the famed prophets of old,were rejected by the religious institutions of their day. You know,being rejected by women as a whole,save my one and only wife,has perhaps,saved me from a lot of sin!
Our mission is to proclaim the word of God and increase Christ to those around us. Thanks for the remnder today.
I very much agree with you Pnillip. Its ok to occasionally go to a Mass, prayer group somewhere else. We also need to be fed, reinspired and so on. However, to go out of our way to belong to a parish of like minds is, as the old saying goes, preaching to the choir. If your parish is like some of the parishes in thebook of Revelation whose love has grown cold or weak, then see yourself as a missionary. And I also agree NEVER be wordy and long winded. It turns people off. They cease to listen, and we look very arrogant. We look like Pharisees, always finding fault and pointing fingers. Instead seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit to know how to serve others yand help them know the love of the Lord. Growing up the three people who taught and inspired me the most were my great grandmother Agnes and my two grandmothers. Their one liners and way of life are still teaching me today, and I am 75! They were poor, yet like Teresa of Calcutta they helped others who were even poorer especially during the Depression. One grandmothers reported that she actually saw food multiply. It sems the less food she had for her family of 7, the more food multiplied with leftovers. Like Teresa they simply said to folks God loves you. He will provide. No sermons just from the heart reassurances. Great article Phillip! Spot on!!!
Great article,Phillip,when you figure only a"wild man",or someone once considered mentally deranged,like myself,has enough "I don't care what people think"attitude,to boldly proclaim the gospel,or the soon appearing Christ in the heavens,and on earth!
Phillip,I appreciate your concern,of my rejection, particularly feminine rejection of myself .This is, perhaps,in God's overall plan for my life.As you know Christ,and many of the famed prophets of old,were rejected by the religious institutions of their day. You know,being rejected by women as a whole,save my one and only wife,has perhaps,saved me from a lot of sin!