Church of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene: Share freely, what you have received freely

Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Share freely, what you have received freely

From:	Catholic Abbey of the O…Mother Eliora
Date:	14 Apr 2010, 02:03
Subject:	Share freely, what you have received freely
Body:	We are all called to share all our spiritual gifts for free, as Jesus has commanded us. We must not charge membership fees either, and if those, who own property shared it as it once was the custom, at least for some faithful wealthy followers of Christ, we would have still free or again free healthcare and education and help each other in any way we need each other's help. I must say in my local church and community it works. So-called financial giants in the world would have never grown so rich, if more would live like Christ commanded us to. At the end of the day the root of all evil comes down to lust for power and to greed, nothing else. It is very simple and the sandcastles that are right now tumbling down worldwide are the proof of Christ's predictions. The devil had his time and has left the Egyptian golden cow and her illegitimate golden calves to dwell in the sand from what is left of their once golden empire. Only if we surrender our talents and gifts to God's work only, will we be able to manifest truly Christ's kingdom in this world. It was already lived by many in the early church - just think of the monks, who dedicated their whole lives for beautifully writing copies of books only to redistribute them freely, and the free hospitals and centres of healing and of education. Corruption has settled into too many bones of too many institutions and greed has even desecrated the sacraments in some churches that have been infiltrated by those with evil intent, who tried with their heresies and atheism and paganism and whatever secret society background to give the one holy Catholic and apostolic church a bad name from the inside and from outside on all levels of the hierarchy. We as Catholics are asked to stand up for the Holy Eucharist that is in the greatest danger of being betrayed once again and with that Christ is being made the victim again as the priest and in the Holy Eucharistic feast. We can only ever lead personally by example and pray that those, who stray from Jesus' path one day will see that He is the way, the truth and the life. But we must also stand firm up, when we encounter evildoing and see that the commandments are being twisted. Yes, Christ is indeed forgiving towards those, who truly repent, and those, who do, know the love of God as nothing is more overwhelming than to fear the tears of God, who had to endure His own Son's life being taken because He loved us man so much that He wanted to set an example - to teach man to make always the very best of choices for the highest good of His creation and for the sake of the one holy nation as that is, what He sent us to earth for - to live the heavenly kingdom here on earth, and transform the hell that we ourselves create with all our wrong choices in life that are contrary to God's commandments, from our own kitchen hearth. We are not born with a right to some self-defined happiness - our happiness is rooted in our wholeness in God, in serving God on Jesus' path by giving up our own selfish ways to serve our community and our faithful neighbour in many a tireless extra-mile to nurture each other's hearts and souls with all the gifts we have freely at our disposal. Just like Christ went out of His way to reach one single soul that was longing for the reunion with God but who did not know how to until Jesus made him see the light. And it is mostly ever in very small almost invisible steps that we find true happiness and moments of bliss that last forever as nobody can take them away from us, and they sustain us in our hard times and times of despair. God never leaves us to our own devices and if we feel that way, then it is only because He wants us to grow beyond our limitations and we just have not listened carefully enough to His voice as we might not like the implications of what He suggests to us - only God and Jesus see the whole picture, and we are only part of a miraculous puzzle that always fits beautifully and miraculously, if we surrender our lives and our purposes totally to God. Share freely, what you have received freely - share your gifts, your smile, your song, your cake, your prayer - whatever God gave you to lead another soul and yourself to shine in His infinite light. And if in doubt, ask yourself - what would Jesus do? May the Infinite Light of Christ shine brightly upon you, keep and protect you from all evil, harm and anxiety and fill your very heart and soul with Jesus' truth and life and light as He really is the way. Just trust, and surrender all your doubts - and simply: BELIEVE! Christ is risen. Alleluia. Happy Easter, God bless you, Mother Eliora