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Resurrection of Jesus painted by Matthias Grünewald, Isenheimer Altar
𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢,
𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦

I was thinking of quitting writing the daily, because lately things have gotten busy. I guess for one last time before I go into hiatus, I guess it would be proper of mine to write.

Today is 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐞 (𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲)

Let us begin today's Daily

In the name of the Father, ✠
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit,
𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗻.

God our loving Father,
grant us the grace
to hear what we ought to hear,
to see what we ought to see,
that we might do what we ought to do,
in Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 is from the Book of the Prophet 𝐈𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖆𝖍 37:1-20
International Children’s Bible (ICB)

𝗛𝗲𝘇𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝗔𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽
1 When King Hezekiah heard the message, he tore his clothes. And he put on rough cloth to show how sad he was. Then he went into the Temple of the Lord. 2 Hezekiah sent Eliakim, Shebna and the older priests to Isaiah. Eliakim was the palace manager, and Shebna was the royal assistant. The men were all wearing the rough cloth when they came to Isaiah. He was a prophet, the son of Amoz. 3 These men told Isaiah, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of sorrow and punishment and disgrace. It is sad, as when a child should be born, but the mother is not strong enough to give birth to it. 4 The king of Assyria sent his field commander to make fun of the living God. Maybe the Lord your God will hear what the commander said. Maybe the Lord your God will punish him for what he said. So pray for the few people of Israel who are left alive.”

5 When Hezekiah’s officers came to Isaiah, 6 he said to them, “Tell your master this: The Lord says, ‘Don’t be afraid of what you have heard. Don’t be frightened by the words the servants of the king of Assyria said against me. 7 Listen! I am going to put a spirit in the king of Assyria. He will hear a report that will make him return to his own country. And I will cause him to die by the sword there.’”

8 The field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish. So the commander left and found the king fighting against the city of Libnah.

9 The king received a report that Tirhakah was coming to attack him. Tirhakah was the Cushite king of Egypt. When the king of Assyria heard this, he sent messengers to Hezekiah. The king said: 10 “Say this to Hezekiah king of Judah: Don’t be fooled by the god you trust. Don’t believe him when he says Jerusalem will not be defeated by the king of Assyria. 11 You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done. They have completely defeated every country. Do not think you will be saved. 12 The gods of those people did not save them. My ancestors destroyed them. My ancestors defeated the cities of Gozan, Haran and Rezeph. They defeated the people of Eden living in Tel Assar. 13 Where are the kings of Hamath and Arpad? Where is the king of the city of Sepharvaim? Where are the kings of Hena and Ivvah?”

𝗛𝗲𝘇𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the Temple of the Lord. Hezekiah spread the letter out before the Lord. 15 And he prayed to the Lord: 16 “Lord of heaven’s armies, you are the God of Israel. Your throne is between the gold creatures with wings. Only you are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. 17 Hear, Lord, and listen. Open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to all the words Sennacherib has said to insult the living God.

18 “It is true, Lord. The kings of Assyria have destroyed all these countries and their lands. 19 These kings have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire. But they were only wood and rock statues that men made. So the kings have destroyed them. 20 Now, Lord our God, save us from the king’s power. Then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Lord, are the only God.”

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:Don’t be fooled by the god you trust.

What do we believe in? A god that is all powerful, a god that is beyond. A loving God. All of these we can imagine, but the true nature of the God we put our faith in is beyond all human understanding. Now I watched a clip of Krishnamurti (Jiddu Krishnamurti) just this Dominica Resurrectionis Paschæ. He was asked, "Kindly give a straight reply. Does god exist or not? Yes or no? If yes how best to realize him in this life?"

He said that he did not believe in God, stating that God is a "man-made image." He further explains that god is an abstraction that has no meaning to fill our loneliness, our desires, to have security, etcetera. In india there are more than a thousand gods; each family or village having their own protector or god.

Now in my Christian upbringing, how can I not agree. I don't think I believe in god either. I don't believe in a man that shows who god is, rather, I believe in a God who made himself known to us. To me, god is not gold calves, or a tree spirit. God is who He is. He has made himself known to His servant Noah, Abraham, and Moses. He made himself known because the people had forgotten him and resorted to gods of their imagination. These gods were made of wood, carved into images of false imaginations.

Our god is none of these things. He is not made, He is uncreated. He is a mystery that the world can't understand. Being not of the world, we are called to understand God, like the scholastics and doctors had done in their time on earth. I don't believe in god, but I'm not an atheist. I don't believe in a created god in the imagination where man made Him known. Rather my God lives and made himself known to us everyday.

The Ikons, the crosses, the symbols are not Idolatry. Just as God had given the stone tablets, or had ordered the construction of the Ark of the Covenant, so do our God wants us to remember and not forget us. Every time we see the cross we see God's love not God himself. We don't worship the images of Jesus, but connect with them, remembering that they too were living beings with a face.

But our faith should not exist exclusively on what we see, because the true nature of God is unseen, but felt. The fox from The Little Prince of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said that, "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible." Many humans have said that human nature has this being inside us that feels unnaturally. But in my imagination, I can describe it as the soul (in one of my Dailys). The soul connects us to God, and it is with the soul that we feel God. It is with the heart that we connect with the emotions, and our mind Understand, Know, Counsel, and grow in Wisdom.

I have read about the controversy of Quietism. Truly it is wise to be silent in contemplation, but in all things that we do we have to act because we are not bound to idleness, sloth, or slavery to the couch. We are human beings, we have flesh (body), mind, heart, and spirit. These four things makes us humans. Krishnamurti continued on that clip that we shouldn't be bound to the examples of others. We are in a jungle alone, and we must learn to fight by ourselves.

This made me think of Jesus, and thought "Should we not follow his example?" My interpretation of Krishnamurti's dialogue was to work in our will, in our imagination, in our individual minds the good and to do the good that we have known.

I can see this in Jesus being made man. He was drawn by compassion to the sick. I don't know if I made a remark of the healing ministry not being part of the will of God, that might be a heretical statement and I'm sorry. Anyhow, Jesus healing the sick can be done by Him or not, because He is human at that time. More so is He God, more so can He who made the will of man will or not will. But the beauty of it is that, He does not follow the examples of others; nor does He live under the shadow of anyone; but drawn by the heart of compassion, love, and charity; knowing what is good, beneficial, and necessary; having all the capacities being God; He reached out His helping hand. This happens too at Cana.

Next week we celebrate the Divine Mercy of God. Just this Sunday was Easter. The fullness of God is present, ever present, unseen with our worldly eyes, but the spirit of God that connects us feels it. But with the grace of the Free Will, we have the choice in everything. My motto in life, rather, what I want everyone to have, even if I am on Hiatus is, choose love. May we be Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Jain, Baha'i, Zoroastrian, let us choose love.

𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫: May we be free in our worldly desires, and love completely. It is I guess then, that we can learn to see what God is. Let us affirm our faith by our Creed.

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.

Father, whom by Your love
You made Your Son be born as a poor and humble human,
bound by the laws and subject to human authority,
able to be tempted by the devil,
was betrayed by those closest to Him,
was anxious in the garden,
suffered the blows of the hands of man,
was scourged,
beaten,
crowned with thorns,
made to carry the cross,
and crucified, died,
pierced by the lance,
buried, and descended to the Sheol.

You let Your Son experience
these terrible things for us.

Jesus, You let Yourself experience these terrible things for us.
I am without words to describe the greatness of Your love.
I am thankful.
I am sorrowful for my sins.
I am happy and victorious because of Your love.

And to You, O Lord, Holy Spirit I ask You,
Strengthen us with the Love You endured.
Keep us with the Love You have built us from the start.
Care for us with the Love that is impartial and unprejudiced.
Make us see the Love that You have shown us.
Infuse us with the same Love that the World may Love.
Overflow in us the Love, that we might not stop loving.
Teach us the Love, that we may know better, and teach others too.

Free us the sin, the despair, the agony, just as Jesus did on Calvary.
Bring us with Love, to our home in Heaven.

℟. Keep us in Love, O Lord,
℣. always in Your love o Lord.

𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦,
𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦.
𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦.
𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦.

I ask this through the intercession of Mary the Blessed Mother,
Saint Joseph her lovely spouse and guardian,

all the Angels and Archangels,
the Thrones and Principalities,
the Powers and Virtues,
the thrones and Dominions,
the Cherubim and Seraphim,

the Patriarchs,
the Prophets,
the Apostles and Disciples,
the Martyrs,
the Confessors and Doctors of the Church,
the Virgins,
the Bishops, Religious, and the Clergy,
the Married,
the Children,
the Laity,
and all the Saints that glory with You in heaven.

And through the Holy and Wonderfully Mysterious Triune God, of love,
the Father made of none,
the Son begotten of the Father,
the Holy Spirit proceeding the Father and the Son,
who is Almighty, Eternal, Incomprehensible, Uncreated, Equal, and One Lord,
who lives and reigns forever and ever, unto eternity, world without end. Amen. Alleluia! Hallelujah!

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹𝘀:
V. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
R. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

V. From the gates of the grave.
R. Deliver their souls, O Lord!

V. May the souls and all the souls of the Faithfully departed,
through the Mercy of God,
rest in peace.
R. May they Rest in Peace.

Amen.

In the name of the Father, ✠
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit,
𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗻.

℟. Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Hallelujah!

Credits:
📖:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+37%3A1-20&version=ICB
🙏:https://www.usccb.org/prayers/nicene-creed
📸:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Grunewald_-_christ.jpg/450px-Grunewald_-_christ.jpg