It is not what man does which counts in eternal life, but what he is; whether he is like Jesus Christ, our Lord, or if he is different and unlike Him.
Category: Faith
Nicko McBrain…
Iron Maiden drummer and born again Christian. Interesting
In an interview, McBrain was asked if he felt it was appropriate to be a member of Iron Maiden in light of his Christian views. He responded by saying, “When you become a Christian, you don’t become sinless. The idea is to sin less. We’re all sinners. We’re never going to be clean till the day the good Lord is standing in front and judgment comes. But to me, I try to live my life. I do fall off, and occasionally I fall off hard and I have to get down on my knees and beg forgiveness. So it’s not an easy ride, and it’s not professed to be either.” He was also asked if he shared his religious views with his band mates, and if so, how they felt about it. McBrain responded, “We’ve had some incredibly deep conversations amongst each of us. I can’t say to you that I’m trying to convert all these guys in my band to be Christians. I’m leading them on my route, and if they choose to follow what God’s plan is in the Bible, that’s up to them. I say to them all, you know, look, in my belief, at the moment, if you turn to your saviour Jesus Christ, I’ll have eternal life in Heaven with you! … We don’t talk about it every time we get together, but we’ve had some interesting conversations over the years.”
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Wisdom…
Whatever you may think, pro or con, of ocanews.org this article is both beautiful and wise.
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Would I have had…
enough faith and love to return to the people who had captured and enslaved me, seeking not revenge but their highest good, their salvation? That is the real St. Patrick.
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St. Patrick's Prayer…
I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.
I arise today
Through God’s strength to pilot me;
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s hosts to save me
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a multitude.
Christ shield me today
Against wounding
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through the mighty strength
Of the Lord of creation
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I know things seem unsettled…
in the world and in the church. I know that even those of us who are called to lead can have feet of clay and this can make complicated things seem disastrous.
Just follow Christ. Live as He wants you to live. Let His words be your hope, your guide, your filter to make sense of the whole crazy world. Everyone will fail you at one time or another, the things you counted on to make it through can be taken away in an instant. Life is fragile. Only Jesus can rise above the storm and say “peace be still.”
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Lord help me…
give you the benefit of the doubt, the same benefit I give to my family and friends and people at work and sometimes even strangers on the street but somehow I find myself failing to give to you. Amen.
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Like Irish soda bread?
Here’s a vegan recipe for Lent. I’ll try it tonight and report back.
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Sometimes…
I see the craziness rippling though the Orthodox Christian world and I think “What in the world have i gotten myself into?” I thought somehow it was supposed to be better, a greener kind of grass on this side of the fence. Alas I was mistaken.
People in the Orthodox Church can be be as whatever it was I thought I was leaving behind on my journey. Egomaniacal? Check. Political? Check. Missing the point entirely? Sure. Come to think of it, though, I can be that way too. Of course when that happens to me, when I’m still like the person I thought I had left behind, it doesn’t make the headlines because, well, I’m very distant from the thrones and dominions. Yet I have my ways, even in my own little world.
What to do?
Well, there have been more than a few times when I felt like running off to a tropical island and spending the rest of my life playing music for tourists. Its an honest living. There have been times, as well, when the whole idea of being a hermit seemed okay. Completely leaving the whole thing behind was out of the question but sitting quietly in a back pew for the rest of this temporary arrangement had its charms.
Yet that’s the way it is with the Church. We bear each other’s burdens even if we don’t actually know the struggler. It’s a pact, when they need help I need to have their back and when my time comes I pray they have mine. While people higher up the food chain can have a disproportionate impact the principle still holds. I see them struggle and somehow I have to find a way to be strong for them, to lift them up, and help them recover if I can. They might not like the whole idea, after all there are times when I don’t want to be reminded of my rough edges, but a deal is still a deal. Great or small, important or not, I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do. Its in the Book.
Now off for some more Lent.
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I hate to play…
the game but sometimes if you don’t the game plays you. Lord help me to understand what it means to be wise as a serpent and innocent as a dove.
The Beautiful Path 