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Jesus: NAME above all other names…

Posted by junix28 on March 8, 2011 in Homilies


In Genesis, JESUS is the Ram on Abraham’s altar

In Exodus, he is the Passover Lamb

In Leviticus, He is the High Priest

In Numbers, He is the Cloud by day and the Pillar of fire by night.

In Deuteronomy, He is the city of our refuge.

In Joshua, He is the crimson cord outside Rahab’s window

In Judges, He is our Judge.

In Ruth, He is our kinsman and Redeemer

In 1st and 2nd Samuel, He is our trusted prophet.

In 1st and 2nd Kings, He is our just, wise and rightful king.  

In 1st and 2nd Chronicles, He is the guardian of all generations of all people.

In Ezra, He is our Faithful Scribe.

In Nehemiah, He is the Rebuilder of everything that is broken.

In Tobit, He is one who sent his angels to guard and heal us.

 In Judith, He is our protector from our enemies.

And in Esther, He is the Mordecai sitting faithfully at the gate.

In the 1st and 2nd Maccabees, He is the strength, the power for the faithful who are persecuted.

In  Job, He’s our Redeemer that ever lives

In Psalms, He is my Shepherd and I shall not want.

In Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, He is our wisdom.

In the Songs of Solomon, He is the beautiful Bridegroom.

In the Wisdom of Solomon, He is the source and the giver of all wisdom.

In Sirach, He is the paradigm to live in harmony with one another.

In Isaiah, He’s the Suffering Servant.

In Jeremiah and Lamentations, it is Jesus who is the weeping prophet.

In Baruch, He is God whose forgiveness is never-ending.

In Ezekiel, He’s the wonderful four-faced man.

And in Daniel, He is the fourth man in the midst of a fiery furnace.

In Hosea, He is my love that is forever faithful.

In Joel, he baptizes us  with the Holy Spirit.

In Amos, He is one who bears our burdens.

In Obadiah, our Saviour

And in Jonah, He is the great foreign missionary that takes the Word of God in all the world.

In the Prophet Micah, He is the messenger with beautiful feet.

In Nahum, He is our avenger.

In Habakkuk, He is the watchman that is ever praying for revival.

In Zephaniah, He is the Lord, mighty to save.

In Haggai, He is the restorer of our lost heritage.

In Zechariah, He is our fountain

And in Malachi, He is the Son of Righteousness with healing in his wings.

In Matthew, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.

In Mark, He is the Miracle worker.

In Luke, he is the Son of Man

And in John, He is the door by which everyone to be saved must enter.

In Acts of the Apostles, he is the shining light that appears to Saul on the road to Damascus.

In Romans, He is our justifier.

In 1st Corinthians, our Resurrection

In 2nd Corinthians, He bears all our sins. 

In Galatians, He redeems us from the Law

In Ephesians, He is our unsearchable riches.

In 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, He is our soon Coming King.

In Philippians, He supplies our every need.

And in Colossians, He is the fullness of the Godhead.

In 1st and 2nd Timothy, He is the mediator between God and man.

In Titus, He is  our Blessed Hope

In Philemon, He is our friend, that sticks closer than a brother.

And in Hebrews, He is the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant.

In James, He is the Lord who heals the sick

In 1st and 2nd Peter, He is the Chief Shepherd.

In 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John, it is Jesus who has the tenderness of love.

In Jude, he is the Lord coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones. 

And in Revelation, Lift up your eyes Church, for your redemption is drawing near.

He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Jesus Christ, the name above all names. 

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How to enjoy life to the full?

Posted by junix28 on March 6, 2011 in The THEATER OF LIFE...funny & serious scenes

PASS THE BISCUITS

When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his Biscuit, smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school.

I don’t remember what I told him that night, but I do remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I’ll never forget what he said: “Honey, I love burned biscuits.”

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, “Your momma put in a long hard day at work today and she’s real tired. And besides… a burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!”

You know, life is full of imperfect things… and imperfect people. I’m not the best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries just like everyone else. What I’ve learned over the years is that learning to accept each others faults and choosing to celebrate each others differences, is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

So…please pass me a biscuit. And yes, the burned one will do just fine! And please pass this along to someone who has enriched your life… I just did!

Life is too short to wake up with regrets… Love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don’t.

ENJOY LIFE NOW – IT HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE!
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9th Sunday Mass READINGS year A

Posted by junix28 on March 5, 2011 in Homilies

First reading

Deuteronomy 11:18,26-28 ©

Moses said to the people: ‘Let these words of mine remain in your heart and in your soul; fasten them on your hand as a sign and on your forehead as a circlet.

‘See, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: a blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord our God that I enjoin on you today; a curse, if you disobey the commandments of the Lord your God and leave the way I have marked out for you today, by going after other gods you have not known. You must keep and observe all the laws and customs that I set out before you today.’

Psalm

Psalm 30:2-4,17,25

Second reading

Romans 3:21-25,28 ©

God’s justice that was made known through the Law and the Prophets has now been revealed outside the Law, since it is the same justice of God that comes through faith to everyone, Jew and pagan alike, who believes in Jesus Christ. Both Jew and pagan sinned and forfeited God’s glory, and both are justified through the free gift of his grace by being redeemed in Christ Jesus who was appointed by God to sacrifice his life so as to win reconciliation through faith. since, as we see it, a man is justified by faith and not by doing something the Law tells him to do.

Gospel

Matthew 7:21-27 ©

Jesus said to his disciples, ‘It is not those who say to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven. When the day comes many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, cast out demons in your name, work many miracles in your name?” Then I shall tell them to their faces: I have never known you; away from me, you evil men!

‘Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and hurled themselves against that house, and it did not fall: it was founded on rock. But everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand. Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and struck that house, and it fell; and what a fall it had!’

 

 

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The world’s funniest joke

Posted by junix28 on March 4, 2011 in F.Y.I. (For your Information)

Scientists in Britain unveiled the world’s funniest joke yesterday at the end of the largest study of humour ever.

For the past year, people around the globe were invited to judge jokes using a five-point “Giggleometer” on the internet, as well as to contribute quips of their own.

The LaughLab experiment conducted by psychologist Richard Wiseman, from the University of Hertfordshire, attracted more than 40,000 jokes and almost two million ratings.

As well as identifying the joke that appealed most to people around the world, the experiment – not surprisingly – revealed wide humour differences between nations.

Scans conducted on people being told jokes also identified the brain’s laughter centre – a region near the back of the frontal lobes.

Like this:

“A man and a friend are playing golf one day. One of the guys is about to chip onto the green when he sees a long funeral procession on the road next to the course.

“He stops in mid-swing, takes off his golf cap, closes his eyes, and bows down in prayer. His friend says: ‘Wow that is the most thoughtful and touching thing I have ever seen. You are truly a kind man.’

“The man then replies: ‘Yeah, well, we were married 35 years.'”

 

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