1/27/11 AS GANGS HAVE TATS, CHRISTIANS HAVE THE CROSS

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1/27/11 cblog AS GANGS HAVE TATS, CHRISTIANS HAVE THE CROSS; monastery [fr. Older] m: "hold to confession that gives hope..we celebrated conv of st. Paul a few days ago..lamp light..christ crucified..many ways cross.cross is our sign of identity..years ago ..visited a prison in texas ..couldn't help but notice the tattoos ..person told me that each gang had its own tat..no mistaking to whom he belonged..gang protected him..we too are convicts ..we have been convicted of sins,sentenced to death..but our sentence has been commuted..we have been redeemed, declared innocent & free., debt paid, we belong to his gang, the church, He has claimed us, has dominion over us..we too have a sign, a brand, no mistake to whom we belong..sign of cross..on neck, in homes, offices, ..hospitals, ..tertullian..early writer. Died 220 said kin our..movements ..we map it with sign of cross,,how visible is my witness to christ..'

Heb 10:19-25 Brothers and sisters: Since through the Blood of Jesus we have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil that is, his flesh and since we have “a great priest over the house of God,” let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy. We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works. We should not stay away from our assembly, as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near.

Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5 R. (see 6) Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face. The LORD’s are the earth and its fullness;

Mark 4.21-25: "Jesus said to his disciples“Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible nothing is secret except to come to light Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.” He also told them, “Take care what you hear. The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you, and still more will be given to you. To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away"