9/14/11 cblog Re A PRISON IN BRAZIL TRANSFORMED BY CHRIST; Ho fam, glendale fr jim: "Today..holy cross day..also special school holy spirit mass..doublewhammy On my right ..from st dominic..aftr service..blessing of the new chapel..shut doors windows..turn on air con ..listen to word of god ..have to be willing to sacrifice..infinite value when trust in jesus..how much does god love world..so much gave only son...story by church colson..as one who served time in prison...most of life working in..unusual prison in brazil..used to be govt..now occupied by prison fellowship..no armed guards..no security..principle of love of god & respect for humanity..only 2 full-time staff ..the rest done by 700 prisoners..each has a partner/mentor..colson: "when I visited this prison I found the prisoners smiling..men at peace, clean living..walls decked w/ scripture..relapse 4% compared to 75% rest of prisons..,guide escorted me to solitary..put key in lock..he swung open the door..the prisoner..a crucifix on a cross..he's doing time for the rest of us ..confidence that god alone can save us .. Deut 10.12-22
" Moses said to the people"And now, Israel, what does the LORD, your God, ask of you but to fear the LORD, your God, and follow his ways exactly to love and serve the LORD, your God, with all your heart and all your soul, to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD which I enjoin on you today for your own good? Think! The heavens, even the highest heavens belong to the LORD, your God, as well as the earth and everything on it. Yet in his love for your fathers the LORD was so attached ... ...your heart and all your soul, to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD which I enjoin on you today for your own good? Think! The heavens, even the highest heavens belong to the LORD, your God, as well as the earth and everything on it. Yet in his love for your fathers the LORD was so attached to them as to choose you, their descendants, in preference to all other peoples, as indeed he has now done. Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and be no longer stiff-necked. For the LORD, your God, is the God of gods the LORD of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome who has no favorites, accepts no bribes who executes justice for the orphan and the widow and befriends the alien, feeding and cloth ... ..., your God, shall you fear, and him shall you serve hold fast to him and swear by his name. He is your glory, he, your God, who has done for you those great and terrible things which your own eyes have seen Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy strong and now the LORD, your God, has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky." Responsorial Psalm R. (12a) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem praise your God, O Zion. For he hass strengthened the t done thus for any other nation his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia. R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem Matt 17.22-27
"As Jesus and his disciples were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them"The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were overwhelmed with grief When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said"Does not your teacher pay the temple tax?""Yes," he said When he came into the house, before he had time to speak, Jesus asked him, "What is your opinion, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take tolls or census tax? From their subjects or from foreigners?" When he said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him,"Then the subjects are exempt But that we may not offend them, go to the sea, drop in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up Open its mouth and you will find a coin worth twice the temple tax Give that to them for me and for you."
" Moses said to the people"And now, Israel, what does the LORD, your God, ask of you but to fear the LORD, your God, and follow his ways exactly to love and serve the LORD, your God, with all your heart and all your soul, to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD which I enjoin on you today for your own good? Think! The heavens, even the highest heavens belong to the LORD, your God, as well as the earth and everything on it. Yet in his love for your fathers the LORD was so attached ... ...your heart and all your soul, to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD which I enjoin on you today for your own good? Think! The heavens, even the highest heavens belong to the LORD, your God, as well as the earth and everything on it. Yet in his love for your fathers the LORD was so attached to them as to choose you, their descendants, in preference to all other peoples, as indeed he has now done. Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and be no longer stiff-necked. For the LORD, your God, is the God of gods the LORD of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome who has no favorites, accepts no bribes who executes justice for the orphan and the widow and befriends the alien, feeding and cloth ... ..., your God, shall you fear, and him shall you serve hold fast to him and swear by his name. He is your glory, he, your God, who has done for you those great and terrible things which your own eyes have seen Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy strong and now the LORD, your God, has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky." Responsorial Psalm R. (12a) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem praise your God, O Zion. For he hass strengthened the t done thus for any other nation his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia. R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem Matt 17.22-27
"As Jesus and his disciples were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them"The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were overwhelmed with grief When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said"Does not your teacher pay the temple tax?""Yes," he said When he came into the house, before he had time to speak, Jesus asked him, "What is your opinion, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take tolls or census tax? From their subjects or from foreigners?" When he said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him,"Then the subjects are exempt But that we may not offend them, go to the sea, drop in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up Open its mouth and you will find a coin worth twice the temple tax Give that to them for me and for you."
