West Texas Catholic Men’s Conferences Podcast

my2cents: "Yet I consider life of no importance to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear witness to the Gospel of God’s grace."
My life doesn't matter, says Paul, except, the life of Christ. This sounds like a possessed person, right? And the question is, for you and me, what or who possesses me? If it is not Christ that is our sole focus in life, then we are not focused on the light. Beware of those who tell you to focus on other things. God first, everyone and everything else second. If I lose focus on Christ, everything else is susceptible to fall to pieces, because He holds us together.
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my2cents: "When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus." This is baptism, yes. "And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them..." This is Confirmation, yes. These are two separate Sacraments. Yesterday our Bishop confirmed various students. Did they leave speaking in tongues? Or did they begin to prophecy? Because in Holy Scripture it says they did! Let us dive deeper into this.
 
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"You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen..." Let's keep this in mind as we hear our Lord speak in the Holy Gospel.
We pray in the Psalms: "Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forever. The Lord will give him a seat with the leaders of his people." I do have a quarrel with our positioning on earth. Not questioning why I am here, exactly where I am at, but there is tremendous amounts of work, like moving a mountain, and I only have a spoon in my hand to do so. What is keeping me from moving t
 
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my2cents: "From now on I will go to the Gentiles" said St. Paul. And the plan of our Lord is executed. The Gentiles accepted our Lord and were baptized. This is what happens with the word, and I've seen it happen. The people you wish would believe, perfect candidates, won't accept the invitation, and those who you wouldn't believe would accept the Lord actually take. So, what's up with that? Lord knows! You just keep being and spreading the word.
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my2cents: "‘For we too are his offspring..." we heard in the Scripture. In non christian religions, people do not see God as Father. Some naturalists may consider "nature" as "mother" but not as a true mother relationship but as a byproduct. But in Christianity, we have God as Father. This is why our Scripture says we are His offspring. Have you spoken with Him? Have you heard Our Father speaking lately? And we not only have Father, but mother too! Given to us from Jesus our Lord from the cross, Behold your Mother. We are the offspring of a new covenant, yes, but in all reality, the very essence of life, for dust is one thing, but spirit is another. Electricity is needed to run our heart, and that energy is from God Himself.
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"About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God as the prisoners listened, there was suddenly such a severe earthquake that the foundations of the jail shook; all the doors flew open, and the chains of all were pulled loose. " Praising in the storm. Can you do that? When things aren't going right? When you are in the dungeon, can you still pray and SING to the Lord? Can you be the light in the dark? Sure you can. Or you can fall into despair and be silent, and having fallen into temptation, be led to the slaughter. It is liberating to be on the side of light. The chains come off. And people are saved! I'm encouraging you to do this always.
 
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"On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they.” That's what we believe as Catholics, the first Christians in the world. We are saved by God's grace. As the way it always has been. Not by any other means or creations or people, saints or angels, but by God's grace. But let's learn what God's grace means! It means everything from humility and purity, to shear immense power, but if we only knew the power of humility, oh what bursts of life and joy we would all live! The kind that can get slapped around, and still love more. Only God can do that, and that is why we need Him more and more. Some people ask me as they are learning the faith, "but what if they keep doing it after I forgive them, they just keep putting me down and holding me down". What does this mean my friend? Deep inside I'm aggravated because the student, has much to learn about the truth of humility. They've apparently a long ways to go, to let go of the ego. One student seems to have caught on. He wanted to quit his job because his supervisor is always on his case, making fun of him and especially his new found Catholic religion. I told him to be patient, and to endure it, and not quit, think of your family, think of the lashings God asks us to endure. As of last week, he let me know that the means supervisor was demoted and moved away. This is what it means in the bible when it says "the meek shall inherit the earth". The Proud will divide and scatter. This is why Rome was broken apart and the Catholic Christians are there this day thousands of years later. With no sword lifted up, the evil divides itself. Do you understand the power of humility?
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