WWJD - What Would Jesus Do

 I remember quite a few years ago all the people wearing the what would Jesus do bracelets on their wrists. This thought came back to me as I thought about all the various individuals that judge us , because we are Catholics. Through the years I have heard more things said about the Catholic Church than I care to hear. This goes all the way back, when I was a youngster and other kids in the public school would spit on us and call us names.
 Now as I got older I kind of wandered away from going to Mass. It was not that I hated the Catholic Church or no longer wanted to be Catholic. I was just a teenager and did some of the stupid things a teenager does. I met my wife in the early 80s and she was attending an Assembly Of God Church. Yes I heard the remarks like he is not a good christian, because he does not carry a bible all the time. Well I went to her church and it seemed nice and the pastor was a very nice individual. We were married there and spent a few years there.
 Well I heard the remarks from various individuals and it made me angry inside. One day I thought my mother was not saved and she was going to hell. I knew something was wrong and the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and soul. I stepped back and thought about this. I knew what my mother believed about Jesus and I knew what I believed about Jesus. I knew right there that it was time to leave the assembly of God church.
 My wife and I looked around at many different churches. I remember going to one church and the first thing they asked was where do you work and how much money do you make. We turned around and left that church. Finally we went to a Lutheran Church and we both liked it. The people were very nice and I loved the Pastor. All of our children were baptized there. One day the Pastor talked about communion and explained how Jesus meant for it to just be a symbol. Once again the Holy Spirit spoke to me and I knew something was wrong.
 I started looking around to determine what was the correct church. I decided to study religion through history, because I did not want the influence of any church or denomination. I had read a book called 30 years with Christ. The author made a statement about there being so many different denominations. The Holy Spirit was saying different things about the same subject. You know this can not happen, because the Holy Spirit is the mouth piece for God. We know that he can not lie and he would not be confused.
 As I studied more I began to realize that I kept coming back to the Catholic Church. I stared studying the Early Church Fathers. I found that some of them were directly associated with some of the Apostles. I came to the conclusion that they were taught by Jesus, so they were doing what Jesus taught. I found that the only Church was the Catholic Church and it was doing these things.
 One night as I was watching television I came across a show on EWTN called The Journey Home. The person on it was Scott Hahn and he was talking about his Journey and about The Holy Eucharist. he explained that this was not just a symbol. He explained that Jesus meant what he said that this we are to Eat His Flesh and Drink His Blood. You could tell by the reaction of the other Apostles that could not accept this as to them it was paganism. So they left and this left only the 12 Apostles. It it were only a symbol he would have rebuked them and he did not. This was what started me on my Journey Of Faith and I knew that I had to come back to the Catholic Church. I spoke to my wife and told her that I could not tell her where to go. She prayed about it and spoke to the Pastor. He told her that if she stayed where she was, we would have to decide on where to bring our children up in. It would have to be one or the other , but not both the Lutheran or Catholic Church. She decided to become Catholic and all our children became Catholic. This has been an awesome Journey and I will never leave the Catholic Church.
 Now back to the title of this post, what would Jesus do. I post various things about the Catholic Faith, because I want others to know the truth. I am sick and tired of all the lies and misinformation that is still getting spread. What I believe is that the Catholic Church is the only Church started by God when Jesus gave the Keys Of The Kingdom To Peter and Jesus said upon this rock I build my Church. He did not say churches, no he said Church. Now I do believe that other churches are filled with Jesus loving christens. The difference is that the Catholic Church is the fullness of the faith.
 My advise to anyone is to read books written by Catholic authors like Scott Hahn, Jeff Cavins and Marcus Grodi as well as others. Go to the Catholic Answers youtube videos and listen to what people say and listen to the answers that they are given. Read books on Catholic Apologetic s and The Early Church Fathers. Read the whole Bible and not just the bits and pieces that fit your doctrines. One of the biggest problems is people reading the Bible and self interpreting it. I have found over and over again that they take scripture out of context. This leads to all kinds of misinformation and it spreads like wildfire.
  

The New Commandment

31So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. 32If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and glorify Him immediately. 33Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you. 34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” 

This is was brought me back to the Catholic Church, The Holy Eucharist.

John Chapter 6

Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For My flesh is [k]food indeed, and My blood is [l]drink indeed. 56He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. 57As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

59These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Turn Away

60Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a [m]hard saying; who can understand it?”

61When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples [n]complained about this, He said to them, “Does this [o]offend you? 62What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? 63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

66From that time many of His disciples went [p]back and walked with Him no more. 67Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

68But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69Also we have come to believe and know that You are the [q]Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Roman Catholic - The Answer

 I created this website, because I got very tired of hearing all the misinformation and lies that are spread about the Catholic Church. This problem goes way back to when I was in grade school in the 60s. I became more aware of it when I worked at one company back in the middle 90s. As I sat at lunch, people that were in various born again churches would make comments about the Catholic Church. I can't tell you how many times I corrected someone about what they were saying. I was brought up Catholic and was in the Pentecostal Church where my wife and I were married in 1984. Yes I would hear things from time to time and just kind of ignored. To be honest I would have a fire that would start to burn when I heard these things.
 When we left that church, we ended up in the Lutheran Church. We spent quite a few years there and they were happy ones. I don't think I ever heard anyone say anything derogatory about the Catholic Church. I did leave the Lutheran Church about what was said about the Holy Eucharist being just a symbol. The Holy Spirit spoke to me again and set me on my journey of faith. I studied religion through history. I studied the early church fathers. I finally came to the realization that the Catholic Church was the true church started by God. I cam e back to the Catholic Faith, My wife became Catholic after praying and all my children became Catholic.

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Are You Saved ? Have You Accepted Jesus As Your Personal Saviour ?

 Wow I posted this on my facebook page and got more not so nice responses from various people. My mother in law said do not judge people. Another relative said Jesus determines who the churches are. Well first off this was not judging anyone on my part. Actually it is the response we as Catholics should have for those other religions when they are judging us. Now as far as Jesus determining who the churches should be, well he needs to read all of scripture. Jesus gave the keys of the kingdom to peter to start his church. If you study history, you will end up at the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church is the only Church started by God. All other churches were started by men.

Blossoms Of The Most attractive: How To Plant A Mary Nursery - Plant A Mary Garden In 2020

 Due to the continuous pandemic, most Catholic wards in the US have needed to do without a cherished spring convention this year: delegated Mary with blossoms to respect her during the Marian month of May.

In any case, planting a Mary nursery can be another method of regarding the Favored Virgin Mary with blossoms this spring and summer while remaining at home.

The custom of planting Mary Nurseries returns hundreds of years. In the Medieval times, when a great part of the populace was unskilled, clerics and strict siblings and sisters would plant gardens and give the blossoms and herbs strict names and imagery so as to show individuals the confidence, similarly they would utilize recolored glass windows to recount accounts of the book of scriptures or the holy people.

Katrina Harrington, a Catholic craftsman and mother living in California, has constantly cherished blossoms and her center name - which is Rose. While she doesn't see herself as an ace nursery worker, she is a watercolor craftsman, and for quite a while, blossoms have been her preferred subject.

However, quite a long while prior, Harrington was looking for new motivation and significance for her craft.

"I was attempting to locate some concealed implying that I could add to it," she said. "I have constantly cherished concealed implications, that is something I love about Catholic holy places. For instance, on the special raised area at the congregation I experienced childhood in, I saw that there were five imprints, for the five injuries of Jesus."

Harrington likewise recalled that, when she had been in secondary school, there was a club for Mary gardens - however it was one of only a handful not many exercises she wasn't associated with. She chose to do some examination to perceive what Mary gardens were about.

"I googled Mary gardens, simply thinking, 'What was that club even about? Is there anything that I can gain from it?' And incidentally, the College of Dayton has a library concentrated just on Mary gardens. Their chronicles are brimming with such a great amount of data about Mary gardens. What's more, I went down that hare opening - or I surmise bloom gap - and I've perused such a great amount about Mary plants through that."

Harrington said she likewise requested about each book on Mary cultivates that she could discover.

"It's truly helped my confidence, and it's gotten me to encourage our confidence to my kids when we're out strolling."

There are a wide range of sorts of blossoms and herbs that take on Marian essentialness that can be planted in a Mary garden, Harrington said.

Maybe the most clear bloom related with Mary is a rose.

"Our Woman is known as The Supernatural Rose. And furthermore, when you catch wind of the beginnings of the rosary that was given to Holy person Dominic, you find out about various legends where, as various holy people supplicated, roses would skim up to Our Woman and she would assemble them. Along these lines, each time we implore a rosary, I tell my kids that 'you are giving Our Woman a delightful bundle. We're giving our Favored Mother a crown of blossoms,'" she said.

Columbines are another bloom that can be planted in Mary gardens. Contingent upon their shading, they can take on various strict implications.

"Columbines that are red can regularly be known as the Pentecostal Essence of God blossom in light of the fact that, on the off chance that you've at any point seen them, they sort of point topsy turvy with petals that look like...Tongues of fire facing up. So they appear as though the Essence of God descending at Pentecost upon the Messengers' heads," she said.

In any case, if the columbines are white, they are classified "Our Woman's Shoes"

"Another legend related with the columbine is the point at which Our Woman discovered that her cousin Elizabeth was expecting Holy person John the Baptist, and she strolled to go deal with her," Harrington said.

Legend has it "that wherever Our Woman's shoes or her shoes contacted, minimal white columbines grew out of the earth denoting her way. Thus, the other name for columbine would be 'Our Woman's Shoes,'" she clarified.

Pansies have been given the Marian name "'Our Woman's Joy,' and with that, we can advise our children to consider how Our Woman had a great time Christ, in having him so close in her life," Harrington clarified.

Sunflowers have additionally been designated "Mary's Gold," and can be suggestive of Mary's brilliant crown as Sovereign of Paradise and Earth, she said.

In her home territory of California, splendid fuchsia bougainvillea blossoms develop inexhaustibly on shrubs, and have the strict name of "trinitaria, for Trinity, in light of the fact that in those blossoms are three minimal white petals, and that is encircled then by the three pink pedals," Harrington said.

"So when we stroll by, I tell my youngsters, 'Goodness, this is trinitaria. What supplications should we implore?' And they realize that at that point, we'll ask the Magnificence Be. That has been extremely incredible, to consistently be directing my youngsters toward the Celestial and having a ton of fun stories that could help them truly lock in that picture" and lead them into supplication, she said.

Rosemary and lavender are two herbs that have generally been classified "Our Woman's drying plants," Harrington noted.

"The legend goes that when Our Woman was doing clothing for the Christ kid, she laid his wrapping up garments upon the rosemary plant or the lavender shrubbery and that is the way they dried. And afterward that is additionally how they got their sweet sublime aromas."

Harrington paints and sells prints of different Marian blossoms, including prints that have explicit blossoms speaking to the different secrets of the rosary.

While her grandma and guardians have been the genuine plant specialists of the family, Harrington said for the current year, in light of the additional time at home due to coronavirus, she was roused to begin planting her own Mary garden.

"I am simply particularly a fledgling, yet I'm eager to have a go at during this asylum set up, social separating time. I'm truly eager to plant a Mary garden for my children to help tend to and for us to be propelled by the excellence of God's creation," she said.

Also, she's not alone. Harrington said for the current year, she has seen an uptick in enthusiasm for Mary gardens from adherents of her web based life and craftsmanship site.

"Since the pandemic and the going with cover set up that has prompted a phenomenal measure of time at home, I think individuals are giving more consideration to what encompasses them in their home," she said.

"They need their home to be a position of shelter, a position of harboring wellbeing, and a spot that directs them toward the awesome. A Mary garden is an approach to keep an eye on magnificence and is an ideal conductor to Jesus as the Favored Mother consistently drives us to her Child. There have been numerous inquiries with regards to where to buy a Mary sculpture for their nursery and what blossoms to incorporate," she said.

Harrington said to begin a Mary garden, she encourages individuals to look into what plants and blossoms are local to their territory, and which of those have Marian implications. She at that point suggests that individuals either request seeds on the web or call their nearby nurseries to perceive what plants are accessible. It's essential to consider factors like daylight, and whether the plants will be inside or outside, she said.

Harrington included that anybody could begin a Mary garden, regardless of whether they don't possess land.

"Remember that when you're attempting to utilize blossoms as a supplication control, to not be so stuck on the word 'garden' and that you must have land. My family and I, we lease. We don't generally really have a major yard. We don't have any grass. Be that as it may, we can plant in pots," she said.

"In the event that you have just an indoor space or a little open air space, I would attempt to locate an incredible plant that needn't bother with a huge amount of daylight that can be on a windowsill," she said. "What's more, on the off chance that you can, simply put your sculpture of Our Woman close to that."

Harrington said she wants to distribute advisers for Marian gardens in the not so distant future, and more data on those or her craft can be found on her site.

She said now specifically is a decent time for individuals to back off and appreciate the relaxation of cultivating, since the vast majority need to remain at home considerably more than they are utilized to because of the pandemic, and she trusts that Mary nurseries can be a wellspring of happiness and rest for the individuals who plant one.

"As Holy person Paul of The Cross stated: 'Let everything in creation attract you to God. Revive your brain with some honest entertainment and needful rest. On the off chance that it were just to walk through the nursery or the field, tuning in to the message lectured by the blossoms, the trees, the knolls, the sun, the sky, and the entire universe, you will find that they urge you to love and acclaim God, that they energize you to praise the significance of the sovereign draftsman who has given them their being.'"