This is the stuff of that should prompt a Congressional Investigation or Naval Court of Inquiry. Call your US Congressman. DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP Bob Lonsberry © 2016 The account of two U. S. Navy vessels being seized by the Iranian navy earlier this week seems completely implausible. No part of it … Continue reading
High on Your Cross
High on Your Cross, All the world lay at Your feet, Broken! The Body of the Christ is broken, Broken for us. The Body of the Lord is broken, Broken to redeem. The Father has placed under Your Feet, Your enemies, His enemies. You, broken on the Cross, Embrace Your enemies, Willing to Love them … Continue reading
The Cross and the Furnace,
I want to spend my day loving You And embracing life as You send It to me. Nothing comes but by Your Will,. Not that I haven’t thwarted Your Will. I have! I know I have, But even as this moment Bears the imprint of the hammer, That struck the nails impaling You on Your … Continue reading
You Are God
You are God Wholly Other, Yet Your humanity Embraces me By sacrament. You are the Head, The Church, Your Mystical Body, And in it I wash my robes, To take on The Infant Life of Christ, Wholly dependent, Yet gifted With abundant blessing. You are God, Wholly Other, My Father receives me, Clothed in the … Continue reading
Benediction
I reach for You in the night, On my bed, desiring. Knowing You present in the darkness, Watching, loving, desiring me. As I look to You, My desire grows, Believing I can attain You, You, Who are beyond me of myself, An impossibility on my own, Yet I invite and hope, believing. Presuming not the … Continue reading
The number of Christian martyrs has tripled in two years. :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
Washington D.C., Jan 15, 2016 / 04:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In 2013, there were some 2,100 Christians killed for faith-related reasons across the globe. Last year, that number rose to at least 7,100, according to a recent report from an advocacy group.“The persecution of Christians is getting worse – in every region in which we … Continue reading
