Now Playing: there is a longing in our hearts, O God~
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-where to start?
Today is the celebration of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (and I made it to Mass just in time for Eucharist but not in time for the Scripture readings or the homily/sermon beforehand since I was late *left house at roughly 8:15am or so...*)
and today's second Mass reading is: Romans 5:5-11 (with only the second half of verse 5:5 to start with)
here's a slightly shortened version of that reading as I have it in my Bible:
-hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our heart through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person- though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die.*
(alternate translation of verse: "Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die.)
Verse Nine omitted for brevity.
For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.
But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
*I like the alternate translation which makes use of the powerful word, "Courage" much better!
-so... if Christ is good enough and so loving that he would go to the Extreme deep end of misery (and beyond) to save Humankind then there is no need for me to indulge in the evil and cruelty of Misanthropy -sigh-
honestly... it isn't easy to love other people after awhile- after being hurt by them and seeing the horrible things that others do so many times, over and over again
but if God forgives, and he gives me that same strength and power then I will so do too.
Praise be to God!~
...and so life goes on~
-aside from that, I will see about changing one of the links on the sidebar again... Spirit FM recently had their website revamped so their [Thought of the Day] page has changed.