Gospel of the day
I refuse to spend more than an hour a day for this post, i'll try to cut time as much as possible if i'd like to continue(, there's a lot of things i'd like to add : primarily old theologians/philosophers from all religions, but also orthodox texts, indians, ..., as well as modern theologians/philosophers and the new-age movement). However i have to cut so i'll skip the introductions(, often the most interesting part,) to go straight to the extracts(, the most instructive). Sometimes i'll take more than an hour only with three excerpts and i just can't, i'm in a race against time(, aren't we all ?)
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I also had some thoughts while seeing this :
Nothing is perfect(, except God as the Maximum). But the idea of a false Church created by humans is scary, and makes no sense, it wouldn't exist without our realization of God(, not to say it wouldn't exist at all without God in the first place, as everything).
Even before being dedicated to other humans, it is first and foremost dedicated to God, we don't even need the examples of hermits to understand that. Helping others is only a by-product.
It's our duty to improve our Church, but changing it would mean it made mistakes and i don't see one(, i eventually don't understand how Jesus-Christ is also God but that doesn't count as a disagreement with the teachings, or the role the Church assigned to itself, plus the term "son of God"(, different from the "son of Wo.Man",) has a meaning, which i have no problem to assign to others(, but would be the most arrogant/pretentious thing i could ever think someone to auto-attribute to h.er.im.self, God is simply too great, we're only a very distant family not worthy of wearing H..er.is Name)).
Sorry if that's gibberish but i've already spent too much time on this part, and don't want to spend more time on it nor delete it. I guess i could have just written that improving and changing are two distinct words in this context(, w/e..).
Zechariah 8:1-3 :
The Lord All-Powerful said to me :
I love Zion so much that her enemies make me angry.
I will return to Jerusalem and live there on Mount Zion. Then Jerusalem will be known as my faithful city, and Zion will be known as my holy mountain.
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People of Judah and Israel, you have been a curse to the nations, but I will save you and make you a blessing to them. So don't be afraid or lose courage.
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But you must be truthful with each other, and in court you must give fair decisions that lead to peace.
Don't ever plan evil things against others or tell lies under oath. I, the Lord, hate such things.
People of Judah, I, the Lord, demand that whenever you go without food as a way of worshiping me, it should become a time of celebration. No matter if it's the fourth month, the fifth month, the seventh month, or the tenth month, you should have a joyful festival. So love truth and live at peace.
John 1:1-7 :
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The Word was with God in the beginning. Everything came into being through the Word, and without the Word nothing came into being.
What came into being through the Word was life, and the life was the light for all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness doesn’t extinguish the light.
A man named John was sent from God. He came as a witness to testify concerning the light
Surah 114 "Al-Nās"(Mankind) :
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺
“I seek refuge in the Lord of humankind, the Master of humankind, the God of humankind,
from the evil of the lurking whisperer— who whispers into the hearts of humankind— from among jinn and humankind.”
Saint of the day : St. Luke, Evangelist, Physician, Patron of Artists