Message in Second Century Prison
In a dark hole, I have found cheerfulness. In a place of bitterness and death, I have found rest. While others weep, I have found laughter. While others fear, I have found strength. In a state of misery, I have found pleasure. In a lonely corner, I have Glorious Company. In the hardest bonds, I have perfect repose.
All these things Jesus has granted me, He is with me, comforts me, and fills me with joy. He drives bitterness from me and fills me with strength and consolation.
To win for the Lamb, the rewards of His Sufferings.
No reserve, no retreat, no regret.
In Christ
Soundingjoy
I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked.
May I follow in His steps, take up my cross, being faithful to Him.
Dear Gregory, brother in Christ, how Mary must have carried a wounded heart for Her Son, and for us. I am amazed because of the boundless love shown toward us. May I take up my cross and follow, sharing in His sufferings, that I may share His joys in the portals of heaven. Blessed Mother, pray for us, and may we follow you in all purity and holiness. Bless you Gregory for your blest posts.
The Blood of Jesus.
Oh, what wonder, the Blood of Christ cleansing us from sin, bleeding, dying, loving from the cross of torment. Oh, may I say I have loved.
My precious brother in Christ, surely He has borne our sorrows, becoming sin for us, this pure Lamb of God, shedding His blood, pouring over our sins, to redeem us. Bless you dear brother as you celebrate His Sacrifice, and Glorious Reserrection
Crucified.
We hide in His Wounds, finding there there the solace for our suffering, enableing us to take up our cross and follow Him. When God calls us, He bids us come to die, to self, pride, and every created idol. He destroys and fills the void with His sweet fragrance.
Dear Gregroy, how I will ever understand the Sacrifice of His Holy love. Oh may I say I have loved, sharing in the suffering of my Lord. What Holy Blood flowed down, cleansing my sin, oh wretch that I am. Bless you this Holy Week and His Grace be upon you and yours.
Soundingjoy
It Wasn't The Nails.
"And He bearing His cross, went forth."
~~One of the most severe elements of degradation in Roman Crucifixion, as they bound the fatal wood upon His shoulders, by Whose power that tree was made to grow, and from Whom the being who bore Him to the place of death, drew their exsistance. So completely committed was Jesus to save sinners, He created the tree upon which He would die upon ~~ Your love, eternal as Your Being, saw from everlasting, the cross of Calvary, yet You did not falter in your purpose. ~~ How resplendant does the love of Jesus appear from beneath the dark cloud of suffering and humilation. Love bearing the instrument of death and torture, confronting death, rising victorious from the cavran of death, because God so loved the world.
Dear Gregory, brother in Christ, what a hiding place is the cross of Christ. You can tell who have fled to it's shelter in the storm. It was sins's deepest conviction in the soul that brings us there, to His suffering love. The cross, just the place where, worn and faint, your spirit has found perfect safety and repose. Glory to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and may the love of our Blest Mother surround us with Her love and wisdom. Bless you dear brother in Christ.
Soundingjoy
Dear Holyrope3,
What peace to know He bore our sins on the tree. His love sustain you this day as you share His mercy with others.
His Blood.
The Lamb of God, slain before the foundation of the world, assures us, we were not just an after thought of God. He bore us in His heart as He hung on the cross, torn with wounds, racked with pain from our sin, bleeding for us.
Dear RomanCandle,
So completely committed was Jesus to save sinners, He created the tree upon which He would die. ~~ Oh, the depth of love for sinners He has. Lord, the universe in it's accumulation presents no love like Yours. Your love, eternal as Your Being, saw from everlasting, the cross of Calvary, yet You did not falter in Your purpose. How resplendant does the love of Jesus appear from beneath the dark cloud of suffering and humilation. Love bearing the instrument of death and torture, confronting death, rising victorious from the cavran of death, because God so loved the world. What Precious Blood.
Bless you in Christ,
Soundingjoy
Lord Jesus, at the Hour of Great Mercy I think of you
shedding your precious blood, and enduring a long
and agonising death on the Cross of Calvary for a
sinner such as myself and for all sinners. King of
Love, King of Mercy, King of Friday; send forth
your glorious radiance and restore your people
to spiritual, emotional and physical well being.
Amen.
This Man Was Innocent.
God became man, took our sins, though innocent, He became guilty that we might be made pure through the blood of His cross.
May we bare the marks of His Ownership. Bless you RomanCandle and may His cross ever be before you.
Soundingjoy
Show me a man making the Sign of the Cross
and I will know what the cross means to him.
Names of Christ.
He is Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Savior, Immanuel, and King of Kings.
Dear RomanCandle,
Blessings to you during this time of lent
King of Love, King of Mercy, King of Friday; may your
glorious radiance restore us to health and well being.
It Is Finished.
" It is Finished." Word of chance uttered by a desperate martyr?
No, words of intent, painted by the Divine Deliverer on the canvas of sacrifice.
Dear Romancandle,
The Cross, the war, "It is Finished," was the aftermath. Were it a symphony, this would be the final note. Were it a storm, it would be the sun piercing the clouds. Through these words of our Lord, Satan's vultures have been scattered, hell's demon's are jailed, for death has been damned. Ten thousand angels take our Wounded Troubador to the cradle of His Father's Arms. Farewell, manger's Infant, go home, Death Slayer for "It is Finished." Bless you as we rest in the finished work of His Cross.
The phrase “It is finished” is rich in meaning. One of the ways the original Greek text can be translated is “paid in full”; not only for one transaction, but for all future transactions as well. Where can this phrase be witnessed in the Gospels aside from the Cross of Calvary? The account of the Good Samaritan is an excellent example. When the Samaritan found the man on the road to Jericho, he found a man that had lost everything and almost his life. The Samaritan cleaned, anointed and bandaged the man’s wounds, and placed the badly injured man on his donkey, and then walked along side the man to an inn, where he took care of the injured man through the night. The following morning, the Samaritan gave two denarii to the inn keeper (the equivalent of two day’s wages for an unskilled labourer), and promised to pay the inn keeper any expenses over and above the two denarii. This Samaritan not only showed compassion to the injured man but was prepared to do everything to save that …More