Homily Saturday, November 29 2025

34th OT



Dan 7:15-27

"the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingship, to possess it forever and ever."



It's very simple. We only have to recognize the Love, joy, and peace of God, wherever we go, wherever we are.



Luke 21:34-36

Jesus said to his disciples:

"Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy."



Let us remain attentive to the movement of God's Love in us and in others. Let us encourage ourselves and others by revealing the beauties of God that shines forth. And in us, they will manifest themselves even more.



Joy and peace will return to us from these people.



Biblical texts: NAB-RE

Normand Thomas.

SabbathBlessings said:

These feasts of the Lord "were all about the blood of animals" at least if we are going to go by what the Scripture states.

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I will not join you to Judge God as a God that only cares about the "Blood (Life) of Animals" concerning His Words Jesus said to "Live by". I have come to understand that the Blood of the Passover Lamb placed on the two side posts and the lintel of our home, symbolizes placing the life of Jesus, the unblemished Lamb of God, in our mind (Let this mind of Christ be in us) and in our works. ( That we walk, even as HE walked)

The first church of God under HIS Prophesied New High Priest, honored and respected God in Passover, His Feast of Unleavened Bread and Feast of Weeks, understanding that God created His Feasts for them, and Blessed them in their obedience, not because HE desired the Blood of Animals and Sacrifice, as you have been taught and are promoting to others. But because God has a purpose and intent for everything HE does and it is not because God is "all about the blood of animals". This Church of God "kept the feast" of Passover, Feast of Unleavened bread, and Pentecost, and never killed a single animal, and God Gave them His Holy Spirit, as Peter teaches, "Because they obeyed Him".

1 Cor. 5: 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

This has always been essential in God's Salvation plan. The "New man", unleavened. Abraham's Life represented this very journey.

So from the very beginning, because I am convinced God actually knew Adam and Eve would sin even before He even created them, God had a Salvation plan which included repentance of sin, a covering for sin, and a journey to unleavened perfection, as it is written:

Gen. 17: 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

All the way to the Last Great Day of the Feast, that Jesus taught to the people, "blessed are those who hunger and thirst for Righteousness".

All Feasts of the Lord despised and rejected by this world's religious system, replaced by Halloween, Day of the Dead, Good Friday and Xmas, all man made high days which generate untold wealth and riches to the merchants of this world.

And why? In part because they have been taught by "another voice", that God's Feasts are "all about animal blood".

I don't believe, when all of the Scriptures are considered, that God is into the blood of animals at all.

But you are free to adopt any religious philosophy you want, just as Eve was free to.

Strong in Him said:

So why include them on a poster which is titled "200 verses for a Flat Earth"?

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You'd have to ask Nathan Roberts abot this.

Strong in Him said:

But your point is wrong!

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Why, b/c your point is right ?

biblelesson said:

Can you imagine standing on Mars, a planet whose surface is only fire and burning sulfuric acid (fire and brimstone), raining down on you constantly, with sulfuric acid spitting out of volcanos, sulfuric acid rain, sulfuric acid tornadoes, etc.

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Kind of imaginative but not kind of scriptural and definitely missing the role of devils in everyone's sin and definitely not kind to our neighbors, all far less than what Love does

timewerx said:

Move to Europe or Canada and maybe even Japan (if you don't fear North Korea, Russia, China, and random Kaijus).. The only FEW places on Earth UBI might work. However, this reprieve is only temporary.

It's not going to work in USA when the system is strongly favoring the rich over the poor unlike in Europe.

And realistically-speaking, UBI will not work globally - it will destabilize global economy and may even end up in WWIII. Either way, UBI or not, we may just head towards WWIII when global anarchy breaks loose when more people lose jobs and mounting tensions.

The main reason nothing will work is simply because the global production and resources won't be able to tend to all the needs of all 8 billion people in the planet. It works for now because the poor is absorbing the majority of the burden of balancing resource consumption. But if more people gets poor, tensions will be inevitable.

We'll have a class war on our hands, rich vs poor and it can easily become nuclear.

A nuclear Armageddon is inevitable. Or we invent the warp drive and starts colonizing habitable planets in other star systems before that happens.

Bottom line is there's just way too many people on Earth. UBI or even banning AI isn't the solution if we keep growing in numbers uncontrollably like cancer. Ironically, Christians are partly to blame in this problem for failing to see the context of God's command: "multiply in numbers" which doesn't literally always mean reproduction as Jesus reiterated later. I'm not saying reproduction is bad, use sound wisdom. We still need to bear 2 kids per couple to maintain population numbers.

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I agree that there could be a class war eventually if the problem of people having no means of income isn’t solved. Ultimately I think the whole economy would collapse because if consumers don’t have money to spend the rich can’t get richer. Although I don’t think this would be a realistic outcome because people in power would foresee this coming a mile away and realize that they’re going to have to make drastic changes to prevent it from getting that far.

Apple Sky said:

And this is only 5, I understand that some of the verses don't relate to a F/E

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So why include them on a poster which is titled "200 verses for a Flat Earth"?
Those 5 headings each had several references after them, so it could be 15-20 verses that are totally wrong. And that doesn't include the nonsense about "Matthew's Bible.

Apple Sky said:

Not at all, the reason is to get my point across to as many as possible.

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But your point is wrong!

I seriously doubt that newcomers/non Christians are expecting to learn the truth about the shape of the earth - especially not in a Conspiracy Theories forum.
They would only have to read a few pages, anyway, to see how ridiculous your arguments are.

Perpetual Student said:

Are you suggesting that a Republican administration should ignore law breaking, just to gain some petty votes?

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Why not, the GOP constituency has proven that law-breaking and criminal conviction(s) are of no consequence to them.

Apple Sky said:

And this is only 5, I understand that some of the verses don't relate to a F/E but the majority do.

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Another just so statement that is baseless. No rational discourse, just opinions and feelings.

David Lamb said:

Yes they have. For example, here is a quote of one of Strong in Him's posts:

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And this is only 5, I understand that some of the verses don't relate to a F/E but the majority do.

Novena for the Holy Souls Day 7 11-28-25

God, Father of Mercy, satisfy this their ardent desire! Send them Thy holy Angel to announce to them that Thou, their Father, are now reconciled with them through the suffering and death of Jesus, and that the moment of their deliverance has arrived.

Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory below.

Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory

O most sweet Jesus, through the bloody sweat which Thou didst suffer in the Garden of Gethsemani, have mercy on these Blessed Souls. Have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer during Thy most cruel scourging, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in Thy most painful crowning with thorns, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in carrying Thy cross to Calvary, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer during Thy most cruel Crucifixion, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in Thy most bitter agony on the Cross, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the immense pain which Thou didst suffer in breathing forth Thy Blessed Soul, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

(Recommend yourself to the Souls in Purgatory and mention your intentions here)

Blessed Souls, I have prayed for thee; I entreat thee, who are so dear to God, and who are secure of never losing Him, to pray for me a miserable sinner, who is in danger of being damned, and of losing God forever. Amen.

wing2000 said:

Can you provide an example of *anyone* "feeling sorry for the guy"?

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Anything less than screaming for their lynching is being too soft-hearted.

Apple Sky said:

No they haven't.

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Yes they have. For example, here is a quote of one of Strong in Him's posts:

"1. "earth created before the sun",
"universe is complete",
"creation worshippers",
"Be still and know that I am God",
"everyone sees Jesus",
and others do not even mention, never mind prove, the shape of the earth.

2. "Matthews Bible mentions flat earth" is a completely ridiculous statement. The reference given is 2 Samuel 11:11. This verse is in the middle of a passage about David and Bathsheba. Bathsheba's husband was telling David that he was not going to go home and seduce his wife while his men were fighting a war. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the shape of the earth. Putting that on a poster titled "200 Flat earth verses" is an embarrassment to whoever designed the poster.

3. "The earth has ends", contradicts your verse from Isaiah which you insist says the earth is a circle. Ditto, "the earth has corners".

4. "earth has pillars and hangs on nothing" contradicts your statement from another thread that the foundations are rooted in the underworld."

FAITH-IN-HIM said:

[...]Many Americans with South American ancestry have relatives who are not legal residents of the United States. These mass deportations are affecting them. The poll indicates that 70% of the Hispanic community do not support President Trump’s policy of mass deportation.

Those who are dissatisfied may not heed your suggestion to "then go with his mother." Instead, if they are of legal age, they are likely to vote for another party, which could place the Republican Party at a disadvantage for at least a generation. Millions of Hispanic Americans affected by this policy may never vote for the GOP again.

You seem only interested in mass deportation over the next three years, without concern for whether the GOP wins future national elections.

I, on the other hand, disagree with President Trump on many issue but still care about the Republican Party. I hope that after 2028, the GOP will become moderate, perhaps following the examples of Ronald Reagan or John McCain, and move forward. However, this cannot happen if the majority of Hispanic voters despise the GOP.

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Are you suggesting that a Republican administration should ignore law breaking, just to gain some petty votes?

rockytopva said:

Here in the US they have Democrats feeling sorry for the guy.

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Can you provide an example of *anyone* "feeling sorry for the guy"?

prodromos said:

They have.

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How many ?

timothyu said:

The nation has been reduced to grade school mentalities including among the educational elite. Time out for everyone.

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...let's start with the school principle.

Strong in Him said:

"The Elite" want to con us. "The Elite" lie to us. "The Elite" want us to believe".
Come on!

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But this is what they do 9 out of 10 & some of the worsts culprits have been;

President Bush junior.
Hitler
Elon Musk
Tony Blair
The Rothschild's
Wernher von Braun + many more which I can't remember right now.

timewerx said:

I suppose excluding a few 3rd world nations that are actually contributing to the economy makes the plan even better. it's not a good thing to generalize. Not every 3rd world country gives "rotten" immigrants.

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....and yet, you did just that. Generalize.

Apple Sky said:

No they haven't.

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They have.

Apple Sky said:

I have but when I do I just get laughed off.

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No you haven't.

Oompa Loompa said:

Says the auto pen. But this is the mantra of the left. Do you deny it? Why not put your money where your mouth is and send that woman back home?

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Hmm. A woman whose story we don't know, but who could have came here to escape a bad situation and seek a better life. Is it breaking the law by staying here undocumented? Yes. But still something I would wager many of us might do in that situation. A much more understandable offense than say:

1. George Santos: Convicted of fraud. Even admitted to it, if I'm not mistaken. Pardoned by Trump.
2. January 6th Offenders: Violent offenders who stormed the capital, resulting in the eventual deaths of several capital police officers. Given a blanket pardon by Trump.
3. Rudy Giuliani et. al: Conspirators in the fake electors plot. Also pardoned by Trump. At least Giuliani still has civil suits against him, but he should be held accountable to the full extent of the law.

Take all those, and compare them to "the woman" who seems so decidedly evil in your eyes. Do you think the God who you claim to support would take the same stance as you?

David Lamb said:

I don't need to mention them as other posters have done so.

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No they haven't.

Strong in Him said:

If you don't have a bad memory, what's the alternative? That you are doing deliberately to wind people up? That you want to get attention or a higher post count which might make you feel good for a while?

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Not at all, the reason is to get my point across to as many as possible.