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Words with very important theological impact:

"Heaven is a spirit state. No physical bodies abide there."

"In three controversial Wednesday Audiences, Pope John Paul II pointed out that the essential characteristic of heaven, hell or purgatory is that they are states of being of a spirit (angel/demon) or human soul, rather than places, as commonly perceived and represented in human language. This language of place is, according to the Pope, inadequate to describe the realities involved, since it is tied to the temporal order in which this world and we exist. In this he is applying the philosophical categories used by the Church in her theology and saying what St. Thomas Aquinas said long before him."

http://eternal-word.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2HEAVN.HTM

The Vatican quickly embellished this story with a lot CYAP.

To reiterate:

Citizens who want to live in proven weather danger zones should foot the bill. Ditto for citizens who live in active earth quake zones.

Benjamin Franklin

"I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies."

"Lighthouses are more helpful then churches."

-Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father, author, and inventor

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Thank you Victoria and Arminius:

Have a wonderful Good Friday and a joyous "Resurrection Day".

God Bless You...

thank you brother eboo for bringing us these stories.

peace and happy easter angela and arminius

Angela,

You and I have had serious differences on these blogs. But I find your post here to be heartfelt and entirely appropriate. The passage from Isiah is very timely in light of our Lord's passion.

But don't forget the Joy!

Luke 24:
1 But at daybreak on the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb;
3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them.
5 They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living one among the dead?
6 He is not here, but he has been raised. 2 Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee,
7 that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third day."
8 And they remembered his words.

As we take the time to give thanks and reflect on the awesome love of our Heavenly Father, I pray that we continually walk in humility, love for one another and may we always remember that we have the love of the Sovereign King and that will never change. May we take the time to bow down in spirit and in truth and ask for strength to forgive those who may offend, misuse or mock us knowing our Lord took all the burdens and wrath away from those who said; be merciful to me a sinner, please give me a new spirit for my soul and create in me a pure heart to do Your will. May we love the unloving and be bold witnesses in the name of Christ always remembering this is not our home, it's a stop before we reach the "Celestial City". May we continually pray without ceasing for those who don't know him and may we always serve as an example of His amazing grace. Each day serving Him with a spirit founded on the Rock with the passionate love and honor that only He deserves.

Isaiah 53:3-8
3He was (A)despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and (B)acquainted with grief;And like one from whom men hide their face He was (C)despised, and we did not (D)esteem Him. 4Surely our [a]griefs He Himself (E)bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,Smitten of (F)God, and afflicted. 5But He was [b]pierced through for (G)our transgressions, He was crushed for (H)our iniquities; The (I)chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by (J)His scourging we are healed. 6All of us like sheep have gone astray,Each of us has turned to his own way;But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him. 7He was oppressed and He was afflicted,Yet He did not (K)open His mouth;(L)Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,So He did not open His mouth. 8By oppression and judgment He was taken away;And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living(M)For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?