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The Rosary
The recitation of the 15 decades of the Rosary encompasses all the elements of the New Testament.
By praying with the heart, meditating on each Mystery, we enter into each of it's main events.
By praying the Rosary every day, the inherent information emanating from the Mysteries gets a chance to be planted more deeply in our every day lives, in our consciousness, our thoughts, words and actions.
In this age of «mindfulness» and «awareness» nothing beats the Rosary in efficiency and power in regard to waking up to the realities about ourselves and of what is going on around us.
Recited correctly it gives light to the intelligence and food for the soul.
We adress ourselves to Our Lady, through whom God came into the world,
it is therefore perfectly natural and logical, that we go through her in order to find God.
Her role as Mother of God is the perfect route to take, because her gentle
maternal love is what children need, (us), and she instructs and guides
her children who take refuge in her.
Some protestants sometimes argue that she has no role, because she is not
cited much in the Bible.
However, at the wedding fest of Cana where Jesus started His Ministry,
it was upon the words from His Holy Mother that He performed His first miracle.
When she said to Him that they have no more wine, He answered that His hour
had not yet come, and then she said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you» and
Jesus transformed the water into wine.
It is obvious that Jesus is intimately linked to His Mother forever, He listens to her.
She is also Our Mother, an intermediator between us and Jesus her Son,
she brings our petitions to Jesus, and what is more, she gives us Jesus Himself.
Nobody can do that better than her, Jesus was formed in her, she gave birth to Him,
she is intimately connected to Him. Who is better situated than her to form Jesus in us?
Furthermore, as Jesus was dying on the Cross, He gave Mary to humanity as Our Mother when He said to her “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple whom He loved who was also there, “Here is your mother.”
From that time on, this disciple (John) took her into his home.
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Mental Health by Åse
As somebody with a special interest in mental health, and who provides regular
support to people in distress, these are my reflections:
People learn to adapt to the ways of the world, thinking like the others,
letting their minds be controlled by the mass media regarding what to think and how to live,
drifting along with the flow......what else is there.....people are lost.
How many people find their true inner nature, the buried treasure in the field, found beyond
adherence to worldly status, ambition, pride, materialism, etc?
«The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it
again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.»
Matthew 13:44
The Coming of the Kingdom
«Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.»
Luke 17:20-21
How many seek God sincerely and with all their heart?
Today, the value of human life has been greatly diminished, disposable; through abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and even just the very «normal» way people are using each other;
for sex, for money, for pleasure. We have lost the sense of right and wrong, because we have lost the reality of who we really are.
Psalm 8:4-8«What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?
For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen--
Even the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.»
In today's society, thank God, we have become very aware of the importance of
mental health, personal counselling is the new religion, it is what people turn to
when they are faced with something they cant cope with.
But there are risks, because counselling and psychotherapy allows a person to focus
intently on themselves, to become self absorbed, to always look at how they feel,
what they want, and it has an inherent strong element of victimhood and no aspect of sin.
As for the pharmaceutical solution to emotional and mental trauma by the medical
profession; it is very often completely unwarranted, and only causes the problems to
become entrenched and thus not get a chance of healing.
I think that many, if not most, physical and mental illnesses have their original root in sin.
Jesus healed countless of sick people from all kinds of diseases, and He performed
many miracles.
But He also afterwards denounced places where He had performed great miracles,
because the people did not repent, they carried on as before.
Complete healing implies true conversion, changing the way we think, speak and act
and always striving to become better people, more like God, trusting Him.
It leads to freedom; freedom of the burden of ourselves!
What a relief!
Nothing is more truly revolutionary than to actually follow Jesus and live according to
His teaching. The inner freedom and peace is truly out of this world.
As long as we are here on earth we continue to be human, sinners, experience pain,
but nobody can take away the deep joy.
God is the substance out of which we were created, the unchangeable reality behind the
illusions of the world.
Trusting in God means letting go of ourselves, our image of ourselves, what others
will think of us, even letting go of our instinct to cling to life.
As for the tsunami of mental health problems today, Jesus is the only psychotherapist
that can heal all wounds, if we let Him.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28
Åse
support to people in distress, these are my reflections:
People learn to adapt to the ways of the world, thinking like the others,
letting their minds be controlled by the mass media regarding what to think and how to live,
drifting along with the flow......what else is there.....people are lost.
How many people find their true inner nature, the buried treasure in the field, found beyond
adherence to worldly status, ambition, pride, materialism, etc?
«The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it
again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.»
Matthew 13:44
The Coming of the Kingdom
«Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.»
Luke 17:20-21
How many seek God sincerely and with all their heart?
Today, the value of human life has been greatly diminished, disposable; through abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and even just the very «normal» way people are using each other;
for sex, for money, for pleasure. We have lost the sense of right and wrong, because we have lost the reality of who we really are.
Psalm 8:4-8«What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?
For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen--
Even the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.»
In today's society, thank God, we have become very aware of the importance of
mental health, personal counselling is the new religion, it is what people turn to
when they are faced with something they cant cope with.
But there are risks, because counselling and psychotherapy allows a person to focus
intently on themselves, to become self absorbed, to always look at how they feel,
what they want, and it has an inherent strong element of victimhood and no aspect of sin.
As for the pharmaceutical solution to emotional and mental trauma by the medical
profession; it is very often completely unwarranted, and only causes the problems to
become entrenched and thus not get a chance of healing.
I think that many, if not most, physical and mental illnesses have their original root in sin.
Jesus healed countless of sick people from all kinds of diseases, and He performed
many miracles.
But He also afterwards denounced places where He had performed great miracles,
because the people did not repent, they carried on as before.
Complete healing implies true conversion, changing the way we think, speak and act
and always striving to become better people, more like God, trusting Him.
It leads to freedom; freedom of the burden of ourselves!
What a relief!
Nothing is more truly revolutionary than to actually follow Jesus and live according to
His teaching. The inner freedom and peace is truly out of this world.
As long as we are here on earth we continue to be human, sinners, experience pain,
but nobody can take away the deep joy.
God is the substance out of which we were created, the unchangeable reality behind the
illusions of the world.
Trusting in God means letting go of ourselves, our image of ourselves, what others
will think of us, even letting go of our instinct to cling to life.
As for the tsunami of mental health problems today, Jesus is the only psychotherapist
that can heal all wounds, if we let Him.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28
Åse
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