Science vs Religion

Science is by many argued as the only way of explaining certain phenomena, but others often use religion to explain every phenomena, but why not both? The concept built upon the world stems to approximately four million years ago. Many in science will assume that since a natural phenomena happened to begin the process of creating the Earth, then the theory that God created everything in seven days, but one aspect remains. How long is a day to God? One day to God could be one day, one year, one million years to us. It very likely took seven days, but they are not the days that we likely believe...

The Rise of the Fall

I will stay true to my original purpose on this blog, but I'm currently working on my series of short stories entitled "The Rise of the Fall." These can be found at www.theriseofthefall.blogspot.com

Thy Will Be Done

"Pater noster qui es in caelis:
sanctificetur Nomen Tuum;
adveniat Regnum Tuum;
fiat voluntas Tua,
sicut in caelo, et in terra.
Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie;
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
et ne nos inducas in tentationem;
sed libera nos a Malo."

"Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen."

The thing that most people do not realize as they pray to God is that "thy will be done." This hardly means that everything that you pray for will be granted, but that every prayer is a simple request to God. God's will is ultimately what decides what prayers are granted and not. It takes a lot to realize this simple fact. God's will is the ultimate decider. Thy will be done will always be above self interest.

Church

For those who do not attend church:

I am not here to tell you that you must go to Church, must praise Jesus Christ, and must follow the word of God. Realistically, I would like that very much, but what you do, is your own business. The truth of the situation is simple. Church is awesome... Nothing is quite better than devoting one hour of your life to Jesus Christ, but why only one hour? How many of us are busy? All of us are incredibly busy, but are we too busy for the Lord? Are you too busy to see your friends? Too busy to see you family? God has created the universe. Jesus Christ died so that we could go to Heaven. The least that I can do is devote an hour of my life to him, but I want more. I want to devote at least a quarter of my free time to Jesus Christ. Does this mean that I'm in church everyday? No... I love going to Church everyday, but realistically. I can use the other time reading the Bible or writing. What has God/Jesus Christ/Holy Spirit done for me? Well, what have I done for God?

Believe in the Power of Christ

"And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18

Upon this rock, I build this church and it will never fail. The power of Christ and the Church will never falter. I personally believe in one church. One universal church. I wish we were no longer, Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox,but instead Christians who all followed the same church. The concept behind one church can be derived from this passage as Jesus built his Church through Peter. There are four marks of the Church established by Jesus Christ. These include unity, sanctity, catholicism, and apostolicity. This is often stated through the Nicene Creed as "one holy catholic and apostolic.

"I have other sheep ⁷ that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd." John 10:16

This is Jesus defining one. One God, one church. Just as the sheep need one Shepard there is to be one church.

The words of Christ

5000

5000 is a decently small number, but if I receive 5,000 hits to my blog between now and October 31st, I will write a book.

Trust in God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit (The Holy Trinity)

"When I came to you, brothers and sisters,
proclaiming the mystery of God,
I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom.
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you
except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling,
and my message and my proclamation
were not with persuasive words of wisdom,
but with a demonstration of spirit and power,
so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom
but on the power of God" 1 Cor 2:1-5

Reviewing the Missal for today, I stumbled upon that first quote which begins the section for 1 September 2008. This teaches a great lesson as the missal always does. The teaching of men cannot truly display the power of God. Trust not what a man may teach you, but trust in the word of God, the truth. People should always trust other people, but when people fail them as that happens many times, do not lose trust. Trust in the person may be lost, but you can still have faith in God. When all has left you, God still remains. No one truly ever walks alone, as God always is there, Jesus is always there, the Holy Spirit is always there. Despite the circumstances, the Holy Trinity is always there for every person. Abandoned by your friends, abandoned by your family, NEVER abandoned by the Holy Trinity