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HOLY ROSE NEWSLETTER
MAY 2009
John 3:16 (King James Version)
16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
IF THERE IS ONE CONSTANT IN TRUE LOVE, THEN IT IS THE LOVE GIVEN TO US BY GOD FROM HEAVEN ABOVE. IT IS THE KIND OF LOVE THAT IS A WAY OF LIFE AND NOT JUST A PASSING EMOTION. THERE ARE SOME SOULS, WHO ARE CROSSING OUR PATH AND ARE WITH US FOR A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FULFILL A TASK OR LEARN THROUGH AND WITH THEM ON A MORE OR LESS TEMPORARY BASIS.
THEN, THERE ARE THOSE, WHO ARE CONNECTED WITH US THROUGH ETERNITY. FOR ONE - THERE IS THE ONE SOUL, GOD CHOOSES FOR US AND JOINS US WITH IN HEAVEN TO BECOME ONE DAY ONE IN FLESH ALSO ON EARTH AS HUSBAND OR WIFE.
IF THAT IS THE CASE GOD WILL DETERMINE, WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT THAT ALL THINGS ARE FIT
BEAUTIFULLY, SO THAT THE SHARED PATH CAN BEGIN WITH HIS BLESSINGS AND IN HOLY MATRIMONY. UNTIL THEN HE OFFERS US HIS SHELTER IN VOLUNTARY CELIBACY AND GIVES US TIME TO PURIFY AND TO PREPARE TO LET GO OF OUR EGO, SO THAT WE CAN LEARN TO SERVE HIM AND THE SOUL HE HAS CHOSEN FOR US SELFLESSLY. AS SURRENDER OUR EGO WE MUST ALWAYS, IF WE ARE TO BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS IN THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM ON EARTH.
THERE IS NO DANCE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE DANCE OF LOVE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND IT IS ALSO THE MOST PAINFUL DANCE AT THE SAME TIME - MANY PEOPLE DEPRIVE THEMSELVES OF THE CHANCE TO ENHANCE THEIR SOULS BEFORE ENTERING MARRIAGE AND THEY MISS OUT ON THE PRECIOUS TIME OF COURTING, THE GETTING TO KNOW THE SOUL OF ANOTHER IN THE SILENCE THAT OTHERS DO NOT EVEN NOTICE. IT IS THE DANCE THAT IS BEING DANCED BY TWO SOULS THAT ARE PHYSICALLY STILL SEPARATED BUT WHO ARE ALREADY
TALKING AND IN COMMUNION WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH DREAMS AND THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEIR SYNCHRONICITY IN THEIR ETERNAL FREQUENCIES FOR EACH OTHER - AND YOU CAN TELL, WHEN THE RIGHT SOULS HAVE BEEN JOINED TOGETHER BY GOD, AS THEIR LOVE IS BEING FELT EVEN IN SILENCE AND OVER DISTANCE AND TIME.
THEY MIGHT DANCE IN SILENCE BUT THE SILENCE IS TO THEM THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND TELLING HEAVENLY SYMPHONY FILLED WITH EACH OTHER'S BREATH THAT IS CREATED BY GOD ALSO.
VOLUNTARY CELIBACY IS THE DANCE OF A SOUL WITH GOD DIRECTLY THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND IT IS ONE OF THE RICHEST GIFTS IN THIS PROCESS AS WE ARE LEARNING TO LISTEN AND TO SERVE GOD BY CATERING TO THE VERY NEEDS OF OTHER SOULS AND BY HAVING EMPATHY ON A GRAND SCALE. THE SOULS GOD SENDS OUR WAY IN OUR DAILY LIVES, IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, AT WORK, AT CHURCH, ON THE BUS AND WHEREVER WE GO. SOME SOULS ARE CHOSEN BY GOD TO DEVOUT THEIR LIVES ENTIRELY TO GOD AND THE CHURCH IN VOLUNTARY CELIBACY. OTHERS ARE CHOSEN BY HIM ALSO FOR HOLY MATRIMONY.
IN ORDER TO SERVE GOD AND SOCIETY AND ULTIMATELY WITH CHRIST'S TRUE SPIRIT OF COMPASSION ALSO HIS ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH THAT IS FREE OF
HYPOCRISY AND POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE WE ALL ARE INVITED TO GO ON THIS PATH AND
SURRENDER ALL PRIDE AND EGO ONLY TO BE REWARDED WITH ALL THE RICHES OF HEAVEN IN INFINITE SPIRITUAL GIFTS THAT WE SHARE FREELY WITH OTHERS - AS WE ARE ALL NEXT OF KIN,
AND SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN CHRIST, AND AS SUCH I AM HORRIFIED TO COMMIT THE SLIGHTEST SIN AGAINST MY FAMILY, FRIENDS OR NEIGHBOUR. I TRY TO GIVE MY ALL TO GO THE EXTRA-MILE AND I GAVE MY VOW NOT TO GIVE UP ON THIS HARDEST BUT MOST REWARDING OF COMPASSIONATE LABOUR.
WE ARE ALL ACCEPTED AND REDEEMED BY CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR, WHETHER WE ACCEPT HIS GIFT OR NOT. JESUS HAS THE HIGHEST FORM OF COMPASSIONATE LOVE - HE NEVER EVER LOOKS DOWN ON ANYBODY, AND HE ALWAYS GIVES EVEN THE WORST SINNER ANOTHER CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW HIM. THIS HAS OFTEN BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD AS HIS CAPACITY TO FORGIVE IS SO GREAT THAT WE CANNOT FEEL IT UNLESS WE HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO BE SAVED BY HIS GRACE. THERE IS NO ANGEL MORE HOLY THAN JESUS CHRIST.
HE IS EQUAL WITH GOD, AND ONLY GOD AND JESUS HOLD THE BLUEPRINT FOR CREATION, AND FOR EVERY SINGLE SOUL AND FOR EVERY SINGLE NATION.
HOW OFTEN HAS HIS NAME BEEN ABUSED AND BLAMED AND SHAMED - ALTHOUGH IT IS ONLY CHARGED WITH LOVING-KINDNESS AND GOD'S INFINITE LIGHT?!
HIS PATH IS THAT OF COMPASSION, DIGNITY AND PEACE AND GIVES GLORY AND HONOUR TO GOD.
PEOPLE OFTEN FORGET THAT JESUS ONLY SURRENDERED HIS POWERS THE FIRST TIME ROUND
IN ORDER TO GIVE MANKIND A CHANCE VOLUNTARILY TO SERVE GOD AND IN HOLINESS AND IN VIRTUE TO ENHANCE. AND TO STICK FAITHFULLY BY THE ONE HUSBAND OR WIFE, WHOM GOD SENDS US IN A DREAM AND OF WHOM WE KNOW IT IS THE RIGHT ONE AT LOVE'S FIRST GLANCE.
OR TO SERVE GOD IN THE WAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDES US TOWARDS AND THAT ARE ROOTED IN THE SACRAMENTS THAT ST PAUL DID LAY OUT ALREADY IN THE GOSPEL AFTER JESUS' INSTRUCTIONS.
'IT WOULD, OF COURSE, BE OFTEN MUCH EASIER', AS MY PARISH PRIEST RECENTLY SO BEAUTIFULLY SAID, 'TO SIMPLY STAY IN THE SHELTER OF THE UPPER ROOM AND DWELL ONLY ON THE MYSTERIES OF CHRIST BY STAYING THERE.' BUT WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE AND TO WITNESS TO THE MIRACLES AND MYSTERIES OF CHRIST IN OUR DAILY LIVES, AND TO LEAVE OUR COMFORT ZONE TO THE POINT THAT IT HURTS EVERY DAY - BUT WHAT IS ALL OUR SUFFERING IN COMPARISON TO WHAT CHRIST SUFFERED ON HIS CROSS?!
THE CROSS IS THE ONE CONSTANT IN OUR LIVES THAT WILL STAND AND SEE US THROUGH ALL THE STORMS AND TRAGEDIES AND SIN THAT SURROUNDS US. WE MUST NEVER GIVE UP HOPE, FAITH AND LOVE AND PERSEVERE IN CARRYING OUR CROSS WITH GRACE. WE CAN ONLY DO THAT, WHEN WE TRUST IN GOD AND JESUS TO GIVE US STRENGTH, PERSEVERANCE, GRACE AND CLARITY.
BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PURIFY OURSELVES FIRST BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE NEXT VEIL - AND WE GO THROUGH PHASES, WHERE OUR FAITHFULNESS TO GOD IS BEING TESTED. IT IS THESE PHASES, WHERE WE HAVE TO TRUST BLINDLY THAT ALL WILL BE WELL IN THE END, AS THE PATH OF JESUS ALWAYS, ALWAYS LEADS US FINALLY AND AGAIN TO GOD'S INFINITE LIGHT. HIS MYSTERIOUS WAYS ARE OURS FOR FREE - HE TAKES US BY HIS HAND, IF WE ASK HIM FOR HELP. HE WILL NEVER REFUSE HELP. IT MIGHT NOT BE THE KIND OF HELP AND SUPPORT WE MIGHT HAVE IN MIND OR HAVE ENVISAGED BUT WE MUST TRUST THAT IT IS THE RIGHT ONE.
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IT IS THE RIGHT ONE? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE AS A SMILE'S DIMPLE:
WE CAN FEEL THE LIFE-GIVING EFFECTS - F.EX., IF WE ARE GRIEVING A LOSS OR SEE ONLY OBSTACLES AND NO PROGRESS IN OUR LIVES AND SURRENDER OUR WORRIES AND ANXIETIES AND FEARS TOTALLY TO GOD, HE WILL SEND US THE ANSWER THROUGH HIS BELOVED SON JESUS: 'FOLLOW ME.' AS HE IS THE SHEPHERD OF SHEPHERDS. HE KNOWS ALL HIS SHEEP, EVEN THE BLACKEST ONES. AND HE ALSO KNOWS THEIR HEART AND SOULS AND EVERY SINGLE HAIR ON THEIR BODIES. HE WILL TAKE US TASK FOR ANY SIN WE HAVE COMMITTED BUT HE WILL DO SO ALWAYS IN THE SPIRIT OF FORGIVENESS. THE PUNISHMENT AND PURIFICATION MIGHT NOT BE TO OUR LIKING BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT HE DOES NOT REJECT US, ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A WEAK MOMENT OR PHASE - HE KNOWS US AT OUR LOWEST BUT HE ALSO KNOWS OUR POTENTIAL TO BE A LOVING HUMAN BEING. HE MIGHT GET TOUGH AND FIRM ON PERSISTENT 'OFFENDERS' BUT HE WILL ALWAYS GIVE US A CHANCE TO REACH ETERNAL LIFE IN THE END.
HE WILL NOT LET ANYBODY OFF THE HOOK, WHEN HE OFFICIALLY RETURNS THE SECOND TIME! AS THEN HE WILL ASK EVERYBODY FROM FACE TO FACE, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO BE KIND AND LOVING TO GOD'S CREATION AND TO THE WHOLE OF THE HUMAN RACE! ONLY BECAUSE
EVILDOERS HAVE GOT AWAY WITH SINNING IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT GOD AND JESUS DO NOT SEE AND HEAR EVERYTHING. AND ONE THING IS FOR SURE: HE WILL DO AWAY WITH ANY PATH THAT IS OUTSIDE OF COMPASSION AND EMPATHY AND HUMAN DIGNITY AND JUSTICE AND PEACE.
JUST AS EVERY UNSUNG HERO IS KNOWN TO HEAVEN, SO IS EVERY SINNER. AND SINNERS WE ARE ALL ANYWAY. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD AND SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THOUGHT, WORD AND DEED. AND IN THESE DAYS ONE OF THESE THINGS IS TO DEFEND THE HOLY EUCHARISTIC CREED AND THE APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION AND JESUS' MOST SACRED HEART. AS MUCH BETRAYAL AND HYPOCRISY HAS BEEN INFILTRATING THE ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH ALMOST TO THE POINT THAT CHRIST HAS BEEN REPLACED AS THE CORNERSTONE BY MANY A SECRET SOCIETY THAT IS EVEN NOW PUBLICLY NOT ANYMORE BOTHERED TO CONCEAL THEIR CONSPIRACY.
A WORD OF LAST WARNING FROM CHRIST TO THOSE ERRATIC SOULS: MAKE NO MISTAKE, AS JESUS KNOWS EVERY SINGLE DEMON AND SCREECHING AND FALSELY PREACHING AND HERETICAL TEACHING MANDRAKE IN EVERY CHURCH, WHERE THE DEVIL AND HIS BRIDES HAVE BEEN SECRETLY KEEPING AWAY TRUE WORSHIPPERS FROM THE LURCH. AND HE WILL ASK THEM INDIVIDUALLY - AS HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT HE IS ALSO THE HIGH PRIEST?! - : 'WHY HAVE YOU BETRAYED GOD AND ME AND REFUSED TO TAKE UP YOUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR FULFILLING YOUR HOLY ROLE, AND WHY HAVE YOU REFUSED TO CALL GOD AND ME BY OUR RIGHTFUL NAMES?'
WE ARE ALL CALLED TO LEAD A HOLY LIFE, AND THAT ALSO ENTAILS TO STAY FAITHFUL TO ONE HUSBAND OR WIFE AS THE NUCLEUS OF CREATION AND EVERY SINGLE NATION IS THE FAMILY! AND THAT JESUS WANTS TO BE FOR ETERNITY. AS THAT IS ALSO THE BASIC CONDITION FOR THE ONE HOLY NATION TO LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE, BASIC HUMAN DIGNITY AND HARMONY. BUT HONOUR GOD AND GIVE HIM PRAISE AND GLORY WE MUST. AND IN JESUS I TRUST AS I HAVE SEEN THE LORD. AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE, TOO. SO, IS EVERYBODY READY TO ANSWER HIM NOW FINALLY, TOO?! AS I AM GETTING VERY SAD THAT THERE STILL SEEM TO BE SO FEW, WHO ARE WILLING TO TRULY LIVE AND FOLLOW HIM IN HIS FOOTPRINT. AND IT DOES NOT MATTER, WHICH KIND OF SHOE YOU ARE WEARING, BE IT HIGH HEELS, SECONDHAND OR DESIGNER SHOES (AS LONG AS YOU PAY FOR IT FROM YOUR OWN POCKET AND NOT CLAIM THEM BACK ON ANY MEMBERSHIP FEE IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AS MEMBERSHIP FEES WILL BE ALSO SUBJECT TO ABOLITION IN THE SPIRITUAL CHURCH OF CHRIST ON HIS RETURN).
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR MOTHERS FOR THEIR CONTINUOUS THOUGHTS AND MUTUAL SUPPORT AND HELPING HANDS IN OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE FLOWERS OF THEIR GARDEN FOR OUR LADY'S WREATH TO THE FOOD THEY PROVIDE FOR OUR LUNCHES AND BREAKFASTS
IN CHRIST'S LOVE AND WITH THE BLESSINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. IT IS A JOY TO SEE, HOW MUSTARD SEEDS GROW AND FLOURISH IN THE FORM OF A KIND WORD, PRAYERS AND PILGRIMAGES THAT ARE BEING MADE ON BEHALF OF OTHERS TO RESTORE AND NURTURE WITH GOD'S INFINITE LIGHT AND LOVE ANY VOIDS AND WOUNDS HERE ON EARTH. IT IS IN THE NUMEROUS UNACCOUNTED AND ANONYMOUS GESTURES THAT ARE THE LIVING WORD OF CHRIST THAT WE SEE HIS TRUTH AND HIS PRESENCE AND WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY:
CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED. ALLELUIA. ALLELUIA.
Mother Ziggy Agocsi
Mother Superior
Order of the Holy Rose
Mother Ziggy Agocsi OHR
Mother Superior
Order of the Holy Rose
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