Recipe for Salt dough for modelling

Salt dough

 

This is a very simple but extremely efficient and effective way of modelling instead of clay.

We made Christmas ornaments, crib figures and animals and wreaths and flowers from it.

It is suited for hanging objects or little sculptures.

 

You only need

 

flour

and more cooking salt than you use flour

water

 

If you like to make multi-coloured objects, you can add food colouring, like we did in red and green and white or

you can use in addition or instead a mixture of spices like paprika, nutmeg and cinnamon and cocoa for colouring

and cloves, bayleaves and staranis seed for decoration. I once made characters and wreaths over twenty years ago

and they still look like I made them only yesterday.

 

Simply kneed the flour with the salt and water until the texture gets smooth and soft but still firm. Let it rest for about

an hour and kneed again to let it soften a bit more.

There are the same possibilities with this dough as with clay.

 

Let it bake at a low temperature like ca. 150 / gas 4 for several hours to get the moisture out. The longer it is in the oven

the better.

 

Enjoy! But do not be tempted to eat it...

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Recipe for Eliora's Stollen

.Eliora's Stollen

 

I am always very hands on with ingredients, and rely on the feel of the dough rather than on exact measurements. The dough must rest a lot between kneeding. I left it for a whole night in a warm place to rise, and in fact, divided the dough into two Stollen, and let them rise. The dough should feel soft but will also be heavy through the added dried fruit and the marzipan.

 

800 g plain flour

140 g butter

1.5 teaspoons yeast

250ml lukewarm milk for the yeast

sugar (as much or as little as you want)

fruit peel from oranges, lemons and limes, finely chopped

raisins

ground almonds

Marzipan for the filling

(either readymade or freshly made from ground almonds with rose water and icing sugar)

 

Put the flour into a bowl, and make a mould in the centre. Pour in the lukewarm milk and dissolve the yeast with a small amount of sugar, as in any yeast dough. Stir gently the milk and the yeast and sugar and then cover the bowl with a cloth and put it in a warm place for the yeast to work, roughly for half an hour.

If the yeast has started to create bubbles start to mix the flour and the bubbles with your hands and work the liquid into the flour until it gives a crumbly texture. Then rub in the butter and the sugar and start kneeding. When all is well mixed and starting to look like a dough add the fruity ingredients and the ground almonds.

Leave to rest in a warm place again, and I always kneed about every half hour for as long as possible and then leave it to rise further.

When it feels already softer and has risen, which will happen with every time a bit more you can also add the marzipan chunk by making two halfs of the dough, then sandwich the marzipan in the centre and kneed the upper and bottom half together and spread the dough out a bit more on the buttered tray, so that it is rather flat. It is a very rich cake, so it is wise to have flat slices later, that you cut as thick or as thinly as you like.

 

I leave it over night to rest under the cloth in a warm place, and then let it bake in the oven at about 190 / gas 5 for about 45-50 minutes, if fan assisted, otherwise it might be a bit longer. Just check after fourty minutes with a skewer, whether the dough is still sticky inside.

After baking cover it with icing sugar - let it snow generously.

 

Stollen keeps for quite a long time, so you can make two Stollen from this recipe, one for immediate eating, one to keep or to give as a present.

 

 

 

 

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What is in a Name?

WHAT IS IN A NAME?


WHAT IS IN NAME? SOMETIMES IT IS ATTACHED
TO FAME, OR HISTORIAL BLAME OR POSTHUMOUSLY SHAME,
RIGHTLY SO OR UNJUST - AND TO KNOW GOD'S NAMES AND JESUS'
TITLES IN HEAVEN AND TO KISS HIS KINGLY ROBE'S HEM ARE
A MUST, AS ONLY IN HEAVEN ARE HOLY CROWNS AND TITLES AND
NAMES BESTOWED THAT DO NOT SHOW ON EARTH IN RICHES
BUT IN NOBILITY OF SPIRIT AND HOLINESS OF THE SOUL BY
FULFILLING IN UTMOST OBEDIENCE AND HUMILITY AND IN PURITY
ONE'S GOD-GIVEN ROLE.

SOMETIMES A NAME REVEALS THE TRUE COLOUR, OR A PROFESSION,
AND SOMETIMES A DARK SECRET BEST SUITED FOR AN EVEN POSTHUMOUSLY
URGENT CONFESSION TO EMPTY ONE'S CONSCIENCE AND THE SPACE ONE
HAS THROUGH MAN'S HANDS CREATED, WHEN ONE IS AN ARCHITECT OF CHURCHES, WHO THROUGH THEIR FREEMASON AND WHATNOT SECRET SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP HAVE INVITED THE DEVIL AND THE ANTI-CHRIST, WHO CAN ALSO BE THE GOLDEN COW OR CALF OR BABYLONIAN WHORE, INTO THE LURCHES.

SOMETIMES A NAME RHYMES WITH THE DEVIL'S GAMBLING DEN OR NICER WITH A MOTHER HEN CHIMES, BUT SOMETIMES THE RHYME GOES WITH CROOK(E) AND WHOSE BEARERS WERE ACTUALLY WORSHIPPING SECRETLY THE GOLDEN COW OR CALF AND MANY A PRIEST OR NUN IN DISGUISE HID IN ALLOCATED SPACES IN THEIR CRYPTS  MANY A HOLY SOUL'S BODY OR IN PARTS AFTER THEIR RITUAL DEMISE, AND THAT UNHOLY STORY NOT ONLY IN THE EARLY CHURCH STARTS BUT ALREADY IN THE FIRST TEMPLE, AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY NEVER TO GOD'S GLORY.

AS SOMEBODY SECRETLY WORSHIPPING THE DEVIL OR THE BABYLONIAN WHORE, THE GOLDEN COW AND HER CALF, AND CHOPPING UP MANY A BODY PART AND SCELETON EVEN OF THE HOLY FAMILY EN GALORE, INCLUDING JESUS ETERNAL BELOVED OTHER HALF, MARY MAGDALA, AND THAT ENCORE AND ENCORE AND ENCORE IS NOT EXACTLY HOLY.

AND THAT HAPPENED OVER AND AGAIN IN MANY INCARNATIONS AND TO THIS VERY DAY IN BLACK MASSES THESE DEATHBRINGERS INITIATE MANY GENERATIONS OF FREEMASONS AND SATANISTS AND WHATNOT HERETICS, AND THEY ARE DOING THIS RIGHT UNDER THE FAITHFULS' NOSE IN MANY A PARISH, WITH THE INTENT THROUGH A CORRUPTED VERSION OF THE LITURGY INCANTATIONS TO RID THEIR EDIFICES WITH ALL THEIR VICES OF HOLY SOULS, SO THAT THE TRUE CATHOLICS, WHO ARE BASICALLY UNIVERSAL IN CHRIST'S SPIRITUAL CHURCH MAY PERISH FOREVERMORE,

SO THAT THE TRAITORS AND PERPETRATORS CAN AS A CLOSED MEMBERSHIP SOCIETY MOCK CHRIST AND HIS HOLY FAMILY STARTING WITH THE NATIVITY AND PLEASE THEMSELVES AND PLAY IN DESECRATED ROBES IN DISGUISE OF A PRIEST AND NUN THE DEVIL AND HIS BABYLONIAN WHORE.

MANY LAYMEN THINK THIS IS FICTION BUT ON THE OTHER HAND PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CHURCH DOOR, WHO HAVE ONCE DEVOUTLY WORSHIPPED KNEELING EVEN ON THE HARD FLOOR, KNOW OR SENSE THE SAD TRUTH THAT HAS CAUSED A HUGE ALMOST UNRESOLVABLE FRICTION. BUT THEN, GOD HAS GIVEN US FREE CHOICE NOT TO BEHAVE LIKE SPIRITUAL PUS, AND IN THE END, WHICH IS ALMOST NOW, JESUS WILL SIMPLY DEMAND HIS FIRSTBORN RIGHT AMONGST THE ANGELS AND ASK ALL REMAINING FAITHFUL TO SHINE TOGETHER UNDER HIS COMMAND SUDDENLY IN ONE VOICE AND IN THE HEAVENLY FREQUENCY OF HIS ETERNAL AND INFINITE LIGHT'S SYMPHONY THE HOLY FAMILY WILL UNITED IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD  THROUGH HIS LIVING WORD'S REALITY GLOW.

AS WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE TRUTH AND TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND WE WILL NOT ON GOD'S NAME TRAMPLE. THE HOLY TRUTH AND ITS MAN-MADE CORRUPTION IS SIMPLY BEING REVEALED AND SO THE EVIL WILL PERISH AND WHAT IS LEFT OF THE EARTH BE HEALED.

ELIORA MEANS GOD IS MY LIGHT AND IT IS JESUS' TRUE MIGHT TO PIERCE THOSE, WHO COMMIT HIGH TREASON AGAINST HIM, GOD'S MOST HOLY ROSE,
IN THEIR INNERMOST HEARTS OF STONE AND TO DO AWAY ONCE AND FOR ALL WITH THEIR EGYPTIAN CONE, ESPECIALLY, WHEN THESE ARE CROWNING THE HEAD OF A JUDAS ORDAINED PRIESTLY DRONE.

NO UNHOLY FIGHT HE NEEDS, JUST THE HOLY TRUTH AND THE ERASURE OF ALL HERETICAL CREEDS TO LET THE SANDCASTLES CRUMBLE AND TO STOP THE UNHUMBLE MUMBLE OF BLASPHEMY AND MOCKERY OF PAST AND PRESENT CHURCH AND WORLDLY HIERARCHY AND TO SET STRAIGHT ALSO THE RECORDS OF HISTORY -

AND ONLY TO GOD'S GLORY AS THE END RESULT AS GOD AND JESUS HAVE HAD ENOUGH FOR ALL TIMES OF THIS WORSE THAN SODOM AND GOMORRHA INSULT AND ACCUMULATION OF INFINITE FILTH AND GRIMES AND EVIL SNAKE'S TRAILS OF SLIMES.

AND IF YOU ARE A FREEMASON OR WHATNOT HERETICAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR, THEN BE ASSURED THAT SOON A GOD-LOVING INCORRUPTABLE TAX INSPECTOR MAY IN JESUS' NAME SECRETLY AND IN THE WORLDLY AGENCY'S AUTHORITY OFFICIALLY ALSO SURPRISINGLY KNOCK ON THY DOOR,
AND CALL IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR HELP -

TO LOOK UNDER YOUR AND MANY A CHURCH FLOOR CAREFULLY, AS YOU HAVE FOR THE LONGEST TIME CHOPPED UP OR DRIVEN SECRETLY PRETENDING TO ASSIST IN A FUNERAL THAT WAS REALLY AN UNHOLY OVERALL, MURDERED BODIES AND PARTS ON ORDER BY MANY A PSEUDO-RELIGIOUS MONEY AND PROPERTY HORDER IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

WE IN THE HOLY FAMILY FOCUS REALLY ON ETERNAL LIFE, INCLUDING THAT OF JESUS' CHILDREN AND HIS  BELOVED ETERNAL WIFE MARY MAGDALA, AND WITH GOD'S HELP, AND WITH THE AUTHORITY AND ORDER OF JEJA, EL SHADDAI, EL ELJON, JEHOVAH, THEY WILL THIS TIME NOT DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A SINGLE SOUND UTTERED, AFTER BEING SHOT BY A CORRUPT NUN OR PRIEST, WHO ONLY EVER LITURGY MUTTERED WITH A SMITH AND WESSON;

AS JESUS HAS LANDED ON THE GROUND TO FIT ALL THINGS THAT HAVE THROUGH YOU SOMEWHERE HIDDEN STRANDED, INCLUDING HIS WEDDING RINGS, AND HE IS ALREADY PUTTING ALL WRONG RIGHT.

AND YOU WILL SOON KNOW, WHAT HE IN MANY A MUTLI-NATIONAL MONASTERY OR CASTLE IMPERIUM
UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS AND THE TILES FOUND.
YOU BETTER GO NOW FOR CONFESSION WITHOUT ANY SECOND THOUGHT ON CONCESSION AND TO A RIGHTEOUS AND FAITHFUL HOLY PRIEST, WHOM GOD HAS PLACED STRATEGICALLY ALL ALONG ALSO IN THESE CHURCHES TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECTS OF THE ANTI-CHRIST IN THE LURCHES AND WHO DEFEND PEACEFULLY BUT FIRMLY WITH THEIR LIVES AGAINST THE LIKES OF THEE, WHO INTEND TO KILL HOLY SOULS WITH A RITUAL KNIFE, THE HOLY EUCHARISTIC FEAST;

AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT EVEN THE WORST SINNER BECOMES AGAIN PURE, AS THEY ARE CHRIST'S REPRESENTATIVES ON EARTH, AND THEY CAN, IF IT COMES TO THE WORST, ALSO DO SO FROM SOMEBODY'S HUMBLE KITCHEN HEARTH AND THEY ARE THE WORLD'S BEST COUNSELLORS, SPIRITUAL TEACHERS AND PREACHERS SENT DIRECTLY FROM HEAVEN, AND WHO SIMPLY NULLIFY THE LAME GAME OF A DRUID'S ON BEHALF OF THE DEVIL BLACK RAVEN FROM SELF-APPOINTED AND JUDAS PRIEST ANOINTED FEMALE SPIRITUAL PUS AUTHORITY AND WILL IN THE END GIVE ONLY CHRIST JESUS ALL THE DUE FAME;

AND THROUGH HIS SACRAMENTAL PURIFYING FLAME HE HIMSELF WILL THROUGH THEM REMOVE FROM HIS AND HIS HOLY FAMILY'S NAME ALL THE WRONG SHAME. AND IF YOU ARE BEING WIPED OUT BY HIM FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE, THEN YOU HAVE ONLY YOURSELF TO BLAME BECAUSE YOU STILL DO NOT REGRET TO USE AGAINST GOD AND HIS BELOVED SON JESUS BEGET A RITUAL KNIFE AND WON'T ACCEPT MARY MAGDALA AS HIS BELOVED ONE AND ONLY WIFE, BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS AND AGAIN DEFENDED HIS PATH OF LOVE FREE OF WRATH.

YOU ONLY EVER USE YOUR FREE CHOICE TO HATE GOD AND JESUS AND HIS HOLY FAMILY OVER THE BRIM AND TO SCREECH EVEN THE HYMNS AND PSALMS AND THE GOOD NEWS WITH YOUR VOICE, SO THAT PAIN IS CRAWLING UP THE SPINE OF THE FAITHFUL IN THE PEWS FROM YOUR MISERY AND UNMELODIC REFRAIN.

GOOD RIDDANCE, I SAY, GO BACK INTO THE CLAY, IF YOU SO WANT, WITH YOUR SPIRITUAL ROLY-POLY NOISE AND YOUR PURPOSEFUL LACK OF HOLY POISE IN CHRIST'S SPIRITUAL CHURCH. BUT WE PRAY FOR THEE THAT YOU MAY COME BACK, IF YOU DO NO LONGER IN UTMOST OBEDIENCE, HUMILITY AND PURITY LACK AND LEAD A LIFE FREE OF SIN AGAINST YOUR NEXT OF KIN, IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WITHOUT SELFISH AMENDMENTS.

I AM SURE JESUS MAKES A NICE SHAPE AND SIZE FROM YOU EVENTUALLY, AND WHEN YOU ARE THROUGH THAT PROCESS IN HIS HANDS, THEN EVERYBODY HIS ETERNAL POWER UNDERSTANDS THAT ONLY EVER IN UTMOST LOVINGKINDNESS, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, ALSO IN UTMOST FIRMNESS AND FATHERLY AUTHORITY, FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD OF EVERY SOUL BRINGS FORTH THE MOST LOVING, KIND AND GENTLE FAMILY GENE STRANDS.

AS HE HOLDS ALONE WITH GOD IN THE HOLY TRINITY THE BLUEPRINT OF CREATION, AND HE HAS CLAIMED FOR HIMSELF NOW AS THE MOST LOWLY SERVANT THE ONE HOLY NATION.
CHRISTUS REX, HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY KING AND LORD AND GOD AND I AM IN UTMOST OBEDIENCE AND HUMILITY AS ELIORA HIS INFINITE LIGHT'S ROD, AND WE PRAY THAT INTO THE MOST LOVING ANGEL AGAIN TRANSFORMS EVEN THE MOST SPITEFUL AND DEVILISH UNFORGIVING AND SELFISH EASTEND-SOD.

ANNO DOMINI 28TH DECEMBER 

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A WORD - Some thoughts on Christmas

A WORD -
some thoughts on Christmas

KNOCK, KNOCK, CHRIST JESUS
IS LIVING IN US
JUST AROUND THE BLOCK -
CAN I HAVE A WORD? AS I AM NOT
REALLY SPIRITUAL PUS BUT EVEN WALK
TO SAVE THE FARE ON THE BUS, AS ALSO
BAREFEET WALKED ONCE THE HIGHEST AND MOST LOVING SHEPHERD.


TODAY IS ONLY THE SECOND DAY AFTER THE CELEBRATION OF CHRIST'S BIRTH AND PEOPLE ALREADY SEEM TO HAVE PUT CHRISTMAS BEHIND THEM. THE SUITCASES ARE PACKED AGAIN WITH PRESENTS RECEIVED AND GONE WITH THE ONES MOST WILL PAY FOR FOR THE REST OF THE NEXT YEAR. SOME HAVE ALREADY EXCHANGED THEIR UNDESIRED PRESENTS FOR SOMETHING ELSE ON BOXING DAY IN THE SHOPS, OR WERE BARGAIN HUNTING WITHOUT GIVING A SECOND THOUGHT ON THE NATIVITY. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE REALITY IN OUR WESTERN SOCIETY, AND I WAS IN TEARS YESTERDAY, WHEN I SAW PEOPLE ARGUING OVER BARGAINS, LITERALLY BOXING EACH OTHER ON BOXING DAY TO BE THE FIRST AT THE SHOP, AND WAS JUST STANDING IN A CROWDED STREET SINGING TO GOD'S AND JESUS' PRAISE. PEOPLE TURNED ROUND, WHEN THEY HEARD ME SINGING JESUS' NAME AND 'ALLELUIA'. SOME SMILED, SOME WERE EMBARASSED, AND SOME LOOKED, AS IF I HAD REMINDED THEM OF SOME REMOTE PLACE IN THEIR HEARTS THAT THEY WERE CAUGHT OUT IN THROUGH MY SINGING. A PLACE THAT THEY CRAVE TO LIVE IN BUT ARE TOO SCARED TO COMMIT TO, AS IT INVOLVES TO GIVE UP THEIR EGOS.

I HAD ALSO SOME INTERESTING BUT AT THE SAME TIME SHOCKING CONVERSATIONS OVER CHRISTMAS, AS THEY REVEALED THAT EVEN CHURCHGOERS AND THOSE, WHO CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS PICK AND MIX, WHAT THEY BELIEVE OF THE BIBLE, IF THEY EVEN HAVE READ IT AT SOME POINT AND MOST THINK THE NATIVITY IS A NICE SENTIMENTAL STORY THAT GIVES AN EXCUSE TO PUT THE TURKEY INTO THE OVEN OR THE GOOSE OR WHATEVER THEY LIKE TO EAT ON CHRISTMAS.

MOST SHRUG THEIR SHOULDERS AT THE MENTION, HOW IT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR THIS HOLY FAMILY TO BE ON THE RUN, WITH AN EXPECTANT MOTHER WORRIED, WHERE SHE WILL GIVE BIRTH TO HER FIRSTBORN BABY THAT IS ALREADY UNDER THREAT FROM ALL SORTS OF POWERS AND PRINCIPALITIES OF HIS TIME. NOT TO SPEAK OF THE PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT THE VIRGIN MOTHER MARY MUST HAVE FELT, EVEN ON A DONKEY OR BY FOOT. ADMITTEDLY, SOME WILL SAY, IN EVEN LESS FORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES, AT LEAST, SHE FOUND A STABLE TO GIVE BIRTH IN AND DID NOT HAVE TO BRING HER SON INTO THE WORLD IN A STREET OR SURROUNDED ONLY BY THOSE, WHO ARE OUT TO KILL THEIR NEIGHBOURS.

IT IS VERY SAD THAT SO FEW REALLY AND TRULY WANT TO EVEN BE REMINDED OF THE HARDSHIP THAT THE HOLY FAMILY ENCOUNTERED AS IT MAGNIFIES THE MIRACLE AND THE INFINITE LIGHT OF ITS MYSTERY ALL THE MORE. CHRIST WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM WITH ONLY A FEW FAITHFUL MEMBERS OF A PERSIAN SECT, THE MAGI, BELIEVING TRULY IN HIM AND IN THE SIGNS THAT THEY HEARD AND SAW AND FOLLOWED. THEY PERSEVERED IN THEIR SEARCH TO FIND THE BABY JESUS CHRIST, THEIR LORD AND KING AND GOD.

IT WAS THEIR SIMPLE FAITH THAT ENDURES TO THIS VERY DAY AND THE LEGACY OF CHRIST'S WONDERFUL SACRAMENT FOR THE MEMORIAL OF HIS PASSION THAT LATER FOLLOWED. ALL HIS LIFE, FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD TO HIS DEATH HE WAS UNDER PERMANENT THREAT AND THEY OFTEN HAD AT TIMES EVEN TO HIDE OR AT LEAST TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO GIVE AWAY, WHO HE REALLY WAS, AND WAS THE HOLY PURPOSE OF HIS SOUL WAS. OF COURSE, HE WAS LIKE ANY OTHER GIFTED AND BLESSED CHILD OFTEN SUBJECT TO JEALOUSY, CRUELTY AND HUMILIATION AND OF BEING MISUNDERSTOOD BY SO MANY, EVEN IN HIS OWN FAMILY, AND SO AT TIMES HE LATER USES HARSH WORDS AGAINST HIS NEXT OF KIN AS THEY DID NOT ALWAYS AGREE TO ALL HIS RADICAL GOD-GIVEN THOUGHTS AND DEEDS.

EVEN TO THIS VERY DAY PEOPLE SIMPLY SHRUG THEIR SHOULDERS AND SHAKE THEIR HEADS, WHEN  WE TALK ABOUT SHARING FREELY, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN FREELY. BUT THAT IS EXACTLY CHRIST'S LEGACY TO US.
HE BECAME MAN, AND SHARED ALL HIS GIFTS WITH THOSE FREELY, WHO BELIEVED IN HIM. HE BECAME OUR TABERNACLE OF GOD'S LOVE AND WISDOM IN THE WORLD, SO THAT WE ALL EVENTUALLY CAN PURIFY AND BECOME LIKE GOD. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF HIS INCARNATION.
HE BECAME FLESH TO LEAD US TO GODLINESS, TO HOLINESS IN OUR LIVES FOR THE SAKE OF OUR SOULS' ETERNAL LIFE.

GOD'S WORD BECAME FLESH IN CHRIST JESUS TO BREATHE LIFE INTO OUR BONES THROUGH EVERY SINGLE SOUND THAT IS BEING GIVEN TO US, WHEN WE PRAY, WHEN WE WRITE AND SING AND SPEAK THE WORDS THAT OUR SAVIOUR AND LORD AND MASTER JESUS CHRIST LATER TAUGHT US AND WITH WHICH HE STILL FEEDS US IN OUR HEARTS WITH HIS VOICE, IF WE CARE TO LISTEN. WE MUST NOT IGNORE ANY OF HIS WORDS, NOT A SINGLE ONE THAT HE GIVES TO US AND WE ARE CALLED TO PURIFY EVERMORE AND TO PERSEVERE AND SHOW THE SAME CONSTANCY AND CONSISTENCY THAT HE LIVED AS OUR EXAMPLE - IN OUR WORDS, THOUGHTS AND DEEDS  TO ERADICATE SIN AND TO SHOW COMPASSION AND LOVINGKINDNESS TO OUR NEIGHBOURS, JUST AS HE DID.

AND EVEN IN THE WOMB HE GAVE TO PEOPLE THIS JOY OF ANTICIPATION OF THE WORLD TO COME, WHEN MARY VISITED THE EXPECTING ELIZABETH, AND HER OWN SON RECOGNIZED IN HER WOMB HIS COUSIN AND MESSIAH.
THE MESSENGER AND THE MESSIAH BOTH WERE CONNECTED IN HEAVEN, THEN IN THE WOMBS OF THEIR  MOTHERS AND LATER ON EARTH AND IN HEAVEN AGAIN FOR ETERNITY. THEY ARE ALWAYS LINKED AND GIVE CONSTANTLY JOY, THE SMALL JOYS THAT COME FROM GOD'S UNDYING AND INFINITE LOVE FOR US MEN AND FOR OUR SALVATION. IT IS THIS LOVE THAT SO FEW SEEM TO KNOW AND THAT IS WHY THEY DO NOT DESIRE IT BUT ARE AFRAID OF IT, AS IT IS OF A DIMENSION THAT IS ALSO INFINITE AND ALL-ENCOMPASSING AND DEMANDING ALL FROM US, OUR WHOLE LIVES AND ALL THAT WE ARE. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY THAN TO SERVE GOD OBEDIENTLY AND IN UTMOST HUMILITY AND WITH NO BITTERNESS ATTACHED BUT IN TOTAL FAITH, HOPE AND TRUST.

ONLY THOSE, WHO LOVE GOD WITH ALL THEIR HEART AND ALL THEIR SOUL AND ALL THAT THEY ARE WILL BE ABLE TO LOVE LIKE JESUS DOES - SELFLESSLY AND FAITHFULLY AND FREE OF SIN. HE HAS BEEN BETRAYED BY MANY, INCLUDING HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS ON MANY OCCASIONS, BUT HE GIVES THEM MANY, MANY A CHANCE IN HOLINESS TO ENHANCE THROUGH HIS OWN EXAMPLE AND THAT OF THOSE, HE TRUSTED AND COULD RELY ON TOTALLY . ONLY VERY FEW. THE QUESTION IS FOR US: ARE WE PART OF THE FEW OR NOT. OR IS YOUR LIMIT REACHED THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO FOLLOW HIM UNQUESTIONINGLY. AS RIGHT NOW HIS SPIRITUAL CHURCH IS IN DIRE
STRAITS AND NEEDS EVERY SINGLE SOUL TO ANSWER THEIR CALL AND TO FULFILL THEIR HOLY ROLE AND TO SHINE OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH DOOR IN OUR EVERY DAY LIVES IN HIS INFINITE LIGHT.

WE MUST BE READY TO FOLLOW HIM WITHOUT DOUBT AND GIVE UP OUR SELFISH WAYS AND STAND UP TO THOSE, WHO TRY TO SABOTAGE THE CHURCH AND ITS HOLY SACRAMENTS. THE CHURCH HAS BEEN FOR FAR TOO LONG TAKEN OVER BY THOSE, WHO TRY TO BRING IN THE DEVIL FROM THE LURCH IN MANY QUESTIONS AND ON MANY ASPECTS AND WHEN I LISTEN TO PEOPLE I ALWAYS AND AGAIN HEAR THE SAME SAD STORIES OF ABUSE, OF UNFRIENDLY CLIQUES IN CHURCH HALLS AND IN THE PEW THAT KEEP THE FAITHFUL CATHOLICS RATHER OUT OF GOD'S HOUSES, THAT HAVE BEEN DESECRATED TO SECRET WITCHES' COVENS AND FREEMASON TEMPLES AT NIGHT.

WHOSOEVER FOOLS HIMSELF INTO THINKING THAT  EASTERN TECHNIQUES LIKE YOGA AND EGYPTIAN SYMBOLS OR JAPANESE KANJI WITH A FAKE CHRISTIAN STORY IN REIKI ARE HARMLESS AND COMPETIBLE WITH CHRIST'S TEACHINGS SHOULD MAYBE REREAD HIS TEACHINGS, WHERE HE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST PAGAN RITUALS AND SPIRITUAL WARFARE. NOT TO MENTION MONASTERIES, WHO HAVE TURNED INTO MARKETPLACES THAT EVEN FOR A LOT OF MONEY AND HIGH FEES TEACH PAGAN METHODS AS BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND USE NUMEROLOGY, ENEAGRAMMS AND THE LIKES. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE MYSTERIES OF CHRIST, OF HIS SACRAMENTS AND SIMPLE PRAYER?!

IS THAT NOT ENOUGH ANYMORE? IN FACT - HAS IT EVER BEEN AT THE HEART OF EVEN SOME IN THE EARLY CHURCH, WHO TRIED TO SABOTAGE CHRIST'S SPIRITUAL CHURCH AS THEY WERE THE DISCIPLES OF JUDAS AND WHO PASS DOWN THEIR OWN SET OF BELIEFS TO THIS VERY DAY IN THEIR APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION. THE SIGNATURES OF BOTH - THE FAITHFUL AND THE BETRAYING APOSTLES ARE VERY CLEAR FOR EVEN LITTLE HOLY CHILDREN AND INCREASINGLY ALSO FOR LAYPEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CHURCH TO RECOGNISE. AS THE LATEST GENERATION OF NEW PRIESTS DOES NOT EVEN SEEM TO HAVE THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MASS AND LITURGY, THEIR VOICES ARE MOSTLY VERY AMATEURISH AND INSUFFICIENTLY TRAINED, BUT THEIR ARROGANCE IS ALREADY ACQUIRED BEFORE THEIR VOWS THAT THEY ALSO BETRAY IN MANY WAYS, AS THE BAD FRUITS OF IMPOSED CELIBACY THAT IS NOT FROM GOD AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTEAD EXCHANGED FOR HOLY MATRIMONY ARE ONLY TOO EVIDENT IN TOO MANY CASES.

NOT TO MENTION THE LONG HISTORY OF PURPOSEFUL SECRET ILLEGITIMATE RELATIONSHIPS TO ENSURE POWER AND INFLUENCE IN WORLDLY AS WELL AS IN CHURCH CIRCLES AND MONARCHIES. THOSE, WHO HAVE MADE THEIR PACT WITH THE DEVIL ARE VERY OBVIOUS THESE DAYS, AS THEY FEEL SAFE ENOUGH TO SHOW A TRIUMPHANT AND ARROGANT APPROACH OR A FALSE HUMILITY AND FAKE OBEDIENCE THAT ONLY EXISTS IN WORD BUT IS NEVER FOLLOWED UP BY DEEDS. THE SPIRITUAL DEAD DO NOT SEEM TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE WALKING DEAD IN SOCIETY AND SO CAN ONLY EVER HEAR AND SEE THE OTHER DEAD AND ARE NOT HEARING THE LIVING WORD AND CANNOT SEE THE BEAUTY OF GOD.

FOR THEM ONLY PRAYER IS LEFT AND CHRIST'S JUDGMENT WILL FIND FOR THEM THEIR WAY TO GOD FOR THEIR SOULS' ULTIMATE HIGHEST GOOD, AND IF THEY HAVE SOLD THEIR SOULS FOR ETERNITY TO THE DEVIL, WELL, EVEN HE DOES ONLY HAVE POWER ON EARTH AS THIS IS OUR PRESENT HELL, WHERE EVEN CORRUPTED AND CURSED IS MANY A CHURCH BELL.

BY THE WAY, NOT ALL IS BAD IN THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM ON EARTH, AS I AM PLEASED TO SAY, ON A POSITIVE NOTE, THAT IN MY OWN PARISH WE HAD MORE STRANGERS THAN OUR OWN AT OUR CHRISTMAS TABLE AND WE COOKED AND SERVED FOOD AND WINE FOR FREE FOR MANY, MANY PEOPLE, WHO WERE ALL COMING FROM NEAR AND FAR TO CELEBRATE THE CHRIST-MASS, AND THE BLESSING OF THE CRIB, WHICH WE DID AFTER A BEAUTIFUL AND INTIMATE PROCESSION.

THIS YEAR MANY HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS OR ARE IN DANGER TO AND SO OUR PARISH PRIEST FOUND A WONDERFUL WAY TOGETHER WITH THE VERGER TO MAKE POSSIBLE THROUGH A BOOK STALL, TO WHICH A PUBLISHER CONTRIBUTED NEW BOOKS TO ACQUIRE SOME NICE PRESENTS THAT AFTER BEING READ WILL BE REDONATED AND WILL HELP TO FINANCE OTHER PROJECTS FOR THE NEEDY. WE ALSO MADE A LOT OF OUR PRESENTS OURSELVES AND MADE ALMOST ALL CHRISTMAS CARDS OURSELVES, WHICH PEOPLE LOVED.

FOR THE FIRST TIME WE MADE OUR VERY OWN CRIB AT HOME FROM A CARDBOARD BOX COVERED WITH LINNEN AND WITH SACK CLOTH. I HAD ALSO FOUND A CHOPPED UP CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE FLOWER MARKET THAT WAS ABANDONED AND I RESCUED THE BRANCHES AND THE TREE TRUNK, AND USED THEM FOR THE CRIB.

THE CRYPT WAS BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED AND EVERYBODY TALKED TO EVERYBODY AND FELT AT HOME IN GOD'S HOUSE. SO, WE DID HAVE A LOVELY CHRISTMAS IN OUR CHURCH FAMILY INDEED. AND AFTER MASS ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND OUR RECEPTION WITH MINCE PIES AND SHERRY WE TOOK DOWN THE DECORATIONS AND I CARRIED THE DONATED HELIUM FILLED GOLDEN STARS AND RED SPARKLY BALLOONS IN  A HUGE BUNCH THROUGH THE STREETS AND HANDED SOME OUT, AND I STOPPED COUNTING THE SMILING FACES WE SAW AND WHO WISHED US A MERRY CHRISTMAS, WHEN SEEING THE WALKING BALLOONS IN THE CITY OF LONDON.
NOW THEY ARE SHINING BRIGHTLY ON THE BALCONY OF THE HOLY ROSE UNTIL WE WILL RELEASE THEM AT EPIPHANY.

MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THEM AND RECOGNIZE THE STAR - AND A SMILE TO A STRANGER OFTEN GOES A VERY LONG WAY INDEED. THE SMILES OF THESE SOULS, WHO FELT SUDDENLY EMPOWERED TO SAY PUBLICLY 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' AS THE SHEER SIZE OF THE CHRISTMAS BALLOONS WAS SO PRESENT THAT  POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WENT UP INTO THE AIR WITH THE WAVING BALLOONS SENDING OUT THE MESSAGE 'CHRIST IS BORN TODAY'.

I PRAY THAT EVERY SINGLE SOUL ON THIS EARTH RETURNS HOME TO GOD ON JESUS' PATH, AND IT IS UP TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, TO MAKE THIS PATH A LIVING REALITY IN OUR LIVES, IN WORD, THOUGHT AND DEED AS ONLY THROUGH OUR OWN EXAMPLE CAN WE PROVE TO OUR NEIGHBOURS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE AND THE WAY TO THE FATHER THROUGH THE SON, WHO TEACHES US TO LIVE, WHAT WE SAY, AND TO ABIDE BY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TO COUNTERACT THE SODOM AND GOMORRHA THAT WE ARE SURROUNDED BY. IT IS DOWN TO EVERY SINGLE SOUL TO NURTURE OUR SURROUNDINGS WITH CHRIST'S LIVING WORD BUT WE MUST ALSO NOT FEED PEARLS UNTO SWINES, WHEN THEY PURPOSEFULLY MOCK AND BLASPHEME GOD AND THAT PERSISTENTLY,
AS FOR GOD'S ENEMIES AND FOR THOSE, WHO FROM JESUS' PATH STRAY WE SIMPLY PRAY.


I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS ANNO DOMINI MMIX.

GOD BLESS THEE!

Mother Ziggy (Eliora)

Mother Sigrid (Ziggy) Agocsi
Mother Superior OHR
Order of the Holy Rose
An Anglican-Catholic Order in affiliation with Bishop Ralph Napierski
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Your daily bread: The Nativity of the Lord / Christmas

December 25, 2009

The Nativity of the Lord Christmas Mass at Midnight

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Reading 1
Is 9:1-6

The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom
a light has shone.
You have brought them abundant joy
and great rejoicing,
as they rejoice before you as at the harvest,
as people make merry when dividing spoils.
For the yoke that burdened them,
the pole on their shoulder,
and the rod of their taskmaster
you have smashed, as on the day of Midian.
For every boot that tramped in battle,
every cloak rolled in blood,
will be burned as fuel for flames.
For a child is born to us, a son is given us;
upon his shoulder dominion rests.
They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero,
Father-Forever, Prince of Peace.
His dominion is vast
and forever peaceful,
from David's throne, and over his kingdom,
which he confirms and sustains
by judgment and justice,
both now and forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this!

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 96: 1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13

(Lk 2:11)  Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord.
Sing to the LORD a new song;
   sing to the LORD, all you lands.
Sing to the LORD; bless his name.
Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord.
Announce his salvation, day after day.
    Tell his glory among the nations;
    among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.
Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord.
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
   let the sea and what fills it resound;
   let the plains be joyful and all that is in them!
Then shall all the trees of the forest exult.
Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord.
They shall exult before the LORD, for he comes;
   for he comes to rule the earth.
He shall rule the world with justice
   and the peoples with his constancy. Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord.

Reading II
Ti 2:11-14

Beloved:
The grace of God has appeared, saving all
and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires
and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age,
as we await the blessed hope,
the appearance of the glory of our great God
and savior Jesus Christ,
who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness
and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good.

Gospel
Lk 2:1-14

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus
that the whole world should be enrolled.
This was the first enrollment,
when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town.
And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth
to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem,
because he was of the house and family of David,
to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
While they were there,
the time came for her to have her child,
and she gave birth to her firstborn son.
She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger,
because there was no room for them in the inn.

Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields
and keeping the night watch over their flock.
The angel of the Lord appeared to them
and the glory of the Lord shone around them,
and they were struck with great fear.
The angel said to them,
"Do not be afraid;
for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy
that will be for all the people.
For today in the city of David
a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord.
And this will be a sign for you:
you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes
and lying in a manger."
And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel,
praising God and saying:
"Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests."

December 25, 2009

The Nativity of the Lord Christmas Mass at Dawn

Reading 1
Is 62:11-12

See, the LORD proclaims
to the ends of the earth:
say to daughter Zion,
your savior comes!
Here is his reward with him,
his recompense before him.
They shall be called the holy people,
the redeemed of the LORD,
and you shall be called "Frequented," a city that is not forsaken.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12

A light will shine on us this day: the Lord is born for us.
The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
   let the many isles be glad.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
   and all peoples see his glory.
A light will shine on us this day: the Lord is born for us.
Light dawns for the just;
   and gladness, for the upright of heart.
Be glad in the LORD, you just,
   and give thanks to his holy name. A light will shine on us this day: the Lord is born for us.

Reading II
Ti 3:4-7

Beloved:
When the kindness and generous love
of God our savior appeared,
not because of any righteous deeds we had done
but because of his mercy,
He saved us through the bath of rebirth
and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
whom he richly poured out on us
through Jesus Christ our savior,
so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.

Gospel
Lk 2:15-20

 When the angels went away from them to heaven,
the shepherds said to one another,
"Let us go, then, to Bethlehem
to see this thing that has taken place,
which the Lord has made known to us."
So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph,
and the infant lying in the manger.
When they saw this,
they made known the message
that had been told them about this child.
All who heard it were amazed
by what had been told them by the shepherds.
And Mary kept all these things,
reflecting on them in her heart.
Then the shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God
for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them. 

December 25, 2009

The Nativity of the Lord Christmas Mass During the Day

Reading 1
Is 52:7-10

How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him who brings glad tidings,
announcing peace, bearing good news,
announcing salvation, and saying to Zion,
"Your God is King!"

Hark!  Your sentinels raise a cry,
together they shout for joy,
for they see directly, before their eyes,
the LORD restoring Zion.
Break out together in song,
O ruins of Jerusalem!
For the LORD comforts his people,
he redeems Jerusalem.
The LORD has bared his holy arm
in the sight of all the nations;
all the ends of the earth will behold

the salvation of our God.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6

(3c)  All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
   for he has done wondrous deeds;
his right hand has won victory for him,
   his holy arm.
All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
   in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
   toward the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
All the ends of the earth have seen

   the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
   break into song; sing praise.
All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing praise to the LORD with the harp,
   with the harp and melodious song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
   sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.

All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

Reading II
Heb 1:1-6

Brothers and sisters:
In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways
to our ancestors through the prophets;
in these last days, he has spoken to us through the Son,
whom he made heir of all things
and through whom he created the universe,
who is the refulgence of his glory,
the very imprint of his being,
and who sustains all things by his mighty word.
When he had accomplished purification from sins,
he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
as far superior to the angels
as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

For to which of the angels did God ever say:
You are my son; this day I have begotten you?
Or again:
I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me?
And again, when he leads the firstborn into the world, he says:

Let all the angels of God worship him.

Gospel
Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14

 In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things came to be through him,
and without him nothing came to be.
What came to be through him was life,
and this life was the light of the human race;
the light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it.
A man named John was sent from God.
He came for testimony, to testify to the light,
so that all might believe through him.
He was not the light,
but came to testify to the light.
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
He was in the world,
and the world came to be through him,
but the world did not know him.
He came to what was his own,
but his own people did not accept him.

But to those who did accept him
he gave power to become children of God,
to those who believe in his name,
who were born not by natural generation
nor by human choice nor by a man's decision
but of God.
And the Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father's only Son,
full of grace and truth.
John testified to him and cried out, saying,
"This was he of whom I said,
'The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me
because he existed before me.'"
From his fullness we have all received,

grace in place of grace,
because while the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen God.
The only Son, God, who is at the Father's side,
has revealed him.

or

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things came to be through him,
and without him nothing came to be.
What came to be through him was life,
and this life was the light of the human race;
the light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it.
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
He was in the world,
and the world came to be through him,
but the world did not know him.
He came to what was his own,
but his own people did not accept him.

But to those who did accept him
he gave power to become children of God,
to those who believe in his name,
who were born not by natural generation
nor by human choice nor by a man's decision
but of God.
And the Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth.

Have a blessed Christmas!

IT IS DONE. I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END,
Revelation 21:6


MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Order of the Holy Rose!

GOD BLESS YOU!


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M.S. OHR

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Psalms 15 & 87

Psalm 15 (King James Version)

Psalm 15

 ¹Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

 ²He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

 ³He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

 ⁴In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

 ⁵He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Psalm 87 (King James Version)

Psalm 87

 ¹His foundation is in the holy mountains.

 ²The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

 ³Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

 ⁴I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

 ⁵And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

 ⁶The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

 ⁷As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.

Mother Sigrid (Ziggy) Agocsi
Mother Superior OHR
Order of the Holy Rose
An Anglican-Catholic Order in affiliation with Bishop Ralph Napierski
MotherSuperiorOHR@googlemail.com
http://abbeyoftheholyrose.webs.com

Sodom and Gomorrha

In Matthew 10:1-15, cf. Luke 10:1-12, Jesus declares certain cities more damnable than Sodom and Gomorrah, due to their response to Jesus' disciples, in the light of greater grace :

Matthew 10:1-15 (King James Version)

Matthew 10

 ¹And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

 ²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

 ³Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

 ⁴Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

 ⁵These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

 ⁶But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

 ⁷And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

 ⁸Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

 ⁹Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

 ¹⁰Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

 ¹¹And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

 ¹²And when ye come into an house, salute it.

 ¹³And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

 ¹⁴And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

 ¹⁵Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Luke 10:1-12 (King James Version)

Luke 10

 ¹After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

 ²Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

 ³Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

 ⁴Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.

 ⁵And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

 ⁶And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

 ⁷And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

 ⁸And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:

 ⁹And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

 ¹⁰But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,

 ¹¹Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

 ¹²But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

In Matthew 11:20-24 Jesus prophesies the fate of some cities where he did some of his works:

Matthew 11:20-24 (King James Version)

 ²⁰Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

 ²¹Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

 ²²But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.

 ²³And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

 ²⁴But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

In Luke 17:28-30 Jesus describes the situation at His return and uses Sodom as an example of indifference; careless living;

Luke 17:28-30 (King James Version)

 ²⁸Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

 ²⁹But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

 ³⁰Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

In Romans 9:29 Paul quotes Isaiah 1:9-10

Romans 9:29 (King James Version)

 ²⁹And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

Isaiah 1:9-10 (King James Version)

 ⁹Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

 ¹⁰Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of

In 2Peter 2:4-10 Peter uses the time of Sodom and Lot in his description of the time of the second coming of Jesus.

2 Peter 2:4-10 (King James Version)

 ⁴For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

 ⁵And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

 ⁶And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

 ⁷And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

 ⁸(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

 ⁹The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

 ¹⁰But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

Peter 2:6-9 (King James Version)

 ⁶And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

 ⁷And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

 ⁸(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

 ⁹The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Jude 1:7 records that both Sodom and Gomorrah were "giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."

Mother Sigrid (Ziggy) Agocsi
Mother Superior OHR
Order of the Holy Rose
An Anglican-Catholic Order in affiliation with Bishop Ralph Napierski
MotherSuperiorOHR@googlemail.com
http://abbeyoftheholyrose.webs.com

Last Gate to Heaven: A simple faith in the living word and holy truth without frills

LAST GATE TO HEAVEN:

REPENT

Original text in Greek Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου· ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου· γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον· καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν· καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ. [Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν.]

Latin version[2] 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.[3]

1662 BCP[4] Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. [For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.] Amen.

1928 BCP[5] 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. [For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.] Amen.

Ten Commandments KJV

I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

17 Thou shalt not kill.

18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

19 Neither shalt thou steal.

20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.

The above is from the KJV version of the Bible from Deuteronomy chapter 5. The King James Version of the Ten Commandments is on of the better known versions.

O GOD, WHO HAVE LEFT US IN THY WONDERFUL SACRAMENT A MEMORIAL OF THY PASSION.
GRANT, WE BESEECH THEE, THAT BY MEDITATING THE SACRED MYSTERIES OF THY BODY AND BLOOD WE SHALL ALWAYS
EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIVES THE EFFECTS OF THY REDEMPTION. AMEN

The seven sacraments—Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Communion, Confession, Marriage,

Holy Orders (in either voluntary celibacy or holy matrimony),  and the Anointing of the Sick

Mother Sigrid (Ziggy) Agocsi
Mother Superior OHR
Order of the Holy Rose
An Anglican-Catholic Order in affiliation with Bishop Ralph Napierski
MotherSuperiorOHR@googlemail.com
http://abbeyoftheholyrose.webs.com