Friars Corner: God’s true prophets keep us focused
Fr. Bob Hilz, TOR
Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10; Psalm 40:2-4, 18; Psalms 40:2-4 & 18; Luke 12:49-53
Last week was a difficult theme. This week is much easier. A prophecy is God’s message, usually spoken through a person for a particular time and place. The old prophecies had their place and fulfillment. We need to hear a clearer word from God to encourage us and keep us focused. True prophets usually do not get a warm welcome.
The second reading from the book of Hebrews gives us a clear and direct reference point. We are surrounded by so much fake and bad news these days. The book’s author, I believe St. Paul, tells us, “Let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith.”
Following this one-sentence advice is vital for getting through all the confusing and fake news that we will be hearing. I heard a “rumor“ from an important priest at lunch yesterday. I have not been able to confirm it on Catholic News yet. He said the new Bishop that is head of the Pro-life movement made an announcement that on moral grounds no Catholic can vote for a pro-abortion candidate for the present. That wipes out all of Democratic Party. Abortion is the killing of a new human being from the first fertilized egg in its mother. That means that the over 300,000 surgical dismemberments (deaths) are killing innocent citizens of our country in the Planned Parenthood clinics (death camps) in our country. They all need to be closed and defund of all federal tax dollars. This is a big fight against fake secular science in our country.
Two causes of gun violence
What is the underlying cause of all our gun violence killings? Is it the guns? No. It is the result to two major things. One, the breakdown of the family. And two, the desensitizing of male brains to the violence of killing, programmed by all the video games our young people watch and play.
Many of us believe that the underlying factor of all of that is the spiritual and physical war that satan, his fallen angels and countless human followers are inflecting, like pornography addiction, on humanity. They want to take us off to hell, their final reward. If we see this, we should get “mad as hell,” get all our spiritual weapons and send all these dark side forces to the eternal reward, no air-conditioning allowed.
Gender confusion
There is this spiritual war against the family and new children. I think this is the cause of so much gender confusion. When we were conceived, our gender was set by God. And that gender has the power to help create new life. As a society, family and churches, especially Catholic, we need to seriously look at all of the elements and together pray and plan for God solutions.
Over the last months I have been offering some tips on how to pray more and get close to the loving heart of Jesus. Let’s keep our Jesus “gas tank” filled so we are moving with God’s power and on the right side in all of this as we “keep our eyes fixed on Jesus,” and his Chaplet of Divine Mercy. We all need to pray more each day. Amen.
Stay as close to God as fish do to water. The only way we are assured of getting to heaven is to daily follow Jesus, hopefully in the Church, he himself, founded, and remains until the end of the world, despite the mistakes of some.
(© 2019 Fr. Bob Hilz, TOR)
