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Behold, we are going to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over... Matt 20:18
Devotion snippets: "Jesus knew his enemies awaited him. I was inspired by this kind of profound surrender when a friend surrendered peacefully and welcomed death as a release into the arms of God. As with Jesus, this surrender did not come easily for Dorothy. She entrusted herself totally to God, as Jesus did, and found peace of mind and heart in the final months." by Sr. Joyce Rupp
Pat's nuggets: Last night, I went to the C. Springs Shroud of Turin Center with a physics friend, Doug Young. The center is in the basement of Dr. John Jackson's home (like going to a secret Christian hideout in Cappadocia, Turkey!). Apparently, Dr. Jackson's basement is the last remaining hope (in the world) for authenticating the Shroud. Dr. Jackson lead the 1978 team that studied the Shroud. He is working on experiments to characterize the type/amount of energy required to cause the Shroud image and experiments that may prove the 1988 carbon dating was in error (carbon dating has the Shroud much younger than 1st century).
* Dr. Jackson's new research will be presented on a BBC Shroud documentary the night before Easter. The documentary will apparently be discussed on the Today Show in the near future.
* Even if the Shroud of Turin is not the authentic burial cloth of Jesus, it is a mysterious (what caused the image?) and historically accurate representation of the crucifixion, bringing us closer to our Christ and "what greater love than this" (John 3:16).
* In 1977, a cadet was scheduled to help Dr. Jackson simulate the crucifixion as part of his efforts to authenticate the blood stains on the Shroud. The cadet told Dr. Jackson that he could not help him because he had to march tours (punishment). Dr. Jackson encouraged the cadet to ask his commander if he could suppliment crucifixion for the tours. The cadet was on time for his appointment with Dr. Jackson!
40 DAYS FOR LIFE: Learn about efforts in your area (through 16 Mar) and sign up for the daily updates email at http://www.40daysforlife.com/. Watch a couple minute clip on the "March for Life" (22 Jan) in Washington D.C. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsD5Jv_mmL0.
* On Sat, 23 Feb, is anyone able to join me for a 3 to 5 AM or 8 to 9 PM prayer vigil shift at the local abortion clinic?
* "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you." Jeremiah 1:5
* "...you knit me together in my mother's womb." Psalm 139:13
Mother Teresa Quote: "It is a great poverty that a child must die that you might live as you wish."
Through Christ Our Lord,
Pat
Phil 4:13
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In 1994, at a National Prayer Breakfast, in the presence of then President Clinton, (the other Democratic candidates’ husband), Mother Theresa, (now Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) addressed the root cause of this epidemic of violence. Speaking at a large podium where her small stature could barely be seen, she spoke these words:
"But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child - a direct killing of the innocent child - murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion?
As always, we must persuade her with love, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts. Jesus gave even his life to love us. So, the mother who is thinking of abortion should be helped to love - that is, to give until it hurts... her plans, or her free time, to respect the life of her child. The father of that child, whoever he is, must also give until it hurts.
By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems.
And by abortion, the father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all for the child he has brought into the world. That father is likely to put other women into the same trouble. So, abortion just leads to more abortion. Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching the people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion".
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