People are not disposable

 

I have tried very hard, actually for a long time, making it a priority, to keep my politics away from my message. For the longest time, whenever someone would ask me my opinion on the subject, I would simply turn my face and be silent. This is not because I am ashamed. On the contrary, I simply feel that God is bigger than politics. I feel that at the end of the day, the only thing that is going to create change in the world, is God. Positive change. Still, because God works through politics, politics is very important. Really, God should be the end and aim for everything we do in this world. God should be the reason we investigate atoms and search the depths of the seas and the expanses of the cosmos. Really, is this not what science was created for? To discover the truth of things? Truth is interlinked with God. Politics should seek to serve Him.

I’ve tried a lot to censor my politics from my message. I guess I cannot blame people for being curious for trying to find out all of what happens in my privacy. I will simply say this. I never intended for my politics to become known. I am not ashamed. How can I possibly be ashamed? I simply knew that God was greater than politics. Thankful for the fact that politics is not going to be what brings ultimate change to the world. I am thankful for the revival that is surely coming. While the Kingdom of Heaven is not here. Heaven is not here. Let what happens here, be the way Heaven intended it to be. Believe it or not, I am still not making a political statement. All I am doing is advocating for God. Again, how could anyone who is perfectly lawful (now) apologize for what people see in their privacy? I have not consented to this. God is greater than politics. People sure are getting touchy with me for telling my story. Remember, the integrity of truth or an idea is not dependent upon the reputation of one person. Even its leaders. Don’t get so mesmerized with my politics that you forget my actual message. Children need love, that trauma accumulates and we need to process that pain, fill the void with positivity of Gospel Truth, that we need to build for ourselves a firm foundation upon the love of Christ. For those who remember, my ministry was not always a consistent apology for my past or a defence of my beliefs. Before people found out about my politics, I traveled the streets of Toronto, preaching positivity, gratitude, healing and peace for those who were hurting. I preached the impact of trauma on people. And Christ’s ability to heal that.

We are called to love and to minister to the poorest of our brothers and sisters, for blessed are the poor in spirit. And who among us is poorest of all? Money will come and go. The Book of Leviticus tells us not to favor the rich nor to show partiality to the poor. What makes a man poor in spirit? Why are we to help the widow and the orphan? Throughout the pages of the Hebrew Tannakh and culminating in the revelation of the Father's Son to the world, it is clear that God's compassion and mercy is strong, particularly with they who suffer. With they who grieve. With they who mourn. In a sense, it is precisely due to this that His mercy and love extends to us all. In life, wounds, traumas will certainly come. It's true for all of us. A foundation of love is essential in life. For God, God Himself teaches us how to love. Children need, crave and merit the most absolute of love with which we are able to offer them. Love is not completely lucid or permissive. Love without boundaries, without stern but kind discipline is not love at all, but rather submission. And submission is not true love. This love, these foundational building blocks, built upon the wisdom that without love for the self, we will struggle always loving the other, give us the tools with which to navigate and thrive in this world. Trauma and unprocessed suffering accumulate in our hearts when we do not have the capacity to experience our pain in the midst of these traumas. Have you ever experienced being a child, enduring some pain, feeling the need to cry? So, because you are a child, uninhibited by the weights and judgement of the world, you allow yourself to cry and almost by the finger of God, you are released from that pain. For this reason, God extends His love and mercy to every single person in this world, to those who have died and to those who will come. We need to heal our beautiful inner children. This is where the wound and the healing lies. We need to allow ourselves to experience the deep and rooting love that only our God and Father can teach us. And this through the tender and powerful blood of His Son, Jesus Christ.

I have continued living in this house is in a large way because of how I was raised. Part of me feels I don’t deserve better. Because of what people did to me. In a way, it is a blessing of a thorn. In that it keeps me humble. But this is not humility. True humility prides in the truth of who we are. I experience toxic shame because of the things that happened to me. This toxic shame was built from lies other people have told me in the ways they have treated me and hurt me. In spite, I am thankful for this house and for these guys. They are warm hearted people. These are the people for whom I have come to call to repentance. Who am I to judge people like this? People who struggle because of fear and bad foundations. Yes, they sin. Their sins are in the open. They have never been shown a better way. Greater to me is the one who when their sin is revealed to them, they fall on their knees in repentance and weeping than the one who says I have no sin. This is to say, if you think you are righteous, if you think you are sinless and perfect, you are really deaf and blind to the message of the Lord Jesus Christ. Wait for the secret sins. We all have them. Every one of our words, our actions and deeds affects people. Do you think you are aware of how every action and word you have ever made has affected people? Not what I am talking about. I am speaking of what happens when we are most at ease. When our guard is down. This is the space darkness fills. With the people we are most comfortable with. Sometimes we are not even conscious of our sins. If we read the Lenten texts about anybody, we would find room to condemn them. Name of God! All sinners. Stop judging people for being harder than you. We don’t know their stories. Sure, we can judge people for living sinful lives. But if they don’t know any better, who can blame them? Actually, who is to blame for this? Sorry if I seem sharp in my words. Maybe it’s truly not your fault. All I am saying is people are people. Why would we seek to love only our friends? No reward in that. Let’s love our enemies too. Yes. As I am learning to. I was not baptized until 2007 and confirmed until 2016. I did not know. I was one of these hardened hearts. I pray that God has changed me and if not, to change me quickly. I am and always have been traumatized. Not evil. I’m not even talking about loving our enemies, am I? What I am talking about is loving the wounded, the orphan, the widow? Is this not found in the alcoholic? Is this not found in the teenager who gets involved in drugs and gangs? Is this not found, even in the hardened criminal who repents and turns to God with all of his heart? All looking for love, reacting to their own pains and re-enacting what they were taught. A love nowhere to be found. Nowhere to be found. What would happen if the faithful were to help these, the true orphan, the true widow by sharing with them the love they so desperately need? This is where the key to your revival is going to be. It’s where the final piece of the puzzle is located. For your world to have peace. It’s contained in love. We cannot love while we are eager to condemn. I have said before prisons are not the answer. They only satiate a desire and a thirst for vengeance. You may call it justice. It’s not. For who can truly say, ‘I don’t deserve to be in the exact same place’. Love. Love is the source of regeneration that you seek. Love, like everything else, begins with ourselves. If we don’t or cannot love ourselves, we cannot know how to love others. This is the future of medicine. This is the future of schooling. This is the future of politics. But we have to relearn to love. I address also the Church. Let us recapture the essence of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ Do you know who said this? These are the poor in spirit the Gospel speaks of. What is money? The poorest materially among us can be the richest spiritually. Contrarily, the richest among us materially can be the poorest spiritually. It is a very dangerous thing to make the Gospel a material thing. For after all, money is not evil. It’s the love of money that is evil. God does not want us to be poor. He desires our prosperity so that we can glorify Him. Or rather so that He can be glorified through our blessings, which are evidence to the world of His goodness. Suffering, while useful to God (also useful for His glory) is not the natural state of the world. Don’t believe when people tell you that God wants you to suffer. God’s intentions for the world and for people are always for their good and well-being. The Gospel is ultimately about hearts. Yes, as my friend MLK Jr. said, ‘What is the purpose of the gospel speaking to a man’s heart if it neglects his physical needs?’ But a gospel that is oriented entirely toward a man’s physical needs, which has become evident in many places, or places these needs over the spiritual, becomes void. Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit.” Yes, the reason the poor materially are blessed is because they do not have the distraction of wealth. Just because one is poor, does not make one holy. The fact that one is wealthy does not make them evil. I have heard of many wealthy people who do enormous acts of charity almost consistently.

My past does not have anything to do with my present politics. I am not racist. I was angry at what my abusers were doing to me. Besides, politics are not race. If politics are not open to criticism, what is? What is your motivation for not believing that I have changed in my heart? Maybe it’s a matter of politics. Where is your worship? There is so little faith in God’s ability to change the world. I’m not telling anyone who to vote for. I’m certainly not telling people what to think. We have to do that for ourselves.

Thankful for the fact that I am permitted to have an opinion. As is everyone else. Let us not forget Remembrance Day. Our fathers and grandfathers fought, war over war for freedom. Freedom reign. Be on guard. We do not want to hand it away like it were disposable. Yes, I am a terrible sinner. I will be the first to admit this. That I feel I am inculpable is inconsequential. The fact is that my sin has had an effect upon others. I am no worse a sinner than anyone else. But I acknowledge my sin. Still, as Paul says in his epistles of himself, my conscience is clear. I am no longer dead in my sin. This is because of who I am now. Who I am now is my testimony. Please remember, my dear friends, whoever is listening, God loves you. God respects our freedom. God respects our freedom. God has created us free. Freedom is a good thing. Yes, with freedom comes the negative grace to be able to say no to God. But to deprive people of that grace would make God a dictator. God has given us the choice, and in this respect it is not a matter of saying no to Him. It is a matter through which and by which, the only remedy for healing can possibly come about. God values our freedom just as much as He values us as creatures. Because God wants us to come to Him and only Him through our personal and intimate choosing of Him, for Him. To deny people the ability to think a certain way because a majority considers that way of thinking to be false or even hostile, is to take away that freedom instilled in man by God. Freedom is not the freedom to sin. But here, we have to define sin. Is an idea a sin? No. Even if it offends others. It is not a sin. Is murder a sin? Of course. Because we have freedom to murder is not a reason to do it. Maybe I am sheltered. I do not feel many people in our world would use their freedom to do such a thing. Again, maybe I am sheltered. When I think of freedom, I think of the freedom to do positive things. But remember, just because we feel something offends us or we feel something is a sin, does not mean that it is a sin. The concepts of morality are being dreadfully twisted. The Commandments are a good place to begin. But, in terms of stuff like oppression, we never quite know the full story. We never quite receive the full story. We have to be incredibly careful in making judgements about societal oppression. Just because you have a loud voice, does not mean your oppression is graver than someone who does not complain. More than this, please, remember that people are so much more than simply their politics. To write someone off because of their politics is like poisoning the well. It’s like saying, ‘what he says means nothing because he is racist.’ Or ‘don’t listen to anything he says, he is crazy’. Sounds familiar. To write off someone’s argument by drawing attention to their personhood is the epitome of fallacy. It’s like saying, he is smelly so he should not have an opinion on politics. Name of God. The fact that I have a different opinion from you is not a sin. My politics are not sin. Half the population holds these beliefs. I am only a very, very disabled and traumatized blogger, sharing his opinion. I am not causing division by having a differing opinion from you. What does my conversion look like to you?

Thankful for the fact that if you are upset with me for criticising communism, you are actually upset with Dr. King and every single Pope in the history of the Church. We must be allowed to criticize our political systems. Let me be clear: I love the Chinese people. I think their culture is rather incredible. Everything about it is amazing. From the exquisite martial art, the tea and cuisine, to the incredible written language. It’s an ancient and beautiful culture. It is not racist to criticize a political ideology. The politics of a country have little to do with its inherent identity. China has existed millennia prior to communism. We must differentiate between the culture of a country and its politics. The only reason people want you to believe I am a sinner is because of my politics. Jesus, guys. Every single pope since Marx. I am just a simple gent, writing in what he believes to be his private computer. If you don’t like what you are reading, you know what to do. Politics is different from culture. We must be allowed to criticize our governments. This was the basis for the American Revolution. Say what you will about America. The revolution was a stand against government overreach and abuse of power. We must be permitted to have opinions about those who rule us otherwise it is bound to repeat what has happened in the past. Power corrupts. “Absolute power, corrupts, absolutely - Tennyson.” I cannot say whether or not this is the case today. All I know is that it has happened every single culture in history. Thankful that God is bigger. Communism without Christ at its center will always push away the concept of anything greater than the state and the achievable needs of society operating through the state. That’s just the thing: there is no communism with Christ at its center. At the center of Communism will always and only be the State.

The way we treat our children, our vulnerable is really the most important thing in a civilized society. No, my friends, people are not dispensable. Economy does not matter before this. Politics does not measure up. Science and the arts matters not. If we cannot get that fundamental building block down that how we as society treat the small, the weak, the wounded in our world is paramount, everything loses its meaning. What I am advocating is a change of heart. A change in the heart of society and the world. It is more than possible. I have seen it. This is where our utopia is born. When this happens, the need and desire for a political utopia will be irrelevant. When the heart of the world is healed, there will be little need for all of that. Remember this: people are not dispensable.

Rosary for Hope in Tribulation

Our Father

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised. (Ps 10:2) Hail Mary

Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom. (Amos 1:6) Hail Mary

And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth. (Rev 6:8) Hail Mary

In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth; they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails. (Rev 9:7-10) Hail Mary

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” (Gen 3:15) Hail Mary

And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. (Job 2:6,7) Hail Mary

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan^[a] standing at his right hand to accuse him. (Zec 3:1) Hail Mary

And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?” Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments. And the angel said to those who were standing before him, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments.” And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord was standing by. (Zec 3:2-5) Hail Mary

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. (1 Pet 5:8) Hail Mary

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Rev 2:10) Hail Mary

Glory be

Our Father

If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. (Jn 15:18,19) Hail Mary

Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (1 Jn 3:13-15) Hail Mary

This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. (Jn 5:18) Hail Mary

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. (Jn 5:19) Hail Mary

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. (Jn 17:14) Hail Mary

When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. (Act 14:21,22) Hail Mary

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews, who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last! (1 Thess 2:13-16) Hail Mary

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jer 29:11) Hail Mary

Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. (Ps 119:161) Hail Mary

Then King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As the Lord lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life.” (Jer 38:16) Hail Mary

Glory be

Our Father

Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. (Mt 10:17,18) Hail Mary

Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king. Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?” Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. (Dn 3:13-17) Hail Mary

Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. (Mt 23:34-36) Hail Mary

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed’— for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” (Act 4:26-30) Hail Mary

And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said: “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day. I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women, as the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished. (Act 22:2-5) Hail Mary

Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?” (Gen 4:8,9) Hail Mary

And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” (Gen 4:10-12) Hail Mary

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy. Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers, who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows, shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear. (Ps 64:1-4) Hail Mary

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you. (2 Cn 4:8-12) Hail Mary

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me; deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men. For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord, for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Awake, come to meet me, and see! You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. (Ps 59:1-5) Hail Mary

Glory be

Our Father

Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. (2 Tim 3:12) Hail Mary

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. (2 Tim 3:14,15) Hail Mary

As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. (Mt 13:20-22) Hail Mary

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains. “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. (Mt 24:7-10) Hail Mary

I have told you these things now. So when the time comes, you will remember that I warned you. (Jn 16:4) Hail Mary

Then each one of these souls was given a white robe. They were told to wait a short time longer. There were still some of their brothers in the service of Christ who must be killed as they were. They were told to wait until all of this killing was finished. (Rev 6:11) Hail Mary

How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave. (Lam 1:1) Hail Mary

“I called on your name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit; you heard my plea, ‘Do not close your ear to my cry for help!’ You came near when I called on you; you said, ‘Do not fear!’ “You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life. You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; judge my cause. You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me. (Lam 3:55-60) Hail Mary

“You will repay them, O Lord, according to the work of their hands. You will give them dullness of heart; your curse will be on them. You will pursue them in anger and destroy them from under your heavens, O Lord.” (Lam 3:64-66) Hail Mary

I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting. (Isa 50:6) Hail Mary

Glory be

Our Father

But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. (Mt 5:39-41) Hail Mary

Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him. Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. (Act 7:54-58) Hail Mary

For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: “Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. (Zec 2:8,9) Hail Mary

O Lord, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach. (Jer 15:15) Hail Mary

“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me. Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’ The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God. When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love. But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord!” (Jh 2:2-9) Hail Mary

O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” – Selah – But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. (Ps 3:1-3) Hail Mary

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. (Jn 15:20) Hail Mary

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. (Mt 5:44,45) Hail Mary

Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! (Luke 6:22) Hail Mary

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Rm 8: 35-37) Hail Mary

Glory be