tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978485750390455025.post1340481148707127044..comments2023-05-25T07:17:05.918-04:00Comments on Abide in My Word: I Have a Problem - Or So I'm ToldRev. Thomas C. Messer, SSPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740553600700598394noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978485750390455025.post-55477635097266402382013-05-22T08:57:03.002-04:002013-05-22T08:57:03.002-04:00You da man, Fr. Tom, you da man!
I encountered th...You da man, Fr. Tom, you da man!<br /><br />I encountered this, in today's (22 May 2013) Old Testament reading from the "Treasury of Daily Prayer:"<br /><br /><i> "...Now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel, 'What has God wrought!'<br />Behold a people! As a lioness it rises up and as a lion it lifts itself; it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey and drunk the blood of the slain."</i> (Num 23:23,24)<br /><br />Quite naturally, this glorious prophesy caused Balak no little consternation. And why not? The Bride of Christ, the mystical Body and the true offspring of Abraham, is compared to the Lion of Judah who is lifted up to shed precious water and blood.<br /><br />The Church Militant is never at rest, except whenever gathering to devour He who was once the procurator's Prey, and to imbibe the blood of the Slain.<br /><br />God help me to see, with all His saints ... not the old evil bogeyman under the bed ... but rather Lord Christ buried but fully Risen in His Word ... the Scripture of the most holy and ancient Church!<br /><br />Whoo hoo! The heart burns!<br /><br />Your (unworthy) servant,<br />Herr DoktorMichael L. Anderson, M.D., Ph.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158953802996685938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978485750390455025.post-11346005731125826402013-05-17T14:57:40.207-04:002013-05-17T14:57:40.207-04:00Thanks, Dr. A! Both the pictured little tyke and I...Thanks, Dr. A! Both the pictured little tyke and I are greatly comforted by the fact that we are afflicted with the same problem as St. John. :) Rev. Thomas C. Messer, SSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13740553600700598394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978485750390455025.post-85217270714343055362013-05-16T23:11:21.726-04:002013-05-16T23:11:21.726-04:00It may provide some no small reassurance to the pi...It may provide some no small reassurance to the pictured little tyke, that no less an august personage as St. John the Evangelist had the very same problem!<br /><br />In his Gospel, he identifies Christ as THE Word, most certainly meaning <i>all</i> of such. The disciple whom Jesus loved didn't start things out with the declaration that "In the beginning was the Messianic Psalms ..."<br /><br />Your (unworthy) servant,<br />Herr DoktorMichael L. Anderson, M.D., Ph.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158953802996685938noreply@blogger.com