“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” ― Martin Luther King

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Spiritual phenomenon of renewal

GENESIS 3:9-15, 20 - EPHESIANS 1:3-6, 11-12 LUKE 1:26-38

Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!
WhatI I Love You Dearest Loving Lord Jesus Christ.

Regeneration is a biological and spiritual phenomenon of renewal that leads to a higher order of vitality, viability, and evolutionary capability. And just like these world-makers we have a role to play to elevate the health-generating and wealth-generating capability of the living systems we are part of. But that requires a new take on leadership and business.
https://www.health.belgium.be/en/news/2024-6-regenerative-development-design
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/leen-gorissen-86aa508_do-you-understand-how-regenerative-is-different-activity-7396808251171819520-tX_L?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAABRpZwBBGJzVGO6jhBhZcCF7vLZ4pvEWRg

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, traditionally listed in Catholic teaching and They are considered a fulfillment of the prophecy about the Messiah in Isaiah 11:1-2, and are received fully by Christ but shared with the faithful to perfect their spiritual live, including: Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude (Courage), Knowledge, Piety (Reverence), and Fear of the Lord (Wonder/Awe),which empower believers to live virtuously, grow in holiness, and follow divine inspirations, completing the virtues received at Baptism and strengthened at Confirmation. 

The Gifts Explained:Wisdom: To judge rightly of divine things, seeing things from “God's perspective”, appreciating divine beauty and purpose. To see totality from “highest cause.”
Understanding: To grasp the deeper meaning of faith and divine truths. illuminating the mind with Insight into Holy Things, . . search out meaning of truth To know God and oneself, recognizing His presence in creation.

Counsel: To discern God's will in decisions and choose the right path in difficult situations, choosing what pleases Gof. Right reason to do Morally right thing to do. . . Practical doing
Fortitude (Courage): To stand firm in faith, overcome obstacles, and bear crosses. To strengthen the will to do God's will, even amidst trial.

knowledge To know God and oneself, recognizing God's presence in all things.
Piety (Reverence): render due praise and justice to God. To love God as Father and serve Him with a childlike devotion, finding joy in His service.
Fear of the Lord (Wonder/Awe): A profound respect for God, leading to a desire to avoid sin and please Him.

The world has been made by the Lord as a sign of his goodness, wisdom, and beauty, and it is meant to point us to him. Facing toward the rising sun for prayer allows creation to teach us, to remind us of the Lord’s coming. Pope Benedict XVI spoke about how we have lost our ability to listen to creation and have become increasingly focused on ourselves.

The Book of Revelation describes Mary as the woman clothed with the sun, connecting her to the hope of the coming Messiah who would dawn upon us. When she appeared to Juan Deigo on December 9, 1531, on Tepyac hill, she asked him to go to the bishop of Mexico City and ask that a chapel be built on the site, in which,” she said, “I will manifest and give all my love, compassion, aid and protection, because I am your loving Mother; the Mother of you and all the inhabitants of the earth; a Mother to those who love me, who call upon Me, who seek Me and trust in Me. I will hear all their cries here, and remedy all their miseries, sorrows, and pains.”

Let us pray.

Lord, you provide us with many signs of your constant care and protection. We thank you for the gift of your Mother’s presence at Guadalupe, making the Americas a place where you dwell through the faith of your people. Continue to guide our families and nations that we may live in a manner pleasing to you, stopping all abominable sins against the dignity of human life. Increase our hope in you and your coming that you may truly become a light that dawns upon us forever. We ask this through the merits of Jesus, who is the dawn from on high that has broken upon us. Amen.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Fr Johnathan.

Texecoco Mexico City, Aztec Gods, 1400s giver of life, lord of what is near and close to us, lord or heaven, lord of earth, John the apostle associated to eagle. Juan Diego “with flowers you paint oh giver of life” painting, songs, dance and flowers closest to god!

Answering the first bishop of Mexico . . .

Lady of Guadalupe speaking in Aztec language, clothing shining like the sun, nature shining like heavenly light. Know my dearest son, that I am the perfect Holy Mary the mother of the one true god, “the giver of life” … Santa Maria using Aztec traditions to represent Christ! Mary as living Arc of the covenant. Juan Diego Collected flowers from a frozen mountain to take to the Bishop who spilled them on the ground to see the image of Guadalupe. Stars in her clothing of December 12th that morning over Mexico City. '

Image as snapshot in time, while miracles such as April 24, 2007 lady of Guadalupe infant glowing when Mexico City passed abortion laws… Guadalupe mantle music from her images. Biblical picture of Mary comparing biblical and historical! Nine million people converted to Catholicism in ten years!

Juan Diego worked as grounds keeper of the original chapel.

Religious Syncretism needs to be avoided




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