PURPOSE
The purpose of this brief document is to illustrate the tremendous
power over others that God has place in our hands and how to use it on
a Global scale.
BACKGROUND
The concept that most Christians have heard,
and even talk about,
but
seldom practice is:
Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself!
This is such an important instrument for the salvation of mankind that
it has been mentioned quite often in the Holy Scriptures - even in the
Old Testament - as you can confirm below:
Seek
not revenge, nor be mindful of the injury of thy citizens. Thou shalt
love thy friend as thyself. I am the Lord. [Leviticus
19:18]
Honour thy father and thy mother:
and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [Matthew
19:19]
And the second is like to this: Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [Matthew 22:39]
And the second is like to it: Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment
greater than these. [Mark 12:31]
He answering, said: Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and
with all thy strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbour as
thyself. [Luke 10:27]
For Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false
witness: Thou shalt not covet: and if there be any other commandment,
it is comprised in this word, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[Romans 13:9]
For all the law is fulfilled in one
word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [Galatians
5:14]
If then you fulfill the royal law,
according to the scriptures, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
you do well. [James 2:8]
Some may ask: "
Fine, but who is my
neighbor?"
DETAILS
Who IS our neighbor you ask?
Well, Jesus answered that in no uncertain terms:
Which
of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that fell among
the robbers? But he said: He that shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said
to him: Go, and do thou in like manner. [Luke 10:36-37]
Others may ask: "
Fine, but what is
Mercy?" (as with "
love thy
neighbor", most Christians have heard
about it, and even talk about it, but seldom practice it)
Go
then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice.
For I am not come to call the just, but sinners. [Matthew
9:13]
....and the incentive for us is great!
Blessed
are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. [Matthew
5:7]
Now we can almost hear the grumbling: "
O.K.,
but what IS your point?"
Our point is that we do not even have to know "our neighbor" to
"Go, and do thou in like manner".
As a matter of fact, one can be in the middle of a desert, seeing no
one yet bringing hordes of sinners back to Jesus:
"For Jesus not come to call the just, but
sinners" and it is in our power to help Him.
How do we exercise that power?
We will share
with you
how miguel de Portugal
(1)
taps into that power; a power which is
available to all who
believe.
First, it is practiced upon anyone that he may encounter during his
physical interaction with the world - which is quite limited since
miguel's
life is more like that of a cloistered monk who only physically
interacts with the world to take care of the basic needs of his body
and his work.
However, the most important
and
furthest reaching aspect of leading sinners back to God, as
Jesus wants us to do, is through prayer.
This is how serious miguel takes the "
love
thy neighbor as thyself" command as he leads "his neighbors" to
Jesus through prayers:
(1) The three standing intentions the merits of
every daily Mass offered
are:
(a) In reparation for sins committed by
our brothers and sisters - sins for which Divine Mercy requires
reparation before His Mercy begins to act upon that soul.
(b) On behalf of those who have no one praying for their spiritual
benefit.
(c) On behalf of those who are in most need of the Mercy of God.
(2) A decade of the Rosary is offered
every day for the benefit
of each of the following:
(a) Those who are suffering throughout
the world as the result of our greed and iniquities.
(b) Those who are entrapped in any kind of addiction.
(c) Those who miguel may come across physically as he interact with the
world
to take care of the basic needs of his body and his work.
The above listed prayers and intentions are the daily ones, however, on
a once or twice per week basis, various Rosary decades are offered for
other groups of individuals in need.
God knows exactly who needs them and He Will apply those merits in
accordance to His Will.
Someone may now say: "
Fine, but what
about our needs?"
Our needs? Mention them to Him in passing as you are rushing to offer
Spiritual First Aid to many of His children
who are in a far worse condition
than you are.
"
Does that work?" you may now
ask. "
Absolutely!" we
resolutely assure you of it. Read on:
Be
not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat: or what shall we
drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed? For after all these things do
the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all
these things. Seek ye
therefore first the kingdom of God, and his
justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. [Matthew
6:31-34]
CONCLUSION
We now want to share with you an example of the many and dramatic
conversions that Jesus can achieve when those who
love their neighbours as themselves
place in His Hands the
merits of the prayers offered for those not even known to us
.
Steven Bancarz: From New Age Blogger to
Christian: When I Encountered Jesus (2)
We came across this page because Steven's page had linked to some
of our
documents where we denounce the New Age Movement. We read the text of
Steve's testimonial and viewed the 14 minute YouTube video
of his testimony.
You may read the text of Steven's testimony
or scroll down to a
video titled
From New Age to Jesus -
My Testimony by Steven
Bancarz and view it.
They contain the same information but the video is more impacting.
Steven's testimony should inspire all to pray even more for "thy neighbor" - "
neighbors" who are not even known
to those offering the prayers
.
CONCLUSION
If you now want to also learn how
love
helps to bring people to God,
Click Here
NOTES______________________________
(0) Remember, when
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that The M+G+R Foundation
agrees with all of its contents and/or conclusions.
(1) Who is miguel
de Portugal
(2)
From
New Age Blogger to Christian: When I Encountered Jesus
Published on February 10th, 2017 [The Eve of the Celebration of Our
Lady of Lourdes]
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