[JOYnet] A very nice Joke...
Hi Joynetters, Here is something that made me smile.. Hope it brigthens up ur day.. Love and Prayers Ravi A Jewish father was concerned about his son who was about a year away from his Bar Mitzvah, but was sorely lacking in his knowledge of the Jewish faith. To remedy this, he sent his son to Israel to experience his heritage firsthand. A year later, the young man returned home, saying, Father, thank you for sending me to the land of our Fathers, the son said. It was a wonderful and enlightening experience, however, I must confess that while in Israel I converted to Christianity. Oi vey, replied the old man, what have I done? So, in the tradition of the patriarchs, he went to his best friend and sought his advice and solace. It is amazing that you should come to me, said his friend. I, too, sent my son to Israel, and he returned a Christian. So, in the traditions of the Patriarchs, they went to see the Rabbi. It is amazing that you should come to me, said the Rabbi. I, too, sen! t my son to Israel and he returned as a Christian. What is happening to our sons? Brothers, we must take this to the Lord, said the Rabbi. So, they fell to their knees and began to wail and pour out their hearts to the Almighty. As they prayed, the clouds above opened and a mighty voice boomed out, Amazing that you should come to me with this problem. I, too, sent My Son to Israel. Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JOYnet] This is good idea
I used to say minimum 2-3 rosary daily.But many times i could not concentrate it. i was thinking how can i resove it. At last i found a solution i purchased a walkman and two Rosary cassettes (Three decades) now I can hear rosary i can say i sing rosary. Rosary is something very powerful weapon which is always help us to communicate with GOD. Thanks to jesus. Joji Mumbai This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JOYnet] prayerhelp
Dear Friend in JESUS, I am a JESUS YOUTH. We Have a Prayer Group. Also we have a ONE-DAY program(sub-zone or Forane level) on every second saturday. We have program on this second saturday(09-03-2002). Pray for us. With love and Prayers. Your Brother in Jesus Sebastian This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JOYnet] Transcendent power in example
There is a transcendent power in example. We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly. - Anne Sophie Swetchine This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JOYnet] we alove Cross
Dear Friends in Christ Jesus. These days somehow the topics are coming regarding sufferings,trials, temptations., all cross as we say in usual way... But yesterday I had got insight during Holy Mass It was written in the wall near the crucifix cut off from me you can do nothing. I attended the Mass and after receiving communion, I looked at the cross,It seems asking me do you love me The word sruck me cut off from me I said I love the cross with Jesus...and really I was happy that I love crossand It make me more happy that everybody like cross, which saved all of us...so no more sufferings Because Jesus Loves Us Keep in touch, Love from Jesus Dexon. (Singapore) Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com. This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JOYnet] Why good things happen to bad people?
Dear Friends, We have discussed why good people also suffer. More puzzling is the fact that good things happen to bad people. The truth, however, is that being good is relative. We are only good in relation to the standard of what is bad, for the sight of God we are all sinners. If we say, We have never sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word has no place in us (1 Jh 1:10). In Jer 6:13, the prophet Jeremiah said: For, from the least to the greatest, they are all greedy for gain; prophet no less than priest, all of them practice fraud. Isaiah adds in Is 64:15, We have all been like unclean things and our upright deeds like filthy rags. We wither, all of us, like leaves, and all our misdeeds carry us off like the wind. Not our worst but our best is a filthy rag, infested with impurities. Our generosity is mixed with self-interest, our passion for justice with our lust for vengeance, our love for God mixed with fear of God. In chapter four of his book Problem of pain, C.S. Lewis listed a few reasons why good people suffer. He explained that man is good ontologically (by existence). God did not create defective images for Him, however defaced they may be. This is the reason why man is worth more than any gold or treasure in the world. But although man is ontologically good morally he is not. We are all sinners. The world is a battlefield strewn with broken treaties, families, promises, marriages, vows, lives, and hearts. We are good stuff gone bad, a deformed masterpiece and a rebellious child of God. We are not only imperfect creatures who need to grow; we need to lay down our weapons. Suffering reminds us of the most obvious and evident truth which we oftentimes forget- that we are not gods. If we are truly good by existence, it should not be difficult to recognize our moral weakness. This is humility: truth and justice. The truth is WE ARE NOTHING, GOOD FOR NOTHING, WORTH NOTHING AND ALL THE GOOD IN US COMES FROM GOD. Justice tells us that we deserve nothing else but humiliation, persecution, contempt, capital punishment etc. because we are NOTHING. Moreover the good things God has lent to us were mainly used for our own selfish interests and not for His glory, for the honor of the Blessed Mother, and for the salvation of souls. This was the case of Adam and Eve, who committed the original sin and handed it down to us, their offspring. Justice tells us too that since all good thing come from God, it is but fitting that all glory, honor , praise, and thanksgiving be given to Him forever and always. The love of Christ, therefore, is only possible for the humble: It is not the healthy who needs the doctor, but the sick . I came to call not the upright but the sinners(Mt 9:12). Jesus, the physician, gives us the effective medicine the Good News. But He tells us first the bad news, that we are sick. Unfortunately many of us refuse to believe that we are sick or forget that we are sick. In the same vein, pharisseeism is evident among those who rejoice and say: I am better than others because I pray, I give alms, I receive communion regularly. I am no thief, gambler, or murder. But the minute they are asked to leave their comfort zone for a life of sacrifice to atone for sins, they refuse, because they have become attached to materialism, secularism, and hedonism. This is the reason why some authentic messages of God as revealed by Our Blessed Mother (e.g. Fatima) are rejected even now by some bishops, priests, and lay people. Mother Mary tells us all to make sacrifice, to turn our backs from a too comfortable lifestyle and to be in solidarity with the poor. She tells us to do whatever Jesus tells us. Jesus Christ, if He were to live with us now as He did in Jerusalem, would blush at the extravagant way we live. As God He owns the whole world but He opted to live in poverty while on earth ( Fr. Edgardo). Bensilal Chacko. DE, USA. _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
