God Loves to Work Astonishing Reversals‏

About this sermon

This is yet another installment in our "surviving S-o-d-o-m" series that I hope you are finding helpful. Recall that we are basing some of these sermons on the excellent advice of St. Barnabas, who wrote so long ago: “When evil days are upon us and the worker of malice gains power, we must attend to our own souls and seek to know the ways of the Lord. In those times reverential fear and perseverance will sustain our faith, and we will find need of forbearance and self-restraint as well. Provided that we hold fast to these virtues and look to the Lord, then wisdom, understanding, knowledge and insight will make joyous company with them” (cf. Letter of St. Barnabas). Today's sermon also used this important passage from the Book of Wisdom that gives much food for thought in light of recent events: “men serving… their affection[s]…” serving the creature rather than the Creator enter into “a great war of ignorance … [and] call so many and so great evils peace. […] So that now they neither keep life, nor marriage undefiled, but one killeth another through envy, or grieveth him by adultery: and all things are mingled together, blood, murder, theft, and dissimulation, corruption and unfaithfulness, tumults and perjury, disquieting of the good, forgetfulness of God, defiling of souls, changing of nature, disorder in marriage, and the irregularity of adultery and uncleanness. […] For either they are mad when they are merry: or they prophesy lies, or they live unjustly, or easily forswear themselves” (cf. 14:21-28). Although things look very dark, let us not loose our hope in God or allow our confidence in Him to waver, for He loves to work astonishing reversals. And the one that is promised to come from approved prophecies will be of Biblical proportions! For more please visit http://reginaprophetarum.org & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest

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• Love & Compassion