SETTING ASIDE THE WEAPONS OF WAR
Why, we might ask the prophet Zechariah today, would God want to banish chariots and horses?
The answer follows: because they are used to violate God’s reign of peace, along with the warrior’s bow. In the days of Zechariah, chariots and horses were high-priced items used only for war-making. They were the aircraft carriers and nuclear missiles of his day. And for his culture, which thought of any king as being a military leader first and foremost, a king riding on a lowly beast of burden to proclaim peace without horses, chariots, and bows would have set his listeners topsy-turvy.
This lowly, beast-riding king of peace, we believe, was fulfilled in Jesus, gentle and humble of heart. In a world torn by military strife often generated by differing religious views, and even in our own lives and homes where we are often at “war” over the tiniest things, we would do well to stop and consider to what degree we are willing to be like that “king” whose way of gentleness and humility is the way for us to find rest for our weary souls.
Yeah, why were you at the Novus Ordo?
I went to NO Mass today and this is from the bulletin.
How much thought did the priest put into writing this gem to his flock ?
How about no thought at all. I know a couple priests in the diocese who actually care enough to sit down and write out a personal message to the flock- this is from JS Paluch Co used by thousands of parishes in the country whose priests cannot be bothered by original thought:QuoteSETTING ASIDE THE WEAPONS OF WAR
Why, we might ask the prophet Zechariah today, would God want to banish chariots and horses?
The answer follows:
Quote from: JS Paluch with the wrong answerbecause they are used to violate God’s reign of peace, along with the warrior’s bow. In the days of Zechariah, chariots and horses were high-priced items used only for war-making. They were the aircraft carriers and nuclear missiles of his day. And for his culture, which thought of any king as being a military leader first and foremost, a king riding on a lowly beast of burden to proclaim peace without horses, chariots, and bows would have set his listeners topsy-turvy.
This lowly, beast-riding king of peace, we believe, was fulfilled in Jesus, gentle and humble of heart. In a world torn by military strife often generated by differing religious views, and even in our own lives and homes where we are often at “war” over the tiniest things, we would do well to stop and consider to what degree we are willing to be like that “king” whose way of gentleness and humility is the way for us to find rest for our weary souls.
No thank you- I would rather be like that "King" (stop and wonder for a moment why the author placed the word "King" in quotes ?) Who took the time to fasten a whip and then used it.
God and Jesus are not love.
What I mean is that I am sure the offense is there that God can be subjugated simply to the subjective notion of human emotion. The proper translation in the Bible was not love by the way, it was charity.
Jesus is true man as well as true God- not some beast-riding king of peace. He felt anger and rage and did not hide it behind an agenda of cake and ice cream.
God is my King. I am not only willing to die for what I believe in, I am willing to kill for it.