8/24/11 cblog BEHOLD, AN ISRAELITE w/ NO DUPLICITY

8/24/11 cblog BEHOLD, AN ISRAELITE w/ NO DUPLICITY; st p chanel, 12p, "Today we celeb apostle..bartholomew..nathaniel..same person..he was also a martyr..followed christ b/c philip told him re jesus ..I have found jesus of nazareth, son of jseph...how to apply ? U r catholics..how many have u brought to the cath church..r confirmed..defend & spread the faith ..jehovah witness & mormons r doing more .most mormons.r ex catholics ..many j witnesses used to be catholic.. bring people to cath church ..[problem is cath ch is not attractive to newcomers, its not relational ] ..let the priests do it? No . I consider self missionary ..I was doing work in hawaiian gardens..they spoke better spanish than mexicans..was impressed..how will u bring people to ch ? "Come, then go"..u have to be filled up here..if not, can't give, can't give what u don't have ..2nd..does jesus give a lot of compliments ? Rarely , but of nathaniel he says ."behold an israelite w no duplicity"..the real thing..pray for ..& do all 3 honor of god ..man walking w 12 yo boy & donkey..people laughed said "get on donkey"..next town..people jeered b.c boy was walking "mean old man"..next town says "selfish boy" makes man walk..both on, next town, animal rigts says donkey overburdened..so they get off ..next town they carry the donkey..but slip into rver and all 3 drown..moral of story, can't please everybody..just do it for glory of god ...pope emphasis friendship of jc..bart had frendhsip..who wants jesus to be their best friend.., bart ended up in aarmenia..he converted a king..but king's brother furious..skin peeled,,filet ..u want to die chokiing on a hamburger ? Or as a martyr? Pray to him to be honest, transparent.

"The angel spoke to me, saying"Come here I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." He took me in spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. It gleamed with the splendor of God. Its radiance was like that of a precious stone like jasper, clear as crystal. It had a massive, high wall, with twelve gates where twelve angels were stationed and on which names were inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel There were three gates facing east, three north, three south, and three west. The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation, on which were inscribed the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb."

Responsorial Psalm R. (12) Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendors of your kingfom

John 1.45-51
"Philip found Nathanael and told him,"We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth." But Nathanael said to him,"Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him,"Here is a true child of Israel There is no duplicity in him." Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered and said to him,"Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree." Nathanael answered him,"Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." Jesus answered and said to him,"Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree." Nathanael answered him,"Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." Jesus answered and said to him,"Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this." And he said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."