8/24/11 cblog CAN U OVERCOME YOUR STEREOTYPES? 2 C the TRUTH ?

8/24/11 cblog CAN U OVERCOME YOUR STEREOTYPES? TO SEE THE TRUTH ? st pius fr asian m: "friend of mine in house market..hunt bch..wanted house, good area ..but more than they could afford..so I said why not g grove, buena park anaheim...wife said anywhere but santa ana..she said schools bad, gangs ...I said maybe some areas of S.A. are ok. ?..but she said no..her stereotype of the city hindered her goal of a house...in gospel today we have nathaniel..philip said to him ...law & prophet,,,jesus son of joseph, comes from nat ..can anything good come from naz ? But nat did not allow the stype to bother him..so he came & saw..when Jesus saw nat..didn't insult ..true child of israel , jesus took a higher appeoach..reflect on gospel ...init stereotype..didn't allow it to blind him,,came & found out for self, .. ..
"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."