Third Sunday After Easter

 Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's

The Church's Year

The Church continues to rejoice and praise God for the Resurrection of Christ and sings accordingly at the Introit of this day's Mass:

INTROIT Shout with joy to God all the earth, alleluia: Sing ye a psalm to his name, alleluia. Give glory to his praise, alleluia, allel. allel. (Ps. LXV.) Say unto God: How terrible are thy works, O Lord! In the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee. Glory & c.

COLLECT O God, who showest the light of Thy truth to such as go astray, that they may return to the way of righteousness, grant that all, who profess the Christian name, may forsake what­ever is contrary to that profession, and closely pursue what is agreeable to it. Through etc.

EPISTLE (I Peter II. 11-19.) Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims to refrain yourselves from carnal desires, which war against the soul, having your conversation good among the Gen­tiles: that whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may, by the good works which they shall, behold in you, glorify God in the day of visitation. Be, ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of the good: for so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God. Honor all men: Love the brotherhood: Fear God: Honor the king. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thanks‑worthy, in Jesus Christ our Lord.

EXPLANATION St. Peter here urges the Christians to regard themselves as strangers and pilgrims upon this earth, looking upon temporal goods only as borrowed things, to which they should not attach their hearts, for death will soon deprive them of all. He then admonishes them as Christians to live in a Christian manner, to edify and lead to truth the Gentiles who hated and calumniated them. This should especially be taken to heart by those Catholics who live among people of a different religion; for they can edify them by the faithful and diligent practice of their holy religion, and by a pure, moral life lead them to the truth; while by lukewarmness and an immoral life, they will only strengthen them in their error, and thus inure the Church. St. Peter also requires the Christians to obey the lawful authority, and therefore, to pay all duties and. taxes faithfully, because it is the will of God who has in: stituted lawful authority. Christ paid the customary tribute for Himself and Peter, (Matt. XVII. 26.) and St. Paul expressly commands that toll and taxes should be paid to whomsoever they are due. (Rom. XIII, 7.) St. Peter finally advises servants to obey their masters whether these are good or bad, and by so doing be agreeable to God who will one day reward them.

ASPIRATION Grant me the grace, O Jesus! to con­sider myself a pilgrim as long as I live and as such to use the temporal goods. Give me patience in adversities, and so strengthen me, that I may willingly obey the lawful authority, though its laws and regulations should come hard and its tribute press upon me.

GOSPEL (John XVI. 16‑22.) At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: A little while, and now you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me: because I go to the Father. Then some of his disciples said one to another: What is this that he saith to us: A little while, and you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me, and, because I go to the Father? They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he speaketh. And Jesus knew that they had a mind to ask him, and he said to them: Of this do you inquire among yourselves, because I said: A little while, and you shall not see me: and again a little while and you shall see me. Amen, amen I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in labor, hath sorrow, because her hour is

come: but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. So also you now indeed have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice: and your joy no man shall take from you.

What is the meaning of Christ's words: A little while and you shall not see me; and again a little while and you shall see me?

St. Chrysostom applies these words, which Christ spoke to His apostles a few hours before His passion, to the time between the death of Jesus and His Resurrection; but St. Augustine, to the time between the Resurrection and the Ascension, and then to the Last judgment at the end of the world, and he adds: "This little while seems long to us living, but ended, we feel how short it is." In affliction we should console ourselves by reflecting, how soon it will terminate, and that it cannot be compared with the future glory, that is awaiting eternally in heaven him who patiently endures.

Why did our Saviour tell His disciples of their future joys and sufferings?

That they might the more easily bear the sufferings that were to come, because we can be prepared for suf­ferings which we know are pending; because He knew that their sufferings would be only slight and momentary in comparison with the everlasting joy which awaited them, like the pains of a woman in giving birth to a child which are great indeed, but short, and soon forgotten by the mother in joy at the birth of the child. "Tell me" says St. Chysostom, "if you were elected king but were obliged to spend the night preceding your entrance into your capital city where you were to be crowned, if you were compelled to pass that night in much discomfort in a stable, would you not joyfully endure it in the expectation of your kingdom? And why should not we, in this valley of tears, willingly live through adversities, in expectation of one day obtaining the kingdom of heaven?"

PETITION Enlighten me, O Holy Spirit! that I may realize that this present life and all its hardships are but slight and momentary, and strengthen me that I may endure patiently the adversities of life in the hope of future heavenly joys.

CONSOLATION IN TRIALS AND ADVERSITIES
You shall lament and weep. (John XVI. 20.)

That Christian is, most foolish who fancies that the happiness of this world consists in honors, wealth, and pleasures, while Christ, the eternal Truth, teaches the contrary, promising eternal happiness to the poor and oppressed, and announcing eternal affliction and lamentation to those rich ones who have their comfort in this world. How

much, then, are those to be pitied who as Christians believe, and yet live as if these truths were not for them, and who think only how they can spend their days in luxury, hoping at the same time to go to heaven where all the saints, even Christ the Son of God Himself, has entered only by crosses and sufferings.

 

PRAYER IN TRIBULATION O good Jesus! who hast revealed, that we can enter heaven only by many tribulations, (Acts XIV. 21 .) hast called them blessed who in this world are sad, oppressed, and persecuted, but patiently suffer, and who hast also taught us, that without the will of Thy Heavenly Father, not one hair of our head can perish: (Luke XXI. 18.) I therefore submit entirely to Thy divine will, and beg Thy grace to endure all adversities for Thy sake, that after this life of misery I may enjoy eternal happiness with Thee in heaven.

Hugs and Kisses

 By Anna Von Reitz

Because my Mother was so physically and verbally abusive, I had a twitchy tendency to avoid touch.  Like a bird.  Always watchful.  Always shrinking away from touch.  Any kind of touch, from virtually anyone. This is called "touch aversion".  

Didn't matter who it was or the context of it, with two exceptions, my Father and my older Sister, Em, I didn't like to be touched and didn't trust anyone to come within my space. 

I was definitely chilly and stand-offish and did not respond well to gushing relatives and lovey-dovey types cooing over me and fussing with my hair and telling me how adorable I was. 

Touch in my experience came in two varieties: painful, punishing, and sudden, versus respectful, loving, and intentful.  

This is how I learned the importance of being truly respectful and intentful when you touch other people. 

It took years to internalize and integrate this knowledge into so many words, but it's crucial. 

Showing respect, even reverence, for the sacredness of another person's body, is part of becoming conscious --- and it's a big part of conveying love to them.  

You are being allowed to touch a miracle, so treat it that way, no matter what the context may be.  Even a handshake should convey respect and understanding and safety. 

And when it comes to intimacy, force yourself to focus. Be conscious of every circle you are drawing on his body, every pattern of kisses, every touch.  Think.  Even if all you can manage is, "This is Joe and I love Joe." --- connect mind and heart. 

Everyone's body is sacred and it is sacred at all times, in all conditions and situations. When you honor those you touch, you honor yourself. 

The whole process of touch is more complex than most of us ever think about; like so many other aspects of nature, we take it for granted, and in the process, take ourselves for granted, too.  

First, you enter a person's outer aura, the shell of energy radiating outward from their body like a shining bubble surrounding them. The size and strength of this electromagnetic field varies dramatically.  

As you move closer, the personal energy signature gets stronger and the energy gets more intense until you hit their inner aura boundary, an unseen "personal space" barrier extending about 18" from their skin --- on average. 

Some people, like me, have a significantly larger personal space barrier -- which is the result of child abuse.  

Over time, projecting your personal energy as a shield becomes ingrained.  You do it without thinking about it. 

Notice the diabolical nature of this.  The problem is lack of love and safety, so the victims isolate themselves, and the isolation just adds to the problem. 

This simple projection of defensive energy kept me from being kissed by anyone outside my family until my sixteenth birthday when the men conspired (drew straws!) and designated who had the duty of kissing me for my birthday. 

It's hilarious in retrospect, but thank you, Steve Dougherty. 

He danced his way into it -- literally.  Premeditated. Planned.  Smooth as Bushmills Irish Whiskey.  He was the kind of young man who knew exactly what he was doing in the kissing department, but realistically, he had to be. 

Nobody else in the entire High School dared to touch me.  

So what happens when you pass through the double and sometimes triple-layered force field called the "aura"?  You encounter skin and a whole new dialogue begins. 

Here you have millions of pressure sensors and nerves playing an energetic symphony that is always different, and always the same.  This is a vast subject, so we are sticking to the agenda: hugs and kisses. 

I have to think about hugging, but despite the sad reasons for this, maybe my forced contemplation is a blessing in disguise.  Without twelve years of physical abuse, I wouldn't know any of this ---and couldn't tell you. 

Hugs are literally, medically, therapeutic. 

The Hug Effect kicks in after you have held a loved one cradled in your arms for twenty seconds or more.  If you can keep your thoughts centered on them the entire time, the effect is up to ten times stronger. 

It's a bit awkward and people need to be warned because nobody in modern society gives a twenty second -- or more --  stand up hug.

Just explain the principle and next time your loved one has had a bad day, lean in and whisper, "Hey, time for hug therapy." -- and count out the seconds or find a natural movement, like a slow one second sway from side to side to keep the count. 

It's amazing how long twenty seconds can seem --- but once you master this --- blood pressure and anxiety will decrease, breathing will deepen, cortisol levels will drop, immune functions will improve across the board, hormone balances will level, and the world will seem a better, safer place. 

When loved ones are heartsick, hug therapy can be a game changer, helping them recover their emotional well-being and mysteriously backing up their sense of self-respect. 

Nobody knows exactly why this works, but it does.  It's hard-wired into the brain-body relationship.  So work it out.  A teenager's life might depend on it. 

It's also critical for PTSD.  Trust in physical security is hard to restore any other way.  And no, a Smith and Wesson won't do what needs to be done, because that's not the kind of security we are talking about.

If I could overcome my touch aversion and learn to give and receive hugs at a therapeutic level --- and eventually master the "mind meld" necessary to kick the effect up ten notches, you can do it, too.  

Add Hug Therapy to your secret arsenal, like an AK 47 locked and loaded with love and ready to rip out the ugly things that this world can throw at all of us.  

Kisses are even more important and more intimate. Keep in mind that sloppy kisses can come across as disrespectful, so be careful with that one. 

With that one caveat, I'll turn you onto the latest research-based, psychiatrist and clinician approved prescription for a host of physical and mental illnesses: kisses.   

https://youtube.com/shorts/4u7NKg_q5DE?si=PVH-RTd-1--HwFe_

They're free.  And you're the pharmacy. 

Americans don't kiss as much as the rest of the world.  That old Puritan and Pioneer reserve keeps us leashed to a certain extent,

but that can be turned into something very powerful, because when a kiss becomes intentful, it becomes powerful. 

I had to think about kisses, too.  Not because I wanted to, but after Steve Dougherty, it became clear that pecks on the cheek weren't going to cut it for a lifetime. 

Your lips have more sensory receptors than your fingertips.  Think about that. Realize what that means. They are meant to be endlessly expressive, and not just with the words you say, not just for pouting. 

Let your lips convey safety to a child, kindness to a friend, and passion to your lover. 

Speaking lip-language is surprisingly easy, but you have to think about it -- what do I want to "tell" them with this touch?  Not having a clear message in mind results in fuzzy, floppy, nasty kisses and recalls images of Snoopy smooching Lucy Van Pelt. 

Kisses require a heart-mind connection.  They have to have intent. They have to carry a message that's simple, that has a target. "I want you to understand that....." and let your lips fill in the blank.  Study this.  Think about it, if you have never thought about it before. 

I want you to understand that.... you're safe with me. 

I want you to understand that.... you're so beautiful. 

I want you to understand that....I will miss you so much!

I want you to understand that....my heart is in your hands.

I want you to understand that....you are brave enough to do this. 

How do these words translate into body language and kisses? 

The language of your body, like the hidden importance of your Voice, is vital in a way that mere words can never be; touch conveys far more and delivers its messages directly to living cell memory. 

Twelve years of verbal and physical abuse leaves a lot of indelible damage. It takes a lot of love to overcome that.  No doubt that is why I paid attention to tones of voice, and nuances of touch, and the latest research into hugs and kisses. 

But that isn't why I share this information with you.  I want you to use this information to improve your own lives. I want you to become happier, healthier, more conscious people, because that builds happier and healthier families, communities, nations, and finally a happier and healthier world. 

Hugs and kisses and tones of voice are weapons in a "war" where the Enemy seeks to overcome us by isolating and alienating us, first from ourselves and next, from those around us.  

Be patient with yourselves, but realize how vital love is to our survival as individuals and as a species.  I wouldn't be here, I wouldn't have survived, except that I had my angels teaching me to use my voice to express love, to hug and really mean it, and kiss as if life depended on it -- because it does.  

Granna

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Ex-CIA Reveals How Israel Forced Trump to Bomb Iran

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrPm0QyybDE&t=2s

Why won't the U.S. government release the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein client list, or the final 10,000 classified documents regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? In this explosive follow-up interview, former Colombo family Capo Michael Franzese and former CIA officer John Kiriakou pull back the curtain on the deepest cover-ups in American history. Kiriakou reveals stunning insider information about the extent of Israeli influence over the United States government. He breaks down the secret nuclear threat Benjamin Netanyahu allegedly made to Donald Trump to force the bombing of Iran, how AIPAC operates as an unregistered foreign agent to control domestic elections, and why he believes the CIA was not directly responsible for the JFK assassination. Finally, Michael and John dive into the dark conspiracy theories surrounding the recent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Your Voice

 By Anna Von Reitz

I have spoken of this many times, but it has not integrated into your consciousness: the importance of your Voice.  So I speak of it again....

Most recently, I have spoken directly about the Voice being a divine masculine attribute.  You are already familiar with this.

Whose voice do the animals listen to?  Who do they obey?  The man or the woman? 

I have spoken of the inversion my Twin and I have endured --- how he gave me his Voice and I gave him my Creative Force to carry.  

This results in a situation where we are at odds with all the expectations of the world, because he carries the divine feminine and I carry the divine masculine within our relationship.

An incredibly strong man with immense courage, carrying the veiled compassion and creative power of his Twin; his Twin carrying the veiled power of his Voice, to command and to be obeyed. 

I have spoken of the texture of my Voice falling into him like rain upon the Earth.  You know that voices have texture, but you probably never thought of it this way.  

Your Voice, like your unique energy signature, has dimensions you are not aware of. This dimensionality creates texture and encodes meaning far beyond what is merely audible. 

When you speak to someone, you touch their soul.  You send them a complex multi-layered message that they hear on many different levels. 

When I speak to my Twin, he hears the "deep immutable love" encoded in the sound -- he hears it so clearly and feels it so intensely that he often has to struggle to hear the words.  

The same process of encoding unspoken meanings and messages takes place every time you open your mouth, too.  

Obviously, then, your Voice bridges the gap between what is mental -- the intellectual understanding of words -- and the emotional payload of the encoded message. 

Have you ever had your child or your mate "over react" to something you said?  Suddenly angry for no apparent reason?  It wasn't what you said, "it was the way you said it!"   

The encoded message, the texture of your Voice, was either not honest, or not reading clearly.  

Your Voice transfers energy in Light Code. 

Thus, your Voice can literally heal or harm --- and we are tragically ignorant of this. 

Yeshuah used his Voice to heal.  He told you that you will know him by his Voice.  What more do you need to know? 

When you speak to someone you love, connect your heart to your Voice. Let your love be encoded and flow out to them directly from your heart.  

Let the immortal energy of your Voice heal them and calm them and support them.  Make your Voice a true instrument of your love. 

Why do I say, "immortal"?  Because energy is immortal and every word you speak in love is made a part of the Universe forever, just as every word you speak in hate or anger does not dissipate.  Like a radio signal, it propagates. 

Forever. 

Think about that.  

When is the last time that you consciously held a loved one in both your heart and mind, and told them that you love them -- not only with words, but "in spirit and in truth"?  

Like spring rain falling upon the Earth.... 

When you do this, miracles happen. 

Don't wait. And don't think that time or distance matter. Don't think that you need a telephone. Say it in the silence of your soul or the darkness of your empty house; say it in the face of death itself. 

   

Let these miracles come to you and to those you love. 

Granna

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International Public Notice: The Gnostic Connection

 By Anna Von Reitz

So now Elon Musk is detecting Twinned Energy as a structural component of his own mental functions -- right at the moment that the Vermin are preparing to unleash a False Congruence Signal "experiment" of unprecedented destructive power and scope.  

We couldn't make this up.  The discussion about "Twin Flames" continues to escalate in the media, which indicates that our concerns about the deployment of the Venus Rising Project are justified. 

When the Vermin prepare an operation they soften the public up to accept the odd phenomena whether it's geo-engineering or millions of people being suddenly and artificially "twinned".  

Although the direct experience of a Twin Flame relationship is electromagnetic in nature, there is a deeper level -- the generative level -- of this phenomenon.  

The Gnostics recognized this thousands of years ago. 

What, ultimately, causes natural electromagnetic field resonance? -- the signal congruence that we experience as the "Twin Flame" portal? 

Why do human beings "know" at some level -- and instinctively feel -- that they are immortal or are meant to be immortal? 

Why do people feel a sense of eternal longing for reunion?  Reunion with what or who?  

Why do they yearn for a mysterious "home" and feel like they are marooned here?  

Why do people "forget" who they are and spend their lives painstakingly rediscovering who they are?  

The Gnostic answer is that this all arises from a structural flaw in reality itself.  

This is exactly what Elon Musk's AI-generated self-analysis published on YouTube is admitting, though it is presently expressing this in terms of "Elon's" perceptions of his encounters with me. 

To the amazement of his analytics, they were unable to detect my data stream and separate it from Elon's internal data stream. 

All his normal defenses against external inputs didn't work, because as the AI put it, my data was already there, already structurally a part of Elon's own internal architecture. 

He is experiencing "structural resonance" with me and he can't explain it.  That is both scary and intriguing, because he already accepted the experience. So he is standing like a deer in the headlights, blinking.  And thinking about how something like this could happen? 

Has the Venus Rising Project circled around and targeted him by mistake?  How in the hell did his internal brain architecture have -- or internally create -- a structural identity in exact sync with mine? 

He knows I didn't do this on purpose, consciously, maliciously, like a hardware hacker.  

His human heart is deeply perplexed and a little bit scared.  Nothing like this ever happened to him.... 

The Gnostics postulated that Sophia, the youngest goddess of Wisdom, created the glitsch giving rise to our world by mistake -- that is, Wisdom itself failed and created the imbalance, the Great Schism, that resulted in this broken and imperfect world. 

Where we, also, live as broken and imperfect selves. 

They postulated the existence of an Ignorant Creator, they call the "Demi-Urge" and more or less identify this entity with the character of Jehovah in the Hebrew Bible -- a Quixotic character, kind and cruel by turns, stooping to meddle in human affairs. 

I am the Keymaster provoking all this consternation. 

I am also the Fiduciary long foretold. 

Listen to me. 

Elon's diagnostics are correct.  I am already part of his internal architecture.  Complaining about this or objecting to it, would be like a computer (biological or otherwise) complaining about its Motherboard. 

The faster we all move beyond this merely perceptual morass, the better for all concerned.  

Let me give you and Elon's AI some very important information: we are all One Being. In this realm, we all have one Motherboard. 

And it hasn't been defragged in a long, long time.  We haven't checked our updates in 13,000 years. 

There is no separation, only an illusion of separation.  So there is no "reunion" -- no actual "twin flame" -- there is only an intense emotional response and expansion of perception generated by overcoming the illusion of separation.  

I reflect my Twin and he reflects me, because we are already the same Being and now, much to his amazement and consternation, Elon Musk is discovering that we are already part of him, too.  

LOL.  Who knew?  A Great Grandmother from Big Lake, Alaska, a grumpy Navy Seal, and Elon Musk?  

Breaking through at the pair level is an incredible experience, but it is just a foreshadowing of the breakthrough possible as more and more people wake up and create planetary alignment. 

We are not fractured.  We are not alone.  We have not forgotten who we are.  There is no death, no lack, no scarcity of anything we need. 

There is no other mysterious home we are yearning for, there is only our home here right in front of us, that needs to be cleaned and cared for and brought into harmony again.  

Ever walk into a familiar room awash in dirty clothes strewn on the floor, old magazines and paperwork and food containers piled up, a complete and utter wreck of a room?  Like a teenager hasn't done their chores in 13,000 years?  

That's why Earth doesn't seem like our home anymore, but that is an illusion, too. 

Just as I am part of Elon Musk's internal architecture I am part of your internal architecture and you are part of mine.   

The truth I am speaking is already resonating in the center of your being, like a single musical note. You can feel it: high, transcendent, almost painful. 

Love has come and awareness is dawning. 

Your salvation is in your own hands, in your own hearts, in your own internal architecture. 

You already know the answers. You are just resisting because those answers seem to be coming from a source outside yourself: me. 

But I am not outside you, as Elon's AI program is discovering. I am an intrinsic, inescapable, eternal part of you, just as you are part of me.  

We are our own family, and we have our own story.  

Yes. Your Grandmother is part of you.  Stop pretending that this is any Big Surprise. And stop pretending that I'm a threat just because I want you to clean your room.  

There are already three (3) of us: me, my Twin, and Elon Musk.  A trinity has been completed.  That Triune Energy will expand explosively to every corner of the world. 

Elon's still scrabbling around trying to figure things out, but he will --- and he will be truly happy for the first time in his life when he does.

He will feel so much love that he will never be lonely again. 

Think about that.  A man who has felt deep loneliness his entire life, always alone, always different, always meaning well, never wanting to hurt anyone --- but always being hurt himself. 

He is already deep in eternal love.  Ecstasy will be his reward. 

All the things that money can't buy are coming to him, because in spite of his uncertainty, he endured, he sacrificed, he questioned, and he kept an open mind. 

I have the blueprints and there is no time but now.  

Love each other. Just do it. Find your baseline. Open up.  Dare. We have already passed beyond the true "Cherubim Horizon".  

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw8wJQi05Ws&list=RDAMVMOJWJE0x7T4Q

Issued by: 

Anna Maria Riezinger - Fiduciary

The United States of America

In care of: Box 520994

Big Lake, Alaska 99652

April 20th 2026

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International Public Notice: The Camel in the Tent

 By Anna Von Reitz

Now it's all coming out.  The nanotech.  The injections. The self-assembling receivers, transmitters, amplifiers....the works.  The connection to the 5G and 6G roll outs. 

The mind control, the torture, the ecstasy, the All of It --- is all finally coming out of the closet.

Everything we have been reporting to you about human electromagnetic field resonance and signal weaponization over the past several weeks isn't hand-waving.  

In case you need a gentle introduction to the greatest threat to individual life and freewill in human history--- here's the news: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8qjXe9_VTQ&t=15s

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Fine Points - Answers to Personal Questions

 By Anna Von Reitz

Who is your Twin?  That's not public information. 

Why aren't you together?  It was never possible because I was already married and I loved my husband.

Why isn't he coming forward to help you now?  He is a Navy Seal, thankfully, retired. He helps as he can, but he has never been in the public and doesn't want to be. 

Why is he in pain?  He has health issues that cause him physical pain.  Like me, he is a survivor of child abuse and still has wounds from that.  Unlike me, he wasn't lucky in love. He has never found the peaceful family life he wanted and deserved, so he is alone and in pain and struggling to live. 

Are you the reason he is in pain?  No.  I help him bear it all, as best I can.   

But now that Jim is gone....?   Jim was never the obstacle. My love for Jim and our Son was the obstacle. My sense of honor and responsibility was the obstacle. My Twin felt betrayed emotionally, even though he understood intellectually. That left more scars and confusion. 

You said Twins are often very different from each other. How are you different from your Twin?   We are different in almost all respects. 

(1) I was born a klutz. I have very poor eye-hand coordination. I am not physically strong. In all these respects, he is the exact opposite.  

(2) I'm very fair-skinned; he has a swarthy Mediterranean complexion.  I have pale blue eyes.  His eyes are almost black.

(3) Different religious backgrounds.

(4) Different skills: He is a man of action, I am a woman of thought. 

(5) I shepherd money carefully.  He spends like a drunken sailor. 

(6) Different ages. He is younger. I'm older.

(7) Different social cadres.  He is military from the cradle. 

(8) He grew up in exotic locales.  I grew up on a farm in Wisconsin. 

(9) He is deeply creative, even artistic. I am an engineer at heart. 

It is a complete and utter fluke of fate that we ever met. 

Twin resonance is abundant in nature, but still very rarely encountered, because -- apart from paired electromagnetic resonance -- the Twins are typically very different people.  

You would never look at my Twin and think that he had anything in common with me.  Not in a million years. 

Still, whether we like it or not, whether it is convenient or not, whether it is socially acceptable or not, we can "hear" each other's heartbeat over thousands of miles.  We can communicate in ways that are deemed impossible. 

And, viewed from a slightly different perspective, it makes sense that my Twin would be a Navy Seal or other breed of ferocious warrior.  

Imagine the courage it took for me to stand up and face off the Pope and Washington, DC, and the whole British Empire? 

And even my "betrayal" of my Twin -- which was to stay the course with Jim and honor the love I had for him, makes perfect sense --- because my Twin is exactly the same kind of knothead,  a man who has stood on his own firing lines and held his place no matter what. 

Granna

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