Instruction on the Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's
The Church's Year

The Introit of the Mass is the prayer of a troubled soul, entreating God for assistance against its enemies:

INTROIT Incline unto my aid, O God: O Lord, make haste to help me: let my enemies be confounded and ashamed, who seek my soul. Let them be turned backward and blush for shame, who desire evils to me. (Ps. LXIX) Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

COLLECT Almighty and merciful God, of whose gift it cometh that the faithful do Thee homage with due and laudable service: grant, we beseech Thee, that we may run without stumbling to the attainment of Thy promises. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the Unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end, Amen.

EPISTLE (II Cor. III. 4-9.) Brethren, such confidence we have through Christ towards God: not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God, who also hath made us fit ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the spirit: for the letter killeth: but the spirit quickeneth. Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which is made void: how shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather in glory? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.

EXPLANATION St. Paul speaks in the epistle, from which this extract is taken, of the conversion of the Corinthians, which he accomplished not by his own ability, but with the help of God, who made him a minister of the New Testament, a teacher of the true religion of Christ. The New Testament by the grace of the Holy Ghost recalls the sinner from the death of sin, reconciles him to God, and thus enlivens and makes him pleasing to God; whereas the letter of the Old Law, which contains more eternal ceremonies and fewer commandments, changes not the man, but rather destroys him, that is, threatens with death the transgressor of the law instead of freeing him from sin and reconciling him to God, thus permitting him to die the eternal death. St. Paul preached the true religion of Christ, which vivifies, justifies, and sanctifies man. If the ministry of Moses was so glorified by God, that his countenance shone, when he returned from Mount Sinai, where God gave him the law, how much more dignified and glorious must be the ministry of the New Law. Learn from this to esteem the office of preaching, and be humble like St. Paul, who trusted not in himself but in God, to whom he ascribed all honor.

GOSPEL (Luke X. 23-37.) At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: Blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see. For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear, and have not heard them. And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, and saying: Master, what must I do to possess eternal life? But he said to him: What is written in the law? how readest thou? He answering, said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. And he said to him: Thou hast answered rightly: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbor? And Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who also stripped him, and having wounded him, went away; leaving him half dead. And it chanced that a certain priest went down the same way, and seeing him, passed by. In like manner also a Levite, when he was near the place and saw him, passed by. But a certain Samaritan, being on his journey, came near him: and seeing him, was moved with compassion. And going up to him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and setting him upon his own beast, brought him to an inn, and took care of him: and the next day he took out two pence, and gave to the host, and said: Take care of him, and whatsoever, thou shalt spend over and above, I, at my return, will repay thee. Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbor to him that fell among robbers? But he said: He that showed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou in like manner.

Why does Christ call His disciples blessed?

Because they had the happiness which so many patriarchs and prophets had desired in vain, namely: of seeing Him and hearing His teaching. Though we have not the happiness to see Jesus and hear Him, nevertheless we are not less blessed than the apostles, since Christ pronounces those blessed who do not see and yet believe. (John XX. 29.)

What, besides faith, is necessary for salvation?

That we love God and our neighbor, for in these two commandments consists the whole law. (Matt. XXII. 40.)

Who is our neighbor?¹

Every man, be he an acquaintance or a stranger, poor or rich, of our faith or of another; for the Samaritan did not ask the one who had fallen among robbers: Who and whence are you? but considered him his neighbor, and proved himself as such by his prompt assistance.

How should we love our neighbor?

As we love ourselves, that is, we should wish him everything good, and when in necessity do to him as we would wish others to do to us, and, on the contrary, not wish nor do to him anything that we do not wish to be done to ourselves. In this way the Samaritan loved his neighbor, and in this he was far superior to the priest and the Levite.

How can we especially practice love for our neighbor?

By the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. [See instruction for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. http://www.paulstramer.net/2019/07/instruction-on-seventh-sunday-after.html] Besides which we must rejoice at the spiritual and corporal graces of our neighbor, which God communicates to him; we must grieve for his misfortunes, and, according to the example of St. Paul, (I Cor. I. 4.) have compassion for him; we must bear with the faults of our neighbor, as St. Paul again admonishes us: Bear ye one another's burdens, and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ. (Gal. VI. 2.)

Why should we love our neighbor?

We should love him because God commands it; but there are also other reasons which should induce us to do so. We are not only according to nature brothers and sisters in Adam, but also according to grace, in Christ, and we would have to be ashamed before animals, if we would allow ourselves to be surpassed in the love which they bear one to another; (Ecclus, XIII. 19.) all our neighbors are the image and likeness of God, bought by the blood of Jesus, and are adopted children, called to heaven, as we are; the example of Christ, who loved us, when we were yet His enemies, (Rom. V. 10.) and gave Himself for us unto death, ought to incite us to love them. But can we be His disciples, if we do not follow Him, and if we do not bear in us the mark of His disciples, i. e. the love of our neighbor? (John XIII. 35.). Finally, the necessity of the love for our neighbor ought to compel us, as it were, to it; for without it, we cannot be saved. He that loveth not, says St. John, abideth in death, (I John III. 14.) and he that loveth not his brother, whom he seeth, how can he love God whom he seeth not? (I John IV. 20.) because he transgresses one of the greatest commandments of God, and does not fulfil the law. (Rom. XIII, 10.)

What is necessary to make the love of our neighbor meritorious?

It must tend to God, that is, we must love our neighbor only in and for God, because God commands it, and it is pleasing to Him. For to love our neighbor on account of a natural inclination, or self-interest, or some other still less honorable reason, is only a natural, animal love, in no wise different from the love of the heathens; for the heathens also love and salute those who love and salute them in turn. (Matt. V. 46.)

PETITION. O my God, Father of mercy! give me a loving and compassionate heart, which will continually impel me to do good to my neighbor for Thy sake, so that I may merit the same from Thy mercy.

What is understood from this day's gospel in a higher and more spiritual sense?

According to the interpretation of the Fathers, our father Adam, and hence the whole human race is to be understood by the one who had fallen among robbers. The human race, which through the disobedience of Adam fell into the power of Satan and his angels, was robbed of original justice and the grace of God, and moreover, was wounded and weakened in all the powers of the soul by evil concupiscence. The priest and The Levite who represent the Old Law, would not and could not repair this misfortune; but Christ, the true Samaritan, embraced the interests of the wounded man, inasmuch as He poured the oil of His grace, and the wine of His blood into the wounds of man's soul, and thus healed him, and inasmuch as He led him by baptism into the inn of His Church, and there entrusted him to His priests for further care and nursing. Thank Christ, the good Samaritan, for this great love and care for you, and endeavor to make good use of His blessings by your cooperation.

INSTRUCTION ON THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF
EXTREME UNCTIONHe bound up his wounds pouring in oil and wine. (Luke X. 34.)

The conduct of the Samaritan in regard to the wounded man may be viewed as a figure of the holy Sacrament of Extreme Unction, in which Christ, the true Samaritan, by means of the holy oil and the prayer of the priest, His representative, dispenses His grace to the sick for the welfare of the soul and often of the body, provided the sick place no obstacle in His way.

Is Extreme Unction a Sacrament?

Yes; because it was instituted by Christ, and by it grace is conveyed to the sick through an outward sign.

Did Christ institute this Sacrament?

He did, for He sent His disciples to anoint the sick with oil and heal them, as the Evangelist writes: Going forth they preached that men should do penance: and they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. (Mark VI. 12,13.) We must believe that this unction was not invented by the apostles, but ordained by the Lord. This is confirmed by the Council of Trent, which says: (Sess. XIV. C. I.) "This sacred Unction of the sick was instituted by Christ our Lord, as indicated by St. Mark, but recommended to the faithful and promulgated by the Apostle St. James, a relative of our Lord." "Is any man," he says, "sick among you? let him bring in the priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven. (James V. 14,15.) St. James could not have said this, if he had not known the institution and command of Christ: to it apostolic and uninterrupted tradition also gives testimony.

What is the external sign of this Sacrament?

The anointing with holy oil, which is blessed by the bishop on Holy Thursday, and the prayer of the priest.

What graces does this Sacrament produce in the sick man?

The Catechism of the Council of Trent enumerates the following: first, it remits sins, especially venial sins. Its primary object is not to remit mortal sin. For this the Sacrament of penance was instituted, as was that of baptism for the remission of original sin; secondly, it removes the languor and infirmity entailed by sin, with all other inconveniences. The time most seasonable for the application of this cure is, when we are visited by some severe malady, which threatens to prove fatal; for nature dreads no earthly visitation so much as death; and this dread is considerably augmented by the recollection of our past sins, particularly if the mind is harrowed by the poignant reproaches of conscience; for it is written: "They shall come with fear at the thought of their sins, and their iniquities shall stand against them to convict them." A source of alarm still more distressing is the awful reflection, that, in a few moments, we shall stand before the judgment-seat of God, whose justice will award that sentence, which our lives have deserved. The terror inspired by these considerations frequently agitates the soul with the most awful apprehensions; and to calm this terror nothing can be so efficacious as the Sacrament of Extreme Unction. It quiets our fear, illumines the gloom in which the soul is enveloped, fills it with pious and holy joy, and enables us to await with cheerfulness the coming of the Lord; thirdly, it fortifies us against the violent assaults of Satan. The enemy of mankind never ceases to seek our ruin: and if it be possible to deprive us of all hope of mercy, he more than ever increases his efforts, when he sees us approach our last end. This Sacrament, therefore, enables the recipient to fight resolutely and successfully against him; fourthly, it effects the recovery of health, if advantageous to the sick person.

What intentions must the sick man have, in order to gain these graces?

Since the Sacraments work the more powerfully the better the preparation made by those who receive them, and since by this Sacrament those sins are remitted which we have forgotten, or have not sufficiently known, the sick man should, therefore, receive beforehand, if it be possible, the holy Sacrament of Penance and the blessed Eucharist; or if this cannot be done, he should make an act of perfect contrition, and have the wish to confess if possible. He should, therefore, not defer the reception of this Sacrament to the last moment, when the violence of sickness has already taken away the use of his reason and senses, but he should ask for this Sacrament whilst yet enjoying the use of reason, so that he may receive it with devotion and salutary result.

Is this Sacrament necessary for salvation?

No; yet we should not neglect in case of sickness to partake of the excellent fruits of this Sacrament since the Council of Trent teaches: "To despise so great a Sacrament would indeed be a great sin, an insult to the Holy Ghost." (Sess. XIV. C. 3.)

Can we receive this Sacrament more than once?

We can receive it as often as we are in danger of death by sickness; but we must bear in mind that we can be anointed only once in the same sickness.

Why is this Sacrament called Extreme Unction?

Because among all the Sacraments which our Lord and Saviour ordained in His Church, this one is the last we are to receive. But from this it does not follow, as so many believe that one who receives this Sacrament must die soon, but it will rather become a means of salvation for their souls, and if it be for their eternal welfare, will also restore their bodily health.

What does the priest do when he enters the house of the sick person?

He wishes peace to the house, and prays that God may send His angels to protect its inmates, that He may drive away the enemy, console the sick, strengthen and give him health.

Why does the priest sprinkle the sick person with holy water?

To remind him that he should implore of God the forgiveness of his sins, with tears of contrition, in order to dispel the influence of the evil spirit.

Why does the priest exhort those present to pray while he administers the Sacrament?

That God may grant through their prayers whatever may contribute to the welfare of the sick man's body and soul.

For what does the priest pray when he imposes his hands on the head of the sick person?

He begs that God, through the imposition of hands and by the intercession of all the saints, may take the sick person under His protection, and destroy the power of the devil, who attacks one particularly in the hour of death.

What does the priest say at the anointing with oil?

He begs that God, through this unction and through His gracious mercy, may forgive the sick person all the sins which he has committed with his five senses. At the same time the sick person should, in a spirit of humility and with a repentant and contrite heart, implore of God the forgiveness of all his sins.

Why does the priest present the sick person a crucifix to kiss?

To remind him that, like Jesus, he should suffer with patience, and place his whole confidence in the infinite merits of the Crucified, and be willing to suffer and die for love of Him. For this reason the crucifix ought to be presented often to the dying person.

What should the sick person do after he has received the Sacrament of Extreme Unction?

He should use all his remaining strength to thank God sincerely for the benefit he has received, commend himself to the wounds and the blood of Jesus, and meditate with quiet recollection on death and eternity.

How consoling does our holy Catholic Church appear in the continual use of this Sacrament! Having, like a tender mother, received man by holy Baptism under her maternal care; by holy Confirmation given him the necessary weapons against sin, heresy, and infidelity; by the holy Sacrament of Penance purified him from stains and sins; and by the blessed Eucharist nourished him with the bread of life, enriched him with virtues, and secured him against falling, she does not desert him even in the last, all-important moment of death. In that dangerous hour when the dying person, forsaken by all, often by his most intimate friends, or looked upon with fear, lies on his bed of pain, when behind him time ceases and before him a certain, though unknown eternity opens itself, when Satan brings all his resources into play, in order to ruin his soul, and the thought of the coming judgment makes the heart tremble, - in this terrible hour the faithful mother, the Catholic Church, does not abandon him; she sends the priest, her servant, like a consoling angel to his couch, to encourage the sufferer and strengthen the fearful with the divine word, to cleanse the sinner and reconcile him with God by the Sacrament of Penance, to fortify the weak and nourish him with the bread of life, to strengthen the combatant with the holy oil, thus providing him with all the means of grace which Jesus obtained for His Church, to conduct his soul before the face of the eternal Judge, there to find grace and mercy.

Considering this, dear Christian, should you not feel happy to be a member of this Church, should you not thank God continually, and adhere faithfully to a Church, in which it is indeed not so pleasant to live, as in the bosom of irreligion, but in which it is good to die!

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1. A detailed Instruction on the Love of God may be found under the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. Here we treat only of the love of our neighbor.  

http://www.paulstramer.net/2017/10/seventeenth-sunday-after-pentecost.html

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For Young People

By Anna Von Reitz

One of the watershed moments of my life and career came this week.  I received a thank you note and a one dollar donation from a child.  That is astonishing, but even more astonishing, the accompanying note made it clear that they knew what they were supporting: their government, their country.  

Good job, Mom and Dad! 

When I am home, I wake up every morning staring at a portrait of me when I was seventeen.  I have gotten better looking as I've aged.  It's not a flattering picture: my nose soars above the flat oval of my face like a granite ridge, and my expression, though sweet, is also supremely calculating and intense. I am considering something..... considering it very carefully.  

What would I say to her, this much younger version of myself?  What would I tell her about the road ahead?  ---Even knowing that she wouldn't believe any of it?  

Oh, yes, you are going to finish school and roam the world and end up after years of knocking about, in Alaska, and you are going to marry an accomplished artist, yes, an oil painter..... 

And I wondered this morning, can I give back something to my child donor, from the life I have led?  Some bit of insight to help them navigate besides --- "Keep a close eye on the government!"  

How have I gotten through Life with my heart and Shinola Sensors intact?  

Of course, there's The Ten Commandments.  I learned those early and well, thanks to my parents carefully and repeatedly finding occasion to discuss each one of them.  As I look back, adopting them as a basic Life Code has saved me (and others) no end of misery, so yes, remember The Ten Commandments, and not just by rote.  

You have to internalize these commandments, so that they become part of you and your responses to Life.  To the extent that The Ten Commandments enter your life, to that same exact extent, you will be spared misery and doubt and shame in your relationship with the True God and in your relationships with other people.  

The Ten Commandments taught me to live a life of justice, and if you will listen, they will do the same thing for you.   It may not make sense right now, but by the time you are my age you will look back and know how many, many  times these simple rules made all the difference. 

I recommend that children start with The Ten Commandments, because the Commands of Jesus, though supremely wise, are more subtle, and require a much greater understanding of self and greater life experience.  

The Golden Rule to love others as ourselves, doesn't make much sense until we arrive at the point of really knowing ourselves and being at peace with ourselves so that we can love ourselves and so, create the standard we are supposed to observe in dealing with others.  

The same thing applies to the command to "Love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and all your mind, and all your...."  Before you can do that, you have to have had enough life experience to be aware of the Presence of God, to know God, and have a relationship with God.  

To know God is to love God; so that part is easy as falling off a log.  That part is natural.  The hard part is developing the discernment to become truly aware of God, and that takes time and attention.  

We are talking about connecting to an invisible and mysterious and benevolent Being, that is our source of life and the natural compass of our hearts.  To do this is not easy for people who are focused 95% of the time on external sensory data.  

Many people never get this far. The Ten Commandments are hard enough.  

But to my children, and to yours, I can give no better advice than to spend the time seeking to know yourself and love yourself and  make the effort to know the True God who is the Author and Sustaining Power of Life

Observe him at work in the world around you and in the small miracles of every day. 

These Higher Commandments bear the wealth of the Spirit and do far more than keep us out of trouble or spare us the miseries and embarrassments of committing crimes and gaffs we regret.  

These Two High Commandments of Jesus, when mastered, give us peace and gladness.  These are the ones that make life so much easier to bear, and which fill life with joy.  

So begin with The Ten Commandments, but don't stop there.  Pursue the Higher Commandments, knowing that it will take years before you truly know yourself and years before you can joke with God and recognize his hand on your shoulder. 

The best things in life take time and effort, and the struggle to truly know and love yourself and to know and love the True God go hand-in-hand.  Both are a matter of closely observing the unfolding revelation which is your own life.  

If you pay attention and ask for guidance, you won't be disappointed.  As the years go on, you will feel the years accruing ever-greater richness and meaning. While your heart will be hard toward the evil in the world, it will remain soft toward all that matters and all that is good.  

In this way, you will protect yourself and those you love from harm, and come to rest in your own place in the great scheme of things, at peace with who you are, knowing and being content that you are part of All That Is. 

Beyond these spiritual quests and standards, there a few other things I can offer simply as a matter of life observations:  

I am the kind of Grandma who does her own dishes, and when she gets to the end of a bottle of dish soap, she rinses it out to get the last drops. If I am somewhere where I can recycle, I toss the empty dish soap bottle in the plastic recycling bin.  

I am thrifty and make it my aim not to waste anything.  There is a reason for that.  Think about it.  Why would you waste, what you struggle to earn?  You had to work and pay for that soap. Get the most out of it.  

As for recycling, that makes sense, too. When the bottle is done being a dish soap bottle, it can be re-molded into many other useful things.  Would you throw away bricks and lumber needed to build a house?  So why throw away plastic and paper, either?  

I am also the sort of grandma who does all the unpleasant chores.  I de-scale the coffee pot.  I de-frost the refrigerator.  I scrub the cat food dish.  I dust the ceiling fixtures.  I clean the toilet bowl --- up under The Rim.  Don't try to avoid the unpleasant little tasks of life.  Face them head on.  Make each one a conquest.  

Yesterday my youngest son asked me about the fine points of toilet bowl cleaning.  I showed him.  Then, curious, I asked why the sudden interest?  

When he gets married, he doesn't want his wife to have to clean the toilet bowl.  

Girls?  Hear that?  The line forms to the rear.... 

I quirked and raised an eyebrow.... "Oh, you don't want your wife to clean The Bowl, but it's okay for your Mother to have to do it?"  

The look on his face was priceless, but I smiled.  It's okay.  Learning to be honest and accepting what's true is also important. 

This Grandma has also known what it is to be poor.  Very poor.  She worked and learned and didn't stay that way, but she isn't afraid of being poor and neither should you be.  

Being poor teaches you things you could never learn any other way.  It has a wisdom of its own, and though it isn't exactly "pleasant" to be broke or nearly so, it forces you to realize what you truly need and what you merely want.  

These are good lessons, not bad.  Seeing what you can do with almost nothing is a worthy creative challenge, too.  When you have nothing, the world becomes a world of endless opportunity.  

Someday, if I live long enough, I am going to write The Starving Artist's Cookbook and share the tricks of the trade.  Because my husband has been successful as an artist we often have young people who aspire to be artists asking for advice.  

They want to be artists or writers or musicians, but they are afraid of being poor. Their parents and friends have told them its not practical, not possible, they'll starve, they'll sail over the edge of the horizon and not come back.  Sure, other people have done it, but no, it's not possible for you..... 

Follow your passion.  Don't be afraid of being poor.  There's always a way forward when you are honoring the truth, and equally, there is no way to be happy or content if you are not honoring what is inside of you.  

So make up your mind to live life on your terms come what may, and learn to look for the doors and windows that open for you.  

Another place where young people need advice is simply this: take care of your body.  Many young people are careless or reckless or just plain ignorant when it comes to taking care of their bodies.  

Your body has to last you a lifetime.  You have, for example, only two knees.  What happens if you blow one out doing something stupid?  You've got 32 teeth for this long journey; why aren't you brushing and flossing?  

I know a great many people who are half my age who are in worse physical shape than I am.  I know, because I regularly out-perform them doing tasks as simple as shopping for groceries. 

It's not an accident and its not the result of having good genes that I am healthy and energetic at my age.  I didn't let myself sit in a chair and get obese.  I am a little overweight, but not grossly so.  I get exercise every day doing honest work around the house and yard, which benefits me and benefits my family.  

There's always something to do, if you want to do it.  If you don't have any chores of your own, go borrow some.  Help out your neighbors.  There are always elders in need of an extra set of hands, dogs to walk, toddlers to chase. 

Work, and you will soon learn to enjoy working.  You will see how it is part of the joy of living and being powerful, being able to make a difference. 

People who sit around on their thumbs are missing the boat. 

I chose not to put noxious chemicals into my body.  I chose not to drink bad water.  I chose not to eat horrible processed food and bread akin to marshmallows.  I chose not to smoke, do drugs, or drink too much alcohol.  

These choices add up to better health, more strength, greater agility, less stress, less expense ---and the dividends pay forward, just like a pension plan.   

Make good choices for your body, beginning now, and you will remain powerful and competent in your old age.  Pay attention to what you eat and drink.  Learn about good nutrition and follow what you learn.  You won't be sorry.  

Never pass up an opportunity to learn a skill.  I don't care what it is.  If someone offers to teach you, learn.  Maybe it's knitting or car repair or fence building. Learn.  Learn.  Learn.  You never know when the skills you pick up along the way are going to come in handy, save you money, or even save your life. 

More often than I can count, skills that I have learned have helped and saved other people, too.  My friends and my family have all benefited from things I have learned and skills I have developed.  

Don't let yourself get stuck in a dead end job.  I know many people who have led miserable lives because when they entered the work force, they were adrift and just took whatever work they could get--- and then stayed in that job because it was secure and they developed family responsibilities that kept them plodding away year after year like hamsters in a treadmill. 

Employers like to get good steady people to perform at a specific job and the nastier the job is, the more relieved they are to find someone competent to fill it.  That's wonderful for them, but if you are not happy, its not so wonderful for you. 

Here's a typical example --- a younger man I know went to work for a grocery store chain and worked his way up to be manager of a store.  He wasn't married, so they tagged him to go to a remote store location where they had all sorts of problems --- logistical problems, personnel problems, store maintenance problems. 

He solved all those problems, and then, guess what?  The managers wanted him to stay there forever, in this remote, inhospitable, difficult place-- and they didn't want to give him a raise or any special support.  They just wanted him to be a store manager like any other store manager in their chain forever and ever.  

They were very happy with his performance, and he was happy that he showed what he could do, but also surprised when performing all those miracles got him nowhere but stuck in a place he never wanted to be in the first place. 

He can plow his way out, and find a different job with a more enlightened company----which he will do, and that is the whole point.  Don't let yourself get stuck in a job you don't like, even if you can do it well, even if it is secure, even if the bosses love you. 

Finally, and this is the Real Biggee: don't have children until you are ready for them.  I know more people than I can count who made the mistake of rushing in and having children before they were ready, and both they and the kids have suffered.  

The timing of being ready for a family of your own varies widely, and yes, it involves many factors.  Having a loving relationship with the right mate is Number One.  

Being emotionally fulfilled and mentally stable and ready to settle down is Number Two. Some people are ready at seventeen.  Some won't be ready for a family at seventy.  You have to know yourself well enough to know when you are ready, and if the answer is no, let it be no --- for your sake and everyone else's.

Other people are always ready to make your commitments for you.  Don't let them.  

There is a general time clock and schedule to life.  You bloom, you go to seed, and you die.  But not everyone follows the same time clock.  Many young people feel pressured to fulfill expectations related to a  pre-ordained template: graduate high school at 18, graduate college at 22, go on to graduate school or, get a job and get married.... or, maybe where you live, the template is to drop out of high school in your Junior year and go to work at the local steel mill.  

Whatever the template is for your time and place and community, there is a template by which people seem to schedule their lives, whether it really fits them or not. 

Whatever the expectations are, don't just accept them.  And don't let your decision to start a family be dictated by them, either.  It's going to be your family.  Your responsibility.  Your life.  

Having a child of your own is the most wonderful, but also the most demanding experience you will ever have.  Prepare yourself for it, like you'd prepare to climb a mountain.  Think deeply about not only taking care of yourself, but taking care of and providing for a mate and a child.  

Or two, or three, or..... 

And I am saying this to women as well as men.  Many women assume that they are going to get married and their husband is going to take care of supporting them and any children they have.  That's not a safe assumption.  Most men make an honest effort for their families, but men are not gods.  Men get sick. Men have accidents.  Men lose jobs.  Men, like women, and for whatever reasons---- fail.  And then what?  

Then Mom has to step up to the plate, and she'd better be prepared to do so. 

You may find yourself having to take care of a disabled spouse and children.  Be aware of that fact.  It happens.  Prepare, so that if you ever face such a dire circumstance, you're ready to go on loving and shoving, because that's what it takes. 

Yes, from your own experiences growing up, you will have some idea of what it takes to be a parent and even some opinions about what it takes to be a good parent, but this is one of those things that you can't fathom until it happens to you, and nobody including me can quite describe it.  

So be aware and be serious-minded enough to know that of all the decisions you make in your life, choosing a mate and choosing when to have a family, are the two biggest decisions most of us ever make, and are they are the decisions that have the most impact on what kind of life we live, and the satisfaction we have in living.   

As I write this, forty percent of babies in America are being born without Fathers in evidence.  Part of this is people avoiding medical costs, because the State will pick up the maternity care and birthing costs for unwed mothers, and  part of it is men avoiding responsibility.  Either way, this is having a terrible impact on our whole country and on the world we live in.  Children need their Fathers and men need to be men.  

There is an aspect of self-respect and self-worth involved here.  As tough as it can be to stand tall and deal with life, there is a glory in it, too.  

And the alternative is to be a slave to the State, which is how we got into this whole discussion in the first place, 

Sometimes we all get into situation that are beyond us, that we can't help, that we can't change, that we can't deal with.  Know that.  It's part of the way life is, that there are times when we all fall down and can't get up without some help.  That's to keep us honest.  

But we can do our best to know ourselves and plan ahead and make good decisions for ourselves and for the babies we bring into the world.  We owe that to ourselves and to them.  

May God bless you and keep you safe in the crook of his arm; may you never feel alone and never forget to count your blessings. Keep your Shinola Sensors turned on "High" and a smile on your face.  When sadness comes to you, remember that it will pass.  When challenges come, know that it is for your betterment.  

And never, ever, despair about anything.  Ever. 

Love, Granna. 

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Understanding Britain and the British "Crisis"

By Anna Von Reitz

If you are watching television today you are hearing a lot of scratching and squawking about the Queen suspending Parliament.  You are also hearing a lot of very queer verbiage about "our unwritten and flexible constitution...."  

Say what?  An "unwritten" and "flexible" constitution?  

That's the equivalent of saying--- an unwritten and flexible contract to buy your home, or secure your services to paint a house.  It's a sort of wink and nod arrangement, in which you are "presumed" to approve of and trust whatever the legislature does "in your name".  

Sound familiar?  It's the same exact schtick that the British Crown Corporation employed here.  We are not the only ones waking up.  It's just too bad that the British Parliament is as ignorant, apparently, as the "US" Congress. 

It's complete, obvious, nonsensical blather to talk about or accept an unwritten "flexible" contract of any kind,  yet otherwise perfectly sane people are spewing this out of their mouths on the BBC and broadcasting it.  Something that isn't written down and which is "flexible"--- to be defined however one Party or another wishes to define it at any given time, is worthless.  

So they are admitting, apparently without realizing it, that their "constitution" is worthless. 

They are also describing Britain as a "constitutional democracy".  No, no, no, no..... Britain is not and has never been a "constitutional democracy".  It is a limited constitutional monarchy.  

Notice the difference: constitutional democracy versus constitutional monarchy. 

See? It's the same kind of game that has been played here. 

America isn't a "democracy" either.  

America is governed by fifty independent self-governing state republics.  

Internationally, these republics are operating as States.  These States act through a Federation of States known as The United States of America.

You see?  It's the same claptrap about "democracy" in Britain as it is here.  It's the same bunch of lies and the same game plan of criminals usurping against the lawful government in Britain as it is here and elsewhere.  

We are in the presence of a global commercial conspiracy, which has used the "Territorial" which means "Commonwealth" Governments to implement their schemes, and which has arbitrarily defined all those territorial governments as "democracies".  

So what is a democracy?  It's a Greek (Helles) institution of Mob Rule.  

If 51% out of 100 such "citizens" want to eat your liver, they consider it perfectly legal to do so, though it will never be lawful.  

Acting upon their principal of Mob Rule, they disrespect everyone and everything, including the property rights of others, and they behave as pirates and parasites on land and sea.

Most alarmingly, if 51% of their population wants to sit on their butts and receive everything for free, they think they are well-within their rights to rob and enslave the remaining 49% to accomplish their desired end.  

The problem for all these secretive self-proclaimed democracies is that they are all organized as corporations and have no natural right to exist.  

The further problem for them is that they have never in the history of any of these countries that they claim to rule over ever faced a Public Plebiscite or received a Public Mandate --- that is, they've never proven to have a 51% majority in favor of anything they have proposed.  

So even as self-proclaimed democracies all of their actions have been completely illegitimate and criminal in nature, and even a government by Mob Rule cannot be asserted.  

So what do we have in control of Britain?  The same kind of criminal corporate government that has usurped against the lawful government in America.  

If you look around, you find the same thing in France, in Germany, in Sweden, in Japan.....all over the world, all these countries proudly and ignorantly claiming to be democracies haven't got a clue what it means and their governments don't have a mandate to rule as a democracy, either.    

Japan is supposed to function as a constitutional monarchy, not a constitutional democracy.  

Find me a record anywhere showing that the general population of any of these countries was fully informed about what a democracy is,  and given a straight up opportunity to adopt democracy as their form of government?  Show me proof that any of them have done so via a fully disclosed General Plebiscite Election. 

You won't find any such record, because democracy is a crappy form of government that allows the strong to act as predators against the weak, and naturally the predators didn't want to give the victims an honest choice in the matter. 

The Creeping Rot of the corporate criminals is everywhere, powered by banks drunk with digits and delusions.  

And now, all over the world, the proverbial cows of this situation are coming home.  

This has all been engineered behind the scenes by Papists and Freemasons; and, the Popes and the Roman Curia --- who are the ones responsible under Ecclesiastical Law for oversight of all corporations on Earth and the Air Jurisdiction governing intellectual property in general --- have obviously failed in their duty to liquidate corporations operating as crime syndicates.  

This is how the Popes and the Roman Curia and the Holy See are involved in all of this.  It's their responsibility to make sure that such things never happen, and yet, we wake up one morning and --- "What, ho!"  

Smell the English Breakfast Tea steaming in your cup.  

There isn't a legitimate democracy anywhere on Earth.  There are just a bunch of filthy dirty commercial corporations running their internal affairs "as" democracies, but even internally, they don't have a mandate and are nothing but lawless mercenary pirate organizations.  

The "UK Parliament" is the Board of Directors for the Territorial Government running the "United Kingdom" as a parliamentary democracy.  

The fact is, that all that they really have any right to control are their own officers and employees, but they have usurped upon the government of the people of Britain in the same way as their counterparts in America, Germany, and elsewhere have usurped upon the rest of us.  

They have pretended to be the government over the people of Britain and they have used the people and their assets as chattels backing their corporate debts in the same way that the "US" Congress has abused its employers.  

And it is all nothing but crime.  It's all Bushwah.  Constructive fraud.  Probate fraud.  False claims in commerce. 

It has all been funded by criminal bankers and securities brokers and implemented and enforced by employee-owned and operated crime syndicates engaged in everything from commodity rigging, monopoly interests, human trafficking, drugs, alcohol, pornography, gambling, securities fraud, counterfeiting, inland piracy, unlawful conversion, treason, murder, money laundering, and more.

These quote-unquote corporate "democracies" don't represent us, don't represent the Brits, don't represent the Germans, don't represent the Japanese....all they represent are territorial corporations, corporate officials and corporate employees.

And forget the similarly constructed "municipal corporations" that serve municipal employees, which are plenary oligarchies --- organizations of members of Parliaments and Congresses that claim to have the right to boss their employers around, enslave them, take their private property, and abuse them at will.  They are even worse, more criminal, and even less justifiable. 

Yes, you read that right and if you have been following along, you are now realizing that the UK Parliament has been functioning in precisely the same way and status as the "US" Congress and the United Kingdom Parliament has been functioning in the same way and territorial status as the United States Parliament.  

Both these entities are nothing but government employee corporations, run by government employees, for government employees. 

Was it your intention to give your body, soul, land, home, businesses and everything else to your employees?  

Did you knowingly let them declare you "legally dead" and allow them to work a probate fraud against your interests, so that they could better control you and offer your assets --- all of them including your children --- as chattel belonging to their corporations, available to support their spending?    

Did you ever knowingly agree to that?  

Did you elect to participate in a corporation acting as a government, operated as a democracy?  

Did you knowingly consent and agree to "gift" these organizations with your private property?  

Are you sick of this criminality, promoted by people on your payroll? 

So, what do we do?  Looks like the Queen just made her first move as the Pope's Regent by "suspending" Parliament.  And which "Parliament" did she suspend?  The Territorial Parliament. 

Most of the people participating in this fiasco are blissfully ignorant of what they are doing.  They believe that they are part of a legitimate Parliament elected by the People of Great Britain, representing their respective land jurisdiction counties.  

Their first clue that this is not true is the word "district" being attached to everything, as in the preposterous misnomer and oxymoron, "County District Court" .  

Get a clue, folks, any "County" that is in a "District" is not a County by definition. 

It's time to educate everyone and put an end to this archaic and nasty system of Commercial Feudalism, beginning with the conversion of all government corporations to Non-Profit Corporations, the conversion of all C-Corps to B-Corps, and the return of all titles and land patents to the counties and people of each country, plus the profits and credit they are owed. 

After that, following a transition period needed to re-educate everyone, let me suggest that no government corporation ever be allowed to operate for any purpose to profit itself, and no corporation traded on a public stock exchange  ever again be issued a "for profit only" charter, nor given bankruptcy protection out of public funds.    

It's time for mammoth reform of all these operations on a worldwide basis. 

As we begin the necessary changes, yes, hold onto your hats, but don't be afraid.  These are your employees.  It's time you reminded them of the facts. 

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Clarification for All

By Anna Von Reitz

The United States of America was formed on September 9, 1776. The Confederacy of States of States was formed March 1, 1781.

The United States of America, therefore, as opposed to the "united" States of America was indeed formed almost five years earlier.

September 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, plus three months into 1781 equals --if you want to be picky, four years and three months, affecting six calendar years 1776 to 1781.

Am I getting the point through to all and everyone? The Federation is older than the Confederation by years and not only that, the Federation is composed of independent sovereign States, not business entities called "States of States".

Am I making myself perfectly clear?

Is everyone now understanding what is going on here?

We are declaring our birthright political status and casting off any "presumption" that we volunteered to adopt any foreign citizenship at all.

We are assembling our actual independent and sovereign States, not a business organization set up to sell us services.

Does everyone get that through their heads now?

As such, Mr. Trump, the Joint Chiefs and every man jack in the British Territorial United States of America is REQUIRED by International Treaty, International Trust, and International Commercial Service Contract to remove these Municipal and Administrative Courts from our soil, restrict the Municipal Government to its Constitutionally declared limit of the "ten miles square" granted to them, collapse the 500 mini-municipal districts which these treasonous corporations have attempted to overlay upon our land and soil, seize the offshore tax trusts formed "in our names" and the related CUSIP Bonds, and return all our assets including our land titles to us.

Don't you all get it yet?

Our own dear military has at the highest levels, knowingly or unknowingly, followed orders under the False Presumption that the foreign Roman "Civil Government" set up merely to run the business of the Washington DC Municipality, was somehow magically converted into the "Civilian Government" of this country in our purported "absence".

The two For-Hire Service Providers were running amok, securing credit under False Pretenses in our names and using our assets as collateral purportedly backing "our" debts---while in fact, they were spending our money and credit however they wished, with no consequences for them, until we stood up and said --- WTH?

This is the same situation as a credit card hacker stealing your identity, accessing your credit, and going on a spending spree. Does everyone see that?

Because the British Territorial Government was allowed to exercise some of the Delegated Powers belonging to The United States of America, it was also allowed to conduct business under a variation of our name --- "the" United States of America.

Many people were naturally confused and did not notice nor understand the difference between The United States of America and the United States of America.

This would be like John Reynolds Jackson being mistaken for John R. Jackson, or any other such Similar Names Deceit.

This is the game these corporations have been playing for 150 years and it is nothing but the most facile kind of con game. It's time to end it. Now.

Agents of the British Territorial entity exercising some of our Delegated Powers and doing business under our name as "the" United States of America" have been snatching American babies and trafficking them into their foreign territorial jurisdiction for decades, deliberately misidentifying them as British Territorial Dependents and cashiering their Good Names and assets for use backing the debts of the British Crown Corporation.

Wake up.

The British Monarchs who are obligated to act as our Trustees in this venue have allowed this to go on in Gross Breach of Trust.

The Popes have similarly allowed this in Gross Breach of Trust.

The Lord Mayor of London has conducted commercial "war" against Treaty Allies and innocent Internationally Protected Persons and is an International Criminal of the Highest Order.

Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!

We are not chattel.

We are not here to be picked apart by the Creditors of pirates who have been grossly and without merit pretending to "represent" us.

So now we are engaged in unraveling this criminal enterprise and calling down the Pope, the Queen, and the Lord Mayor, and the United Nations ---for all the world to see--and we are flatly demanding the return of our purloined property and actual assets to us, not to them "acting" as our "representatives".

Obviously, they are not trustworthy. Period.

They have breached their Trust with the American States and People and the only sane option is to return it all whence it came, to our Lawful and actual government which is now assembling under the organizational heading of The American States Assembly.

The States have been called to Assemble and conduct business by The United States of America formed September 9, 1776 and by the Hereditary Head of State under whose Great Seals the International Ship of State sails. This is right and proper and verifiable and cannot be contested or overturned.

There is no record nor verifiable provenance of any organization operating as The United States of America 1781 related to this country at all.

It appears to be an attempt to latch onto the long defunct Confederacy of business organizations dba States of America which was formed March 1, 1781, by a group of religious fanatics also operating as The Reign of Heaven Society.

The noxious history and nature and intentions of that organization calling itself The Reign of Heaven Society began when it plagiarized the work of Frank O'Collins, twisted it, and re-presented it as the basis of this elitist religious sect.

Well, we've all had enough of that, haven't we?

Thus far the Perpetrators behind all this Gross Mismanagement and Criminal Neglect have tried to maintain control of our assets by handing them to "Third Party Philanthropists"-- Wolfgang Struck, Kim Goguen, Karen Hudes, etc., -- and ginned up various stories as to how and why these persons suddenly control our assets and have any right to dispose of them.

The simple truth is that the banks stole the assets, the US military stole them back, and now nobody knows how to both control their release (which is necessary in terms of flooding the markets and collapsing everything) and yet, return them to the actual lawful owners.

Another part of the problem is that lawful assets can only belong to lawful persons, and none of those responsible are acting in the capacity of lawful persons. They are all acting as Legal Persons --- and so was Prince Philip when he received all the purloined "Life Force Value Annuities" owed to Americans and Canadians.

They appoint the presumed-to-be Philanthropist that they control and pretend that this Person has some natural inherited claim to sit in this position-- and it is all just an infantile smoke screen for what has actually gone on here.

Their attempts to appoint a Third Party Philanthropist to handle the distribution hasn't sold, so they have tried other means. They've tried to justify the Dead Baby Scam. Nobody is buying that, either.

They have fronted a GCR, but that won't work for the reasons I have already outlined. Doing it admits that they CAN do it, and that they are criminals. Exit that.

They've tried a new round of the old Justinian Deception via introducing "PARSE SYNTAX" as the new Legalese. That isn't working, either.

So now they are back to the Ye Olde Scottish Corporation trick of trying to use a similarly and deceitfully named corporation ---in the present situation, a Private Membership Association calling itself "The United States of America 1781"--- to snare unwary people into more undisclosed contracts created under conditions of deliberate constructive fraud with intent to deceive.

We are calling them out on all of it.

What needs to happen is for the Pope to get rid of the Freemasons acting as "Worshipful Grandmasters" in the old Pontifical System -- which is supposed to be gone and isn't--- who are still dictating to elected Territorial Governors. He also needs to engineer the removal of Mike Pence from the office of Vice President.

Unfortunately, "Vice President" has come to mean "the President in charge of Vice" as in "Vice Squad".

You have to give them credit for having a sardonic sense of humor, but, we don't need any vice here, much less a CEO in charge of vice-related business enterprises, thank you.

Now with that in mind, take a close look at who has been serving the Pontifical Vice Apparatus in your country? Mike Pence, Creepy Joe.... all the way back to LBJ, who, yes, was largely responsible for the murder of President Kennedy. Take a bow, if you knew that back in 1963.

Next, look at all the "Lieutenant Governors". These vermin have ruled from behind the throne, the better to have someone else to blame. Has it ever made sense to you that we have all these obviously quasi-military offices in plain view? Lieutenant Governor? What to Hell is a "Lieutenant Governor" or a "Tax Commissioner" or even worse, an "Attorney General"? Where are their offices defined in any legitimate original constitution?

Nowhere. None. These Vermin have no authority related to us. These offices have existed and continued to exist merely as a result of public ignorance and failure to monitor our "service providers".

Francis also needs to close down the Municipal COURTS throughout this country, voluntarily and peacefully.

If he fails to take these actions he is obviously not acting in good faith.

Meantime, the Queen needs to come forward and exercise our Delegated Power "for us" in fact, to restructure the operations of the US Navy to do its job for us instead of being engaged in worldwide crime syndicate activities benefiting the British Crown. No more using it to transport drugs all around the Pacific Rim and Mediterranean and then passing their Operations Bills on to us. No more targeting American soil and American people as "domestic" targets for Geoengineering and Scalar Tech weapons, either.

She also needs to arrest the Lord Mayor and oust his peculiar religion from British Shores, if she has the sense of a Dung Beetle and wishes to retain any credibility for the limited monarchy she is responsible for.

The Holy See is already committed in Public to prosecution of the Temple of Baal and its promoters- even though the Holy See privately deals extensively with the pirates and fraud artists running these so-called "secular programs" the consequences of overtly supporting them against the demands of our lawful government would further endanger the Church and its credibility.

All the rats are now in the same basic position they were in 1300. Their choices are the same now as then. Prosecute the Satan worshipers or be prosecuted themselves.

So the Satan Worshiping vermin have proposed to leave America and set up their new base of operations in China where they have long controlled the Drug Trade, but the Chinese, Indian, and Afghani Governments that have been enslaved to the British-organized Triangle Trade, can see the situation now and have other ideas.

To put it very bluntly, the time has come for actual reform and honest government throughout the world. All governments are supposed to be functioning as non-profit service organizations monitored closely by the people they serve.

When you think about it, such a goal is stupidly simple to achieve once people understand what the goal is, what their role as oversight monitors requires, are given a means to enforce their oversight ---- and assuming that they are motivated to do their part.

If the prospect of being slaves to drug and sex crazed Satan Worshipers isn't motivation enough to wake up and get moving --I don't know what is.

And that is literally what is going on and what is at stake here.

Wake up.

Stop nit-picking and dawdling.

Get on your feet. Declare your proper political status. Record it. Join your State Assembly or if your State is one of the few that still does not have an official State Assembly, form one now.

There is one legitimate government left standing in the international jurisdiction, one and only one that actually does represent the People of this country. The name of that organization is The United States of America. It was formed September 9, 1776.

The United States of America operates and sails its vessels in international jurisdiction under the auspices of the Norman Kings of England and France, and in particular, under the Great Seals of William Belcher, an American in fact, also known as The Belle Cher, one of the Belles Kings of Gaul as well as being a sovereign in his own right in England by lawful heritage established and settled in 1087 A.D.

William Belcher's kinsmen, The LaFayette, came to his aid in 1776. And the Belles and Pelles will still answer against the Helles kings, if need be.

The Belles and Pelles of this generation stand behind teaching the People to Self-Govern and to honor the True King of Heaven, Our Creator, who lives in the hearts of all Mankind forever. Any other presumption must be disallowed.

  

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