REQUIRED READING!

April 18, 2020.  By: Karla Wagener

Last September 14, 2019, Padre Sergio asked all of us who were at the 85^th anniversary celebration in our Church of Santisima Cruz in Argentina, to contemplate one of the Stations of the Cross, and he gave each of us a beaded prayer piece to pray the Via Cruz (Way of the Cross).

On mine it said to contemplate ¨The Pity¨ (La Piedad) when Mother Mary receives the dead body of Jesus.  A lot has happened since September!  Here are some of my notes on the subject and a poem.

NOTES (April 13, 2020):

"But for the Grace of God"!

Read (I Corinthians)

This phrase allegedly comes from a mid-sixteenth century statement by John Bradford, an Evangelical Preacher and Protester of injustice, ¨There but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford¨, in reference to a group of prisoners he saw being led to execution.

A Gift offered through mercy and love.

Enabling power and spiritual healing.

Persecuted, unjustly persecuted.¨

¨When there is no wheat, give them barley bread¨.

Coarsely handled reformation in which the patience of the common people gave way to rage and resentment.

Peace and good order.

Sedition.

…Not in the same situation as others and feel sympathy for them.

TENDER MERCIES

Colossians 3:12; Luke 1:27-80; Psalms 25:6; Psalm 85, Psalm 136

The steadfastness of JOB.

Mercy triumphs over judgment.  Romans 9:23.  Prepared beforehand.  Steadfast love.

BOND

Show forth the Glory in a manifestation through a waiting period. ¨Wait upon the Lord¨.  To wait upon the Lord does not mean to quit doing actions, but rather to do them considering God´s Will, and expecting his everpresent direction and power in due time.

Psalms 136, 85, 25  All to show the Glory of God manifesting at its anointed time.

(¨You don´t miss something until it is taken away¨.  ¨Allocate according to need¨.  Andrew Cuomo said later in April.)

On April 13, while thinking about grace and pity, I began looking for information in google.  Music always helps.  Just as I clicked off looking for ¨Saving Grace¨ I turned CNN on and at that very moment they were talking about the same song and playing it.  It showed Barack Obama singing it in public in a religious ceremony in You Tube.  I feel that this is a sign and it means a lot to me personally.  Obama finished up by saying, ¨God Bless America¨.  I sincerely and hopefully consider that America be worthy of God´s Blessing.  Remember I am here praying for you all and believe the World is one.

THE LAMB LAYS WITH THE LION

(By:  Karla Wagener, April 18, 2020, 6:00 a.m.)

It´s been a long time coming;

A change is needed.

It is happening unexpectedly.

Many prisoners have been freed.

The hearts and lungs of so many innocent bleed.

Nature´s message is now so very clear;

And yet humanity does not hear!

My heart and soul shudder and sigh;

For the lowly, grace mercifully so gloriously must thrive.

We must go now to where even Angels fear to tread;

To the depths of our inner world we shall be lead.

So many will need to repent;

So few shall admit a need to relent.

Many will be freed of great anguish and of pain.

Many blameless lost and forgotten, lain…

Death gives birth to Pity.

Steadfast love shall always have the victory,

And righteousness and peace shall kiss each other!

…It has been a long time coming!