tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post2951232964424224321..comments2023-08-10T06:32:38.601-04:00Comments on By Their Strange Fruit <a name="top"> </a>: #StayWokeAdvent: Waiting for JusticeBTSF:http://www.blogger.com/profile/02553697351488297764noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-58750350357401228752014-12-02T23:49:29.596-05:002014-12-02T23:49:29.596-05:00Prayers is so necessary. Thank you for sharing you...Prayers is so necessary. Thank you for sharing your heart.BTSFbloghttp://bytheirstrangefruit.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-50817288932767932292014-12-02T22:45:23.369-05:002014-12-02T22:45:23.369-05:00It is becoming more evident to me that nobody know...It is becoming more evident to me that nobody knows what to do about all the unrest in this country. Not the President not the highest courts and scholars with advanced degrees. Only Jesus can clean up this mess. i pray for mighty revival to come into this land (America) and abroad.Mary Burrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-41254243468467652602014-12-02T22:39:57.111-05:002014-12-02T22:39:57.111-05:00That is a timely word for the troubled times we ar...That is a timely word for the troubled times we are living in. I can't do anything but pray for the Lord to bring order to this chaos. Your blogging is your ministry. I appreciate what you are doing to speak out against hatred and injustice. Blessings to you.Mary Burrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-14046002233499413942014-12-02T18:33:14.746-05:002014-12-02T18:33:14.746-05:00Indeed! Thanks as always for your own important mi...Indeed! Thanks as always for your own important ministry. Very grateful for your work!BTSFbloghttp://bytheirstrangefruit.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-55534884286525116872014-12-02T18:32:36.874-05:002014-12-02T18:32:36.874-05:00Thank you for your kind words, sir!Thank you for your kind words, sir!BTSFbloghttp://bytheirstrangefruit.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-3225584329559054442014-12-02T13:18:02.212-05:002014-12-02T13:18:02.212-05:00Thanks so much for sharing. These words are defini...Thanks so much for sharing. These words are definitely for such a time as this. Ramon Mayonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-74613144242386902352014-12-02T11:19:28.652-05:002014-12-02T11:19:28.652-05:00This is a wonderful Advent reflection. Thanks so m...This is a wonderful Advent reflection. Thanks so much for sharing this fine writing.Bob Trubenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-21440358021301977092014-12-01T02:52:09.913-05:002014-12-01T02:52:09.913-05:00On repeat this Advent: https://www.youtube.com/wat...On repeat this Advent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YkmZBV6AXcBTSFbloghttp://bytheirstrangefruit.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-11669739444375215452014-12-01T02:32:11.495-05:002014-12-01T02:32:11.495-05:00"Reform your lives! The Reign of God is at h..."Reform your lives! The Reign of God is at hand... 'Prepare the<br />way of the Lord, make straight his path'" (Matt. 3:2-3)BTSFbloghttp://bytheirstrangefruit.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-53784970651923749212014-12-01T02:31:50.993-05:002014-12-01T02:31:50.993-05:00Other reflections on awaiting justice from Pope Be...Other reflections on awaiting justice from Pope Benedict XVI:<br /><br />We see so much injustice in the world, in our little world, at home, in the neighbourhood, but also in the great world of States and societies. And we expect justice to be done.<br /><br /><br />Justice is an abstract concept: one does justice. We are waiting for one to come in concrete terms who can do justice. And in this sense we pray: Come, Lord Jesus Christ, as Judge, come in your own way. <br /><br />The Lord knows how to enter the world and create justice. Let us pray that the Lord, the Judge, will respond to us, that he will truly create justice in the world.<br /><br />Dear friends, in this preparation for Christmas, now at hand, the Church's prayer for the fulfilment of the hopes of peace, salvation and justice which the world today urgently needs becomes more intense. Let us ask God to grant that violence be overcome by the power of love, that opposition give way to reconciliation and that the desire to oppress be transformed into<br />the desire for forgiveness, justice and peace.<br /><br />May the message of solidarity and good will that comes from Christmas contribute to creating a deeper sensitivity to the old and new forms of poverty, to the common good, in which we are all called to participate.BTSFbloghttp://bytheirstrangefruit.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-41787252310704896822014-12-01T02:31:01.042-05:002014-12-01T02:31:01.042-05:00Several years ago, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on ...Several years ago, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the importance of awaiting God's justice during advent: <br /><br />"Advent watchfulness means living in God's presence and according to his criteria in order to prepare a worthy dwelling-place for the promised Saviour....We are waiting for justice but it cannot be merely the expression of a certain requirement with regard to others. Waiting for justice in the Christian sense means above all that we ourselves begin to live under the eyes of the Judge, in accordance with the criteria of the Judge; that we begin to live in his presence, doing justice in our own lives. Thus, by doing justice, putting ourselves in the Judge's presence, we wait for justice in reality. And this is the meaning of Advent, of vigilance."BTSFbloghttp://bytheirstrangefruit.com/noreply@blogger.com