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   If a bank steals money from the people, they have a right to steal it   
   back yes.   God's Bible, says they owe it fourfold.  That means, they   
   are to give it back, four times the amount.   Even in 666, which are the   
   days you live in.   Does that mean, they can steal back 4 times the   
   amount?   And still be in good standing with God the Father Almighty?   
      
   Nope, its not the poor mans boo boo.   
      
   God's Bible explains truth if one just reads it.   
   here is an example of eightfold pay back required of,   
   from the book of Exodus chapter 22.   
      
   " 1 If any man steal an ox or a sheep, and kill or sell it: he shall   
   restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep. 2 If a thief   
   be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as   
   to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood. 3 But if he did   
   this when the sun is risen, he hath committed murder, and he shall die.   
   If he have not wherewith to make restitution for the theft, he shall be   
   sold. 4 If that which he stole be found with him, alive, either ox, or   
   ass, or sheep: he shall restore double."   
      
   I do not understand why the police, protect the banks, when it is they,   
   who have stolen the money from the people.   ???  What kind of police   
   man are you???   Letting them write that small fine print on the paper?   
   Saying they can do so....   
      
   Leviticus 19 says,   
      
     "I am the Lord your God. 11 You shall not steal. You shall not lie,   
   neither shall any man deceive his neighbour. 12 Thou shalt not swear   
   falsely by my name, nor profane the name of thy God. I am the Lord. "   
      
   So its clear, the fine tiny print is deceptive yes.  Because people have   
   not the vision to be able to even see it, let alone read it.   
      
   So, what kind of police man are you?   
      
      
   On 12/19/2020 11:54 PM, Rich scribbled:   
   > God wants a contrite heart   
   >   
   > "The reason why our prayers ought to be frequent and brief is in case   
   > the enemy, who is out to trap us, should slip a distraction to us if ever we   
   > are long-drawn-out. There lies true sacrifice. `The sacrifice which God   
   > wants is a contrite heart' (Ps. 50:19). This indeed is the saving oblation,   
   > the pure offering, the sacrifice of justification, the sacrifice of praise.   
   > These are the real and rich thank offerings, the fat holocausts offered   
   > by contrite and humble hearts."   
   > --St. John Cassian.   
   >   
   > <<>><<>><<>>   
   > December 20th - Saint Philogonius, Bishop of Antioch   
   > (d. 322)   
   >   
   > Saint Philogonius, born in Antioch in the third century, was educated   
   > for the law and appeared at the bar with great success. He was admired   
   > for his eloquence, but still more for his integrity and the sanctity   
   > of his life. This was considered a sufficient motive for dispensing   
   > with the canons which require that time be spent as a priest, before a   
   > layman can be placed in the higher echelons of the Church’s hierarchy.   
   > By this dispensation Saint Philogonius was chosen to be placed at the   
   > head of the see of Antioch, following the death of its bishop in 318.   
   >   
   > When Arius introduced his blasphemies in Alexandria in that same year   
   > of 318, Saint Alexander, Patriarch of Alexandria, condemned him and   
   > communicated the sentence in a synodal letter to Philogonius.   
   > Afterwards the bishop of Antioch strenuously defended the Catholic   
   > faith before the assembly of the Council of Nicea. In the storms which   
   > raged against the Church, caused first by the Roman emperor Maximin II   
   > and the Oriental emperor Licinius, Saint Philogonius earned the title   
   > of Confessor by his sufferings. He died in the year 322, the fifth of   
   > his episcopal dignity. We possess an excellent panegyric in his honor,   
   > composed by Saint John Chrysostom.   
   >   
   > Chrysostom speaks in moving terms of the peace which this saint now   
   > enjoys in a state where there are no conflicts, no insurgent passions,   
   > no more of “those icy words, ‘mine ‘ and ‘yours’,” which fill the   
   > world with wars, families with quarrels, and individuals with   
   > disquiet, envy and malice. St. Philogonius had so renounced the world   
   > that he received in this life the earnest of Christ’s spirit in its   
   > fullest degree. A soul must here learn that spirit and state of the   
   > blessed if she hopes to reign with them hereafter: she must have some   
   > acquaintance beforehand with the mysteries of grace and the works of   
   > love and praise. People are not invited to consort even with a   
   > temporal king, as St. Macarius says, until they have been instructed   
   > in the manners and customs of a court, so that they may not come to it   
   > in complete ignorance of its ways.   
   >   
   > Here again all the information we possess comes from a single source,   
   > a sermon of St. John Chrysostom. The text is printed in Migne, PG.,   
   > vol. xlviii, pp. 747-756. On the degree of credit which attaches to   
   > the evidence of such panegyrics see the warnings given by Delehaye in   
   > his book Les Passions des Martyrs et les Genres littéraires (1921),   
   > ch. ii, pp. 183-235.   
   >   
   > Reflection: Saint Philogonius had so perfectly renounced the world and   
   > crucified its inordinate desires in his heart, that he received in   
   > this life the gage of Christ’s Spirit, and was admitted to the sacred   
   > council of the heavenly King with unhindered access to the Almighty.   
   > Let us imitate his zeal for the glory of God and the Church, to share   
   > his reward. (Rev. Alban Butler)   
   >   
   > Source: Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on   
   > Butler’s Lives of the Saints   
   >   
   >   
   > Saint Quote:   
   > We must begin with a strong and constant resolution to give ourselves   
   > wholly to God, professing to Him, in a tender, loving manner, from the   
   > bottom of our hearts, that we intend to be His without any reserve,   
   > and then we must often go back and renew this same resolution.   
   > --St. Francis de Sales   
   >   
   > Bible Quote   
   > In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.   
   > (Ecclesiasticus 7:40)   
   >   
   >   
   > <><><><>   
   > Who abideth in charity, abideth in God, and God in him.--1 John 4:16--   
   > December: Union   
   >   
   > 19. When we have totally abandoned ourselves to the pleasure of God,   
   > submitting without any reserve our will and affections to His   
   > dominion, we shall see our souls so united to His Divine Majesty that   
   > we shall be able to say with that perfect model of Christians, St.   
   > Paul: "In myself I no longer live, but Jesus Christ in me."   
   > --St. Francis de Sales   
   >   
   > This Saint, according to the testimony of one who knew him intimately,   
   > in the last years of his life had reached such a point that he   
   > desired, loved, or regarded only God in all things. As a result, he   
   > seemed always absorbed in God and said that there was nothing in the   
   > world which could satisfy him except God. He frequently uttered with   
   > ecstatic feeling these words of the Psalmist: "Lord, what is there in   
      
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