9/11, AN INSIDE JOB

THE QUESTION: 9/11 and inside job, to what end, why?

Well, the Saudi’s were upset because IRAQ (2nd largest reserve of oil in the world) through Sadam was selling OIL outside OPEC, and below the prices they set. US Corporations, like Haliburton (Cheney’s own), in charge of securing, exploiting, transporting and refining oil were losing money together with the Saudis. America is in close partnership with the Saudis and China. Sadam was selling oil to Eastern Europe. So, the war against IRAQ was truly a war of the US, the Saudis and China against Europe and Eastern Europe. However, in order to control the oil market, they needed to get rid of Sadam. Who did? The Saudis, Bush and China did. They needed an excuse before the American public, which is very uneducated and gullible. The excuse was provided by Saudi citizens, which were actual terrorists. Bush, and Corporate America, together with Saudis and China, orchestrated a very well marketed, corporate sponsored, falsehood (similar to what happened in the Spanish American war).

Background: the US was going to run out of oil in 2002. The actual enemy of the Pentagon is Europe (it is the greatest competitor in the world market). The US is in alliance with Europe’s historical enemies: Chinese and Muslims. Why? Because, the US is also an anti-Catholic nation, and its history (Nativism, the Know Nothings, the Republican Party) gives testimony of it. You see, the problem here is a two thousand year old kingdom that no one has been able to destroy yet. It is a kingdom that exercised ideological dominion over all nations of the earth through its ambassadors: The Catholic Church. In other words, to simplify things to the extreme, the USA is at war, together with the Muslims and China against the Catholic Church, which has been referred as protestant scholars (Martin Luther, John Knox and Joseph Calvin, amongst many others) as the Whore of Babylon, Kingdom of the Antichrist.

It is very simple. Their objective is to destroy the Catholic Church and the kingdoms that support her. That is what this whole war is all about. It’s about drying Europe out of oil in order to expand the Empire. The next step in the strategy of the Empire (US, CHINA and the MUSLIMS) is to have a terrorist detonate a nuke in the Vatican. However, I think they are going to have a hard time. We have been here for 2000 years, and we will remain here until the end of the world. We are the Catholic Church, the Kingdom of Christ. We will be on this earth until the Final Day of Judgment, which is the end of this Earth, an event that could be thousands of years away from today. We do not know. So, do not wait for the Messiah. He already came to establish his kingdom. We are it!

You might argue: “Uh.... so how does any of that make 9/11 an inside job? Your saying Bush the "Muslims" and China attacked us on 9/11 to get an excuse to destroy the Vatican? It makes no sense.”

Not to destroy the Vatican as an immediate goal. First step is to control the Oil Market in order to dry Europe out of Oil. Once the economy of Europe starts to collapse, it becomes disorganized and vulnerable. The Vatican incident must seem like an accident, a terrorist attack.

However, Europe is, and has, already been reaching out to America. We are becoming less dependent on Oil. The Euro American Union is not in alliance with China and the Muslims (Saudis). Nevertheless, in America we have one problem to fulfill the alliances. The peoples of America have been brainwashed through so called “Christian” evangelical anti-Catholic organizations sponsored from the USA to poison the minds of uneducated masses into believing Europe is the Antichrist, and USA the millennial kingdom of Christ. Another problem is Chaves, the president of Venezuela, who claims to be an enemy of the USA, but in reality, he is on CIA payroll. He is actually supplying oil to America at extremely low prices, thus depleting all Venezuela’s oil reserves.

This, my friend, is what really is happening. We are at war, indeed, but it is a war of the USA against all Catholic Nations, starting with Europe, and ending with Latin America. The war is even here, at home, in the USA. This administration, and the previous one, is detaining 500 to 1000 Mexican Catholics every day under the so called ENDGAME, Office of Detention and Removal Strategic Plan, 2003-2012, for a Secure Homeland. It is the Final Solution to the Mexican Catholic question: “Die Endlösung der Mexikanische Frage “

It is a war against Catholics, period. The attack against the priests was the first move. Actually, the priest’s caught molesting children were state agents trying to infiltrate the priesthood and the USCCB. They decided, to cover up the tracks of their agents, to bring the situation out to the open, and to blow it up out of proportion, to undermine the Authority of the Church. This nation, together with China and the Muslims, are at war against the Catholic Church, its people, and the nations that stand behind her. Yet, they will not be able to destroy us. Death has no effect upon us. On the contrary, we grow stronger as they persecute us and kill us. We are the Catholic Church, the Kingdom of Christ established on this Earth 2010 years ago. We shall remain here until the End of the World, proclaiming the good news: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.

You might argue: “Yet you still want me to believe that the good ol USA would kill thousands of Americans? Yeah, you're full of it bud...”

The end justifies the means. That is what Bush the Father, Bush the Son, Cheney, and most Protestants believe. That is the Dictatorship of Ideological Relativism. However, in their minds, they are not murderers but rather heroes doing a favor to the world and saving it from destructions, just like Stalin and Hitler. It happens to all of us. We are only humans... (Read paragraph 676 of the Catholic Catechism. Read the Encyclical Spe Salvi, it’s all there.) Hopefully, there will be repentance, and they will return to the House of the Father, the Catholic Church. We always await for them with open arms.

The Future Ahead of Us

A lot of people have asked me about the future. They have uncertainty and want to know if the Bible really talks about it. However, many are confused because of all the different Protestant Interpretations of the “Things to Come,” also referred to as Eschatology.

It was in the year 1984, and I was in Christian Gomes home, which also was the headquarters of the “Instituto Telologico de Investigacion” where I was studying for I was a pastor in an evangelical Church. Christian Gomes was the teacher, and the institute was the “Magisterium” of this particular US endorsed cult/sect. Back then, I did not know it was a cult, as I have related in my book, the one that was published in 1998 by the Agustinian Community of Madrid after I returned to the Catholic Church (http://www.alvear.us/ or http://www.jeaf.com/sectas/ ). I remember coming to a very interesting book that was talking about Eschatology and the things to come. The book was a study reference guide explaining the different takes on the Things to Come. When I say different takes, I mean different interpretations of the scripture (The Bible), all of them well based and documented by protestant scholars of different beliefs. The author had divided the interpretation of the things to come, Eschatology, in three different groups for its study: Pre-millennialism, Post-millennialism and A-millennialism. Pre-millennialism was subdivided further into three subgroups: Rapture before the 7 year period, in the middle of the 7 year period, and after the 7 year period. All of the different interpretations were based on biblical verses and it cross-referenced the New and Old Testaments. The book even had the names of the scholars and the religious groups “churches” in which each interpretation was preached or believed. It was a very interesting book.

Pre, Post and A

As anyone who knows a little bit of Greek and Latin etymologies of Spanish, or western languages; I knew what those three prefixes (Pre, Post and A) meant. “Pre” means before; “Post” means after; and “A” means the negation or absence of. The world millennial is very easy to decipher if you speak Spanish, for it means “mil,” which is the number 1000. For English speakers it might not be so evident, for they use the word “thousand” which has a different etymology. So, the words itself tells you the meaning of the subject which is going to be discussed in every different scriptural interpretation of the future, the things to come, Pre-millennialism, Post-millennialism and A-millennialism: before the one thousand reign of Christ, after the one thousand reign of Christ, and those that believe that there is no one thousand period of time in which Christ reigns on Earth.

In my description, I am going to concentrate on Pre-millennialism and Post-millennialism, and in the subdivisions protestant scholars make of pre-millennialism (Rapture before, during and after the 7 year period). If you are not an evangelical, it is very probable you have no clue of what I am talking about. If you are a Catholic, you probably have a vague idea of what I am talking about. Once we finish "dissecting this animal” you will understand how US politicians manipulate the masses through Protestant Religions and Scriptural Interpretations. You will understand why the US has been in alliance with Muslims and Chinese, and against Europe since 2001. You will also understand why there is so much animosity against Catholics in the US, especially against Hispanic Catholics (ENDGAME http://www.jeaf.com/help/final_solution.htm). You will understand US foreign Policy, and will be able to easily see a clear picture of the present and the future.

Pre-Millennialism

Pre-millennialism is the Protestant interpretation of the Scripture, the things to come. It basically states that we live in the era before the millennia. The millennium starts in chapter 20 of the book of Revelation, in the Bible. However, for Protestants, we are living inside the previous chapters of the book of Revelation. They believe Christ is not ruling the Earth and that Satan is in charge. They believe, as the Templar Knights and Free Masons do, that Christ will come to establish a millennial kingdom in Jerusalem. They believe Christ will come to rule the Earth for a thousand years, and that the USA, through its military machinery will be sitting at the right hand of Jesus’s army. Protestants believe that there will be a kingdom established on Earth, in which Christ will rule with Iron Scepter, as a dictatorial theocracy that will execute all infidels (much like current Mulsim rule, or Hitler's rule). Keep in mind that Protestants regard (and have regarded for five centuries) the Catholic Church as the Great Whore of Babylon, which is the Reign of Satan and The Anti-Christ. So, the first thing the Protestant Messiah will do is to destroy the Vatican, the Pope, and all the Catholic Leadership which is, as according to protestant scholars, the place Satan has been using to rule the world for the past 2000 years.

The above rhetoric is not believed by the leadership of the US nation, not even by Jews themselves. Jews do not believe the Messiah is going to come to rule the Earth from Jerusalem, for there is a temple built by Muslims (Dome of the Rock) where the old Temple of Salomon used to be. In addition, US foreign policy assures Muslims that the US government is not going to allow a bunch of crazy protestant lunatics to blow up the Dome of Omar so that Protestant Christians build the Temple of Salomon. The Templars had that initiative a thousand years ago, as well as the FreeMassons later on. Nevertheless, the freemasons do not care which religion is in charge of Jerusalem, it could be Muslims for all they care. The leadership of the US is in close alliance with Muslim and Chinese leaders, and has been for the past decades. Corporate US, Arab and Chinese leadership only cares about global leadership in the international markets, period. Nevertheless, your everyday walking evangelical is fueled with the belief that the Messiah will come to establish his kingdom for 1000 thousand years on Earth.

The Rapture

Most evangelicals believe in something they call the rapture. It is something like a massive alien abduction. There have been many movies about it. However, some believe it will happen before the seven year period, others in the middle, and others at the end of the seven year period which coincides with the Start of the Millennia (one thousand year period). The Seven Year period is interpreted by protestant scholars as a time of great tribulation on Earth, were Satan will be in charge. They also believe that during this period of time, two super beings will come to earth to fight Satan. It is a period of great wars and persecution. During that period, it is when they believe the Great Whore of Babylon will be destroyed. The Great Whore is, of course, the Catholic Church. That Seven Year Period concludes with the Alien Invasion of Earth by Christ with a multitude of Angels. However, there is great uncertainty, for you do not really know who the real messiah really is. It will be a time of great deception. It is something like “V” the extraterrestrial TV series.

Post-Millennialism

This is what the Catholic Church actually believes. Post-millennialism refers to the period during the millennia. That is, the period after the millennia started. So, Catholics believe the millennia started with the coming of Christ. The Seven Year period and all of those tribulations refer to the primitive church, when Nero persecuted the Church. The actual establishment of the Reign of Christ on Earth is when Baby Jesus was born. The Defeat of Satan, takes place at the Cross, when Jesus was offered as the Lamb of God in Holy Holocaust. For Catholics, chapter 20th of the book of Revelation started when the church was established 2000 years ago.

For us Catholics, there will not be a millennia, for we already live in the millennia. The Kingdom of God, who is not of this world, for it rules in a different manner, has already been established. We do not plan a dictatorial militaristic ruling of the Earth like a Fascist empire, like our brothers the Protestant, Muslims and Chinese plan. We believe in democracy, and we established democracy 2000 years ago when we elected the 12th disciple after the death of Judas. In turn, God has placed at the feet of Christ, and our feet, all of his enemies. We indeed rule the Earth as Kings and Priests. His Throne is the Eucharist, and we rule every time we pray. All the cosmos has been placed subservient to our prayers, including weather and all meteorological phenomena. We are the Church, and we rule the Earth. As rulers, we continue the redemptive work of our Lord by offering our lives in martyrdom and through persecution until we fill all the Earth with Catholics. We have been here for 2009 years, and we will be here until the end of the Earth. Yes, we believe we are living chapter 20th of the book of revelation. It is true that at the End, just before the coming of Christ for the Second time, when he comes in Glory and the Earth and Heavens banish from His presence, there will be great persecution against us. Satan will be let loose to deceive all nations to fight against us. It is a fact that Protestants are already under the spell of Satan, for they regard us as the Whore of Babylon and want to destroy us. Muslims have also been fighting against us for centuries. The Communist Chinese government has declared the Catholic Church as a number one enemy. It is a probability that these are the End Times, for it seems apparent that all nations Protestant, Muslim and Communist hate us, the Catholic Church, and want to destroy us. However, and for their information, it must be stated that if they were able to defeat us, that would only indicate that the End has actually come, and that Judgment Day is at hand. You see, the day of the Great Deception, when all nations come to destroy us, the Catholic Church, Pope, Cardinals and Bishops, the Vatican, will be the End of the World. It will not be an Atomic war. It will be the total annihilation of all the Earth and all living beings, by fire coming from above, from space (a meteor? a solar flare? a super nova? a black hole at the center of the galaxy?).

So, do not worry. We have a shield around the Earth. The Earth is under the protection of God. It will be here, for we are here. It is true that there will be many Napoleons trying to destroy us, yet they will never succeed. The Catholic Church will be here until the End of Earth and the end of this known universe. Protestants will be no more. Muslims will fade away. Communist China will be no more, but the Catholic Church will remain until the end. The Kingdom of God and his Christ will always be. We will continue to offer our lives in sacrifice for the sake of the Earth and its inhabitants. That is the way we rule, that is our mission, to spread the Good News: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again! Our Kingdom is not of this world, yet we rule the Earth. We are the post-millennials :)

I certainly hope you enjoyed my narrative. Be not afraid, be not worried. You are safe. Do not be disturbed when you hear about wars, and rumors of war. Be at peace, for he is mighty and he rules. YHVE rules! Jesus rules the Earth, and has been for the past 2010 years. Happy New 2010 Year!

Juan Eduardo Alvear
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Revelation

Chapter 20

1

¹ Then I saw an angel come down from
heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss ²
and a heavy chain.

2

He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the Devil or
Satan, ³ and tied it up for a thousand
years

3

and threw it into the abyss, which he locked over it and sealed, so
that it could no longer lead the nations astray until the thousand years
are completed. After this, it is to be released for a short time.

4

Then I saw thrones; those who sat on them were entrusted with
judgment. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their
witness to Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the
beast or its image nor had accepted its mark ⁴
on their foreheads or hands. They came to life and they reigned with
Christ for a thousand years.

5

The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years
were over. This is the first resurrection.

6

Blessed ⁵ and holy is the one who
shares in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over
these; they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign
with him for (the) thousand years.

7

⁶ When the thousand years are
completed, Satan will be released from his prison.

8

He will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the
earth, Gog and Magog, ⁷ to gather them
for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.

9

They invaded the breadth of the earth ⁸
and surrounded the camp of the holy ones and the beloved city. But fire
came down from heaven and consumed them.

10

The Devil who had led them astray was thrown into the pool of fire
and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were. There they will
be tormented day and night forever and ever.

11

⁹ Next I saw a large white throne
and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the sky fled from his
presence and there was no place for them.

12

I saw the dead, the great and the lowly, standing before the throne,
and scrolls were opened. Then another scroll was opened, the book of
life. ¹⁰ The dead were judged according
to their deeds, by what was written in the scrolls.

13

The sea gave up its dead; then Death and Hades
¹¹ gave up their dead. All the dead were
judged according to their deeds.

14

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the pool of fire. (This pool
of fire is the second death. ¹² )

15

Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was
thrown into the pool of fire.

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¹ [1-6] Like the other numerical values in
this book, the thousand years are not to be taken literally; they symbolize
the long period of time between the chaining up of Satan (a symbol for
Christ's resurrection-victory over death and the forces of evil) and the end
of the world. During this time God's people share in the glorious reign of
God that is present to them by virtue of their baptismal victory over death
and sin; cf
Romans 6:1-8;
John 5:24-25;
16:33;
1 John 3:14;
Eph 2:1.

² [1] Abyss: see the note on
Rev
9:1.

³ [2] Dragon . . . serpent . . . Satan:
see the notes on
Rev
12:3,
9,
10,
15.

⁴ [4] Beast . . . mark: see Rev 13 and its
notes.

⁵ [6] Blessed: see the note on
Rev
1:3. Second death: see the note on
Rev
2:11. Priests: as in
Rev
1:6;
5:10;
cf 1 Peter
2:9.

⁶ [7-10] A description of the symbolic
battle to take place when Satan is released at the end of time, when the
thousand years are over; see the note on
Rev
20:1-6.

⁷ [8] Gog and Magog: symbols of all pagan
nations; the names are taken from
Ezekiel
38:1-39:20.

⁸ [9] The breadth of the earth: Palestine.
The beloved city: Jerusalem; see the note on
Rev
14:1.

⁹ [11-15] A description of the final
judgment. After the intermediate reign of Christ, all the dead are raised
and judged, thus inaugurating the new age.

¹⁰ [12] The book of life: see the note on
Rev
3:5. Judged . . . scrolls: see the note on
Rev
14:12.

¹¹ [13] Hades: the netherworld; see the
note on
Rev
1:18.

¹² [14] Second death: see the note on
Rev
2:11.

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SCIAT UT SERVIAT

¿Caifás y Pilatos, porque os decís a vosotros mismos que hacéis lo que es mejor ‘para la comunidad’ creéis que estáis justificados en acusar al inocente? Llamáis loco a Cristo y ponéis a las enseñanzas de la Iglesia como muestras caducas de intolerancia religiosa. Ahora pues, mucha más culpa tienen los que os han instruido a desafiar a Dios y a la Iglesia, pues hay inclusive entre vuestros sacerdotes aquellos que dicen que "no se sujetaran al magisterio de la iglesia, porque este se ha equivocado en varias ocasiones”. O sea, pues, que ni las acciones de sacerdotes rebeldes contra Dios, ni tampoco vuestra justificación, os exime de culpa delante de Dios.

Caifás, tú dices que es mejor que muera un hombre, y no que todo el pueblo muera por un hombre, y así sentencias a Jesús a la muerte.

Pilatos, tú dices que es mejor hacer caso a las masas y sentenciar a un inocente a muerte para apaciguar la revuelta, pues tu puesto político depende de ello.

A quien no se conforma a vuestro modelo, lo tacháis de loco y enfermo mental. A quien os critica en vuestra necedad, lo acusáis de enajenación mental.

¿Acaso no teméis a Dios? En verdad que no le teméis, y antes que la voluntad de Dios, buscáis el “que dirán”, y os preocupáis de las cosas de la tierra, y no de las cosas de Dios. Que no podéis ver que defender al inocente, no haciendo caso de la falsa retórica que dice que “el fin justifica los medios”, es verdadera justicia. Y asi es, lo único que hacéis al justificar los medios en el fin es demostrar que vuestra visión de acción y ayuda a la comunidad es a corto plazo. No obstante, si miraseis a Dios conseguirías el verdadero beneficio a largo plazo para la comunidad. No obstante, porque miras al inmediato, pereceréis. No hacéis lo que es adecuado y lo que en verdad beneficia al pueblo, a la comunidad, pues solo podéis mirar al futuro inmediato. No tenéis visión para mirar el futuro.

Como resultado, tendréis que ver los frutos de vuestras acciones, acercándoos a la Cruz. Con vuestros ojos mirareis y veréis al que traspasaron. O sea, vuestras acciones, que aunque a vosotros os parecen justas, van a dar su fruto. O sea, el fruto de lo que en verdad son: actos de injusticia. Los frutos de injusticia es aun más sufrimiento y más cruz. No es que Dios os castigue. Por el contrario. Dios os quiere proteger de vuestra estupidez, pues aunque a vosotros os parece que vuestras acciones son fruto de la ‘ilustración’, la realidad es que os falta mucho para poder decir SCIAT UT SERVIAT (Means: to know in order to serve). Nevertheless, how can you really SERVE, if you have no KNOWLEDGE? Este es en efecto vuestro problema, que os creéis sabios y alumbrados, y la realidad es que sois unos imbéciles. Que no veis que solo un imbécil puede en uso de su razón decir que el fin justifica los medios.


En fin, que hay veces en que el sufrimiento, cuando se acepta en Cristo, da frutos de arrepentimiento, y alumbra el entendimiento. Eso es lo que parece que reclamáis a voces. No obstante el Señor os dice: SAULO, SAULO, NO SABES QUE COSA DURA TE ES DAR COCES CONTRA EL AGUIJÓN.

En pocas palabras, a quienes van a llamar enajenados mentales, va a ser a vosotros.


El que tenga oídos, que oiga.

If my kingdom were of this world, I would have my angels come and fight for me.

"If my kingdom were of this world, I would have my angels come and fight for me" John 18:36

A lot of people have misinterpreted this passage of the scripture, the words of Jesus, as if though Jesus was saying that he has not really establish his kingdom. A lot of people (protestants mainly) believe that when Jesus comes and rules on earth he will do so with violence.

People do not realize that when Jesus says his Kingdom is not of this world he actually means to speak about the nature of his kingdom. It is a kingdom of Mercy and Peace, a kingdom of Service. It is a Kingdom of sacrifice and a kingdom where the just pays for the unjust. It is a kingdom where people are converted to God and his Christ through Mercy and the Sacrifice of the Lamb of God.

Famous phrases:

• Peter, put down your sword.
• Get behind me Satan, for you only seek the things of this world. (Jesus said that to Peter when Peter rebuked Jesus and tried to convince him not to suffer)
• The Kingdom of God is amongst you.
• My Kingdom is not of this Earth.

Indeed his Kingdom has already been established amongst us. He rules the Earth, and has been doing so since he defeated Satan in his Cross. The Catholic Church is His only church preaching the establishment of his Kingdom 2009 years ago. However, his Kingdom is not like the Kingdoms of the World, where the master and lords rule the subjects with injustice and violence. It is a different kind of Kingdom, where those who rule the earth with Christ lay their lives down for the sake of Christ, martyrs amongst us. Martyrs like the millions of Hispanic Catholic Mexicans in America that are imprisoned in detention centers across the land. Five hundred per day are detained and sent to private detentions centers (AKA former BLACKWATER facilities) with the ENDGAME, a Homeland Security plan in effect from 2003 to 2012 (http://www.jeaf.com/help/final_solution.htm). They are lambs taken to the slaughter. The Church of Christ persecuted. Christ reigning amongst us through his suffering Church. It is Christ reigning amongst us and the cross lifted up high above the land drawing everyone unto itself.

We are the suffering lambs of God, persecuted and suffering injustice. Oh Lord, draw close to your cross, those that persecute us. Draw them close to the suffering of your son through us, through our suffering. Draw them close to the suffering of your son also through their personal suffering. Show them to have pity and mercy of you. Let them SEE YOU in their personal suffering. For when anyone suffers in our midst, it is you, oh Lord, who suffers the Cross amongst us.

Oh Lord, draw close to your Cross those that persecute us.

PS: Christ already came to establish his Kingdom, the Millennial Kingdom spoken of in the Book of Revelation. Those that deny it are under the influence of the Antichrist, the evil one who will deceive all the nations at the end of the millennia (Revelation 20:7-10). The Kingdom is the Catholic Church.

MENE, TEKEL, PERES (Dn. 5:1-28)

Today's event: The unfair King persecutes the Church by falsely accusing her. As a result, he looses his kingdom, and the whole nation is handed over to his enemies.

Mercoledì 25 Novembre 2009

Mass Readings

Reading 1
Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28

King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his lords,
with whom he drank.
Under the influence of the wine,
he ordered the gold and silver vessels
which Nebuchadnezzar, his father,
had taken from the temple in Jerusalem,
to be brought in so that the king, his lords,
his wives and his entertainers might drink from them.
When the gold and silver vessels
taken from the house of God in Jerusalem had been brought in,
and while the king, his lords, his wives and his entertainers
were drinking wine from them,
they praised their gods of gold and silver,
bronze and iron, wood and stone.

Suddenly, opposite the lampstand,
the fingers of a human hand appeared,
writing on the plaster of the wall in the king’s palace.
When the king saw the wrist and hand that wrote, his face blanched;
his thoughts terrified him, his hip joints shook,
and his knees knocked.

Then Daniel was brought into the presence of the king.
The king asked him, “Are you the Daniel, the Jewish exile,
whom my father, the king, brought from Judah?
I have heard that the Spirit of God is in you,
that you possess brilliant knowledge and extraordinary wisdom.
I have heard that you can interpret dreams and solve difficulties;
if you are able to read the writing and tell me what it means,
you shall be clothed in purple,
wear a gold collar about your neck,
and be third in the government of the kingdom.”

Daniel answered the king:
“You may keep your gifts, or give your presents to someone else;
but the writing I will read for you, O king,
and tell you what it means.
You have rebelled against the Lord of heaven.
You had the vessels of his temple brought before you,
so that you and your nobles, your wives and your entertainers,
might drink wine from them;
and you praised the gods of silver and gold,
bronze and iron, wood and stone,
that neither see nor hear nor have intelligence.
But the God in whose hand is your life breath
and the whole course of your life, you did not glorify.
By him were the wrist and hand sent, and the writing set down.

“This is the writing that was inscribed:
MENE, TEKEL, and PERES.
These words mean:
MENE, God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it;
TEKEL, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;
PERES, your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”


Responsorial Psalm
Daniel 3:62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67

R. (59b) Give glory and eternal praise to him.
“Sun and moon, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him.
“Stars of heaven, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him.
“Every shower and dew, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him.
“All you winds, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him.
“Fire and heat, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him.
“Cold and chill, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him.


Gospel
Lk 21:12-19

Jesus said to the crowd:
“They will seize and persecute you,
they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons,
and they will have you led before kings and governors
because of my name.
It will lead to your giving testimony.
Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand,
for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking
that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute.
You will even be handed over by parents,
brothers, relatives, and friends,
and they will put some of you to death.
You will be hated by all because of my name,
but not a hair on your head will be destroyed.
By your perseverance you will secure your lives.”

Oh Lord, draw near to your Cross those that persecute us

Guess what someone told me today at the college?

"If you want to be successful, do not tell them you are a Mexican."

Do you know why he said that? Because we all know everybody discriminates against us Mexicans. We just pretend it is not happening.

Thus, I pray:

“Oh Lord, draw near to your Cross those that persecute us. They are like Saul of Tarsus. Just because we are your church, the Catholic Church, the mock at us calling us idol worshipers. Because we are Mexican, they persecute us thinking they do a favor to God and America. They are just like Saul of Tarsus. Oh Lord, open their eyes so they see they are actually persecuting YOU when they persecute us. Draw them close to you Cross, I pray. Have mercy on them and draw them close to your suffering, to your Cross. Open their eyes like you opened the eyes of Saul of Tarsus who persecuted Christians thinking he was doing a favor to God. After his conversion he is known to us as Saint Paul. He no longer persecutes Christians. I hope that in the same way Saul of Tarsus persecuted Christians, so does America stops persecuting Catholics, Mexican Catholics.”

A prayer. Una oración

Oh Lord, draw near to your Cross those that persecute us.

Oh Señor, acerca a tu cruz a los que nos persiguen.