From David.Steele@usask.ca Fri Aug 09 12:46:01 1996 Path: tribune.usask.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.bc.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newspump.sol.net!news.mindspring.com!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!nntp.msstate.edu!paladin.american.edu!auvm!CS.UTK.EDU!mayo Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: bit.listserv.catholic Comments: ******************************************************** Comments: * The following "Approved" statement verifies header * Comments: * information for gateway passage. No approval of the * Comments: * content is implied. * Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU * Comments: ******************************************************** Message-ID: <199608061215.IAA26676@mayo.cs.utk.edu> Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 08:15:02 -0400 Sender: Free Catholic Mailing List From: "Jane Wallace Mayo (Wallace)" Subject: August 9, One Bread, One Body, PEACE TALKS Comments: To: obob@CS.UTK.EDU Lines: 46 Friday, August 9, 1996 Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7 Deuteronomy 32 Matthew 16:24-28 PEACE TALKS "See, upon the mountains there advances the Bearer of good news, announcing peace!" Nahum 2:1 Nahum prophesied that the Messiah would be "the Bearer of good news, announcing peace." He would completely destroy the enemy (Na 2:1), cast filth upon it, disgrace it, and put it to shame (Na 3:6). Jesus was the Fulfillment of Nahum's prophecy. However, the enemy to be destroyed was not the Ninevites or even the Romans, but Satan (Eph 6:12; 1 Jn 3:8). Jesus destroyed (see Lk 11:22) and disgraced Satan (Col 2:15) by taking on Himself the punishment due us all. He made peace not by shedding the enemy's blood but by shedding His own preci- ous blood on the cross (Col 1:20). Therefore, we make peace not by exerting ourselves but by denying ourselves (Mt 16:24), not by crucifying the enemy but by taking up our daily cross (Lk 9:23) and being crucified to the world (Gal 6:14). Jesus' peace is much different from that of the world (Jn 14:27). The world cannot give it, nor can the world take it away. It is a peace "beyond all understanding" (Phil 4:7). Blest are the peacemakers (see Mt 5:9). Prayer: "Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace." Promise: "What profit would a man show if he were to gain the whole world and destroy himself in the process?" --Mt 16:26 Praise: Lorraine changed from "pro-nuke" to "no-nuke" because she could not picture Jesus bombing his enemies. ------------------------------------- http://w3.one.net/~presmin/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From "One Bread, One Body, Harvest" by Father Al Lauer of Presentation Ministries, reproduced with permission. Nihil Obstat: Reverend Robert J. Buschmiller, January 29, 1996 Imprimatur: +Most Rev. Carl K. Moeddel, Vicar General and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, February 4, 1996.