Tuesday of Holy Week April 3, 2007
Tuesday of Holy Week
April 3, 2007
“I will make you a light to the nations.”
Isaiah 49:6
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Exciting News!!! Fr. John Amsberry's book is finished! Check out a little taste of it below and if you would like to order one or 1,000 just follow the ordering instructions below.
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I am the youngest of eight boys. Chuck, Steve, Joe, Tom, Dan, Jim, Mike and John. That’s right- they save the best for the last! I often brag to my family and friends about the magnanimous humility God has given me (smiles). God bless mom and dad for raising us!
All of us boys would start licking our chops when we knew mom and dad were going to be gone from the house. It was the whole, “When the cat’s away the mice will play” thing. It was a time to have some reckless fun and destroy the house. Ok, maybe not destroy the house but it was time to cut loose as the rulers of the house were away.
One of the things we liked to do was have sock fights. Of course there were a ton of white, athletic socks for the eight of us. We would ball them up, each get our store of ammunition and commence the war. The deal was to hit each other as hard and fast as we could. To add to all the excitement, we would turn off all the lights in the house and have our battles in total darkness. How fun was that?!? I am sure you can guess some of the inherent problems with this situation. It was hard to see in the dark. There are many objects that are solid, large, sharp, and dangerous to run in. They are stationary and they would stay stationary as we would run into them. I would be lying if I told you there was no scrapes, bruises, and bleeding. I do not know if one of us ever broke any bones but it was dangerous business running and throwing and flinging socks in the dark.
It is dangerous business running in the dark. You can avoid a lot of unnecessary injury if you turn on the light. It helps you to see things as they are and maneuver through life. The light is ever available but you and I have to turn the light switch on. I know it takes some time sometimes to find the light switch but there it is on the wall somewhere. Remember, our lives are incomprehensible without Christ. The light of Christ helps us to see true reality and maneuver through a life that can be so filled with darkness. We have to keep seeking the light switch and turn it on.
When is light needed the most? In the greatest darkness. And the greatest darkness that ever was Jesus on the cross. Jesus, the hope of every human heart, dying on the cross. Jesus dead. The greatest darkness this world has ever known and will ever know. But we see what God does in it. Resurrection and light explode eternally. The light switch made eternally available to you and me. And, if God can bring his horizenless light into the greatest darkness ever, he can bring his horizenless light into yours!
The light switch is there for you.
Live the confronted life!
+Fr. John
All of us boys would start licking our chops when we knew mom and dad were going to be gone from the house. It was the whole, “When the cat’s away the mice will play” thing. It was a time to have some reckless fun and destroy the house. Ok, maybe not destroy the house but it was time to cut loose as the rulers of the house were away.
One of the things we liked to do was have sock fights. Of course there were a ton of white, athletic socks for the eight of us. We would ball them up, each get our store of ammunition and commence the war. The deal was to hit each other as hard and fast as we could. To add to all the excitement, we would turn off all the lights in the house and have our battles in total darkness. How fun was that?!? I am sure you can guess some of the inherent problems with this situation. It was hard to see in the dark. There are many objects that are solid, large, sharp, and dangerous to run in. They are stationary and they would stay stationary as we would run into them. I would be lying if I told you there was no scrapes, bruises, and bleeding. I do not know if one of us ever broke any bones but it was dangerous business running and throwing and flinging socks in the dark.
It is dangerous business running in the dark. You can avoid a lot of unnecessary injury if you turn on the light. It helps you to see things as they are and maneuver through life. The light is ever available but you and I have to turn the light switch on. I know it takes some time sometimes to find the light switch but there it is on the wall somewhere. Remember, our lives are incomprehensible without Christ. The light of Christ helps us to see true reality and maneuver through a life that can be so filled with darkness. We have to keep seeking the light switch and turn it on.
When is light needed the most? In the greatest darkness. And the greatest darkness that ever was Jesus on the cross. Jesus, the hope of every human heart, dying on the cross. Jesus dead. The greatest darkness this world has ever known and will ever know. But we see what God does in it. Resurrection and light explode eternally. The light switch made eternally available to you and me. And, if God can bring his horizenless light into the greatest darkness ever, he can bring his horizenless light into yours!
The light switch is there for you.
Live the confronted life!
+Fr. John
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If you are in Portland, Oregon, we will have a book release/signing the first weekend of June, 2007 at St. Joseph the Worker so you can get a copy then. For my friends in Flagstaff, Arizona, who have already signed up for my book, we will be sending book directly to you and you should get them by Mid-May. For my loved ones in San Diego, I will have them available for youth end of July when I come down for Steubenville, San Diego. Otherwise, you can order though the mail.
Thanks for all your help, love and prayers with this project! Loved, Blessed and 4given are we!
Reaching Out to Joy
Time out! Why are you running around so crazy here on earth? Slow down. Stop. Be still and know that God is God. Reach out to God. You are forever blessed, loved, and forgiven! Do you know this in your heart? Heaven is with you- all the way to heaven. Reach out to Jesus! Put Jesus over you and you will have JOY! My prayer is that this book will help you to jump into the JOY that is everlasting.
You are familiar St. Paul’s writings, correct? Sometimes one line can become very long and convoluted and even turn almost a whole chapter of a book. He would not get an “A” for grammar. But, in some ways I say, “So what? Big deal. He does not have to be perfect.” Some say he wrote in the imperfect manner that he did because he was so full of grace that it was uncontainable and spilling out all over the place. Welling up with grace and words and light and life, St. Paul just filled the page as God rushed forth! And that is the way I would like you to look at this book. It is not perfect but neither am I. This book is about a perfectly loving God coming to save a sinner like me and you. It is about God rushing in with his grace and words and light and life to create this book, however imperfect it might be. So, I pray that God will be uncontainable in you and you will not worry so much about having perfect presentation and grammar in your life. You do not have to have your house in order for God to come in. Rather, invite God into your messy house and he will put it into order. Just, without ever stopping, keep letting God in and out. Let God and his JOY write straight with crooked lines. When people see you, may they see JOY!
If you wish to purchase Reaching Out to Joy, Jesus Over You please fill out the order form below and send to the address listed along with you payment.
Name: _______________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________
City:__________________________________
State: _______Zip:________________
Please send me _________ Books @ $20.00 each _______________
Shipping $ 4.00 for first book _______________
For each additional book add $1.00 _______________
Total _______________
Please mail order with payment to: Reaching Out to Joy
6012 SE Parkview Terr
Milwaukie, OR 97222
Make checks payable to: Fr. John Amsberry
Books will be mailed out by June 2007
Thanks for all your help, love and prayers with this project! Loved, Blessed and 4given are we!
Reaching Out to Joy
Time out! Why are you running around so crazy here on earth? Slow down. Stop. Be still and know that God is God. Reach out to God. You are forever blessed, loved, and forgiven! Do you know this in your heart? Heaven is with you- all the way to heaven. Reach out to Jesus! Put Jesus over you and you will have JOY! My prayer is that this book will help you to jump into the JOY that is everlasting.
You are familiar St. Paul’s writings, correct? Sometimes one line can become very long and convoluted and even turn almost a whole chapter of a book. He would not get an “A” for grammar. But, in some ways I say, “So what? Big deal. He does not have to be perfect.” Some say he wrote in the imperfect manner that he did because he was so full of grace that it was uncontainable and spilling out all over the place. Welling up with grace and words and light and life, St. Paul just filled the page as God rushed forth! And that is the way I would like you to look at this book. It is not perfect but neither am I. This book is about a perfectly loving God coming to save a sinner like me and you. It is about God rushing in with his grace and words and light and life to create this book, however imperfect it might be. So, I pray that God will be uncontainable in you and you will not worry so much about having perfect presentation and grammar in your life. You do not have to have your house in order for God to come in. Rather, invite God into your messy house and he will put it into order. Just, without ever stopping, keep letting God in and out. Let God and his JOY write straight with crooked lines. When people see you, may they see JOY!
If you wish to purchase Reaching Out to Joy, Jesus Over You please fill out the order form below and send to the address listed along with you payment.
Name: _______________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________
City:__________________________________
State: _______Zip:________________
Please send me _________ Books @ $20.00 each _______________
Shipping $ 4.00 for first book _______________
For each additional book add $1.00 _______________
Total _______________
Please mail order with payment to: Reaching Out to Joy
6012 SE Parkview Terr
Milwaukie, OR 97222
Make checks payable to: Fr. John Amsberry
Books will be mailed out by June 2007
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