Mach 9

 "There is no God in all the earth except in Israel" Naaman. 2 Kings 5:15

"But non of these was cured except the Syrian Naaman" Jesus Luke 4:24-30

"I can't explain it, but Jesus believed the old testament, so I'll go with the guy who walked out of his own grave." Trent Horn.

Some are critical of the OT. "Explain the bloodshed, and killin' " they say. Naaman was told by the prophet to bath in the Jordan seven times to cure his leprosy. Jesus believed it was true. Jesus also speaks of Jonah being in the fish three days. So it goes.

Did you know that the Russians have a missile, 3m22 Zircon, that reaches Mach 9. I was doing 30 kph as indicated by the signage as I drove along south towards Haywards. At last I saw the 80 kph sign and started to speed up, and there was a police car parked beside it. So it goes.

We felt that the engagement do went well. It was great to see TC. Loraine is planning a Filopino based BBQ next!

Have fun and don't sin.

 

Phew .. but all good.

 I had a busy weekend. But it all went well. Dropped my darling L back home about noon.

Feilding is named after a field because it is so flat. But surprisingly it does have a look out. It's probably about 50 metres above the rest of the flatness. It was on the route so we drove up the short incline. There is a concrete platform only about 2 metres high but does afford a surprisingly good 360 degree panarama. On a clear day she assured me that Mt Ruapehu was visible; but I've never seen it despite driving up there a million times minus one.

There was some wine left over from last night so I practised the cello sipping some champagne.

Left overs for dinner.

Didn't make it to Mass. I'm sure RBB's God will forgive me.

Have fun and love.

Mach 6

 Standing for truth and justice can lead to hate and rejection. Gen 33:3

"When they heard his parables the chief priests and scribes realized that he was speaking about them". Mat 21:33

I successfully picked L up yesterday. 

We stopped at Foxton for fish and chips. Foxton isn't famous for foxes but a windmill. It was a perfect balmy evening for eating in the park.

My darling L is going to stay home this morning while I go to work and she will cook for tomorrow's party. She has bought a lot of food. 

Have fun and get along to the stations of the cross. Don't go to Melling station, it has been moved.

Mach 5

 I've got 5 minutes to write this post. I'll do it at Mach 5. 

Picking up my darling after work.

Big clean of house last evening for afore mentioned darling.

Times up.

Have fun and go to the stations of the cross.

Mach 4

 "Anyone who wants to be great among you must be your servant, and anyone who wants to be first among you must be your slave". Mat 20.

This is our Cardinal Paul. He is a humble man.

Mach four is 3070 mph or 15 football fields a second. 

K lost his car key yesterday. I went around to where he was and called AA. Alcoholics Annonymous suggested I call the Automobile Association. I did and they said they wouldn't help either. I called an automobile locksmith and he was there in 30 minutes. In a surprisingly short period he made a new key with chip and all. K paid him $350. 

Divikesh was very nice. He said to give him a call if we wanted a copy made and he'd come around.. He works from his van.

Have fun and serve.

Mach 3

 No this post isn't about shaving nor super fast aeroplanes. I suppose I could have written Mar 3 or third of the third. But I didn't. I chose to write Mach 3 which is three times the speed of sound or about 3676 km/h. You might suppose I was thinking about rockets whizzing backwards and forwards over Iran. 

What do you think about the USA as assassins? Have they the right. 

"The international legal order is now in free-fall. When powerful states conduct illegal wars under the guise of prevention, weaponise diplomacy as cover, and openly pursue regime change, the "rules-based order" is literally dead".

Have power? Then do as you please. My gut feeling is that this is going to turn very bad. Are Israel and the USA going to invade every country that starts developing nuclear technology? OR...have they just given the Iranian (and Muslim) people a new foe to hate? 

Did you know that Iran is thought to be the originally sight of the Garden of Eden? I heard a jolly good explanation of the 'story' of Adam and Eve given by Fr Alar on Youtube last night. Their sin was to want to change the laws and moral code God has told us and implanted in our hearts. By rejecting God's commandments they broke the agreement! So they were cast out of a place of grace (Eden). Ever since human kind has done the same. We have retracted our pledge. Broken the treaty. Divorced ourselves. Sold our souls. The Christ came to give us a way back. We fell because of one man's sin; then were saved by one man's sacrifice. We are all familiar with the need to pay or do retribution. If you offend your wife it's no good expecting her to just forgive you. You have to, at the very least apologize. She is going to want you to do something! It's like people who say "Well why doesn't God just do a miracle and cancel debts". It's just not the way reality works. If you sin against God or your brother you have to make up, do penance, do something! It's no good saying "Just forgive me ok". That's insanity and probably narcissism. That wreaks of entitlement, manipulation and arrogance. 

Have fun boys and don't sin.