Another 584 Million Miles Around The Sun

I just completed another lap around the sun and I'm still hanging on for dear life.

I haven't traveled much but I have covered nearly 38 billion miles circling the sun in my lifetime.

On a larger scale, since my birth our solar system has traveled over 292 billion miles around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

I should be eligible for some serious airline perks by now but all I seem to be getting are more aches and pains. Well, today I woke up on the sunny side of the lawn again and any day that you wake up on the sunny side of the lawn is a good day!

 

"Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?" ~Jesus

 

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

Map segment retrieved from the Library of Congress at: Map of the square and stationary earth

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Rock Mass 07-04-2021

 

Rock Mass on the first Sunday of the Month

Rock Mass for Sunday July 4, 2021

 

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel."

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean."

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness." ~Jesus (Matthew 23:23-28)

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"However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: 'Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the LORD, Or what is the place of My rest? Has My hand not made all these things?'" ~Saint Stephen (Acts 7:48-50)

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"Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" ~The Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 3:16)

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“The Kingdom of God does not come in such a way as to be seen. No one will say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ because the Kingdom of God is within you.” ~Jesus (Luke 14:20-21)

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“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.” ~Saint Peter (1 Peter 2:9-10)

 

Peace, Love and Light!
Kevin (Cloud)

The inspiration for creating "Rock Mass" came from the Rock Mass at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena California back in the early 1970’s. On the first Friday night of each month All Saints held a Rock Mass which was a mix of traditional Episcopalian Mass and rock concert. A live band would play popular rock music which couldn’t necessarily be called “Christian” but contained spiritual phrases and references to God or Jesus. During the 1960’s and early 1970’s there was an explosion of these songs coming out of the "secular" music industry way before there was “Contemporary Christian Music”, in a way, it could be called "The Gospel According To Billboard's Top 10".

(Stained glass guitar angel found at www.patheos.com/blogs/nadiabolzweber)

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