Rock Mass 07-03-2022

Rock Mass on the first Sunday of the Month

Rock Mass July 3, 2022

This Sunday's Rock Mass is more like Rocks and Moss with water Rolling over them. It's about a much needed retreat to a quiet place in the Cathedral of Nature.

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. (Luke 5:16)

Peace, 

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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Shine A Light!

 

Most mass shootings are planned for 6 months to a year. In almost every documented case, warning signs were given off that were not understood, were not acted upon quickly or was not shared with someone who could help. In 4 out of 5 school shootings, at least one other person had knowledge of the attacker's plan but failed to report it.*

How has the ownership of firearms and ammunition become so acceptable that no one questions the amassing of a large collection of handguns, rifles, assault weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and high capacity magazines beyond any rational explanation of personal protection or hunting?

Federal, State and Local gun safety laws are inadequate. Mental health services need to be more accessible. Local law enforcement is highly overburdened. Federal and State criminal databases are poorly integrated.

But the biggest breakdown may not be in our legal system but rather a possible breakdown in society itself. As members of a civilized society we have an obligation to each other to question behavior that could pose a potential threat to others. Shine a light. If you see something, say something!

 

Therefore, to him who knows to do good

and does not do it, to him it is sin.

(James 4:17)

 

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

 

*mass shooting statistics from www.sandyhookpromise.org

The Purpose of Life

"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.

I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."

~Jesus

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

Rock Mass 06-05-2022 - Let the Shooting End

 

Rock Mass on the first Sunday of the Month

 

Rock Mass for June 5, 2022 - Let the Shooting End

 

Prayer: Let the Shooting End

"God, our hearts are broken with pain at the senseless deaths caused by gun violence. Families mourn, children live in fear, and some in our nation respond by arming themselves with more guns with greater capacity to end life. Our disconnection and alienation has caused some to turn to guns for protection and safety. We ask that you touch our hearts with your love, heal our brokenness, and turn us away from violence toward peace. Help us to transform our own hearts and to seek peaceful ways of resolving our differences. Let our hands reach out and connect with those who feel alone, those who live in fear, and those suffering from mental illness. Let our voices be raised asking our legislators to enact gun laws to protect all in our society, especially those most vulnerable. Let our pens write messages demanding change while also scripting words of hope and transformation. We ask this in the name of the God who desires that we live together in peace.  Amen"

 

-Sisters of Mercy of the Americas 

 

 

 

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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I Ain't No Saint

 I ain't no saint, but I was named after one. My mom was raised Catholic and she noticed St. Kevin's Catholic Church in Los Angeles and decided to name me after the Irish saint Kevin of Glendalough.

June 3rd is Saint Kevin's Feast Day.

Here is some info about St. Kevin:

https://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ASaints/Kevin.html

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

Rock Mass - 05-01-2022

 

Rock Mass on the first Sunday of the Month

Rock Mass for May 1, 2022

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.

This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."

~Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1890 - 1969

"Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they shall be called the children of God."

~Jesus (Matthew 5:9)

"...Seek peace and pursue it!"

Psalm 34:14

 

 

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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Happy Earth Day!

 
Our place in the Garden is to not only harvest the bounty of the land but also to watch over, preserve, protect, care for, and guard the land - as the Hebrew Bible puts it "to be Shomer over it".

According to Wikipedia "shomer (Hebrew: שומר‎, pl. שומרים, shomrim) is a Jewish legal guardian entrusted with the custody and care of another's object"

We have been entrusted as custodians of the Father's Creation, it is our duty to care for and protect the Earth. I hope and pray that we will not abandon our job as watchmen of the Garden.

Peace, Love and Light!
Kevin (Cloud)

Rock Mass - Easter Edition 04-03-2022

 

Rock Mass on the first Sunday of the month.

Rock Mass for Sunday April 3, 2022

Easter Edition

 

 

While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” (Luke 24:4-7)

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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