Rock Mass 08-04-2025

Rock Mass

Rock Mass 08-04-2025

"After Forever"

Written by; John "Ozzy" Osbourne, Tony Iommi, W.T. Ward, Terence Michael Butler

Have you ever thought about your soul - can it be saved?

Or perhaps you think that when you're dead you just stay in your grave

Is God just a thought within your head or is he a part of you?

Is Christ just a name that you read in a book when you were in school?

When you think about death do you lose your breath or do you keep your cool?

Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope - do you think he's a fool?

Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways

And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days

Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say

If they knew you believe in God above?

They should realize before they criticize

that God is the only way to love

Is your mind so small that you have to fall

In with the pack wherever they run

Will you still sneer when death is near

And say they may as well worship the sun?

I think it was true it was people like you that crucified Christ

I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced

Will you be so sure when your day is near, say you don't believe?

You had the chance but you turned it down, now you can't retrieve

Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead and gone

Open your eyes, just realize that he's the one

The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate

Or will you still jeer at all you hear? Yes! I think it's too late.

R.I.P.

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne

Dec 3, 1948 - July 22, 2025

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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Rock Mass 07-13-2025

Rock Mass

Rock Mass 07-13-2025

But someone will say, “One person has faith, another has actions.”

My answer is, “Show me how anyone can have faith without actions.

I will show you my faith by my actions.”

(James 2:18)

He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,

and loves the foreigner residing among you,

giving them food and clothing.

(Deuteronomy 10:18)

And the king will answer them,

‘Truly I tell you,

just as you did it to one of the least of these

brothers and sisters of mine,

you did it to me.’

~Jesus

(Matthew 25:40)

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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In Your Name

 

In Your Name by Graham Nash

"Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they shall be called

the children of God"

~Jesus

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

St Kevin's Feast Day June 3rd

 

I'm no saint, but I was named after one... Happy St. Kevin's Feast Day.

Saint Kevin was an Irish saint who had a special connection with nature and he loved solitude.

I can relate so well to my Irish namesake. I crave quite times in nature, preferably the Redwoods but my backyard garden works fine too.

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

Rock Mass 06-01-2025

Rock Mass on the first Sunday of the month.

Rock Mass - June 2025

 

I want you to know that no one who is led by God's Spirit can say “A curse on Jesus!” and no one can confess “Jesus is Lord,” without being guided by the Holy Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:3)

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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War Crimes

 The voices speaking out against the aggression being waged in Gaza and Ukraine are beginning to increase. Some are calling it a war crime, but I believe that war is the crime.

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." ~Jesus

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

International Conscientious Objection Day

 

Anti-draft demonstration 1971 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Religion News Service

May 15 is International Conscientious Objection Day.

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

Rock Mass - 05-04-2025

Rock Mass

Rock Mass - May 2025

I waited patiently for the Lord;

    he turned to me and heard my cry.

He lifted me out of the slimy pit,

    out of the mud and mire;

He set my feet on a rock

    and gave me a firm place to stand.

He put a new song in my mouth,

    a hymn of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear the Lord

    and put their trust in him.

Blessed is the one

    who trusts in the Lord,

who does not look to the proud,

    to those who turn aside to false gods.

Many, Lord my God,

    are the wonders you have done,

    the things you planned for us.

None can compare with you;

    were I to speak and tell of your deeds,

    they would be too many to declare.

Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—

    but my ears you have opened—

    burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.

Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—

    it is written about me in the scroll.

 I desire to do your will, my God;

    your law is within my heart.”

I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;

    I do not seal my lips, Lord,

    as you know.

I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;

    I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help.

I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness

    from the great assembly.

Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord;

    may your love and faithfulness always protect me.

(Psalm 40:1-11)

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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Rock Mass - Easter Sunday 04-20-2025

Rock Mass

Rock Mass - Easter Edition 2025

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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This Is How We Know What Love Is

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.

And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

(1 John 3:16-18)

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

(Commissioned illustration by L. Patterson)  

Rock Mass 04-06-2025 Earth Day

 

Rock Mass on the first Sunday of the month.

Rock Mass for Sunday April 6, 2025 - Earth Day Edition

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, 

the world, and all who live in it (Psalms 24:1) 

Ever since God created the world, his invisible qualities,

both his eternal power and his divine nature,

have been clearly seen; they are perceived in the things that God has made.

So those people have no excuse at all! (Romans 1:20) 

And Jehovah God took the man,

and caused him to rest in the garden of Eden,

to serve it, and to keep it. (Genesis 2:15)

We have been entrusted by the Father to be custodians of his Creation, it is our responsibility to care for and protect the Earth. The Earth is God's primary revelation of himself, his ever present means of revealing his great creative power and his loving provision of the life giving miracle that we call home - Earth. What a powerful witness it would be if those who claim to love God and who want to evangelize the world would actually protect and care for God's Creation.

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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Rock Mass 03/02/2025

Rock Mass

Rock Mass - March 2, 2025

Some Irish musicians in honor of St. Patrick's Day.

"Christ beside me,

Christ before me,

Christ behind me,

Christ within me,

Christ beneath me,

Christ above me."

~Saint Patrick

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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