Sirach 2:1-11
1 Son, when thou comest to the service of God,
stand in justice and in fear,
and prepare thy soul for temptation.
2 Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear,
and receive the words of understanding:
and make not haste
in the time of clouds.
3 Wait on God with patience:
join thyself to God,
and endure,
that thy life may be increased
in the latter end.
4 Take all that shall be brought upon thee:
and in thy sorrow endure,
and in thy humiliation keep patience.
5 For gold and silver are tried in the fire,
but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
6 Believe God,
and He will recover thee:
and direct thy way,
and trust in Him.
Keep His fear, and grow old therein.
7 Ye that fear the Lord,
wait for His mercy:
and
go not aside from Him lest ye fall.
8 Ye that fear the Lord,
believe Him:
and
your reward shall not be made void.
9 Ye that fear the Lord hope in Him,
and mercy shall come to you
for your delight.
10 Ye that fear the Lord,
Love Him,
and
your hearts
shall be
enlightened.
When we talk about
the Catholic Bible,
this is the only time
I've seen people
come to me
and yell about the Scripture for Today Blogspot.
Sirach gets around.
Jerome, in the 4th Century, decided Sirach was a Proverb or Ecclesiastical book rather than divine.
We could debate Greek and Hebrew and the Apocrypha, but this wouldn't be the situation. (Hebrew check, check. Same, same.) Sirach was around during the time of Jesus and read in the Temple. Yes, the Second Temple was reading Sirach as divine.
And considering Who understands God,
would give us reason to read Sirach with interest. Jesus would have understood man learns, grows and regresses to progress. Sirach does give us a window on the world of the culture during the time of Jesus. It has flaws and, yet, was read as divine.
Sirach was much discussed.
St. Augustine of Hippo (c. 397),
Pope Innocent I (405),
the Council of Rome (382 AD),
the Synod of Hippo (in 393),
followed by the Council of Carthage (397),
the Council of Carthage (419)
Quinisext Council (692),
and the Council of Florence (1442)
All regarded it as a canonical book.
So there.
And then,
Sirach did get around.
Found in:
Cairo, 2/3rds of Sirach, copied in the 11th and 12th centuries, were found in the Cairo Geniza (a synagogue storage room for damaged manuscripts). These findings support the assertion that the book was originally written in Hebrew.
Masada
The largest scroll, Mas1H (MasSir), was discovered in casemate room 1109 at Masada, the Jewish fortress destroyed by the Romans in 73 AD.
The other two scroll fragments were found at Qumran.
Three fragments of parchment scrolls of the Book of Sirach written in Hebrew were discovered near the Dead Sea.
One of these, the Great Psalms Scroll (11Q5 or 11QPsa), contains Sirach chapter 51 (verses 13-20, and 30). The other fragment, 2Q18 (2QSir), contains Sirach 6:14–15, 20–31. These early Hebrew texts are in substantial agreement with the Hebrew texts discovered in Cairo, although there are numerous minor textual variants. With these findings, scholars are now more confident that the Cairo texts
are reliable witnesses to the Hebrew original.
That is the valid point.
The service to God
is
as
a reliable witness to the Hebrew Original.
Not as a Seminary, since the Vietnam War,
copy. When the draft could be held aside
to go into
“social reform.”
When museums call
The Vatican artwork:
Cartoons.
Where is the murmur of discontent?
This is nothing
but mockery.
Of Michelangelo
Raphael
Botticelli
Leonardo
Caravaggio, a unique series of choices
Bernini
Their Passion for Jesus Christ.
Should not be mocked.
We see the clergy speaking
and we see them as having Blessed Lives.
And, yet, the clergy themselves
will tell us ... emails arrive. Clergy
expects to hear from their congregation.
Politely. Which is not always the case.
Family acts as we know Family does behave.
Clergy is called to go
where Angels fear to tread.
We do not see the clergy
being moved away from
in social gatherings, and child birthday parties
and even sports events. People do not
want to be thought of as unfaithful
or the next to be witnessed to.
Clergy frequently has
offspring who are a delight,
and then, we know the
Preacher Kid Syndrome.
This Post should
not
be offensive.
Rather, direct and genuine.
If offensive,
why?
Consider the
original Hebrew.
Brought by the generations
of the
brave
to become free,
the sacrifice
for the
Bible in our hand
in
the language
of our own.
Reverend J.I Packer
brought us the English Standard Version
and
at age 91
the Oxford Scholar
who studied
under
CS Lewis
was defrocked
for gender pronouns.
Age 91.
Let's murmur.
TOGETHER.
At this point,
we need to realize
we are the people
who love
Jesus
and remember
the battery scene from
The Sound of Music.
Really.
Abba, Father!
WE PRAY
BLESSINGS
COVER
ALL
And
Gratitude
Every Day
and
Dignity
for ALL of
God's
Creation
WE PRAY
for
THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
To be
the Voice
of LOVE
Joy, Peace, Patience,
Goodness,
Faithfulness,
gentleness
and
SELF CONTROL
And ask You
for appropriate leadership.
Worldwide leaders
condemned the erratic and unfaithful Sermon
given by Bishop Budde.
Who previously condemned
President Trump
for saving St. John's Church from arson,
saying President Trump wasn't kind
to the homeless during arson,
and not a person to hold up the Bible.
Then condemning him for following the vote
the Vote of the People
for The Laws of the Land
and ceasing gender mutation on children,
as the Catholic Church Condemns
as a failure to provide Dignity to each Person.
Let's pray
for the departure
of what
is not
good.
Worldwide leaders said,
"The Sermon represents a church
not led by Jesus Christ and His Teachings
and Word.
A broken down
liberal refuge institution seeking only donations."
We pray the Blessing
of Growth
upon the Church
Proclaiming
The Entire Word of God
and
the
'Growing' Portion
of the Episcopal Church.
Remembering
the fall of the Church
from
17 million people
to 500,000.
The Anglican Church of The United States
fuels the genuine and compassionate
blessed outreach
of the Worldwide Anglican Communion
GAFCON
and not the portion of the
THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
The safety
of those
helping the earth
to heal.
Let evil and practicing evil
depart
far
from us
and our children.
With Your Help
We will act justly
and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with You, our God.
Cover us
in peace worldwide.
Please, Father, remember
North Carolina has flooded
California has fire we have never seen.
Detroit recovering from a frozen flood water main.
Virginia from Flood.
For the health
of Pope Francis.
Asking his physicians
to tell the truth about his
serious lung condition.
Healing in Jesus.
Give us more of
Your Strength
and Hope.
Dwell in me,
Dwell in us,
Dwell in those we Love,
Help us to seek You first.
And we will finish well,
in Jesus Christ.
Help us seek and find
and bring,
to become,
more Heaven
to this earth.
Gentle rain for California
putting out the fires
speedy insurance
claims
and fast rebuilding
realizing the standard building codes
even of Reagan
were safe.
Peace
THE GRAHAM MINISTRY
SAMARITAN'S PURSE
IS
DOING INCREDIBLE
SHAKE NORTH CAROLINA
SHAPE NORTH CAROLINA
SHAKE NORTH CAROLINA
SHAPE NORTH CAROLINA
Love and Mercy and Work.
GIVE TO
SAMARITAN'S PURSE
Please.
And in Jesus - This Hope.
Faith and Love - we will rise up Believing Jesus.
Amen
Send out
your
Dove
prayers!
Psalm 85 ~ peace to His people
Gratitude for
being unburdened
to remember this Riot
as
“A Peaceful Protest”
Arson fires all over D.C.
We are grateful
for this being past.
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