Tenebrae -Of Shadows in Altgeld Gardens: Good Intentions, Sin Guilt and Poor Old Judas.

Today is Spy Wednesday; the day Judas Iscariot took coin from Caiaphas and the gents of Sanhedrin in order to betray Jesus.

Money exchanged hands.

It was also the day that, while Judas was ensuring that no kid would be baptized with his cognomen, a woman from Bethany anointed Jesus with oil.

An expensive gift was given.

Spy Wednesday is also known as the Tenebrae, the Time of Shadows, when the liturgical year goes dark, until Easter. It signals the beginning of the Passion - Jesus conducts the first Mass on Thursday, followed by the agony in the Garden, the disciples beat it, Peter denies knowing Jesus, the Temple guards arrest Jesus, take Him to Caiaphas and Caiaphas hands Jesus over to the civil authorities. On Friday, Jesus is condemned by the secular government, tortured and crucified.

Money and gifts are signs of intentions.  One is awful and one is sweet.

Most of my greatest sins were rooted in what I thought were good intentions. I lacked the Wisdom to know the difference between evil and genuine sweetness.

Some of my best moments as a human being were rooted genuine sweetness.  In 1998, just after my wife passed away, I was heading home to Griffith, Indiana, where a local woman watched my three kids.  I was and remain a train wreck of complicated grief and self-pity.  I picked up a mother and her young daughter who were standing in the south-east bound emergency lanes of the Bishop Ford Expressway at 115th Street, near the OTB. She had been standing there with the little girl for about a half hour and needed to get home to Altgeld Gardens.  I asked her why she was on the Ford, when the Gardens were to the east and told to mind my own damn business. The little girl about six or seven cried up a storm.   It was snowing like a son of a gun.  The woman had blown her week's money at the Illinois Gaming Board Approved entertainment outlet.

I gave the woman a twenty spot and drove the two of them into the Gardens.  I felt pretty good.

The next night I went to Trump Casino, played Caribbean Stud and lost two weeks pay.  Not my first or last rodeo that one. I am one degenerate gambler - two recoveries and waiting for next fall from grace.

Judas got nothing on me, but despair.

We all slip and fall. Peter denies Jesus three times before the rooster does the two count; James and beloved John, as well as the balance of the Disciples went into the shadows, as well.  Pilate washed his hands.  The good people, after considerable polling showed that Barabbas was a sweetheart, shouted for Jesus' Crucifixion.  The Men of the Cohort gambled "responsibly" for Jesus' clothes. Yet, we all can ask for forgiveness.

Money is not a gift.

That's my lesson out of the shadow. Time for this sinner to hit the Confessional box.  Reconciliation is renewal - you can't have a Happy Easter, or a solid Passover, without it.  

Religion - Grifters in Soros Paradise

Some feather-brained theologians equate Jesus with Che Guevara or a Scalp-hunting frontiersman.  Many more Chicago news media members tell only part of a story in order to fall in line behind editorial boards.

Jesus as I recall was Jewish preacher with Pharisaic tendencies who ran afoul of the Sadducees, King Herod, and Roman Procurator for Judea Pontius Pilate, was scourged, crucified and buried in a cave.  Then He rose from the dead and appeared to many contemporary eye-witnesses performed post mortem miracles and ascended to Heaven and a few weeks later, the Holy Spirit appeared to confirm the Triune God after that people of all races, incomes and proclivities took vows attesting to His Being - as Son of God.

From the late 1950's up to now, over-educated stiffs and well-heeled grifters decided to do to theology, in particular Christianity, what they have managed to do to government, entertainment and education.  The other day I read about a Progressive Evangelical workshop for the New Evangelicals for Socialism.  Here's a taste -

 Although historically justice has been understood differently, from “sevenfold retribution … where if someone hits you on the cheek you slit their throat … [resulting in] spiraling violence,” to “one for one kind of retribution,” Alexander stated Jesus brought a new “revolutionary” way as the “Che Guevara Jesus, the nonviolent revolutionary Jesus.”  This Jesus, as opposed to the “Colonial Settler Jesus” Alexander joked he asked into his heart at a young age, advocated “turning the cheek of equality, turning the cheek of respect, staying engaged in the conflict and in the problem and working toward hopefully transformation and a solution.”

He concluded: “I’m hoping that the next … few decades, the next few years, already starting that the European North American lighter pigmented folks that are this way because we live further from the equator and create the color hierarchies … that we can listen to and learn from the churches around the world … Skin pigment being a tie to privilege is a serious problem. Amen?”

Nah.   Historically justice has been understood differently, just as anything is understood differently by one whose cultural context is limited to Ward Churchill.  Che-sus of Nazareth?  Dan'l Boone of Bethlehem?

Evangelicals for Social Action are the Soros funded catchers mitt of the indigenous peoples seeking liberty in America from South and Central America and of course Mexico.  Like other quasi religious Political Action Networks funded by the beetle browed Bolshevik George Soros man and God are but one fabric in the quilt that is the Soros grift- academic freedom, political reform, eugenics, abortion, gay marriage, race and poverty as well. Interestingly, all of Soros mini-PACS come in exactly the same format as Move-on.org and Organizing for America.

Today in the Chicago Sun Times,  a Soros news feed was slipped on the desk of Francine Knowles for a hit piece on Cardinal George.

The source of the story is a Soros Funded PAC called Faithful America - The beef du jour stems from a petition generated by the Soros operation for  Be All -in For Gay Marriage Faithful America demanding that Cardinal George refrain from saying Mass today at a conference for Gay Catholics at St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein - owned and operated by Cardinal George.

But Michael Sherrard, executive director of Faithful America, which launched the petition drive, contends “priests and therapists will be trained in dangerous and debunked techniques that don’t cure homosexuality but do contribute to suicide and depression.”
He added, “By appearing at this conference and celebrating mass there, Cardinal George is implicitly endorsing practices that cost the lives of gay and lesbian youth.”
George responded in an email: “Courage is an organization of homosexually-oriented Catholics who support one another in their quest for holiness as homosexuals. I haven’t seen their program, but their literature speaks only of spirituality, not of therapy.
“When national Catholic organizations meet, the local Bishop is often asked to offer Mass for them. That’s the only reason I’ll be there. (It’s called loving your neighbor.)”

Faithful America's mission statement says " Love They Neighbor, No Exceptions,"  yet its members like Move-on.org and Organizing for American have ready made comment trolls to bash the likes of Cardinal Dolan and Cardinal George and Catholics in general. Ms. Knowles dug deeply to unearth all of persons and organization deemed objectionable to Faithful America, but offered absolutely no information about Faithful America in words or deed.

This is bad reporting at best or most likely a very slanted editorial piece without the courage of conviction.

The Sun Times has very good reporters, and a ditsy editorial board and just plain in-the tank columnists with the exceptions of Steve Huntley and Mark Brown.  

The goofs get passed off as sober and thoughtful petitioners.  They must have an image of a John Gielgud Jesus - old John was as Gay as Christmas.

 

http://www.faithfulamerica.org/about/

Caitlin-O'Soith -Bar Joseph - The Wife of Jesus for Cook County Judge

 


"Jesus said to them, 'My wife… ( the papyrus continues)  . . .  My Wife Is a stone-bitch! A  thick-ankled Xanthippe, shrill, nagging, opinionated, cold, nasty, humorless,  hyphenated Irish bitch!  Get me to Pilate, ASAP.  The Cross is looking comfy."   Gospel




Hi!  Thank you, Women!  . . . And the few evolved men.

 I'm Caitlin O'Soith- Bar-Joseph and my husband is proud union carpenter and faith-based community activist. We,  Jesus, or Josh as I call him, well in truth I have decided not to have any biological children and rather consider all of you our children. He's Jewish and I'm, well you know, Irish!  Bridget Loves Bernie goin' on!

I am running for Cook County Judge of Everything -It is time for Josh to step out of the shadows of my father-in-law Yaweh.  He's a dear, dear man but hopelessly Old Testament and believes he knows everything!

You ladies know exactly what I am talking about - (chants and chirps) Obey! lay down and do exactly what I say/Obey! lay down and o exactly what I say!

Cheerleading Camp is over girls! Our bodies are our own!

I know my husband has evolved! We are co-equals and exactly the same! I am a strict  “abolish women”  Feminist Catholic Woman!  Ask my husband!  Go er Mother, . . .I hate that word! husband - breeding; think about it and wife -in the proto-German wībam, or woman, but rooted ( another male priapism) in Indo-European root ghwībh- "shame; pudenda" with of its clearly sexual stigma.

 I went to Mundelein - yes, I am a Mundle Bundle-, but I am also a Georgetown Law grad and partner in the all WOMAN law firm of Noball, Payne and Leach.  We are here ladies! That is My Gospel for today!

I asked Josh to be with me here today but he and his boyfriends are fishing.  Whenever real issues  like ordination of women and LGBTQ hegemony come up, it's " I must be about My Father's Work!" Then it is off to Sea of Galillee for a walk on the Lake; take Mother to Wedding's and do the wine trick, or Sermons on the Mounts, or tenting with Pete, John and Andrew and Elijah and Moses, visit Hairy-backed John the locust eater in Prison, forgive sluts. . .Oh, don't get me started about donkey rides!

While He's away, let's empower us!  His father and the bird are supposed to be watching, but I don't see them, girls.

I have been endorsed by the Illinois Progressive Alliance, Planned Parenthood's Illinois Personal PAC, Governor Pat Quinn who is as much of a woman as I am . . .let's give it for Quinn, Women! . . .Deb Mel, Deb Shore, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun Times, Call to Action, Rainbow Sash, and Voice of the Faithful.

I was discovered by Harvard Feminist Scholar - Karen King! This could never be a hoax! I am no Shroud of Turin!

I'll be the judge! I judge everything!  Hear ME roar!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-perspec-0920-wife-20120920,0,2451217.story

 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-perspec-0920-wife-20120920,0,2451217.story

Obama Blows the Labor Vote -Jesus Was Not a 'Community Organizer' - He Was a Carpenter!

Obama wonders why he constantly screws the pooch and then he believes it to be racism, McCain's gums, Dave Axelrod's comb-over, not enough money, 'Do I wear a Tie? No. Too Ivy League. Roll up my sleeves?' It's you and your Campaign, Senator. You are hanging with dopes - you are who you hang with - I guess, you're a dope too.

Barack, you do not get it. Comes from hanging out with phonies and dweebs too much. Having your robots surf Google for Bible stuff don't work. Be a regular guy!

Americans go to Synagogue, Church, Mass, Services, Mosque, and the old Wiccan Grove!

In your pompous pronouncements and 'tell us who you really are -today' circulars,try not to have Admiral Farragut drive a submarine; the Rebs had the only sub that worked in War Between the States ( there that's for my Southern reader).

Obama's latest 'Jesus was a 'community organizer' and Pilate was a Governor' is too cute by half, but it is like nuts on an archbishop -it won't work with crowd watching.

Jesus was poor. Jesus was a working stiff Now, Judas, there was a community organizer - had his grant money on him when he did the Dutch Act after ratting out Jesus. Yeah, Judas makes sense as a community organizer. Not Jesus. We got these articles found near the Annenberg Challenge papers from the Dead Sea Scrolls archives at Al's Italian Beef on Taylor Street.

Jesus was a carpenter -Report from Nazareth Local 247:April meeting report

By Jacov Bar Dennis, President

Seventy-eight members attended Local 247’s April meeting. Rachel Gamaliel, who is running for North Nazareth County Chair, came to address members regarding her candidacy and the upcoming May election.

Regional Manager Tim Muzoath was in attendance to report on wage disbursement and the recent disaffiliation of the UBC from the JudeanFL-CIO at the national level. There was an extended discussion about the issue.

The mailout survey results showed the strongest support for increasing both the health & welfare and pension contributions with the remainder going to wages.

The various representatives and organizers gave reports about their recent activities and job starts.

There was a motion passed to approve a resolution regarding the City of Bethlehams’s Terrorism Task Force and the police handling of peaceful demonstrations.

There was also some discussion regarding cleanroom training available for members via skill advancement classes.

These and more issues may be discussed at future meetings. If you have concerns, ATTEND YOUR UNION MEETINGS!!
Meeting Notices

General membership
Meets the second Tuesday, May 8, at 7 p.m. at the Carpenters Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Portland.

Mentors Network
Mentors Network meets second Tuesday, May 8, at 6 p.m. at the Carpenters Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Galilee. No Sicarri! They ain't Union Men and cause problems with the Romans. That sneak Ayers is a Sicarii!
Stay away from them - you hearing me Jesus? Good Lad! Follow the steps of your Dad - a Real Union Man!

Retirees: This year we honor one of the greats - Joseph Bar David, of Bethleham,35 years of Service: All the best to his wife Mary and his Son Joshua Bar Joseph - the kid goes by Jesus 'cuz he hangs around with the Greek speakers. Hey, Joe! Ain't Aramaic good enough for the Kid! Hey, No kidding 'Jesus' - cracks me up! Okay, Jesus has completed his four year apprenticeship as one of us - and hey this is no wood-butcher local - Great Job Kid! You got a hell of pair of sandals to fill - Your old man could knock together some planks, Kids and was always a great Union Man!

Joe all the best!

Retirees meet for lunch the second Monday, May 14 at 11 a.m. at JJ North’s, 10520 NE Halsey, Galilee. Cash Bar!

Executive Board - Barabbas Kahane Recording Secretary
Executive Board meets the fourth Tuesday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at the Carpenters Hall, 2205 N Lombard, Galilee.


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‘Special Call’ meeting June 12
At the general June membership meeting, members will elect one trustee and vote on proposed bylaw changes.

There goes some support from the Trades Unions.
Obama has contempt for working stiffs.