1.The word of YHWH came to me saying, "Son of man, say to his people, 'why do you add sin to your sins and anger the Lord God who created you ?' " 2.Don't love the world or the things which are in the world, for the boasting of the world and its destruction belong to the devil.
13.Hear, O wise men of the land, concerning the deceivers who will multiply in the last times so that they will set down for themselves doctrines which do not belong to God, setting aside the Law of God, those who have made their belly their God, saying, "The fast does not exist, nor did God create it," making themselves strangers to the covenant of God and robbing themselves of the glorious promises.
14.Now these are not ever correctly established in the firm faith. Therefore don't let those people lead you astray.
25.Likewise no one is able to enter the holy place if he is double minded. 26.The one who is double minded in his prayer is darkness to himself. And even the angels do not trust him. 27.Therefore be single-minded in the Lord at all times so that you might know every moment. - Apocalypse of Elijah
July 20 is the feast of the Prophet Elijah.
Elijah is featured as an angel of light in the only Leonardo painting on public display in the Americas. The portrait (NGA, Washington) is supposed to be of Ginevra da’ Benci, but it’s Fioretta Gorini, mother of the future Pope Clement VII. Fioretta is featured in at least two of Botticelli’s paintings. Both make reference to the Carmelites. I’m of the opinion she entered cloistered life after the birth of her son, and probably the Carmelite Order at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels, Florence.
ReplyDeleteIn the 7th Grade our teacher, Sister Electa, God rest her soul, told the class that we were unlikey to witness the end times. I imagine it was to calm our fears. Looks like she was wrong at least for those of us still here.
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