Friday, February 21, 2020

Friday, February 21, 2020

Friday, February 21, 2020: (St. Peter Damian)

Jesus said: “My people, today’s first reading from St. James speaks about how faith and doing good works go together. He even emphasizes that faith without good works is dead. Part of your faith is to be a good Christian, and share your money and faith with your neighbors, especially when they are in need. You do good works in many ways every day. You need to be kind to other drivers on the road, and help them when you can. You give donations to the poor, and you pray for sinners and those souls in purgatory. You visit the sick and the elderly. As you are approaching Lent, you can also fast and pray for people’s needs. By helping others, you are thanking Me for all that I do for you. Those people, who do not help others in need, are committing sins of omission when they should do so. If you are a true Christian, you need to be a good neighbor as I gave you an example in My parable about the Good Samaritan. Instead of only caring for your own needs, you need to reach out in your opportunities to help others. When you do help others, you will be gaining merits in heaven for your good works.”

Jesus said: “My people, you remember when an 8.9 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan which triggered a tsunami that destroyed the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. Several of the reactors were in meltdown and there has been a constant stream of radiation that has been pouring into the Pacific Ocean. Such radiation has affected marine life and the radiation has been carried along the currents of water that rotate in the Pacific Ocean. It would be informative to research any continuing radiation coming from this nuclear plant.”

NB: The three melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single ‘corium’ totaling over 600 tons. There is a daily release of the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of 1/4/20, 3,235 days since the disaster began-this equals the detonation of 20,865.75 Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is still going strong, with no end in sight.