R.E.S.P.E.C.T just a little bit

What are some ways nowadays of how people disRESPECT God? Well God has given us himself in the form of the Eucharist. If the Eucharist is the actual body and blood of our Lord then we better RESPECT Him in it. Also we should RESPECT the liturgy, Mary, and the Saints because it is along with these people and practices that we enjoy the fullness of God's presence and love in heaven.
One important way to show RESPECT for the sacrament of the Eucharist is to fast for an hour before Mass and to receive it in a state of grace. It is important that we prepare ourselves for the Eucharist like we should prepare ourselves for heaven. Because in both we receive the fullness of God. Also we can dress appropriately to Mass. Wearing clothing that could be distracting to our brother or sister in the pew behind us is not helping them to focus on the Lord. Also by taking time to prepare ourselves to look nice and to go the extra mile to be groomed and presentable is pleasing to God and also befits us because we know that we are pleasing Him. Quieting our hearts and minds and removing distractions from our minds helps us to remember that we are in the holy presence of God.
All of these things take preparing. They all are forms of fasting because we are removing distractions between us and God.

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The Prophets and the Hope for Restoration of the Kingdom

After the Southern Kingdom was exiled to Babylon they were set under the rule of King Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel was one of the people sent into exile. He also had the gift of interpreting dreams. So when the Nebuchadnezzar had a dream about a statue with a gold head, silver upper body, bronze lower body, and iron and clay feet he called on Daniel to interpret the dream. The golden head represented Nebuchadnezzar, the silver body was an inferior kingdom that would come after him, and after that kingdom would come another kingdom inferior to the second represented by the bronze, and then would come a kingdom that would be more powerful than the first three represented by the iron. However in the dream the statue was destroyed by a rock. The rock destroyed the iron kingdom as well.
What I find really interesting is that the four kingdoms actually existed. They all took over Judah at one after the other. First the Assyrians represented by gold, then the Persians represented by silver, then the Greeks represented by bronze, and finally the Romans represented by the iron and clay feet. The Romans are the most interesting because they were in controlled during Jesus' time. They were the most powerful like iron. But the rock, aka Jesus, was stronger still and ended up using the Roman's already established empire to His advantage in spreading the message of the new kingdom that wouldn't be reign by any earthly power. but would be found in heaven.

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