Dedicated to service in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Father John Jimenez seeks to build the kingdom of God through his work as a priest, teacher, and writer. Through his preaching, Father John Jimenez reminds people of the importance of the message of Our Lady of Fatima and her call for the practice of penance. In this sense we can see the shutdown that we are experiencing due to the Corona Virus, all of our normal activites, both good and bad, taken away, as a chastisement, the consequence of our Vanity. This is so in three ways.
All of us, whatever religion or non religion, whatever country, or economic level, large corporation or individual consumer, have benefited from the exploited labor under the Communist Chinese system...we turned a blind eye to this and making deals with the Communist government, so now, common products that we use and contribute to our vanity, are taken away, or are practically useless.
Second. The Christian Churches, the Catholic Church, and other public organizations that purport to protect human rights failed to speak out about the millions of Chinese people who languish in unsafe factories, prison camps, arrested and disappeared in the night, organs harvested...we did not speak out, we made compromises with this government to advance growth into China, our vanity to say that our organization is growing.
Finally, the Catholic Church in general, is now unable to celebrate mass or have access to the sacraments that the Lord desires to provide. This is taken away because we have turned the celebration of the mass into stage show of vainglory, and positions in the church as seats of power....the problem of many public organizations, churches, political groups, social service groups, is that we become to addicted to power, similar to a drug addiction. So now, like helping a drug addict come off an addiction, the "fix" of power is taken away, until we learn to treat things of God, His sacraments, his Church, our coworkers and neighbors and family as God's gift
Today, the word penance commonly refers to the spiritual practice, such as the saying of a prayer, given by a priest at the end of the Sacrament of Confession or Reconciliation. Although the penitent has been forgiven of sin, he or she still needs this penance as a way to make reparation for having offended God by sin and as a way to help restore that relationship. It thus answers the requirements of justice while helping the person come to a deeper repentance.
Traditionally, penance has also been practiced on behalf of others. Although sinners should repent, turning back to the Lord from their own hearts, many remain unconverted. Offering penance for sinners as an offering of love may help bring them back to God. It also becomes a way of reparation for their sins against the Lord, as for example when Our Lady of Fatima requested that the children pray and do penance in reparation for blasphemy uttered against Christ.
All of us, whatever religion or non religion, whatever country, or economic level, large corporation or individual consumer, have benefited from the exploited labor under the Communist Chinese system...we turned a blind eye to this and making deals with the Communist government, so now, common products that we use and contribute to our vanity, are taken away, or are practically useless.
Second. The Christian Churches, the Catholic Church, and other public organizations that purport to protect human rights failed to speak out about the millions of Chinese people who languish in unsafe factories, prison camps, arrested and disappeared in the night, organs harvested...we did not speak out, we made compromises with this government to advance growth into China, our vanity to say that our organization is growing.
Finally, the Catholic Church in general, is now unable to celebrate mass or have access to the sacraments that the Lord desires to provide. This is taken away because we have turned the celebration of the mass into stage show of vainglory, and positions in the church as seats of power....the problem of many public organizations, churches, political groups, social service groups, is that we become to addicted to power, similar to a drug addiction. So now, like helping a drug addict come off an addiction, the "fix" of power is taken away, until we learn to treat things of God, His sacraments, his Church, our coworkers and neighbors and family as God's gift
Today, the word penance commonly refers to the spiritual practice, such as the saying of a prayer, given by a priest at the end of the Sacrament of Confession or Reconciliation. Although the penitent has been forgiven of sin, he or she still needs this penance as a way to make reparation for having offended God by sin and as a way to help restore that relationship. It thus answers the requirements of justice while helping the person come to a deeper repentance.
Traditionally, penance has also been practiced on behalf of others. Although sinners should repent, turning back to the Lord from their own hearts, many remain unconverted. Offering penance for sinners as an offering of love may help bring them back to God. It also becomes a way of reparation for their sins against the Lord, as for example when Our Lady of Fatima requested that the children pray and do penance in reparation for blasphemy uttered against Christ.
