Stand
for
Faith
坚持信念
Jiānchí xìnniàn
信仰を表す
Shinkō o arawasu
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Sta in fide
God stood in the council of the empyrean
to give judgment among the gods of the egalitarian region.
"How long will you judge unjustly
and show favor to the deceptive so bluntly?"
The remembrance of dedication to faith with worship in the temple
was the motivation to give thanks for grace as a benign example.
Let the messenger prepare the way before me.
You are the temple of the covenant for the world to see.
The gracious baptist saw his service as a gift
that purified perception for perspective with thrift.
The soldiers demanded, 'What are we to do?'
John said, 'Be content with the wages given to you.
'Don't accuse any falsely for fun.
Do violence wrongly to no one.'
The terms for engagement exist between combatants.
Defense from attack doesn't need a patent.
Instruct the misfit in the way of defense.
The humble remember the jumble in common sense.
Expect gratitude for charity to the poor.
Don't forget you can show the disrespectful to the door.
Discontent is used to promote rebellion.
The rebel is all too often an ungrateful hellion.
Watch for those who create facts.
They promote darkness of mind as an act.
The foundations of the earth could be shaken
and they will assure you that it was a fault of your making.
Now I say to you, 'You are gods
as children of the Most High, the Maker of odds.
'The power of deceit will end like that in mortal plans
when the hour of conceit falls to normal scans.'
Arise God to rule the earth.
Let your light show the measure of wonder in worth.
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82 Deus stetit
God stood
1 God takes his stand in the council of heaven;
he gives judgment in the midst of the gods:
2 "How long will you judge unjustly,
and show favor to the wicked?
3 Save the weak and the orphan;
defend the humble and needy;
4 Rescue the weak and the poor;
deliver them from the power of the wicked.
5 They do not know, neither do they understand;
they go about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 Now I say to you, 'You are gods,
and all of you children of the Most High;
7 Nevertheless, you shall die like mortals,
and fall like any prince.'"
8 Arise, O God, and rule the earth,
for you shall take all nations for your own.
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Malachi 3:1
I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me. The Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight is coming, says the LORD of hosts.
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Let the messenger prepare the way before me.
You are the temple of the covenant for the world to see.
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John 3:25-28
A discussion of purification arose between John's disciples and a Jew. They came to John and said to him, 'Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan to whom you testified is baptizing here. All are going to him.' John answered, 'No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven. You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, "I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him."
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The gracious baptist saw his service as a gift
that purified perception for perspective with thrift.
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Luke 1:57-63
The time came for Elizabeth to give birth. She bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her and they rejoiced with her.
They came to circumcise the child on the eighth day. They were going to name him Zechariah after his father. His mother said, 'No. He is to be called John.' They said to her, 'None of your relatives has this name.' They began to motion to the father to find out what name he wanted to give him. He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, 'His name is John.' All of them were amazed.
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The remembrance of dedication to faith with worship in the temple
was the motivation to give thanks for grace as a benign example.
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Luke 3:14
The soldiers demanded of John, saying 'What shall we do?' He said to them, 'Do violence to no man. Don't accuse any falsely. Be content with your wages.'
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The soldiers demanded, 'What are we to do?'
John said, 'Be content with the wages given to you.
'Don't accuse any falsely for fun.
Do violence to no one.'
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Prayer
Nativity of John the Baptist
The Nativity of John the Baptist is a Christian feast day that celebrates the birth of the prophet who would foretell the coming of the Messiah in the person of Jesus. John would baptize Jesus later.
The biblical account for the birth of John comes from the Gospel of Luke. Zechariah and Elizabeth were to become the parents. Zechariah was a priest. Elizabeth had been barren. They were both beyond the age for bearing a child.
Zechariah was chosen by lot to offer incense at Golden Altar in the Holy Place during his rotation to serve at the temple in Jerusalem. The Archangel Gabriel appeared to him and announced that he and his wife would give birth to a child. They should name him John though the name was not familiar in their families. The child would grow to go before the Lord like "Elijah."
Zechariah was rendered speechless until the time of John's birth because he did not believe Gabriel's message. His relatives wanted to name the child after his father at that time. Elizabeth said that he was to be named John. When the relatives appealed to Zechariah, he wrote 'His name is John.' He recovered his ability to speak at this point. (Luke 1:5–25; 1:57–66)
When the angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to inform her that she would conceive of the Holy Ghost at the Annunciation, he also informed her that her cousin, Elizabeth, was already 6 months pregnant. (Luke 1:36) Luke's Gospel recounts that the baby "leapt" in Elizabeth's womb at the greeting of Mary (Luke 1:44)
The Nativity of John the Baptist is celebrated on June 24. This is 3 months after the celebration of the Annunciation (March 25). Elizabeth had been in her 6th month of pregnancy. The nativity of John comes 6 months before the Christmas celebration for the birth of Jesus.
The liturgy has proximity to the summer solstice for the solar cycle (June 21). The Baptist is the Forerunner to the Christ. The fact of the feast falling around the time of the solstice is considered by many to be significant insofar as it recalls the Forerunner's statement for Jesus, "He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:30).
The Nativity of John is one of the oldest festivals of the Christian Church. It was listed by the Council of Agde in 506 as one of that region's principal festivals. It was held as a day of rest. Three masses were celebrated like Christmas. One came at the vigil. One was at dawn. The third came at mid-day.
The Nativity is not a widespread public holiday except in Quebec and Puerto Rico. It is a high ranking liturgical feast for the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran Churches. It has been celebrated since 1970 as a Solemnity in the Roman rite. It takes precedence over a Sunday on which it happens to fall.
The Baptist is usually called the Forerunner in the Eastern Orthodox Church and other Eastern Christian Churches. The title indicates that the purpose of his ministry was to prepare the way for the coming of Jesus Christ.
The nativity is also celebrated on June 24 in the Byzantine rite. It is a major feast day celebrated with an All-Night Vigil. It has an Afterfeast of one day. The feast always falls during the Apostles' Fast.
"Saint John's fires" are lighted on mountains and hilltops on the eve of his feast all over Europe. Saint John's Day is considered in ancient folklore one of the great "charmed" festivals of the year as the first day of summer.
Hidden treasures are said to lie open in lonely places, waiting for the lucky finder. Divining rods should be cut on this day. Herbs are given unusual powers of healing, which they retain if they are plucked during the night of the feast.
They call these herbs Johanneskraut (St. John's herbs) in Germany. People bring them to church for a special blessing. It is an ancient superstition that on Saint John's Day witches and demons are allowed to roam the earth in Scandinavia and in the Slavic countries. Children go around and demand 'treats', straw figures are thrown in a fire and much noise is made to drive the demons away as at Halloween.
Luke said that John grew "in the wilderness until the day of his showing to Israel." The people of the Qumran settlement, which produced the Dead Sea Scrolls, sometime used the term "living in the wilderness" to refer to residing in their community at Qumran near the Dead Sea. It has been suggested that John spent some of his early years being educated at Qumran.
John the Baptist was a Jewish preacher in the time of Pontius Pilate (26-36) according to the Jewish historian Josephus. He called the people to repentance and to a renewal of their covenant relation with God. He was imprisoned and eventually put to death by Herod Antipas. Antipas was the son of Herod the Great, the king when Jesus was born.
John was executed for denouncing Herod's marriage to Herodias, the wife of his still-living brother Philip. Herod had divorced his first wife in order to marry Herodias. His first wife was the daughter of King Aretas of Damascus. Aretas started a war with Antipas. Josephus said that this was regarded by devout Jews as a punishment for Herod's murder of the prophet John.
John was ascetic. His birth 6 months before that of Jesus represents the decrease in the light of day. His asceticism was directed by prayer and the study of scripture to inform his moral instruction to people while he offered baptism as a gift for purification in rebirth.
He was a preacher. His use of scripture in accord with the tradition of the prophetic community made him a prophet. He was the prophet that foretold the coming of Christ as Jesus.
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