LAW AND ORDER --

Oh, Boy!  Law and Order.  There has been a lot of noise in the politisphere about this lately.

Law and Order!  What is that?

Easy - Law is what is on the "books" before I got here.  [I refer you to the Mosaic LAW.]

           Order is the way I tell you to act according to my reading of the LAW.

Here's a simple example of order according to Joseph Thibault, my one and only Grandfather and the living patron saint of EFR Dion, my father.

"Never cross the street in the middle of the block.  Always go to the intersection to cross the street.

Now, I am rarely a pedestrian on a city street in this, the 21st century.  Now,  I tell you that I am aware of the wisdom of the order cast upon me at the ripe old age of 5 years, 9 months old.  ( 1942 )

Can you see the connection between our venal lawmakers (AD 2020) and the hypocritical Pharisees of  BC ?? to AD 100?  

Law is what takes place in the courtroom.  Order is what I can get away with.

Law is what the Supreme Court says I can do.

So now, what I opined was right.  I arrest you, you disagree.  We seesaw back and forth in court appeals until we get an order.  By the time we think we have a resolution, other court decisions have superseded the one that we have on the dockett, so we amend our position to accommodate our desires to fit the elements of the newly proclaimed legal reality.

You see the path here.  Law is nothing but an embryonic reality that has quasi infinite potential for evolutionary replication.  

To quote the famous person against whose life my father dedicated my name,    

     "...because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression."

                      (Paul, Romans 4:15)

Think of this as you wonder why any intelligent human being would think that a conservative person and a progressive person would have different understandings of the law.  Isn't the law, law?

BTW:  Smile. There are three topics that have eternally, non-ending half lives:

law

politics

theology

I bring my musings to an end by expostulating without regret or fear of having erred:

It is essential that to save the constitutional republic of the United States of America a constitutional convention must be convened NOW.

Might be a good idea not to forward this one!

SHALOM

This is a wonderful "thought" from a friend of mine.  I want to share with you all because it is so deep and true to what we learned in Theology class 50 years ago.  
Enjoy:

There is a state of mind that is a help in being receptive to the answers to prayer. This state of *Being* or

mind is the urgent help of calm confidence, and peace-filled open mindedness, to our Father God's Word.

Shalom is this alignment, this connection, to the Divine Directions given us in the stillness of the present

moment. Our Lord Jesus Christ purchased this 'alignment ' for us so that we may partake of the many

Blessings that our Father God has for us.     In, with, and through, 'Shalom' we are above the inactive,

stagnant, uncertain, and fear driven mindsets that often surround us. Unshakeable Trust envelopes our

*Being* causing even our understanding to be still and know that God is God. Shalom causes our Lord

Jesus Christ to move with and through our actions, moment by moment.      Each moment we (you and I)

have the 'Now' opportunity to allow God-Omnipotent to change disorder into order, chaos into cosmos,

death into Life. This assurance of Shalom gives us the trust we need to be healthy, happy, prosperous, and

Loving, no matter what the surrounding circumstances may dictate to us.      Shalom is the Peace that

is felt, and the security found in our Trust of a renewed Faith.    Shalom in, with, and through us

does not demand, (command) our Father God to do according to our desires. With Shalom we trust

that the *Perfect Fulfillment of  Good* will occur properly and at the *Now* appointed time.

Shalom is always available, always present to be found.     So, with this focus known as Shalom !!

Lets let our Father God be our Father God, and show His marvelous  actions in all that we do !!!

                                                         Br. Phil Bara. 7-12-11