Episode 45: Overcoming Shame

In the name of the Glorious Trinity.

Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever.

Amen. Glory be to the Everlasting

mercies which sent you to us. Oh, Christ the light of the

world and the life of all give us wisdom by a law and Enlighten

our impulses, by your knowledge sanctify, our souls by your

truth and Grant that we may be obedient to your words and may

fulfill your Commandments at every hour.

Oh, you who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of

your greatness do in light or my Lord are thoughts that we made?

Meditate upon your holy and divine scriptures at all times

O, Lord of all Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever.

If we search in Google for the definition of Shame you'll get

the result that states a painful feeling of humiliation or

distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or

foolish Behavior. And the painful feeling of

humiliation. And this stress causes at times

self-isolation, or quarantine again defined by Google as a

state or period of remaining apart from others. which means

that when you're ashamed of doing something and seeing

something that you cut ties with family relatives friends, even

Church community, Now, as severe as that may seem or sound, it's

not all that bad. It actually may be the best

thing to do. Since people are cruel, ruthless

heartless, ignorant merciless arrogant and the list goes on.

However, there is a great danger in when we cut ties with God.

That is our relationship and communication with God because

of our shamefulness. And this is enticed by Satan,

through our conscience. Telling us that we are worthless

shame on us and we do not deserve or are not deserving of

God. Now the danger there is that we

deprive ourselves from prayer. That is entering the presence of

God communicating with God. Attending church to receive

forgiveness and Absolution which is honoring and celebrating

Christ in the Eucharist. And in many people, when I ask,

why are you not attending church?

Their justification. Is that I'm not worthy.

I'm a sinner and that is why I deprive myself from coming to

church. Well, you know, that's that's a

little silly respectfully speaking because The church is a

spiritual hospital where those who are spiritually, sick or

ashamed of their circumstance and their situation.

They come to the physician, the greatest physician who heals

without medicine? That's Jesus Christ.

The danger is that we may be depriving ourselves from

speaking to our Parish priest. Or a spiritual counselor and

being put on the right path of forgiveness.

Reconciliation and restoration. The priest prays during the

kneading of the bread or the do and making the host for the

Hollywood Urbana, the Holy Eucharist.

And this is how the him or the prayer is chanted.

The mess Medicine of repentance gave the Lord to the renowned

Physicians, who are the priests of the church whosoever has been

stricken by Satan and being put to shame.

Same may come and show his wounds to the Disciples of the

wise physician that is Jesus Christ.

Praise be to his name and he cries shall wash him with a

spiritual medicine. So the danger of Shame de prize

deprives us from this blessed gift.

That Christ has instilled in his church to be imparted on her

children will also deprive ourselves of confessing our

faults. Not our sins, our faults to our

Christian brothers and sisters in order to be corrected and

encouraged in our faith. I emphasized not our sins

because our sins are to be confessed to a priest to the

church, and the church can bestow the gift of absolution of

forgiveness. And we're not going to go too

much into that. And this is all because of being

ashamed of where you are, who you are, what you have done when

it comes to a relationship with God.

So, how do we overcome this shame?

But learn from it and avoid it at all costs.

Number one, beloved take heart. You know, we forget who we are,

we forget, who we worship. We forget who has purchased Us

by his blood, through his baptism.

To God, the Father, the creator of Heaven and Earth.

Take heart be courageous, get Jade up by the mission of Jesus

Christ himself. Who states that in Luke chapter

Luke 5:32

5 verse 32. This is Christ's Mission.

I have not come that I may call the righteous, but Sinners to

repentance. Now if there was a book and

custody to say a book, a satanic book, this verse would read, I

have not come to call the Sinners but the righteous to

immorality Christ. Came to reverse that and he

promises and he instructs that I have not come that I made called

it righteous. The righteous are mine but the

Sinners those who are as Ashamed those who are depriving

themselves again through Satan's trickeries from out, with

through our conscience, depriving themselves of the

greatest gift of forgiveness and the provisions of God.

Christ has come to call the Sinners to repentance.

On a side note, Sinners are described in 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 6 · chapter mention

chapter 6 as these people and many more fornicators those who

are engaging sexual activities outside of marriage. with their

Partners, their girlfriends or boyfriends their fiance's or

fiancée these De facto relationship.

These are classified as fornicators.

Neither worshippers of Idols Faith.

Sorry, Fame wealth, glamour honor or in maybe statutes.

Neither adulterous those cheating husbands and wives.

While the husband is at work, or the wife is at work, while

you're on a business trip, while you're on the road and you visit

the mistress, while you are married and you're Aging and

other sexual activities. These are from the scriptures

don't be ashamed. You know, let's be ashamed if we

are engaging engaging. In these acts, let's not be

ashamed to speak about these things.

The scriptures are very vocal adulterers, neither sexual

molesters, pedophiles child molesters rapists.

Neither males, lying down with males homosexuals.

Very clear, isn't it? Neither frauds, nor thieves

neither drunkards nor the insolent.

That is that impudent the the rude people neither

extortionist. These do not enter the kingdom

of God. He's being very serious Saint

Paul. So these are the Sinners, and if

we are engaged in these activities, we should be

ashamed. We should be ashamed.

But that shame should bring us to repentance not-too-distant us

from God. Take heart from the gracious

invitations extending extended by a lord God in second

2 Chronicles 7:14

chronicles 7:14. The second book of Chronicles,

listen to what God is telling you and I those who maybe are in

this situation and again I will reiterate deprived themselves

from the grace and mercy and the love of God who's constantly

waiting to receive his one more. Time.

God, says, and my people upon whom my name is called, we are

Christians because we've believed in Christ, the son of

God accepted him as the Son of God, the Savior, the Lord of

lords, the King of Kings, we have that name Christians shall

be broken. That means crumbled, humbled

contrite and they will pray and they will beg from before me and

they will return from their evil ways.

Also, here is his promise, I shall hear from heaven and I

shall forgive their sins and I shall heal their land.

Our hearts, So if you're ashamed and you've distance yourself

from God, don't allow that to happen.

Satan is using that as a tool as a weapon as an armor.

Get up, be encouraged. No, actually kneel before God

come to church. Receive the Absolution receive

forgiveness and pray to the Lord.

Beloved How do we overcome The Shame by taking heed to paying

attention to the gracious instructions given by God in the

Holy scriptures through the Epistle of st.

James Christ's relative James 5:16, confess your faults again,

James 5:16

your faults, one to another and pray for one another that you

may be healed for great is the effectiveness of Prayer, which I

righteous person or righteous man prays.

These are instructions. Instructions of grace of love of

mercy of reconciliation. In the book of Zephaniah chapter

Zephaniah 3:11

3 verse 11 take heart be couraged.

This is a promise from God in that day, you shall not be

ashamed of all your schemes that you did wickedly against me.

Because when we sin, we sin against God, our creator.

When we sin, we defile our image and likeness that we have been

made. In of God, when we Sin.

We've defiled a garment of baptism that we have been

clothed with in that day. You shall not be ashamed of all

your schemes that you did wickedly against me.

And then I shall remove from you.

The strength of your pride and you shall magnify yourself

against the mountain of my Holiness.

No! More.

Which day in that day. Where you again?

Get up dust yourself off kneel before the Lord and ask for

forgiveness. And I'm going to give A very

short prayer of what you can, how you can start your prayer

and your, your road your way to reconciliation again, to

removing the shame and Christ can remove that shame.

How do we overcome by taking courage from those in the

scriptures who possessed, Deeds of Shame and yet still

approached Christ and were not in any way put to shame, neither

rebuked harshly or rejected mercilessly.

Mark 2:15. And it was that as he reclined

Mark 2:15

at supper in his that is, Matthew's house.

There's one person of encouraging result of st.

Matthew was a tax collector despised by all.

It was a thief. Probably.

An extortionist. And in Mark chapter 2 verse 15,

Mark 2:15

we see Jesus in his house. There were many tax collectors

and sinners reclining at supper, with Jesus, and we're his

disciples for many had come and they were following him.

They must have been put to shame when they looked in those

amazing glorious gar Eyes Of God, incarnate, Jesus Christ,

the son of God, they must have been put to shame but they

weren't discouraged, the reclining.

For supper with him. If that doesn't give you any

encouragement, I'm sorry. I can't give you more words of

encouragement and they're not even mine.

I have no words to give you about the scriptures and the

words of Jesus Christ himself. What about the prostitutes

beloved, The harlots the whores week, all right?

The working ladies, the mistresses.

B male or female. Actually, Luke chapter 7 verses

Luke 7:36–37

36 to 37, but one of the Pharisees came asking him to eat

with him and he entered the Pharisees house and there, he

reclined. Now, listen to this and a sinner

that is a harlot. And a sinner woman who was in

the city, where she knew that he was staying in the Pharisees

house. She took an alabaster vows and

ointment. It of ointment.

I'm sorry she didn't stay at home and felt sorry for herself

and I'm sorry maybe even found excuses and justify her

lifestyle that was totally disappears.

Easing to God, sometimes we use these as an excuse not to pray,

not to read the scriptures. Not to come to church.

I'm a sinner. Well let me tell you if he

confess you're a sinner here on Earth.

Well God will then see that confession and he will recover.

Pest the recompense us reward us.

According to our confession, that is come from our mouths,

Every Idle Word that word that comes out of your mouth you will

be held accountable. But this prostitute this Harlot

and would have been easy for her to have made her way to the feet

of Christ. She probably was spat at.

She probably was ridiculed and Tall to get away from me.

What are you doing? Here, she had to negotiate

herself through that crowd to get to the feet of Jesus Christ.

And you know where Jesus Christ is dining everyday in your

heart, in your scriptures in your prayers.

Most importantly, every first day of the week every Sunday had

the shaba Jesus is dining at your Parish by Parish.

At your church, your Parish during the service of the Divine

Liturgy. Don't worry about what people

will say. Don't let your shame deter you

from getting up and taking courage from the promises of

Christ and coming to Jesus Christ and falling at his feet.

Take courage. Beloved that not only did the

tax collectors and prostitutes come to Christ.

But rather Jesus said that they superseded the chief priests and

the Pharisees to the kingdom of God.

Matthew chapter 21 verse 31, Take courage.

Matthew 21:31

There are a murderer or an accessor to murder.

And persecutions of the people of the way we read in Acts

Acts 9:12

chapter 9 verses 12 to about Saul, who was then later called

Paul, listen to what he says. Now, Saul still breathing

threats and murder against the Disciples of the Lord, not just

the 12 disciples were those who believed in.

Jesus Christ, went to the high priest and asked for letters

from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found

any belonging to the way, you know, there was no Christianity

when And Christ after Christ, ascended.

And, and, and the faith started to go, they were still

practicing Judaism. But through Jesus Christ, they

were still worshipping the one God of Abraham, and Isaac, and

of Israel. But through Jesus Christ.

Now through the New Covenant, the spiritual Covenant.

That's why you don't see the word Christians.

And since Saint Saint, Luke writes in the book of Acts

belonging to the way. And who is the way glory be to

his name? John, 14:16, I am the way.

I am the truth, I am life. So he was on his way to bring

the people who are of the way both men and women.

He might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

So saw was on his way on his route, to capturing the people

of the way. AKA Believers, AKA Christians to

bring them to their death but yet in Acts 9:15 when Christ

Acts 9:15

appeared to him claims him to be a chosen vessel vessel God in

Cana God himself Christ Jesus. Our lord tells Hannah or analyze

that he is a chosen vessel. This is an Axe Murderer, a

chosen vessel an instrument, a rusty tool in my hand.

And in verse 16 we read that Jesus says he will suffer for

Christ's name for his name. So be careful now not being

ashamed. Is not discouraged by any means.

Yeah, we should be ashamed of of displeasing.

Our Lord. We should be ashamed.

We should be discouraged. We should have a broken heart

and a contrite spirit. Saint Paul writes in Romans

Romans 6 · chapter mention

chapter 6 verses 2223 for when you became Servants of sin, you

became free from righteousness, is and there's no righteousness.

When you are in sin, there's a righteousness, your servant of

sin. And what fruit did you have?

Then of which today, you are ashamed of?

Yes. Sometimes we look back in our

lives and we think, if I could only turn back time that a Dada.

If I could, That's What If I Could Turn Back Time.

Oh, I wouldn't do many things that I did because I am ashamed.

There's this great. For its result is death, same

pulses. Of being servants to sin. but,

But let us let it not overcome us, but we should overcome shame

when we have displeased God through our words, deeds and

actions. We must be ashamed.

We must be humiliated embarrassed.

However, when we want to return, to God, in penitence and a

contrite spirit, and to appease him and be reconciled with him,

we must Not allow shame to deter us.

Let me give you one one example of a prayer.

Open your scriptures to Psalm chapter 31 verse 17.

Psalms 31:17

Oh, Lord God! I shall not be ashamed that I

called you. The wicked shall be ashamed and

they shall descend into sheol. In my foolishness, my

wickedness, in my sinfulness, I will call unto You O.

Lord God and I will not be ashamed.

Because I do not want to end in Show.

And take heart. Beloved, this is the promise of

Jesus Christ. Matthew 11:21?

Matthew 11:21

Come on. To me, there's an invitation all

of you who labor All of you who are ashamed of sin and the labor

of sin is heavy, come on to me all of you who labor and are

forced to Bear burdens and I shall give you rest, praise and

glory be to His holy name now that all times and forever.

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