"HEADS ARE ROLLING" - One Bread, One Body, 8/29/2008

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Friday, August 29, 2008, Beheading of St. John the Baptizer

Jeremiah 1:17-19, Psalm 71, Mark 6:17-29
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"HEADS ARE ROLLING"

"He promptly dispatched an executioner, ordering him to bring back the
Baptizer's head." —Mark 6:27

The feast days of most canonized saints are on the days of their deaths.
Consequently, martyrs' feast days are usually the days of their martyrdom.
Yet we have no other feast named like today's feast, "the Beheading of
John the Baptizer." We don't have feasts called "The Burning of Lawrence,"
"The Torture of Vincent," "The Beating of Sebastian," or "The Beheading of
Thomas More." Yet the Church names today's feast, "The Beheading of John
the Baptizer."

This may be because beheading is one of the devil's major strategies
against God's people. The battle is for our minds, and the devil is trying
to behead us spiritually by conforming our minds to this age (Rm 12:2).
Furthermore, husbands are the heads of their wives (1 Cor 11:3), parents
heads of their children, pastors heads of their churches, and leaders
heads of their ministries. The devil tries to spiritually behead wives,
children, churches, and ministries by keeping husbands spiritually
immature, encouraging parents to be spiritually irresponsible, leading
pastors into sin, and making leaders worldly wise, but spiritual fools.

Heads are rolling! Be on guard. Repent. Obey the Lord.

Prayer: Father, may I use my head according to Your will.

Promise: "They will fight against you, but not prevail over you, for I am
with you to deliver you, says the Lord." —Jer 1:19

Praise: St. John the Baptizer was such a powerful preacher that King Herod
feared him even when he was in prison (Mk 6:20).

(For a related teaching, order our leaflet, "Spiritual Warfare," or our
audio AV 57-3 or video V-57.)

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Rescript: In accord with the "Code of Canon Law", I hereby grant my
permission to publish "One Bread, One Body" covering the period from
August 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, February 25, 2008

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free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have
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