Affluent Savvy
Affluent Savvy
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The evangelist tells us the following: At the Lake of Galilee Jesus taught the people from the boat belonging to Simon Peter. After his discourse He said to Simon: "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch. And Simon answered, 'Master, we have toiled all the night and took nothing! '" (Luke 5:4b-5a).
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Read More »At that moment Peter was inwardly tense. On the one hand, there were his sober considerations and thoughts as a fisherman. On the other hand, there was his affection and admiration for Jesus. For him, the instructions from this impressive man from Nazareth, himself not a fisherman, were totally unexpected. Peter loved Jesus. He had esteem for him. He always addressed him as ‘Master'. Therefore in his spontaneous nature he added immediately: "But at your word I will let down the nets." (Luke 5:5b). And so he did. Peter did an act of faith which, seen from a purely human point of view, contradicted his professional experience as a fisherman. He went along with and was obedient to the word of the Lord and did not react to the Lord's invitation with words such as 'if' and 'but'. Magnanimously he put aside each excuse that came to mind on the basis of his thinking, his feelings and his experience. It was a conquest of self which exceed the natural limits of his person. By following Jesus' instructions, he acted supernaturally. Peter proved at that moment that he did not want to remain only an admirer of Jesus. He showed that he was also prepared to obey him with a loving faith. He disregarded his own ego and refrained from doing only what he could understand. He made his own purely human truth subordinate to the divine Truth and Will. Here Peter shows us the content of an act of faith. An act of faith consists, in its essence, not in religious feelings or thoughts, but in an act which exceeds and transcends human limitations. Religious feelings may accompany our life of faith and religious thoughts may bring us closer to the world of faith, but to be able to get to know God, step by step, in his majesty and glory, it is necessary to act in faith. The same is necessary in order to understand his Truth and his Love, as well as to get to know his Will. Jesus asked of Peter a pure act of faith, an act which does not worry and does not analyze people and situations according to its own personal insights. It has to be an act of faith in love and confidence, which is at the same time submissive to the will of God.
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Learn More »Sweetgrass is one of the sacred plants traditionally used in Native American culture. Scholars report that it was also used as incense in ritual purifications. Natives have always known that its fragrance kept biting bugs away, and they often covered themselves and their homes in the plant.
Western science has caught up with Native American wisdom in uses for sweetgrass as researchers identify compounds in the aromatic herb that can keep mosquitoes at bay. The American Chemical Society will host a news conference Tuesday morning to discuss that their experiments revealed how chemicals in sweetgrass oil match the repelling effectiveness of the common ingredient in insect sprays like Off! Deep Woods. The findings come from studies of traditional therapies in Native American tribes. Sweetgrass is one of the sacred plants traditionally used in Native American culture. Scholars report that it was also used as incense in ritual purifications. Natives have always known that its fragrance kept biting bugs away, and they often covered themselves and their homes in the plant. “We found that in our search for new insect repellents, folk remedies have provided good leads,” according to Chemist Charles Cantrell in a news release from the American Chemical Society. Cantrell and the U.S. Department of Agriculture investigated the compounds by steam-distilling oil from the plant and testing the mosquitoes’ avoidance of the oil alongside the standard insect repellent DEET. Basketweaver Marilyn Dingle uses sweetgrass for her craft, and she chuckled when South Carolina’s Post and Courier newspaper told her about the research. But she said the bugs don’t bother her when she’s pulling the plants.
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