Jesus told Peter to put away his sword. This if there ever was a "god given" right to bear arms, God, in the flesh, reversed it.

A man is free if he is not a slave to sensual pleasures, but through good judgment and self-restraint masters the body. — St. Anthony the Great

The clue for me is: Matt 27:3–4 : Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.

When someone loves you , the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth. — Billy - age 4

So the inverse would be, that if your religion considers it evidence of sin to be poor (looking at you calvinists) then your god is money (Mammon).

Where money is an idol, to be poor is a sin. — William Stringfellow

It is easier to measure the entire sea with a tiny cup than to grasp the ineffable greatness of God with the human mind — St. Basil the Great

Nobody gets into heaven without a letter of reference from the poor. — Rev. James A. Forbes Jr.

For me it is like waves. . . . . at first it seems the waves are being pushed by a storm. . . . eventually they became farther and father apart . . . .. then with little warning a big one comes along.
May his memory be eternal.
I'm sorry

He claps on One and Three

Judas wanted to force Jesus to use violence. . . Judas did not understand.

War is an abomination. It is wrong that one nation should attack another — pursuing land, power, or wealth. It is doubly wrong for the victors to proclaim the glory of their battles while their victims lie maimed and dying. The glory of war is illusory; war brings only misery. — St. John Chrysostom

Most Christians I know are uncomfortable with both parties.
Racism that accompanies white nationalists is a denial of the Incarnation (one of the two dogmas of Christianity).

You will find "Life" in many holy books. . . . . the "pursuit of happiness" not so much.

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He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Some will say: “You worry about birds. Why not worry about people?” I worry about both birds and people. We are in the world and part of it; we are destroying everything because we are destroying ourselves spiritually, morally, and in every way. It is all part of the same sickness. — Thomas Merton

… Christian countries who keep the greater part of the universe in the iron grip of slavery. In these latter years they have covered the world in a dark cloud of apocalyptic fire: ‘the heavens & earth', now…reserved for fire in the day of judgement & perdition of ungodly men. — St. Sophrony of Essex

...Kingdoms pretending to the name of ‘Christian’, and their peoples, have worn the mask of piety, while ‘denying the power thereof.’ (cf. II Tim iii:5) They have lived, and live, like heathens. Strange as it may be, it is precisely the Christian countries who keep t... (more)— St. Sophrony of Essex

Ours is sometimes called the post-Christian age. But I personally, from what I know of the history of the world and of Christianity, am convinced that Christianity in its true dimensions has never yet been properly grasped by the great mass of people. Kingdoms prete... (more) — St. Sophrony of Essex

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool that for him. — Proverbs 26:12

Virtue may be defined as the conscious union of human weakness with divine strength. — St. Maximus the Confessor

My research shows that 8 cups in less than 4 hours of Columbian Coffee (132 mg of caffeine per 8 oz or 1058 mg) is too much.
Recovery was not fun.

Erin? Is that you?
Dang it Erin! Get out of this woman's car.

When you see arrogant men not able to endure praise given to others, and suppressing the truth by denying it with countless insinuations and baseless slanders, you must understand — the Lord is again crucified by these men and buried and guarded by soldiers and seals. — St. Maximus the Confessor

Orthodoxy, properly practiced, is difficult. It is not fasting, or even the prayers. Instead, it is hard work confronting emotional and psychological damages disguised as our opinions. It is patience over many long seasons. Very little in Orthodox life is accomplished quickly. — Fr. Stephen Freeman

So. . . we have to include people who made farcical religious claims???

3 What will you do on the day of punishment,
in the storm which will come from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth? — Isaiah 10:3

1 Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees,
and the writers who keep writing oppression,
2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
— Isaiah 10:1-2