Thank you very much. I have: Thank you very much. I have been reading ancient history for over half a century (Jim Bishop's magnificent monograph, The Day Christ Died, started me out on that path), so I am a little embarrassed that it took a half century for me to connect Octavian's attempt to murder Kaisarion (which, to most of the world at that time, was believed to have been a successful murder) with Herod's attack upon the infants of Bethlehem in order to eliminate Jesus. The patterns of their reasoning is exactly the same, and why I missed it all these years I can only explain by my lifelong habit of always being a day late and a dollar short. Yet, as Saint Paul said, I glory in this; and for me, it reminds me of how desperately I need a Savior, and the ackcnowledge ment of that need is an exceeding comfort . . . especially at this late stage of my life.
Thanks again for your comment---as always you understand exactly what my poems are meant to do, and I am sorry for the rather verbose reply.
Linking two historical: Linking two historical dramas, each one capturing the same venomous ambition, produced quite an explosion. This wonderful work is an ingenious conception that masterfully and uniquely depicts the words: "How the mighty has fallen." Witnessing the frantic desperation of the embodiment of evil is a comforting reminder that human tyranny is a transient condition.
As always, your style reflects the subject with precision and impact—in this case theatrical, powerful classicism.
Another poetic conquest.
Sinner: You gonna tell me God isn't come to judge the sinners? Of course he came to save us but if people don't believe in Hell or the Church or the saints and think that God is gonna be happy they didn't dig a little deeper and find out what the church was doing when the Biblical canon was being formed. The west has develped out of lawlessness. Now, where in the scriptures does it say we shouldnt renounce the ways of the world? My Bible and the Saints tell me exactly the opposite of what you have said. They tell me to renounce the world and all its ways and pick up my Cross and die to the world of sin and materialistic desires. if that's a lie show me. Martin Luther helped cause the Holocaust with his anti semetic interpretations of the scriptures. Now, are you gonna tell me Hinduism or Buddhism or any of these other religions are the way to the Father? Or is using heroin good? Or is having a secular mindset a good thing? I have to know what's been influenced by Satan. I'm not here acting like I have all the answers. I'm the chief of sinners as Saint Paul said. I know what sin does to a man's soul. Until I let the passions die I didn't recieve any peace.
You act like Jesus Christ and: You act like Jesus Christ and His Saints and The prophets never told the truth about the world around them. Didn't Saint John The Baptist tell Herod how wrong he was for sleeping with his brothers wife? See, when we have two contrasting ways of life being preached worldly materialism and a renouncing and mortification of worldlyness it's a righteous judgement. I am
renoucing the world and its ways. If that hurts your feelings toughin up butter cup. It's out of love.
I do have a judgement of the: I do have a judgement of the world around me. It's I don't think like you, I think like the Saints. I am a sinner and I've been everything I'm "judging" here in this poem. I'm telling people these paths are all a dead end and Christ is the way. If you have a problem with that. I'll pray for you. I'm not the Savior of the human race and I'm not a preacher. I write poems every year or so. Sorry every time I post anything you feel the need to put your nose in it. Maybe if you focused on yourself and got off this website you'd know a real Christian dies to the world and picks up his cross and turns away from sin. I'm not the judge. JUDGEMENT IS COMING and HE HAS ONE CHURCH. Now, since western culture isn't taught about the Saints they don't know what's up from down. We have 2000 years of patristic wisdom at our finger tips. You can have infalliblity with the pope and be all ecumenical with the world religions. This is Antichrist in nature. We have no excuse for not asking the right questions. Thankfully God doesn't think like men. Anyways, go write your poems and I'll write mine. Christ is Risen!
I'm not judging anyone. I've: I'm not judging anyone. I've gone through all these belief systems void of the only truth available. Christ. I am not judging anyone. I am here writing A poem on my account. If you don't like what I say, so be it.