SUNDAY August 6- 2023- YEAR 2- Episode# 75 Good Sunday Morning with Fr Andre on KNUS 710 am  Transfiguration of Jesus on the Mountain with Moses and Elijah “One day within your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere” (Psalm 84)   Special Guest: Gerard Abi Assaf, Vice President, Mission of Hope and Mercy.   RADIO SHOW Description On this Sunday’s show we shall speak about the longing for God’s Temple. This means that all of humanity is invited and called to dwell and follow God’s Kingdom. The reality is that not all people do not all people believe. One could even declare that there are people who have committed themselves to hate God and his Kingdom, to destroy his followers and to not let anyone make it to Heaven if they can. Why? Because of the the evil one. On the other hand, for those who believe, how lovely it is to be living in God’s Holy House. Saint Paul says: “Here we do not have a lasting city; we seek a home that is yet to come (Hebrews 13:14).what does it mean to have no place to call home on earth, yet how can we trust that our home in Heaven is really where we will be. The mystery of redemption which we received through the redeeming love of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the answer. The mystery of redemption is a big challenge to all legal, social and political systems in the world. For while the human civilization is busy with private property, assuming wealth and fighting for resources, Christianity proclaims that through meekness, spiritual poverty, and a child-like trust in God humanity will be saved.    In his Encyclical Redemtoris Missio, or the Mission of Christ the Redeemer, Pope John Paul II regards all christians as missionaries in the world. He says: “The missionary is a person of the Beatitudes. Before sending out the Twelve to evangelize, Jesus, in his "missionary discourse" (cf. Mt 10), teaches them the paths of mission: poverty, meekness, acceptance of suffering and persecution, the desire for justice and peace, charity - in other words, the Beatitudes, lived out in the apostolic life (cf. Mt 5:1-12). By living the Beatitudes, the missionary experiences and shows concretely that the kingdom of God has already come, and that he has accepted it. The characteristic of every authentic missionary life is the inner joy that comes from faith. In a world tormented and oppressed by so many problems, a world tempted to pessimism, the one who proclaims the "Good News" must be a person who has found true hope in Christ. Pope John Paul II wrote Redemtoris Missio on December 7, 1990 to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Conciliar Decree Ad Gentes of the Second Vatican Council. How is serving the persecuted, the dejected, the weary, the sick, the oppressed, the orphans, the widowed, the broken hearted, the sufferer, the meek could be an indication of the success of God’s plan? Why do we have to trust that but embracing suffering through the redeeming love of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, earns for us actually an entire Kingdom, a Heaven, and a Life Everlasting? Let us see how the work of the Mission of Hope and Mercy actually corresponds to the realization of the Kingdom of Heaven in the heart of the hungry, the sick, and the persecuted.       What can you do to help the Mission of Hope and Mercy continue its work of supporting the persecuted Christians in the Middle East? I invite you to support the Center for Blessings which the Mission established in Lebanon to be its Epicenter in the Middle East to be the place for new hope for Lebanon and the Region.    We have to remember that the Middle East is the birthplace for christianity. Recently it was reported the the Iraqi president does no longer recognizes the Chaldean Patriarch and he removed from him the diplomatic protection. Ever since, the Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Sago has become a target of possible assassination and an outlaw. He is on the run for his life and last it was