The culture of confusion.

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Bible Verses

 

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:1-5NKJV

Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. Hebrews 13:15 NKJV

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The federal government has warned a Catholic hospital that it could lose its ability to serve low-income and elderly patients if it doesn’t extinguish its sanctuary candle, which the hospital keeps lit per Catholic tradition. 

As the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty explained in a May 2 letter to the United States Department of Health and Human Services and other government agencies, the St. Francis Health System in Oklahoma keeps a sacred candle lit inside its chapels in accordance with its Catholic faith. The letter noted that the flame signifies “the faithful presence of Jesus 
Christ” and the Roman Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law “requires that wherever the Blessed Sacrament is kept, a special lamp must shine continuously.”

The letter detailed how, earlier this year, a surveyor with The Joint Commission, an accrediting organization that determines if proper conditions for Medicare and Medicaid are met, visited St. Francis South Hospital. Upon discovering the candle, the surveyor informed the hospital that the candle is a fire safety hazard and that if the hospital did not extinguish it, then it would lose its accreditation and thereby no longer have the ability to accept patients under Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Becket’s letter follows an April 20 letter from HHS’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expressing agreement with the deficiency citation and instructing the facility to correct it after the hospital requested an appeal and reconsideration regarding the citation.  

In addition to outlining the situation, Becket promised to file an emergency lawsuit if the agencies did not “cease and desist.” The letter accused the government agencies of violating the Religious Freedom Act and the First Amendment rights of the St. Francis Health System.

“Now, you put not just Saint Francis Health System in peril but the entire State of Oklahoma and any person in need of Saint Francis Health System’s preeminent care, all because Saint Francis maintains a single, enclosed, and reverently kept eternal flame in its chapels,” the letter reads. 

In response to a Thursday inquiry from The Christian Post, a spokesperson for CMS informed the outlet that it is aware of a safety finding involving a fire risk made by an independent accrediting organization to the Oklahoma-based hospital. CMS confirmed to CP that it is “working with the hospital’s accrediting organization to develop options to mitigate the potential fire risk and remove the safety finding.”

According to the law firm’s letter, the candle has burned for 15 years in the hospital sanctuary without any issues and regularly passes reviews by the local fire marshal. During the hospital inspection conducted by TJC, the surveyor came across “a lit candle with open flame burning unattended 24/7,” which he believed ran afoul of the requirement for candles that they are “placed in a substantial candle holder and supervised at all times they are lighted.”

The law firm included a picture of the candle encased in two glass globes and with a bronze cover on top. In addition, the letter noted that the candle holder is affixed to the wall and that the chapel ceiling has multiple sprinkler heads.

“The government’s demand is absurd and unlawful — it is targeting Saint Francis’ sincere beliefs without any good reason. The government has a simple choice: either stop this attack on Saint Francis’ faith or expect a legal firestorm,” Lori Windham, vice president and senior counsel at Becket, said in a statement.

Barry Steichen, executive vice president and chief operating officer of St. Francis, released a statement explaining how William K. Warren Sr. and Natalie Warren founded the hospital over 60 years ago as a gift to the people of Oklahoma as well an act of gratitude and service to God. 

“The cornerstone of Saint Francis is love for God and man. To this day, the Saint Francis torch insignia indicates a space of hope: a place where the medical and spiritual stand as one,” Steichen maintained. 

Steichen believes that the federal government is asking St. Francis to “choose between serving those in need and worshiping God in the chapel.” The hospital administrator contended that the two go “hand in hand.”

“To share a quotation of Saint Francis Xavier that is familiar to many Saint Francis staff, ‘it is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards one’s progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken,’” he asserted. “Our work depends upon our faith in the living God, and the sanctuary candle represents this to us.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psalm 23

 

Psalm 23

The Lord Is My Shepherd

1 The LORD is my shepherd;

I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures;

He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul;

He leads me in the paths of righteousness

For His name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil;

For You are with me;

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;

You anoint my head with oil;

My cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

All the days of my life;

And I will dwell in the house of the LORD

Forever.

New King James Version

HE IS RESEN!

 

QUOTE OF THE DAY "Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others." Thomas More

 

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God,

ye might receive the promise. —Hebrews 10:36 KJV

 

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God.

3 John 1:11 NKJV

 

But He was wounded for our transgressions,

He was bruised for our iniquities;

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,

And by His stripes, we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray;

We have turned, everyone, to his own way;

And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:5-6 NKJV

 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ… —Ephesians 1:3 NKJV

 

This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.

Lamentations 3:21-22