Marriage in the Kingdom. Index.

Opening prayer before each reading.

Closing prayer after each reading.

Book cover story.



Part one. Meet the real you.

1. Heartbreaks! Heartbreaks! Heartbreaks!

1.1 A field strewn with broken hearts.

1.2 What to do?

1.3 The miracle. Part one, roll up your sleeves.

1.4 The miracle. Part two. With Jesus do it!

1.5 Making things happen.

1.6 The bottom line.

2. Are you living with persons or dying with things?

2.1 Why are there so many heartbreaks?

2.2 Group one, the ideal reply.

2.3 Group two, persons not present to self.

2.4 Group three, persons who did not acknowledge my presence.

2.5 Group four, persons who saw neither self nor me.

2.6 Group five, persons who saw only a thing.

2.7 Persons who live with things.

2.8 Only persons can love.

2.9 Seeing the visible as a sign of the invisible.

2.10 Flesh and blood, window to the invisible Other.

2.11 The visible, sign of the invisible.

2.12 After 35 years, they finally meet.

2.13 Speed is an obstacle to meeting the Other.

2.14 Communication is through our senses.

2.15 Meeting the Other means taking risks.

2.16 Jealous of the tomatoes.

2.17 Visible signs, lifeline for survival.

2.18 The bottom line, what you see is what you get.

3. Dialogue is to love, what blood is to life.

3.1 You, Others and God.

3.2 Dialogue between sweethearts.

3.3 The bottom line.

4. Creation, visible sign of our invisible God.

4.1 A universe just for you.

4.2 Jesus, you and creation.

4.3 How much closer to you can God get?

4.4 The bottom line.

5. Our first parents and what they did.

5.1 Father Adam and Mother Eve.

5.2 What "eat of all the trees in the garden" means.

5.3 The one tree you must not eat from.

5.4 Why God placed a limit on our first parents.

5.5 Moral autonomy is not ours.

5.6 The voice of Deception.

5.7 The fruit of sin is death.

5.8 Sin kills.

5.9 The bottom-line.

6. Temptation can mesmerize, poison and kill.

6.1 Satan's approach.

6.2 Romantic language.

6.3 Religious language.

6.4 Did serpents really talk?

6.5 First sign of the Tempter's presence.

6.6 Importance of not responding to Tempter.

6.7 You are not God.

6.8 Our mother's first move.

6.9 The Tempter's response.

6.10 Head (Logic) in battle with the heart (Love).

6.11 Why sin is compared to a fruit.

6.12 The sin.

6.13 Sin enslaves.

6.14 The bottom-line.

7. Visible signs of sin's poison.

7.1 Visible Signs of Sin and it's Poison.

7.2 First visible sign of sin, nakedness.

7.3 My first sin.

7.4 Second visible sign of sin, fear of God.

7.5 Third visible sign of sin, hiding from God.

7.6 How do we hide from God?

7.7 Fourth visible sign of sin, blame.

7.8 Fifth visible sign of sin, facing time and eternity alone.

7.9 Sixth visible sign of sin, false notion of self-sufficiency.

7.10 Seventh visible sign of sin, jealousy.

7.11 Eighth visible sign of sin, rage.

7.12 Ninth visible sign of sin, vision is clouded, mind is confused.

7.13 Tenth visible sign of sin, deviousness.

7.14 Eleventh visible sign of sin, speed.

7.15 Twelfth visible sign of sin, avarice.

7.16 Thirteenth visible sign of sin, heart hardens.

7.17 Fourteenth visible sign of sin, new gods are needed.

7.18 Fifteenth visible sign of sin, spirit now condemns.

7.19 Sixteenth visible sign of sin, despair.

7.20 Seventeenth visible sign of sin, soul becomes terrified.

7.21 Eighteenth visible sign of sin, walking dead.

7.22 Nineteenth visible sign of sin, cries of damnation.

7.23 The doctor is healed.

7.24 The bottom line.

8. The world you were born into.

8.1 Satan's Garden of Eden.

8.2 Man's creation.

8.3 This is also the world where Jesus of Nazareth was born into.

8.4 Your spouse's plea.

8.5 The bottom-line.

9. A Light comes into our darkness.

9.1 Jesus' divinity.

9.2 Jesus' teachings.

9.3 Jesus' miracles.

9.4 The bottom-line.

10. Your baptism, a Holy Thursday just for you.

10.1 Immunized against the poison of sin.

10.2 How Jesus immunized us from the poison of sin.

10.3 A comparison of the Redemptive Act.

10.4 Your baptism is your first resurrection.

10.5 St. Augustine and the two resurrections.

10.6 Saint Paul and living our first resurrection.

10.7 Saint John and living our first resurrection.

10.8 You are a new creation.

10.9 Your new title and your crown.

10.10 God looks at you in wonder and in awe.

10.11 Made in God's image, but Whom do you look like?

10.12 Jesus is a natural Presence in our lives.

10.13 Jesus, our Light to see God by.

10.14 Your will.

10.15 Your heart.

10.16 Your mind.

10.17 Your body.

10.18 The bottom-line.

11. Jesus, your King, your Royal Confidante.

11.1 In charge of God's creation.

11.2 Your name says it all.

11.3 Jesus is within you.

11.4 What has Jesus done for you?

11.5 The bottom-line.

12. Your heavenly Father.

12.1 Abba.

12.2 Loving money more than loving our heavenly Father.

12.3 Our Father's countless gifts.

12.4 We must be as generous as He is.

12.5 Being proud of your heavenly Father.

12.6 Your royal responsibilities.

12.7 The bottom-line.

13. Holy Spirit, faithful Friend and Companion.

13.1 Our Teacher.

13.2 Voice of the Holy Spirit.

13.3 Voice of false pride.

13.4 Prompts from the Holy Spirit.

13.5 Holy Spirit's presence in teaching.

13.6 Holy Spirit's presence in ministry.

13.7 Holy Spirit helping at work.

13.8 Holy Spirit needing our help.

13.9 Holy Spirit taking over.

13.10 Holy Spirit bringing sheep back to the flock.

13.11 Holy Spirit melting a heart.

13.12 A healing in the kitchen.

13.13 Holy Spirit ministering on the road.

13.14 Life in the Kingdom of God, anything but dull.

13.15 The bottom line.

14. Your Mother Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth.

14.1 Jesus' Mother, our Mother.

14.2 Our Mother's heartbreaks.

14.3 Reaching your Mother Mary.

14.4 Mother Mary's counsel received in prayer.

14.5 Examples of Mother Mary's assistance.

14.6 Mother Mary's power.

14.7 Mother Mary's anniversary gift.

14.8 Prayer to Mother Mary.

14.9 Prayer to Mother Mary.

14.10 Books about Mother Mary.

14.11 The bottom-line.

15. The Royal Banquet.

15.1 Holy Thursday.

15.2 Prayer in preparation for Holy Mass.

15.3 The bottom line.

16. Royal Banquets, Corn Husks and a Fatted Calf.

16.1 Saying, "No!"

16.2 Leaving our Father's home.

16.3 Thirty-two years away from Home.

16.4 Our prodigal escapade.

16.5 The bottom line.

17. The Crown Jewels.

17.1 Seven precious jewels.

17.2 The jewel of Wisdom.

17.3 The jewel of Understanding.

17.4 The jewel of Counsel.

17.5 The jewel of Fortitude.

17.6 Another example of fortitude.

17.7 The jewel of Knowledge.

17.8 The jewel of Piety.

17.9 The jewel of Fear of the Lord.

17.10 The bottom line.

18. Your Royal Physician.

18.1 "The Lord will help them when they are sick.”

18.2 The bottom line.

19. Your Royal Heritage.

19.1 Your Royal status.

19.2 Who are you and where are you?

19.3 Comportment.

19.4 Prayer.

19.5 Where do we pray?

19.6 Where is your Father?

19.7 Make yourself comfortable.

19.8 A time to ask questions.

19.9 How your questions are answered.

19.10 Ask your Mother Mary.

19.11 Time for your Father to love you.

19.12 Spirit's call to prayer is a love call.

19.13 Prayer time is learning time.

19.14 Prayer, our King's gift giving time.

19.15 How long will it take before I can pray?

19.16 How often should we pray?

19.17 Mother Mary.

19.18 The Rosary.

19.19 The Psalms.

19.20 The Liturgy of the Hours.

19.21 Community prayer.

19.22 Spontaneous prayer.

19.23 The bottom-line.

Part two. Heartbreaks.

20. Heartbreaks in the Family.

20.1 Confusion over priorities.

20.2 Right and wrong.

20.3 The perfectionist.

20.4 The good person.

20.5 An example of God's goodness in creative action.

20.6 Right and wrong, the enemy of Goodness.

20.7 Personality and character influence.

20.8 The bottom-line.


21. Power to Forgive, Treasure of the Kingdom.

21.1 Reconciliation.

21.2 Forgiving is everything.

21.3 Forgiving with royal generosity.

21.4 Example of forgiveness.

21.5 Rule of thumb in the Kingdom of God.

21.6 The donut episode.

21.7 Cutting heartbreaks off at the pass.

21.8 Love is all that counts.

21.9 Hugging a corpse.

21.10 Death in the blueberry patch.

21.11 How to prevent conflict.

21.12 Two's a crowd, three's company.

21.13 People need time sometime.

21.14 The bottom-line.

22. Heartbroken Lambs.

22.1 The experiment.

22.2 The bottom line.

Part three. Discernment.

23. Seeing the Presence of Jesus in Others.

23.1 Where Love is, God is.

23.2 Presence of Jesus (Love) in the Other.

23.3 Presence of Jesus (Love) in the Other.

23.4 Love, must Love.

23.5 Love is more important than health.

23.6 The bottom-line.


24. Grace as a Condition for Discernment. 172

24.1 We must be part of the Vine.

24.2 A branch on the Vine again.

24.3 How I was nursed back onto the Vine.

24.4 The bottom-line.

25. Discernment.

25.1 When to say "Yes!" and when to say "No!"

25.2 Loss of freedom.

25.3 Voice of the Holy Spirit is gentle.

25.4 An experience with a Breeze.

25.5 Priorities and responsibilities in the Castle.

25.6 Priority number one, the Lord.

25.7 Priority number two, your health.

25.8 Priority number three, your spouse.

25.9 Priority number four, your children.

25.10 Priority number five, your work.

25.11 Priority number six, your extended family, the community.

25.12 Work in conflict with priorities.

25.13 Example of ministry or community service in conflict with priorities.

25.14 Discernment when family service in conflict.

25.15 Example of conflict between children and spouse.

25.16 When priorities seem to collide.

25.17 Why there must be priorities.

25.18 Doubt.

25.19 Anxiety.

25.20 Without Peace we have nothing.

25.21 The bottom line.

26. Spirit or Serpent?

26.1 When are prompts from the Holy Spirit or from selfishness?

26.2 Discerning at 110 kilometers an hour.

26.3 The bottom line.

27. Community Approval.

27.1 Importanve for discerning.

27.2 Example of a community speaking.

27.3 The bottom-line.

28. Love and Responsibility.

28.1 How special are you?

28.2 Your royal duties.

28.3 The bottom-line.

29. The Kingdom of God.

29.1 How to Identify It.

29.2 Focus of concern is for the Other.

29.3 Sounds are sounds of Life.

29.4 Your name.

29.5 Happy faces.

29.6 Wounds and bruises.

29.7 Full potential.

29.8 Freedom.

29.9 Being Oneself.

29.10 Experiences are learning opportunities.

29.11 Creativity is the Word.

29.12 Order in the Kingdom.

29.13 No waste.

29.14 Accentuating the Positive.

29.15 Fragility of the Other.

29.16 Peace.

29.17 Lies.

29.18 Speed.

29.19 Blame.

29.20 Condemnations and put-downs.

29.21 Force is God's option, not ours.

29.22 Love is stronger than force.

29.23 Quiet more powerful than noise.

29.24 A father's wish resolved by peace and not by force.

29.25 The most powerful force on earth.

29.26 Kingdom of God Summary. The Monarch.

29.27 The mind.

29.28 The body.

29.29 The Royal flag.

29.30 The bottom-line.

30. The Kingdom of Man.

30.1 How to Identify It.

30.2 The project is all that matters.

30.3 The project defined.

30.4 The conspiracy.

30.5 Laws, laws and more laws.

30.6 Examples of laws, rules, and restrictions.

30.7 Ruler is judge and jury.

30.8 Use of force.

30.9 Life in the kingdom of man.

30.10 The weak, the fragile.

30.11 Sounds in the kingdom of man.

30.12 Numbers in the kingdom of man.

30.13 Creativity in the Kingdom of Man.

30.14 Blame in the Kingdom of Man.

30.15 Storms in the Kingdom of Man.

30.16 Forgiving in the Kingdom of Man.

30.17 Kingdom of Man Summary. The Monarch.

30.18 False pride, blindness.

30.19 The Royal Confidante.

30.20 Logic.

30.21 The Enforcer.

30.22 The Royal Flag.

30.23 The bottom-line.

31. The Kingdom of Satan.

31.1 How it can be identified.

31.2 Sounds of the suffering.

31.3 Faces of the dying.

31.4 No escape.

31.5 Freedom.

31.6 The ill, the disabled, the aged.

31.7 Submission.

31.8 Learning experiences.

31.9 Condemnations and put-downs.

31.10 Creativity.

31.11 Accentuating the negative.

31.12 Fragility of the Other.

31.13 Peace.

31.14 The rule of right and wrong.

31.15 Slavery.

31.16 Environment.

31.17 The Devourer. (Kingdom of Satan Summary.)

31.18 The Mind.

31.19 The Monarch.

31.20 The Royal Flag.

31.21 Sound a little far fetched?

31.22 The bottom-line.

32. The Three Kingdoms, an overview.

32.1 An Overview.

32.2 Similarities: Kingdom of Man and Kingdom of Satan.

32.3 Choices.

32.4 Choice, Kingdom of God.

32.5 Choice, Kingdom of Man.

32.6 Choice, Kingdom of Satan.

32.7 The bottom-line.

33. Jesus, the Lady, and the Pharisees.

33.1 The way of the Lord.

33.2 The bottom-line.

34. The Ministry of Marriage, Seven Different Models.

34.1 Marriage, first ministry.
34.2 Qualifications of spouses in ministry of marriage.
34.3 When lacking in qualifications.
34.4 Marriage Models.

35. A Loving Supplication.
35.1 The appeal.

36. Your Throne Awaits You.
36.1 My dearest Friend.


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