1st Corinthians 13 – “Caritas” Charity (Love as Christ)

“Caritas” or Charity is to Love as Christ

1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5. doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6. rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7. beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there betongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

 

Authorized (King James) Version

Court Finds: Sacramental Ministry “Shall be recognized as a Bona Fide Church”

Ou Holy Sacrament is Blessed by Clergy

In July & August, 2019 hearings, CA Superior Court Judge David Cohn found that we, “Shall be recognized as a Bona Fide Church”:

“Under the church doctrine, which this Court does not question, the blessing administered transforms the substance from mere cannabis into religious Sacrament. So the analogy is of course; the Roman Catholic Church the doctrine of trans-substantiation, where bread and wine are transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ… we don’t analyze that scientifically. We don’t do chemical tests to see if that’s happening. This is the Religious Belief and we respect that. I think the same deference needs to be given to this Church. The Blessing transforms the substance from cannabis into Religious Sacrament. I think I have to accept that, and I do accept that.”

—Judge David Cohn, Court Transcripts, Jul – Aug, 2019

History Making Court Findings generated Nationwide growth. Begin with a belief in Blessed Cannabis, love for Charity, Community & Healing & Charter an NHC Branch.

We are a Nonprofit Religious Charity. Sacrament is compassionately provided. Private & Corporate donations add philanthropy to a tax profile & create a business deduction that heals & feels good.

Our Holy Sacrament is Blessed by Clergy

Ending Suffering

My sense of purpose in all of this mission

I am not a cannabis user or consumer. I am also a sober devotee to a 12 step spiritual path. But I emphasize a clear distinction between central aim of recreational pot; “getting stoned”, etc, which I believe focuses only a little on helping those suffering afflictions; Veterans, Disabled, Seriously Ill, Cancer Patients, AIDS Patients, and most emphatically Children with Dravet syndrome and other forms of epilepsy and those with autism.

If parents have a child with Dravet syndrome, perhaps suffering terribly the 200-300 seizures per week, who can be relieved of that condition and given back a childhood, a life without the suffering and pain, they would become devoted to “pot” in at least as much as they care about and love their child. The blanket reduction of “pot” as a stunting agent is understood in its context, but doesn’t seek to help the suffering.

I “hate pot”, I always have, for sooo many personal reasons. Any teacher’s reasons are my mother’s reasons as an educator, who referred to smoking pot as “smoking stupid”. But from what I witness and advocate for every day in my work, as in the alleviation of the suffering that so many children are made to endure without it, while there is still a child who whose parents cannot access the sacramental medicine that gives their child their life and childhood back without the torture of severe conditions, my work in the world is not done. It’s about ending suffering.

At age 12, I sought relief from difficult family related pains and began to smoke pot like many of my peers did. I went from impressively high IQ assessments, achievements and general happiness and positivity, to an almost complete halt in academic achievement, increased depression, decreased interest in self care and social activity, withdrawal and nearly failing 7th grade. One could chart my lack of progress and productivity as directly proportionate to my pot use throughout middle and high school, living well below my established potential. When I was done with high school, I was done with pot, and my life, goals, creative career, etc, soared almost immediately. For those who know me and know how I’ve felt about pot for decades, and know me as a sober person, it seems fraught with contradiction that I create access to medicinal and sacramental cannabis, but it’s not about ME, it’s about helping others, compassion, and the mission to decrease suffering in the world and humanity.