THIS is it

 

This is why I love Bumblebee:

Because he is a fighter who wants to save others,

even if he dies doing it.

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The music of these movies and YouTube shorts 

that I watch and listen to are all about this.

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they are about Mothers and Fathers 

and the battle we are in.

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I loved this that I read the other day:

"The Lord now desires not sacrifice, but mercy. 

He expects us to be merciful toward all who have fallen, 

toward all who have been cast aside. He wants us to treat them as He Himself treated them

. He wants us not to exalt ourselves over anyone, 

not to despise anyone, not to regard anyone as beneath us or unworthy. 

He expects us to see our own sins rather than those of others,

 to acquire humility and meekness by following His humility and His meekness. 

He expects us also to have love and compassion 

for those who have been rejected and humiliated, 

to draw near to them with the desire to save them and to offer them spiritual help.

The Lord commanded that when we prepare a feast, 

we should not invite those who can repay us by inviting us in return, 

but rather the poor, the destitute, those clothed in rags. 

He wants us to do all these things with love, 

to look upon all those despised by the world, rejected by the world,

poor and wretched, with a sincere desire to help them.

The Lord has given us astonishing commandments. 

He said that He desires not sacrifice, but mercy—

mercy toward all who stand in need of mercy. 

And how countless are the people who need mercy, who long for words of love, words of consolation, who await help, 

yet instead receive only coldness and frozen indifference, 

and from some Christians nothing but contempt and condemnation expressed in harsh words…

In the eyes of God, this is a grave sin on the part of those who treat their fallen brethren in such a manner. 

We must follow the Lord in all things; we must walk in His footsteps. 

Therefore, let us never allow ourselves to exalt ourselves above others—

not even above those who may seem to deserve it. 

Let us never consider ourselves better than others, 

whether they be thieves, murderers, or robbers, 

or we do not know whether, in the eyes of God, we are any better than they are.

Remember how He treated Matthew the tax colector; 

remember how He treated tax collectors, harlots, and sinners, 

and how, because of this, He incurred the condemnation of the Pharisees.

 Do not be like the Pharisees. In all things, imitate the Lord Jesus Christ!"

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From here: 

St. Luke of Crimea: On the Power of a Kind Word and Compassion for the Fallen

The Lord has given us astonishing commandments. He said that He desires not sacrifice, but mercy—mercy toward all who stand in need of mercy.

May God help us and have mercy.