The cache is not at the published coordinates ... seek ye first
the kingdom of heaven, and these coordinates will be given you
besides!
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
The Cachechism question for today is: "Is it OK to pray for
success when we're hunting for elusive geocaches?"
Well, to answer this question we will look to the Catechism
of the Catholic Church. The Catechism teaches us that:
"Prayer and Christian life are inseparable, for they concern
the same love and the same renunciation, proceeding from love; the
same filial and loving conformity with the Father's plan of love:
... "Whatever you ask the Father in my name, he [will] give it to
you." (John 15:16)
One could surmise that the "Father's plan of love" includes the
love of geocaching ... Indeed, Which one of you would hand his
fellow geocacher a snake when he asks for a hint? Not even that
Heretic Apollinarius of Laodicaea would suggest
otherwise!
Now, you might say: "Good Catholic Boy, don't you Catholics pray
to St. Anthony to find hidden things? Where in the Bible does it
say that it's OK to do that?!?"
That's a valid question which has been around a long
time. To answer this question requires a little history lesson. You
see, the Church was already over 300 years old when all the leaders
of the faith got together and decided which religious books should
be included in the Bible ... And how did they decide which books
were divinely inspired and which ones weren't? They weighed these
writings against the body of Apostolic Tradition! Indeed, the
Catechism teaches us:
"Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are bound
closely together, and communicate one with the other. For both of
them, flowing out from the same divine well-spring, come together
in some fashion to form one thing, and move towards the same
goal."
and again:
"In many ways, throughout history down to the present day,
men have given expression to their quest for God in their religious
beliefs and behavior: in their prayers, sacrifices, rituals,
meditations, and so forth."
So, the answer is yes, it's OK to throw out a random
"Saint Anthony come around ... Some thing's lost and can't be
found"
When you're in a pickle ... after all, two voices are louder
than one ... but it's not at all necessary. One must proceed as
ones conscience dictates. However, to get back to the original
question: "Is it OK to pray for success when we're hunting for
elusive geocaches?" The Catechism teaches us:
"Since, like all the faithful, lay Christians are entrusted
by God with the apostolate by virtue of their Baptism and
Confirmation, they have the right and duty, individually or
grouped in associations, to work so that the divine message of
salvation may be known and accepted by all men throughout the
earth. ... Their activity in ecclesial communities is so necessary
that, for the most part, the apostolate of the pastors cannot be
fully effective without it."
Therefore, clearly, not only is it OK to pray for good caching
success, it's absolutely imperative! Whether caching alone or in
groups! Amen, I say to you ...
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock
and the door will be opened to you." ~Matthew 7:7
Brothers and sisters ... Cache on!