A Catholic Notebook: Reformation Sunday ( Sermon by Protestant Stanley Hauerwas)
Very well said, Mr. Hauerwas.
I may start up this blog again due to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and through Mary's encouragement.
GOOGLE WANTS TO HELP NORMALIZE EVIL AND SIN. AS 'BLOGGER' IS A GOOGLE SERVICE, THIS MAY BE MY FINAL POST.
My post has disappeared.
I've been trying to update the look ... I presume that I messed up.
My concern is that Google, along with my favourite browser Mozilla Firefox, are trying to force social change that is offensive to God. Firefox even went so far as to fire their CEO (?) for his support of traditional marriage.
I may come back and post links to the news stories, but that's not my focus today.
Dominus vobiscum!
I've been trying to update the look ... I presume that I messed up.
My concern is that Google, along with my favourite browser Mozilla Firefox, are trying to force social change that is offensive to God. Firefox even went so far as to fire their CEO (?) for his support of traditional marriage.
I may come back and post links to the news stories, but that's not my focus today.
Dominus vobiscum!
BEING PRO-LIFE IS LOGICAL
I have been
following the pro-abortion arguments for decades. I have yet to hear
one that is logical. Many are simply emotional arguments that cannot be
backed up by any logic.
Consider the following carefully:
You are conceived as a result of sexual intercourse. What other beginning can a life have?
Making it to your 'second trimester' is nothing more than a mark on the calendar. When your heart begins to beat, when your brain begins to create brain waves ... those are just a part of your development, just as puberty or loosing your baby teeth are.
THERE IS NO POINT IN TIME WHEN WE CAN SAY THAT A LIFE HAS SUDDENLY BECOME THE LIFE OF A HUMAN PERSON. The only times that there are any changes in our actual being is, firstly, at conception, and secondly, at the moment of death.
Between conception and death all we have is growth and decay of the same entity. Since there is no change prior to death other than conception, the only logical point in a life when said life becomes the life of a human person is CONCEPTION. Everything else is merely growth and decay.
Lord have mercy on us!
Consider the following carefully:
You are conceived as a result of sexual intercourse. What other beginning can a life have?
Making it to your 'second trimester' is nothing more than a mark on the calendar. When your heart begins to beat, when your brain begins to create brain waves ... those are just a part of your development, just as puberty or loosing your baby teeth are.
THERE IS NO POINT IN TIME WHEN WE CAN SAY THAT A LIFE HAS SUDDENLY BECOME THE LIFE OF A HUMAN PERSON. The only times that there are any changes in our actual being is, firstly, at conception, and secondly, at the moment of death.
Between conception and death all we have is growth and decay of the same entity. Since there is no change prior to death other than conception, the only logical point in a life when said life becomes the life of a human person is CONCEPTION. Everything else is merely growth and decay.
Lord have mercy on us!
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED GOD DURING THE PRAYER OF CONSECRATION?
Every now and then we a privileged by God as He draws us into His closer presence.
After Adoration tonight we celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (Ordinary Form). My mind began to wander during the Prayer of Consecration. To help bring myself back to the reality of the miracle taking place right before me I began to picture our Lord spilling His blood as He hung on the cross.
OUR SOULS ARE WORTH THAT MUCH???
The love of God became especially real to me at that moment, as the priest consecrated the wine and it became the Blood of Jesus.
He suffered and died for us so that we may escape eternal suffering in hell. Our sins require that as a punishment, but God's love caused Him to pay the price for us.
Jesus also had to become God Incarnate so that He could remain present with us on the altars of the Church until the end of time.
And there I was about to receive His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity!
I suddenly felt so "real", so in-tune with the reality of God's eternal presence.
God Himself was placed on my tongue. God not only entered my spiritually, as at Baptism, He also entered my physically. And not just me alone. Tonight He entered each individual assisting at Mass.
Thank you Lord!
After Adoration tonight we celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (Ordinary Form). My mind began to wander during the Prayer of Consecration. To help bring myself back to the reality of the miracle taking place right before me I began to picture our Lord spilling His blood as He hung on the cross.
OUR SOULS ARE WORTH THAT MUCH???
The love of God became especially real to me at that moment, as the priest consecrated the wine and it became the Blood of Jesus.
He suffered and died for us so that we may escape eternal suffering in hell. Our sins require that as a punishment, but God's love caused Him to pay the price for us.
Jesus also had to become God Incarnate so that He could remain present with us on the altars of the Church until the end of time.
And there I was about to receive His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity!
I suddenly felt so "real", so in-tune with the reality of God's eternal presence.
God Himself was placed on my tongue. God not only entered my spiritually, as at Baptism, He also entered my physically. And not just me alone. Tonight He entered each individual assisting at Mass.
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Thank you Lord!
Eternal Father,
I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family.
Amen.
Which Church did Jesus establish with his authority?
Link:
Which Church did Jesus establish with his authority?
I found the above to be a wonderful way of helping others to understand the Catholic Church.
Which Church did Jesus establish with his authority?
I found the above to be a wonderful way of helping others to understand the Catholic Church.
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3-Minute Retreats - Daily Online Prayer - Loyola Press -- link updated 2024
3-Minute Retreats - Daily Online Prayer - Loyola Press
This is a great way to begin your time on the Internet.
There is a lot of evil on the web, but we are soldiers of Christ. We need to stay connected to Jesus and His Church. Divine Office (dot org) is another great spot! (http://divineoffice.org)
This is a great way to begin your time on the Internet.
There is a lot of evil on the web, but we are soldiers of Christ. We need to stay connected to Jesus and His Church. Divine Office (dot org) is another great spot! (http://divineoffice.org)
Is Catholicism Pagan? | Catholic Answers
Here's a good source of information if you are ever looking for the truth behind the fallacy that Christianity came from paganism.
Is Catholicism Pagan? | Catholic Answers
Is Catholicism Pagan? | Catholic Answers
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