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To: SeekAndFind
>>But please, it is not the same as reading the Bible on a daily basis. <<

I have no need to worship “The Word of God”. Wearing a Bible like an accessory as I see many of my Protestant family members do .

I can however reflect on the Passion of Christ every single day in the five Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. So, please if you feel that immersing yourself in English words translated by some King is good enough, more power to you.

24 posted on 12/30/2008 5:49:57 PM PST by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: netmilsmom
I have no need to worship “The Word of God”. Wearing a Bible like an accessory as I see many of my Protestant family members do .

Hopefully, in his next survey, Rasmussen will take things like Rosaries and Sorrowful Mysteries into account ( in which case, Protestants and Evangelicals will get close to 0% ).
25 posted on 12/30/2008 5:52:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: netmilsmom
I can however reflect on the Passion of Christ every single day in the five Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. So, please if you feel that immersing yourself in English words translated by some King is good enough, more power to you.

I think, and I woud not speak for anyone, that Catholics see the chaos in Protestantism so there is this concern that untrained people will read the Bible and misunderstand things and make things up -- and this certainly does happen. But even briefly reading from the Bible during a moment of trial can help one. I have been reading some books, including the Wisdon of Sirach - a book you will find in Catholic Bibles but it is in few Protestant Bibles - and I have gotten a lot out of it. Some verses from that book have helped keep me from being totally discouraged during a very rough couple of years. So God can use any number of things to help one. Certainly if we all reflected on the Passion of Christ more often we would be different people from what we are.

80 posted on 12/30/2008 7:19:57 PM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: netmilsmom
I have no need to worship “The Word of God”.

I hope you are not serious.

John 1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 He was in the beginning with God.

3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

85 posted on 12/30/2008 7:41:10 PM PST by gitmo (I am the latte-sipping, NYT-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, PC, arrogant liberal. -BO)
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