DEVIL ESPECIALLY HATES PRAYERS IN LATIN, SAYS A PRIEST KNOWN AS 'ROME'S EXORCIST'

SpiritDaily ^ | May 30, 2007

[1000 silverlings]

Ah, the fathers. When did God revoke the commandments?

[Pyro7480]

I hope those will be my hands someday. Pray for me.

[Pyro7480]

He didn’t. However, the Incarnation changed things. A great theologian named John from the city of Damascus (hence, he is called St. John Damascene) wrote about this.

[1000 silverlings]

So Jesus said it was ok to make for oneself some graven images out of trees? Can you show me this in the bible, thanks in advance.

[murphE]

Yes, I will! I’m not here as often as I used to be, but I have not forgotten you. Send me a note every once in a while with an update if you feel like it. = D

[Pyro7480]

Apologia of St. John Damascene Against Those Who Decry Holy Images. He quotes from Scripture throughout the treatise.

[1000 silverlings]

I'm quoting from scripture too

Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Mind meld!

[Pyro7480]

I couldn’t remember if I told you or not. :-)

[pray4liberty]

St. Michael’s Exorcism prayer needs to make a comeback in the Church!

[Pyro7480]

That was pretty funny that you thought of the exact same verse! Something like that happened to me today. I was talking about a book to a friend of mine on Sunday, and I ran into the author of that book after Holy Hour this evening!

[pray4liberty]

Exorcists counter that psychological diagnoses such as "multiple personality" and "schizophrenia" are clinical covers for an infestation.

They are right. (Mark 5:15)

[Pyro7480]

Psalm 95 (94): 8

[tiki]

I was going to reply in the same vein but just came up with a bunch of random thoughts.

Could it be that according to some theologies that you arrive with one prayer and there really is nowhere to go and you are just biding your time waiting for heaven?

That they think they've reached the pinnacle while we believe our journey and relationship with God grows through this earthly life and into the next?

That we believe in the Mysteries of God which will be revealed in eternity and that we understand that our relationship with God is in faith even when we don't understand

That we say "yes" to God everyday of our lives.

That when we say that yes, that we are committed to the journey as well as the destination.

Is it because we realize that sometimes we lose our compass and our map but also realize that we always have GPS (God providing steering?) ;-)

That not everything was written nor could it have been because God is so much more than what we can imagine?

That we can't limit God?

That we hold onto the Word as well as the Tradition because Jesus gave us both.

Because we understand what Paul said and know that not all is revealed to even the most zealous followers of Christ?
"Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. ...then I shall understand fully..."

[1000 silverlings]

Reading your treatise, I see that he never makes any mention of the books of Kings. In these books, God displays a clear pattern. Whenever a bad king rises up and begins to worship idols made from human hands, and burns incense in the high groves -- all worship not ordained by God Himself, the nation goes bad and nothing good befalls it.

When a good king rises up and does away with the profane worship, which includes making little cakes for The Queen of Heaven, making idols out of tree stumps, etc etc ,(God is clear on what "idols" are, whether you agree or not) then the nation finds itself on the right path again. This happens somuch, it really must mean something to God. If you believe God and not men, of course.

[murphE]

We share a world view. =D Viva Cristo Rey!

[Pyro7480]

There’s no way you could have read that all already properly.

[tiki]

That’s a good answer. So who or what put that canon together? Let me rephrase that, who or what institution did God show what was Truth and what wasn’t?

[Macoraba]

IF IT’S NOT LATIN IT’S NOT RITE!!!

[Pyro7480]

You forget there is no “nation” anymore. Remember what St. Paul said about Jews and Greeks?