March 6
Posted on 03/06/2010 3:52:39 PM PST by NYer
March 6
FATHER CORAPI'S CONVERSION STORY
Father John Corapi is a member of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity. The pillars of his preaching are love for the Blessed Virgin Mary which leads to a loving relationship with Jesus Christ and great love and reverence for the Holy Eucharist, as well as an uncompromising love for and obedience to the Holy Father and the teaching of the Magisterium of the Church. His widely acclaimed series on the Catechism of the Catholic Church entitled The Teaching of Jesus Christ is used throughout the world as a course in religious education and catechesis. more »
More about Father John Corapi's Amazing Story
Father John Corapi's Amazing Story is just that: amazing. You'll have to listen to it yourself to appreciate how one man can go from the utter depths of despair to the heights of supernatural contentment.
Because it was the first recording released to the general public featuring Father JohnCorapi, virtually no one in America knew who he was at the time. Of course, Father John Corapi has since become one of the most influential Catholic speakers of our times, appearing at countless conferences, parish missions, as well as regularly on EWTN, the global Catholic television network.
Many believe that he has the ineffable power of God fueling his speaking ability, giving him supernatural influence beyond the meaning of his words.
Whatever stick figures and cartoons you wish to draw here, let it be known that the believers in the grace of Jesus Christ, alone, need no affiliation with organizations of any type to be children of the King. The Lord of Heaven and Earth, the One True God of Israel has adopted us into the His family, not by our actions, behaviors, confessions, or even internal claims of faith, but rather because God, acting from all eternity past, laid hold of us and redeemed us according to His kind intentions. Such predestination and election is the message of the Bible, not this five-part club. You are welcome to parade it around, but at the judgment seat, the believers will be clothed in the righteousness of Christ...not their memberships.
Our faith and works proceeds from our rescue, not precedes our rescue. There is a mile between our theology and that of Rome’s...and we believe they are going to be weeping without end when this is over. Repent Rome, if you can.
Not for the Church. We hold St. Luke in the highest esteem that a man should be held. After all, he wrote one of the four Gospels. The Reformed are a rather nasty bunch, aren't they? Is there no beauty in their withered souls?
Control? You mean who heads up the Church? Easy. Jesus Christ. The Alpha and Omega. The Chi Rho. Who heads up your church?
INDEED.
What beauty there is, is caused by Jesus Christ and Him crucified, buried, risen and ascended to heaven, sitting at the right hand of the Father of lights. Other than that...there is no self-created beauty. But, this one incredible fact makes our souls far from "withered". It has taught us, however, not to turn our affections upon each other, a sad trait engulfing Rome.
It still boggles my mind that folks think the following nonsense has a shred of truth to it:
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Christ did not ask the other Eleven to feed and tend His sheep. If you read The Acts Of The Apostles, it is clear that St. Peter leads the Apostles. Therefore, since the Apostles are to be replaced as they die (Acts 1:20-26), then it follows that whoever succeed(s) St. Peter is leader of the Church.
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But then bureaucratic self-righteous power mongering tyrannical RELIGIOUS control was alive and well when Jesus walked dusty paths as well.
Hiscorically accurately,
Biblically accurately,
and well put.
Thx.
This did not come from me. This came from some of the Roman Catholics. To be perfectly honest, I was a bit mystified by our discussion because I always thought that the Roman Catholic Church looked upon the Pope as the head of the ENTIRE Catholic Church. I now try to distinguish between Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church.
He is the final arbitrer. As the Orthodox prefer to refer to him, "he is first among equals". He is the successor of St. Peter.
While I understand this comes from the Roman Catholic Church, I'm not sure the Orthodox would agree with this. They certainly don't agree with the filique in the Nicene Creed. They don't agree with some of the doctrines about Mary produced by the Roman Catholic Church and they certainly don't agree with the infallibility of the Pope. So how can the Pope be the final word?
Our Lord Jesus is the Great Shepherd who is head of all. Who comes next in that hierarchical structure and to what extent they have over your doctrine and your relationship to our Lord Jesus is opened for discussion.
You are absolutely right! Perhaps you can now educate the Catholics on this matter ;-)
While I understand this comes from the Roman Catholic Church, I'm not sure the Orthodox would agree with this. They certainly don't agree with the filique in the Nicene Creed. They don't agree with some of the doctrines about Mary produced by the Roman Catholic Church and they certainly don't agree with the infallibility of the Pope. So how can the Pope be the final word?
The two churches were once one. Their division occurred nearly 1,000 years ago. The painstaking process of restoring unity is not something that can be accomplished overnight. However, progress is being made in that understanding.
From a 2007 Catholic News Service article:
Orthodox and Roman Catholics recognize that the bishop of Rome has primacy among all the world's bishops, although they disagree on the extent to which his leadership translates into a concrete exercise of authority.
Apparently you don't understand...I AM speaking out of Christian love...And 'other' churches have only ONE leader, Jesus Christ, our Lord...
That persisted for some 1400 years after Christ's death and Resurrection
The muzlims have falsely been following Muhammed since 700 AD...So yes, a false religion can certainly survive the centuries...
Paul warned us of your religion...Long robes, forbidding to marry, abstaining from meat...Calling your priests father...Salvation by works, including baptism...
Paul the Apostle preached against those things and the religion that practices them...
I watched EWTN for a while today...New people getting ready to join the church...
The priest, wearing what looked like someone's old kitchen curtains told the people to come up by his little stage because 'THAT'S WHERE GOD IS'...
I almost ran for a barf bag...What deception...
But in response to your response, I notice you did not object to the other mis-truths that I responded to in that post...Apparently you guys don't care that God in the scriptures disagrees with what you teach, on a regular basis...
That is true .. but it is the result of the original commissioning to St. Peter by Jesus Christ, Himself.
“FWIW, I can’t stand this Corapi guy. Has anyone read his biography? He’s an ex-drug addict. And that’s not the least of his bone fides.”
Such Christian charity. Such “bone fides”.
I can’t believe some want to disparage this guy. Disagree with his faith, fine. But him personally? I should have known better, he is a Catholic priest and this is FR.
Freegards
Not by a 100 country miles . . . errr . . . light years.
Still wailing because
FR is ONLY
a 97% sub-unit of the Vatican vs 100%
Touching.
I said to disagree with him about his faith is fine. But to disparage him personally because he is an ex-drug addict? Really?
Freegards, Vatican Agent 114-AKG out.
Why should there be any "progress" if the matter is based upon tradition? This wouldn't be something new but something that people would look back on with a clear trail.
On another point, from the article...
I have no big reason to throw rocks at the man for his past. I’m glad he’s found Christ a focus of his life.
I would that Christ were THE focus of his life.
The wailing of the Papists because FR and its other posters and postings don’t kowtow to
the Papists’ rubber dictionary, rubber history, rubber ‘Bible’ and general and specific constructions on ‘reality’
gets to be incredibly absurd to the max.
I don’t have a problem personally with his being an ex-addict. I know other Christians who have been delivered from addictions. After all, Christ IS the Redeemer. I do hope he is delivered from the chains of Catholicism and his Mary fixation.
Thanks for the thread. Father Corapi is indeed, one great Catholic.....and so knowledgeable too!
We can all benefit from watching and/or listening to him.
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