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Discovering Mary [Excellent New Book For Converts]
Standing on My Head ^
| 5/2/10
| Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Posted on 05/02/2010 1:48:38 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: Lee N. Field
I have a link to a FreeRepublic thread, wherein Nancy Pelosi (wannabe good Catholic) recounted praying to some saint or other for the passage of the health care bill. The R.C. Freepers has some amusement at her expense because she prayed to the wrong saint. And yet the bill (finally) passed anyway. So maybe some saints are jack-of-all-trades types?
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posted on
05/02/2010 3:10:12 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(....doing the jobs that Catholics refuse to do....)
To: Judith Anne
God moved on her heart, and brought His will and hers into agreement.. there was never a chance she would have said no, she was ordained before the foundation of the earth to be the mother of Christ..
Just saying we need to glorify God for her and not her :)
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posted on
05/02/2010 3:10:55 PM PDT
by
RnMomof7
To: RnMomof7
Glory is not a zero sum game.
To: Judith Anne
Standing applause. This is one of the best statements that I have ever seen posted on FR. God is infinitely glorious, of course. Our separated friends do try to form theologies which limit the glory of God and reduce His capabilities. A reduction of God to the level of men, rather than the expansion of the beliefs of men to better understand God. God came to man on his level - in the form of the Incarnated Jesus Christ. There are many here who would further reduce Jesus to their own individual levels, rather than reach for Him in His Glory.
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posted on
05/02/2010 3:31:12 PM PDT
by
MarkBsnr
( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: ikka
As a former Catholic and now Methodist I was always uneasy about the worship of Mary. To me it was to close to Goddess worship.
To: Alex Murphy
And yet the bill (finally) passed anyway. So maybe some saints are jack-of-all-trades types? When it comes to Nancy Pelosi, I'm not sure that anything of God would be involved.
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posted on
05/02/2010 3:43:53 PM PDT
by
MarkBsnr
( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: Destroyer Sailor
the strawman arguments about ‘worshipping’ mary are so lame, certainly folks can come up with something better, something that hasnt throughly refuted over the centuries...
wow, itz amazing...
To: SwedeBoy2
You wrote:
“Before Constantine and Christianity, Rome had a Pantheon of Gods.”
In case you didn’t know, Rome had a pantheon of gods AFTER Constantine as well. Most Romans were still pagans. Strange that they didn’t know that Constantine had created what you claim here:
“Constantine Hybridized the existing Roman Religion with Christianity to form The Holy Roman Catholic Church.”
That’s just about too stupid an idea for words - and that’s probably why no modern reputable historian believes that.
“At that point Constantine became a Christian.”
No, actually Constantine became a Christian in belief BEFORE he was even emperor. Thus, he believed in Christ and His Church BEFORE he even had the power or authority to do anything to any religion.
“So how exactly does Praying to Mary make one a Christian?”
In itself it doesn’t. It also doesn’t make one unchristian.
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posted on
05/02/2010 3:51:46 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
(Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
To: Salvation
How can one ask a saint in heaven to pray for us?
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posted on
05/02/2010 3:56:19 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: marshmallow
Here’s a idea: just don’t care about what your relatives who belong to one of the various protestant sects thinks about your faith.
To: count-your-change
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posted on
05/02/2010 4:39:23 PM PDT
by
Salvation
( "With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
You might have very humble knees but then that really wasn’t the question.
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posted on
05/02/2010 5:42:14 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: marshmallow
Pray the Rosary.
Pray without ceasing.
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posted on
05/02/2010 6:04:40 PM PDT
by
Salvation
( "With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: count-your-change
I know, I was trying to be funny!
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posted on
05/02/2010 6:14:10 PM PDT
by
Salvation
( "With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
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posted on
05/02/2010 6:31:47 PM PDT
by
vox_freedom
(America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
To: Salvation
Do not Protestants still win the Lotto at a rate consistent with their percentage of the population?
IW runs and ducks!
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posted on
05/02/2010 6:37:19 PM PDT
by
investigateworld
(Abortion Stops A Beating Heart)
To: count-your-change
In him with him in the Unity of the Holy Spirit which is the Communion of Saints - the Body of Christ here and in Heaven. If you ask a friend here in the body and soul for pray so can you ask a saint soul in Heaven for pray.
To: liege
There really is only one mediator and that is Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.Which is what the Church teaches. However, you apparently don't know the difference between a mediator and an intercessor.
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posted on
05/02/2010 7:37:17 PM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
To: johngrace
Are you suggesting I pray to a saint in heaven to pray for me?
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posted on
05/02/2010 7:37:55 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: liege
But she is still dead.In your opinion.
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posted on
05/02/2010 7:38:11 PM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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