Posted on 02/28/2013 6:46:49 AM PST by fatima
Watch live-on now. http://www.ewtn.com/multimedia/live_player.asp
You can’t take one line out of context like that. Who was Jesus talking to when he said that? Why did he say it?
| 1 | Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, |
| 2 | "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat; |
| 3 | so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice. |
| 4 | They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger. |
| 5 | They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, |
| 6 | and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, |
| 7 | and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men. |
| 8 | But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren. |
| 9 | And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. |
| 10 | Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ. |
| 11 | He who is greatest among you shall be your servant; |
| 12 | whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. |
| 13 | "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in. |
| 15 | Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. |
| 16 | "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, `If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' |
| 17 | You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? |
| 18 | And you say, `If any one swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.' |
| 19 | You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? |
| 20 | So he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it; |
| 21 | and he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it; |
| 22 | and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. |
| 23 | "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. |
| 24 | You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! |
| 25 | "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity. |
| 26 | You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate, that the outside also may be clean. |
| 27 | "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. |
| 28 | So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. |
| 29 | "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, |
| 30 | saying, `If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' |
| 31 | Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. |
| 32 | Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. |
| 33 | You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? |
| 34 | Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, |
| 35 | that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechari'ah the son of Barachi'ah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. |
| 36 | Truly, I say to you, all this will come upon this generation. |
| 37 | "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! |
| 38 | Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate. |
| 39 | For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, `Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'" |
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They are showing the Pope leaving the Vatican Live now.
I guess it is 9:00 or so there. I will miss him so much.
I am feeling sad.Watching history in the church.He is coming out now.Papal guard and Vatican workers await him.
Hey, if he’s gonna pick a team, let him at least wait until he’s resigned! ;-)
Wow,”As of 8 o’clock tonight I will not be Pope.”Got the chills.
So, I should not be able to call my dad, “father”?
I am feeling sad.Oh, my goodness, yes... me too. *sniffs* It was so hard to see him turn his back and walk away after speaking to the crowd that had gathered at his new home.
Well it’s time to pray and batten down the hatches.We await the Holy Spirit.
Well it’s time to pray and batten down the hatches. We await the Holy Spirit.Amen!
Jesus speaks to Pope Benedict XVI, Emertius just as He speaks to us.
Today Jesus would say, “well done, good and faithful servant” to Pope Benedict XVI, Emertius. Rest now your holiness.
Sure, He might refer to the pope as "Holy Father of My Church" or something like that.
” I see nothing in common between these two persons. Would Jesus call the guy in the top photo “Holy Father”? No, He wouldn’t and neither does He want us to. “
Oh yes He would. I know because The (Holy Roman Catholic) Church is INFALLIBLE - so to speak. History has it RIGHT. You have it WRONG - sorry. Suggestion: brush up on HISTORY.
fatima: thank you so much for posting this thread. I would have missed it all live (I had that pic I had gotten and was looking for a place to put it !)
Now I have a LOT of live pics and a lot of live vid too. PTL
Gosh and a full schedule still coming - on EWTN following on rest of day.
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