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'It was a sign': Lapsed Catholics lured back by Pope Francis
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| April 10, 2013
| Tracy Connor
Posted on 04/10/2013 3:48:20 PM PDT by NYer
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posted on
04/10/2013 3:48:20 PM PDT
by
NYer
To: netmilsmom; thefrankbaum; Tax-chick; GregB; saradippity; Berlin_Freeper; Litany; SumProVita; ...
Rosa has kept going to back to St. Pius, encouraged by what she's seen of the pope: from the simple white robe he wears to his rejection of the opulent papal apartment in favor of a spartan guest house. "He's not letting himself be controlled by the rest of the church," Rosa said. "He's his own man."
So, it's all about physical appearances and not about the actual truths taught.
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posted on
04/10/2013 3:50:05 PM PDT
by
NYer
(Beware the man of a single book - St. Thomas Aquinas)
To: NYer
They act like he’s the first pope who’s Catholic.
To: NYer
Rosa hasn't got a clue.
Pope Francis WILL eventually do SOMETHING that ticks off Rosa and THAT will be her current/latest excuse for "leaving the Church " again.
There is NO SUCH THING as "leaving the Church." Baptism is FOREVER and Rosa CONVENIENTLY forgot that. She ain't foolin' me. She is a Catholic in the DEEP denial of sin. The Evil One sold her a bill of goods.
To: NYer
I find this all very interesting. While some of these folks will return to practicing their religion, many sound to me like their “change of heart” is superficial.
It is nice that they are inspired by Pope Francis’s humble example, but the 2 previous Popes were also humble and holy men. The end result desired is a change of heart and to follow in Jesus’s footseps, converting yourself to be a follower of Jesus, not a person who wants the church to change according to their own values. The gal who went to a Unitarian Church does not sound like a serious Christian believer to me, but that is my own opinion. At least for now we stil have religious freedom in the USA, which is all for the good.
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posted on
04/10/2013 4:06:01 PM PDT
by
Gumdrop
To: NYer
So, is she going to leave her second “husband” and renounce her fornicating ways?
To: NYer
Born and raised Catholic, Rosa attended parochial schools and had a church wedding for her first marriage.Millions have the same resume, know next to nothing about the faith and are lousy "Catholics". Joe Biden comes to mind.
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posted on
04/10/2013 4:08:09 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
To: NYer
my mom and another woman, huge obama supporters can barely contain themselves over how much they like this pope so that makes me very suspicious
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posted on
04/10/2013 4:08:17 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Gumdrop
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posted on
04/10/2013 4:11:42 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
“So, is she going to leave her second husband and renounce her fornicating ways?”
If divorce (for adultery) and death didn’t end a marriage, God would not have allowed remarriage... and Christ would not have reaffirmed God the Father’s words.
If she did not divorce over adultery - or if her first husband isn’t dead, she has deeper issues to repent from.
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posted on
04/10/2013 4:17:25 PM PDT
by
aMorePerfectUnion
(Gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international, gone independent. Gone.)
To: NYer
People have to start somewhere. Maybe many (even if not this woman) will go from admiring Pope Francis’s “accidentals” to paying attention to what he says.
My pastor is still “recycling” his sermons, as of last Sunday ;-).
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posted on
04/10/2013 4:27:26 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Do you know why I love reptiles? It's because they don't play guitars.)
To: NYer
Sadly, Rosa is like the seed that gets planted on the roadside that takes root but in the HOT SUN dies and fades away!!
WHAT THE HELL DIFFERENCE does it make where the Pope comes from?????????? Whatever.
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posted on
04/10/2013 4:27:39 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: NYer
I’ve been “lapsed” since Vatican II. I’m staying that way until Vatican II is lapsed.
It is nice to see that the new father of the church is attempting to live a simple life. It’s left to be seen if he is as conservative as he is simple.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:06:02 PM PDT
by
Prolixus
(Summum ius summa inuria.)
To: yldstrk
Church begins when you leave the doors of the Holy Place’s confine and embrace society. Praying for an “hour” then supporting everything against Scripture in order the gain the world’s affection will not cut “It”.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:14:18 PM PDT
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: NYer; BlessedBeGod
Yeah, of course it all seems superficial, but I wouldn't discount that the Holy Spirit is working here. How do you do a journey of 1,000 miles? One step at a time. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
How do you enter deep, deep, deep into Christ's Catholic Church? Honey, sub specie aeternatis, we're all in the kiddie pool here.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:46:59 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He turn to you His countenance, and give you peace.)
To: Gumdrop; cloudmountain
I used to be as dingbatty as any dingbat in this article. Running with my appetites and impulses, a soft-core handwringing pro-choicer, "It can't be wrong 'cause it feels so right," the works.
I think if I could convert, anybody could.
Hold the door open. God wants them. In their heart of hearts, they probably know they need to be saved, and the comfort-pleasure-ease society around them ain't gonna do it for them.
Lord, save us!
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:51:38 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He turn to you His countenance, and give you peace.)
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
Maybe her first attempted marriage was null. There are a lot of people who attempt marriage fraudulently, e.g. never actually intending a life-long bond.
I helped guide a couple of my RCIA students through annulments. It's hard. Sometimes it's REALLY hard. But ---not always, but sometmes --- the annulment process reveals that the firs marriage was so defective that no way was it Sacramental.
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:56:22 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He turn to you His countenance, and give you peace.)
To: yldstrk
"Your mom and the other woman" may be amazed when he turns out to be Catholic after all. Surprise, surprise, surprise.
And then? Maybe they'll walk off. Or, maybe they'll be shook up but take another look.
Pray for them!
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posted on
04/10/2013 5:58:43 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He turn to you His countenance, and give you peace.)
To: NYer
"The day the pope got elected, I turned on the TV and when I learned he was Latin, I went crazy at home," said Rosa. It's a Hispanic thing.
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posted on
04/10/2013 6:01:28 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
The Catholic Church doesn't recognize divorce/remarriage in cases of adultery. Annulment (a finding of nullity) can be obtained only if the first marriage was actually for some reason invalid right from the start. For instance if one of the spouses never actually intended a lifelong, faithful, monogamous union.
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posted on
04/10/2013 6:03:32 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He turn to you His countenance, and give you peace.)
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