Posted on 10/21/2013 9:32:05 AM PDT by armydoc
“Almost a tautology” is actually a tautology.
Think of it this way.
Humans are animals. They are not JUST animals, but they are indeed animals.
Oh dear. Seems like everything is a tautology these days.
The Enemy has us tied up in knots.
Not me.
From Rome Reports. Pretty reliable. At first I really liked this pope, but starting to have some serious doubts about him.
When the head of the Catholic Church starts saying Catholics shouldn’t say “memorized” prayers”, what is one to believe? No more rosary? Memorized prayers are part of the Tradition of the church. We have thousands of different prayers for every conceivable event. And of course we have personal prayers we say alone. What in the world is this man saying. Can a smarter Catholic than me help me out.
“....For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.”
I’m a Baptist, so memorized prayers were never really part of our worship. Maybe the Lord’s prayer or quoting prayers from scripture, like the 23rd psalm or others. But mostly we go for honest normal communication with the Lord.
I don’t see anything wrong per se with the Catholic practice of memorized prayers unless it becomes a substitute for that honest communication with the Lord.
Scripture tells us “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Better to ask specifically what you need than a memorized prayer that never gets specific.
And I think perhaps that’s what he’s telling you. Sounds like he’s calling for honest open communication with the Lord.
I would amend my own statement to say that creeds and doctrines are ideologies --- important , even God-given ideologies --- but the Faith can't be All Ideology.
What we are clinging to is not a creed or a doctrine "about" Christ, but the very Person of Christ. The Object of our Faith is an infinite, transcendent, Supreme Being who fills, yet surpasses all creeds and doctrines. Divine Mystery, by definition, exceeds --- infinitely exceeds--- creeds and doctrines.
You know I'm a doctrine gal. Ordinarily, I'm accused of being Missus Docrinaire!
“Better to ask specifically what you need than a memorized prayer that never gets specific.”
Really Danny? You sure about that?
Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
True, very true.
A FB friend of mine wrote on her Timeline that what she interpreted the Pope was saying was that he was referring to ‘right-wing’ ideological Christians. That is, those whose ideology was ‘rigid’ in that they held onto ‘anachronistic’ moral beliefs.
You know... that ‘outdated concept’ called ‘sin’?
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