Posted on 03/20/2015 9:46:29 AM PDT by NYer
I'm a revert and my wife a convert and we've never been happier.
I love to read these and see the "knowledgeable" posters who come on to attack the Catholic Church when the seem to know more about the Church and what we believe than we know.
You are absolutely right! I am about to post another thread from a protestant who is also headed home to the Catholic Church. Like you, she makes the same statement. Will ping you to it.
The Church doesn’t push the Mary “adoration” much because Catholics don’t adore her. And repeating that canard just doesn’t make it so.
On the other hand Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
Luke 9:23 And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
Luke 18:22 When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
Mark 10:21 Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, "One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
Col 1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions.
1 Peter 4:16 but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name.
Philippians 1:29 For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
Matthew 5:11 "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Acts 14:22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said.
Acts 5:41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
Do you folks have those verses in your Bible?
Welcome home Michael!
God Bless and WELCOME HOME!
Why did I become a RC at age 12, I don’t know.
I knew this pretty RC girl, whom I was head over heels in love with, who asked me to come with her to Adoration one Sunday afternoon in 1947.
The huge monstrance, the ornate vestments, the clouds of incense, the organ music and the solemnity of the occasion all got to me. I told myself: “This is where I belong.”
After studying the theology, I became even more convinced that I made the right choice.
I never married that girl but we do exchange Christmas cards each year.
Some Catholics do claim that Mary was ALWAYS virgin. Never mind the fact that the Gospels (Luke) state she was a virgin at the time of her conception of Jesus ONLY. Period. Stop. End of discussion. Fact is Mary was married Joseph and Jesus had brothers and sisters specifically mentioned in the Gospels. The Lord commands us to be fruitful and multiply and Mary and Joseph did just that. A more recent Catholic dogma-—instituted by the same authoritarian pope who developed the truly wacky concept of papal infallibility, claims that Mary herself was born of an immaculate conception, which of course there is no basis for such a claim and no mention of it in the Bible. No matter what your denomination or faith is, I think it is always best to stick to the facts as opposed to making up yarns out of whole cloth and developing theories and dogmas which have no factual or historical basis.
There’s much about A. Little’s testimony that just doesn’t hold up under closer examination. Seems contrived, on second reading.
“Mary has the ear of Jesus in a special way.” Chapter and verse, please.
I would also greatly appreciate your citing the Scripture reference for any time Jesus ever said, “Whatever you desire, ask my mother in my name and she will see that you receive it; or anything remotely close to that where Mary would be indicated as being part of the chain of command. WADR.
Why did the Catholic Church delete the 2nd Commandment received from God? I guess they are smarter than God.
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.”
“Right, because it’s not as if the early Protestants were actually Catholics, including Catholic priests and theologians, or anything like that. /sarc”
It helps to know history. De Sales died in 1622. When he brought thousands of the Protestants in the Geneva area to the Catholic faith they had been Protestants for 50 years or more. Many or most had never been Catholic.
The pamphlets he used to help convert them were later compiled as a book. It’s still in print: http://www.amazon.com/The-Catholic-Controversy-Defense-Faith/dp/0895553872
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Catholics pray directly to Mary. They don’t merely ask her to pray for them.”
Let’s see...
Hail, Mary, full of grace
The Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou among sinners,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
PRAY FOR US SINNERS,
Now, and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Well, that answers that one.
Repeating falsity will NEVER make it true.
Let's see...
Statues to Mary....check
Prayers to Mary and about Mary...check
Kneel before statue of Mary and pray to Mary....check
Reliance upon Mary for salvation and other things....check.
Yep, what you've got there is worship.
Let’s see, Jan Hus, John Knox, and Menno Simons were all Catholic priests. Luther was a priest and theology professor, Thomas Cranmer was a Catholic archbishop and had degrees in theology and a doctorate of divinity. Martin Bucer was a Catholic priest, and a Dominican friar, having studied theology under the Dominicans.
Once a gain repeating a falsity will NEVER make it true. Thank you for expressing a completely uninformed opinion that is wrong.
Once again repeating a falsity will NEVER make it true. Thank you for expressing a completely uninformed opinion that is wrong.
I’m not even a Catholic (though I am catholic) and I sometimes mention Mary in my prayers for others. She is, after all, a close relative to Our Lord.
"Other than the assassination, how did you like the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"
Rather, it is the Holy Spirit that plays a role in our salvation.
Is there some kind of box in your theology that is big enough for Mary, and big enough for the Holy Spirit, but not big enough for both?
Scripture quotes Mary, inspired by the Holy Spirit, saying, "All generations to come shall call me blessed."
What have you done today to make that prophecy true?
sorry charlie-
although i take issue with catholic veneration of mary
i have made no such comments in this post
you’ve got the wrong guy
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