Posted on 03/30/2016 4:10:12 PM PDT by NYer
Santa Subito
Well at least the popetard still believes in Heaven. You never know with commies.
True, although no thanks to this Pope.
I agree with the Pope on this one.
Mother Angelica was a real spitfire. She was absolutely never afraid to state what she believed.
If he had of passed first I wonder what she would have said about him...
There is only one ‘Judge’!
Francis is clearly going against the teachings of the Magisterium in this instance.
Unless, or until, the Church raises Mother Angelica to canonization ~ it is the sin of presumption to dare speculate on what Our Blessed Lord has decided regarding her immortal soul.
I understand his intent, but it was another tactical error.
Only ONE J
Ratzinger did the same thing at the funeral of JPII. He shouldn’t have.
Yes, I’m quite sure the Lord has welcomed her with open arms and said with joy (as per Matthew 25:21):
“Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.”
Mother Angelica’s eternal fate is now sealed.
I think Mother Angelica will be made a saint. She didn’t want to be, but I think it’s going to happen anyway.
Her fate is certainly sealed, but we can’t know it this side of eternity.
I think you are getting wound up over nothing. There is no canon law that forbids the expression of a personal opinion on someone’s sanctity (or lack thereof). Back in the days before the Schism, saints were often canonized by popular acclamation. This remains informally true today in the Orthodox Church where saints are often recognized by the people long before the Church gets around to putting an official seal on some piece of paper.
See Yevgeny Rodionov...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Rodionov
From all I’ve heard about her. The pope is certainly correct.
Mary...mother of Mercy. So sad he invokes a false idea.
Wow, he finally got ONE right!
I speak this as a Catholic.
The issue isn’t whether he believes in Heaven. The issue is whether he believes in a Hell/anyone goes to Hell.
“Mary, Mother of Mercy” is equivalent to calling Jesus “Mercy,” that is mercy personified, which is hardly a “false idea”.
Ergh. Well-intentioned, sure... but careless comments like this can lull listeners away from praying for Mother’s soul... which, for anyone who knew ANYTHING about Mother, is utterly contrary to her wishes (i.e. she was one of the nation’s biggest advocates of prayers for the departed). Pray for her, until such a time as she’s canonized.
(This error is echoed in many, MANY Catholic funerals, by the way... “Uncle Wally is certainly in Heaven, enjoying [x], etc.”... which leads all the people in attendance to smile, dab their eyes with their hankies, and never offer even one prayer for the soul of the departed—much less pray fervently and persistently for it!)
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