Don't need Pius, Mary, or a bevy of Saints to emulate when I can gain strength, wisdom, and comfort from the Real Source and His holy scriptures.
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The comments I have seen following it are worse than useless ... as is usual on this forum.
Again, thanks for posting the article.
Since the majesty of that Model may be too much for fallen human nature, God mercifully gave Us another model to propose for your imitation, the glorious Virgin Mother of God. While being as close to Christ as human nature permits, she is better suited to the needs of our weak nature.
Is that what passes for reasoning in Catholicism?
Perfect is perfect.
IF Mary were perfect, without sin, as Jesus was as Catholics claim, then she'd be no easier to emulate than Jesus.
Jesus is our standard, period. THAT'S what God requires of us.
There's nothing to model...God told us nothing about Mary...The apostle Paul however did tell us to model him...
Christ isn’t easy to imitate, since He is more than perfect: He’s Divine. We’re not God, so acting like we are isn’t always the best model (that is, what is fitting for Christ might not be fitting for us, given the situation). Pius recognized this, and called upon us to imitate Mary as well:
Who would give advice like this but the father of lies???
Since the majesty of that Model may be too much for fallen human nature, God mercifully gave Us another model to propose for your imitation, the glorious Virgin Mother of God.
Lies, lies, lies from the lair of Satan...'Do not follow Jesus' but follow the 'pagan queen of heaven'...
Be a Saint: Sanctity wins more souls than argumentation. Pius again: “We are of the opinion that the shining example of Christ’s soldiers has far greater value in the winning and sanctifying of souls than the words of profound treatises.”
Another unGodly lie...
Joh_6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (the bible).
Now the way to reach Christ is not hard to find: it is the Church. Rightly does Chrysostom inculcate: “The Church is thy hope, the Church is thy salvation, the Church is thy refuge.”
Another gigantic lie...
The (real) church is the body (of Christ)...The body saves no one...It is the head (Jesus Christ) which saves...The church IS the saved...NOT those looking to get saved...
Go.
And sin no more.
Yet one MORE vapid Mary based thread?
Are you getting any bites with your bait?
The poor woman is DEAD; Jim!
1 Corinthians 11 English Standard Version ESV , NASB
11 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
The KJV has it be followers of me, big difference, we can follow Jesus but we can not imitate him because we are not the only begotten sons of God.
What we can do is try to do the things he told us to do.
If we can not do unto others as we would have them do unto us as Jesus told us to do, how in the world are we going to walk on water?
For most of us it would be an exaggeration just to say we follow Christ much less imitate him.
Great suggestions.
Well, I especially noticed this part.
4. Be a Saint: Sanctity wins more souls than argumentation.
I wonder how many conversions the thousands upon thousands of off-topic, disputatious posts in the Religion Forum have helped--and how many potential conversions they helped quench.
I had that thought before I went to the Religion Moderator profile page and read it more comprehensively than I ever have before:
"The demeanor of the poster says more about his own confession than the post says about yours. When he is being rude or mean it drives people away from his confession and towards yours. That is of course if you can resist the urge to meet fire with fire, in which case neither confession is appealing to the lurkers. The poster who 'turns the other cheek' wins every single time."
Obviously this paragraph does not at all discourage speaking the truth, or at least what you believe the truth is. But not every attempt at "truth telling" is equally successful, let alone equally holy. If you have apples of gold, put them in pictures of silver.
Thanks for posting. This is a very helpful article for these difficult times. Lots of proactive ideas & recommendations.
Happy All Saints/All Souls to you!