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1 posted on 05/18/2018 7:48:24 AM PDT by Salvation
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Monsignor Pope Ping!


2 posted on 05/18/2018 7:49:45 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

When Jesus returns again he comes as the lion and not the lamb.


3 posted on 05/18/2018 7:50:03 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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A church is analogous to a hospital ship.


4 posted on 05/18/2018 7:50:10 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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Neither. It’s a fishing trawler..................


5 posted on 05/18/2018 7:50:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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No. It’s a lighthouse, shining the light of eternal truth to guide man through the darkness.


6 posted on 05/18/2018 7:50:47 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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I always pictured an aircraft carrier, myself.


10 posted on 05/18/2018 8:01:16 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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Somebody needs to stop the Captain from putting holes in the hull.


11 posted on 05/18/2018 8:03:50 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Misleading title, I thought you were talking about the true church, the body of Christ, not some organization.


14 posted on 05/18/2018 8:11:12 AM PDT by javie
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Just as an aside, is anyone else as annoyed as I am when the mainstream press refers to any warship as a “battleship”? I’ve seen the term used to describe ships as small as frigates.


15 posted on 05/18/2018 8:17:16 AM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
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Look in the hymn book

Is there a "Onward Christian Soldiers"....?

16 posted on 05/18/2018 8:26:08 AM PDT by spokeshave2 (Formerly as spokeshave...now restarted after computer issues.)
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It’s a mixed bag. There are those in hit who are battleships, those who are cruise ship and those who are tramp steamers.


18 posted on 05/18/2018 8:44:03 AM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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Actually, the post-vatican 2 ship is the Titanic.


19 posted on 05/18/2018 8:46:45 AM PDT by miserare ( Hillary--you lost! Get over it!!)
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One person angrily told me that the Church is not a battleship; She is a fishing vessel. Perhaps, but one image does not preclude another.

Exactly right. We can use one metaphor one day, and other on another day, and a third a week from Tuesday, because they're metaphors!

St. Paul compared the Church to "God's field" and "God's building" in the same sentence.

22 posted on 05/18/2018 9:12:44 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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Is the Church a Cruise Ship or a Battleship?

There are many cruise ships and no battleships so I say neither.

Churches are not rest homes for saints; Churches are hospitals for sinners.

23 posted on 05/18/2018 9:35:54 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love Many, Trust Few, and Always Paddle Your Own Canoe)
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A letter by St Boniface

The careful shepherd watches over Christ’s flock

In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course.

The ancient fathers showed us how we should carry out this duty: Clement, Cornelius and many others in the city of Rome, Cyprian at Carthage, Athanasius at Alexandria. They all lived under emperors who were pagans; they all steered Christ’s ship – or rather his most dear spouse, the Church. This they did by teaching and defending her, by their labours and sufferings, even to the shedding of blood.

I am terrified when I think of all this. Fear and trembling came upon me and the darkness of my sins almost covered me. I would gladly give up the task of guiding the Church which I have accepted if I could find such an action warranted by the example of the fathers or by holy Scripture.

Since this is the case, and since the truth can be assaulted but never defeated or falsified, with our tired mind let us turn to the words of Solomon: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own prudence. Think on him in all your ways, and he will guide your steps. In another place he says: The name of the Lord is an impregnable tower. The just man seeks refuge in it and he will be saved.

Let us stand fast in what is right and prepare our souls for trial. Let us wait upon God’s strengthening aid and say to him: O Lord, you have been our refuge in all generations.

Let us trust in him who has placed this burden upon us. What we ourselves cannot bear let us bear with the help of Christ. For he is all-powerful and he tells us: My yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Let us continue the fight on the day of the Lord. The days of anguish and of tribulation have overtaken us; if God so wills, let us die for the holy laws of our fathers, so that we may deserve to obtain an eternal inheritance with them.

Let us be neither dogs that do not bark nor silent onlookers nor paid servants who run away before the wolf. Instead let us be careful shepherds watching over Christ’s flock. Let us preach the whole of God’s plan to the powerful and to the humble, to rich and to poor, to men of every rank and age, as far as God gives us the strength, in season and out of season, as Saint Gregory writes in his book of Pastoral Instruction.


25 posted on 05/18/2018 10:19:56 AM PDT by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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