Someone told me to deny myself, pick up my cross and follow Him. But then, He was unmarried, wasn't He?
Posted on 06/05/2006 10:29:56 PM PDT by right-wingin_It
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth
And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. Amen I say to you, whatsoever
*Brother, while you are still alive there is time to rethink your ideas.
Someone told me to deny myself, pick up my cross and follow Him. But then, He was unmarried, wasn't He?
Check out this link for a thorough catalogue of the weird, whacky "independent" church-people who've all heard the call of .....ahhh.....their inner self, I guess.
Among the illustrious clerics whom we are lucky enough to have been blessed with:
Right Rev. John P. Johnston, ChCStI, Bishop and Religious of the Virtual Order of St. Isidore of Seville; His Divine Grace Daniel Clay, Bishop of the Church Universal and Global (formerly, The Divine Assembly of Holy Prophets) and Religious of the Order of the Mystical Rose; and of course the Most Rev. Dr. Chief Alexander Swift Eagle Justice, Bishop of the Mexican National Catholic Church, Bishop of the Western Federation Church, and a licensed pilot.
And here is the man himself, his Lordship....er....his Loopiness, Bishop Hickman.
The Rev. Mary Ramerman
I completely agree with you ... but if this cat is a "Catholic Bishop", I'm the King of Siam.
I'm honestly surprised that the man is married (to a woman) and has children.
This passage explains, of course, why the Three Persons of the Trinity are called the FATHER, the SON and the HOLY GHOST. Note the abundant references to femininity and the Feminine Divine implicit here. Who told us that these are the names of the Persons of the Holy Trinity? Why Jesus Christ, the SON, especially in the Gospel of John.
"OPEN COMMUNION
We hold that a chief purpose of the church is to perpetuate the historical sacramental tradition as instituted by Jesus Christ, and as preserved through apostolic succession. We maintain that the sacraments are channels of divine grace. Therefore, we make the sacraments easily available to all. Since the Eucharist puts us in communion with the Christ, it is a channel of Grace without parallel. Therefore, at our altars all reverent persons are welcome to receive communion, whether members of the Church of Antioch or not.
Which is why, of course, in a Catholic Mass, the Church uses the beautiful phrase of the Roman Centurion, just before communion which commemorates the words he uttered when he had invited Christ to please heal his servant!: "Domine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo et sanabitur anima mea!"
OPEN HOLY ORDERS
Holy Orders are open to all, regardless of gender, marital status, or sexual orientation. While we value of the principle of the “priesthood of the laity,” we also recognize the importance of valid of Holy Orders for the administration of the sacraments. Our solution is to make orders available to all qualified candidates who wish to serve Christ through ordained ministry..."
This is precisely how the Levitical priesthood was instituted which of course included Aaron, his wife, his goat and his male and female children!! This is the model that extends from the Old Testament and which was utilized by Christ in instituting the New Covenant. The Biblical reference for it is in my Confutatus Maledictus Version of the Bible. Let me see if I can find it!
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What an ego.
I love it. "Faithful", but "reject the Pope". Methinks the demonic hold is not on Rome, but somewhere else.
Great sarcasm.
Sigh... I LOVED the old Requiem Masses with Black Vestments and the Dies Irae being chanted! Look what we have lost of our glorious patrimony! Thank the Lord for Mozart, however!
http://www.johndavies.com.au/writing_requiem_mass.htm
CONFUTATIS MALEDICTUS
Confutatis maledictus,
flammis accribus addictis,
voca me cum benedictis.
Oro supplex et acclinis:
cor contritum quasi cinis;
gere curam mei finis.
After having confounded the wicked and consigned them to the fierce flames, call me along with the Blessed! I pray kneeling before you with a contrite heart as if in ashes. Take care of me at the end.
To whom.....faithful to whom!
###"Marriage promotes growth," says Hickman, 50, who has fathered five children, been married three times and divorced twice. "People who've never been married have a hard time knowing themselves."###
We can only pray for his and his family's souls.
Following is from another thread mentioning the Mass for my cousin:
I wonder what Fr. Tran would have said if he attended my cousin's funeral last Friday. It was completely Latin including the Mass being sung in Latin by the Choir.
It was at St Stanislaus RC Church, 17 Pulaski Hwy, Pine Island, NY. Archdiocese of New York.
There were 6 altar boys and the eldest was about 16. He assisted the Priest, a Monsignor in his mid 70s. By hand motions, the older altar boy directed the other altar boys, aged 5 to about 8 in their duties. They had the black hassocks and white pull overs. The 5 year old looked like he was sent down from heaven to assist. They did not miss a beat. My local church is Novo Ordo and the servers are male and female wearing the usual white robes. Of course they don't know their right from their left in serving.
The amazing thing was the attendance at the Mass. My cousin had volunteered at the local Catholic Hospital for 13 years. It was there while volunteering that he had a stroke and passed a week later at age 87. His wife, Martha had died this past September at age 87 and also had a Latin Mass. I know my cousin was popular but not that popular to fill a church. Yes it was the Latin Mass that did it.
At one point during the Epistles, the 3 smallest guys sat on the first step of the altar. I would swear they were cherubim at the feet of our Lord.
The Monsignor turned as he was ready to distribute communion and warned the non-Catholics not to come for Communion. During a short homily over my cousin, he spoke of my cousin and his wife's piety and emphasized the holiness and sacredness of the Latin Funeral Mass. He emphasized the spiritualness and quietness and I really believe he was using that moment to compare the Masses.
He was adorned in black as I remember those Masses in the 1930s.
"They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have remained with us; but that they may be manifest, that they are not all of us."
"For there must be also heresies: that they also, who are approved, may be made manifest among you."
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