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Five Reasons Why Pope Francis’ Answer Was Demonic
The Cripplegate ^ | 4-24-18 | Jordan Standridge

Posted on 04/28/2018 11:07:35 AM PDT by fishtank

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To: Simon Green; fishtank
The Catholic Church canonizes, but does not demonize. There is no doctrine naming any person in particular as being in hell, no matter what we know about how they lived their lives. And why? Because there is always the possibility that at the very last minute, anybody could reach out to God for love and, to their great surprise, find it.

An old Catholic rhyme: “Betwixt the stirrup and the ground, / Mercy I asked and mercy found.”

However... we do not know this is what happened to this kid's dad in the ever-lovin' last second. We can't make a definitive judgment on his eternal destiny because we just do not know. Really and truly, it is beyond us.

So... well, I pondered this for awhile.

And it seems to me that the best thing to say would be:

"You love your dad so much. Pray, and keep praying, for his well-being and redemption, and that of the whole world.

"We don't know everything, because we cannot look into people's hearts. But we do know this: your dad's soul is in the hands of God. Trust him. This is what all the saints say, 'Trust Him, trust Him.' And God can absolutely be trusted to do the right thing."


21 posted on 04/28/2018 1:20:45 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (What does the LORD require of you: to act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with your God)
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To: pleasenotcalifornia

Catholics also pray to dead people. I have a huge problem with that.


22 posted on 04/28/2018 1:31:50 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: fishtank

Better to remain silent and be thought an idiot, than to speak and remove all doubt.


23 posted on 04/28/2018 1:35:07 PM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: fishtank

Francis is a sincere man of God
There is no doubt
It’s demons attacking HIM
He unohased by such nonsense is talking beautifully and inspiring aboyt Alfi
Life is sacred.
If you speak truth you will be attacked


24 posted on 04/28/2018 1:39:59 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Lazamataz

Love and kindness do not make headlines
Hate. Does


25 posted on 04/28/2018 1:41:35 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Bulwyf
Jesus says that those faithful ones who went before us are not dead, but living. They are all alive in God's eyes.

Jesus said that.

26 posted on 04/28/2018 2:03:30 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ('I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' He's not the God of the dead but of the living. Matt22)
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To: onedoug
“God is mysterious but merciful.”

This. The one time a comforting platitude is called for, Mr. Obscure couldn’t come up with one.

27 posted on 04/28/2018 2:59:44 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: amihow

Is this another Catholic-bashing thread?


28 posted on 04/28/2018 3:56:17 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

The only intercessor we have is Jesus himself. His sacrifice was perfect.


29 posted on 04/28/2018 4:37:40 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf
We all intercede for each other IN CHRIST.

It's called intercessory prayer. He told us to do it.

30 posted on 04/28/2018 4:49:55 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Pray for the *%$#s. It's the only way to help him, or you, become a bit worthier as a human being.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I pray for the living all the time, to Jesus.


31 posted on 04/28/2018 4:56:24 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

Amen, bro. Me, too.


32 posted on 04/28/2018 5:03:08 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." - James 5:16)
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To: fishtank

Human nature is good. That’s Catholic Traditional teaching as well as theology. This guy sounds like a raving Baptist.


34 posted on 04/28/2018 6:07:38 PM PDT by Marchmain (hagan lio?!?)
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To: wmileo

A + B + C = D.

Argentine origin + Jesuit order + Francis name = Marxist plant.


35 posted on 04/28/2018 6:16:08 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Salvation

Whether it is or not:

Do you ever object to the vicious Lutheran bashing by Catholics on this site?

Do you?

This is not named as a Catholic Only site, despite the arrogant assumption of some:

Free. Republic.


36 posted on 04/28/2018 6:21:18 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Very apt quotation to comfort someone grieving! After all that is the time to be charitable, not launch into a treatise about the devil.


37 posted on 04/28/2018 6:21:39 PM PDT by Marchmain (hagan lio?!?)
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To: Marchmain
Human nature is good. That’s Catholic Traditional teaching as well as theology.

Then we didn't need anyone to "die for our sins," did we? There was already a religion from G-d. If "human nature is good," then what's the excuse for starting a new one?

And isn't "human nature is good" the underlying foundational belief of Leftism?

This guy sounds like a raving Baptist.

More redneck bashing from the rationalist intellectuals who have room in their hearts for illiterate Mayan peasants but not for poor folks in trailer parks.

38 posted on 04/28/2018 6:46:13 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Vegam Yehudah tillachem biYrushalayim . . . .)
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To: Max Tactical

You have no right to say such a thing. It is disgraceful.


39 posted on 04/28/2018 6:46:37 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (O Jesus, forgive us our sins...Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.)
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To: Max Tactical

Shame on you.

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40 posted on 04/28/2018 6:49:52 PM PDT by Mears
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