KEYWORDS: catholic; easter; jn16; prayer;
It means a great deal to me to read this during the lock down.
| John | |||
| English: Douay-Rheims | Latin: Vulgata Clementina | Greek NT: Byzantine/Majority Text (2000) | |
| John 16 |
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| 23. | And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it you. | Et in illo die me non rogabitis quidquam. Amen, amen dico vobis : si quid petieritis Patrem in nomine meo, dabit vobis. | και εν εκεινη τη ημερα εμε ουκ ερωτησετε ουδεν αμην αμην λεγω υμιν οτι οσα αν αιτησητε τον πατερα εν τω ονοματι μου δωσει υμιν |
| 24. | Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full. | Usque modo non petistis quidquam in nomine meo : petite, et accipietis, ut gaudium vestrum sit plenum. | εως αρτι ουκ ητησατε ουδεν εν τω ονοματι μου αιτειτε και ληψεσθε ινα η χαρα υμων η πεπληρωμενη |
| 25. | These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The hour cometh, when I will no more speak to you in proverbs, but will shew you plainly of the Father. | Hæc in proverbiis locutus sum vobis. Venit hora cum jam non in proverbiis loquar vobis, sed palam de Patre annuntiabo vobis : | ταυτα εν παροιμιαις λελαληκα υμιν αλλ ερχεται ωρα οτε ουκετι εν παροιμιαις λαλησω υμιν αλλα παρρησια περι του πατρος αναγγελω υμιν |
| 26. | In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say not to you, that I will ask the Father for you: | in illo die in nomine meo petetis : et non dico vobis quia ego rogabo Patrem de vobis : | εν εκεινη τη ημερα εν τω ονοματι μου αιτησεσθε και ου λεγω υμιν οτι εγω ερωτησω τον πατερα περι υμων |
| 27. | For the Father himself loveth you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. | ipse enim Pater amat vos, quia vos me amastis, et credidistis, quia ego a Deo exivi. | αυτος γαρ ο πατηρ φιλει υμας οτι υμεις εμε πεφιληκατε και πεπιστευκατε οτι εγω παρα του θεου εξηλθον |
| 28. | I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again I leave the world, and I go to the Father. | Exivi a Patre, et veni in mundum : iterum relinquo mundum, et vado ad Patrem. | εξηλθον παρα του πατρος και εληλυθα εις τον κοσμον παλιν αφιημι τον κοσμον και πορευομαι προς τον πατερα |
How sad to be so shaky in one’s own faith. I asked him what HIS particular denomination was, as I often ask a non-Catholic, and what the tenets are of his faith. NO ONE has yet to come forth. THIS poster could only run to ... well, never mind, you get my gist. I truly feel sorry for him.
Also, NO ONE came to his defense. That has me puzzled.
I’ve said the same things about my faith for as long as I can remember. I haven’t changed…and neither has the Catholic Church that Jesus founded 2000 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members .
Jesus, I believe, would NOT have wanted the Catholic Church He founded to become what’s listed above. And, I sure don’t blame THOSE folks for following in the footsteps of their families. My mother was an Episcopalian but stopped attending services when she got out of college. My father was Catholic and my sister and I went to Catholic school...which they couldn't afford I found out later.
Also I can’t believe that Jesus would have wanted any of His followers to be so derisive about another person’s beliefs.
After all, God will make the decision about our souls…not some angry, irate, annoyed, indignant, aggrieved, irked, piqued, displeased, provoked, galled, resentful, furious, enraged, infuriated, incensed, wrathful, fuming, ranting, raving, seething, outraged, choleric, splenetic, dyspeptic, hostile, antagonistic, apoplectic, up in arms, foaming at the mouth, steamed up, in a lather, fit to be tied, aggravated, sore, bent out of shape. teed off, ticked off, acrimonious, bitter and pissed off FReeper.
And I name NO names!
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One of you suggested praying for him. Oh dear.
“Please, Lord, give him PEACE of mind. Amen.”
Is that good enough?
Happy Easter