Your Lesson For The Day...
In making my way through the O.T. slowly for a third
time I have run across some interesting things. Jer 23 is a must read for a
wealth of info.
I can see these false profits (misspelled on purpose) all
over the place today, as scripture describes when GOD said, 'not sent by Me'.. Jeremiah 23:16, 21, 25, 30, 31,
32
.
Also compare Jer 23:29 with Lk 24:32. Interesting reading to say the
least.
Let those who say that Mary had other children because the Bible mentions the
brothers (brethren) of Jesus, explain this verse to
you.
1Chronicles 23:22,
"And Eleazar died, and had no sons,
but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them."
A
quote from the King James bible.
Whose brethren???
Did the brethren marry
their blood sisters???
Quotation:
"To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level
of its womanhood. When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The
higher her virtue, the more her character, the more devoted she is to truth,
justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history
of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women."
~ Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Quotation:
"There are no crown wearers in heaven who were not cross
bearers here below."
... C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), under "Cross
Bearers" in Gleanings among the Sheaves [1869]
Quotation:
"The most thrilling thing you can ever do is win someone
to Christ. And it's contagious. Once you do it, you don't want to stop."
... Luis Palau (b.1934)
Quotation:
"Christ is full of grace by divine right (John 1:14). Mary is
full of grace by
divine gift (Luke 1:28)".
Dr. Richard Geraghty
Mat 23:1, Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples,
Mat 23:2
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat;
Mat 23:3 so practice and
observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach,
but do not practice.
Mat 23:4 They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay
them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their
finger.
Mat 23:5 They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they
make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,
Mat 23:6 and
they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the
synagogues,"
Sounds like our congress at work to me.
I
wonder if any of those few hundred in office ever read the Bible, or much less
see themselves in those verses?
1Timothy 4:16 "Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; hold to
that, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers."
Compare
with James 5:19-20.
Quotation
"Jesus of Nazareth, without money and arms, conquered more
millions than Alexander, Caesar, Mahomet, and Napoleon; without science and
learning, He shed more light on things human and divine than all philosophers
and schools combined; without the eloquence of schools, He spoke words of life
such as never were spoken before or since, and produced effects which lie beyond
the reach of any orator or poet; without writing a single line, He has set more
pens in motion, and furnished themes for more sermons, orations, discussions,
learned volumes, works of art and sweet songs of praise, than the whole army of
great men of ancient and modern times. Born in a manger, and crucified as a
malefactor, He now controls the destinies of the civilized world, and rules a
spiritual empire which embraces one-third of the inhabitants of the globe. There
never was in this world a life so unpretending, modest, and lowly in its outward
form and condition, and yet producing such extraordinary effects upon all ages,
nations, and classes of men. The annals of history produce no other example of
such complete and astonishing success in spite of the absence of those material,
social, literary, and artistic powers and influences which are indispensable to
success for a mere man."
... Philip Schaff (1819-1893)
Quotation:
"Mary gave Christ the ability to die. Jesus gave Mary the
ability
to live forever."
Fr Benedict Groeschel
2Chronicles 8:11 "And he removed the daughter of Pharao from the city
of David, to the house which he had built for her. For the king said: My wife
shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, for it is sanctified
because the ark of the Lord came into it."
Now, with what can you
equate this statement to the New Ark of the Covenant?
A hint!
The Lord
came into the New Ark (Lk 1:38, 2:6-7), so the BVM is sanctified as
well. Like Uzziah who was zapped by GOD for touching the wooden ark (2Sam
6:2-8) now equate that to the New Ark.
Regarding scandals in the Church:
How do we reconcile them with the
holiness of the Church?
Answer:
"The Church isn't holy because of us. It
is holy because of Him."
Fr Corapi.
The woman of Revelation 12 is said to be the Church and not the Blessed
Virgin Mary, so some non-Catholics like to say.
Regarding this, Fr Mitch
Pacwa mentioned this:
Rev 12:5 proves them to be absolutely wrong:
"Rev
12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with
an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne."
The
Church did not bring forth Jesus Christ. Just the opposite, Christ brought forth
the Church.
According to an old saying:
"What is gratuitously asserted can be
gratuitously denied."
In other words, statements made without proof can be
denied without proof.
Are you saved?
Some non-Catholic sects teach that as long as you accept
Jesus Christ you are saved since He died on the cross for all of our sins, past,
present and future. This means to them that no matter how many sins they commit,
they are still saved.
A reply from Mother Angelica on the
subject:
"Yes but what did Jesus say to the woman caught in
adultery?"
John 8:10 Jesus looked up and said to her, "Woman, where are
they? Has no one condemned you?"
John 8:11 She said, "No one, Lord."
And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin again."
Even in the Old Testament good works were beneficial for salvation:
2Chronicles 12:12, "But yet because they were humbled, the wrath of the
Lord
turned away from them, and they were not utterly destroyed: for even
in Juda there were found good works."
A request from a friend:
Remember also being told this in Catholic grammar
school Bob, way back in the 50's. As I recall it had something
to do at the "Final" judgement when the book of names was opened in Heaven and
we would be able to see our sins and the sins of others. Never really gave
it much thought...in those days we pretty much accepted what we were
taught. I guess just another wonderful display of Gods great love and
Divine Mercy for us ....all who are sinners and really don't deserve to be in
His Almighty presence. I'll be anxious to hear the actual teaching on
this.
All Gods blessings.....Val
Here it is Val:
Here is the answer. Remember that in those days the nuns
taught from the Baltimore Catechism, many years before the CCC was released.
That is not to say that the Baltimore was wrong.
I went to Tim Staples with
the question and here is his excellent response:
The Church has taught
infallibly that there will be both a particular judgment of every individual and
a general judgment where all will be judged publicly and before all. Dr. Ludwig
Ott, in his book, “Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, gives an excellent treatment
of this on pages 492ff. But this must be understood properly. This will not be a
matter of everybody “being concerned with other people’s sins.” This will be a
glorious celebration of God’s justice and mercy that we will see to be
absolutely one in God. We will see with God’s eyes, so to speak, and with God’s
heart. We will only rejoice in God’s mercy and forgiveness and what God has done
in the elect and we will only rejoice in God’s justice in those who are damned.
We will be able to see that all is good, right and just. Just as we can feel
good about a person guilty of murder going to prison for life because that is
good (this is not out of vengeance, but out of a sense of justice. We do not
rejoice in the person being deprived of freedom, etc., we rejoice in the justice
of it all), we will rejoice at the fact that those who will go to Hell will
deserve it. In fact, if a person who was unrepentant and deserved Hell were to
not go to Hell that would be an injustice.
On the subject of female priests:
1Timothy 3:12: That verse clearly shows that a deacon must be a male, not a
female.
"Deacons should be men who have been married but
once..." (Catholic Confraternity version)
"Let deacons be the
husband of one wife, and let them manage their children and
their households well..." (RSV)
So it seems to me that this is an excellent
verse to use against those who call for female priests.
Ver. 6:13. These twelve Christ chose as individual companions and domestics. To these he committed the charge of founding and governing his Church. He sent them as legates, or ambassadors, (for this is the import of the word apostle) to all the world. Hence their power was more universal than that of bishops, which is confined to their own dioceses or districts. The jurisdiction of the apostles was not limited to place. (Tirinus) --- This power which Jesus Christ delegated to his apostles, and which was for the benefit and regulation of the universal Church in all future ages, the apostles, in their turn, delegated to their successors in the ministry, with such regulations and limitations as have been judged in the Holy Ghost necessary for the proper government of the spiritual kingdom of God upon earth. And it is the height of presumption to question any ordinations that come to us with the authority of the Catholic Church: for, "whatever the Church says, is true; whatever she permits is lawful; whatever she forbids, is evil; whatever she ordains, is holy; whatever she institutes, is good." (St. Augustine) --- How futile then is the objection of Calvin, who pretends, that an apostle, being nothing but a legate, can make no laws, nor prescribe or teach any thing not expressed in his mandatum! (Calvin, Institutes lib. iv. chap. 8)
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Written by Bob
Stanley, March 17, 2010
Updated April 13, 2010
Updated July 17,
2010
Updated June 2, 2011
"Have I then become your enemy, because I told you the
truth?"
Galatians
4:16