Posted on 04/18/2008 12:34:16 PM PDT by Gamecock
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Whenever a coin in the coffer rings, another soul from purgatory springs.
“Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!” - ZuZu
At $20 an ounce, they better do more than just get me out of purgatory.
Out of where???? I didn’t read anything about that in the Bible.
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Salt — and light humor.
Hell if I know. I’m a Protestant! This business of getting a get out of hell free card, just because you did a certain prayer at a certain time never made sense to me. Just another reason why the whole Roman Catholic thing is absurd as far as I can tell. And as for Purgatory, I never read about that in the Bible, and I mean the one without the extra books. If it’s a tradition, well, maybe, but I wouldn’t count on it unless it was in scripture. And yes I understand how the Bible was put together. Still better to be AD 400 than AD 1200 by my lights. A lot of nonsense can creep in, in the mean time.
STOP THAT SH!T! You’re going to make me bust a gut!
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Just this morning I was thanking the Lord for my time in the Presbyterian church:
1. I learned Sacred Scripture in depth.
2. I learned many of the great sacred hymns and anthems in youth choir. Thus, I was able to sing at home as loudly as possible along with the choir while they sang Beethoven’s “Hallelujah from the Mount of Olives” while our Holy Father processed from St. Patrick’s Cathedral after Mass this morning. It was so thrilling to think that the Presbyterian church helped me to learn the music which was part of our Holy Father’s visit. What a true blessing!
BWA HAHAHAHAHA
Our "Holy Father" is not on earth; He is reigning in Heaven. The false bishop of Rome usurps God's title and glory at his peril. He will have to answer for that grievous error.
"And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven." -- Matthew 23:9
Perhaps you were absent the day your Presbyterian pastor was giving a sermon on who exactly is our Father. Or maybe the music was too loud.
It's not too late to learn the truth.
Personally, I've always been a bit fond of St. Benedict.
See, you and I really are sisters! Those are the two things I always mention when I discuss my upbringing as a Presbyterian. Four verses of a hundred great hymns (soprano, alto, and sometimes tenor :-).
“And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16:17-19
It’s not too late to learn the truth.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I." -- Psalm 61:1-2
"And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them: and that rock was Christ." -- 1 Corinthians 10:4"Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
For those with ears to hear and eyes to see.
Were you Northern Presbyterian or Southern? We were Southern (Presbyterian Church U.S., seminary in Richmond, VA). At one point, our church was so low, it was almost Baptist. The minister didn’t even wear a Geneva robe. But the old maroon hymnal was great! All the old standards, from Episcopalian to Baptist, and even Catholic (”Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” - even though it was called an Advent hymn. You can imagine how awesome it was the first time I sang it in the context of Holy Communion! Talk about a revelation!) I still love to bang out those great revival hymns on the piano. Mother wrote in my baby-book that my favorite hymn at 3 years old was “Holy, Holy, Holy.” I used to stand on the floor of the back seat of the car and sing it at the top of my lungs, right in their ears, on the way to Sunday School. (This was before car seats and seat belts.) I always loved the parts about “all the saints adore Him casting down their golden crowns upon the glassy sea,” and “cherubim and seraphim falling down before Him, who wert and art and ever more shalt be.” I guess I was predestined to be Catholic! :)
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Jesus said rock and I believe Him.
For those with ears to hear and eyes to see.
Sorry. I left out part of the sentence.
Jesus said PETER is the rock and I believe Him.
As I said, for those with ears to hear and eyes to see.
They just don’t understand. It’s deep and beautiful and if you don’t believe it it’s just because you’re a stupid schismatic Billybubba Biblebelter. And besides, that’s not what the RCC teaches. And even if it does, it’s true.
(There. Did I beat the rush?)
I know four verses of “Holy, Holy Holy!” Southern Presbyterian, pastor wore a robe. Hymn-sing practice if he didn’t hear four-part harmonies from the congregation. “Crown Him With Many Crowns,” “How Firm a Foundation,” and “A Mighty Fortress.”
My mom is from Northern Ireland. She very kindly refrained from a Major Spasm when we became Catholic, but she likes to joke that I’m still a Calvinist, way down deep.
Here’s a walk down memory lane:
“All the Way My Savior Leads Me”
“Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus”
“On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand”
“He Leadeth Me”
“Onward Christian Soldiers”
“Rock of Ages”
“Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”
“I Love to Tell the Story”
“Tell Me the Old Old Story”
“Immortal, Invisible”
“For All the Saints” (Ralph Vaughn Williams - OK, that’s Anglican, but it was in the red hymnal)
Just tell your mother you were predestined to be Catholic, that’s all.
My cousin (Mom’s niece) and her husband joined the Catholic Church last year. They’re both in their late 50’s.
“On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand” had a great baritone line, iirc. Navy chapels usually had a solid male presence in the choir, when the ships were in port :-).
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