Posted on 09/25/2015 5:47:57 AM PDT by SatinDoll
A very slippery slope, indeed.
Bkmrk.
The Catholic Church has been broken for a very long time.
Agreed
Where in the bible does it say that Mary is the mother of the church?
There are over 62,000 translation errors in the KJV of the Holy Bible. Do you really want to get in a dispute?
Christians everywhere should be looking at what binds them; we have to protect ourselves from Islam and atheists Hell bent on destroying our Western Civilization.
The fact we Roman Catholics do not shy away from exposing the apostates within our Church should encourage Protestants to examine their own apostates.
bkmk
I know next to nothing about this topic, so it's just my impression. Am I alone?
No, I don’t think you’re alone. There are lots of things this man does that are distasteful. Like sitting during mass and staring irritably at his wristwatch; how drole.
This is why I’ve always thought a Supreme Pontiff was a bad idea. It was only a matter of time until an Antipope like Francis would appear.
I have had my doubts about the Catholic Church for decades now. Something just never seemed quite right, in many aspects.
It does not. But as the earthly mother of The Savior it is not inappropriate that she be referred to as such.
Under that theory is are not Mary’s brothers the Uncles of the Church.. sorry if it not a title given in the New Testament then it is inappropriate to use in reference to Christs Church.
Bookmark.
So...what is the authority over the Pope who could do something about this? God could do something, so pray a lot for the church. I will, too.
Francis has given me the creeps since the beginning and I felt guilty about it as I used to be Catholic but found Jesus in a way that made the church’s ways and teachings in conflict. I rarely trust my first instincts on church matters because I fear my Christian journey may warp my impressions and vision. My sisters are all Catholic. I am very careful in what I say to them but they don’t mind me talking about Jesus and they ask me to pray for them all the time.
I read that this Pope said that communing directly with Jesus is “dangerous.” Did he really say this? There is no safer place to be than in direct communion with Jesus.
When I was Catholic, I felt I grew out of the church or parted ways because from the time I was small, I talked to Jesus directly about my sins and troubles. I just felt such healing waves of forgiveness, sweetness and love and I never felt that when dealing with a middle man or any soul but Jesus. The Bible is my lesson book and Jesus is my Savior. He’s mine and I’m His.
Jesus gives me messages and direction I need in various ways. I could never let anyone - dead or alive - stand between me and Jesus unless He let me know I was to do that. He never did. He is always there for me and I am no one special - not by a mile. I am just your run of the mill shi$ head trying hard, but still messing up plenty.
I suspect you’re like a great many Catholics. We are well educated and can read; we do not require someone intervening in our conversation with the Lord, the Holy Spirit, or Jesus Christ.
When my Catholic sisters pray with me, they have no problem talking directly to Jesus. No rosaries or any of that. We just talk to Him.
I have to tell you a fun story we lived through about fifteen years ago.
I have four sisters (all Catholic) and all of us are really tight and tight with our mom, too. She is what you would call a Saint if you wanted to meet one. Our mom, who was pretty young, was diagnosed with serious deadly cancer. We had to take her from Tampa to Jacksonville where a cancer center was located. I flew into Tampa, they picked me up and we headed to the hospital where mom was to have this experimental surgery the next day.
We were an emotional mess - all crying. No one could official pray. No one could keep their cool. We were totally flipped out. We were whinning and crying to God - so upset (five women). We were wailing. One of my sisters in the back yelled “Oh, please God. Just give us a sign that she will be alright. We are so afraid. Everyone is sobbing. “Please God, have mercy on us.”
Within a couple of minutes a meteorite comes zooming by the car on the side of they highway over barren land. It was green and shooting colors out the tail.
They we laughed hysterically. God has a sense of humor. He can outdo our best drama. In my Spirit, I knew He was laughing with us.
Well then, when we told mom and dad what happened, one sister was not sure if we saw what we saw or were just in mass hysteria (the nurse). So the next day, before mom went under for surgery, I got a newspaper and it had a picture of the meteor streaking by the highway just as we saw it.
I have that newspaper to this day. The newspaper is in my will (to my science research son who is under constant attack not to belie
ve). God is so good. Mom asked God to live long enough to meet all her grandkids. She died the year after her last grandchild was born (a boy). That was eleven years and she was a gonner by all human knowledge. Don’t think we were not needling one another to keep on having babies! If the youngest had her way, we would have all had thirty kids. She was always campaigning even resorting to bribery. : )
I don’t share that incident ofen, SatinDoll. It’s for you.
Love,
Sara
Thank you for sharing your story. You do know it was a miracle, correct?
Oh yeah! A scorching big green miracle. It was awesome. God is good.
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