To: rogator; swmobuffalo
True, but remember what happened first -- the Prodigal Son
acknowledged his sin and asked for forgiveness.
Nowadays, folks want absolution and acceptance without repentance or contrition. In fact, they don't think what they're doing is a sin at all. (See the Episcopal Church.)
10 posted on
03/27/2007 10:51:47 AM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: AnAmericanMother
17 posted on
03/27/2007 11:19:48 AM PDT by
swmobuffalo
(The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.)
To: AnAmericanMother
Amen, Mother. You realize the full impact of that Gospel (it is a Fr. Corapi favorite). The Prodigal Son is ALL of us! God is filled with Divine Mercy and wants us with Him for eternity. However, WE must take that first step and ask forgiveness. He gave us free will to decline His offer!
22 posted on
03/27/2007 11:34:14 AM PDT by
Frank Sheed
("Shakespeare the Papist" by Fr. Peter Milward, S.J.)
To: AnAmericanMother
Nowadays, folks want
absolutionpraise and acceptance without repentance or contrition. In fact, they don't think what they're doing is a sin at all
and believe they should be held up on a pedestal as avatars of a new virtue that you too would be wise to follow.There, fixed that.
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