Posted on 01/27/2008 7:56:14 PM PST by Manfred the Wonder Dawg
AMEN, Mary. If only pleasant things happened to us, how would we learn to trust Him?
"O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble." -- Isaiah 33:2
“So, using whatever text appeals to you, what’s your take on the Sermon on the Mount?”
I kind of like Prophet Steven Wright’s take on it.
“So what if the meek inherit the earth.
We’ll just take it back...bunch of meeks.”
Heavy, really heavy!
Great post, b-d.
lol. Sounds like something out of "Ren & Stimpy."
“What’s the speed of dark?”
A United Airlines Pilot who flew the It'ly route for a while gave me a bottle opener -looks like silver. The handle holds what looks like a gold medal with an image of J2P2 on one side and of St. Peter's on the other. We call it the "popener".
“If a jogger runs at the speed of sound,can he still hear his Walkman?”
Yes.. Eucharist is Jesus becoming once again flesh to be consumed by the flesh.. an insult to the Holy Spirit.. in essence.. and in reality.. It flys in the face of the Holy Spirit performing spiritually.,. The Eucharist raises the flesh to preposterous import.. and reduces the spirit/Spirit to figurative character..
LoL...
Great points, you two.
Thx.
Liberalism's worst enemy is the Catholic Church.It is not the Bible, because the Bible can be interpreted and twisted to suit liberalism.
You're fooling yourself if you think otherwise
The Catholic Church makes concrete the correct interpretations of Scripture that teaches against abortion,homosexuality,masturbation,and every kind of immoral issue.
The gates of hell can invade individual scriptural interpretations,but the gates of hell cannot invade the scriptural interpretations of faith and morals of the Catholic Church.
Exactly. Well-said.
The Eucharist raises the flesh to preposterous import.. and reduces the spirit/Spirit to figurative character.
Almost as if it's denying the Holy Spirit which we're told by Christ is unpardonable.
Do please slow down on the Eucharist problem of flesh v. Spirit (which we beg the Father to send on the gifts). There’s the whole problem of what a resurrected (or “spiritual”) body is. Even if we’re wrong I don’t think it’s the slam dunk you make it out to be.
It is a definite problem.. with some, with others they deny there is a problem.. The conversation could be engaged.. What do I know?.. Except what seems to me to be my experience.. WHat then is the Holy Spirit(paraclete)?, a drone in the hive to be given "tasks" by men, or very God.. You see it is a definite problem..
A valid point, I think.
You know better than to maen this! I pray!
My construction on that Scripture is that
the meek will be all that’s left.
And, meekness is an attitude of the heart TOWARD GOD.
Not wimpiness in any & all contexts.
“Liberalism’s worst enemy is the Catholic Church.”
Bishops: Iraq Situation Intolerable
By DAVID LIGHTMAN Washington Bureau Chief, The Hartford Courant
3:03 PM EDT, July 23, 2007
WASHINGTON - Responding to a call from 14 Catholic members of Congress, a spokesman for the nation’s Catholic bishops said today the current situation in Iraq is intolerable and that they would like to meet with the lawmakers to discuss how to responsibly end the war.”The current situation in Iraq is unacceptable and unsustainable, as is the policy and political stalemate among decisionmakers in Washington,” said the Most Rev. Thomas G. Wenski, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committee on international policy.
Then there’s Berrigan and Drinan.
I wonder when the KJV philacteries are going to appear.
Liberalism is more a product of the reformation .
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