Posted on 09/21/2010 4:40:23 AM PDT by tcg
There is a near universal acclaim for the pastoral visit of the successor of Peter to the United Kingdom. The crowds, the depth of his messages in every venue, the obvious hunger of the faithful for the truth of the ancient faith, all added together to make this trip both memorable and historic.
However, though Pope Benedict has physically departed and returned to Rome, the mission he elaborated in this historic four day visit has only just begun. It is the New Evangelization of the Church in the United Kingdom and then, through her, the unfolding of a new missionary age dedicated to re-Christianizing the European continent.
The reaction of the secular Press to this Papal visit is worth noting. Only a few months ago that press was predicting the Pope would be arrested upon arrival. If not, that he would at least be greeted with throngs of angry protestors. Ironically, though there were some protests, the numbers were relatively small. The real numbers in this story were the massive crowds which gathered in every one of his venues to listen to this humble and deeply reflective Christian leader. The response of the secular press is revealed in comments made by David Wiley of the BBC news:
"What has struck seasoned observers of papal tours is that people everywhere have responded spontaneously to the Pope's evident humility and his ability, even when talking serious theology, to communicate simple moral concepts in plain language. As David Cameron plans to say later, as he bids farewell to the Pope, the 83-year-old pontiff has caused the whole country to sit up and think."
However, the Pope did more than call the UK to "sit up and think", he called the Nation to kneel down and pray...
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Thus said the enjoyable anti-protestant.
It stands for a commitment to follow Jesus
Sometimes it seems that all some people see is Catholics pointing to Mary when if they'd look just past that to who we're really pointing at they'd see Jesus.
Like with the pope, we may be pointing to him but that's because he's pointing to Jesus. To bring this discussion back around to original post: "The Pope proclaimed the God who alone can satisfy the hunger of every human heart, the One who is fully revealed in Jesus Christ - who continues His redemptive mission through the Church which is His Body."
It's a message worth delivering and worth hearing. The secularists understood what he was saying, it's depressing that people who claim to follow Christ can't figure it out.
Now that was deep
NOPE.
THANKS FOR THE LINK.
“First of all, if a Catholic chooses to wear the Brown Scapular, day in and day out, it should be an outward sign of his or her trust in the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
And still the idolatry is denied.
Sigh.
WRONG AGAIN.
The two are not exclusive, since the one is the Lord and the other the successor of the one chosen by the Lord to head his apostolic college.
Well put.
What a wonderful last few days! That his trip turned out like this is not at all surprising.
Thye Blessed are in heaven with Christ and form part of His Mystical Body. The intercession of saints is in Christ and not apart from him. The saints are not separate gods. Jesus is the one divine mediator, being both God and man, and the saints are but ways to Him. Also, you should be ashamed of your calumny against Our Lady, who was born and preserved from taint of original sin in anticipation by the merits of Christ's passion. I understand herr Luther had a strong devotion to Our Lady, but that seems to have disappeared somewhere along the way among you die hard Protestants.
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Who said I was Protestant?
There’s no mystery to salvation. The Catholic church mystifies it to ensure the church’s power. A Catholic must rely on the church for salvation.
Mary was nothing more than a flesh and blood woman born into sin and who died a non-virgin. She doesn’t have anymore power than the keyboard I used to type this reply. The saints have even less power, like my USB flashdrive.
Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Scapulars [Ecumenical]
In other words, there is more to this than meets the eye. You cannot be the judge. Only God can judge.
**The reaction of the secular Press to this Papal visit is worth noting.**
And the reaction of some anti-Catholic posters on FR!
Someone who made those shirts doesn’t know their grammar. LOL!
You sure sound Protestant to me, so I can’t imagine what other confession you might be, but sorry if I misstated it. The Church provides a clear roadmap of sacramental grace established by Christ for the benefit of all subsequent generations. It may be possible to obtain salvation outside the visible Church through following the law of God written in one’s heart, but it’s a much more murky thing. Best to tread the clear and narrow path to Heaven marked out clearly by our Savior. It’s not a question that one “must rely on the church” for salvation. The Church and her sacraments, instituted by Christ, are a clear means of receiving God’s grace to rely on Christ for one’s salvation.
I doubt grammar was their purpose or main thought.
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