Posted on 07/26/2013 3:22:28 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans
The Gift – The Testimony of Former Roman Catholic Priest Charles Chiniquy
I was born and baptized a Roman Catholic in 1809, and I was ordained priest in the year 1833, in Canada. I am now in my seventy-fourth year, and it is nearly fifty years since I received the dignity of the priesthood in the Church of Rome.
For twenty-five years I was a priest of that Church, and I tell you frankly that I loved the Church of Rome, and she loved me. I would have shed every drop of my blood for my Church and would have given a thousand times my life to extend her power and dignity over the continent of America, and over the whole world. My great ambition was to convert the Protestants, and bring them into my Church, because I was told, and I preached, that outside the Church of Rome there was no salvation, and I was sorry to think that those multitudes of Protestants were to be lost.
A few years after I was born we lived in a place where there were no schools. My mother became my first teacher, and the first book in which she taught me to read was the Bible. When I was eight or nine years old I read the Divine Book with an incredible pleasure, and my heart was much taken up with the beauty of the Word of God. My mother selected the chapters she wished me to read, and the attention I gave to it was such that, many times, I refused to go and play with the little boys outside in order to enjoy the pleasure of reading the Holy Book. Some of the chapters I loved more than others, and these I learned by heart.
But after my mother died, the Bible disappeared from the house, probably through the priest who had tried to obtain possession of it before. Now this Bible is the root of everything in this story. That is the light which was put into my soul when young, and, thanks be to God, that light has never been extinguished. It has remained there: it is to that dear Bible, by the mercy of God, that I owe today the unspeakable joy which I feel at being among the redeemed, among those who have received the light, and are drinking at the pure fountain of truth.
But perhaps you are inclined to say, “Do not the Roman Catholic priests allow their people to read the Bible?” Yes, I thank God that it is so. It is a fact that today, almost all over the world, the Church of Rome grants permission to read the Bible, and you will find the Bible in the homes of some Roman Catholics.
But when we have confessed this we must tell the whole truth. When the priest puts the Bible in the hands of his people, or when a priest receives the Bible from his church, there is a condition. The condition is that though the priest or people may read the Bible, they must never, under any circumstances, interpret a single word according to their conscience, their intelligence, or in their own mind. When I was ordained a priest I swore that I would interpret the Scriptures only according to the unanimous consent of the Holy Fathers.
Friends, go to Roman Catholics today, and ask them if they have permission to read the Bible. They will tell you, “Yes, I can read it.” But ask, “Have you permission to interpret it?” They will tell you, “No.” The priest says positively to the people, and the Church says positively to the priest, that they cannot interpret a single word of the Bible according to their own intelligence and their own conscience, and that it is a grievous sin to take upon themselves the interpretation of a single word. The priest says in effect to the people, “If you try to interpret the Bible with your own intelligence you are lost. It is a most dangerous book. You may read it, but it is better not to read it, because you cannot understand it.”
What is the result of such teaching? The result is, that though both the priests and the people have the Bible in their hands, they do not read it. Would you read a book if you were persuaded that you cannot understand a single word by yourself? Would you be such fools as to waste your time reading a book which you were persuaded you could not understand a single line of? Then, my friends, this is the truth about the Church of Rome. They have a great number of Bibles. You will find Bibles on the tables of the priests and of Catholic laymen, but among ten thousand priests there are not two who read the Bible from the beginning to the end and pay any attention to it. They read a few pages here and there; that is all.
In the Church of Rome the Bible is a sealed book, but it was not so with me. I found it precious to my heart when I was a little boy, and when I became a priest of Rome I read it to make me a strong man, and to make me able to argue for the Church.
My great object was to confound the Protestant ministers of America. I got a copy of the “Holy Fathers,” and I studied it day and night with the Holy Scriptures, in order to prepare myself for the great battle I wanted to fight against the Protestants. I made this study in order to strengthen my faith in the Roman Catholic Church.
But, blessed be God! every time I read the Bible there was a mysterious voice(1) saying to me, “Do you not see that in the Church of Rome you do not follow the teachings of the Word of God, but only the traditions of men?” In the silent hours of the night, when I heard that voice, I wept and cried, but it was repeated with the strength of thunder. I wanted to live and die in the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and I prayed to God to silence the voice, but I heard it yet still louder. When I was reading His Word He was trying(2) to break my fetters, but I would not have any fetters broken. He came to me with His saving light, but I would not have it.
I have no bad feeling against Roman Catholic priests. Some of you may think I have. You are mistaken. Sometimes I weep for them because I know that the poor men – just as I did – are fighting against the Lord, and that they are miserable as I was miserable then. If I relate to you one of the struggles of which I speak, you will understand what it is to be a Roman Catholic priest, and you will pray for them.
(Rest at Link)
And of course the non Catholics should not believe Chiniquy because;
Yes, the fundamentalists and the atheists are ranged on the same side, using Chiniquy’s lies to attack the Catholic Church. Yet, something inexplicable deters the fundamentalists from realizing that the mere fact of siding with atheists ought to show them they are on the wrong side.
Now there's a legitimate argument...
Since we know that what Chiniquy said about the Catholic bible experience is true, as we see it happening today, there's no reason to doubt anything else Chiniquy has claimed...
Chiniquy seems to have been chastized for his supposed attraction to the opposite sex...
You said the same thing in post 31, both statements seem to say that all Catholic churches supply bibles, but why would Catholic Answers say that isn't the case at all?
True, although what's in the pew is generally a missal containing scripture passages for the liturgical cycle and a hymnal. FWIW I was raised protestant and I don't think I've ever been in a protestant church that supplied Bibles in the pews, just hymnals. The protestant service that I attend each week (I take a relative who would have no other way to get there) doesn't supply Bibles, just hymnals.
A missal isn’t the Bible, it is a missal.
From Catholic Answers.
Why are Bibles not supplied for Mass?
Full Question
Why are Bibles not supplied for Mass? In fact, at my parish, no printed copies of the readings are supplied. Why?
Answer
Catholic parishes usually supply missalettes, which contain both the prayers for the Mass and the Scripture readings of the day. Bibles are not supplied for Mass because they are not usually used at Mass. Some parishes prefer that congregants listen only to the lector rather than silently reading along with the lector, and they encourage this by not providing missalettes. Still, providing a missalette makes available one more means by which the assembly can participate in the liturgy of the word specifically and in the Mass generally.
Another Roman Catholic Church myth. The catholic church is not the same thing as the Roman Catholic Church no matter how fiercely and loudly RCs insist it is. There were no "catholics" in the first few centuries seeing as the word "catholic" was used to describe the "universal" body of Christians throughout the world. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_term_Catholic:
The earliest recorded evidence of the use of the term "Catholic Church" is the Letter to the Smyrnaeans that Ignatius of Antioch wrote in about 107 to Christians in Smyrna. Exhorting Christians to remain closely united with their bishop, he wrote: "Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church
By Catholic Church Ignatius designated the universal church. Ignatius considered that certain heretics of his time, who disavowed that Jesus was a material being who actually suffered and died, saying instead that "he only seemed to suffer" (Smyrnaeans, 2), were not really Christians.
Only when the bishop over the churches in Rome (and there were NUMEROUS churches in such a large city as Rome) deemed himself the universal bishop over all Christendom (fourth century and the influence of Constantine) was there then what still only barely resembles the Roman Catholic Church of today.
Some Catholic freepers often try to assert preeminence and exclusivity of "their" church over any other Christian assembly faith tradition and they must imagine people are fooled by it so they continue to say it. When I see it going on, I think it is important to set the record straight for those who may not know the facts. The "Catholics" did not give the world the Bible and it is not a "Catholic" document. It is the word of God and it will never fail - heaven and earth will pass away but the word of our God stands forever.
When Roman Catholicism perverts the truth of Scripture as well as any other religious entity, it should be called on it. The Reformation rightfully began with Christians wanting a return to the faith once delivered to the saints. It is the faith that has its basis in sacred Scripture as the rule of faith. It's not whatever a group of men decides is truth from one century to the next.
There weren’t any Bibles in the Catholic churches I attended in the 50’s and 60’s.
The Apostles were preaching and teaching that which they had received from Jesus Christ. Paul said, "For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you." The Apostles and disciples were living and teaching the truth that the Holy Spirit further revealed that they then ensured (under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit) was written down in the books that comprise our New Testament. These were added to those books already recognized and established as sacred Scripture - the Old Testament.
Yawn.
We'll do a test right now. Don't say anything further to this post and I won't have to answer you back and you won't have to see my boring post. Let's see if you can do it.
July 26, 2013
Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Reading 1 Ex 20:1-17
In those days:
God delivered all these commandments:
“I, the LORD, am your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
You shall not have other gods besides me.
You shall not carve idols for yourselves
in the shape of anything in the sky above
or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth;
you shall not bow down before them or worship them.
For I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God,
inflicting punishment for their fathers’ wickedness
on the children of those who hate me,
down to the third and fourth generation;
but bestowing mercy down to the thousandth generation
on the children of those who love me and keep my commandments.
“You shall not take the name of the LORD, your God, in vain.
For the LORD will not leave unpunished
him who takes his name in vain.
“Remember to keep holy the sabbath day.
Six days you may labor and do all your work,
but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD, your God.
No work may be done then either by you, or your son or daughter,
or your male or female slave, or your beast,
or by the alien who lives with you.
In six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth,
the sea and all that is in them;
but on the seventh day he rested.
That is why the LORD has blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
“Honor your father and your mother,
that you may have a long life in the land
which the LORD, your God, is giving you.
“You shall not kill.
“You shall not commit adultery.
“You shall not steal.
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife,
nor his male or female slave, nor his ox or ass,
nor anything else that belongs to him.”
Responsorial Psalm Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11
R. (John 6:68c) Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The command of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eye.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
The ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
They are more precious than gold,
than a heap of purest gold;
Sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Gospel Mt 13:18-23
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Hear the parable of the sower.
The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the Kingdom
without understanding it,
and the Evil One comes and steals away
what was sown in his heart.
The seed sown on rocky ground
is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy.
But he has no root and lasts only for a time.
When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word,
he immediately falls away.
The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word,
but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word
and it bears no fruit.
But the seed sown on rich soil
is the one who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
True. Can't remember ever seeing a Bible in the pew rack of any protestant church I've been in. At least I can read the scriptures for the Mass from the missal if I didn't get a chance to read them beforehand. Can't do that at the protestant service as there are no Bibles or scripture handouts provided for the service.
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Monday, July 01, 2013
Blessed Junipero Serra, OFM, Priest (Optional Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Genesis 18:16-33
Psalm 103:1-4, 8-11
Matthew 8:18-22
All they that wait on Thee, shall not be confounded, O Lord. Show, O Lord, Thy ways to me: and teach me Thy paths.
— Ps. 24:3,4
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Genesis 19:15-29
Psalm 26:2-3, 9-12
Matthew 8:23-27
Though human reason is, strictly speaking, truly capable by its own natural power and light of attaining to a true and certain knowledge of the one personal God, who watches over and controls the world by his providence, and of the natural law written in our hearts by the Creator; yet there are many obstacles which prevent reason from the effective and fruitful use of this inborn faculty. For the truths that concern the relations between God and man wholly transcend the visible order of things, and, if they are translated into human action and influence it, they call for self-surrender and abnegation. The human mind, in its turn, is hampered in the attaining of such truths, not only by the impact of the senses and the imagination, but also by disordered appetites which are the consequences of original sin. So it happens that men in such matters easily persuade themselves that what they would not like to be true is false or at least doubtful.
— Pope Pius XII, Humani Generis
Wednesday, July 03, 2013
St. Thomas, Apostle (Feast)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Ephesians 2:19-22
Psalm 117:1-2
John 20:24-29
I speak of Thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed. I meditated also on Thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
— Ps. 118:46,47
Thursday, July 04, 2013
Independence Day
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Isaiah 58:6-11
Psalm 107:2-9
Matthew 25:31-46
You should do no harm to anybody whatsoever, and as much as it is possible, do good to all.
— St Peter Fourier
Friday, July 05, 2013
Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Genesis 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67
Psalm 106:1-5
Matthew 9:9-13
Indeed, the Church, though scattered throughout the whole world, even to the ends of the earth, having received the faith from the apostles and their disciples. . . guards [this preaching and faith] with care, as dwelling in but a single house, and similarly believes as if having but one soul and a single heart, and preaches, teaches and hands on this faith with a unanimous voice, as if possessing only one mouth.
— St. Iranaeus, Adversus haereses
Saturday, July 06, 2013
St. Maria Goretti, Virgin, Martyr (Optional Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Genesis 27:1-5, 15-29
Psalm 135:1-6
Matthew 9:14-17
Behold a great priest, who in his days pleased God. There was not any found the like to him, who kept the law of the most High.
— Ecclus. 44:44,16
Sunday, July 07, 2013
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
Isaiah 66:10-14
Psalm 66:1-7, 16, 20
Galatians 6:14-18
Luke 10:1-12, 17-20
To Thee have I lifted up my soul: in Thee, O my God, I put my trust, let me not be ashamed: neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on Thee shall be confounded. Show me O Lord, Thy ways and teach me Thy paths.
— Ps. 24:1-3
Monday, July 08, 2013
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Genesis 28:10-22
Psalm 91:1-4, 14-15
Matthew 9:18-26
Come and hear, all ye that fear God: and I will tell you what great things the Lord hath done for my soul.
— Ps. 65:16
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Genesis 32:23-33
Psalm 17:1-3, 6-7, 8, 15
Matthew 9:32-38
He who is kind is free, even if he is a slave. He who is evil is a slave, even if he is king!
— St. Augustine
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
St. Veronica Giuliani, Virgin (Feast)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
2 Corinthians 4:6-11, 16, 17
Psalm 59:2, 10, 17-18
Matthew 16:24-27
Assuredly nothing can so humble us before the compassion of God as the abundance of His mercies; nothing so humble us before His justice as the abundance of our misdeeds. Let us reflect on all He has done for us, and all we have done against Him; and as we count over our sins in detail, even so let us count over His mercies.
— St Francis de Sales
Thursday, July 11, 2013
St. Benedict, Abbot (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Genesis 44:18-21, 23-29, 45:1-5
Psalm 105:16-21
Matthew 10:7-15
Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun? As the rainbow giving light in the bright clouds, and as the flower of roses in the days of spring.
— Cant. 6:9; Ecclus 50:8
Friday, July 12, 2013
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30
Psalm 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40
Matthew 10:16-23
After her shall virgins be brought to the King: her neighbours shall be brought to Thee with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be brought into the temple to the Lord the King.
— Ps. xliv. 15,16
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Genesis 49:29-32; 50:15-26
Psalm 105:1-4, 6-7
Matthew 10:24-33
At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
— St John of the Cross
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
Deuteronomy 30:10-14
Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37 or Psalm 19:8-11
Colossians 1:15-20
Luke 10:25-37
Before Me there was no god formed, and after Me there shall be none; for every knee shall be bowed to Me, and every tongue shall confess Me.
— Is xliii. 10, Is xlv. 24
Monday, July 15, 2013
St. Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor of the Church (Feast)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Wisdom 8:2-7, 16-18 or 1 Corinthians 2:6-13
Psalm 16:5-9, 11
Matthew 5:13-19
The whole of man’s history has been the story of dour combat with the powers of evil, stretching, so our Lord tells us, from the very dawn of history until the last day. Finding himself in the midst of the battlefield man has to struggle to do what is right, and it is at great cost to himself, and aided by God’s grace, that he succeeds in achieving his own inner integrity.
— Gaudium et Spes 37
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Optional Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 2:1-15
Psalm 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34
Matthew 11:20-24
Christ’s inexpressible grace gave us blessings better than those the demon’s envy had taken away.
— St. Leo the Great, Sermo 73
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 3:1-6, 9-12
Psalm 103:1-4, 6-7
Matthew 11:25-27
At the heart of catechesis we find, in essence, a Person, the Person of Jesus of Nazareth, the only Son from the Father. . .who suffered and died for us and who now, after rising, is living with us forever.
— Catechesi tradendae 5
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 3:13-20
Psalm 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-27
Matthew 11:28-30
In our ordinary behavior we need a power far greater than that of the legendary King Midas, who changed all he touched to gold. We have to change, through love, the human work of our usual working day into the work of God: something that will last forever.
— St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer
Friday, July 19, 2013
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 11:10 — 12:14
Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18
Matthew 12:1-8
The Church. . . believes that the key, the centre and the purpose of the whole of man’s history is to be found in its Lord and Master.
— Gaudium et Spes, 10
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 12:37-42
Psalm 136:1, 23-24, 10-15
Matthew 12:14-21
For in the name of Christ is implied, He that anoints, He that is anointed, and the unction itself with which He is anointed. And it is the Father who anoints, but the Son who is anointed by the Spirit, who is the unction, as the Word declares by Isaiah, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me,”—pointing out both the anointing Father, the anointed Son, and the unction, which is the Spirit.
— St. Irenaeus, Adversus haereses
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
Genesis 18:1-10
Psalm 15:2-5
Colossians 1:24-28
Luke 10:38-42
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a saviour.
— Is. xlv. 8
Monday, July 22, 2013
St. Mary Magdalen (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 14:5-18
Exodus 15:1-6
John 20:1-2, 11-18
Sick, our nature demanded to be healed; fallen, to be raised up; dead, to rise again. We had lost the possession of the good; it was necessary for it to be given back to us. Closed in the darkness, it was necessary to bring us the light; captives, we awaited a Saviour; prisoners, help; slaves, a liberator. Are these things minor or insignificant? Did they not move God to descend to human nature and visit it, since humanity was in so miserable and unhappy a state?
— St. Gregory of Nyssa
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 14:21 — 15:1
Exodus 15:8-10, 12, 17
Matthew 12:46-50
This day you shall know that the Lord will come, and save us: and in the morning you shall see His glory.
— Ps. xvi. 6,7
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 16:1-5, 9-15
Psalm 78:18-19, 23-28
Matthew 13:1-9
A light shall shine upon us this day: for the Lord is born to us: and He shall be called Wonderful, God, the Prince of Peace, the Father of the world to come: of whose reign there shall be no end.
— Is. ix. 2, 6
Thursday, July 25, 2013
St. James, Apostle (Feast)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
2 Corinthians 4:7-15
Psalm 126:1-6
Matthew 20:20-28
The Lord hath said to me: Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee.
— Ps. Ii. 7
Friday, July 26, 2013
Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Sirach 44:1, 10-15
Psalm 132:11, 13-14, 17-18
Matthew 13:16-17
Princes sat, and spoke against me: and the wicked persecuted me: help me, O Lord my God, for Thy servant was employed in Thy justifications.
— Ps. cxviii. 23, 86
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 24:3-8
Psalm 50:1-2, 5-6, 14-15
Matthew 13:24-30
In the midst of the Church the Lord opened his mouth: and filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding: he clothed him with a robe of glory.
— Ecclesisasticus xv. 5
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
Genesis 18:20-32
Psalm 138:1-3, 6-8
Colossians 2:12-14
Luke 11:1-13
Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings, O God, Thou hast perfected praise, because of Thy enemies.
— Psalm viii. 3
Monday, July 29, 2013
St. Martha (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34
Psalm 106:19-23
John 11:19-27 or Luke 10:38-42
The father of the just rejoiceth greatly, let Thy father and mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore Thee.
— Proverbs xxiii. 24,25
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Weekday
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5-9, 28
Psalm 103:6-13
Matthew 13:36-43
For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God.
— St. Irenaeus, Adversus haereses
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Exodus 34:29-35
Psalm 99:5-7, 9
Matthew 13:44-46
Come ye after me and I will make you to be fishers of men; and they, immediately leaving their nets, followed the lord.
— Matt. 4: 19-20
What is the reason for your posts to me? Is there something you want to say?
I’ve never been to a Protestant church that didn’t have a printout.
If you look at post 6 my point was that the people didn’t take their own bibles, I just didn’t see bibles in the Catholic churches at all.
What happened was that I started getting people posting to me that the bibles were furnished by the church, which I hadn’t seen either and which appears to have been false information.
The Protestant churches I had been in were full of bibles, the people carried them in, not having a bible in hand would have been unusual.
That's the Bible said at every Mass this Month. Now you know the rest of the story.
Cheers!
You could have just described it, but that isn’t what is called the Bible.
Most of us mean an actual Bible when we say the Bible is stored in that rack on the back of the pew.
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