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To: firebrand
We all have God within us.

I'm assuming you don't really understand 'God within us'...

Those of us who have God in us have no need nor no desire to go chasing after your Eucharist...Plus it would be completely pointless...

And having God in you is a one time deal...We don't have to go any where for another dose...

145 posted on 10/10/2013 2:55:46 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool

It’s a concept that is often misunderstood, as on this thread. I can see the God in people who are not believers. When they take joy in giving to others, when they make peace between people instinctively, when they see the futility of earthly desires.

I know the difference between having Christ and not having Him. I believe Francis is talking of how to convert the world. You do it by seeing the beauty in others, not by seeing the lack of Christ. Only God can really convert people of course.

I am no longer a Catholic, by the way. I have great hopes for Francis. He is a bit unsophisticated (pace Catholics on this thread), but that can be a positive thing, sort of like the tea party. They are political amateurs but their heart is so incontrovertibly in the right place.

A friend of mine thinks Francis is Peter the Roman. Why? Because of alpha and omega, the first and the last.


158 posted on 10/10/2013 7:48:04 PM PDT by firebrand (O)
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To: Iscool
And having God in you is a one time deal...

Don't get out much, eh?

164 posted on 10/11/2013 3:49:03 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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