Posted on 06/21/2014 1:28:22 AM PDT by Al Hitan
Let me begin this conclusion by ending at the beginning: My wife Cindy and I entered into full communion with the Catholic Church because we came to see that this Church is the Church established by Jesus Christ. We came to this realization in large measure by spending time in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, reading other positive presentations of Catholic teaching, and speaking with flesh and blood Catholics in all walks of life and vocations. The many misconceptions we had about what Catholics believed were cleared away as we dug deeply into the teaching resources of the Catholic Church and talked with actual Catholics. We began to recognize that all the Church taught and claimed was verified and confirmed in the Bible, by history, and in the lives of the saints. Over time we came to understand that the Catholic Church represents the fullness of what Christ wanted to reveal to his people; that it possesses all the gifts that our Lord wanted us to have; and that the Church in its liturgy, its apostolic teaching, the Eucharist, the sacraments, and its saints, serves as the definitive place where God’s grace is on full offer. The reason being — it is the Church of Jesus Christ most fully and rightly ordered through time. Yes, unquestionably a profound claim. But it is the one made by the Catholic Church in all ages, and it is the claim we have come to accept.
This is your invitation to test and see. I assure you that there is no lack of evidences for her divine origin. Such are openly verifiable and abundant. One need only the willingness to discern them. Whatever my personal story may be, the proof of the Catholic Church’s divine origin resides in the realm of history. The evidences are public, out there for you to examine. You are not at the mercy of my personal judgments concerning this claim about the Catholic Church. Instead you are free to investigate the facts of the Church’s perduring existence, her miraculous life, her divine teachings, the abiding fruit of her mission in the world from the time of Christ even down to our present day. The clues are all there; they await you. You need only begin to pursue them.
His calendar hasn’t changed and neither has the Sabbath...
The Messiah was raised on the feast of first fruits, the 16th day of His calendar..it was the ‘first day of the work week’ as the 15th is always a Sabbath (and a high Sabbath in the first and seventh months with feasts).
(This year rssurrection day was a Gregorian Friday this year- not a Sunday)
The hint of His calendar is different than the world? It is how Passover and the feast of unleavened bread doesn’t match the world’s calendar and it falls on different gregorian days each year- but it is still the ‘14th and ‘15th’ of His calendar, regardless of the pope gregory date.. (the Jews use the moon and sun for just their feast months- the sun for all the rest)
And the majority in church ignores the ‘14th passover (death), the ‘15th unleveaned bread (burial) and ‘16th’ first fruits (resurrection) that the jews celebrate each year, found in Scripture, for their own good friday and easter,,
And then we as believers wonder why Jews reject their messiah..
But they see people, who believe in Him, ignore the feasts that play a part in His life, death and resurrection-for their own- all the while hear from us that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us..
There is a disconnct there.and it isn’t the Jews doing it..
That disconnect happens because of the calculated calendars, like the pope’s calendar..
Thanks for the lecture.
I have no interest in faux jews.
That should have said “Jews”.
You know what I meant:
Bergdahl defects to the Taliban and the defector is made a hero
A Presbyterian pastor defects to the RCC and the defector is made a hero
A hero in your eyes, a defector and an apostate in mine
A hero in your eyes, a defector and an apostate in mine.
You're a mind reader now? Just because I thought his story was interesting, and thought other Catholics might enjoy it, does not mean he is my hero. I don't even know him.
I can see how all this affects you. Seriously, talk to some one about it so they can help you. And please avoid threads that seem controversial to you. Caucus threads are safe for the thin-skinned who can't deal with controversy.
This is getting sillier and sillier (”sillier,” is there such a word?) Have a good day, Al, bye now.
Say hello to momma...
‘Fake’ or not, they are human beings made in the image of God..
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