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To: RobbyS

I understand what you are saying, and agree with what you say of those not of good will, however, I think the Pope is really trying to reach out to those of good will.

There will always be people who hate God and His church. Some of those will never change. Some will, and go on to be great saints, like Paul.

As it stands, since Humanae Vitae, which has been an incredibly strong stand against the current culture of the last 50 years, people haven’t been listening or acting according to the teaching of the church regarding sexual morality. How does the Church and its members change that?

How do we execute the Great Commission? How do we do it in light of the world we find today? How do we reach out and encourage fellow sinners to turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel? Are we preaching the Gospel of Love, the Gospel of Life, and the Gospel of Christ Crucified to the most vile sinners of our day (including ourselves)? If not, why not? Have we written them off?

Ultimately, Thy will be done. Be it done to me according to Thy will.


111 posted on 10/19/2014 7:21:28 PM PDT by SpirituTuo
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To: SpirituTuo

If there is any word that is abused it is love. We say that God is love. Indeed, and we trust like the poet that he is the hound of heaven who keeps coming after us until we finally choose to jump over that cliff into the waiting arms of Satan. But the lesson of Job is how hard it is to realize what that means. In the end , after God has revealed himself to Job, Jobs just says, yes, Lord, I understand. Despite all that has happened to me, I accept that you do love me. In spite of all, I put my trust in you. You owe nothing to me, all I have comes from you. That is hard. hard, hard to realize that the God who takes everything you have is, in the end, a just God. I think the message of the gay rights movement is exactly the opposite.


112 posted on 10/19/2014 8:09:49 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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