Posted on 12/28/2016 6:29:13 PM PST by marshmallow
OBAMA:
Uh, yeah, I guess I do.
Its not formal me getting on my knees. I think I have an ongoing conversation with God. I think throughout the day, Im constantly asking myself questions about what Im doing, why am I doing it.
Frankie, go back and read about Jonah. See if you can learn something from it.
Does complaining o God about this Pope count? This Pope sucks.
Ummmmmm ... no.
Perhaps the "Peregrina Theologica?"
This Pope is a communist dope.
“Complaining to the Lord is a form of praying. This was Abrahams lesson, “
When folks lose their firstborn after 20+ years, folks tend to look up up and yell— WHY LORD!
JUST my personal experience.....
Doesn't anybody read the Psalms anymore?
The Pope is actually accurate here.
Go back and read Abraham’s haggling with God.
There’s a history of kvetching (complaining) in Jewish tradition, including in their interactions with God.
Was there any hint of complaint in “Remove this cup from before me if possible.” Obviously Christ then said, “Let Thy will be done.”
Did Job complain?
Any human thinking they are closer to God than someone else is delusional.
Most Psalms end with “but you O Lord.” Complaining is not the point but God may work with it.
Job did complain to God at length and he was rebuked by the Lord:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+3&version=GNT
I assume you knew this? Jews complain. That’s what Jews do. We are part of that heritage by faith.
Exactly true.
Ummmm, be careful with GOD.
He will accept questions but he never accepts judgement.
His World IS your world.
Yes.
God expects us to bring Him our problems as well as our praise.
Faith is also fighting with God, showing him our bitterness without any pious pretence,
No.
Faith is taking our bitterness to God and asking Him to remove it.
Fighting with God is not faith but rebellion.
I am in the Psalms a lot. You are correct!
Helen Steiner Rice, lol!
I think it is a Jesuit thing to try to push the envelope and say provocative and borderline things, because I have heard similar homilies like this at Jesuit churches in the past. It is not something becoming to someone whose job it is to protect the Deposit of Faith. Like a lot of leftists in the Church, everything is vague and ambiguous with this guy, so one could perhaps have plausible deniability, while undermining orthodox belief subtly at every turn.
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