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To: Biggirl

My post to you was my first on this thread. I wasn’t fighting with you, just asking you a question, which you haven’t answered.


33 posted on 10/29/2017 2:18:50 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide

A question which has nothing to do with thread theme.


34 posted on 10/29/2017 2:22:08 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: ebb tide; Biggirl

And the question was snarky and condescending.

You can’t seem to be nice even to other Catholics.

Are any other Catholics even good enough for you? Cause I sure haven’t seen any evidence of that. I can’t recall one you are on good terms with.


39 posted on 10/29/2017 3:23:52 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: ebb tide

I think the pope had many good easons to establish the feast. Here is one of the concluding paragraphs from Quas Primas:

The faithful, moreover, by meditating upon these truths, will gain much strength and courage, enabling them to form their lives after the true Christian ideal. If to Christ our Lord is given all power in heaven and on earth; if all men, purchased by his precious blood, are by a new right subjected to his dominion; if this power embraces all men, it must be clear that not one of our faculties is exempt from his empire. He must reign in our minds, which should assent with perfect submission and firm belief to revealed truths and to the doctrines of Christ. He must reign in our wills, which should obey the laws and precepts of God. He must reign in our hearts, which should spurn natural desires and love God above all things, and cleave to him alone. He must reign in our bodies and in our members, which should serve as instruments for the interior sanctification of our souls, or to use the words of the Apostle Paul, as instruments of justice unto God.[35] If all these truths are presented to the faithful for their consideration, they will prove a powerful incentive to perfection. It is Our fervent desire, Venerable Brethren, that those who are without the fold may seek after and accept the sweet yoke of Christ, and that we, who by the mercy of God are of the household of the faith, may bear that yoke, not as a burden but with joy, with love, with devotion; that having lived our lives in accordance with the laws of God’s kingdom, we may receive full measure of good fruit, and counted by Christ good and faithful servants, we may be rendered partakers of eternal bliss and glory with him in his heavenly kingdom.


41 posted on 10/29/2017 3:25:38 PM PDT by blackpacific
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