Active intercession?

OSV.com ^ | 11-01-17 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[Salvation]

Active intercession?

Question: Are the saints in heaven active in the affairs of Earth? — Robert Bonsignore, Brooklyn, New York

Answer: Yes, we have a lot of evidence for that. But exactly how and to what extent they are aware and active is not fully known to us.

It seems unlikely that the saints can merely look down and watch us as though they were watching a movie, or that they can know our inmost thoughts. Such things are probably beyond their capacity and might even be considered intrusive of our privacy.

It seems safer to assume that the saints are aware of our needs and condition to the degree that God reveals this to them. Thus, if I am asking St. Anthony to pray for me, his capacity to hear my request is facilitated by the Lord and due to the membership both St. Anthony and I have in the Body of Christ. By analogy, the two members of my body that I call my hands can interact by the fact they are coordinated through my head. Jesus is the Head of the Body, the Church and everything in his Body is under his authority and coordinated by him, including the awareness and communion of various members of the body with each other.

[Elsie]

Heard all about it though!

Spellcheck SUCKS!!!

HERD all about it!

Piled
higher and
Deeper.

[Elsie]

I went to bed early. something about clocks is going around...

[Elsie]

I hopes this helps to understand the teachings of the Catholic church.

 

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,

' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'  

[Elsie]

What is the biblical justification for hijacking threads?

1 Timothy 1:3

As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer

[Elsie]

Love your enemies!

...YOU!

[Elsie]

This thread quickly became an embarrassment.

Perhaps cooler minds will prevail and it will redeem itself.

[Iscool]

Once in a while, one can worry that one is praying to a mental construct...almost like a mental idol. Jesus said to use his name when praying.(One can be assured that the prayer gets sent to the “right address”) It can also help when praying to address one’s prayer to the “God who knows that he is God”.(then using Jesus’ name in closure) There are lots of evil things that try to pretend that they are God and one’s head can get into a muddle worrying about it...but there is only the one most high God who “knows that he is GOD”...and this God sent his son!

Seems a little odd if not ridiculous to pray to St. Clementine to pass on the prayer to God, "in Jesus' name"...

[Elsie]

No one has a right to question my interpretation of scripture.

1 Timothy 1:3-4
 3.  As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer
 4.  nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God's work--which is by faith.

[Elsie]

I’ve read the first 50 posts and feel that I am observing an ego battle filled with injured pride by all participants.

I got here late...

[Iscool]

HERETIC!!

I know...I always ate breakfast before attending mass so I was never hungry...

[Elsie]

Humility is the stepping stone that we must cross to find and experience God.

But sometimes it takes the 2*4 across the brow to gain attention first.

[Elsie]

I have had the honor of knowing a few Muslims who were more Christ like in their behavior than most proclaiming Christians.

MOST?

You have sampled them ALL???

Perhaps you meant 'a few'.

[Elsie]

You've interrupted my Elsie-thon!

[Elsie]

That, Biggirl, is the quote of the century. Thank you!

No; it's from the FIRST Century!!

Galatians 5:15
If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

[Elsie]

..it's from the FIRST Century!!

But it still bears repeating a LOT!

[Elsie]

That’s what FR says about me.

[Elsie]

MAY not fly...

[mdmathis6]

Cue Marvin Gaye.....”I heard it through the Grape Vine”....
That is what you are describing in terms of getting a message from man to God!

[mdmathis6]

So all those verses about God being like a “refiner’s fire”
purifying the sons of Levi that they may offer unto the Lord an offering of righteousness” mean nothing in the context of your posting?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I will help you FRiend...

Christians study the Word of God - not just Pharisees.
Denominational Christians study the Word of God - as do non- denominational Christians.

Best