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To: Mrs. Don-o
That's why the Catholic Church has historically required two miracles, after death, to verify a canonization, in addition to evidence of a life of heroic virtue.

That's God's sign.

That brings to mind a number of scriptures that are written for our admonition:

1Sa 16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.
1Sa 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

1Co 1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 1Co 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
1Co 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

Mat 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
Mat 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

I don't know that I'd trust any signs...Jesus says we are to walk by faith, not by sight...

52 posted on 04/29/2018 2:03:02 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool

**I don’t know that I’d trust any signs...Jesus says we are to walk by faith, not by sight... **

So do you believe the Bible passage about Jesus walking on the water, and Peter taking several steps toward him on the water?


53 posted on 04/29/2018 2:21:59 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Iscool
It's not right to be either credulous (indiscriminately believing) or skeptical (indiscriminately unbelieving).

The signs given by God are in so many books of the Bible, both the OT and the NT. You have incidents like this:

2 Kings 13:21
Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man's body into Elisha's tomb. When the body touched Elisha's bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.

I'm sure that the people who saw the miracle in connection with these relics came away with the impression that Elisha must have been a true prophet, because of the way the Lord honored his mortal remains.

The same applies to the cures God granted when handkerchiefs and aprons touched by the Apostle Paul were applied to the bodies of the sick, and they were healed and evil spirits left them (Acts 19:12); and even the shadow of Peter, falling on sicks or crippled persons, could cure them through the power of the Lord Jesus (Acts 5:17).

Because of this, the people esteemed the Apostles; and many were added to the Church.

We're just reading the Acts of the Apostles in the Lectionary now, in the weeks after Easter. It's pretty exciting.

And no era in the history of the Church has been without miracles. It's happening today.

54 posted on 04/29/2018 3:27:41 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints.)
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