Posted on 06/06/2024 10:35:51 AM PDT by ebb tide
Of course! Nothing is good enough for Our Lord and Savior.
With that in mind I refer you to this the post-Holy Communion prayer of St. Augustine:
Before Thine eyes, O Lord, we bring our sins and we compare them with the stripes we have received.
If we examine the evil we have wrought, what we suffer is little, what we deserve is great.
What we have committed is very grievous, what we have suffered is very slight.
We feel the punishment of sin, yet withdraw not from the obstinacy of sinning.
Under Thy lash our inconstancy is visited, but our sinfulness is not changed.
Our suffering soul is tormented, but our neck is not bent.
Our life groans under sorrow, yet amends not in deed.
If Thou spare us, we correct not our ways: if Thou punish, we cannot endure it.
In time of correction we confess our wrongdoing: after Thy visitation we forget that we have wept.
If Thou stretchest forth Thy hand, we promise amendment; if Thou withholdest the sword, we keep not our promise.
If Thou strikest, we cry out for mercy: if Thou sparest, we again provoke Thee to strike.
Here we are before Thee, O Lord, confessedly guilty: we know that unless Thou pardon we shall deservedly perish.
Grant then, O almighty Father, without our deserving it, the pardon we ask; Thou who madest out of nothing those who ask Thee. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
v. Deal not with us, O Lord, according to our sins.
R. Neither reward us according to our iniquities.
Let us pray.-- O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy suppliant people, and turn away the scourges of Thy wrath, which we deserve for our sins. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Thanks MM. NO FEAR OF HELL. NOT NOW, NOT EVER.
And sometimes a cartoon cow can sell milk.
That’s it!
Show those profs we don’t need scripture like they do!
We have the uninspired and non-authoritive writings from long ago!
Jesus has a sacred heart?
And we can OFFEND against it??
Perhaps you’re blowing smoke again.
No comment about the topic of this thread, I see.
Just like all the others.
You just did by referring to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as "it".
Viewed in this context, the apparitions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque manifest a need for a theological correction and a spiritual balance regarding popular perceptions of Christ. Jesus revealed to the saint His heart, burning with love for humanity.
Pierced and crucified — offering salvation and mercy — Jesus’ heart longs for us to offer our love and devotion in return. If some distorted forms of spirituality focused only on God’s punishment, the Sacred Heart emphasized mercy. If many believers inordinately feared God, here divine love and joy were manifest. If Jesus had seemed distant and unapproachable before, the Sacred Heart beckons us to enter into the divine furnace of charity.
Understanding the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and What it Means | Simply Catholic
I don’t consider any of you to be “profs”.
Far from it. Mayber kindergarteners at the most.
I consider myself more of a Chauncy Gardner.
That’s entirely true bro, since Jesus said the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I don’t think it means the gates of hell will go after the church. It means the church will go against the gates of hell. Some think the gates of hell, referred to the rock they were standing on. It was Pan’s grotto, also referred to as the gates of hell.
Pope Frank is a chump, but he was duly elected. 😀😃
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Where have I heard that before???????
You should question any human leader no matter your religion.
Which is why all that Catholic folderol is useless.
That's why works don't cut it.
But faith is good enough for God. It's all that's needed to be saved.
I get it that pleasing God is a foreign concept to Catholics, but it is possible.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Heck, that applies to EVERYONE.
For some Catholics (like most of them), if a person's works don't manifest in a Catholic approved manner, as in how they should worship or what good works they should be doing, etc, then they claim that they are not doing Christianity the *correct* way and thus are not saved.
Thank God that Catholicism is not the criteria by which God judges us.
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