Posted on 04/01/2005 10:22:54 AM PST by Dont Mention the War
"You sin, you make confession, you say penance"
You repent and change your ways. If you can't change then ask God to give you the grace to change.
Is today April 1?
I don't think the Pope will die on April Fool's Day. I think his recorded date of death will be April 2.
So well said!
"Say the Rosary every day...
Pray, pray a lot and offer sacrifices for sinners...
I'm Our Lady of the Rosary.
Only I will be able to help you.
...In the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph."
http://www.theholyrosary.org/
How To Pray The Rosary
http://www.rosary-center.org/howto.htm
Jim has always "disallowed" religious brawl threads. It's best to just ignore people when they ask such questions during this time.
Roman Catholic Church A state in which the souls of those who have died in grace must expiate their sins.
A place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse: a purgatory of drug abuse.
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry?id=p0668000
I had a best friend who was Catholic but I was too young to care about the differences then. Now that I'm getting older, I want to learn more.
I believe they'll announce it at midnight. (no basis, just my belief)
so true
~smiling
But it is times such as these that inspire these kinds of questions is it not?
The short answer is no.
As simply as I can say it, Church teaching is your soul must be in a state sanctifying of grace (God's own supernatural life) at the point of death to go to heaven. Like you need an oxygen mask to breath under water, you need sanctifying grace to exist in heave. The first time you receive this grace is at baptism, which removes original sin (and any personal sin if you are past the age of reason).
You can lose this sanctifying grace through grave sin, (mortal sin.) Through the sacrament of confession sanctifying grace can be restored by having your sins absolved.
If you die in a state of mortal sin, there is no "second chance" you will not go to heaven.
Kerry can call himself whatever he likes, but he commits grave serious sin by supporting abortion. Although he calls himself Catholic, and is Catholic in that he was baptized as such, he can be a Catholic in a state of mortal sin or a Catholic in a state of grace, just like any Catholic. If he dies in a state of mortal sin, he will not attain heaven.
Not the time or place. Zot!
Someone mentioned earlier that the 117 Cardinals have been called to Rome. Can anyone verify this?
There are certain people who like to start arguments. Once the discussion takes place, they will arrive in droves.
There is no one with the right answer but "rwfromkansas".
Congratulations.
Latest Developments
Pope Clings to Life As His Health Worsens
AP) - Pope John Paul II was clinging to life Friday as his condition deteriorated further, and the Vatican said his breathing was shallow and his kidneys were failing after complications from a urinary tract infection.
"This evening or this night, Christ opens the door to the pope," Angelo Comastri, the pope's vicar general for Vatican City, told the crowd.
Earlier, the Vatican said John Paul's general condition has "further worsened."
He said the pope's "breathing has become shallow" and his overall health had become "compromised."
"The shallow breathing is totally consistent with severe failure of the blood vessels to provide blood to all the key organs," said Dr. Peter Salgo, associate director of the intensive care unit at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. "Eventually you run out of reserve."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050401/ap_on_re_eu/pope_52
20 MORE YEARS? Oh that's a long time yet.
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