Posted on 10/07/2001 4:41:26 PM PDT by HapaxLegamenon
I don't care what church you go to, that statement is BLASPHEMY !!!
God has no 'mother' and to say that he does constitutes polytheism, and clearly mocks the first commandment.
"It would be a real lack of humility, as St. Grignon de Montfort says, to pass over the mediators whom God has given us because of our weakness.Far from lessening our intimacy with God, they prepare us for its increase.
Just as Jesus does nothing in souls except in order to lead them to His Father, so also Mary works on minds and hearts solely in order to lead them nearer to her Son.
God has willed to make continual use of Mary for the sanctification of souls."
-- Fr. Reginald Garrigou-LaGrange, O.P.,
The Mother of the Savior and Our Interior Life
Thanks ... I'm taking that for use on the page I'm adding to our parish website on the Holy Father's request we pray the Rosary daily during the month of October. With any luck, I'll get out to St. Dominic's for the Rosary Congress that began yesterday here in New Orleans.
Regards.
Well then, don't lump me in wit the liberals, for crying out loud
I am just one seaking knowledge so that I can know and love God. It's hard to do, when so many, come out with their guns blazing.
My G-d is bigger than your G-d. He can knock the stuffing out of your G-d. Not only that but he makes more money.
You haven't "missed" anything. You are just experiencing the continual mockery and derision of all things Catholic that is one of the hallmarks of Free Republic.
Evangelical and fundamentalist Christians can claim all day long that "The Lord told me ____ " or "The Lord laid on my heart that ____" or "The Lord spoke to me last night and told me ____", and not a single brother in the Lord will question it.
However, if a Catholic says or posts words of someone who says "The Lord told me ____" or "The Lord's mother Mary told me ____", the anti-Catholic bigots here will come out in full force and splender to deride and scorn them.
Would anyone consider playing "Name games" with a respected Christian leader like Billy Graham, the way the folks here have already attacked Sister Lucia??? Certainly not.
But Catholics are fair game for the small minded bigots here awaiting any moment to make sport of the Catholic faith as well as holy Catholic individuals we hold dear (you should see them when there is a thread about Mother Teresa---it would make you hair curl.)
Oh, I see someone has already brought up Joan of Arc....how about the other triad of anti-Catholic curmudgeons' topics,
The Inquisition,
Galileo, and
The Crusades?"
nmh,
We know you mean well, but Please take your personal (mis)interpretation of scripture elsewhere. We have 2000 years of the teaching of Christ and proper interpretation of scripture under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and through the authority Christ granted His Church. We don't really need your own fallible personal interpretation of these various scriptural proof texts taken out of context. We know and understand their true context and their proper interpretation and we don't need the only-500-years-old-protestant-revolt-against-the-authority-Christ-gave-His-church-new-false-gospel-anti-Catholic-bigoted-interpretation.
Cool. One of my favorite writers. He taught Pope JPII mystical/spiritual theology. I'm reading his book "Providence" currently.
Answer: The Church left the Church.
The Society and other Traditional parishes are saying the same Mass and observing the same ordinances that have survived for two thousand years. Knowing that the True Latin Mass was the Mass of Saints and Martyrs for centuries is good enough for me. Pope St. Pius V said the Traditional Latin Mass was to be celebrated until the end of time. For those who are so conditioned by the Novus Ordo, please do yourself a favor and find a Traditional Mass (not indult) near you and attend. I guarantee you, you will never look back.
There are Liberals among us!
Thank You!
There is no doubt in my mind that we are living the final days and that the battle between our Lady and Satan is upon us.
I left the Catholic church and now attend a non-denominational Christian church (if it ain't in the bible, we don't do it). There, we are encouraged to read the Word of God. As an avid reader (and yes, I checked my Catholic bible as well) I can find no mention anywhere of such a battle. Can you inform me of this exact piece of prophecy?
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, and save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.
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