Sometimes, when one is desperately seeking the Peace of God and it doesn’t seem apparent, envy can take over and make them hate those in whom it shines like a beacon.
I feel sorry for those poor souls because they are searching for the peace of mind that only fullness of belief can bring and since they can’t find it they put their own projections on others.
If one is truly ensconced in Bosom of Christ they will pray that those souls find their peace with God. Paul found it profoundly after persecuting Christians. Jesus asked him: “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
If Jesus knows every hair on our head and loves us eternally, infinitely and profoundly, what does He think of anyone who would make fun of anyone who profoundly loves His mother.
I think there are those on these boards who have never loved and been truly loved and can’t even pretend to understand the healthy love and pride that one gets when someone they truly loves receives an honor. Their hearts are lacking charity. They can’t imagine that the honor that the loved one receives can actually show love and respect for Jesus, that any love for another can only take away from God.
And yet, God, himself, created us to love-God most of all- but our families and our friends. God is love and love is never wasted; be it for a wife, a husband, a child, a friend, a stranger. God wants us to love and be loved in a real human way because that is the only way we can even come close to apprehending the love of Christ.
When people insult other people under the guise of religion, especially using a caricature of what that person believes, they are persecuting Jesus.
When people crave attention so much that they laugh at God’s children who, whether their Christian faith is through the Catholic Church or the Church of the Nazerene, one is wounding Jesus.
“why do you persecute me?”
Jesus could be saying that to you this very day...but will you hear?
Do you really think we DON’T pray that Catholics will find the peace of God. All I ever hear from Catholics is how much we hate you. That couldn’t be further from the truth. I wouldn’t waste my time, energy and high blood pressure on any of this stuff if I didn’t care about Catholics and their eternal souls. I have the Peace of God because Jesus is my Lord and Saviour. I want that for all Catholics. We aren’t persecuting you. That’s such a ridiculous outlook. None of us enjoys the nasty comments that RC’s spit at us either. It’s not ‘fun’ for us to hear some of the things that are said about protestants from Catholics.