Let’s look at Proverbs 5:
1. My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding;
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3. For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
4. But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword,
5. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6. Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
7. Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
10. Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel.
Whoops! Verse numbered 10 s/b numbered 9.
lol, yes, let's do. Proverbs 5 is a warning against adultery, aka idolatry, a fitting topic for this thread. It has nothing to do with Alamo Girl's avowal of Christian love, more akin to agape,on her part than lust I'm sure. This is the danger when one does not understand scripture and consequently errs.
It is also a perfect example of YOPIOS, something that some here constantly accuse others of doing. There is a correct interpretation and there are bogus interpretations.
“Luke 9:5
And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off even the dust of your feet, for a testimony against them.”
This forum has become a blasphemous occasion of sin for myself and perhaps others. It is one thing to tell someone what we believe. It is another to keep telling them over and over as they continue to distort it. The perpetual hideousness of slander continues. Calling someone by a term of endearment is an affront similar to caning a person for their own good.
The disciples spoke the Word and they were violently abused. They followed the teaching of Christ and simply shook the dust off of their feet and went to the next place to spread the Good News. I have a love of the life in Christ over all other things. It makes sense to be filled with compassion and giving. If anyone does not want to receive that Word of the Lord there is a peaceful loving response and yet at the same time the effort is not wasted. The disciples do not stay and continue with a group that has rejected them. They do not disagree or argue. They continue on the journey and path that Jesus had taught them. They followed the instruction that Christ very specifically gave them when they were sent out to preach the Good Word. The message was if there was a rejection of this light and life the disciples were to shake the dust off their feet and move to the next place to share the Good News.
“I will shake the dust from my feet and go to preach the Word of God in another place
Acts 13:44-52 On the following sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and with violent abuse contradicted what Paul said. Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said,“It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first, but since you reject it and condemn yourselves as unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. For so the Lord has commanded us, I have made you a light to the Gentiles, that you may be an instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth.” The Gentiles were delighted when they heard this and glorified the word of the Lord. All who were destined for eternal life came to believe, and the word of the Lord continued to spread through the whole region. The Jews, however, incited the women of prominence who were worshipers and the leading men of the city, stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their territory. So they shook the dust from their feet in protest against themand went to Iconium. The disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 R. (3cd) All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.or:R. Alleluia.Sing to the LORD a new song,for he has done wondrous deeds;His right hand has won victory for him,his holy arm.R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.or:R. Alleluia.The LORD has made his salvation known:in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulnesstoward the house of Israel.R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.or:R. Alleluia.All the ends of the earth have seenthe salvation by our God.Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;break into song; sing praise.R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.or:R. Alleluia.
Reading II
1 Jn 3:1-2
Beloved:
See what love the Father has bestowed on us
that we may be called the children of God.
Yet so we are.
The reason the world does not know us
is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God’s children now;
what we shall be has not yet been revealed.
We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is.
Gospel Jn 14:7-14 Jesus said to his disciples: “If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to Jesus, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a timeand you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me,or else, believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you,whoever believes in me will do the works that I do,and will do greater ones than these,because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do,so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.”
I’m shaking the dust from my feet.
I will not tolerate the abuse of Christ in the Eucharist, nor of the slander against the Sacraments and the Church itself.
I find the Pentacostal movement a Montanist heresy of enormous spiritual damage. Heresy is heresy and always will be whether it is in the 2nd Century or rearing its head again now. It is straight from deception.
I give Catholics on FR credit for continuing to battle against the lies and deliberate misinterpretation.
What nonsense. Alamo Girl has more love in her heart than any one on either side of these threads. It’s sad to see you can’t recognize it.