Posted on 04/30/2010 8:03:48 AM PDT by Quix
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7 “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. 8 Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! 9 Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, --New Living Translation 7And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking. [I Kings 18:25-29.] 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. 9Pray, therefore, like this: 15But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their [j]reckless and willful sins, [k]leaving them, letting them go, and [l]giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses. --Amplified Pray with Simplicity 5"And when you come before God, don't turn that into a theatrical production either. All these people making a regular show out of their prayers, hoping for stardom! Do you think God sits in a box seat? 6"Here's what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won't be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace. 7-13"The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They're full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don't fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need. With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply. Like this: 16-18"When you practice some appetite-denying discipline to better concentrate on God, don't make a production out of it. It might turn you into a small-time celebrity but it won't make you a saint. If you 'go into training' inwardly, act normal outwardly. Shampoo and comb your hair, brush your teeth, wash your face. God doesn't require attention-getting devices. He won't overlook what you are doing; he'll reward you well. |
Mark Kirby: O Mother of Good Counsel, I am all thine, Most Holy Mary, There is no part of my life that is not open to thee, I want to be completely transparent with thee, Praying in this way, I can be at rest, |
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because I’m avoiding my horse, it wants to kill me
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And since you pinged the mod, let me add this: I’ve answered the question, and I don’t want your personal information. If you don’t want to tell what church or denomination you belong to, don’t. That’s it.
I can decide you’re ashamed of it, I can decide you can’t defend it, I can decide anything I want, not a problem.
I’ve known horses like that! But, I don’t believe you.
I only copied and pasted the names in the post of yours to which I was responding.
...even though she spends all her "time" (whatever time can mean in Heaven) directing all her her attention to her Son, and inviting Christian souls to do likewise? Which is the entire point of the Rosary — which BTW is immaculately scripturally based. As you may know, each and every decade of the Rosary is an invitation to directly participate in deep reflection and meditation of the various stages of the Life of Christ, as set forth in the Four Gospels....
Mary does not set up an "alternative religion" to the Christianity you know, dear brother in Christ. She, the Mother of Jesus, constantly draws our attention to her beloved Son, to the divine miracle of Love that He brought into the world of suffering sinners. That is her role in the"divine economy." No Catholic believes Mary is in any way shape or form a god, let alone a goddess. She is more like an immaculate teacher, as in a mother who has a natural responsibility for teaching her children.
Mary does not set up a system that is incongruent with Saint Paul.
Sometimes I think Reformed Church would do well to study the Gospels as thoroughly as they tend to do the Epistles.
But that is only my humble opinion. I know you have an opinion, too, dear brother in Christ!
So all I can say is: God bless you, and
PAX CHRISTI
You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but if you post it as fact, I will contest it as it is NOT true. It then does become a problem.
Then again, I really, really do not understand why Christ alone is not enough for a lot of people.
Okay.
Beautiful and well written post,dear sister.
Now expect the attacks for writing such truth
Wellll....I would think that just goes with the territory when a religion claims to be the "ONLY, TRUE, HOLY, ONE, UNIVERSAL Church" and that all those who do not belong to it - formally - are not true Christians. I know of NO other Christian faith - with the exception of some cults - that proclaim that with such expressed AUTHORITY.
Why can it not be okay that a person who holds to the basic tenents of Christianity - and we KNOW what those are - be considered a fellow Christian, a brother or sister in the family of Christ?
Enough! Stop trolling with that question.
Hello Betty.
Quix has posted a long list of titles that Mary may or may not, be given by Catholics or some Catholics. These, among others, are "the firstborn of every creature", the keeper of Hell, and/or purgatory, Queen of Heaven, forgiver of sins, etc.
I contend that most, if not all, of these roles belong to Christ, and Christ alone. What is your take on these various names and works given to Mary. Also is she acknowledged among Catholics as "the Mother of God" or not?
Thank you for this post.
Done.
We refer to such folks as "separated brethren." The "the glass is half empty" crowd get all upset about that, but I want to stress that in saying "brethren" we are saying precisely what you WROTE thatyou wanted us to say.
However, since there are those who disagree on major points of sacramental theology and on matters concerning spiritual charisms, it would be a kind of white wash, even a sort of disrespect to fail to acknowledge the division on matters of doctrine. Therefore the use of the adjective "separated."
I don’t care about degrees of special. I don’t get where that’s coming from, but maybe that’s because I have no idea if we’ve ever been in the same discussion before.
Why do you get on open Protestant threads?
Because they always make remarks about Catholics. They can’t help it. Moths to the flame, I guess.
The flames devour the moths, lesson learned?
“You mean that it was against the law to be a Catholic, when the Continental Congress met?”
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No, but iot was illegal to hold a mass.
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