Posted on 06/13/2010 12:16:24 PM PDT by markomalley
.- Thousands of pilgrims and faithful gathered at noon Sunday in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with the Holy Father. Before the prayer, he said that the fruits of the recently ended Year for Priests could never be measured, but are already visible and will continue to be ever more so.
“The priest is a gift from the heart of Christ, a gift for the Church and for the world. From the heart of the Son of God, overflowing with love, all the goods of the Church spring forth,” proclaimed Pope Benedict XVI. “One of those goods is the vocations of those men who, conquered by the Lord Jesus, leave everything behind to dedicate themselves completely to the Christian community, following the example of the Good Shepherd.”
The Holy Father described the priest as having been formed by “the same charity of Christ, that love which compelled him to give his life for his friends and to forgive his enemies.”
“Therefore,” he continued, “priests are the primary builders of the civilization of love.”
Benedict XVI exhorted priests to always seek the intercession of St. John Marie Vianney, whose prayer, the “Act of Love,” was prayed frequently during the Year for Priests, and “continues to fuel our dialogue with God.”
The pontiff also spoke about the close of the Year for Priests, which took place this past week and culminated with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He emphasized “the unforgettable days in the presence of more than 15,000 priests from around the world.”
The feast of the Sacred Heart is traditionally a “day of priestly holiness,” but this time it was especially so, Benedict XVI remarked.
Pope Benedict concluded his comments by noting that, in contemplating history, “one observes so many pages of authentic social and spiritual renewal which have been written by the decisive contribution of Catholic priests.” These were inspired “only by their passion for the Gospel and for mankind, for his true civil and religious freedom.”
“So many initiatives that promote the entire human being have begun with the intuition of a priestly heart,” he exclaimed.
The Pope then prayed the Angelus, greeted those present in various languages, and imparted his apostolic blessing.
Next (sighs deeply as even the...never mind...)Next!
Fine. Produce the Scripture that says what you say it means. I say that you cannot. You did not do it before, and I do not believe that you can do it now. Scripture is consistent. The children of the Reformation are not.
I will determine what becomes me. As well, I do not take or eschew action at the bidding of the likes of you. Put up the Scripture that says what you say it says for the RF to evaluate. If you can.
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. – Galatians 1:11-19
Fine. Let us go to the heart of the matter. John quotes God liberally. So do the rest of the Gospel writers in terms of their beliefs. Where does Paul lay out his revelation in terms of Christian beliefs? Where are the quotes from God? What is Paul’s revelation? Where is it? Where are the supporting quotes from God?
Umm, this is not a quote from God.
Excellent, of course.
These assaults on Paul are mystifying to me.
Do folks not READ the New Testament or do they believe they have the personal
option
of tearing parts out of it???
I love Paul’s letters. He’s been through it going and coming from most perspectives . . . OUTRAGEOUSLY DESTRUCTIVE TO GOD AND GOD’S PEOPLE RELIGIOUS FANATIC, prisoner; shipwrecked; Apostle . . . ‘chiefest of sinners.’
He really demonstrates in all his writings in the NT that
HE KNEW GOD
AND
HE KNEW MAN—THE GOOD AND THE BAD AND THE ABSOLUTE ESSENTIALNESS OF FAITH IN GOD BEFORE ALL ELSE AND ABOVE ALL ELSE.
He also had the top priorities well in hand—LOVING GOD TOTALLY; OTHERS AS SELF AND DOING UNTO OTHERS . . .
imho, those who throw rocks at Paul are only throwing boomerang rocks. They don’t phase Paul a bit. They will, however, land with a thud back at their origin, in due course.
Here’s some friendly advice, don’t post to him or about him and he probably wont feel the need to post back to you in response. But do what you want, it’s a free country, for now.
DENIAL
that Scripture is a quote from God . . . is amazing, to me.
I thought even most rabid clique Roman Catholics considered all Scripture to be INSPIRED, INSCRIPTURATED COMMUNICATIONS FROM GOD.
Goodness! Dreadful.
OF COURSE!
You are exceedingly right or you’ve noticed! LOL.
However, expecting folks of the rabid cliques to be logical, rational and sensible is a dubious expectation at best.
Thx.
I think such goings on remind me of a common playground event . . .
a cluster of kids will be playing say in the sandbox.
A prissy little spoiled brat of a girl with lots of angst, brittleness, anger etc. comes up and proceeds to try and force the group to conform to her image, totally meet her needs, do things totally her way. After some minutes they get fed up and either eject her or storm off leaving her behind. Of course, she then wails to high heaven about how horrible THEY were TO HER! Sheesh.
Christ certified His words in the same way:
And then the next thing you know is there is a huge multicolored PowerPoint like posting filled with meaningless cliches and anti-Catholic rhetoric posted all over Free Republic.
Fascinating.
Perhaps you’d be willing to elaborate with those illustrations in this area of things.
I’m having trouble guessing which would represent which. Maybe I can think of too many possibilities on all sides. LOL.
That's a nice way of calling me a liar.
AGAINST EVERY PENTECOSTAL AND BAPTIST I KNOW.
I wasn't talking about every Pentecostal and Baptist you know.
It was highly Freudian that you referred to different sides rather than dogmatic differences among brother Christians.
Let's indeed go to heart of the matter. Paul doesn't support the teachings of the Catholic church so he's “incomplete” or lacking “quotes” or some other fabricated deficiency.
Isn't THAT the “heart of the matter”?
Let's indeed go to heart of the matter. Paul doesn't support the teachings of the Catholic church so he's “incomplete” or lacking “quotes” or some other fabricated deficiency.
Isn't THAT the “heart of the matter”?
Flattery usually doesn’t do much for me. LOL.
Too many people have sincere things to say to me plenty often.
Does this count as two responses?
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