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To: Iscool; Mad Dawg
But one has to wonder; her mission appears to have been to comfort the flesh but completely ignore the condition of and destiny of the souls of these poor pagans..

Her mission was to bring love(what Christ is) to the suffering who have been cast away by others and left to die.

A protestant friend once told me he tried bringing a group of evangelicals to a homeless shelter and all they did is follow the homeless around quoting scriptures to them. Eventually, the homeless stopped coming when the evangelicals were there.

My friend noticed that the homeless would always be around when the Catholics were at the shelter and asked them why .

The homeless said they always felt love and caring from them and felt the Catholics treated them with respect as if they were part of their family. Thus, once the respect was earned they wanted to hear more about Christ.

Love open doors,dear ISCOOL

1,687 posted on 09/06/2010 6:26:47 PM PDT by stfassisi ((The greatest gift God gives us is that of overcoming self"-St Francis Assisi)))
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To: stfassisi
The homeless said they always felt love and caring from them and felt the Catholics treated them with respect as if they were part of their family. Thus, once the respect was earned they wanted to hear more about Christ.

If I remember correctly, Jesus said to admonish people twice...After that, kick the dust from your feet and move on...

We plant and water and God finishes up with the increase...It's a spiritual thing...

And the trouble with your lovey-dovey thing is that the homeless didn't so much hear about 'Jesus' Christ...They heard about your church...And they got their earful of Mary and numerous Saints...

Those respondent people got their ears itched...

Her mission was to bring love(what Christ is) to the suffering who have been cast away by others and left to die.

And they still died, and went to Hell...Without hope, without God...

These people got to have a few moments of 'love' just before they go to spend an eternity in fire and brimstone, wailing and gnashing of teeth...

Could be God was hoping that your mother would spread a little truth, such as, "I am the way, the truth...No man comes unto the Father but by me", along with the love she was sharing...

1,971 posted on 09/07/2010 1:30:13 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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