Wouldn’t be engaging in a bit of back biting here would you?
I repeat, I googled those quotes in a sincere attempt to find them in order to read the ENTIRE work of the author and what came up was these exact quotes, redacted in the same exact manner in almost the same exact list on several anti Catholic websites.
I did not go looking to see where you got them, but I certainly found out.
If after doing so, I thought for one minute you would receive an honest assessment of what St. Ligouri wrote and actually wanted a discussion about the theology behind it, I would gladly do so.
I would also gladly do so, if I thought for one minute that you could ever grasp any of St. Ligouri’s work.
I would also gladly do so, if I thought for one minute that you had any understanding of the Catholic Church and the Catholic hierarchy and the way it is guided by the Holy Spirit.
I find it highly amusing that one would be so “offended” by the private revelations written of by St. Ligouri. I thought private revelation for interpretation of Scripture is what protestantism is all about.
It might interest others here to know that the book you referenced, is not one that the average Catholic will ever even hear about much less read. But, that doesn’t fit the agenda does it?
It might interest others here to know that the Church does not “teach” St. Ligouri. His works regarding Mary are his own and as long as he did not overstep the bounds of orthodoxy, he was free to expound on Mary.
What others won’t be told here is that throughout the book, St. Ligouri gives the glory for the created Mary to God and credits everything he writes about Mary to the merits and grace of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. He makes clear that Mary is NOT DIVINE and that all she is comes to her because of HER SON< JESUS CHRIST!
It might interest others here to know that there is a difference between the official teachings of the Catholic Church which are binding on her members and the private opinions and revelations of individuals, which believers are free to accept or reject, as long as such writings and opinions contain no heresy.
No Scripture, CB? The book mentioned is filled with it, both from the OT and the NT. If one has actually read it one would know that and though one may disagree with the extreme devotion to Mary by St. Ligouri, the theology behind it is sound and grounded in Scripture and upon Jesus, God and Man.
But none of this fits the agenda does it? Not when there are seemingly blasphemous soundbites cobbled together to blast in a drive by posting.
Once again you and others fail greatly in not addressing what quotes were presented...let alone re-post them and comment accordingly....you have failed to defend your church. Further you are mistaken to say the catholic church doesn’t “officially “ worship Mary. Check the Vatican site and you will see otherwise.
Why not just go to the authors pages as given then the round about way your are going and continue to go....at least comment on the quotes given and we can debate if or not the author means what he is saying.
Now that you've gone full circle on determining your issue of source and where it "didn't come from" from my post......we find you now attack fellow catholics as not being familiar with this well known and "sainted" author who is highly regarded among the church leadership as well as within the history of the church. Anything and everything but quoting the quotes and discussion of them.
BTW The compilation I used I did not get from any of the sites you might have found them.
For everyone interested:
"ONLINE LIGUORI'S BOOK PAGE BY PAGE"
http://www.onread.com/fbreader/388152
Now you have the book at your fingertips Jvette...so you can list the quotes exactly as you think they are written and we can then go from here and debate his quotes.