Posted on 09/03/2014 6:36:07 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
A little six-year-old Protestant boy had often heard his Catholic companions reciting the prayer “Hail Mary.” He liked it so much that he copied it, memorized it and would recite it every day. “Look, Mommy, what a beautiful prayer,” he said to his mother one day.
“Never again say it,” answered the mother. “It is a superstitious prayer of Catholics who adore idols and think Mary a goddess. After all, she is a woman like any other. Come on, take this Bible and read it. It contains everything that we are bound to do and have to do.” From that day on the little boy discontinued his daily “Hail Mary” and gave himself more time to reading the Bible instead. One day, while reading the Gospel, he came across the passage about the Annunciation of the Angel to Our Lady. Full of joy, the little boy ran to his mother and said: “Mommy, I have found the ‘Hail Mary’ in the Bible which says: ‘Hail full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women.’ Why do you call it a superstitious prayer?”
On another occasion he found that beautiful Salutation of St. Elizabeth to the Virgin Mary and the wonderful canticle MAGNIFICAT in which Mary foretold that “the generations would call her blessed.” He said no more about it to his mother but started to recite the “Hail Mary” every day as before. He felt pleasure in addressing those charming words to the Mother of Jesus, our Savior.
When he was fourteen, he one day heard a discussion on Our Lady among the members of his family. Every one said that Mary was a common woman like any other woman. The boy, after listening to their erroneous reasoning could not bear it any longer, and full of indignation, he interrupted them, saying:
“Mary is not like any other children of Adam, stained with sin. No! The Angel called her FULL OF GRACE AND BLESSED AMONGST WOMEN. Mary is the Mother of Jesus Christ and consequently Mother of God. There is no higher dignity to which a creature can be raised. The Gospel says that the generations will proclaim her blessed and you are trying to despise her and look down on her. Your spirit is not the spirit of the Gospel or of the Bible which you proclaim to be the foundation of the Christian religion.”
So deep was the impression which the boy’s talk had made that his mother many times cried out sorrowfully: “Oh my God! I fear that this son of mine will one day join the Catholic religion, the religion of Popes!” And indeed, not very long afterwards, having made a serious study of both Protestantism and Catholicism, the boy found the latter to be the only true religion and embraced it and became one of its most ardent apostles.
Some time after his conversion, he met his married sister who rebuked him and said indignantly: “You little know how much I love my children. Should any one of them desire to become a Catholic, I would sooner pierce his heart with a dagger than allow him to embrace the religion of the Popes!”
Her anger and temper were as furious as those of St. Paul before his conversion. However, she would change her ways, just as St. Paul did on his way to Damascus. It so happened that one of her sons fell dangerously ill and the doctors gave up hope of recovery. Her brother then approached her and spoke to her affectionately, saying: “My dear sister, you naturally wish to have your child cured. Very well, then, do what I ask you to do. Follow me, let us pray one ‘Hail Mary’ and promise God that, if your son recovers his health, you would seriously study the Catholic doctrine, and should you come to the conclusion that Catholicism is the only true religion, you would embrace it no matter what the sacrifices may be.”
His sister was somewhat reluctant at the beginning, but as she wished for her son’s recovery, she accepted her brother’s proposal and recited the “Hail Mary” together with him. The next day her son was completely cured. The mother fulfilled her promise and she studied the Catholic doctrine. After long preparation she received Baptism together with her whole family, thanking her brother for being an apostle to her.
The story was related during a sermon given by the Rev. Fr. Tuckwell. “Brethren,” he went on and said, “the boy who became a Catholic and converted his sister to Catholicism dedicated his whole life to the service of God. He is the priest who is speaking to you now! What I am I owe to Our Lady. You, too, my dear brethren, be entirely dedicated also to Our Lady and never let a day pass without saying the beautiful prayer, ‘Hail Mary’, and your Rosary. Ask her to enlighten the minds of Protestants who are separated from the true Church of Christ founded on the Rock (Peter) and ‘against whom the gates of hell shall never prevail.’”
“Who was at the Transfiguration?”
Elijah and Moses. Also, several apostles.
I don’t think that’s a Christian way to talk to anybody. BB is the real deal, a good person, and deserves way better than that.
Wrong. Again.
The Luther cereal box is out, clearly Narses has nothing else to add.
ROTFLMAO@!
Jealous of a nasty braggart - not likely.
the gift of Grace is not being born again and should not be mistaken as such...
When you study the Faith with a disposition of the Love of God, He allows you His free Gift.
The gift of Grace occurs long before one encounters the Love of God...
Since faith is not capitalized in the scriptures I assume you equate Faith with the Catholic religion...Jesus wants us to have faith in the head, not any body...
Being born again is what happens when you decide to TRUST Jesus Christ 'alone' as your savior...The born again believe is immediately indwelt with the Holy Spirit...That same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead...The same Spirit that your pope claims to be led by...The same Spirit that your magisterium claims to get its spiritual understanding and revelations from...The same Spirit that indwells ALL born again Christians...
I am so very sorry you think so.
Peace,
SR
English not your primary tongue?
“The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day.”
Or is there some reading comprehension issue that needs to be addressed medically?
Well we know that's not true, don't we...We know for a fact it's not true...It couldn't hold up in a court of law because your religion can not provide a single piece of evidence that you have anything in the way of your sacred tradition that came down from the apostles which is not written in the scriptures...
And since you guys can't prove WHICH SPIRIT if any provided your revelations about Mary, we can throw that in the trash heap as well...
And since your theologians affirm and revere your fabled sacred tradition, I wouldn't be calling them reputable...
My comprehension is fine, thank you very much. You and your Muslims brothers have a blast. (no pun intended)
Clearly not. You seem to think you can judge other’s in their heart.
Sad, but typical.
It’s actually sad to watch. Not much intellectual depth there.
“All of the Lent and Easter abomination is pagan and God clearly condemned it in scripture.”
“God doesn’t smile down on people who celebrate Easter.”
Yeah, real depth you have there.
Isa 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Making it personal again? Using those tactics indicates total inability to support your position. Not surprising actually.
There you again, with little bits of quotes from here and there. A case of missing the forest for the trees.
That’s what Jim Jones and David Koresh said too.
Nope. Your un Christian beliefs are who you are. Nothing personal at all, just making sure your sheep’s clothing doesn’t confuse people.
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