Posted on 04/01/2015 7:50:45 AM PDT by Salvation
Yes, I do believe He did.
I’m confused. Am I supposed to be the newcomer here? I joined Free Republic in 1998. So 17 years ago. If I have posted anything that has said that non-Catholics go to hell, I apologize. I don’t think I have but without going back and rereading all my posts I can’t know for sure. I grew up in a home where my mother and grandmother were not Catholics and so I’m pretty sure I never believed that they were going to hell. My mother converted to the Catholic Church at the age of 78. She didn’t have to go through RCIA because she had taken three children through the Baltimore Catechism. She made a profession of faith, was confirmed and received Communion and at the end, Last Rites. In a very cherry fashion she told the priest that she had no sins to confess and that she wasn’t going to Purgatory since she had suffered so much pain in her last year on earth. I’m pretty sure she was right on both counts.
I hope you both have a blessed Good Friday and Easter season. Thank you both for your concern for my immortal soul but daniel1212 I did learn in 8 years in Al-Anon that God doesn’t have any grandchildren. This is my relationship with Him. I hope that understanding that gives you peace.
Sorry you feel as you do. I put a great deal into my replies. Thanks for, well, next to nothing. No reply necessary.
God bless you and give you peace!
Have a beautiful Triduum, and may God bless you!
Elsie- diminutive for Aliester?
I’m sorry you believe as you do. It’s not Catholic.
You completely missed my point with that question. Nevermind.
I do understand. God is just, but He is merciful. Today begins the Novena of the Divine Mercy! I also understand the pain suffered by Catholics as a result of Vatican II. Yet we once again have a Catechism, with our Baltimore still being printed.
Anthropology will admit that there are still people in areas so isolated that they have not been able to reach them. Did God create these souls only to see them perish?
Help me, pius. Are you Catholic? Do you feel VII ruined us? I’m not certain where you are coming from, and I do not wish to walk away, but to try to understand. Of you read one of my recent posts, you’ll find I have a better grip on that than you may expect. I love the Tridentine Mass, but church closings in my area eliminated most all parishes with a High Altar upon which to celebrate it. My Parish was closed- we had One every Sunday after the permission (indult?) came through...
Whatever I missed, I’m sorry, and I hope I did not offend you. May God bless you and your loved ones this Easter Season!
Sorry you feel as you do. I put a great deal into my replies. Thanks for, well, next to nothing. No reply necessary.
My sincere and heartfelt apologies, pius, that last paragraph was not intended for you: please forgive my mistake. Thank you, and may God bless you!
Sorry you feel as you do. I put a great deal into my replies. What I expected was a reply in kind- a discussion leading to better understanding.
Thanks for, well, next to nothing. No reply necessary.
Lame excuse.
Everything has a name.
I 'believe' what the plain Word of GOD says - that book you Catholics put together.
no
Not to rain on anyone’s parade or anything, but the assertion that there were no priests in the earliest age of the Church is partially correct. There were bishops and deacons originally, then the Church grew too large for one bishop to serve all the people in his city (and surrounding area) so bishops began ordaining men to serve as sort of a bishop-lite for the growing number of Christian faithful.
Those are the men we call priests, they do not enjoy the fullness of holy orders and their authority and responsibilities are delegated to them by their bishops.
Meanwhile it’s the three o’clock hour where I live, may God have mercy on us for what we have done.
Hmmm.
Yes, I am Catholic and yes, I do think Vatican II was a huge mistake because of the theological contradictions I have already mentioned. Having said that, I don’t think this is the time to get into that. Have a blessed Easter.
Meanwhile its the three oclock hour where I live, may God have mercy on us for what we have done.
Yes.
So the big spaces, use of blinding color, persistent capitalization (shouting), repetitive keywords, distracting graphics, butting in to questions intended for others, sidebars, answering questions with other questions, and giant capitals are in the posts because...?
Thanks, you, too!
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