Posted on 06/25/2015 6:53:00 AM PDT by Salvation
Monsignor Pope Ping!
Complete title:
Why Is the Road to Destruction Wide and the Road to Salvation Narrow? A Meditation on a Teaching by Jesus
Will the 3 or 4 of you who make it to Heaven please say “hi” to God for the rest of the 50 billion of us who don’t.
Thanks.
Worth bearing in mind. Sometimes people point to the size of their church or denomination - or to its growth, or worldwide influence, etc. - as evidence of its fidelity to God. As the Lord tells us, that’s a big mistake.
So often Jesus used the expression, “the first shall be last, and the last first,” to illustrate that things in His kingdom would not be as man expected them to be. Until we are able to abandon our expectations, and yield to His, we won’t be allowed to enter into His kingdom.
Not sure if that road is wide or narrow. It sure looks nice though.
So most of us will suffer in life and then burn for eternity. God loves us, but is powerless to help us. Jesus died on the cross for our sins, but only those who work their way into salvation will get it.
Good thing I can just buy an indulgence! Or can we just buy carbon credits from Comrade Francis now?
You don’t buy indulgences anymore.
You don’t buy indulgences anymore.
I guess I could say that differently. “The Catholic Church no longer sells indulgences.”
Why are you posting this mistaken information?
Catholicism is not wrong. Please read the original post again.
It’s called discipline and obedience to God’s word.
Saint Gregory: “Many attain to faith, but few to the heavenly kingdom.”
Saint Anselm: “There are few who are saved.”
Saint Augustine: “Therefore, few are saved in comparison to those who are damned.”
Saint Jerome: “Out of one hundred thousand people whose lives have always been bad, you will find barely one who is worthy of indulgence.”
Great quotes. Thank you.
Because Jesus is the only way and everything else isn’t.
If people refuse to come to Jesus, they’re done for.
Jesus is the ONE and ONLY way for Catholics.
The first part of the Mass is the Liturgy of the Word.....all Scripture, usually from the Old Testament, a letter of Paul’s and a Gospel.
he second part of the Mass is the Liturgy of the Eucharist. All focused on Christ REAL PRESENCE in our midst.
Saint Therese, Saint Faustina and Saint Leonard of Port Maurice all have stunning quotes too.
The admonition from Deuteronomy 6:5 is a tall order, but “I’m on my way to Canaan’s land....”
So who's saying this? You?
"Good thing I can just buy an indulgence! Or can we just buy carbon credits from Comrade Francis now?"
First, indulgences have nothing to do with getting forgiveness for sins. Indulgences are sought for remission of temporal punishment for sins which have already been confessed and forgiven.
Second, you can't buy this remission of temporal punishment. This would be the sin of simony. Oh, but they bought and sold indulgences in the 15th century, you say? Yes, they did. And that was the sin of simony then, as it is now. That has been condemned. It is not Catholic doctrine, but the violation of Catholic doctrine.
(Yes, in practice Popes Julius II and Leo X were wrong on this one, and Martin Luther was right.)
Third, Pope Francis, in his encyclical Laudato Si, is very clear in rejecting carbon credits. Here’s the official translation of LS paragraph 171:
"The strategy of buying and selling “carbon credits” can lead to a new form of speculation which would not help reduce the emission of polluting gases worldwide. This system seems to provide a quick and easy solution under the guise of a certain commitment to the environment, but in no way does it allow for the radical change which present circumstances require.Rather, it may simply become a ploy which permits maintaining the excessive consumption of some countries and sectors.
It appears you and the Pope are on the same page here.
Oh ? You outgt to see it in the rainy season.
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