Posted on 06/27/2015 6:00:02 AM PDT by NYer
Catholic ping!
It is a relative thing. If the world gets darker, anything that has anything of Jesus in it will show brighter.
Well said!
Very nice. I think I will subscribe to this blog.
Blessed are those who are persecuted, called bigot and homophobe and reviled because they hold fast to God’s law on marriage for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Thank you for a true and peaceful read this morning.
Well said. Thank you.
Thank you!!!
Well said, and very encouraging.
I would add to your wise comments, my tag line.
-Ouch
Thanks much for posting this! Just what I needed this a.m..
Comforted - and inspired!
AHMEN! RIGHT ON! Thank you. Used this for our morning devotions.
Oh NYer, I’m feeling so overwhelmed..
court decisions of marriage and the Obama care...
maybe I should have seen it coming...
now there seems to be a show about transgender teen !??
Hope to be at the place you are but I’m not there yet :(
The majority of Catholics are pleased with this, they vote for the gay marriage party, and the polls show that they support gay marriage at about the same percentage that their Irish members voted in gay marriage by.
To the majority of Catholic members, this is a goal attained.
“Other groups showing at least 60% support for legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide include Democrats, adults aged 18 to 34, those who rarely or never attend a church or other place of worship, moderates, Easterners, and Catholics.”
The Lord who made us NEW inside, told us to spread the good news.
But everybody has heard the Jesus story, and it’s hard to get them to listen.
BUT, if you approach people like this, they DO listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG9KdSgzDKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbj9GOGHAiM
thank for your message this morning. I quiet spot of calm thought and truth. God governs.
The actual Light is Jesus.
To the extent that He is actually worshiped, and I affirm the C. S. Lewis testimony of such worship being found widely across many denominations, a light will shine.
“Religion” — a wooden system of human supervision that says it represents God — will only generate dark fog.
No matter WHAT the shingle outside the building where you commonly go for public worship, don’t forget to keep embracing Jesus. He’ll carry you everywhere you go, with love, with good news, with patience, with everything godly.
In fact, God wants us to be in the spot where we say (as you have) “Whoa, this is too much for me.”
Because then when God steps up and says “But dear souls, this is not too much for Me” it means something to us.
Whatever that means. What did it have to do with post 13?
If we disagree with Catholic theology, we still should take a perspective view of the situation.
A church whose existence was established upon an unconditional promise is not going to be able to sin itself out of the promise. It might get itself badly chastised, however. And even in perspective that is good news, because (using bible terminology) it is not the bastards but the true sons that are disciplined the most diligently.
The big danger is so many tares that its light, in essence, becomes darkness. It no longer becomes fit for the lamp stand. And that is a problem that challenges many churches.
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