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To: vladimir998; metmom; OrthodoxIndianCatholic
Did you read the article? Did you miss this statement?: These “Catholic Classics” proudly promote Jesus Christ as the “Centre of our Faith”.

You apparently did not read the books listed in the article. Otherwise if you would have taken the time to read, "True Devotion to Mary" you would find that these "Catholic Classics" promote Mary. Please consider the brief following statement:

Not only is this mostly untrue (Where was Joseph in the nourishing and support of Christ?), but it is against scripture (Christ laid down His life for us-Mary did not sacrifice Him for us).

One only hopes that this kind poster will reexamine his beliefs in the context of actual scripture and not on the word of man.

61 posted on 10/20/2015 1:11:42 PM PDT by HarleyD ("... letters are weighty, but his .. presence is weak, and his speech of no account.")
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To: HarleyD

“You apparently did not read the books listed in the article.”

I read at three of the four - including the one you mentioned in 1995. I read the Fulton Sheen book (Calvary and the Mass) between 2001 and 2009. The copy I had was a rare edition with dozens of black and white photographs of the Mass. I found it especially interested because I attend the Latin Mass so it seemed particularly appropriate.

In other words, as usual, you were wrong.

“Not only is this mostly untrue (Where was Joseph in the nourishing and support of Christ?),”

Straining at gnats again are you? Let’s look at the passage:

“It is she who has suckled Him,...”

Are you suggesting St. Joseph did that? Only Mary did that.

“nourished Him,”

Who normally feeds a child - the mother or the father? Especially when the father is working as a carpenter all day?

“supported Him,”

Does it say St. Joseph DIDN’T support Him? No. Tempest. Teapot.

“...brought Him up,”

Does it say St. Joseph DIDN’T bring Him up? No. Tempest. Teapot.

“and then sacrificed Him for us.”

Mary was there. St. Joseph was apparently already dead. Also, Luke 2:35 only applies to her not St. Joseph.

“but it is against scripture (Christ laid down His life for us-Mary did not sacrifice Him for us).”

She did in that she willingly gave Him up for the will of God. It pays to actually read the books rather than just blindly attack them. I’ve read them all. Have you?


76 posted on 10/20/2015 3:53:14 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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