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To: Mrs. Don-o
Say 50 of these,

No; thanks.

I'll go along with what the Catholic bible says:

Matthew 6:7-8
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

120 posted on 08/09/2016 12:03:56 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
Hello and welcome to the discussion, Elsie.

Your quote discourages "vain" repetitions,"as the heathens do," not repetitions per se.

If this were not the case, the Angels and Archangels would be offending God by "continually" surrounding His throne in Heaven, "continually" saying "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts!"

If your little child or grandchild were hugging your neck and saying "I love you, I love you, I love you," you wouldn't shake him off and say, "Stop with the vain heathenish repetitions." You would appreciate this as innocent childlike devotion, just as Jesus recommended repeatedly in the Gospels.

When praying the Rosary, Catholics meditate on 15 (now 20) scenes from the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious events and episodes which tell the story of Christ's life and our salvation which He obtained for us.

That's what makes our practice of the Rosary the diametrical opposite of what a heathen would engage in, who nether knows nor loves Christ; and not "vain" (empty) but full --- very full --- in fact, infinitely full, as Jesus our Lord and our God is infinite.

145 posted on 08/09/2016 2:24:48 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All.)
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To: Elsie

And -— thank you for your acknowledgment of the “Catholic” Bible: the collection of sacred Texts, sourced from the Holy Spirit via Apostolic Tradition, which we collected, canonized, and curated for you and for the whole world, for the last 2,000 years!


146 posted on 08/09/2016 2:27:54 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All.)
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