Posted on 08/28/2016 6:29:15 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
It was a mechanical engineer in Santos, Brazil who was on the point of death from multiple brain abscesses which were not responding to treatment. His wife (and, at her urgent request, many others). asked Mother T to pray for him in heaven.
Man wakes up on operating table before the scheduled surgery, no pain, no abscesses, sits up and says to the doctor, "Hey! What am I doing here?"
Read all about it Mother T's second miracle
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Likewise Pope St. John Paul II (Saint Pope John Paul II?) --- but I just call him, with respect and affection, "St. Lolek the Mensch"
That's what I read in the sidebar. LOL
This Pope? Yeah, believeable.
I'm delighted, however, to see not only were we wrong but that Francis did something excellent!
"Francis doesn't know and can't declare her one"
Speaking in terms of unaided human knowledge, you are perfectly and exactly correct.
None of us would have any way to know for sure, were it not for God providing a sign from heaven. #43 --- check thou it out.
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An excellent insight, memorably expressed.
New Pope Francis called homosexual "marriage" a "machination of the Father of Lies"
Pope Francis: Gender Theory Is a Threat to Society
Pope: Marriage between man and woman is threatened by gender ideology
Pope Francis: "Children have a 'Right' to a Mother and Father"
Pope Francis: marriage inscribed in creation (Man/Woman)
A Letter to Pope Francis (Pope defends man-woman marriage)
Pope Rejects 'So-Called Gender Theory'
Pope Francis Defends Human Nature Against Gender Radicals
Pope's Shocking Hitler Youth Comparison (Pope blasts gender theory)
Vatican says 'no' to transsexual godparents amid Spain controversy
The Family As God Wills it, 0ne man and one woman, is being deformed
Pope Francis Against Gay Marriage, Gay Adoption
Pope Francis supports Slovak effort to ban gay marriage, adoption
Gay Advocacy Groups Rush to Demonize Pope Francis
Pope Francis Tells Couples To Wait Until Marriage To Have Sex
Pope strongly defends Catholic teaching against contraception
Pope Francis clear on denying Communion to those who facilitate in abortion
The Closed Door of Pope Francis (Speaks against abortion, divorce, and homosexuality)
Pope Francis and the family, the next step (pro-Traditional Family)
Pope Francis is starting to look a lot like Sarah Palin (Guardian UK dumps Francis)
Pope Francis refuses gay French ambassador
Kasper is Not the Pope's Theologian, Says Leading African Cardinal
Cardinal Burke Denies Rift With Pope, Warns of Gay Agenda for Synod
Pope Rejected Gay French Diplomat as Ambassador to Holy See
Pope Francis condemns gender theory a third time: 'The family is under attack'
Pope Francis defends church's opposition to artificial contraception
Pope Francis: 'The Choice To Not Have Children Is Selfish'
Pope declares couples who dont want kids 'selfish,' says they are part of a 'greedy generation'
Pope Francis on abortion: 'Never, never does killing a person resolve a problem'
Bringing children into the world is never a 'mistake': Pope Francis
Don't be afraid to have more children: Pope Francis
Pope Francis Defends Human Nature Against Gender Radicals
Pope's Shocking Hitler Youth Comparison (Pope blasts gender theory)
Pope to Catholic couples: you can't get married if you're not open to children
Pope Francis praises Humanae Vitae, warns of attacks on family
Pope Didn't Bless 'Gender Theory' Childrens Books
Pope Francis unwavering in his opposition to same-sex marriage (Slovenia vote)
Pope Urges Slovenia to Oppose Gay Marriage as Country Heads to Ballot Box (Breitbart)
"The true meaning of human sexuality in God's plan" is heterosexual marriage
Pope Prays at Ugandan "Anti-Gay" Saints' Shrine
Pope Francis condemns abortion - Weve reduced unborn babies to mere matter
THE ILLUSTRATED PRO-LIFE POPE FRANCIS
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Don't you think Mother T. knew that?
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There is one thing alone that makes one a saint - and it is not miracles - or the Egyptian magicians who replicated Moses' signs would also qualify as saints.
That one thing makes every believer a saint from the moment of believing faith. It is entrusting yourself to Christ and His sacrifice alone - with no self-effort, miracles, works, etc.
His Righteousness is transferred immediately to the entrusting believer at the moment of salvation. What the new believer's self-efforts could not do to earn righteousness no longer matters. God imputes the righteousness of Christ, baptizes them into the Body of Christ and gives them eternal life. From that moment, they are God's Holy Ones.
If the believer now has the life of Christ in them, it will be expressed in the quality of life they lead. To the degree they live a life of good works, they will be rewarded when believers go before the throne - or they will suffer loss, though they themselves will be saved.
To teach otherwise is to add to Scripture.
I dearly hope and wish that Teresa had entrusted herself to Christ alone for salvation before her death and truly was a saint. If she did not, there are no number of works, miracles, prayers nor declarations that can ever make here one now.
Colt my friend, you will be thrilled to know that the following is the Mass reading for September 8, the Birthday of Our Lady. Notice how it all pertains to God's magnificent gifts to His servants and handmaids, including--- among others ---- His own mother, Mary:
Romans 7:28-30
We know that all things work for good
for those who love God,
who are called according to his purpose.
For those he foreknew he also predestined
to be conformed to the image of his Son,
so that he might be the firstborn
among many brothers.
And those he predestined he also called;
and those he called he also justified;
and those he justified he also glorified.
Called - foreknew - predestined - conformed - justified - glorified
Mother Mary. And Mother Teresa, too.
All of the saved.
This has been part of Catholic teaching literally from the day it was written.
If not, then all that stuff St. Paul said about "finishing the race," and "If anyone thinks he stand, let him take heed lest he fall" was kind of irrelevant blather. And Jesus had no real warning or admonition in mind for us when He said,
Matthew 10:22
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 24:13
But the person who endures to the end will be saved.
Mark 13:13
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
In fact, all commandments, all warning, all admonitions, all encouragements to "hold fast" are a mockery, pure nonsense, if in the end our willing cooperation means nothing.
Thanks. I did t know that
Thanks. I did t know that
But Good also has the power to send signs --- like curing a dying man --- to communicate His favor. You think He does not?
Or do you really thing Satan would cure a dying man, because the man's family engaged the whole Body of Christ in intercessory prayer?
No prob. I didn’t know it at one time either.
Romans 7:28-30 is one of my favorite passages in the Bible and it cuts against so much Catholic teaching. For instance, why would anyone included in that passage (the elect) need Purgatory?
So often it isn’t that Rome denies a truth, it’s that she adds to it and renders it meaningless.
"For instance, why would anyone included in that passage (the elect) need Purgatory?"
1 Corinthians 3:15
If someones work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.Matthew 5:26
I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!
Clearly indicates a soul going "somewhere" where there is obvious suffering and punishment, but not eternally: Christ clearly indicates that he will be released when his base, unworthy works are "burned up" or when he "pays the last penny".
I guess Jesus thought it was worth repeating:
Luke 12:59
I tell you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!
All as He foreknows, of course.
Denying the eternal significance of human response renders the whole Bible meaningless.
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