Posted on 11/01/2017 12:39:52 PM PDT by ebb tide
One of the tritest of trite expressions is that a picture is worth a thousand words. And yet it is true, especially if one studies the picture in all its implications.
Consider, for example, this most revealing photograph:
The photo was taken at the very moment Rosary-praying Catholics were about to be forcibly removed by police from the cathedral in Brussels during an insane “ecumenical service” to “celebrate” the Protestant Revolt, aka the “Reformation.” Arms linked, they were praying the Rosary in reparation for the sacrilege taking placing before them.
Study the picture. Notice that the two rows of Catholics reciting the Rosary are composed entirely of young people. Now look behind them to the rows of people attending the “celebration” of the “Reformation” without protest. Notice that they are late-middle-aged or older, most with gray hair.
Look next at the young woman in the foreground: shamelessly attired in a tight mini-skirt and black leggings, she can be seen in the video here extracting what appears to be a program for the scandalous event from the hands of one of the youths praying the Rosary before they are removed, one by one, from the premises.
This one photograph tells the whole story of the state of the Church today: a decadent and dying “mainstream” given over to ecumenical madness, literally attempting to commit suicide, while young people courageously invoke the intercession of the Blessed Virgin and are arrested for praying the signature Catholic prayer on consecrated Catholic ground. And the only sign of youth affiliated with the dying establishment is a shamelessly attired woman who violates every standard of modesty as she assists in an unholy ceremony in what is supposed to be a holy place.
The next sham Synod, on “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment,” is supposed to be all about “listening to the young.” It is a very safe bet that there will be no listening to the young who are flocking to the traditional Latin Mass all over the world, who have had enough of the failed, trendy Catholicism of the past fifty years, and who represent the real future of the Church, which awaits the day of her restoration. Indeed, Francis has repeatedly denounced these faithful young Catholics for their “rigidity,” even suggesting that they are “sick.”
Instead, we can be certain that the youth of miniskirts, selfies with the Pope, and “irregular relationships” will receive an attentive hearing, as if to ensure the continued decadence of a decadent establishment. The effort will fail, just as the entire disastrous experiment with novelty has failed. But the dictatorial regime of novelty in the post-conciliar Church aims to impose its will until the bitter end, as if determined to provoke the wrath of God.
Marco Tosatti has published a letter from a major figure in the Church, known only as “Big Shot,” in which we read:
“Dear Tosatti, you won’t believe it, but I am beginning to really be afraid. I have begun to pray once again the prayer of exorcism to St. Michael the Archangel written by Pope Leo XIII (recited at the end of Holy Mass until 1964 when it was unexplainably ‘deleted’). I ask myself if I will have the strength to take action without any assistance from my Holy Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, sensing rather that it sets itself daily more and more against the Gospels and the Truth that it taught me. The Cardinals and Bishops who still believe in the Truth of Christ had better do something quickly! I fear we are in the End Times, dear Tosatti. I am a “Big Shot” but terrified…”
The final consummation of the Message of Fatima cannot be long in coming, as the prophecy of the Third Secret, concerning sin within the Church, unfolds in what Pope Benedict XVI called “a really terrifying way” — three years before he abruptly and mysteriously abandoned his papacy.
So y'all knew, before the election, that Bergoglio would be the pope?
Very interesting.
No. Nice try!
Got me.
The apparition DID tell the truth, though.
Kinda hope Saul asked for forgiveness in his last moments, but there’s nothing I can do about it.
The irony is strong.
I don’t want them to know what I am extrapolating. 😆 I don’t know if it is chiseled in stone somewhere, what ex Catholics are permitted to do, but have you ever seen me ask anyone’s permission? 😀😆😄
I might post a little more, but you must give me time to enjoy my assurance of salvation. 😂 You know that I used to belong to a certain unnamed works based religion, where I had NO assurance of salvation. Since I am no longer involved in that works based religion, I DO have assurance of salvation. I am enjoying it now. 🤯👍😱🤗🤫
I don’t want them to know what I am extrapolating. 😆 I don’t know if it is chiseled in stone somewhere, what ex Catholics are permitted to do, but have you ever seen me ask anyone’s permission? 😀😆😄
I might post a little more, but you must give me time to enjoy my assurance of salvation. 😂 You know that I used to belong to a certain unnamed works based religion, where I had NO assurance of salvation. Since I am no longer involved in that works based religion, I DO have assurance of salvation. I am enjoying it now. 🤯👍😱🤗🤫
“You know that I used to belong to a certain unnamed works based religion, where I had NO assurance of salvation. Since I am no longer involved in that works based religion, I DO have assurance of salvation. I am enjoying it now”
Hmmm...
I was raised in an earn-your-own merit-through-false-Religion, while being guilty because you cannot.
I’m so grateful to now know Christ, have eternal life, and be numbered among the saints. The religious will never have assurance of salvation. I do, thanks to Him.
So I understand when you say you enjoy it!
👍😂👋😁🇵🇭
So are you boasting that you'e not religious?
Rome (and it's minions) boast that they have the same religion that Christ started; so long ago.
Acts 15
The Council at Jerusalem
1 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: "Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved." 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. 3 The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad. 4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses."
6 The apostles and elders met to consider this question. 7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: "Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. 8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. 9 He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. 10 Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? 11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are."
12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. 13 When they finished, James spoke up. "Brothers," he said, "listen to me. 14 Simon has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. 15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:
16 "'After this I will return
and rebuild David's fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
and I will restore it,
17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things'
18 things known from long ago.19 "It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath."
The Council's Letter to Gentile Believers
22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers. 23 With them they sent the following letter:The apostles and elders, your brothers,
To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia:
Greetings.
24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter. 31 The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message. 32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers. 33 After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them. [34] 35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.
Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas
36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing." 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. 39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, 40 but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord. 41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
TALK to me!
Dammit!!
There you go! That's an excellent example of a temper tantrum.
Yes, that helps explains some of your responses, such as the one my substantiation responded to.
Define “religious.” Now, if you mean, am I religious, like Mohammed, Joe Smith, Charles T Russell, Confucius, Buddah, pope Frank, Mary Baker Eddy, Felix Y Manalo, or Apollo C Quiboloy? Religious like those dudes, and one dudette? Not on your life.
Maybe I Define “religious,” differently than you.
On the other hand, maybe we do indeed, define it the same way. I define “religious,” as following a bunch of do’s and don’ts, in order to curry favor with God, or to work their way to Heaven. I definitely am not that kind of religious.
All those previously mentioned were religious, but I am about 99.999999% sure, that Mohammed, as religious as he was, only succeeded in getting himself locked deep into the fiery pit of Hell, where God has a type of fire, 🔥 for punishing sinners, that we couldn’t comprehend in a trillion lifetimes. Don’t end up next to that clown bro. If you do, it’s on you.
Well, if he's not, I am.
I am not religious.
I am, however, forgiven and enjoying a right relationship with my God and Savior and looking forward to being with Him forever. He's my Abba, my Daddy, and I don't need to slave away at works and self-denial in order to please Him cause that's not how He wants us to relate to Him.
He's a loving heavenly Father who is willing to forgive, not a harsh task master who will zot you for less than perfection or toeing the line.
“So are you boasting that you’e not religious?”
Religion never saves!
Not self-righteousness
Not praying
Definitely not the brown scapula
Not medals
Only Christ saves and that based on His righteousness, received through the hands of faith.
So no. I am not religious. I am His.
As for bragging... only in Him. Never a church.
According to Eadmer (A.D. 1060–1124), an English monk and student of Anselm, “sometimes salvation is quicker if we remember Mary's name then if we invoked the name of the Lord Jesus...[who] does not at once, answer anyone who invokes him, but only does so after just judgment. But if the name of his mother Mary is invoked, her merits intercede so that he is answered even if the merits of him who invoked her do not deserve it.” Through her “the elements are renewed, the netherworld is healed, the demons are trodden underfoot, men are saved and angels are restored.” — Andrew Taylor, “Three medieval manuscripts and their readers,” University of Pennsylvania press; page 173
A most interesting dictionary you have there Bob!
There are no tanks in Baghdad; either.
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