Posted on 05/17/2018 3:32:37 PM PDT by ebb tide
No. As Paul said in First Corinthians, I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
The Church is ONE.
So should everyone be able to receive Holy Communion?
My understanding that Catholic Church teaching on the Eucharist was that one was a baptized Catholic in good standing without mortal sin to receive Holy Communion worthily.
If this is the understanding, why is a small group of Bishops in Germany changing the practice? Is there a benefit? Why does this affect Germany and not the whole Church? Do we have a Catholic faith for each country?
Are these spouses baptized, can they received the Sacrament of Reconciliation?
I would hope for better information and explanation.
On October 13 of that year (1973), Our Lady of Akita revealed to a pious nun this impending crisis in the Church:
The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals and bishops against other bishops. ... The Church will be full of those who accept compromises, and the devil will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord.
We're not insinuating or suspecting: we're directly stating it. The Arians who denied Christ's divinity were also in the majority for a while.
The Eucharist is the body blood soul and divinity of Christ under the species of bread and wine. This is the faith. This is the summit of Catholicism.
By allowing everyone to receive without discerning the body, the Eucharist is reduced to a mere symbol of unity and not a sacrament.
This is going to cause schism.
Mmhmm - a few peons stand in the way of my magnanimous gesture along with the vast majority of my fellow bishops and, of course, the Pope who gave me this position of letting non-Catholics partake in communion because of this silly belief in the Bible.
Youd think this guy would know his own churches history about the Protestants and what separates them from the Catholics...
Oh well - those who dont study history are doomed to repeat it...
I didn't know it was a "democracy?"
Exactly.
This is going to cause schism.
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I suspect schism will delight these fiends who are trying to destroy the Faith.
Prayers up for Holy Mother Church.
Pope Francis Reported Words: I Might Go Down in History for Having Split the Catholic Church
St. Thomas More, unfortunately, was quite accustomed to this type of response.
I am hoping the speculation about the meaning of his comments on Tuesday are correct and that we will soon be free of him.
This is only a problem if you believe the Eucharist is a holy sacrament that you must prepare for and be ready to receive. In other words, if you are Catholic. Non Catholics and German bishop, which apparently are th same thing, dont have a problem with it at all. Nor does the Pope who is letting it happen by intentionally leaving it in the hands of people he absolutely knows will make it happen.
The Catholic Church is no longer run by Catholics. Thats the sad truth now.
You mean this idolatrous thing????
3You shall have no other gods before Me. 4You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. 5You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. Exodus 20:3-6 NASB
Hey lookie....she's even got her own medal as well.....more idolatry for the Roman Catholic.
The false message of the apparition.
My dear daughter, listen well to what I have to say to you. You will inform your superior. As I told you, if men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never have seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity...the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son.
Each day recite the prayer of the Rosary. With the Rosary pray for the Pope, bishops and the priests. The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, and bishops against other bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their confreres...churches and altars sacked; the Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord. The demon will be especially implacable against souls consecrated to God. The thought of the loss of so many souls is the cause of my sadness. If sins increase in number and gravity, there will be no longer pardon for them. With courage, speak to your superior. He will know how to encourage each one of you to pray and to accomplish works of reparation. It is Bishop Ito, who directs your community. You have still something to ask? Today is the last time that I will speak to you in living voice. From now on you will obey the one sent to you and your superior.
Pray very much the prayers of the Rosary.
I alone am able still to save you from the calamities which approach. Those who place their confidence in me will be saved.[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Akita
Sheer utter blasphemy. But this is typical of the apparitions Roman Catholics worship and believe in. The apparition may have a little truth mixed in with a lot of error.
If we compare the apparitions admonition that "only it can save you" with Scripture we see the error Rome has allowed.
The New Testament clearly states only Christ saves....no one else.
22At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; 23it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon. 24The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.
25Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Fathers name, these testify of Me. 26But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.
27My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Fathers hand. 30I and the Father are one. John 10:22-30 NASB
The Old and New Testament are both clear in condemning and rejecting idols and the worship and/or serving them.
I call on all Roman Catholics to publicly condemn and reject these false apparitions and come to salvation through Christ and only Christ.
Oh, boo hoo.
When did grown men become such cry babies?
Are Roman Catholics all so gullible that they’ll believe anything a supposed “apparition” of Mary tells them?
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