Posted on 06/23/2018 7:48:28 AM PDT by Salvation
Bowing at the mention of Jesus’ name is an old practice that has since fallen into wide disuse
Msgr. Charles Pope June 10, 2018
Question: I was taught to nod my head when the name of Jesus was spoken. I see some priests and congregants do it, but not most. What is the current practice? — Diane Garrett, via email
Answer: Liturgically it is not required. This is a pious custom that, while less common today, is still observed by many. This is not only in the liturgy, but at any time the name of Jesus is uttered, and also, quite commonly, the name of Mary. In the traditional Latin Mass, where clergy wear birettas (a kind of square hat with a pom), there is the additional tipping (lifting off) of the biretta at the names of Jesus, Mary and the saint of the day. This external and very visible action also helped the faithful remember to bow their heads.
This laudable custom has sadly declined. Some clergy and others still observe it, and, while it is not required, it is worthy of being encouraged. Other customs too should not be forgotten, such as making the Sign of the Cross when passing a Catholic Church, praying the Angelus at noon and 6 p.m., and so forth. The generations raised in the 1960s and ’70s largely abandoned such practices. However, many of their children have rediscovered some of these lost customs like a precious heirloom brought down from the attic. Thus, while being careful not to harshly judge those who do not follow this non-required custom, many can joyfully take it up again and encourage others to do so.
Really?
HMMMmmm...
Thrown in the Tiber? I knew there was a reason I have no plans to swim the Tiber. 😇😁
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue... (Or fingers; in this case)
This is what you remember; but it is NOT what the text actually says: Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
So; after Jesus wept; where was Lazurus' soul and spirit before his DEAD body came out of the tomb?
“The dead in Christ will rise”
Hmmm
Just WHAT is going to be ‘rising’??
| Exodus 20:3-17. | Beginning Catholic 10 Commandments |
| 3 You shall have no other gods before Me | I am the LORD your God. You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve. NOTE: The Traditional Catechetical Formula reads as follows I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me . |
| 4“You 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. 5“You 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. | |
| 7“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain. | You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. |
| 8“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9“Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. 11“For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORDblessed the sabbath day and made it holy. | Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day. |
| 12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. | Honor your father and your mother. |
| 13“You shall not murder. | You shall not kill. |
| 14“You shall not commit adultery. | You shall not commit adultery. |
| 15“You shall not steal. | You shall not steal. |
| 16“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. | You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. |
| 17“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” | You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. |
| You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods. |
Faith alone is taught becase it’s clearly taught in Scripture.
It is not Luther’s invention.
Your obsession with Luther is distorting your ability to reason.
Ouch....
What an abuse of Scripture to justify Romanism’s inappropriate political power grab.
What an abomination!!!!!!!
And you do know that no man can meet the goal that Jesus set there?
He was not saying the law gave life.
He was setting the bar even higher than the Law to show that we CANNOT do that.
Call no man “father.”
Luircin asked you a yes or no question.
Why didn’t you just answer it?
“You cannot appeal to Romans 5 without understanding the entirety of Romans. “
Oh? You did the work for Romans and completed a verse by verse and paragraph by paragraph outline?
“But it can be lost through sin, as Paul warns.“
I’m truly sorry you do not have assurance of salvation and eternal security.
But of course, you could.
It would involve turning from dependence on your own works, merit, false sacramental system to become His.
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. “My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. “I and the Father are one.”
-Jesus
“To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy”
If salvation is by faith in Christ then baptism, confirmation, communion, and a whole bunch or other Catholic rituals are rendered meaningless.
And it cannot be lost through sin as that puts salvation on the basis of works, not faith.
Galatians 3 addresses that.
Also, God tells us we are sealed with the Holy Spirit who is the GUARANTEE of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it. We are already, now at the present, seated with Christ in the heavenly places having been tranferred into the kingdom of God’s beloved Son when we believed.
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