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.
I have been doing this exercise for a few decades. The Lord has brought some into His family through it. I trust Him to give the advice, to your human soul via His Holy Spirit whispering to you in the exchanges. It is all His and ONLY He deserves the credit if you get born again.
Nope, that was good enough.
That's right but it's not because the coin didn't have an imprint on it of a being claiming to be a god
If I get born again? You know nothing about me to say something like that.
That includes any created being...namely the Roman Catholic version of Mary.
Read my post again. I asked what ignorance. Any Christian knows the above, even those at the fringe.
Yes, Mary is a created being and that applies.
Yes, sir! Loud and clear. Amazing how the RCs run from this topic.
Where does Scripture say His disciple showed up with the coin from the fish's mouth?
The Holy Spirit is whispering not to listen to your advice.
Not exactly. All souls conceived have erternal existence. Not all have eternal life.
There are three kinds of life: physical, spiritual, and eternal
o Physical life means union of soul, spirit, and body in one functioning, self-perpetuated unit.
o Spiritual life is communication of a human's mind and spirit with The God's mind and spirit, with a felicity of fellowship conferred on the union.
o Eternal life is the existence in perpetuity of the human tripartite person in God's realm of Heaven of absolute life without death being present, and creativity and renewal having dominion.
There are three kinds of death:
o Physical death is separation o the soul and spirit from the earthly body.
o Spiritual death is the separation and lack of communication of man's spirit and mind with God's spirit and mind, as well as separation from the dead spirits of other humans, resulting in spiritual isolation and absence of any kind of fellowship, with only one's shortcomings to contemplate, never to be revised.
o Eternal death is the prolonged suffering of a human's mind and spirit in a body too painful to ever have rest, and upon which is inflicted the agony of the Lake of Fire, augmented by the addition of death and hell into it, with not a moment to rest or create any alternative. There is no unity of thought or principle or design there, only destruction.
Not everyone receives eternal life, Els, although annihilation is not an alternative option either, as far as I can deter,ine from the Bible.
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Everythjing you hape posted is of human imagination.
Please don’t insult the meaning of “syllogism” by claiming a logical process in your Post #568. There is nothing present but “reasonings”—figments of your imagination—which is a pejorative use of rational thinking to attain an illogical conclusion.
That is what I was told, when I was a catholic. I was such a horrible, terrible, incorrigible, rebellious, independent minded catholic, however, that I picked a Bible, and started reading it, and interpreting it for myself, just to spite them. 😊 Oh the horror of it all. That’s when I became a YOPIOS kind of guy, and left that religion, once and for all. 👍
Except maybe evil scum bags like George Soros, the Hildebeast, and other assorted pieces of human debris, like them. Those jerks probably worship money. 👎
No doubt......
However, in 1 Jn. 2:15 John shows (as compared to the immediately previous verse), as do other writers, that The God Whose Spirit created in us a newly born child in the spirit is our Heavenly Father, Whose Title of "Father" is reserved for Him Only, as He is The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which no human ought to appropriate for himself, and which should not be used for that person as an honorary title, nor for that matter should the title "Reverend": "He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: (H)holy and (R)everend is (H)is name(title)" (Ps._111:9 AV; my capitalization and superscript).
When Jesus said this:
"And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven" (Mt. 23:9 AV).
I believe this is in the same sense, that one should not accord a religious luminary the title "Father," which is reserved only for our Heavenly Father. That does not mean that one ought not call his/her earthly progenitor the familiar respectful term "father."
If I were to corral a person and convince him/her of the need for a Savior, see that one become a disciple, and lead him/her in that way to the stage of spiritual young adulthood in that he/she had practically overcome wickedness in their lifestyle, I might think of myself as that one's spiritual father and he(she) a "Timothy" and be thought of as such. But it would be wrong to permit the title "Father" to be even thought of, let alone assumed.
That would be a bit over the top, eh?
How about the little medals they hang from their rear-view mirrors? Mariolatry?
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