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To: ventana
Ecclesiastes 9? I am almost afraid to ask...

Read it - you do have a bible I presume. Ecclesiastes 9 requires no "personal" interpretation or any other kind. It's quite clear in it's scope and meaning. It just happens that Catholic philosophy has people believing things contrary to scripture so any excuse that can be found must be employed to cop out on it. I've seen plenty of that here, so read it and if you have questions, ask.

48,266 posted on 04/23/2003 6:29:07 AM PDT by Havoc (If you can't be frank all the time are you lying the rest of the time?)
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Thus is confirmed that law of merciful meditation of which We have spoken, and which St. Bernardine of Siena thus expresses: "Every grace granted to man has three degrees in order; for by God it is communicated to Christ, from Christ it passes to the Virgin, and from the Virgin it descends to us."

For this cause do we repeatedly celebrate those glorious titles of her ministry as Mediatrix...

Yes, we fly to thee, we miserable children of Eve, O holy Mother of God. To thee we lift our prayers, for thou art the Mediatrix, powerful at once and pitiful, of our salvation. Oh, by the sweetness of the joys that came to thee from thy Son Jesus, by thy participation in His ineffable sorrows, by the splendours of His glory shining in thee, we instantly beseech thee, listen, be pitiful, hear us, unworthy though we be! ...

48,267 posted on 04/23/2003 6:34:09 AM PDT by biblewonk (Spose to be a Chrissssstian)
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To: Havoc
I did read it. Thats why I asked. What does it say to -all of us- about anything you feel Catholics are in error on?
48,268 posted on 04/23/2003 6:38:06 AM PDT by ventana
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