Points to Ponder:
Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged. [James v,9]
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Saturday, April 11, 2020
My mother in law Raffaelina Barone passed away last night. If those who read these words would say a prayer for her and her family, it would be appreciated.
Eternal rest grant unto her soul oh Lord and may thy perpetual light shine upon her...May her soul and all the souls of the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
Eternal rest grant unto her soul oh Lord and may thy perpetual light shine upon her...May her soul and all the souls of the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
On the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, the Atonement, Etc.
This is the text of a dialogue from social media circa September 9, 2012
Jesus paid it ALL...and nothing more is needed! You see, Christ is our high priest, eliminating ANY need for an earthly priest.
As Vincent Serpa OP, explains so succinctly on this matter:
So JJJ, with all due respect, those who follow what was commanded of them by Jesus Christ are not heretics. Instead, it is those who refuse to believe and follow what Jesus said and who decided to go against the unanimous consensus of Christian belief from the apostolic days through the first fifteen hundred odd years after the resurrection to ignore and reject this command of the Lord Jesus Christ who are the real heretics.
The Eucharist Re- Crucifies Christ...
TTT, this is one of the stupidest statements I have ever seen! Need I remind you that JESUS instituted the Eucharist? And that he instituted it prior to the crucifixion as the means whereby HE commanded of His apostles to offer His one sacrifice in perpetuity?
The mistake you are making is confusing Jesus' death with his sacrifice. Sacrifice is not the killing of the victim but the offering of the victim to God. Jesus in an unbloody manner offered Himself to the Father at the Last Supper -the only place in Scripture where he acted in a priestly capacity. On the cross, He was the victim. But the priestly offering (of which again He commanded to be offered by His followers) was again not made on the cross but instead it was made in the Upper Room. And like the Passover which foreshadowed it, the Last Supper (which itself was part of a Passover seder) was (i) instituted prior to the death of the First Born the following day and (ii) to be made in perpetuity thereafter.
The Eucharist is a non bloody re-presentation of Calvary. It was prophesied by Malachi:
Now I can understand to some extent that the manner of looking at these things outside of earthly time can make for a perspective that is difficult to grasp and that is ok. But at the very least, if you deign to speak on something at least have some familiarity with what you are talking about ok?
While Giving Mary & The Pope Glory????
What on earth are you talking about? Do the Orthodox Churches also give the pope glory through their daily liturgical offering of the Eucharist in obedience to the command of the Lord Jesus and in fulfillment of the prophecy of Malachi? By your "logic" they would but I will wager if you asked them that question that they would knock your block off! As far as Mary goes, how does the Eucharist give Mary glory?
I am unaware of any liturgy in the west or the east which gives glory for the offering of Jesus to anyone but the Father. In fact, if I was in an ornery mood, I would call you out on your assertions and demand that you demonstrate your assertions and then mock you incessantly when you failed to do so. However, I am actually in a good mood and besides, I know already that you not only cannot do this but furthermore, I doubt that you would even try to. But either way, need I remind you that bearing false witness is a violation of one of the Ten Commandments?
It's a Free Gift of GOD,
God's grace indeed is free. However, He has the right to prescribe how His grace is ordinarily to be received.
Paid In FULL By The SON Period!!!!
No one has claimed otherwise.
Offered To All!!!
Offered to all but offered as He saw/sees fit to do so. Those who knowingly reject His grace (in the manner whereby He has instituted it to be received) reject Jesus no matter how much they run around invoking His name and you would do well to remember that.
This is the text of a dialogue from social media circa September 9, 2012
Jesus paid it ALL...and nothing more is needed! You see, Christ is our high priest, eliminating ANY need for an earthly priest.
As Vincent Serpa OP, explains so succinctly on this matter:
"Hebrews states that the ideal high priest would have to be holy, innocent and uncontaminated (by sin). He would not have to offer sacrifices every day, as other (Levitical) high priests did, first for their own sins, and then for those of the people. Christ has done this once and for all by offering himself. (Heb. 7:20-28) This is no way excludes those men he has chosen to share in his priesthood. The key to all this is the Eucharist. He deliberately shared this with his Apostles in the upper room. When the Protestants dropped the sacrificial aspect of the Eucharist, it quite logically became a symbolic meal and no more. Can you imagine what dropping the sacrificial aspect of Christ’s death would do to Christianity?
In that eternal moment when Jesus struggled to take his last breath and failed, he died and gave us life at the same time. All of humanity was redeemed by that moment of sacrifice. While that moment transcends all time, the Eucharist is that moment IN time. It brings the reality of that moment into our lives in a concrete, sacramental way. The Apostles were the first to be made privy to this and were actually given the power to 'do this in remembrance of Me.' (Lk. 22:19)
The Eucharist completes his Incarnation. Through the Eucharist he not only joins us in our humanity, through it he concretely permeates our bodies as well as our souls, nourishing us with his divine life. If one can accept and grasp the reality of this most holy sacrament, then the priesthood of Jesus becomes quite necessary and understandable. In the words of St. Thomas Aquinas, 'It (the Eucharist) was the fulfillment of ancient figures and the greatest of all his miracles, while for those who were to experience the sorrow of his departure, it was destined to be a unique and abiding consolation.' (Opusculum 57, in festo Corporis Christi, lect. 1-4) How sad it is that so many Christians go without such a consolation!"Protestants deny the need for priests because they have stripped the sacrificial aspect of the Eucharist away fifteen hundred odd years after Christ's time without any authority whatsoever to do so. When you understand that ancient and apostolic principle as established by Jesus at the Last Supper, the need for a priest becomes obvious.
So JJJ, with all due respect, those who follow what was commanded of them by Jesus Christ are not heretics. Instead, it is those who refuse to believe and follow what Jesus said and who decided to go against the unanimous consensus of Christian belief from the apostolic days through the first fifteen hundred odd years after the resurrection to ignore and reject this command of the Lord Jesus Christ who are the real heretics.
The Eucharist Re- Crucifies Christ...
TTT, this is one of the stupidest statements I have ever seen! Need I remind you that JESUS instituted the Eucharist? And that he instituted it prior to the crucifixion as the means whereby HE commanded of His apostles to offer His one sacrifice in perpetuity?
The mistake you are making is confusing Jesus' death with his sacrifice. Sacrifice is not the killing of the victim but the offering of the victim to God. Jesus in an unbloody manner offered Himself to the Father at the Last Supper -the only place in Scripture where he acted in a priestly capacity. On the cross, He was the victim. But the priestly offering (of which again He commanded to be offered by His followers) was again not made on the cross but instead it was made in the Upper Room. And like the Passover which foreshadowed it, the Last Supper (which itself was part of a Passover seder) was (i) instituted prior to the death of the First Born the following day and (ii) to be made in perpetuity thereafter.
The Eucharist is a non bloody re-presentation of Calvary. It was prophesied by Malachi:
"[F]rom the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts." [Malachi 1:10-11]The pure offering made from the rising of the sun even unto the going down by the non-Jewish nations as prophesied by Malachi only has one possible fulfillment and that is in the Eucharist. For nearly 2,000 years there has been no other event that could possibly explain this. If the fulfillment of this is not in the liturgical eucharistic offerings of the Apostolic churches west and east since the days of the apostles, then Malachi was a false prophet!
Now I can understand to some extent that the manner of looking at these things outside of earthly time can make for a perspective that is difficult to grasp and that is ok. But at the very least, if you deign to speak on something at least have some familiarity with what you are talking about ok?
While Giving Mary & The Pope Glory????
What on earth are you talking about? Do the Orthodox Churches also give the pope glory through their daily liturgical offering of the Eucharist in obedience to the command of the Lord Jesus and in fulfillment of the prophecy of Malachi? By your "logic" they would but I will wager if you asked them that question that they would knock your block off! As far as Mary goes, how does the Eucharist give Mary glory?
I am unaware of any liturgy in the west or the east which gives glory for the offering of Jesus to anyone but the Father. In fact, if I was in an ornery mood, I would call you out on your assertions and demand that you demonstrate your assertions and then mock you incessantly when you failed to do so. However, I am actually in a good mood and besides, I know already that you not only cannot do this but furthermore, I doubt that you would even try to. But either way, need I remind you that bearing false witness is a violation of one of the Ten Commandments?
It's a Free Gift of GOD,
God's grace indeed is free. However, He has the right to prescribe how His grace is ordinarily to be received.
Paid In FULL By The SON Period!!!!
No one has claimed otherwise.
Offered To All!!!
Offered to all but offered as He saw/sees fit to do so. Those who knowingly reject His grace (in the manner whereby He has instituted it to be received) reject Jesus no matter how much they run around invoking His name and you would do well to remember that.
Friday, April 10, 2020
A 2020 Lenten Recapitulation Thread:
This is a series of threads posted during the Lenten season spanning from Ash Wednesday through Good Friday in order from oldest to most recent. Without further ado...
On the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, Obedience, and the Requirements of Faithful Catholics (circa February 26, 2020)
On Clarifying and Retracting Some Prior Statements on the Magisterium (circa March 8, 2020)
Points to Ponder on Obedience From St. Catherine of Siena (circa March 10, 2020)
Spiritual Instruction on Rash Judgment --Part I of IV (circa March 12, 2020)
Spiritual Instruction on Rash Judgment --Part II of IV (circa March 15, 2020)
Spiritual Instruction on Rash Judgment --Part III of IV (circa March 17, 2020)
Spiritual Instruction on Rash Judgment --Part IV of IV (circa March 20, 2020)
Pope Francis Blessing the World (circa March 29, 2020)
Points to Ponder on Obedience From the Bible (circa April 10, 2020)
This is a series of threads posted during the Lenten season spanning from Ash Wednesday through Good Friday in order from oldest to most recent. Without further ado...
On the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, Obedience, and the Requirements of Faithful Catholics (circa February 26, 2020)
On Clarifying and Retracting Some Prior Statements on the Magisterium (circa March 8, 2020)
Points to Ponder on Obedience From St. Catherine of Siena (circa March 10, 2020)
Spiritual Instruction on Rash Judgment --Part I of IV (circa March 12, 2020)
Spiritual Instruction on Rash Judgment --Part II of IV (circa March 15, 2020)
Spiritual Instruction on Rash Judgment --Part III of IV (circa March 17, 2020)
Spiritual Instruction on Rash Judgment --Part IV of IV (circa March 20, 2020)
Pope Francis Blessing the World (circa March 29, 2020)
Points to Ponder on Obedience From the Bible (circa April 10, 2020)
Monday, April 06, 2020
Points to Ponder:
The Democratic party is and always will be the party of slavery. The difference is that they have moved from physical slavery to economic and psychological slavery. [Excerpt from Rerum Novarum (circa November 6, 2002)]
The Democratic party is and always will be the party of slavery. The difference is that they have moved from physical slavery to economic and psychological slavery. [Excerpt from Rerum Novarum (circa November 6, 2002)]
Things have been quieter here lately as I have been busy with a project I will post on later. It is not another writing project{1} but something that because of the current stay at home orders over the Covid19 epidemic is something that I would not have time to tend to in any other circumstance. As of this writing, it is about probably 55-60% completed. I will not comment on it again until it is completed.
Note:
{1} Though when I was out undergoing some cigar therapy a few days back, I thought of a subject to write on that considering the virus epidemic we are seeing right now will be rather timely. It is still however in the embryonic stage right now and not even ready to put the first jottings down in draft form.
Note:
{1} Though when I was out undergoing some cigar therapy a few days back, I thought of a subject to write on that considering the virus epidemic we are seeing right now will be rather timely. It is still however in the embryonic stage right now and not even ready to put the first jottings down in draft form.