What is the purpose of life? "Why did God make you?" The answer: "God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world and to be happy with Him forever in the next." This is the whole reason for our existence. Jesus answered the question even more briefly: "I came so that [you] might have life and have it more abundantly." - John 10:10 -

God's plan for you is simple. Your loving Father wants to give you all good things - especially eternal life. Jesus died on the cross to save us all from sin and the eternal separation from God that sin causes (CCC 599-623). When God saves us, He makes us part of his Body, which is the Church. - 1Cor. 12:27-30 - The Catholic Church teaches what the apostles taught and what the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible teaches: We are saved by grace, but not by faith alone. - James 2:24 -

If you are a Catholic and someone asks you if you have been "saved" you should say, "I am redeemed by the Blood of Christ, I trust in Him alone for my salvation. - Phil. 2:12 -

Only the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus, and only it has been able to preserve all Christian truth without any error - and great numbers of people are coming to see this. "Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you." - Matt. 7:7 -

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I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.


HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -

Matrimony (CCC 1601-1666)
Most people are called to the married life. Through the sacrament of matrimony God gives special graces to help married couples with life's difficulties, especially to help them raise their children as loving followers of Christ.

Marriage involves three parties: the bride, the groom and God. When two Christians receive the sacrament of matrimony, God is with them, witnessing and blessing their marriage covenant. A sacramental marriage is permanent; only death can break it. - Mark 10:1-12. Rom. 7:2-3. 1Cor. 7:10-11 - This holy union is a living symbol of the unbreakable relationship between Christ and his Church. - Eph. 5:21-33 -

Holy Order (CCC1536-1600)
Others called to share specially in Christ's priesthood. In the Old Covenant, even though Israel was a kingdom of priests, - Exod. 19:6 - the Lord called certain men to a special priestly ministry. - Exod. 19:22 - In the New Covenant, even though Christians are a kingdom of priests, - 1Pet. 19:6 - Jesus calls certain men to a special priestly ministry. - Rom. 15:15-16 -
This sacrament is called holy orders. Through it priests are ordained and thus empowered to serve the Church - 2Tim. 1:6-7 - as pastors, teachers, and spiritual fathers who heal,administration of the sacraments.

Anointing of the Sick (CCC 1499-1532)
Priests care for us when we are physically ill. They do this through the sacrament known as the anointing of the sick. The Bible instructs us, "Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray...Is any one among you sick? He should summon the presbyters [priests] of the Church, and they should pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven" - Jas. - 5:14-15 - Anointing of the sick, not only helps us endure illness, but it cleanses our souls and helps us prepare to meet God.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

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I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -

Penance (CCC 1422-1498) - (also called reconciliation or confession)
Sometimes on our journey toward the heavenly promised land we stumble and fall into sin. God is always ready to lift us up and to restore us to grace-filled fellowship with him. He does this through the sacrament of penance.

Jesus gave His apostles power and authority to reconcile us to the Father. They received Jesus' own power to forgive sins when He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained". - John 20:22-23 - Saint Paul notes that "all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation...So, we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us". - 2Cor. 5:18-20 - Through confession to a priest, God's minister, we have our sins forgiven, and we receive grace to help us resist future temptations.

The Eucharist (CCC 1322-1419)
Once we become members of Christ's family, He does not let us go hungry, but feeds us with his own body and blood through the Eucharist. In the Old Testament, as they prepared for their journey in the wilderness, God commanded his people to sacrifice a lamb and sprinkle its blood on the doorposts, so the Angel of Death would pass by their homes. Then they ate the lamb to seal their covenant with God. This lamb prefigured Jesus. He is real "Lamb of God". who takes away the sins of the world. - John 1:29 - Through Jesus we enter into a New Covenant with God - Luke 22:20 - who protects us from eternal death. God's Old Testament people ate the Passover Lamb. Now we must eat the Lamb that is the Eucharist. Jesus said, "Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood you have no life within you". -John 6:53 -

At the Last Supper he took bread and wine and said, "Take and eat. This is my body...This is my blood which will be shed for you". - Mark 14:22-24 - In this way, Jesus instituted the sacrament of the Eucharist, the sacrificial meal Catholic consume at each Mass. The Catholic Church teaches that the sacrifice of Christ on the cross occurred "once for all", it cannot be repeated. - Heb. 9:28 - Christ does not "die again" during Mass, but the very same sacrifice that occurred on Calvary is made present on the altar. That's why the Mass is not "another" sacrifice, but a participation in the same, once-for-all sacrifice of Christ on the cross. Saint Paul reminds us that the bread and the wine really become, by a miracle of God's grace, the actual body and blood of Jesus: "Anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself". - 1Cor. 11:27-29 - After the consecration of the bread and wine, no bread or wine remains on the altar. Only Jesus himself, under the appearance of bread and wine, remains.

Confirmation (CCC 1285-1321)
God strengthen our souls in another way, through the sacrament of confirmation. Even though Jesus' disciples received grace before his Resurrection, on Pentecost the Holy Spirit came to strengthen them with new graces for the difficult work ahead. They went out and preached the gospel fearlessly and carried out the mission Christ had given them. Later, they laid hands on others to strengthened to meet the spiritual challenges in your life.

Matrimony (CCC 1601-1666)
Most people are called to the married life...

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -

HOW GOD DISTRIBUTES HIS GIFTS

Jesus promised He would not leave us orphans - John 14:18 - but would send the Holy Spirit to guide and protect us. - John 15:26 - He gave the sacraments to heal, feed, and strengthen us. The seven sacraments - baptism, the Eucharist, penance (also called reconciliation or confession), confirmation, holy orders, matrimony, and the anointing of the sick - are not just symbols. They are signs that actually convey God's grace and love.

The sacraments were foreshadowed in the Old Testament by things that did not actually convey grace but merely symbolized it (circumcision, for example, prefigured baptism, and the Passover meal prefigured the Eucharist. When Christ came, He did not do away with symbols of God's grace. He super naturalized them, energizing them with grace. He made them more than symbols.

God constantly uses material things to show his love and power. After all, matter is not evil. When He created the physical universe, everything God created was "very good" - Gen.1:31 - He takes such delight in matter that he even dignified it through his own Incarnation. - John 1:14 -

During his earthly ministry Jesus healed, fed, and strengthened people through humble elements such as mud, water, bread, oil, and wine. He could have performed His miracles directly, but He preferred to use material things to bestow His grace.

In His first public miracle Jesus turned water into wine, at the request of his mother, Mary. - John 2:1-11 - He healed a blind man by rubbing mud on his eyes. - John 9:1-7 - He multiplied a few loaves and fish into a meal for thousands. - John 6:5-13 - He changed bread and wine into his own body and blood. - Matt. 26:26-28 - Through the sacraments he continues to heal, feed, and strengthen us.

Baptism (CCC 1213-1284)
Because of original sin, we are born without grace in our souls, so there is no way for us to have fellowship with God. Jesus became man to bring us into union with his Father. He said no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of "water and the Spirit" - John 3:5 - this refer to baptism. Through baptism we are born again, but this time on a spiritual level instead of a physical level. We are washed in the bath of rebirth. - Titus 3:5 - We are baptized into Christ's death and therefore share in his Resurrection. - Rom. 6:3-7 -

Baptism cleanses us of sins and brings the Holy Spirit and His grace into our souls. - Acts 2:38, 22:16 - And the apostle Peter is perhaps the most blunt of all: "Baptism now saves you". - 1Peter 3:21 - Baptism is the gateway into the Universal Church.

Penance-also called reconciliation or confession. (CCC 1422-1498)
Sometimes on our journey toward the heavenly...

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -

As from the first, God speaks to his Church through the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible and through sacred Tradition. To make sure we understand Him, He guides the Church's teaching authority - the Magisterium - so it always interprets the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible and sacred Tradition [oral and written] accurately. This is the gift of infallibility.

Like the three legs on a stool, the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium are all necessary for the stability of the Church to guarantee sound doctrine. The Bible - Sacred scripture (CCC 101-141) Scripture, by which we mean the Old Testament and the New Testament, was inspired by God. - 2Tim. 3:16 -

The Holy Spirit guided the biblical authors to write what He wanted them to write. Since God is the principal author of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, and since God is truth itself - John 14:6 - and cannot teach anything untrue, it is free from all error in everything it asserts to be true.

Some Christians claim, "The Holy Bible is all I need," but this notion is not taught in the Holy Bible itself. In fact, the Holy Bible teaches the contrary idea. - 2Pet. 1:20-21, 3:15-16 - The "Holy Bible alone" theory was not believed by Christians in the early Church.

It is new, having arisen only in the 1500s during the Protestant Reformation. The theory is a "tradition of men" that nullifies the Word of God, distorts the true role of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, and undermines the authority of the Universal Church Jesus established. - Mark 7:1-8 -

Although popular with many "Bible Christian" churches, the "Bible alone" theory simply does not work in practice. Historical experience disproves it. Each year we see additional splintering among "Bible-believing" religions. Today there are tens of thousands of competing denominations, each insisting its interpretation of the Bible is the correct one. The resulting divisions have caused untold confusion among millions of sincere but misled Christians.

We know for sure: The Holy Spirit cannot be the author of this confusion. - 1Cor. 14:33 - God cannot lead people to contradictory beliefs because His truth is one. The conclusion? The "Bible alone" theory must be false.

Sacred Tradition (CCC 75-83)
Sacred Tradition should not be confused with mere traditions of men, which are more commonly called customs or disciplines. Jesus sometimes condemned customs of disciplines, but only if they were contrary to God's commands. - Mark 7:8 - He never condemned sacred Tradition, and he didn't even condemned all human tradition.

Sacred Tradition and the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible are not different or competing revelations. They are two ways that the Church hands on the gospel. Apostolic teachings such as the Trinity, infant baptism, the inerrancy of the Sacred Scripture, purgatory, and Mary's perpetual virginity have been most clearly taught through Tradition, although they are also implicitly present in ( and not contrary to) the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible. The Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible itself tells us to hold fast to Tradition, whether it comes to us in written or oral form. - 2Thess. 2:15, 1Cor. 11:2 -

Sacred Tradition should not be confused with customs and disciplines, such as the rosary, priestly celibacy, and not eating meat on Fridays in Lent. These are good and helpful things, but they are not doctrines. Sacred Tradition preserves doctrines first taught by Jesus to the apostles and later passed down to us through the apostles' successors, the bishops.

The Magisterium (CCC 85-87, 888-892)
Together the pope and the bishops form the teaching authority of the Church, which is called the Magisterium (from the Latin for "teacher"). The Magisterium, guided and protected from error by the Holy Spirit, gives us certainty in matters of doctrines. The Church is the custodian of the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible and faithfully and accurately proclaims its message, a task which God has empowered it to do.

Keep in mind that the Universal Church came before the New Testament, not the New Testament before the Universal Church. Divinely-inspired members of the Church wrote the books of the New Testament, just as divinely-inspired writers had written the Old Testament, and the Church is guided by the Holy Spirit to guard and interpret the entire Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, both Old and New Testaments

Such an official interpreter is absolutely necessary if we are to understand the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible properly. (We all know what the Constitution says, but we still need a Supreme Court to interpret what it means.) The Magisterium is infallible when it teaches officially because Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to guide the apostles and the successors "into all truth". - John 16:12-13 -

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -

These beliefs include the bodily Resurrection of Jesus, the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, the sacrificial nature of the Mass, the forgiveness of sins through a priest, baptismal regeneration, the existence of purgatory, Mary's special role, and much more.

Early Christian writings prove the first Christians were thoroughly Catholic in belief and practise and looked to the successors of the apostles as their leaders. What these first Christians believed is still believed by the Catholic Church. No other Church can make that claim.

Man's ingenuity cannot account for this. The Church has remained One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic - not through man's effort, but because God preserves the Church He established. - Matt. 16:18, 28:20 - He guided the Israelites on the escape from Egypt by giving them a pillar of fire to light their way across the dark wilderness - Exodus 13:21 - Today He guides us through His Catholic Church.

The Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible, sacred Tradition, and the writings of the earliest Christians testify that the Church teaches with Jesus' authority. In this age of countless competing religions, each clamoring for attention, one voice rises above the din: the Catholic Church, which the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible calls "the pillar and foundation of truth." - 1 Tim. 3:15 -

Jesus assured the apostles and their successors, the pope and the bishops, "He who listens to you listens to me, and he who rejects you rejects me." - Luke 10:16 - Jesus promised to guide His Church into all truth. Jesus chose the apostles to be the earthly leaders of the Church. He gave them his own authority to teach and to govern - not as dictators, but as loving fathers and pastors. That is why Catholics call their spiritual leaders "father." In doing so we follow Saint Paul's example: "I became your father in Jesus Christ through the gospel." - 1 Cor. 4:15 -

The apostles, fulfilling Jesus' will, ordained bishops, priests, and deacons and thus handed on their apostolic ministry to them - the fullest degree of ordination to the bishops, lesser degrees to the priests and deacons. Jesus gave Peter special authority among the apostles - John 21:15-17 - and signified this by changing his name from Simon to Peter, which means "rock." - John 1:42 - He said Peter was to be the rock on which he would build His Church. - Matt. 16:18 -

In Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke, Simon's new name was Kepha (which means a massive rock). Later this name was translated into Greek as Petros - John 1:42 - and into English as Peter. Christ gave Peter alone the "keys of the kingdom" - Matt. 16:19 - and promised that Peter decisions would be binding in heaven. He also gave similar power to the other apostles - Matt. 18:18 - but only Peter was given the keys, symbols of his authority to rule the Church on earth in Jesus' absence.
Christ, the Good Shepherd, called Peter to be the chief shepherd of his Church - John 21:15-17 - He gave Peter the task of strengthening the other apostles in their faith, ensuring that they taught only what was true - Luke 22:31-32 - Peter led the Church in proclaiming the gospel and making decisions. - Acts 2:1-41, 15:7-12 -

Early Christian writings tell us that Peter's successors, the bishops of Rome (who from the earliest times have been called by the affectionate title of "pope," which means "papa"), continued to exercise Peter's ministry in the Church.

The pope is the successor to Peter as bishop of Rome. The world's other bishops are successors to the apostles in general.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -

Even the oldest government is new compared to the papacy, and the churches that send out door-to-door missionaries are young compared to the Catholic Church. Many of these churches began as recently as the nineteenth or twentieth centuries. Some even began during your own lifetime. None of them can claim to be the Church Jesus established.

The Catholic Church has existed for more than 2,000 years, despite constant opposition from the world. This is testimony to the Church's divine origin. It must be more than a merely human organization, especially considering that its human members - even some of its leaders - have been unwise, corrupt, or prone to heresy.

Any merely human organization with such members would have collapsed early on. The Catholic Church is today the most vigorous Church in the world, that is testimony not to the cleverness of the Church's leaders, but to the protection of the Holy Spirit.

If we wish to locate the Church founded by Jesus, we need to locate the one that has the four chief marks or qualities of his Church. The Church we seek must be One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic.

The Church is One - Romans 12:5, 1 Cor. 10:17, 12:13, CCC 813-822 - Jesus established only one Church, not a collection of differing churches (Lutheran, Baptist, Anglican, and so on). The Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible says the Church is the bride of Christ - Eph. 5:23-32 - Jesus can have but one spouse, and his spouse is the Catholic Church.

His Church also teaches just one set of doctrines, which must be the same as those taught by the apostles - Jude 3 - This is the unity of belief to which Scripture call us - Phil. 1:27, 2:2 -
Although some Catholics dissent from officially-taught doctrines, the Church's official teachers - the pope and the bishops united with Him - have never changed any doctrine. Over the centuries, as doctrines are examined more fully, the Church comes to understand them more deeply - John 16:12-13 - but it never understands them to mean the opposite of what they once meant.

The Church is Holy - Ephesians 5:25-27, Rev. 19:7-8, CCC 823-829 -
By his grace Jesus makes the Church holy, just as he is holy. This doesn't mean that each member is always holy. Jesus said there would be both good and bad members in the Church - John 6:70 - and not all the members would go to heaven. - Matt. 7:21-23 - But the Church itself is holy because it is the source of holiness and is the guardian of the special means of grace Jesus established, the sacraments. - cf. Eph 5:26 -

The Church is Catholic - Matthew 28:19-20, Rev. 5:9-10, CCC 830-856 - Jesus' Church is called catholic ("universal" in Greek) because it is his gift to all people. He told his apostles to go throughout the world and make disciples of "all nations". - Matt. 28:19-20 -

For 2,000 years the Catholic Church has carried out this mission, preaching the good news that Christ died for all men and that he wants all of us to be members of his universal family. - Gal. 3:28 -
Nowadays the Catholic Church is found in every country of the world and is still sending out missionaries to "make disciples of all nations." - Matt. 28:19 -

The Church Jesus established was known by its most common title, "the Catholic Church," at least as early as the year 107, when Ignatius of Antioch used that title to describe the one Church Jesus founded. The title apparently was old in Ignatius's time, which means it probably went all the way back to the time of the apostles.

The Church is Apostolic - Ephesians 2:19-20, CCC 857-865 -
The Church Jesus founded is apostolic because he appointed the apostles to be the first leaders of the Church, and their successors were to be its future leaders. The apostles were the first bishops, and since the first century, there has been an unbroken line of Catholic bishops faithfully handing on what the apostles taught the first Christians in Scripture and oral Tradition. - 2 Tim. 2:2 -
These beliefs include...

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -