Thanks for your views, Mary; and thanks for the vocation prayer.
To determine if God has called one - the “vocation” - we must be satisfied as to the sincerity and suitability of the candidate. S
Raymond Hickey Bordine @ 27 and 31.
The teaching of the Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. The Church also affirms the existence of purgatory and its necessity for purification and
I couldn't agree more, but I think that they should also be made ministers of The Word, because, was it not Christ Himself who sent Mary to the apostles with Word of His resurrection?
The Archbishop is quoted as saying "not everything in the Church is up for grabs". Well, I can think of two items of church teaching that are no longer up for grabs as it would appear that the faithf
Debbie#28, as I understand things from Jesus' activities and teachings in the New Testament, if an individual is trying to be in harmony with the Divine [Higher power, Spirit of the Universe, etc.] a
Raymond #27
There could be no indulgences without Purgatory. Another element in the power structure. Mind you, the precise quantification of indulgences has had to be abandoned, partly, no doubt, beca
"with God the Father who demands our repayment of sin in Purgatory." Newman, in The Dream of Gerontius, presents it very differently. Referring to the stigmata of St Francis, a mark of love, the Angel
Brendan, your call goes forth eloquently. I'm in Dublin just now, and might come to Galway. How well I remember that article on "Lost Opportunities" -- how clearly its note sounded amid the razzmatazz
Raymond Hickey Bordine #27
Do you think that there could be a Purgatory but no Hell? Maybe for people who die unrepentant and that there through the Mercy of God get a chance to do penance?
Debbie #26, to specifically give my best thoughts about 'purgatory', I would say that it doesn't make sense with the Jesus concept of the 'father' in the allegory of 'the prodigal son". For it to mak
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September 26 2012Thanks for your views, Mary; and thanks for the vocation prayer. To determine if God has called one - the “vocation” - we must be satisfied as to the sincerity and suitability of the candidate. S
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