Ever meet a Catholic who was faithful to their duties?
March 17, 2014 at 6:28 pm
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2014 at 6:29 pm by Phatt Matt s.)
Baptism
By accepting Jesus as your Lord and savior.
A personal Relationship with the Father, son, and Holy Ghost.
Keeping the commandments of God
Pray unceasingly and whatever you do, do it for the Lord.
Whatever suffering you encounter offer it up to the Lord without complaint
Love God with all your heart, mind, and soul.
Be attached to nothing that is less than God.
The Church teaches from the CCC 132:” Therefore, the study of the sacred page (Scripture) should be the very soul of sacred theology.
133 The Church "forcefully and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful. . . to learn the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ, by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures. Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. “
Embrace the Nicene Creed. The summary of the beliefs that all are bound to believe.
A sincere confession, true contrition, worthy purpose of amendment.
The sheep and the goats in Matthew 25 are seperated based on their good deeds for the hungry, naked, homeless, imprisoned etc.
Catholics must do:
Seven corporal works of Mercy:
To feed the hungry;
To give drink to the thirsty;
To clothe the naked;
To harbour the harbourless;
To visit the sick;
To ransom the captive;
To bury the dead.
The spiritual works of mercy are:
To instruct the ignorant;
To counsel the doubtful;
To admonish sinners;
To bear wrongs patiently;
To forgive offences willingly;
To comfort the afflicted;
To pray for the living and the dead.
Those are the Duties of a Catholic. No where in the official teachings of the Church does it say the duties of a Catholic are to molest children, burn heretics, or worship statues. Such behavior is the opposite of what the Church teaches.
So has anyone met a Catholic that was faithful to their duties? I haven't.
By accepting Jesus as your Lord and savior.
A personal Relationship with the Father, son, and Holy Ghost.
Keeping the commandments of God
Pray unceasingly and whatever you do, do it for the Lord.
Whatever suffering you encounter offer it up to the Lord without complaint
Love God with all your heart, mind, and soul.
Be attached to nothing that is less than God.
The Church teaches from the CCC 132:” Therefore, the study of the sacred page (Scripture) should be the very soul of sacred theology.
133 The Church "forcefully and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful. . . to learn the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ, by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures. Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. “
Embrace the Nicene Creed. The summary of the beliefs that all are bound to believe.
A sincere confession, true contrition, worthy purpose of amendment.
The sheep and the goats in Matthew 25 are seperated based on their good deeds for the hungry, naked, homeless, imprisoned etc.
Catholics must do:
Seven corporal works of Mercy:
To feed the hungry;
To give drink to the thirsty;
To clothe the naked;
To harbour the harbourless;
To visit the sick;
To ransom the captive;
To bury the dead.
The spiritual works of mercy are:
To instruct the ignorant;
To counsel the doubtful;
To admonish sinners;
To bear wrongs patiently;
To forgive offences willingly;
To comfort the afflicted;
To pray for the living and the dead.
Those are the Duties of a Catholic. No where in the official teachings of the Church does it say the duties of a Catholic are to molest children, burn heretics, or worship statues. Such behavior is the opposite of what the Church teaches.
So has anyone met a Catholic that was faithful to their duties? I haven't.
