Thank you for posting these video's eta, I had never seen any of Thomas the hermit's video's before. They are great.
Replying again What you received here is so true It is so easy for me to forget this in my daily walk
Yes, they truly are, Don. A friend recently introduced me to this man via his videos. We need such simple clarity...and you know it when you see it...no? I'm looking now into those he's done on contemplation. He's a great example for "how it's done" due to his own conversion. P.S. I've always felt that "Imagine" recording to be a demonic temptation.
I think you nailed it here. I looked it up in a Wikipedia entry that talked about ancient aqueducts which carried hot water from the hot springs When the water traveled, it became lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, and it became emetic Stunning imagery
Don, You're welcome. Jo , You're welcome. *** I watched the second episode of "Jesus: His Life" last night. Imo because we know the Faith it is ok to watch this series but it also make you a little angry to watch it. I do plan on watching the last two episodes also because I want to know what Protestants are putting out. Be assured this is a Protestant program even though there are two Catholic commentators included in the series, one being Father James Martin. Last night's episode was worse than the first episode, they spoke of Jesus' brothers and sisters; and Father James Martin stated something like "It's hard for Catholics to accept that Jesus had siblings but not for Protestants" (not verbatim) but yikes! It reminded me of a video that I posted last year of Cardinal Cupich stating the same thing, that Jesus had siblings. I really do want to see what else they'll say in this series that is not a belief of Our Faith because I'm afraid that these views will continue to be pushed in the name of ecumenism. For those who are looking for a wonderful program I highly recommend "The Bible and the Virgin Mary". I had recorded this program almost a year ago when EWTN ran the series and I have to admit that I finally made the time to watch 10 of the 12 episodes (I was missing the first 2 episodes). Each episode begins with a short explanation of a Marian apparition and then a discussion of a dogma of the Blessed Mother usually follows. At least one of the episodes discusses the title "Mother of God" also, for example. They mentioned a few things that I heard for the first time which I thought were amazing and they also made amazing comparisons between the old testament and the new testament, all related to the Blessed Mother including the Ark of the Covenant & the New Ark of the Covenant, Eve & the New Eve, etc. So, again I highly suggest ""The Bible and the Virgin Mary"*. In addition, they also gave proof from scripture that Jesus did not have siblings and they explain why there is confusion amongst Protestants about this; of course, the main reason is that Mary was a virgin for her entire life and they use scripture again to prove this also. Finally, I read that there is another new program available about Our Lord. It is called Chosen and it will be debuting online April 15, I'll probably watch this program also. I'm hoping that it is a lot better than "Jesus: His Life". ref. *https://stpaulcenter.com/studies-tools/journey-through-scripture/the-bible-and-the-virgin-mary/ https://www.christianitytoday.com/c...s-life-history-chosen-tv-series-vidangel.html http://www.ncregister.com/blog/ksch...ory-channels-new-lenten-series-jesus-his-life
That the likes of Fr. Martin and Cdl. Cupich can't get their heads around Mary's perpetual virginity says a whole lot about them. It signifies a lack of belief that God's grace is sufficient to aid us overcome sins of the flesh. In a way it's a kind of apostasy. Does anyone still believe that Podesta's "Catholic Spring" was the brainchild of the Clinton campaign or the Democratic Party? Anyone who can't see that it was part of an inside attack on the Church which is now being incorporated into official Church documents needs to pay a visit to Specsavers.
Don't you love my emotional outbursts! There are certain similarities between this exhortation and Amoris Laetitia. Pope Francis has a distinct dislike for doctrinal rigidity and loves to speak of ideals, accompaniment, and listening. But such forms of compassion have few connections to a restrictive morality in his mind. Perhaps his belief that the mercy and salvation of Jesus outweighs such considerations reduces the Decalogue to a troublesome burden. This stands in opposition to Popes St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, who always found a complementary balance between love and truth, between obedience and mercy. One of the qualms of Pope Francis is that the embrace of a rigid morality will result in a form of isolationism that erects barriers to others with opposing views. No wonder he hates Trump's wall! At least I have a clearer sense of Pope Francis' specific, consistent vision. I'm just not a part of it. Safe in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary!
"I'm just not a part of it". You're not alone in that, Mario. No point stressing about it. Leave it in the Lord's hands. Not really related to this thread, and probably a little weird, but I got some comfort from listening to Taylor Marshall's podcast on Chapter 20 of the Book of Revelation. Nowadays, it takes a convert to give us unadulterated Catholic teaching without watering it down or glossing over the hard parts to please apostates and non-believers. If the Bishops in Latin America had any sense and if they really wanted to reverse the trend of the rise in Protestantism in their countries, they would expel the Jesuits and bring in people like Dr. Marshall . Here's a link to the podcast:
But Our LAdy is right. Our Only Refuge is her Immaculate Heart , we must turn with increasing fervour to the rosary. 11 !! Congratulations, how wonderful!! I think the so called , 'youth Synod' was a cynical attempt to use the youth to beat us judgemental old fogies over the head with. But when the young turn to Christ in this time of huge trial and darkness I think as St Louis Grignion De Motford prophisied they tower over everyone else like the Lebanon Cedar over any other tree.
I think that the faith will be completely dead in Ireland within a decade or two. A Sunday Mass I attended recently was one of those dry-run type Masses for children about to make their First Communion. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, especially as the children are at least two years older than we were when we made our First Communion. My jaw dropped when the priest announced "now we will have the children's Creed". Some children took turns at the microphone rattling off little sentences which I suppose were meant to be a variation on the Creed, as they waved to their friends and relatives in the pews. And while they did that, other children held up signs that they must have made during preparation classes. Nobody - neither teachers nor children - so much as bowed towards the tabernacle. Although all very happy-clappy, it was like a send-up of the Mass. I suppose my horror qualifies me as one of those rigid old rules lovers that our hierarchy are trying to drive out of the Church. I'm usually very easy-going where kids are concerned but what I witnessed that Sunday left me feeling very sad, especially for the children.
You are describing what was very common here in the 70s and 80s. Now I no longer see it. Priests are younger and tend to be orthodox. One wears a cassock. But the damage was done. A generation lost. One friend who is a product of 70s catechesis--banners and children's creed etc--has made her way back by God's grace and is furious about what she missed out on.
Pope Francis is fiddling whilst Rome burns. Is he really that out of touch with reality? My fear is that he is!
I have worked with young people in their teens for the past 32 years in a Catholic High School. The Pope is preaching to an audience that isn't there. The auditorium is empty. He is speaking in a 'foreign tongue' that they do not understand. This kind of exhortation is essentially irrelevant to the vast majority of teens. The youth are not listening to you and they won't read your document. They are just not interested in the verbiage and new'speak' 'accompaniment' nonsense that is in this document. Young people see through the 'buzz words', the fake sentimentality. The document is much too long as well. Can you believe 'time is greater than space' is regurgitated in this exhortation? Any intelligent teenager will laugh out loud at this pretentious notion but the vast majority will not have a clue what it means. Because it doesn't actually mean anything. We live in a very broken world where many youth are damaged and live in dysfunctional families. They are in real need of the gospel of healing and deliverance. We live in a sick society that is falling apart at the seams before our very eyes. We live in the Nineveh. The world needs to be told to repent and believe the Good News or it will destroy itself or be destroyed by fire from above. We have a Pope who sees the Church as a field hospital but the hospital is empty and not fit for purpose. He is essentially recommending a sticking plaster to cover a massive wound. I am literally lost for words at how out of touch the present Vatican is with the life of young people and the signs of the times. http://w2.vatican.va/content/france...o_esortazione-ap_20190325_christus-vivit.html PS - I do not deny that there are some fine paragraphs in this document. I speak as one with experience of young people and this document was a waste of 'time and space' as it will not fix the problems faced by the youth. Pope Francis is like a grandad giving paternal advice to young people who are several generations apart from him. They laugh at me (in a good way) for being old fashioned and I am much younger than the Pope (lol, like, you know, I mean - that is the speak of the young people - they cannot even string sentences together never mind understand time is greater than space -- I speak tongue in cheek but you get my drift lol). Sorry to be so harsh. It is how I see it and I am open to correction. PPS -- If the Pope had given this document to a teacher like me I would have gutted it by 2/3rds and reshaped it keeping the good parts in and making it more readable and getting to the point. But event then it still would not be relevant to the majority of their lives so the Pope would be better addressing the real issues in the Church like apostacy, heresy, abuse etc and weeding out the evil out of the Church. A holy Church is attractive to youth.
Ireland is always behind the curve and, in her lateness, tries to outdo everyone else as if to make up for it. Maybe this is a partial explanation for our earlier evangelical success, when we came rather late to the game after the initial explosion of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.
What young people need (which might not be equal to what they want) is certainty. They respect straight talking. How can they be expected to pay any attention to the kind of post-modern equivocating which gives away the fact that the preacher either doesn't understand or believe what he is saying? These kinds of 'teacher' are the sort that refuse to get off the fence and truly commit to something that makes sense, whether they like it or not-it suspiciously resembles the evasion of that which is undesireable. Postscript: despite the efforts of a minority like yourself, most of these young people have been hopelessly deceived by a tidal-wave of lies and half-truths. Given that it was always broadly true that youth is wasted on the young, they represent a near-hopelessly vulnerable cohort in the face of this interminable and ubiquitous propaganda. Given the breadth and depth of their deception, it is hard not to conclude that their ignorance is sufficiently invincible to warrant (True) Mercy. Anyhow, many of them will revise their opinions when the realisation of their mortality dawns on them. At that existential moment, even if they can't find any solid ground, the benefits of modernism and post-modernism will fade into dust.
As one who worked for years with young people I totally concur!! As one priest said in a great homily I heard on line "you want to fix the world? Be holy! You want to fix the Churvh? Be holy! You want to fix your family? Be holy!"
There are signs that God is preparing to intervene. The sooner the better. I f our Bishops and Cardinals had been prepared to put on their marching boots they would have done it by now. Our only hope is the direct intervention of God. He loves our young people, ourselves and the Church a billion times more than we do. Let us pray together that heaven steps in. Let us all pray for God to act right now!! Let us pray for God to save us! Let God arise! Let His foes be scattered!!
