Once again, the name of the Saviour is not mentioned.My earliest experience of family. Hence I believe that Pope Francis encyclical Amoris laetitia (The Joy of Love), is such an important champion of the grace God within families.
Amoris Laetitia, (The Joy of Adultery) is a blasphemous document in which Bergoglio basically downgrades adultery from being a mortal sin to being merely an imperfect participation in the “ideal” of Holy Matrimony, one that is sometimes “what God himself is asking amid the concrete complexity of one’s limits, while yet not fully the objective ideal.”My earliest experience of family. Hence I believe that Pope Francis encyclical Amoris laetitia (The Joy of Love), is such an important champion of the grace God within families.
AL is a magisterial document addressing current issues with pastoral wisdom. It changes nothing regarding doctrine of holy marriage held by the Apostolic Church.Amoris Laetitia, (The Joy of Adultery) is a blasphemous document in which Bergoglio basically downgrades adultery from being a mortal sin to being merely an imperfect participation in the “ideal” of Holy Matrimony, one that is sometimes “what God himself is asking amid the concrete complexity of one’s limits, while yet not fully the objective ideal.”
Amoris Laetitia does to the sacrament of marriage what the new "subsists in" ecclesiology does to the essence of the Catholic Church. Marriage being between one man and one woman for life is no longer an absolute, but an "ideal" to be strived for, and sometimes God wants you to commit adultery because that is the best you can do, and you are no longer required to hold to the ideal.
It's evil.
I didn't grow up with any religion but I knew in my heart there was something calling me. I once saw a picture of Jesus knocking on a door. I didn't know who he was but looking at that picture I instantly thought, this is YOU. This is what my heart is longing for. I came across a bible and read the Lord is my shepherd.....my heart lept. Later I came across catholicism and knew 100 percent it was the truth. I had met many along the way and God led me to him. Now I add knowledge to my faith and am thankful every day for my catholic faith.Do you remember what it was that first drew you to Jesus Christ?
The doctrine of the sacrament of marriage does not change because of "current issues", that being the unwillingness of people to adhere to the 6th and 9th Commandment.AL is a magisterial document addressing current issues with pastoral wisdom. It changes nothing regarding doctrine of holy marriage held by the Apostolic Church.
I was raised Catholic and Protestant becasue my family is a mix. Mass on Saturday, then Sunday School and Church service on Sunday.Do you remember what it was that first drew you to Jesus Christ?
You practiced, prayed, and studied which religion to follow?...
I was raised Catholic and Protestant becasue my family is a mix.
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The answer is practice, practice, practice, prayer, prayer, prayer, study, study, study....
I practiced both at one point and learned both at one point. It is just that the more I studied, the less and less Protestantism made sense. Interestingly enough, at that time in my life I preferred Protestantism! I enjoyed the services and the singing much more than I enjoyed Mass. Even in preferring Protestantism----it still didn't add up in my mind. There was always something that didn't seem right to me, didn't add up, seemed off. I couldn't articulate it, it was just something I felt.You practiced, prayed, and studied which religion to follow?
You continue to seek wrongly; you keep seeking religion....
To this day--my tastes are Protestant, but my Faith is Catholic.
That is an interesting testimony. It explains something to me. My three siblings all married nonCC's who over the course of the last 35 years have subsequently converted to Catholicism. Our family dynamic is just wonderful when we are together filled with generosity, kindness, care. I often speculated that when these people came into our family, we took special care to exorcise any kind of subconscious negativity we might have had towards nonCC's. Perhaps they did the same regarding Catholics? This is why I have such faith in the ecumenism envisaged by the Council.I practiced both at one point and learned both at one point. It is just that the more I studied, the less and less Protestantism made sense. Interestingly enough, at that time in my life I preferred Protestantism! I enjoyed the services and the singing much more than I enjoyed Mass. Even in preferring Protestantism----it still didn't add up in my mind. There was always something that didn't seem right to me, didn't add up, seemed off. I couldn't articulate it, it was just something I felt.
It wasn't until I went to college that I was better able to articulate why Protestantism didn't add up.
To this day--my tastes are Protestant, but my Faith is Catholic.
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as Solomon saysthose that go down unto her, and Join Hand to Handhouse to house, that lay field to field,return not, ever again;unto the Land of the livingtheir fate seal for eternity
I remember as a child being drawn to Jesus but the RCC made it feel impossible to know Him and there were things that I was taught that an ALL loving God would never do. Years of wandering around with something missing in my life, left me with an empty feeling that was unfilled. For some unknown reason my mother asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I answered a bible. Oh I went away shaking my head and wondering what possessed me. The Christmas came and I looked at the presents that my siblings were receiving and I was wondering why I asked for a bible. My mother saw me and said but you asked and she was right.Do you remember what it was that first drew you to Jesus Christ?
You are so right. Knowing Jesus love and how He cares for us is so important.Balshan, a wonderful testimony. Knowing Jesus more intimately, certainly surpasses all understanding, than just only recognizing that He lived and died on the cross.