There are many houses and fathers: the prodigal son returns home to the one of the only true Father who is the source of grace and the center of the mystery of salvation
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But do not forget that the Justice of the Father, although it seems to have favored the younger son, It not economically puts them on the same plane: should never be forgotten that, in the end, Father remembers the eldest son, remained with him, that “… all that is mine is yours ..”, or that all of the assets is his and not his younger brother.
Caro Father, I explained how we interpret the statements of the Pope about the fact that the conversion of non-Christians and non’ our mission?
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-morocco/conversion-is-not-your-mission-pope-tells-catholics-in-morocco-idUKKCN1RC0FJ
Since recently re-converted (from about 3 years I came home, as she says, the only real home), I do not hide my confusion and even sincere sorrow in seeing so many contradictions in the Church. E’ Clearly none of us go around mo’ a Jehovah's Witness, but’ unless we witness our faith, what are we doing? I apologize if sometimes I will ask the’ clarifications and advice in matters of faith and doctrine, but I prefer to be well catechized that waffling. How well you see, now every lay person feels entitled to preach, prophesy and comment the Gospel. I already have’ wrong for a long time and I regret to see attitudes and even false doctrines that was in false religions / syncretism / esotericism that once followed. If I wanted to make less effort, I would be where I was before, doing yoga and meditation! I know this discomfort and’ common to many…
Elena face,
I could not hear and read any speech, nor have I been able to see television services or other, because these days have been very busy to administer confessions to several priests and Catholic faithful who wanted to receive this precious Sacramento before Easter.
Look, mia way, the thing is very simple, because what they do has told God in Christ all the power of the risen:
« “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons, speak with new tongues, they will take snakes in hand and, if they drink any deadly, it shall not hurt them harm, lay hands on the sick and they shall recover”. The Lord Jesus, after talking with them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word with the prodigies that accompanied it " [MC 16, 9-20].
"The eleven disciples, in the meantime, They went to Galilee, the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. When they saw, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus, approaching, he told them: “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. there, I am with you always;, until the end of the world”» [MC 28, 16-20].
Etc …
How do you see, how to live, what to do and how to do it, Christ taught us God. And we seguiteremo to follow scrupulously this teaching, because he told us "Heaven and earth will pass, but my words will not pass " [Mt 24, 35], whereas, other words, or even the same apostolic journeys, pass, rather: They come and go …
So is very serene.
” To these faithful I have always responded: do one thing, go to the priest and ask the celebration of a Mass for the souls of your dead, and giving its free offer. After he celebrated the Holy Mass of suffrage - who will celebrate - at that point to ask screeners: but the requiem Masses, Can they not celebrate for the souls in Purgatory? ”
Meanwhile, the player has paid off handsomely and maybe. It is best to first ask the priest if he believes the existence of purgatory? Then consider if you should seek another who believes in what he does?
.. Also this is an excellent idea!
This is’ undoubtedly the most parable’ emblematic in our faith, perhaps the most’ also known among the nonbelievers. However, and’ It was constantly abused to reiterate a sterile and dangerous misericordismo. In his homily yesterday my pastor did not fail must emphasize (but then I hear a speech like that every Holy Sunday) that we must not doubt that God always forgives, indeed we have already’ forgiven, regardless. But the part where it says that he and his son’ repented, maybe even for convenience at the beginning, but then he and’ however converted, where is’ over? I am alas’ aware of my mistakes, indeed sins, and their dire consequences. I know that God is waiting for me with open arms but the pain and trials and through part of the healing path, To deny this truth’ to all sinners, in my opinion, It means removing the possibility’ of salvation, I mean that eternal. Heaven and’ constantly mentioned in Church, the possibility’ to finish all’ Hell or Purgatory’ totally canceled, why'?
Elena face,
I reply to her claim: "Paradise is constantly quoted in Church, the possibility of going to Hell or Purgatory is completely erased, why?»
… simply because for half a century in this part we are seeing various return heresies. One of these is the ἀποκατάστασις [apokatástasis, the return to the state of origin]. In short: according to this doctrine, Hell exists, But, the end of time, It will be a re-generation that will bring everything to its original state and also the condemned souls will be saved, because it would not be acceptable that the mercy of God allows the damnation of souls forever; then hell exist, ma “in time”, not eternal.
This doctrine was condemned in the fifth council of the Church celebrated in Constantinople in 553 which settled:
"If anyone says or feels that the punishment of demons and impious men is temporary or that it will end after a certain time, ie there will be a re-establishment (apocatastasis) demons, or the wicked men, let him be anathema ".
As I told you, many of the old heresies today are resurfaced, and in even more virulent way, with the difference that yesterday, They were condemned, today are made instead fall within the scope of the “free theological debate” or better than the “legitimate expression of different opinions”.
When a heresy becomes a “simply different opinion”, happens that today we have before.
In the early seventies, in the classrooms of the Pontifical Gregorian University he was taught quietly that Purgatory does not exist and that it was a pure literary invention of Dante Alighieri. This was also taught with great ignorance, because the doctrine of Purgatory in the Christian era dates back to the second century, but already in the Old Testament literature I was not raised to the purification of souls.
While these teachings were disseminated, The Holy Pope Paul VI was moaning in pain, He suffered and moaned, Finally stating that, ohibò … "From some fissure the smoke of Satan has entered". So he continued to suffer and groan, while quietly they taught these and other similar doctrines …
In many priests he has thus undermined the idea that Hell forever would be a real contradiction of divine mercy, so they do not have the ability to connect it to two elements that then constitute the very principle of non-contradiction of God, that are: freedom and the free will given to man made in his image and likeness.
If the reward is eternal bliss, the other side of the coin, It can not be a “Hell in time”, but an eternal hell, the result of man's free choice and his
stubborn closing the grace of God, because both the bliss is eternal damnation, They are placed both in a dimension of eternity in which it would be possible to apply the eternal bliss and temporality Hell, would be in contradiction to both the freedom and free will is the concept of the eternal God, living and true.
I have often welcomed penitents who asked me if Purgatory really existed, because that, and the pastor, They were told in no uncertain terms that it does not exist. To these faithful I have always responded: do one thing, go to the priest and ask the celebration of a Mass for the souls of your dead, and giving its free offer. After he celebrated the Holy Mass of suffrage – who will celebrate – at that point to ask screeners: but the requiem Masses, Can they not celebrate for the souls in Purgatory? Indeed: the souls of Paradise does not have any need oerché is they who pray and intercede for us, least of all those in need of Hell. So, for who celebrates, she, Masses of suffrage?
And then listen to what responds.