Some are scandalized when they learn on Good Friday that "dying with Christ" requires means ranging from faith to economic resources?

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SOMEONE IS SCANDALIZED IN LEARNING ON GOOD FRIDAY THAT TO "DIE WITH CHRIST" YOU NEED MEANS RANGING FROM FAITH TO ECONOMIC RESOURCES?

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«You know how you were freed from that meaningless life you inherited from your fathers: the price of your ransom was not paid in gold or silver, things that pass; you have been redeemed with the precious blood of Christ»

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Good Friday of the Year of the Lord 2021

When the Blessed Apostle Paul affirmed: "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me " (Gal 2,20), in those who wondered the price he paid to reach this goal? The last was his blood price, when in Rome he was executed by beheading.

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In one of his epistles the Blessed Apostle Peter admonishes us:

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“You know how you were freed from that meaningless life you inherited from your fathers: the price of your ransom was not paid in gold or silver, things that pass; you have been redeemed with the precious blood of Christ. He sacrificed himself for you as a pure and spotless lamb. God had destined him for this even before the creation of the world; Now, in these times that are the last, he has manifested for you. And you, through him, believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory. So your faith and your hope are directed towards God ". (The Pt 1, 18-21)

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To announce these truths a whole series of presuppositions are needed which start first of all from the three theological virtues, which are faith, hope and charity (cf.. The Cor 13,13). But to announce the Holy Gospel of the dead Christ the Redeemer, resurrected and ascended to heaven, to recover the lost, wash the souls of sinners and support the afflicted, very material means are also needed; and not from today, but since the first apostolic age.

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Someone might ask: between the many days of the year and the various holidays and solemnities, there was no day other than Good Friday, to ask help? Or maybe we are talking about money under the agonized cross of Christ? Yup, because in order to bring that redeeming blood to men we need means that are now increasingly scarce, even if our apostolic work is not simply intense, it is often exhausting.

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We trust in your generous help, because we need the means to be able to work to redeem you at a high price, not in gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Christ. Therefore, those who wish to make their contribution reach The Island of Patmos now almost devoid of means, can use the convenient and safe system PayPal or our current account. All the details are at the bottom of this page.

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May God bless you and assist us in this difficult stormy sea on which Peter's boat sails, beaten by increasingly violent waves. This is why our Johannine Island deserves to be supported.

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2 April 2021

Good Friday

 

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4 replies
  1. Ariel S. Levi di Gualdo
    Ariel S. Levi di Gualdo says:

    And, dear Attilio, what he writes is true:


    "You have shown that you flea for the most prominent movements and unmask shouting gurus who, with persuasive language, have made Christ what they wanted"

    For this we work with great effort and hard sacrifices of which we do not complain, why we don't sell elective specialties to the weak looking for an easy place in the sun inside the Church, as some intrusive and arrogant lay movements do; why don't we charm the people ox which today is much worse than that narrated by Giovanni Boccaccio in the novel by Friar Cipolla; because we do not tease the itch of fanatical fideists fanatic of pseudo-Catholic gurus who are anything but disinterested through phony messages from the Blessed Virgin Mary, or by exciting their sick childishness with secrets to be revealed soon, or with catastrophic images followed by the guarantee of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, as if the Blessed Virgin were not there Mater Dei ma la Fata Morgana, or as if in I believe was written and performed: "I believe in the imminent triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary".

    Etc… etc…

    And when the Christic way of faith is indicated, which starts from a stable and ends with four nails on a cross, many prefer the simpler and easier oracolistic and false-miraculous fideism. And inevitably we are destined to work with scarce means and great sacrifices. This is the reality and, sincerely, every now and then I wonder how we managed to go on since October 2014 till today.

  2. Attilio
    Attilio says:

    I am not scandalized.

    Every Catholic should see money relative to the good that it can do. In addition to corporal works of mercy, it is essential to support the defenders of Catholic doctrine within the Church because where there is confusion it is good to clarify.
    You have shown that you flea for the most prominent movements and unmask shouting gurus who, with persuasive language, have made Christ what they wanted..
    For these reasons I believe that a donation made to you is actually a donation made to us
    Readers shake off the stinginess and get the money out!
    Happy Easter Monday to everyone!
    Attilio

  3. father ariel
    Daouda says:

    The example of the bank account [censored]
    Happy Easter

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    Editor's note

    Send three priests a flood of insults like yours and then conclude the message with “Happy Easter”, it is like firing a barrage of machine guns on the tabernacle and then reciting: "The Most Holy and Divine Sacrament be praised and thanked every moment".

    Be ashamed and convert!

  4. father ariel
    Roby says:

    Mah .... I am stunned reading [Censored]

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    Editor's note

    gravely insulting messages like yours have come to us since 2019, since Father Ariel first wrote a theological article and then later a book to refute the heresies of the Neocatechumenal Way [cf.. WHO].
    The arguments and insults are always the same, repetitive and obsessive. Equally always the same technique: bogus e-mail addresses are reported, inexistent. And down with insults galore.
    Send us what you wrote with your real e-mail address, first we will publish his flood of insults, then we will pass it all on to the Postal Police.
    And instead of insulting the presbyters “not aligned” with the sacred neocatechumenal verb, see to pray for Kiko Arguello, has 82 years old and is hospitalized for Covid-19 infection. Dedicate energy and prayers to him and above all to the salvation of his soul, instead of dedicating insults to the Fathers de The Island of Patmos.

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