Tuesday, August 26, 2014
What does it mean when people refer to someone coming into "full communion" with the Church?
Saturday, August 16, 2014
I have a question on Matt 10:34 "My mission is to spread, not peace, but division." -Matthew 10:34 We call Jesus the "Prince of Peace" (Is 9:5), so how can He say he won't bring peace?
It is a
confusing statement, isn't it?
Here's the
way the Catholic Bishops have explained this: Jesus, "divides
and separates us from all that keeps us from a close, intimate, personal
relationship with Him. He wants full communion with us and nothing less. He has
come to divide us - to tear us from relationships with people and things that
are keeping us from being closer to Him." So, how can we be in full
relationship with the 'Prince of Peace? First we must examine our
relationships. and ask ourselves some questions such as: "Am I spending
time with any people who are pulling me away from Christ? Am I spending
too much time in front of the TV or wasting too much time with electronic
devices or other inanimate objects that keep me from prayer time?" Are any
of my relationships more important to me than my relationship with Jesus? If
the answer to any of those questions are, "Yes," then I need to
"cut them out" of my life.
Jesus wants to mean everything to us. We can let Him into our lives today in a bigger, more profound way: We just have to "make the cut."
One Bread, One Body Monday, July 14, 2014 http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071414.cfm
Thursday, August 7, 2014
If we went high enough into the sky, would we run into heaven? - Tina
Tina -
We don't know EXACTLY where heaven is, but we know it's not here in the realm in which we are living right now. When Jesus ascended into heaven He went up - away from the disciples - on a cloud. So, we point into the sky - which is away from where we are. But that doesn't mean it is actually up. We could never get in a rocket and fly to heaven. It is a different realm; a different state of being. We have to change to get there. But we know it does exist because Jesus told us it does.
We don't know EXACTLY where heaven is, but we know it's not here in the realm in which we are living right now. When Jesus ascended into heaven He went up - away from the disciples - on a cloud. So, we point into the sky - which is away from where we are. But that doesn't mean it is actually up. We could never get in a rocket and fly to heaven. It is a different realm; a different state of being. We have to change to get there. But we know it does exist because Jesus told us it does.
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