Friends, Confession, and Apologetics
After a semi-crazy day of meetings and Frisbee golf, I went over to a friend's place for dinner. It was absolutely awesome. His mother cooked a great roast with green beans, roasted apples, rice, and rolls to complete the meal. In the meantime we watched some basketball as the Vols unfortunately defeated us. The game was sad but the food was great. Maybe next time.
In the meanwhile, I said evening prayer tonight, it was a little odd as it seemed to be the same psalms that I have been reading all week. Some about mourning. Unfortunately, my friend just lost her mother, not six months since her father passed away. It was terrible, and these psalms dealt with loss, esp Psalm 130, which is more a prayer for pardon and mercy. Truly if the Lord marks our iniquities, then we are all in trouble. It has been almost six weeks since I last went to confession and I truly miss it. I haven't been able to go mostly due to a lack of an open time on Saturday. It doesn't help that the priest at my parish has been out of town. Many people do not recognize the importance of confession. It is a realization of our sins and then the humbleness of telling it to God directly through another person. How amazing is that. I wouldn't want to be the priest having to listen to it. But it is just an immediate way that God listens to us. If He could not listen to us through someone, how real could He be? He would only be an omnipotent, infinite being that does nothing... What do you think about that?
I had also read another blog tonight on the "evils" of Roman Catholicism. For a second you almost buy into it. He sites many passages from the Gospels against praying repeatedly (The rosary) and then some about idols. I found this to be crazy as the Rosary is a method of reflection on God's sufferings. Further he cited Matthew 6:7 dealing with babbling during prayer. He used the word repeated instead of babbling. I found it quite funny though, as instead Jesus is rather warning his apostles against listing items and names just to make themselves look good. The final thing that made me laugh was his comment on the Tradition of the Church and how "evil" this was and that nothing in Roman Catholicism was based on the Scriptures. My only comment is, "Where do you think that the scriptures came from." Certainly God did not just say "Voila" and 'poof' a bible fell from the sky. No, the scriptures themselves came out of the tradition of the Church and anyone arguing Sola Scriptora must first deal with this argument. How does one know what the word of God is? I certainly couldn't tell you. For example, I could write a book and say, "This book is infallible and everything in it is from God." Would that make the book valid and true? Of course not, so we must think... How did we get the Holy Scriptures. I believe that the Church has truly dealt with this and truly is God's holy nation here on earth.
Well I guess that will be it for tonight... Quite a couple things to think and chew on, but it is all in God's name.
God Bless You.
In the meanwhile, I said evening prayer tonight, it was a little odd as it seemed to be the same psalms that I have been reading all week. Some about mourning. Unfortunately, my friend just lost her mother, not six months since her father passed away. It was terrible, and these psalms dealt with loss, esp Psalm 130, which is more a prayer for pardon and mercy. Truly if the Lord marks our iniquities, then we are all in trouble. It has been almost six weeks since I last went to confession and I truly miss it. I haven't been able to go mostly due to a lack of an open time on Saturday. It doesn't help that the priest at my parish has been out of town. Many people do not recognize the importance of confession. It is a realization of our sins and then the humbleness of telling it to God directly through another person. How amazing is that. I wouldn't want to be the priest having to listen to it. But it is just an immediate way that God listens to us. If He could not listen to us through someone, how real could He be? He would only be an omnipotent, infinite being that does nothing... What do you think about that?
I had also read another blog tonight on the "evils" of Roman Catholicism. For a second you almost buy into it. He sites many passages from the Gospels against praying repeatedly (The rosary) and then some about idols. I found this to be crazy as the Rosary is a method of reflection on God's sufferings. Further he cited Matthew 6:7 dealing with babbling during prayer. He used the word repeated instead of babbling. I found it quite funny though, as instead Jesus is rather warning his apostles against listing items and names just to make themselves look good. The final thing that made me laugh was his comment on the Tradition of the Church and how "evil" this was and that nothing in Roman Catholicism was based on the Scriptures. My only comment is, "Where do you think that the scriptures came from." Certainly God did not just say "Voila" and 'poof' a bible fell from the sky. No, the scriptures themselves came out of the tradition of the Church and anyone arguing Sola Scriptora must first deal with this argument. How does one know what the word of God is? I certainly couldn't tell you. For example, I could write a book and say, "This book is infallible and everything in it is from God." Would that make the book valid and true? Of course not, so we must think... How did we get the Holy Scriptures. I believe that the Church has truly dealt with this and truly is God's holy nation here on earth.
Well I guess that will be it for tonight... Quite a couple things to think and chew on, but it is all in God's name.
God Bless You.
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