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I left the church 30 years ago and it was still in Latin........
The ones without oil weren't Ready.The virgins are those who have heard the gospel and received it. The foolish ones are they whose love has grown cold, their lights extinguished... They dont feed the hungry or clothe the naked or tend the sick, they are those that pass the man in need on the other side of the road....
The wise ones are they who love! Their lamps burning, these our Lord will bring with Him into the eternal banquet hall at His return... Then the doors will be shut... Thats it ... New heavens ... New Earth... Eternity in union with our Lord, our God, our Husband.
Pax!
I very rarely go to a Latin Mass but the homily is in Italian.The sermon too, right?
You must have been attending a traditional catholic church, not in fellowship with the Vatican
I left the church 30 years ago and it was still in Latin........
I do not claim the Catholic Church is perfect. There are many problems within my church. Vatican II has corrected some of these issues - Catholics are now encouraged to educate themselves and lead an active spiritual life. There are still Catholics that resist change and cannot reconcille how they practiced their religion as kids and the call for greater personal responsibility being taught today. We still have to grow and make changes in the way we practice our Christianity.
It's a fake church built around fake doctrine. It contains a fake priesthood and fake sacraments. No truth is in it, at all. It is, and has always been, the most evil organization on the planet.What is the "fake" Catholics Church - as opposed to the real Catholic Church?
The virgins are those who have heard the gospel and received it. The foolish ones are they whose love has grown cold, their lights extinguished... They dont feed the hungry or clothe the naked or tend the sick, they are those that pass the man in need on the other side of the road....
The wise ones are they who love! Their lamps burning, these our Lord will bring with Him into the eternal banquet hall at His return... Then the doors will be shut... Thats it ... New heavens ... New Earth... Eternity in union with our Lord, our God, our Husband.
Pax!
When you belong to a church or a denomination whose doctrines you strongly believe in - and the your pastor in your particular town isn't cutting the mustard in your opinion - do you:
a. Seek guidance from the hierarchy of that denomination and do some research on your own to find out the truth?
- OR -
b. Abandon your denomination - even though you supposedly agree with its doctrines because the truth just ain't worth it?
ANY sane person would do whatever they could to bypass a bad pastor or minister to get to the truth. Only AFTER this would they consider leaving.
As I said before - in the end, God isn't going to give you a pass on reading Scripture because "nobody told you" to read it on your own.
My 91 year old mother had a 6th grade education and has been reading the Bible her entire life because she LOVES God - and NOT because somebody told her to.
It's a fake church built around fake doctrine. It contains a fake priesthood and fake sacraments. No truth is in it, at all. It is, and has always been, the most evil organization on the planet.
then how can the ones seeking that oil to love others be left out?
God and me, we're fine, so I get to keep living as I am, so all's well"
I have read this post THREE times now - and can't make any sense of it.
I will be MORE than happy to respond if you want to re-write it in a more grammatically-structured manner. The text in RED is especially garbled.
Because its too late... Or as they say these days... Game Over..?
which would strongly suggest they were believers as well
And who are you to judge if this is true or not?
Pax!
But we need to be ready and willing to call it where we see it
Indeed.
And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.
If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.
So, do you believe that the 'Oil' having run out in their lamps was love