Edited by Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye, 11 May 2012 - 11:30 PM.
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Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye
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Posted 11 May 2012 - 11:26 PM
i was about to post something and decided not to.
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Posted 12 May 2012 - 07:07 AM
I saw this topic and got really excited. Oh! Well!
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Posted 12 May 2012 - 07:12 AM
then i'll bring up the question...are martyrdom, and religious life the only ways to loose yourself to God?
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Posted 12 May 2012 - 06:37 PM
Just some thoughts on losing oneself...
One never loses one's self for God. Grace does not destroy Nature but rather perfects it. As such, one is truly most one's self for God. It is in not being ourselves and in working against our natures, through which we truly lose ourselves, that is truly offensive to God, i.e. Sin. Christ came that we might have life abundantly and truly be who He created us to be, not lose our selves. This does not mean that we are not called to serve but that serving God truly brings out our true selves. God created us and then redeems us, we owe Him ourselves many times over because He continuously enables us to be the vibrant men and women He calls us to be. We may submit but we never lose our selves/persons that are truly and vibrantly the created images and likenesses of the Divine Persons.
One never loses one's self for God. Grace does not destroy Nature but rather perfects it. As such, one is truly most one's self for God. It is in not being ourselves and in working against our natures, through which we truly lose ourselves, that is truly offensive to God, i.e. Sin. Christ came that we might have life abundantly and truly be who He created us to be, not lose our selves. This does not mean that we are not called to serve but that serving God truly brings out our true selves. God created us and then redeems us, we owe Him ourselves many times over because He continuously enables us to be the vibrant men and women He calls us to be. We may submit but we never lose our selves/persons that are truly and vibrantly the created images and likenesses of the Divine Persons.
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Posted 12 May 2012 - 07:07 PM
then i'll bring up the question...are martyrdom, and religious life the only ways to lose yourself to God?
No. There are many saints who lived ordinary lives and are now Canonized and were neither in religious life nor martyrs. St Dominic Savio was simply a school boy, and St Gianna Beretta Molla was a mom and doctor. Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati isnt Canonized yet but is another example of a non martyr or religious but a good holy young man.
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Posted 12 May 2012 - 10:17 PM
This prompted me to look up Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati, as I've never heard of him until now.No. There are many saints who lived ordinary lives and are now Canonized and were neither in religious life nor martyrs. St Dominic Savio was simply a school boy, and St Gianna Beretta Molla was a mom and doctor. Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati isnt Canonized yet but is another example of a non martyr or religious but a good holy young man.
All I have to say is Wow. And stupid
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