Charity Towards Others

[M.SIGGA]

aw never mind.

[Dave]

[quote name='the lumberjack' date='May 6 2004, 04:55 PM'] even though, as amarkich has so zealously stated, all the documents beaver dam me and "my kind"...and we are not technically brothers and sisters in Christ.


[/quote]
No, lumberjack, amarkich is reading said documents way too narrowly. The Catholic Church does NOT teach that non-Catholic Christians are automatically hellbound, nor has it ever done so. It would depend on their ignorance of the Catholic Church.

Edited May 6, 2004 by Dave

[Livin_the_MASS]

I've almost read all of the book by Patrick Madrid "Search and Rescue"

Awesome Prayer:

[quote]"Lord Jesus

I give You my hands to do Your work.

I give You my feet to go Your way.

I give You my eyes to see as You see.

I give You my tounge to speak Your words.

I give You my mind to think as You think.

I give You my spirit so that You may pray in me.

I give You myself so the You may grow in me.

So that it is You, Lord Jesus, who lives and works

and prays in me. Amen"[/quote]




Without You Jesus I am nothing!
Good book
God Bless
Jason

[jasJis]

[quote name='amarkich' date='May 5 2004, 08:48 PM'] ... but we have to understand the true meaning of charity. The "ecumenical" activity where we pray with Protestants and other heretics is not a form of charity. This is not true charity. It is impossible to please God without the Cathoilc faith (Council of Trent, Session V), and therefore the prayer of anyone outside the Church does not bring honor to God but rather is a blasphemy to God.... [/quote]
I had to rub my eyes. :bugeyes:

You're kidding, right? :noidea:

That's some kinda sick humor???

[mulls]

oh, i'm definately bumpin this up

[Quietfire]

oops!

Edited May 19, 2004 by Quietfire

[Quietfire]

Charity IS the most important thing.

My mom (God Bless her!!!) gave us very simple rules growing up.

Never call people names, (afterall, would you want to be called by a name?)
Everyone is beautiful to God. after all, he made them.
Everyone is equal, you are no better than anyone else, and they are no better than you.
Always give someone the benefit of the doubt.
Always give someone three chances to make something right.
(then give them 3 more for good measure)
Never 'loan' money if you expect it back.
Never borrow money unless you can pay it back.
Always give more than what you wanted to.
Love is free, so give the most of that.
Hugs from us (me and my sibs) were the best presents we could give.
Always smile, cause it makes you look prettier.
Dont use cuss words, cause it makes you look ugly.
And be in when the street lights come on.

Besides the usual, yes ma'am.. yes sir.

My mom is still like that.
Southern Humor and wit....you gotta love it.

(oh, and my fav....A horse has got a belly, but you've got a tummy)


Peace.
*for you mom*

[Lil Red]

Quietfire, that is very cool!

[Livin_the_MASS]

Bump

[HomeTeamFamily]

im not very good at quoting scripture but i know the jist of it:

faith, hope, and love....above all these is love (speaking about charity of course)

[VeraMaria]

well...I think charity starts most other virtues off...it's all connected...

If you are charitable you won't lie, cheat, steal, kill, commit adultery...because it just ain't charitable

[Dave]

Lankyswimmer--

It's in 1 Corinthians (I'm pretty sure it's that and not 2 Corinthians -- but either way it's in Corinthians). And as for chapter and verse, I don't remember that.

[VeraMaria]

"So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love."

1 Cor. 13:13

God Bless!

[Iacobus]

For the 1st time in a long time I read what the scale was before voteing and voted right. Hehe.

[qfnol31]

In loving each other we best demonstrate the relationship of the Trinity.

[ThyWillBeDone]

This was great quote about charity from an awesome saint so I thought I would share it with you all.

"Charity is the queen of virtues. As the pearls are held together by the thread, thus the virtues are held together by charity; as the pearls fall when the thread breaks, thus virtues are lost if charity diminishes." ~ St. Padre Pio

[Deb]

I believe that the Lord told us his greatest commandment was to love our neighbor as ourselves. He didn't say, only love the ones who believe in me.

Charity is very important. I do not believe you can have charity as a virtue unless you Love God and yourself first.

The idea that you can't pray for anyone other than Catholics or have anyone who is not Catholic not pray for you is kind of sick. I will take a prayer to God on my behalf from anyone. I believe that intercessory prayer is more powerful than me praying for myself.
We are all children of God regardless of what we believe in or even if we don't believe. God loves us all equally, he could do no less because he is perfect and divine Love. Wow. To not be able to pray for everyone in the world, for the conversion of their souls, for the relief of their suffering?? That isn't even imaginable. That is not a Catholic doctrine that I know of.

[Deb]

I'm telling God what you said.
No, never mind. He already knows.

Edited May 24, 2008 by Deb