A Head spinning Catholic teaching

February 26, 2014February 26, 2014 Paul Sposite Catholic, church, Eucharist, Faith, Life, Prayer, Religon, Salvation Apostle, appearances, Aware, bible, blood, Body, bread, Catholic, Catholics, Christians, concepts, creation, creations, creator, Death, disciples, doctrine, Does, Eucharist, Evangelicals, fact, Faith, father, food, From, Fundamentalists, gift, giver, glory, HEAD, heaven, himself, humiliation, Jesus, John, Just, Last, Life, Lord, manna, news, parable, Peter, Presence, punishment, read, Real, salvation, Savior, Self, Simon, spirit, Supper, the Holy Eucharist, True, truth, Twelve, VERY

The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist, Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine. Evangelicals and Fundamentalists often attack this doctrine as "umbilical," but the Bible is forthright in declaring it (cf. 1 Cor. 10:16–17, 11:23–29; and, most forcefully, John … Continue reading A Head spinning Catholic teaching

Sometimes simple is well enough

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Something's should not be messed with, some traditions are sacred and should remain untouched. But there are always some who feel a little twist here and a little change here makes things better. Take, for example all the restaurants that feels a need to “fix” the American classic, grilled cheese. A simple delight as it is, but … Continue reading Sometimes simple is well enough

Lent 2011: Are you ready for it?

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http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://anamericanpointofview.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/lent-2011-are-you-ready-for-it/ Image via Wikipedia With Lent here, it’s a good time to ask the question, “Are you ready for it?” or an even better question, “Do you understand it?” Lent is a complex time in the Church year, we are depriving ourselves, we are reminded of our mortality yet we are to be preparing for … Continue reading Lent 2011: Are you ready for it?

When is stealing not stealing?

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Image via Wikipedia When is stealing not stealing? Moralist will argue that we don’t always have a choice, they love to use the example of a man caught stealing bread. The moralist will say that if the man was stealing to feed his family than the act of stealing was justified. But the moralist would … Continue reading When is stealing not stealing?

Reading and Ranting

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I love to read, I read books, magazines, newspapers and anything else I can find to read. I love to read different types or styles from Stephen King to Bishop Fulton Sheen. Give me a Catholic book, magazine or newspaper and I will read it. I have read the liberal press and the conservative press. … Continue reading Reading and Ranting

We are called too knowledge

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This past weekend I spent my time reading and listing to Catholic radio. Of course I cleaned the house, did my wash and other such tasks, but I spent a lot of time sitting and reading. It was nice, I have not had a lot of time to do that, or should I say I … Continue reading We are called too knowledge

God Speaks to me again

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Image via Wikipedia As I mentioned a few blogs ago, I was listening to Catholic talks on CD’s in my car on a long drive for work. The topics were varied but they all seemed to carry the same message for me, on of needing to forgive. I found that fact interesting, that I chose … Continue reading God Speaks to me again

I Thirst

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“I Thirst” Jesus spoke these worlds from the cross, but do you think Jesus really mean that he wanted a drink? In his hour of need to do think he was thinking about a nice cold glass of wine? I think not. The simple phrase holds more meaning than volumes of books, Jesus used the … Continue reading I Thirst

That Boy

July 27, 2009 Paul Sposite church, Education, Faith, Friendship, youth agents, Andrew, apostles, barley, bread, difference, disciples, example, five, food, fragments, Galilee, Gather, gift, gospel, grass, greatest, himself, History, impact, Jesus, Jewish, John, lesson, mary, mass, miracle, Moses, mountain, Noah, Passover, Paul, Peter, Philip, prophet, purpose, Rather, redemption, signs, Simon, spirit, think, thousand, weekend, Whole, wife, world, worth

It is the small things that we do that will have the greatest effect on others. The Gospel story from this past weekend proved that: Gospel Jn 6:1-15 Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus went up on … Continue reading That Boy

Defending the Faith…Purgatory

June 9, 2009October 6, 2010 Paul Sposite Catholic, church, Education, Faith, Forgiveness, Life, Prayer, selfhelp Aaron, accordance, assumption, atonement, authors, belief, bible, bread, Catholic, church, concept, concepts, consequence, Corinthians, Council, David, Death, disobedience, doctrine, Earth, effort, Encyclopedia, enemies, fact, Faith, Guilt, heaven, Hebrews, hell, Jesus, kingdom, Life, Lord, Luke, Luther, Macc, Maccabees, Martian, matthew, mercy, Moses, name, nature, numbers, option, Paul, penance, penitential, prison, punishment, Purgatory, references, repentance, requirement, resurrection, Samuel, sanctification, satisfaction, scripture, shallRev. 21:27 …nothing unclean shall enter Heaven., sinner, sins, Some, souls, spirit, system, teachings, Testament, Thessalonians, Thus, transgressions, Trent, truth, wisdom, word, world

Purgatory The Catholic faith teaches that when we die we will either spend entirety in Heaven or Hell, if we are to spend it in Heaven we must first cleanse ourselves to make our souls pure, for nothing impure will enter in to heaven. The teaching of Purgatory is not just a made up Catholic … Continue reading Defending the Faith…Purgatory

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