Prior to Jesus Christ, God never appeared as a Human Being. Does that mean that God NEVER appears as a human being? So was Jesus Christ a satanic fraud? It think that the logic that "because something has not happened in the past means that it cannot happen" is flawed. Can you present evidence of satanic influence?
@Credo . "luring Catholics away from the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass" While I am not part of the Charismatic group, they seem to be the majority of those who attend daily Mass at my parish.
@Carol H Life is Hard! Everyone has problems. Other people betray us, we suffer periods of depression, Everyone has hormones, Putting food on the table and supporting a family often entails multiple jobs plus responsibilities at home resulting in chronic exhaustion. People suffer from drug and alcohol addiction. People do not always get the help they want. People live with horrible disabilities. People can't find a job. People go hungry. Life is hard! But we do not allow people to murder innocent human beings. Life is and always has been sacred. People make choices and are responsible for those choices. Scripture tells us not to judge souls but we certainly better be judging actions and behavior. We live is a culture these days of endless excuses. We always want to blame everything and everyone else for the choices we make and the actions we take. Murder is mortal sin. Stop trying to justify mortal sin.
@Ave Crux If you mispoke or in this case miswrote than maybe you should just admit that and clarify your position rather than saying I deviously twisted your words. I quoted you word for word. God Bless.
@YOU said and I quote word for word "the sacred Sacrament of Matrimony deserves to be flooded out" I do not think a Sacrament "deserves" anything. It is Holy. I think its great that the couple chose to seek Gods grace through the Sacrament despite epic flooding in the region. Here in the U.S. our Bishops suppressed the Holy Mass during "covid" and put their faith in the almighty Dr Fauchi
@Irapuato It seems that turning off comments reveals that you cannot handle anyone with a different opinion than that of yourself. The truth should never be afraid of critics.
I have never lived the life of a violent criminal but I do have strong opinions about the people who live that life. I have never led the life of a child abuser but I have strong opinions about the people who live that life.
If the US is "good" why has the price of diesel gone up so much in the last six months. As far as making biodiesel, a typical pickup has a 25 gallon tank, how much running around are you going to have to do to get that much used cooking oil or wood alcohol? And then do that every week or so to fill your tank?
@V.R.S. I do not consider the farmers, shopkeepers, doctors, nurses, laborers, teachers ect of the former soviet union my "enemies". Nor the everyday citizens of China, Finland, Chile, South Africa or any other countries my "enemy". I also do no consider anyone who is not a traditional Roman Catholic my "enemy". While I do not agree with most of them, I see them as people who need to hear and accept the Gospel. I think that governments like to dictate to their citizens who the "enemies" are.
@Jeffrey Ade Why is Russia our enemy? They are on the other side of the planet, they have never attacked the United States, they were our ally during WWII. Have they done anything that we have not done in the past? It is true that Russia has spread its errors throughout the world but so have we. We have exported abortion and contraception throughout the world, we have exported our "woke" ideology around the world, we pushed our COVID vaccine on the rest of the world ect. I have never understood why we have been told they are our enemy other then we were competing with them during the cold war to be the worlds superpower.
This is Gregorian chant. But what exactly is it — and why has the Catholic Church preserved it for centuries?
PRAYER THAT IS SUNG Gregorian chant is a tradition of sacred liturgical singing in the Roman Catholic Church. Unlike many modern songs, chant isn't primarily written to entertain an audience. Its purpose is prayer. Many chants use texts directly from:
Scripture
The Mass
WHY DOES IT SOUND SO DIFFERENT? Gregorian chant usually has several distinctive characteristics. It is traditionally:
Sung without instrumental accompaniment, although organ accompaniment is sometimes used today.
