Attending a non-Catholic service

[SPOKENWORD]

MariaG:

Spoken Word AND Church Militant:bigyikes: How can this be?

God Bless,
Maria

Hi Maria, Two rights dont make a wrong. God Bless

 

[catholic2]

In the field of Logic, false and false = true, but in this case, it is true and true = true. The real presence is sadly misused by so many in our Church, and Paul warns about it in Corinthians. So Church Militant is right in that Christ is present in a special way in the Eucharist and we are closer to Him in this manner, but If we do not discern the Body when we recieve Him, we bring judgement on ourselves. So we must prayerfully discern our Lord, and in this Spoken word is correct.

 

[MariaG]

Catholic2,

Spokenword, Church Militant and I have all been around here awhile. I was just making a joke since our separated brother, spokenword, speaks truth, but just hasn’t seen the light as pertains to the fullness of truth contained in the Catholic Church.

It just seemed funny to me to see SpokenWord and ChurchMilitant placed in the same sentence as agreeing to both.

I happen to agree with your assessment also.

So Church Militant is right in that Christ is present in a special way in the Eucharist and we are closer to Him in this manner, but If we do not discern the Body when we recieve Him, we bring judgement on ourselves. So we must prayerfully discern our Lord, and in this Spoken word is correct.

God Bless,
Maria

 

[jimmy]

therealgoodnews:

How important is it to worship God in the mass? Are you saying that because I am a born again christian who is not catholic that I am not saved?

No one is saying you are not saved. The mass is the highest form of Prayer. The sacraments are the greatest way to recieve the grace of God and to become closer to him.

The mass is “heaven on earth”, it is the one time when you get to worship God with the angels and celebrate the sacrifice of Christ, the lamb of God.

 

[jimmy]

therealgoodnews:

How important is it to worship God in the mass? Are you saying that because I am a born again christian who is not catholic that I am not saved?

By accepting the sacrament of the Eucharist, you are accepting communion with Christ and the Church on earth which he set up on Peter.

By denying the sacraments and the Mass you are denying the greatest chance of union with Christ we have.

 

[Sir_Knight]

• … she doesn’t like the deacon or most of the people … *

She should not let any person or perons keep her from the one true faith established by the Son of God. More importantly, these people that she doesn’t like are receiving graces and blessings from Almighty God for being present at Sunday Mass while your wife’s soul is being stained by Mortal Sin for intentional missing Mass on Sunday. If she really can’t stand some of these people, then maybe you need to find another Catholic (not protestant) church to attend because (as I just said above) no person, or persons, should keep her from the one true faith established by the Son of God.

SPOKENWORD:

Two rights dont make a wrong

No but three rights make a left

 

[john_ennis]

Scoobyshme:

My wife no longer attends Mass. I attend weekly (and sometimes during the week). It’s not that she doesn’t believe (she says), but she doesn’t like the deacon or most of the people. She was protestant and converted to the Church about 8 years ago. But, she says she misses the charismatic experience (especially the music), and there’s nothing like that in our parishes (two in town here) or in the diocese (that I can find). So, she met these folks from Church of God and they invited here to go to their service and listen to their music. She says she’ll go to Mass on Sunday if I’ll go with her to that church and listen to music with her. I’m very hesitant to, because it makes me extremely uncomfortable, but I really do want her to go back to Mass. There’s no way I’m going to join another church, and I’ll probably get into an argument with them over theology at some point. I can pretty well hold my own when it comes to apologetics, so I don’t fret too much about that. But, it feels like I’m trying to make a deal with the devil, so to speak. Any thoughts/advice?

I would tell my wife that I don’t wish to go to Church of God, but I will do it–in fact I would do much more–if it will cause her to go to Mass. I would also search for a way to get her to see that she is asking me to do something I don’t think is good for me, in order for her to do something that I (and maybe she) believe is best for her.

Peace.
John

 

[Katie1723]

I am Catholic and my partner is SDA ( how about THAT combination!). Until recently neither of us attended our respective churches with any regularity. Last year I had to deal with a personal problem that knocked me back on my heels and as a result I began attending Mass,Novena etc, as I felt this is what I needed to help me. I am so thrilled I did as I have gained an entirely new sense of what’s important, that being my faith.It is so much a part of my life now and I am finally at peace. My partner has also started attending his church. I go with him because I want to be with him.I sit respectfully through their service and bible classes, which has led to some “spirited” discussions. We had one more serious problem which led me to tell him that I must be allowed to practice my faith my way.We have since agreed that we can love each other and our respective faiths. He has even attended Mass with me several times to see the other side of the fence. I guess what I am saying is that attendance at both churches is possible so long as each party knows where the other stands. After all, like i said to my partner, faith is about making you feel good.That’s what God wants for us.
~ Kathy ~

 

[hlgomez]

After all, like i said to my partner, faith is about making you feel good.That’s what God wants for us.

Kathy,

You and your partner have a good disposition with regard to your respective faiths. As a catholic, our faith is not understood to be “making you feel good” about it alone. It’s good that you feel good about your faith in the Church, but faith is not based entirely on feelings. Feelings subside, it sometimes fade, but true faith remains.

You can read the examples of the many saints in the Church where they undergo the darknight of the soul. So it’s very important that you don’t misunderstood faith as based on feelings (alone).

God bless you and your partner.

Pio

 

[Joseph_Romero]

This thread has wandered and is now closed.

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God Bless,