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StephanieC
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Bob Baran:
I “get” Original Sin and its effects on us, the descendants of Adam & Eve.
What I’m wrestling with is, isn’t each soul created in the image & likeness of God? Wouldn’t a child born into a “cursed” family tree be given a sort of “double original sin”, if you will?
I do pray for my all of my deceased family members, my ancestors I never knew, and for deceased family members in purgatory. How is this different?"
The prayer posted by Joanna was very interesting. I think I’ll have to re-read it more carefully & see if it sheds any more light on this topic for me.
Again, I think this thread is very interesting & am sincerely trying to gain a better understanding of this concept! Thanks in advance for any help from the forum…
Thanks for replying. This is the first I’ve heard of anything like this, as I said, so I’m very carefully mulling everything over. Very interesting thread!Stephanie,
I attended a Lenten mission ten or more years ago and the topic was on forgiveness. One of the areas that we prayed about was “cleansing our family bloodlines from curses, which could as little as someone telling you “to go to hell”, or saying ___damn you! As we were told, an action like this could create problems for the person that said it and their descendants. The affects could be as I said inherited from one generation to other. This is not something new; Holy Scripture talks about curses from generation to generation. I hope that this short explanation helps.
I “get” Original Sin and its effects on us, the descendants of Adam & Eve.
What I’m wrestling with is, isn’t each soul created in the image & likeness of God? Wouldn’t a child born into a “cursed” family tree be given a sort of “double original sin”, if you will?
I do pray for my all of my deceased family members, my ancestors I never knew, and for deceased family members in purgatory. How is this different?"
The prayer posted by Joanna was very interesting. I think I’ll have to re-read it more carefully & see if it sheds any more light on this topic for me.
Again, I think this thread is very interesting & am sincerely trying to gain a better understanding of this concept! Thanks in advance for any help from the forum…