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[Lisa4Catholics]

jeffreedy789:

heh heh. he started it. do you want me to turn this thread around right now???

You just can’t come to this forum and start belittling Mother Mary and expect to stay on topic,at that point it goes into"what did you say about my Mom"mode God Bless

 

[jeffreedy789]

that’s what I’M talkin about…

especially at 1:44 am. what? don’t you see i’m on ‘earth’?

 

[Lisa4Catholics]

Sanctus:

Lisa…I thought I was the only insomniac…given that you are in Memphis and we’re in the same time zone it is 1:40 something in the morning where you are…shouldn’t you run off to bed and allow the college students to function as the designated forum insomniac???

You are going to surely force me to stay up longer,that statement just brought out my teenage rebelliousness Anyway I am only a year older than you God Bless

 

[Sanctus]

Sorry…didn’t mean to have you reveal your age. Mom always tought me never to bring a lady’s age into question…I suppose this late night stuff does remind me of my teenage years…since I only left them a couple of months ago. woe is me, I feel old.

 

[jeffreedy789]

hey! you’re only a year older than i, too!

what a coincidence. i guess we’re a bunch of 33-34 year old insomniacs. or at least a triad of them.

 

[Lisa4Catholics]

jeffreedy789:

that’s what I’M talkin about…

especially at 1:44 am. what? don’t you see i’m on ‘earth’?

The mods are gonna get us we took this thread and ran But sei started it and that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.God Bless and you guys are a hoot

 

[jeffreedy789]

wait a minute. who were you talking to, lisa? you quoted sanctus, but you referred to MY age. sanctus was born in 84. he’s a kid.

 

[Lisa4Catholics]

Sanctus:

Sorry…didn’t mean to have you reveal your age. Mom always tought me never to bring a lady’s age into question…I suppose this late night stuff does remind me of my teenage years…since I only left them a couple of months ago. woe is me, I feel old.

When my son told me he liked that old 80’s music I knew then, I was all washed up:nope: God Bless

 

[jeffreedy789]

ya, we’re a little off topic now. hmmm. how to tie it in…

you should call no man father because he might find out that you’ve stayed up wayyy past your bedtime playing on the internet…

there, now we’re RIGHT back on topic…

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight…

 

[Sanctus]

indeed it would appear you are both significantly older than I…I bow to your wisdom :bowdown2: I don’t think though I am a kid…If I was I wouldn’t be as poor. If I were a “kid” the financial benifits of ordering off the kids menu would be immense for the perpetually poor college students.

 

[Lisa4Catholics]

jeffreedy789:

ya, we’re a little off topic now. hmmm. how to tie it in…

you should call no man father because he might find out that you’ve stayed up wayyy past your bedtime playing on the internet…

there, now we’re RIGHT back on topic…

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight…

I totally agree God Bless

 

[jeffreedy789]

good call. (i hope you noticed the wink when i called you kid). i miss the kids menu, and am philosophically opposed to any establishment that disallows people like myself from ordering from them.

um… cuz you should call no man father. you should call him ‘dad’ so he’ll order off the kids menu for you…

(had to keep it on topic)

 

[Lisa4Catholics]

Sanctus:

indeed it would appear you are both significantly older than I…I bow to your wisdom :bowdown2: I don’t think though I am a kid…If I was I wouldn’t be as poor. If I were a “kid” the financial benifits of ordering off the kids menu would be immense for the perpetually poor college students.

I have an idea watch for new threads God Bless

 

[jeffreedy789]

in the scripture forum, or where? watercooler?

ho, hum…waiting for my 30 seconds to elapse so i can post… sheesh…i can only bs for so long… ok, so i can bs all day, as those who read my posts know… is it time yet???

 

[Church_Militant]

jeffreedy789:

ya, we’re a little off topic now. hmmm. how to tie it in…

you should call no man father because he might find out that you’ve stayed up wayyy past your bedtime playing on the internet…

there, now we’re RIGHT back on topic…

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight…

Or maybe we should call no man “Father” because someone might ask us, “Who’s your daddy?”

No really…the argument against this practice makes about as much sense as performing a lobotomy using a handgun…

St. Stephen and St. Paul call the Jewish religious leaders “fathers” (Acts 7:2 and 22:1).

St.Paul refers to himself as the spiritual father of the Corinthians in 1st Corinthians 4:14-15 when he says to them “I became your father in Christ Jesus through the Gospel”. (See also 1st Thess 2:11, 1st Timothy 1:2, and Titus 1:4) He became their father because he cooperated with God in giving them spiritual life just as biological fathers cooperate with God in giving us physical life.
We call our priests “father” because , like St.Paul, priests cooperate with God in giving spiritual life to their flock by preaching the Gospel and administering the sacraments.
See this site: catholicapologetics.com/

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[RobedWithLight]

To put this matter to rest, why did God command us to **Honor our Father and Mother (Exodus 20:12). **

Was God referring to Himself, or our biological father in this command?

If Himself, He would not have anymore commanded it since this is already made emphatically clear in the previous three commandments.

Therefore, it is clear He is referring to our earthly parents. Besides, He mentioned “mother” along with the “father” as among those we are to honor, which clearly proves that it was meant for our biological parents. Otherwise, why mention “mother” at all ?The use of the term father to refer to our male parent clearly means that it does not prohibit us from calling our biological father as “father”, as long as we humbly recognize and affirm that we all have one supreme Father in heaven, the source of all goodness.

Unless of course we are saying that scripture contradicts itself, which is unthinkable!

Gerry

 

[RobedWithLight]

Church Militant:

St.Paul refers to himself as the spiritual father of the Corinthians in 1st Corinthians 4:14-15 when he says to them “I became your father in Christ Jesus through the Gospel”. (See also 1st Thess 2:11, 1st Timothy 1:2, and Titus 1:4) He became their father because he cooperated with God in giving them spiritual life just as biological fathers cooperate with God in giving us physical life.
We call our priests “father” because , like St.Paul, priests cooperate with God in giving spiritual life to their flock by preaching the Gospel and administering the sacraments.

Unless of course those who use Jesus’ words “call no man…” to justify their opposition to priests being called fathers,** are in fact suggesting that St. Paul contradicted Jesus on this score**, which is quite unthinkable for any Catholic or Christian.
Gerry