Fla.'s 'Father Oprah' joins Episcopal Church

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JReducation said:
On another note, what does all of this have to do with the topic of this thread? Did everyone get tired of Fr. Albert?

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
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I thought you told us the conversation was over, dear Brother-…or was that the good Archbishop? (j/k:)
 
JReducation said:
We must remember that the money changers exploited the people who went to the synogogue to pray. These were usually the working class and the poor people. The belief of the exegetes is that there is more to this story than money changers in a synagogue.

Does everyone know what a money changer was?

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
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Jr I have heard that the money had to be changed because it bore the face of Caesar which was forbidden to the Jews and that the Temple was a real beehive of activity including settling legal disputes, as well as the burnt offerings for sins

I don’t know exactly what a money changer was …I thought just a legitimate business person…but I know there must be more to it for Christ to react as He did …Please tell me about them
 
ron77nyc said:
What good deeds does a person have if he lived a life of sin and repents before receiving a lethal injection?
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Just a wild guess, but I’m willing to bet that he’s got ***“his work”***cut out for him in purgatory!
 
Gabriella_San_S said:
I thought you told us the conversation was over, dear Brother-…or was that the good Archbishop? (j/k:)
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I was sharing what the Archbishop has told the people in his diocese. He does not want any more public discussion of this topic.

I can’t tell people on this thread when to stop. I thought the thread had gotten off track, that’s all.

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
ron77nyc said:
All those you mentioned do good works but the guy who repented before dying did nothing good after he repented. He did not have the opportunity.
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Saint Bernadette said that she was doing her "work" because*** she was suffering.***
Sounds good to me!
 
ron77nyc said:
So if he had no good deeds to his credit how did he get saved?
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Ron, he has the deeds of the Mystical Body to his credit. He shares in the works of the Mystical Body. Do you understand the dogma of the Communion of Saints?

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
redrosetea said:
Jr I have heard that the money had to be changed because it bore the face of Caesar which was forbidden to the Jews and that the Temple was a real beehive of activity including settling legal disputes, as well as the burnt offerings for sins

I don’t know exactly what a money changer was …I thought just a legitimate business person…but I know there must be more to it for Christ to react as He did …Please tell me about them
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As a quick parenthetical remark, because this has nothing to do with this thread. Money changers were then as they are today. They exchange currency. People moved from one regiont to another they stopped to exchange their currency.

They often came to the Jewish changers, because they were honest and the Jews were very simple people who often did not know math.

By the time of this story, the changers were no longer the honest men who were trying to protect the poor from being ripped off. They had become like the tax-payers. They ripped off those who could not do math or did not know how to do business. In other words, they were thieves.

This is why Jesus says that his Father’s house will not be turned into a den of thieves. It is not the activity that Jesus was condemning, but the exploitation of the vulnerable by crooks in Glod’s house.

Hope that helps.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
ron77nyc said:
So if he had no good deeds to his credit how did he get saved?
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The same way we all did.** Jesus Christ suffered, died and rose from the dead for us!**
"Works" can have a myriad of meanings for every individual. Jesus gave us the mandate to “take up your cross and follow Me…” and only God knows how each one of us will carry out this “work”.
 
JReducation said:
Ron, he has the deeds of the Mystical Body to his credit. He shares in the works of the Mystical Body. Do you understand the dogma of the Communion of Saints?

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
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No I don’t but I was hoping someone would give Jesus some recognition for the suffering He did and for paying with His life the debt that we should have paid.
 
ron77nyc said:
No I don’t but I was hoping someone would give Jesus some recognition for the suffering He did and for paying with His life the debt that we should have paid.
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LOL, That recognition is involved in the dogma of the Mystical Body and the Communion of Saints.

We share in the works and faith of the Mystical Body, because we live in communion with all the saints, on Earth and in Heaven. At the head of this Body is Christ. And this communion is made possible by Christ’s redemptive act on the cross.

Therefore, anyone who is part of this body, shares in Christ’s redemptive work and the work of the body. Those alive must continue to contribute to the work of the body.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
Gabriella_San_S said:
The same way we all did.** Jesus Christ suffered, died and rose from the dead for us!**
"Works" can have a myriad of meanings for every individual. Jesus gave us the mandate to “take up your cross and follow Me…” and only God knows how each one of us will carry out this “work”.
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Thanks. I read your post after I submitted mine.
 
Gabriella_San_S said:
The same way we all did.** Jesus Christ suffered, died and rose from the dead for us!**
"Works" can have a myriad of meanings for every individual. Jesus gave us the mandate to “take up your cross and follow Me…” and only God knows how each one of us will carry out this “work”.
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We have to be very careful here. It is true that works has many meanings for many people. However, the scriptures and the Church do not have a myriad of meanings for work. The Church only recognizes the corporal works of mercy as the works that go with faith. The corporal works of mercy are clearly explained in the scriptures in several places both in the OT and the NT.

In some texts they are listed and in other texts they are discussed separately, but they all appear in scripture and are repeated numerous times.

The Church does have the authority to decide how we will carry out God’s work. She has exercised that authority through the centuries by telling us what is expected of us and what is forbiden.

If we read Lumen Gentium, Gaudium et Spes, and Apostolicam Actuositem they all clearly state the work of the Church and her members. And they try to explain the Church’s teaching on works for the past 2,000 years in a language that modern man can understand.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
ron77nyc said:
He had a TV show in Florida.
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Actually, his program was international. It was recorded in FL, but was aired in 24 different countries around the world. He also had a program on EWTN.

He is an expert theologian on theology of marriage. He’s very good in that area of theology. His books and talks are excellent, very orthodox, very scriptural and good psychology too.

That’s how he got the nickname “Fr. Oprah”, because of his work on marriage and relationships.

Sadly, because of his choices, he can no longer teach Catholic theology. It’s a great loss to the Church, because he is very knowledgeable and had an impact on younger people.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
**Ahimsa, **

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He even claimed that his church is “catholic” and that it existed before the XI century.
Well, he’s right about that.
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That’s right! That church is nothing else but a branch of the Catholic Church -the Original, the Universal, the Apostolic and Roman. :eek:
 
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