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FrDavid96 said:
Instead of actually reading and trying to understand what I am saying you keep doing the same thing: twisting my words to make it appear as if I am saying something which I am not saying.

Please do not put words into my mouth. I have not said anything even remotely close to being critical of St Maximillian, and it’s disingenuous to claim that I am criticizing him.

I am saying that Naziism is an evil—how can anyone doubt that?. I am saying that the pain and suffering inflicted upon St Maximillian Kolbe (and everyone else who suffered at their hands) was an evil. It was not a blessing, not by any stretch.

His response to the evil, sinful acts of the Nazis was a blessing. The grace given to him by God to endure the suffering was a blessing. The life given to someone else by his sacrifice was a blessing.

Can you not see the difference between “suffering” and “what comes as a result of suffering” on the other hand?
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Yes, I see what you’re saying. I don’t agree, but I understand your point of view.
Thanks for sharing it!
 
reggieM said:
Yes, I see what you’re saying. I don’t agree, but I understand your point of view.
Thanks for sharing it!
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reggieM said:
It’s ok. As I said, I don’t want to argue about this, but I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts!
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You keep calling them “my thoughts.”

What readers here need to understand is that I’m not expressing merely “my” thoughts but a fundamental Catholic dogma of Original Sin. There’s quite a difference.

I’ll refer readers here (again) to the many writings of St John Paul II. Not just the ones I’ve referenced already, but his other writings on the topic.

For that matter, lookup the dogma of Original Sin.
 
Fr David,

Thank you for your posts on this thread. I am not for sure why I even opened the thread, but your comments have helped me. I realize its been frustrating, but it clarifies some basics that many of us confuse at times.

God bless
 
Sunday’s homily was about redemptive suffering. Father mentioned Socrates lifting his chalice of hemlock in defiance of death.
Maximilian Kolbe has been mentioned several times withing this thread. He and those condemned with him were not the first condemned to the starvation bunkers. Witnesses saw the difference between how he and those with him handled the situation.
God does not gives us suffering. He transforms that suffering and gives it meaning.

The Office of Readings for Wednesday, the 16th Week in Ordinary Time begins with the 2d letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.
The Lord is Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. All of us, gazing on the Lord’s glory with unveiled faces, are being transformed from glory to glory into his very image by the Lord who is the Spirit.

The Second Reading is From the Imitation of Christ
His glory and beauty are within you, and he delights in dwelling there.…
Let your thoughts be with the Most High and and direct your prayers continually to Christ. If you do not know how to contemplate the glory of heaven, take comfort in the passion of Christ, and dwell willingly in his sacred wounds.…
Once you have entered completely into the depths of Jesus, and have a taste of his powerful love, then you will not care about your own convenience or inconvenience.

John the Baptist said, “I must decrease that He might increase.” It is this same attitude that leads to the hyperbole of Kempis and others who would “scorn their own needs” for the love of God. The focus is on their love of God before all else.
“He who abides in Love, abides in God, And God in him.”
 
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