How often do you pray in tongues 1cor 12

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I assume it’s a position being the same as the snake handlers of Alabama…
 
St. Paul’s words come to mind: “I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.” (I Corinthians 14:18). These words speak to the legitimacy of the gift.

In my experience, many Pentecostals ‘teach’ people how to pray in tongues, by telling them to just start saying made up words, and then the 'Spirit will take over". That may or may not be true. I can’t judge on each person’s experience.

My pastor at the time had an experience in an elevator. He got on an already occupied elevator, and the Spirit motivated him to start speaking in tongues. It turned out to be a rarely spoken foreign dialect of the people who were on the elevator. The message preached the gospel to them and they came to a belief in Christ.

I don’t think we can judge a person’s spirituality on whether or not they speak in tongues. None of us has that ability. It’s only a gift from God for a specific time and purpose. God is the giver of the gift. He is the one who is great, not us. The scripture says that the greatest gift is love. That’s what we should aspire to, not speaking in tongues. I was always taught that we should seek the Giver of the gift, not the gift itself, and whatever gift God decides to give us, may we always use it in love and for the good of the Kingdom of God.
 
That story of your pastor speaking in a rare foreign tongue is an incredible miracle story.

Any more info on this? That’s a true Apostles Pentecost tongues of fire type event right there!
 
Never.

If the Holy Spirit moves me to become a Charismatic I would see it as some form of punishment and not a gift. I fear I hear God giggling about new ways to teach me humility.
 
Yet Saint Paul gives a warning about Speaking in Tongues:

Orderly Worship
1Co 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
1Co 14:27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
1Co 14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God

God requires discipline and order…

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Yes, that is very correct in a public church setting. Private prayer would be different. We could pray in tongues privately when we do not know the needs of the person or the situation we’re praying for. The Spirit, in this case, would give the utterance. This would be a motivation of the Spirit, not our own initiative.

I had a very close friend who spoke Hebrew. When he went into a Charismatic church, he would pretend to speak in tongues and ‘speak’ a ‘revelation from God’ in Hebrew. If someone came out with an ‘interpretation’ of the ‘revelation,’ he would know whether or not the ‘interpretation’ was made up or not. This was his personal test.
 
Nelka said:
I never had but have heard a protestant doing it and it sounded gibberish.
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I grew up in a “Congregational Holiness” church and heard it every Sunday Morning and Sunday Night and Wednesday Night.

I once asked the step mom what is the significance of “Speaking of Tongues”? Her reply: "It’s a sign of final sanctification…Later in life, I would reflect on that answer, and ask myself, where is that in the Bible?
 
Nelka said:
I never had but have heard a protestant doing it and it sounded gibberish.
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It is gibberish, brought on by emotionalism. It occurs more often during what I call the Primer. The Primer is the period where everyone sings songs for about 20 minutes before the Pastor gives his Sermon.

I once asked a Pastor to try an experiment and do away with the Primer next Sunday. He asked why. I told him that Churches like this use this Primer to get everyone in the mood to accept the Pastor’s Sermon. I told him, most of his Sermon’s would be useless if he did not have the Primer.

He called me a Devil Worshiper, told my dad, and my Dad tore my *** up with the Belt.
 
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I also heard another teaching from Sensus Fidelium, maybe Fr. Ripperger, and he said that an exorcist friend of his was performing an exorcism and the person spoke in tongues. Fortunately the priest new quite a few languages and he said it was a mixture of real languages and the spirit was blaspheming God. These particular priests warn against such things. And again, these chrisms have origins from Protestantism.
 
Yes, I agree.

To me, the OP’s question sounds like several other questions in regards to Catholics and the Holy Spirit. Either they are serious questions, or they are geared to make Catholics seem like they are bereft of the Holy Spirit. I haven’t decided which, so I guess all the questions must be taken individually.

I know a very holy Catholic who is a lay Franciscan. Her particular gift from God is that she can discern between spirits. She can actually see if a person is being tormented by evil spirits.

My point is that, God has poured out His Spirit upon us. At His discretion, he has given various gifts to all his children. For non-Catholics to hint that Catholics are less spiritual than any other Christian is just nonsense. All one has to do is look at the lives of the saints. What miracles and what spiritual gits they possessed! Because God blessed them and used them to elevate the faithful of his church.
 
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I went to a weekend gathering once ,when I was a lot younger…mass was lovely,confessions very good but in the evening young people got going on talking in tounges and I found it kind of creepy.I resisted the gentle shove given
to fall over .English is good enough for me
 
I too know many Priests & lay Catholics who have been blessed with the “gift of tongues”. I have been to many Charismatic Masses & heard the gift spoken by Priests & lay alike.
 
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I had to come in late one night and the “church” had some service going on, and there were one or two people babbling in the hallway, walking around in a daze. My first thought was to call the police or an ambulance when I suddenly recalled someone warning me about this “phenomena” if I had to work late.
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In a daze?
I have had decades of experience with people speaking in tongues/praying in the Spirit. I do not recall anyone ever seeming ‘dazed’ when they did this. Always they were fully aware and alert.
I myself pray in the Spirit and have never been ‘dazed’ while I did so.

I suspect what you saw might not have been what I mean by praying in tongues.
 
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Debbie_Kono said:
Never. Teaching from this FSSP priest says what we call “praying in tongues” is not so. “Tongues’” origins are from Protestantism, notably Pentacostalism and therefore not from God.
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Pentecostal and Charismatic are not interchangeable terms. I am a Catholic Charismatic.
 
Interesting you should say that it is a Protestant application. Fr john harden .said the same thing. And also approached Pentecostal the same way
 
I only pray in tongues when I’m desperate. It’s basically a 911 call to Heaven.
 
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