Peace and blessings Distracted,
In our diocese we developed a ten year plan with ten components one of which is interfaith and ecumenical life.
Some of us have ran with it but we are very few.
It seems we were all a blaze it is important but the action has been lacking. If you like the spirit inspired faith was there but as a whole we have near killed it from lack of works.
My Pentecostal fellowships work very hard at ecumenical relationships, spawning various groups and activity.
My Catholic parish rarely publicises any of these activities, i dont know why if i ask i am told oh yes we should have but we still continue not to.
To live the ecumenical side of our plan i have really had to get serious involved in my Pentecostal fellowships.
At times i will hear anti-Catholic reteric but most is from ignorance the accepting of what others have taught them rather than seeking truth with our G-d given gift of discernment. They back away from their view with love and sharing.
I do suspect part of our motivation for ecumenical and interfaith works is so we can pull priests from our smaller community’s leaving them with other religions for fellowship. After all small communities are very expensive per head. Sadly my large community has two priests and we could easy live with one priest and our lay leaders. A long time ago we developed a priest sustination fund to share funding around our diocese to ensure the well being of our priests in small communities. I would like to see us do the same with our parish funding to support our brethren in small communities but we seem to like to keep our parish funds to our selves to buy more worldly stuff like projectors. The mentality is “it is our money”, if i explain it is His as it all is they just dont seem to see it as i do and believe He does.
This year at our assembly we will review our ecumenical and interfaith works and at a guess they will say how wonderful we are for what little we have done seeing ourselves as great “Catholics”.
the virgin Mary appeared somewhere and said that this is the worst period in the history of the world as far as sin goes
Could you share with me the writing’s on this and if it had two witnesses.
are you interested in becomig Catholic??
yes i am but our previous PP said i am. Our current PP i have know for years and he does not seem to have been spirit inspired to change me. Our assistant priest i have also known for a long time and he has not suggested i am not Catholic. Admittedly i dont have a need to call my self “a religion labels” Our Father inspires in me to live in His spirit, so who knows where this will blow me, i do know i love to serve His goodness in you and others without concern for religion labels. May it be His will not mine.
I have posted on CAF truth that are exactly inline with Catholic teaching and had spouted back at me totally unrelated anti-islam responses by Catholics. No i do not want to be the same as those people. Yeshua (pbwh) calls me to love every one and meet them where they are rather than becoming an anti-other religion works person that cant read the truth before their eyes.
Who interpenetrates scripture for you, My Fathers spirit in you, your priests as The 1 of 40k Church representative, or any one who posts in non catholic section of CAF?
I asked this because of the inconstancy of your questions and statements. I got from your posts in this thread you were asking every one at CAF but also said only The Church had the answers. I took this as you being confused or setting up non Catholics to be corrected.
By His will may G-d bless you and yours as youes submit unto Him
