Makes it pretty simple when you begin to compare what you would do with the “love God” part.
NOT how I read it. I still love God even when I sin, but I need to get forgiveness for those sins.
And the ordinary and usual place to receive that forgiveness is through the Sacrament of Penance, not outside of it on the margins somewhere, experimenting with other churches, with general “spirituality.” (I’m speaking to others, not necessarily to you.) That font of grace gives us the strength to return to a compromised clergy and a fallen people, and use the institution’s resources to build on that sacramental grace, and to take responsibility for our part in the renewal of the Church. God is not going to do so without us.
Because you love God. If you didn’t love God, you wouldn’t seek His forgiveness.
Not necessarily to me? But, perhaps to me? What do you know of what kind of a Catholic I am?
Jesus: Will you leave Me also?
Maybe so.
Exactly. Peter did not understand fully, yet he knew who Jesus is/was. Peter was wise enough to know that there was nowhere else to go because Jesus holds the Word of Life.
Perhaps. Some don’t go to someone else elsewhere; they just lose some of their faith and go on from there.
Your synopsis of my earlier post shows that you are unwilling to comment beyond the 1st line of that post. The post speaks to receiving the Holy Eucharist more than just unworthily, but more to the sacrilegious nature. It is profanity against God. It is an attitude that one can get something for free, making it akin to the “once saved, always saved” mentality. Your sacramental evangelization says basically “read the manual, it’s your problem”. Your evangelization style accepts no responsibility as a priestly people to expound on, let alone enumerate, the required price for the reception of the Holy Eucharist. That is what I mean when I refer to evangelization of the Holy Eucharist as “selling out” the sacramental nature of the Holy Eucharist.
So true. As bad as the numbers are, can you imagine what the U.S. Catholic Mass attendance numbers would be like if they remove the Sunday obligation and communion?
Matt7:15 Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves.16 You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.17 A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit.19 And any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire. 20 So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do. (GNT)*I do not understand your sentence especially the part where you state “to question the fruits by which to know by.” Can you explain please?
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Ishii, if a specific individual named John Doe knew but did not remain after experiencing a change in belief, he could not be saved according to CCC. And “could not” is a tense of “can not”.
Now sure I’ll grant you that no one knows whether John will have returned even if just at the moment before taking his last breath. But otherwise the Church does appear to be saying to me John will go to hell. 
What you highlighted: “The bishops are all men who are believed to be the successors of the Apostles. Priests who are entrusted to shepherd their flocks are all men. So I’m not clear how you can be in the Church and as part of the practice of your faith, not have a relationship with man along with God.”
Exactly. And I don’t even think it necessarily matters how well catechized, people can still later have their faith shaken and wounded. God bless you and peace.But we ARE the body of Christ…and some people have been deeply wounded by those amongst us…I don’t think we can deny that. There are those that were wounded…have questions and some of us (the Body) act like this indicates lack of faith.
Yes the sacraments are foremost but to say that people just need to ignore all the other…is short sighted…some of us were deeply wounded by the other. And as long as we never acknowledge that…I don’t see hope of bringing siblings home.
Here’s something we agree on Rich.
Good point.Not necessarily to me? But, perhaps to me? What do you know of what kind of a Catholic I am?