I think it was meant to be funny and also to get us to think. Actually priests and nuns today are not multiplying and increasing…hence breaking this ‘commandment’ to increase and multiply - all depends on one’s perspective on the statement, most did take it as the procreation factor and priestly and religious celibacy.no the"increase and mulitiply and fill the earth" was not one of the 10 commandments - comes much earlier and in the creation story. Of interest perhaps, most came away from that weekday Mass appalled at what Father had said. Overall Father’s purpose was achieved, he got the parish thinking (as the statement spread further than those who attended that weekday Mass).was it supposed to be a joke??
Actually that is not one of the 10 Commandments…
But is kind of interesting because we ARE supposed to do all that the Word tells us… I don’t have a problem with religious celibacy (practice it myself:hypno:uch:
)… but i could see where some Protestnat would bring this up as an argument against it…
The best argument in favor of lifelong celibacy (for me) is:
Men and women don’t relate well together… (they really do seem to be from different planets):whacky: :banghead:
Hi V41…quite unsure if your post above is connected to mine in any way although I very much doubt it. But what a fascinating concept that Mary was midwife for Elizabeth! The feastday of St. John’s beheading is coming close and he is a saint that for years I could develop no real devotion towards, but when all did click into place, it sure did so very soundly to my profit. Now I have something new to ponder with Our Lady having possibly helped bring St. John into the word. It does rather explain why Our Lady did in her own pregnant state go off to visit Elizabeth. Thank you:thumbsup: …regards…barb
**Why should he…
well, if truth shocks one… maybe one needs to be shocked…
**Did you ever imagine what it would mean, when the priest instead of the healing and stabilizing words of Jesus, would tell the surviving dependants of purgatory where the deceased no is in the priests opinion?
dont put words in my mouth…
**Truly a loud NO!
we have had the enneagram, but I have tried to speak out against it and have the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture and Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Jesus Christ, the Bearer of the Water of Life, as a back up. It is bearly enough, but has kept it at bay for now.
It depends what disposition the child has. If he is careless about his faith (or has the seeds of such carelessness, being only a child), then it may be a sobering thought which may bear good fruit later on.
if we don’t know, we are allowed to presume for the better
I agree with you wholeheartedly. There is much presumption of God’s mercy nowadays, and that is dangerous. I disagree with the previous post about it being a sin to tell children their parent is in purgatory. My husband died last year, and since he didn’t exhibit the heroic virtue of a saint with a capital “S,” I think it’s fair to assume that he probably didn’t go straight to heaven but needed some purification. I explained that to our children, and they weren’t traumatized by it – my goodness, purgatory exists because of God’s mercy!
of course it does! As does teaching on hell. If there were a busy road outside your house you wouldn’t keep it from your children because it might scare them! I didn’t want to discuss this further because it is not a thread for such discussions, so I will leave it at that!
very inappropriate. i have seen fulton sheen many times on the television and youtube preaching and he always makes jokes about things, however the only time i have heard him not make any humourous remarks was when he was preaching on Good Friday. jokes are fine as long as they have a point but not on a day when we remember the Lord’s death.How about starting Mass on Good Friday with a joke?
May St. Cure d’Ars pray for our shepherds.