What contribution has the catholic church made to the world? Are you proud of your cathoicity? Should the church publish the type of document I mentio

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I love St Josemaria Escriva! He’s an awesome saint and I think his works should be required reading at school 🙂 Thanks for the correction John 🙂
 
John_Russell_Jr said:
My dear friends
I think the catholic church and catholics have been put down too long.
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Hi John. 👋 I agree. :sad_yes: Sadly… this has happened since the very beginning. From the earliest persecutions of Christians, all down through the centuries to our present times. And it will probably occur until the Second Coming of Our dear Lord. 😦 But, He did… warn us, that this would be the case. It’s not easy, being a Christian. And even less easy, being a Catholic Christian.
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We should be proud because of the immeasurable amount of good in every way the church and members have done good for the world.
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Right again! Perhaps the readers of this thread would be interested in the following video clip from EWTN. It is called “The Catholic Church: Builder of Civilization”. It is 28 minutes long, but well worth the time. 👍

video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8759568809464631145
John_Russell_Jr said:
We should also stop and think hard about what the church offers us. What benefits do we get from it? We get huge benefits none of us can come close to appreciating.
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When the realization finally hit me (… at least partially; the Good Lord is still working on me)… of how MUCH I had taken for granted in being born into the Catholic family, so early in my life… I was truly blown away. The experience of being fallen away for a decade and returning, has given me an appreciation of the faith, that I previously did not have. But it was a lesson learned the hard way. 😦

For anyone who is “teetering” in their faith… I would say… “STUDY our faith well, before you make any changes in regards to your beliefs. The Catholic Church is an absolute TREASURY of God’s truth and love for mankind. Roll up your sleeves, and DIG IN to the faith!” ❤️
John_Russell_Jr said:
I think the church needs to be a salesman telling the world about it’s immense and unmatched contribution to the world which is far, far greater than anything else/ And tell us and all not only that but what are the benefits of being a catholic. Perhaps speak to the ism’s on this too. We need to get our pride and confidence back after the disastrous century we just had. The church should put out a document like this in my opinion. It’s very sorely needed.
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John, it struck me that the “salesman” you speak of might, indeed… be a Divine Salesman. The Holy Spirit! And that His “employees” and His “clients” could likely be us, the Laity! I read somewhere, (might have been writings of Pope John Paul II) that we are living in a special “age of the Laity” within the Catholic Church. And that the Holy Spirit will raise up many saints, of the Laity in this age. I found this to be such an exciting idea! As Mother Angelica says… “Holiness is for EVERYONE!”. 🙂

And it seems to me that these very forums… are a tool of such evangelization. I can certainly attest to the fact that I have learned a GREAT DEAL from the wise people here… about our Holy Catholic Faith. In fact, I learn something new every day!

I very gratefully and humbly acknowledge to anyone who asks me my faith… “I am a Roman Catholic”. :heaven: Thank You, Lord!

(And thank you, John… for another thought provoking topic! Keep 'em coming my friend). God bless.
 
My dear friend Marie

Thank you for your wise insights. Appreciated. I don’t know if you read my old post about why God made us knowing we would be a bit rebelliuos. I’ll post it again now. You may like it.

My dear friend, pray to your hearts content wherever your at. About being rebellious an old post of mine below may interest you.
An old post re my theory

My dear friend

I’ve just been thinking as follows and would like your opinions and contribution on this subject too.
In order for God to create a perfect world and beings He had to create beings ( us ) who would rebel. The reason for this is that God is infinite Love and the greatest expression of love is sacrifice. The greatest sacrifice is infinite sacrifice. If we never rebeled God would not have been able to show us His infinite love for us by His infinite sacrifice on the cross.
God loves us with an infinite love and knew we would rebel and this would cause an automatic reaction from God where He would respond with an expression of infinite sacrifice. In order for our world and us to be perfect we had to rebel. The whole thing is really a mystery though. This is just some thoughts on the perfection of God and how that relates to us. I think I’ll tie this in to my refutation of evolution too.

God bless you and I’m praying for you:thumbsup:🙂
John
 
Eucharisted said:
I love St Josemaria Escriva! He’s an awesome saint and I think his works should be required reading at school 🙂 Thanks for the correction John 🙂
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My dear friend Eucharisted

Glad to know another St Josemaria fan:thumbsup:

God bless you friend:):)🙂
John
 
John_Russell_Jr said:
In order for God to create a perfect world and beings He had to create beings ( us ) who would rebel. The reason for this is that God is infinite Love and the greatest expression of love is sacrifice. The greatest sacrifice is infinite sacrifice. If we never rebeled God would not have been able to show us His infinite love for us by His infinite sacrifice on the cross.

God loves us with an infinite love and knew we would rebel and this would cause an automatic reaction from God where He would respond with an expression of infinite sacrifice. In order for our world and us to be perfect we had to rebel. The whole thing is really a mystery though. This is just some thoughts on the perfection of God and how that relates to us. I think I’ll tie this in to my refutation of evolution too.

God bless you and I’m praying for you:thumbsup:🙂
John
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John, profound! Kind of like looking into one of those “infinity mirrors”! We can see the image, repeated endlessly… but we have NO CLUE how it’s done! 😃 The words I highlighted in red, sum it all up!

Thank you so much for re-posting it! God bless you.
 
Among the many terrific things the Church has given the world, I’d like to select: prayer. The mystics and contemplatives have developed the amazing methods of prayer that can bring us all closer and closer to God in so many ways. A non-Catholic friend of mine commented to me that prayer was one thing the Church got right (and this person was quite a critic of the Church, too.)
 
MarieVeronica said:
John, profound! Kind of like looking into one of those “infinity mirrors”! We can see the image, repeated endlessly… but we have NO CLUE how it’s done! 😃 The words I highlighted in red, sum it all up!

Thank you so much for re-posting it! God bless you.
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My dear friend Marie

Glad you liked it. It gives a whole new meaning to the lives of us rebellious creatures I think.

May God bless you abundantly:thumbsup:🙂
John
 
Beachcomber said:
Among the many terrific things the Church has given the world, I’d like to select: prayer. The mystics and contemplatives have developed the amazing methods of prayer that can bring us all closer and closer to God in so many ways. A non-Catholic friend of mine commented to me that prayer was one thing the Church got right (and this person was quite a critic of the Church, too.)
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My dear friend

Agreed. You will ot find the wealth of knowledge about prayer in any other church that comes close to Romes treasure trove of experience and wisdom.

May God bless you and keep you in His palm always:thumbsup:🙂
John
 
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