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1 by thecarmelite our topic in this writing is on faith your journey of faith and your response to god s call we will look at the biblical passage of hebrews 11 1 2 which states now faith is assurance evidence of things hoped for a conviction evidence of things not seen we will unpack these two verses as experienced by our ancestors in faith we will begin by saying that it was not enough for god to have created you and me in the a reading from the book of wisdom 11 27 that we call god o lover of our souls in his immense love for us he not only created us but chose in freedom to reveal himself to us from there he chose again in freedom to take another step toward greater intimacy with us in calling us to himself calling us to enter into an ever deepening relationship with him faith then is our response to that call to divine intimacy the writer of hebrews goes through a long list of people in the old testament that god had called to himself he begins with abraham revealing to abraham that he is the one true god from there he calls to abraham calls him into a relationship after laying down the basic ground work get out of your country from your family and from your father s house to a land that i will show you gn 12 1 you want me to what lord that s how i would have reacted what did abraham do abram departed as the lord had spoken to him took sarai his wife and all their possessions that they had gathered and the people whom they had acquired in haran and they departed to go to the land of canaan gn 12 4 5 oh and abram was seventy five years old when he departed from haran look at a map sometime and check the distance from haran in what is now iraq to canaan palestine but why on earth would a 75 year old man even consider doing something so well radical we are up to our next step in the call to intimacy god calls and makes a promise of a great blessing i will make you a great nation i will bless you and make your name great and you shall be a blessing gn 12 2 but why sheer gift so god creates god reveals god calls we like abraham respond but the response is not just with our lips we respond with our whole being abraham packed all of his belongings and family and great herds and literally headed south not knowing for quite some time by the way where the so called place was that he was heading to kind of like today s soldiers who get a call and are told to be ready to deploy but then they must await another call to find out where anyway abraham went in faith he had no idea where he was going he knew that he and his wife sarai were both beyond child bearing years and yet he placed his trust in god who assured him count the stars if you are able to number them so shall your descendants be gn 15 5 abraham had to use both his intellect in agreeing to all of this and his affect that is faith in the heart and faith in action did abraham and the others whom the writer of hebrews refers to ever experience any doubts or unbelief i am sure that they did in fact abraham fell on his face with laughter at the thought of a child being born to him at the age of 100 gn 17 17 his wife sarai sarah had laughed too gn 18 12 in fact the name isaac means laughter now imagine abraham s thoughts especially when god called him a second time by further testing abraham s faith take now your son your only son isaac whom you love and go to the land of moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which i shall tell you gn 22 2 again abraham responded in faith hebrews says that he reasoned that god was able to raise him up even from the dead see 11 19 at this point abraham was already familiar with god and knew that god would and did keep his promises let s fast forward to the new testament for a moment let s ponder the great question of mary to the angel gabriel how shall this be seeing i know not a man lk 1 34 it s ok to not have all the answers or complete understanding what matters is that we respond in faith in order to do so we must have humility and trust in the one who calls us to himself all three abraham mary and jesus as well as countless others endured great hardship for love of god and for the sake of their people a people not even yet called into being abraham did so for the offspring he hadn t even had yet mary did so for the sake of her people and for all people for all time he jesus the child to be born shall save them from their sins mt 1 21 jesus himself struggled too when he prayed in the garden of gethsemane o my father if it be possible let this cup pass from me mt 26 39 in fact matthew describes jesus as sorrowful and very distressed 26 37 i could go on but let s end here with a quick review again of the steps god created god reveals god calls to relationship and promises a blessing or blessings in return for that faith filled response we respond in faith using our intellect and our will we understand and accept our frailty if we do not fully understand and look to jesus who though he was god cried out eli eli lama sabachthani that is to say my god my god why have you forsaken me mt 27 46 why for the sake of the joy that was still in the future he endured the cross despising its shame and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of god hb 12 2 this he endured that you and i might have life and have it to its fullness posted in catholicism misc tagged faith faith journey god s call comments off on commentary on faith in light of hebrews 11 1 2 what every catholic should know before responding to a teaching of the magisterium posted on january 15 2011 by thecarmelite by now most of you have heard about the stir regarding something that pope benedict xvi reportedly said in a recent interview about the use of condoms and aids if you tend to watch ewtn you likely caught newsman raymond arroyo s interview of theologian george weigel 11 25 on the matter his response was in short that s not magisterial teaching just what is magisterial teaching it comes from the magisterium of the roman catholic church magisterium is a latin term meaning teaching the magisterium has three levels to it papal ecumenical councils and various synods of bishops these three are the official interpreters of sacred scripture a word which means writings and of apostolic tradition meaning the handing on of something however these groups are not the possessors of divine revelation what god has revealed the entire church is in possession of the word of god to use an analogy of sorts our federal government in divided into three branches executive the president legislative congress and the supreme court while the u s is in possession of the constitution its official interpretation belongs to the supreme court how does the magisterium work the pope has the divine right to pronounce dogmatic definitions as often as he deems necessary both by way of what we call an infallible teaching when he speaks ex cathedra and by way of non infallible teachings let s look at this for a minute an infallible teaching is a doctrine of the faith that is solemnly defined proclaimed and must be believed by the faithful an example of this and the last time the pope spoke in ex cathedra is when pope pius xii proclaimed the dogma of the assumption of the virgin mary in 1950 proclaiming something ex cathedra rarely happens the pronouncement is irreversible and irreformable an example of a non infallible teaching is that embryonic stem cell research is wrong it must be obeyed but it has not been solemnly defined non infallible teachings are the more frequent way that pope teaches back to church councils rather than the pope acting alone teaching infallibly read about the very first church council of the church in ad 53 it is the entire chapter 15 of the acts of the apostles whereby it was decided in council that gentiles coming into the christian community did not first have to be circumcised and follow the law of moses by living as a jew for awhile this decision was binding on the church from ad 53 till now that decision has been held this chapter in acts is also all you need to prove that church councils are indeed biblical the next level of magisterial teaching can come from various groups of bishops nationally the u s c c b is working on documentation about the issue debacle of immigration in the u s locally cardinal sean can also issue decrees that must be followed within the arch diocese if the need is there however what is officially defined must already have been a part of church teaching and pertain to faith and morals they cannot proclaim anything new such as deciding to add mary and joseph into the trinity as i said above what is defined must be done with the intention of binding the faithful what should be our response to the teachings of the church there are three appropriate responses 1 credenda 2 tenenda and 3 obsequium religiosum 1 credenda the assent of divine faith i believe which is self explanatory 2 tenenda firm holding or assent speaks to an issue that has been settled for the sake of unity in 1994 pope john paul ii declared that the matter of all male priesthood is closed because the church does not have the authority to ordain women as priests it cannot ever be brought forward to someday be reconsidered 3 obsequium religiosum a religious submission of mind and will to teaching as presented a person may not like the teaching such as that of embryonic stem cell harvesting but the person is still bound to assent to it why do we need a magisterium to begin with st peter insists in his second letter ch 2 v 20 that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation because untaught and unstable people twist scriptures to their own destruction 2 pet 3 16 the magisterium is the official interpreter and guardian of the word of god which gives the church its unity posted in catholicism magisterium tagged catholic church authority magisterium pope sacred tradition comments off on what every catholic should know before responding to a teaching of the magisterium choosing light and life in an age of darkness posted on december 26 2010 by thecarmelite this month we remember the u s supreme court decision of roe v wade 1 22 73 that gave women in america the legal right to terminate the life that grows within women have the right to choose is the battle cry but choose what the right to choose is never an end in itself the right to choose is about being able to choose that which is good women have a right to do what they want with their own body do they really if a pregnant woman is found to be abusing drugs whether illicit or even prescription drugs or alcohol she can be arrested and held in custody until the birth of the child and subsequently charged with endangering the life of an unborn child somehow the supreme court came to the determination that it is perfectly legal for women to use abortifacient drugs and other means to kill unborn babies but that engaging in substance abuse while pregnant with a wanted child is endangering the life within and why is it that when the child is wanted it is called a baby but when it is not wanted it is merely referred to as a fetus but what of babies conceived in rape or incest all persons have the inherent right to life and love father frank pavone s website http www priestsforlife org has many testimonials of women who had become pregnant as a result of rape and brought the child to birth one of these young women liz shared her story on a recent episode of his show on ewtn raped at a party by her boyfriend at age 17 she badly wanted an abortion to get rid of the problem her best friend was able to convince her that she was carrying a real baby and not just a mass of tissue liz stated that it was really hard to come to the decision to have the child once she did choose life she opted to put the child up for adoption an open adoption liz repeatedly insisted that once the child was born all the pain was so worth it and that he is a source of joy for her she added that she never sees her rapist in him her closing remark was very poignant every woman is strong enough to bring her unborn child to life what if a young woman is pregnant and as happens far too often is kicked out of the family home the diocese of worcester helps to support visitation house visit http www visitationhouse org and give generously a shelter for homeless pregnant women now in its sixth year the program has helped many women bring their babies to life great marvels are done at visitation house classes are held for those wishing to earn their ged to learn english and to assist with making a resumé and job searches nutritious meal planning and preparing and sticking to budgets are also part of the program another option for assistance is worcester s problem pregnancy on pleasant street http problempregnancy org can a person be both catholic and pro choice no the two are incompatible an oxymoron god declared everything he created to be very good thus every time a woman gives birth she brings another image and likeness of god into the world gen 1 26 for catholics being pro life does not stop with the issue of abortion it encompasses life in all its forms from conception to the end of natural life we are not simply anti abortion it s why catholic bishops speak out for just wages and work conditions and against euthanasia assisted suicide and the death penalty it s why they insist on health insurance for all the right to a clean environment and why they condemn war bishop emeritus daniel p reilly says it this way we are r c roman catholic and not p c politically correct jesus clearly showed a preferential love of the poor and the marginalized he the holy spirit has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind to set at liberty those who are oppressed lk 4 18 posted in catholicism tagged abortion pro life comments off on choosing light and life in an age of darkness what catholics should know about islam posted on september 30 2010 by thecarmelite newt gingrich is a new member of the catholic church he was influenced by his catholic third wife callista and entered the church on march 29 2009 recently they put out a video nine days that changed the world on the role the late pontiff john paul ii had on the fall of communism in poland however his latest video america at risk makes the case that america is at war with islam on this serious issue newt gingrich does not speak for the catholic church the catholic church is not at war with islam rather she has been engaged in dialog with islam on many fronts for decades an important church document christian muslim relations in the united states reflections after two decades of experience makes the point that even by september 11 2001 there were ongoing regularly scheduled dialogues in place co sponsored by the u s conference of catholic bishops and muslim 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