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« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2016, 01:15:54 AM »
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    Bishop Faure recommended St. Catherine of Siena's the Dialogue to me in a confession in Holy Week of 2014 back when he was a priest.


    Why would you take his advice if he's not a Feeneyite?

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    « Reply #16 on: June 23, 2016, 06:30:18 AM »
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    Bishop Faure recommended St. Catherine of Siena's the Dialogue to me in a confession in Holy Week of 2014 back when he was a priest.


    Why would you take his advice if he's not a Feeneyite?



    So, you're accusing me of being a Feenyite? Really?
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    « Reply #17 on: June 23, 2016, 06:51:12 AM »
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    Bishop Faure recommended St. Catherine of Siena's the Dialogue to me in a confession in Holy Week of 2014 back when he was a priest.


    Why would you take his advice if he's not a Feeneyite?



    So, you're accusing me of being a Feenyite? Really?


     :roll-laugh2:

    I read this thread -- on 3 hours sleep -- and got the exact opposite impression.

    The reading comprehension of some individuals is downright pathetic.

    I think some people need to do more reading and less watching (tv, movies, videos).

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    « Reply #18 on: June 23, 2016, 07:31:37 AM »
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    Bishop Faure recommended St. Catherine of Siena's the Dialogue to me in a confession in Holy Week of 2014 back when he was a priest.


    Why would you take his advice if he's not a Feeneyite?



    So, you're accusing me of being a Feenyite? Really?


     :roll-laugh2:

    I read this thread -- on 3 hours sleep -- and got the exact opposite impression.

    The reading comprehension of some individuals is downright pathetic.

    I think some people need to do more reading and less watching (tv, movies, videos).




    Right!
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    « Reply #19 on: June 23, 2016, 09:22:00 AM »
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  • Quote from: God the Father speaking of Christ's words to Saint Catherine

    Where did the soul know of this her dignity, in being kneaded and united with the Blood of the Lamb, receiving the grace in Holy Baptism, in virtue of the Blood? In the Side, where she knew the fire of divine Charity, and so, if you remember well, My Truth manifested to you, when you asked, saying: 'Sweet and Immaculate Lamb, You were dead when Your side was opened. Why then did You want to be struck and have Your heart divided?' And He replied to you, telling you that there was occasion enough for it; but the principal part of what He said I will tell you. He said: Because My desire towards the human generation was ended, and I had finished the actual work of bearing pain and torment, and yet I had not been able to show, by finite things, because My love was infinite, how much more love I had, I wished you to see the secret of the Heart, showing it to you open, so that you might see how much more I loved than I could show you by finite pain. I poured from it Blood and Water, to show you the baptism of water, which is received in virtue of the Blood. I also showed the baptism of love in two ways, first in those who are baptized in their blood, shed for Me, which has virtue through My Blood, even if they have not been able to have Holy Baptism, and also in those who are baptized in fire, not being able to have Holy Baptism, but desiring it with the affection of love. There is no baptism of fire without the Blood, because the Blood is steeped in and kneaded with the fire of Divine charity, because, through love was It shed. There is yet another way by which the soul receives the baptism of Blood, speaking, as it were, under a figure, and this way the Divine charity provided, knowing the infirmity and fragility of man, through which he offends, not that he is obliged, through his fragility and infirmity, to commit sin unless he wish to do so; but, falling, as he will, into the guilt of mortal sin, by which he loses the grace which he drew from Holy Baptism in virtue of the Blood, it was necessary to leave a continual baptism of Blood. This the Divine charity provided in the Sacrament of Holy Confession, the soul receiving the Baptism of Blood, with contrition of heart, confessing, when able, to My ministers, who hold the keys of the Blood, sprinkling It, in absolution, upon the face of the soul. But, if the soul be unable to confess, contrition of heart is sufficient for this baptism, the hand of My clemency giving you the fruit of this precious Blood. But if you are able to confess, I wish you to do so, and if you are able to, and do not, you will be deprived of the fruit of the Blood. It is true that, in the last extremity, a man, desiring to confess and not being able to, will receive the fruit of this baptism, of which I have been speaking. But let no one be so mad as so to arrange his deeds, that, in the hope of receiving it, he puts off confessing until the last extremity of death, when he may not be able to do so. In which case, it is not at all certain that I shall not say to him, in My Divine Justice: 'You did not remember Me in the time of your life, when you could, now will I not remember you in your death.'

    "You see then that these Baptisms, which you should all receive until the last moment, are continual, and though My works, that is the pains of the Cross were finite, the fruit of them which you receive in Baptism, through Me, are infinite. This is in virtue of the infinite Divine nature, united with the finite human nature, which human nature endures pain in Me, the Word, clothed with your humanity. But because the one nature is steeped in and united with the other, the Eternal Deity drew to Himself the pain, which I suffered with so much fire and love.


    We have here a private revelation teaching what is precisely called explicit baptism of desire, baptism of blood, the sacrament of confession, and a perfect act of contrition (which as Trent teaches, requires that the person desire to go to confession to a priest, as it says above "requires with contrition of heart, confessing, when able, to My ministers").

    Any arguments on those observations?


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    « Reply #20 on: June 23, 2016, 09:25:47 AM »
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    Bishop Faure recommended St. Catherine of Siena's the Dialogue to me in a confession in Holy Week of 2014 back when he was a priest.


    Why would you take his advice if he's not a Feeneyite?



    So, you're accusing me of being a Feenyite? Really?


    I think he got confused between my post and yours; mine was nested in yours.

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    « Reply #21 on: June 23, 2016, 09:27:20 AM »
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    Where did the soul know of this her dignity, in being kneaded and united with the Blood of the Lamb, receiving the grace in Holy Baptism, in virtue of the Blood? In the Side, where she knew the fire of divine Charity, and so, if you remember well, My Truth manifested to you, when you asked, saying: 'Sweet and Immaculate Lamb, You were dead when Your side was opened. Why then did You want to be struck and have Your heart divided?' And He replied to you, telling you that there was occasion enough for it; but the principal part of what He said I will tell you. He said: Because My desire towards the human generation was ended, and I had finished the actual work of bearing pain and torment, and yet I had not been able to show, by finite things, because My love was infinite, how much more love I had, I wished you to see the secret of the Heart, showing it to you open, so that you might see how much more I loved than I could show you by finite pain. I poured from it Blood and Water, to show you the baptism of water, which is received in virtue of the Blood. I also showed the baptism of love in two ways, first in those who are baptized in their blood, shed for Me, which has virtue through My Blood, even if they have not been able to have Holy Baptism, and also in those who are baptized in fire, not being able to have Holy Baptism, but desiring it with the affection of love. There is no baptism of fire without the Blood, because the Blood is steeped in and kneaded with the fire of Divine charity, because, through love was It shed. There is yet another way by which the soul receives the baptism of Blood, speaking, as it were, under a figure, and this way the Divine charity provided, knowing the infirmity and fragility of man, through which he offends, not that he is obliged, through his fragility and infirmity, to commit sin unless he wish to do so; but, falling, as he will, into the guilt of mortal sin, by which he loses the grace which he drew from Holy Baptism in virtue of the Blood, it was necessary to leave a continual baptism of Blood. This the Divine charity provided in the Sacrament of Holy Confession, the soul receiving the Baptism of Blood, with contrition of heart, confessing, when able, to My ministers, who hold the keys of the Blood, sprinkling It, in absolution, upon the face of the soul. But, if the soul be unable to confess, contrition of heart is sufficient for this baptism, the hand of My clemency giving you the fruit of this precious Blood. But if you are able to confess, I wish you to do so, and if you are able to, and do not, you will be deprived of the fruit of the Blood. It is true that, in the last extremity, a man, desiring to confess and not being able to, will receive the fruit of this baptism, of which I have been speaking. But let no one be so mad as so to arrange his deeds, that, in the hope of receiving it, he puts off confessing until the last extremity of death, when he may not be able to do so. In which case, it is not at all certain that I shall not say to him, in My Divine Justice: 'You did not remember Me in the time of your life, when you could, now will I not remember you in your death.'

    "You see then that these Baptisms, which you should all receive until the last moment, are continual, and though My works, that is the pains of the Cross were finite, the fruit of them which you receive in Baptism, through Me, are infinite. This is in virtue of the infinite Divine nature, united with the finite human nature, which human nature endures pain in Me, the Word, clothed with your humanity. But because the one nature is steeped in and united with the other, the Eternal Deity drew to Himself the pain, which I suffered with so much fire and love.


    We have here a private revelation teaching what is precisely called explicit baptism of desire, baptism of blood, the sacrament of confession, and a perfect act of contrition (which as Trent teaches, requires that the person desire to go to confession to a priest, as it says above "requires with contrition of heart, confessing, when able, to My ministers").

    Any arguments on those observation?



    Just to clarify for those with what Matthew rightly pointed out as being less than average reading skills, I most certainly believe that the Dialogue of Saint Catherine is legitimate, I read the Dialogue most days lately in mental prayer, and I pray to Saint Catherine everyday. Regarding Baptism of Desire, I have always believed it to be Catholic dogma.

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    « Reply #22 on: June 23, 2016, 09:29:09 AM »
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    Bishop Faure recommended St. Catherine of Siena's the Dialogue to me in a confession in Holy Week of 2014 back when he was a priest.


    Why would you take his advice if he's not a Feeneyite?



    So, you're accusing me of being a Feenyite? Really?


    I think he got confused between my post and yours; mine was nested in yours.


    You're probably right. Usually 'disputaciones' is pretty level-headed, I think.
    We conclude logically that religion can give an efficacious and truly realistic answer to the great modern problems only if it is a religion that is profoundly lived, not simply a superficial and cheap religion made up of some vocal prayers and some ceremonies...


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    « Reply #23 on: June 23, 2016, 09:37:01 AM »
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  • Quote from: God the Father speaking of Christ's words to Saint Catherine

    Where did the soul know of this her dignity, in being kneaded and united with the Blood of the Lamb, receiving the grace in Holy Baptism, in virtue of the Blood? In the Side, where she knew the fire of divine Charity, and so, if you remember well, My Truth manifested to you, when you asked, saying: 'Sweet and Immaculate Lamb, You were dead when Your side was opened. Why then did You want to be struck and have Your heart divided?' And He replied to you, telling you that there was occasion enough for it; but the principal part of what He said I will tell you. He said: Because My desire towards the human generation was ended, and I had finished the actual work of bearing pain and torment, and yet I had not been able to show, by finite things, because My love was infinite, how much more love I had, I wished you to see the secret of the Heart, showing it to you open, so that you might see how much more I loved than I could show you by finite pain. I poured from it Blood and Water, to show you the baptism of water, which is received in virtue of the Blood. I also showed the baptism of love in two ways, first in those who are baptized in their blood, shed for Me, which has virtue through My Blood, even if they have not been able to have Holy Baptism, and also in those who are baptized in fire, not being able to have Holy Baptism, but desiring it with the affection of love. There is no baptism of fire without the Blood, because the Blood is steeped in and kneaded with the fire of Divine charity, because, through love was It shed. There is yet another way by which the soul receives the baptism of Blood, speaking, as it were, under a figure, and this way the Divine charity provided, knowing the infirmity and fragility of man, through which he offends, not that he is obliged, through his fragility and infirmity, to commit sin unless he wish to do so; but, falling, as he will, into the guilt of mortal sin, by which he loses the grace which he drew from Holy Baptism in virtue of the Blood, it was necessary to leave a continual baptism of Blood. This the Divine charity provided in the Sacrament of Holy Confession, the soul receiving the Baptism of Blood, with contrition of heart, confessing, when able, to My ministers, who hold the keys of the Blood, sprinkling It, in absolution, upon the face of the soul. But, if the soul be unable to confess, contrition of heart is sufficient for this baptism, the hand of My clemency giving you the fruit of this precious Blood. But if you are able to confess, I wish you to do so, and if you are able to, and do not, you will be deprived of the fruit of the Blood. It is true that, in the last extremity, a man, desiring to confess and not being able to, will receive the fruit of this baptism, of which I have been speaking. But let no one be so mad as so to arrange his deeds, that, in the hope of receiving it, he puts off confessing until the last extremity of death, when he may not be able to do so. In which case, it is not at all certain that I shall not say to him, in My Divine Justice: 'You did not remember Me in the time of your life, when you could, now will I not remember you in your death.'

    "You see then that these Baptisms, which you should all receive until the last moment, are continual, and though My works, that is the pains of the Cross were finite, the fruit of them which you receive in Baptism, through Me, are infinite. This is in virtue of the infinite Divine nature, united with the finite human nature, which human nature endures pain in Me, the Word, clothed with your humanity. But because the one nature is steeped in and united with the other, the Eternal Deity drew to Himself the pain, which I suffered with so much fire and love.


    We have here a private revelation teaching what is precisely called explicit baptism of desire, baptism of blood, the sacrament of confession, and a perfect act of contrition (which as Trent teaches, requires that the person desire to go to confession to a priest, as it says above "requires with contrition of heart, confessing, when able, to My ministers").

    Any arguments on those observations?

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    « Reply #24 on: June 23, 2016, 10:27:47 AM »
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  • Back on topic, I'm neither here nor there when it comes to private revelations, even if coming from saints.  I believe in the infallibility of canonizations, but personal sanctity doesn't render someone infallible.  Obviously it would have been contrary to sanctity if St. Catherine had deliberately tried to deceive with these, but it would not be if she were simply mistaken in mixing some of her own thinking with actual authentic revelations.  You can find contradictions in the private revelations of various different holy people.

    Other issues include the reliability of manuscripts, especially when others are responsible for writing them down.  St. Catherine's words were allegedly written down by others and delivered while she was in ecstasy.  So other hands were involved.  And then who knows what interpolations may have found their way into the text later.
     

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    « Reply #25 on: June 23, 2016, 10:33:17 AM »
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    Bishop Faure recommended St. Catherine of Siena's the Dialogue to me in a confession in Holy Week of 2014 back when he was a priest.


    Why would you take his advice if he's not a Feeneyite?



    So, you're accusing me of being a Feenyite? Really?


     :roll-laugh2:

    I read this thread -- on 3 hours sleep -- and got the exact opposite impression.

    The reading comprehension of some individuals is downright pathetic.

    I think some people need to do more reading and less watching (tv, movies, videos).



    Pathetic eh? Let's see:  

    I haven't been reading here for a while, and to be honest I don't know if Centroamerica is a Feeneyite.

    I come in last night and what I see is a thread from someone questioning private revelations, then ridiculing the idea that rejecting canonizations would be mortal sin, and finally, when someone asks what ERROR do the revelations contain, the OP, without any explanation, posts something teaching BOD/BOB and specifically highlights this.

    What other conclusion would someone draw except that the OP objects to BOD/BOB and is looking for a way to reject these revelations or say canonizations can be rejected with impunity?

    You call that pathetic? I went only with the information on the thread here. Like I said, I don't know if Centroamerica is a Feeneyite. I didn't look into anyone's posts before posting.


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    « Reply #26 on: June 23, 2016, 10:38:17 AM »
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    What other conclusion would someone draw except that the OP objects to BOD/BOB and is looking for a way to reject these revelations or say canonizations can be rejected with impunity?


    That makes sense.

    Centro both accepts BoD and rejects the infallibility of canonizations.  He started this poll as an attempt to get ammunition in support of BoD.  But, if he does not believe in the infallibility of canonizations, then he undermines the use of this source in support of BoD ... except based on his private judgment assessment that the Dialogue is authentic in every last detail.

    I on the other hand profess the infallibility of canonizations but do not believe that this infallibility renders the saint infallible.

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    « Reply #27 on: June 23, 2016, 11:07:25 AM »
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    What other conclusion would someone draw except that the OP objects to BOD/BOB and is looking for a way to reject these revelations or say canonizations can be rejected with impunity?


    That makes sense.

    Centro both accepts BoD and rejects the infallibility of canonizations.  He started this poll as an attempt to get ammunition in support of BoD.  But, if he does not believe in the infallibility of canonizations, then he undermines the use of this source in support of BoD ... except based on his private judgment assessment that the Dialogue is authentic in every last detail.

    I on the other hand profess the infallibility of canonizations but do not believe that this infallibility renders the saint infallible.




    So, first I am accused of rejecting the dogma of Baptism of Desire and now I am accused of rejecting the infallibilty of canonizations. Does anybody want to accuse me of secretly being communist? Jєωιѕн? Mohameddan? This seems like it is the thread to do it on?
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    « Reply #28 on: June 23, 2016, 11:11:01 AM »
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    I just voted on this poll. I have been using the Dialogue for mental prayer on weekdays. I haven't read the entire thing but most of it. I voted that I believe it is true and to some point binding because if you claim it isn't true you accuse a canonized saint of a grave sin. (That was the third, poorly worded option). I still believe it is private revelation, but being the work of a canonized saint calling upon papal infallibility gives it a binding nature (unless you would make some silly claim like that it was fraudulently attributed to her.)

    I guess the options could be a little better.



    All the libel here being spewed against me by both Ladislaus and Disputaciones is easily refuted by reading my third post on this thread (which was posted before anyone else even commented on page 1!!!!).
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    « Reply #29 on: June 23, 2016, 11:33:39 AM »
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    I just voted on this poll. I have been using the Dialogue for mental prayer on weekdays. I haven't read the entire thing but most of it. I voted that I believe it is true and to some point binding because if you claim it isn't true you accuse a canonized saint of a grave sin. (That was the third, poorly worded option). I still believe it is private revelation, but being the work of a canonized saint calling upon papal infallibility gives it a binding nature (unless you would make some silly claim like that it was fraudulently attributed to her.)

    I guess the options could be a little better.



    All the libel here being spewed against me by both Ladislaus and Disputaciones is easily refuted by reading my third post on this thread (which was posted before anyone else even commented on page 1!!!!).


    Then why did you ridicule what Ladislaus said about it being a mortal sin to reject canonizations?