Author Topic: Massive 8.9 earthquake, tsunami hits Japan (Read 2449 times)

Matthew · « **Reply #10 on:** March 11, 2011, 04:09:13 PM »

The Japanese take their lead from the United States these days (decades ago, it was China they always looked up to).

So if God is angry with the Japanese for their worldliness, etc. He would be angrier at the US for leading many countries into Secularism, apostasy, hedonism, and sin.

However -- one big difference between Japan and the United States:

How many Masses are offered up in each country per day?

We're talking about the Sacrifice of Calvary, where Christ Himself is the Priest and Victim, Who literally asks the Father for mercy.

When you meditate on the Holy Sacrifice, you're not QUITE as shocked that we're all still standing here. The Mass is more powerful than a hydrogen bomb. Not just metaphorically, but really.

Matthew

Emerentiana · « **Reply #11 on:** March 11, 2011, 05:21:50 PM »

Quote from: Matthew

The Japanese take their lead from the United States these days (decades ago, it was China they always looked up to).

So if God is angry with the Japanese for their worldliness, etc. He would be angrier at the US for leading many countries into Secularism, apostasy, hedonism, and sin.

However -- one big difference between Japan and the United States:

How many Masses are offered up in each country per day?

We're talking about the Sacrifice of Calvary, where Christ Himself is the Priest and Victim, Who literally asks the Father for mercy.

When you meditate on the Holy Sacrifice, you're not QUITE as shocked that we're all still standing here. The Mass is more powerful than a hydrogen bomb. Not just metaphorically, but really.

Matthew

How very true, Matthew! Are there any SSPX or any other trad priests in Japan?

Catholic Samurai · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2011, 08:18:39 PM »

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How very true, Matthew! Are there any SSPX or any other trad priests in Japan?

I there are four SSPX missions in Japan, where they have Mass said once a month in hotels. There is 1 in Hokaido, 1 in Tokyo, 1 in Osaka, and there's 1 in Okinawa. Some of the people who attend the monthly Masses there are not locals and have to travel a distance to get there. I hope none of them were living in the affected areas.

Catholic Samurai · « **Reply #13 on:** March 11, 2011, 08:21:51 PM »

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Considering they got hit with an earthquake AND a tsunami, Im kinda wondering, what did they do now to make God angry?

Simplicity aside, bad things do happen to good people. When people are afraid, they tend to engage in victim-blaming. Not only, what did they do to make God give them an earthquake, but also, what did she do to get herself raped, or as the Dutch Jews asked, what did the German Jews do to deserve what is happening to them.

There is an important distinction between God's perfect will and God's permissive will. Just the fact that Scripture tells us that the ruler of this present darkness is the enemy -- tells us that we cannot jump to simplistic conclusions.

FWIW, gαy marriage is legal in Japan. Also it is a hotbed of liberalism (thanks to the US influence).

When the Japanese grab onto an idea they run with it. That's why I asked what did they do Now/This time?

Raoul76 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 12, 2011, 12:22:32 AM »

Since you just HAD to ask, Samurai --

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If God is angry at Japan, that didn't help, let's put it that way.