Nothing to do with Christ or his true Church, outside of which there is no salvation!

Day after, Black Friday - Blasphemy!

The Madness Continues - A "Thanksgiving Altar"

Wow, that "thanksgiving altar" is so gross, guile, and profane; what a blaspheme.  

Such is the mentality of the modern world...another fallen Aaron and Israelites worshiping and adoring the false gods of protestants.

What is in the red party cup.  That Thanksgiving altar is a great sacrilege.  

:dancing-banana:Hmmm. It seems to me that Cain put vegetables on the altar.  God did not accept them.  

Actually, it wasn't the fact that they were vegetables that was the problem.  The Catholic priest, after all, puts not-quite-fresh wheat hosts and fermented grape juice on the altar where he proceeds to "make something of it."  

No, it wasn't the fruit of the farmer's land (like hosts and wine are too) that was the problem.  God saw His creation and saw that it was GOOD.  Then came the FALL of man that introduced death and corruption.  

No, it was rather the fact that Cain used not the best of his produce but rather the stuff that he was going to throw away anyway, or else give to the PIGS (which is arguably why pork is not Kosher even to this day), that was displeasing to God.  

For God knew what He had in mind, even if He wasn't showing all his cards.  He had the Crucifixion of His Son in mind, and the Catholic Mass in mind and the Eternal Wedding Feast of the Lamb in Paradise forever in mind.  

He wanted a PURE, SPOTLESS and IRREPROACHABLE sacrifice from Cain and Able.  And that is exactly what He got from Able and it is exactly what he did NOT get from Cain.  That was the problem, not the "vegetables."

And likewise today, having a Feast Day the last Thursday of November is not displeasing to God.  You guys ought to lighten up and not be so prudish.  Thanksgiving Day is more Catholic than anything else, even if it was an ATTEMPT by the Puritans and heretic Protestants to wage battle against the Church, guess what?  It didn't work-----------------------

That is, it DOESN'T work unless there are sour-pusses like you bunch around who fall prey to the wiles of satan and refuse to see what the Church sees in this.

You're just ignorant of the facts.  


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:dancing-banana:Hmmm. It seems to me that Cain put vegetables on the altar.  God did not accept them.  

Actually, it wasn't the fact that they were vegetables that was the problem.  The Catholic priest, after all, puts not-quite-fresh wheat hosts and fermented grape juice on the altar where he proceeds to "make something of it."  

No, it wasn't the fruit of the farmer's land (like hosts and wine are too) that was the problem.  God saw His creation and saw that it was GOOD.  Then came the FALL of man that introduced death and corruption.  

No, it was rather the fact that Cain used not the best of his produce but rather the stuff that he was going to throw away anyway, or else give to the PIGS (which is arguably why pork is not Kosher even to this day), that was displeasing to God.  

For God knew what He had in mind, even if He wasn't showing all his cards.  He had the Crucifixion of His Son in mind, and the Catholic Mass in mind and the Eternal Wedding Feast of the Lamb in Paradise forever in mind.  

He wanted a PURE, SPOTLESS and IRREPROACHABLE sacrifice from Cain and Able.  And that is exactly what He got from Able and it is exactly what he did NOT get from Cain.  That was the problem, not the "vegetables."

And likewise today, having a Feast Day the last Thursday of November is not displeasing to God.  You guys ought to lighten up and not be so prudish.  Thanksgiving Day is more Catholic than anything else, even if it was an ATTEMPT by the Puritans and heretic Protestants to wage battle against the Church, guess what?  It didn't work-----------------------

That is, it DOESN'T work unless there are sour-pusses like you bunch around who fall prey to the wiles of satan and refuse to see what the Church sees in this.

You're just ignorant of the facts.  


Do you want to learn something?  


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Great post, Neil.

Every country has its state holidays. As long as local customs are not inherently evil, the Church has always allowed us, as Catholics to take them and make them our own. True Catholics never use Thanksgiving as a day to pray with those of other religions but to thank the One, True God. As Catholics we adopt it in our own way, but still participate in our culture as Americans. There isn't anything wrong with countries having a national holiday. In fact, it is in the best interest of the state for peace and good morals to promote them. Each and every naturally good act brings natural graces for conversions.

In the US, we have always been allowed a dispensation to eat meat on the Friday following Thanksgiving. Why, then, has a dispensation been issued instead of a condemnation? Obviously, the Church found nothing wrong with the custom, and made it easier for Catholics to participate.

If we understand the history of our country and the way Catholics were viewed, with hatred and suspicion, we know in order to bring about conversions, we cannot live totally as a separate enclave.

Nothing to do with Christ or his true Church, outside of which there is no salvation!

Day after, Black Friday - Blasphemy!

The Madness Continues - A "Thanksgiving Altar"

Who do you think we should be thanking?  

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Nothing to do with Christ or his true Church, outside of which there is no salvation!

Day after, Black Friday - Blasphemy!

The Madness Continues - A "Thanksgiving Altar"

Who do you think we should be thanking?  

Indeed.  The idiocy of that "alter" aside, it is a civil holiday.  It is also an occasion for all of us to thank God for our blessings.  How can anyone object to that?

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Nothing to do with Christ or his true Church, outside of which there is no salvation!

Day after, Black Friday - Blasphemy!

The Madness Continues - A "Thanksgiving Altar"

Who do you think we should be thanking?  

Indeed.  The idiocy of that "alter" aside, it is a civil holiday.  It is also an occasion for all of us to thank God for our blessings.  How can anyone object to that?

It is not at all a "civil holiday"; for everyone to "thank [g]od" is a religious holiday; ask any protestant.

Who do you think you are thanking?