tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205973525389434155.post4274704227096704722..comments2024-03-20T11:41:40.379+10:00Comments on Neocatechumenal Way - An Insider's View: The NCW In The Middle EastDianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613247477141929635noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205973525389434155.post-40472816664330817582016-03-02T09:38:03.818+10:002016-03-02T09:38:03.818+10:00Dear Anonymous at 8:20 pm,
That is not what Chri...Dear Anonymous at 8:20 pm, <br /><br />That is not what Christianity is about. Christianity means to love our enemies and to forgive those who hurt us. It means to be nice to ALL. Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13613247477141929635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205973525389434155.post-38575088569881575802016-03-01T20:20:56.299+10:002016-03-01T20:20:56.299+10:00I don't care if you are black white brown stra...I don't care if you are black white brown straight bisexual gay lesbian rich or poor. If you are nice to me . I'll be nice to you. Simple as that Diana. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205973525389434155.post-37399962172046249882016-03-01T12:05:50.963+10:002016-03-01T12:05:50.963+10:00Dear Anonymous at 11:57 am,
I edited my first co...Dear Anonymous at 11:57 am, <br /><br />I edited my first comment while you already put in a comment. When I edit, the time changes; therefore, your comment came first because you made the comment before I finished editing my comment. Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13613247477141929635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205973525389434155.post-32371526014801925892016-03-01T12:01:46.107+10:002016-03-01T12:01:46.107+10:00Dear Anonymous at 11:46 am,
On the contrary, we ...Dear Anonymous at 11:46 am, <br /><br />On the contrary, we are not stealing anyone. They came of their own free will. Those who came are being taught to live out their baptism so they do not become like the Catholics who supported same sex marriage, who allowed their children to live with their boyfriend/girlfriends, who are living with their common law partners outside the sacrament of marriage, who cares more about where the altar is located than for their brother Catholic, etc. <br /><br />Christ said to leave the altar and first reconcile with your brother, and then come back to the altar. It seems to me that God cared more about the person than the altar. After all, what good is coming to God at the altar with hate in your heart for your brother?<br />Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13613247477141929635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205973525389434155.post-68778871024846930532016-03-01T11:57:29.470+10:002016-03-01T11:57:29.470+10:00What are you doing, Diana? Are you manipulating th...What are you doing, Diana? Are you manipulating the time stamps of the comments? My answer to your comment shows before your comment that I was answering to. Lol! Are you playing a game here? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205973525389434155.post-26972275443446123292016-03-01T11:48:12.866+10:002016-03-01T11:48:12.866+10:00Dear Anonymous at 10:54 am,
I guess you did not ...Dear Anonymous at 10:54 am, <br /><br />I guess you did not read my comment on Pope Francis celebrating the Mass on the beach, on a hill, etc. I guess you have forgotten that many Catholics in the Middle East do not have a place to worship because radical Muslims have burned their churches, but nevertheless celebrate in a shabby place knowing that God always have His eye on His beloved children rather than on a place. How unfortunate that your baptism did not teach you that God cares more for people than temples made of concrete and glass. <br /><br />I sense jealousy in you. A Catholic Church has finally been built in Qatar so Christians can have a place to worship......thanks be to God who made all that happen. The NCW has made headway with the Jewish people so we can dialogue with them and even pray with them. We hope to make the same headway with Muslims. Christianity is making a headway into Muslim land. As Muslim governments start to allow religious freedom in their countries, it could bring peace and eliminate the radicals that has been killing both Christians and Muslims who oppose them.<br />Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13613247477141929635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205973525389434155.post-60203145517343011962016-03-01T11:46:43.193+10:002016-03-01T11:46:43.193+10:00Yes, you can have exceptional papal masses everywh...Yes, you can have exceptional papal masses everywhere where the Pope is going, because you need to accommodate thousands and thousands who are gathering. What is you point, Diana?<br /><br />The neo steals the parishioners not from exceptional masses but from regular masses of the Catholic churches around the globe! Neo forces its followers to attend mass in shabby, worn-out buildings where the light is dim and the presence of God is not felt. <br /><br />Just an example. Whatever happened to the little eternal flame light that calls the attention of the faithful to the purifying presence of our Creator in every Catholic Church? It is highly regarded and revered in Eastern Churches as sacred tradition and people cannot imagine any valid Catholic mass without it! Had the neo completely ignored and thrown this little light out of all religious celebrations for good!? Based on what? Read:<br /><br />"The sanctuary lamp, also called a chancel lamp, is placed before the tabernacle or aumbry in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, and Anglican churches as a sign that the Blessed Sacrament is reserved or stored. It is also found in the chancel of Lutheran and Methodist churches to indicate the presence of Christ in the sanctuary, as well as a belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.<br /><br />The sanctuary lamp may also be seen in Eastern Orthodox Churches. Other Christian denominations burn the lamp to show that the light of Christ always burns in a sin-darkened world."<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_lampAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205973525389434155.post-44166476333685313952016-03-01T10:54:31.003+10:002016-03-01T10:54:31.003+10:00"I came following my involvement with the Neo..."I came following my involvement with the Neo-Catechumenal Way through which I felt the call to rediscover the richness of my baptism by means of a journey of faith in a community. During this period I discovered my vocation to the priesthood and I entered the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Beirut, Lebanon."<br /><br />Rediscover the richness of baptism? What does this mean? This is quite enigmatic, could mean anything and the diametrical opposite of the same thing, as well. One thing for sure: your baptism is worth nothing unless you have faith in the saving power of the blood of Jesus.<br /><br />"The Church in Egypt is very tied to her traditions, especially those in the liturgy, and has difficulty in entering the dynamism of the New Evangelization desired by Vatican II." <br /><br />Oh yeah, we see this happening everywhere. Christians are attending churches with its beautiful internal art and veneration of the saints, rather than the bare and ugly social halls where the neo invites them to "celebrate". Lol. Vatican II requires you to adore God in His bright and shining house, in the same church that was built for Him, not in the next shabby building, dark and dirty that is not worthy of God's purifying presence. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com