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by: Br. Duane M. Cartujano The idea of "rapture" seems to come from a literal reading of 1 Thessalonians 4:17, where St. Paul is trying to explain how those who already have died will be raised and share in the events of Christ's second coming, which he expected very soon. He imagines the second coming in very dramatic terms (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18); in this scenario, the dead will first be raised, then the living will also be "caught up" ( = rapture) to be with the Lord. Some literalist Evangelicals in the 20th century expanded this verse into a whole scenario for the end of the world, which they promote. This sense of the “rapture” is a belief held by some Christians, especially fundamentalists. It is not a term generally used by the Catholic Church. So, in the fundamentalist sense, Catholics don’t really have our own word, since we don’t see things in the same way as the fundamentalists. According to Craig S. Keener, a Protestant scholar, in his book, &q

  Prepared by: Br. Andrew Villame 1. Sign Of The Cross 2. Entrance Song ‘’Mother of Christ’’ Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ, What shall I ask of thee? I do not sigh for the wealth of earth, For the joys that fade and flee. But Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ this do I long to see, The bliss untold which thine arms enfold, The treasure upon thy knee Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ, I toss on a stormy sea. O, lift thy child as a beacon light to the port where I fain would be. And Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ, This do I ask of thee when the voyage is o’er, Oh, stand on the shore and show him at last to me.   The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father almighty,  Creator of heaven and earth.  And in Jesus Christ, His only Son,  our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary,  suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day  He rose again from the dead;

by: Br. Duane M. Cartujano  We call the Trinity a "Mystery," because it is the main shorthand way we have of talking about God himself. Jesus presents it as the core of the Church's message. Preaching must always be about God, who is the source and foundation of all that is. But we believe that Jesus has revealed to us that God is the unimaginable Being he himself called his "Father," and is Jesus himself as Son of the Father and is the Spirit who comes forth from the Father and Jesus, whom Jesus gives to each of us. The Trinity is the whole Being of God; "in Him we live, and move, and have our Being." We are like little fishes, swimming in the great ocean of God. He is too close for use to see or comprehend. Calling something in our faith a "mystery" doesn't simply mean we can't explain it, because it is above our ability to know. It also means that it is beyond us because it is a fundamental, all-embracing aspect of reality

  by: BR. duane M. Cartujano Sa pangyayaring ito ay makikita natin na hindi na natuto ang mga umaatake sa Catholic Church. Ito ang mahirap sa mga "Bible Alone" at hindi nag-aral ng Kultura at Kasaysayan ng bawat relihiyon. Una, bago sana magkomento ang mga umaatake sa Catholic Church, alamin muna ang kaibahan ng mga Imahen sa Hinduismo, at ng mga Ibahen sa Catholic Church. Sinasamba ba sa Relihiyong Hinduismo ang mga Imahen? Ang sagot ay maliwanag na "OO." “Hindu worship, or puja, involves images (murtis), prayers (mantras) and diagrams of the universe (yantras). CENTRAL TO HINDU WORSHIP IS THE IMAGE, OR ICON, WHICH CAN BE WORSHIPPED EITHER AT HOME OR IN THE TEMPLE.”  https://www.bbc.co.uk/.../hinduism/worship/worship.shtml ) Itinuturo ba ng Catholic Church na sambahin ang mga Imahen? Ang sagot ay hindi! "The honor paid to sacred images is a "respectful veneration," not the adoration due to God alone"(Catechism of the Catholic Church 2132). Dito

    Ano ang mga rason kung bakit tayo nag-aantanda o sign of the cross? 1.       .  Ang pag sign of the cross ay pagkakilanlan natin bilang mga disipulo ni Cristo <Mateo 28:19> 2.     .    Naniniwala tayo na ito ay makapangyarihan <1corinto1:18> 3.         Sinusunod natin si San Pablo Apostol na nag mamamalaki sa Krus ni Cristo <Galacia 6:14> 4.         Ginagawa natin ang sign of the Cross para bigyan ng kaluwalhatian ang Diyos <1Cotrinto10:31> Tanong : Mababasa ba sa bible ang “Sign of the cross”? Sagot     : Kung ang pagbabasa po ng bible ay hindi naka batay lang sa translation ay makikita po natin ang katotohanan na may “sign of the Cross” sa bible.  Ito po ang pahayag sa Ezekiel 9:4  And the Lord said to him: Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and mark Thau upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and mourn for all the abominations that are committed in the midst thereof. SA Ezekiel 9:4 klaro po na nak