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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;