Tuesday, September 5, 2017

First Reading today : 'the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night. When people are saying, "Peace and security," then sudden disaster comes upon them...'/

September 5, 2017


Reading 1 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11


Concerning times and seasons, brothers and sisters,

you have no need for anything to be written to you.

For you yourselves know very well

that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night.

When people are saying, "Peace and security,"
then sudden disaster comes upon them,
like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, 
and they will not escape.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness,
for that day to overtake you like a thief.
For all of you are children of the light 
and children of the day.
We are not of the night or of darkness.
Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do,
but let us stay alert and sober.
For God did not destine us for wrath,
but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep
we may live together with him.
Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up,
as indeed you do.









Jesus Heals a Possessed Man (Youtube)

Gospel Reading today: September 5, 2017

Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee.
He taught them on the sabbath,
and they were astonished at his teaching
because he spoke with authority.
In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon,
and he cried out in a loud voice,
"What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us?
I know who you are–the Holy One of God!"
Jesus rebuked him and said, "Be quiet! Come out of him!"
Then the demon threw the man down in front of them
and came out of him without doing him any harm.
They were all amazed and said to one another,
"What is there about his word?
For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits,
and they come out."
And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.

Jesus Heals a Possessed Man (Youtube)
https://youtu.be/9iXXhwxwrHY

Wikipedia's new entry on Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus avoids saying invisible for us BOD, BOB and I.I are not relevant or exceptions to EENS

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Wikipedia has placed a new entry on line Talk: Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus which does not mention that invisible for us baptism of desire(BOD), baptism of blood(BOB) and invincible ignorance(I.I) cannot be a visible exception to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS) and this was an objective error made by the popes from Pius XII to Francis.

The article states:

Dogmatic nature of EENS[edit]
Whether EENS is a dogma is a disputed point among Catholic theologians; it is a matter of legitimate disagreement in the Church. Therefore, under Wikipedia policy WP:NPOV#A simple formulation, it is not permitted for this article to assert as a matter of fact that EENS is a dogma. I don't want to start an edit war, so before I do a second revert I'm asking here if there is any justification under Wikipedia policy for the current article making this assertion. -- Cat Whisperer 23:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
EENS was a dogma.However even if it is said that EENS was not a dogma how can invisible for us BOD, BOB and I.I be a visible exception to the teaching on all needing to be formal members of the Church for salvation?

I understand that, as Schreck wrote, "the ordinary way for one to attain salvation through Jesus Christ is through faith, baptism, and a life of discipleship". However, "In God's mercy it is possible for those who are not Christians to be saved through the grace of Jesus Christ."
Yes as a speculative possibility, as a theoretical possibility but this should not be connected with the dogma EENS. Since a possibility is not a known case of salvation outside the Church. So it cannot be relevant or an exception to EENS.-Lionel Andrades


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AExtra_Ecclesiam_nulla_salus

Formal correction of cardinals needed : understanding of salvation at Novus Ordo Mass same as St.Paul's Greek Mass

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Left to right, top then bottom: Cardinals Raymond Burke, Joachim Meisner (now deceased), Walter Brandmüller and Carlo Caffarra
The Novus Ordo Mass can be offered and attended with everyone affirming 1) invisible for us ,in 2017, baptism of desire(BOD) not being a visible exception to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS) and 2) invisible for us Lumen Gentium 16, Lumen Gentium 8, Unitatis Redintigratio 3 etc in Vatican Council II not being a visible exception to EENS and the necessity for all to be members of the Catholic Church for salvation.So there is no change in the understanding of exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church since the time of St. Paul's Holy Mass in Greek, when he told the Colossians not to partake of the Body and Blood of Jesus unworthly, since it would bring condemnation upon them.
So there needs to be a formal correction of Cardinal Raymond Burke and the other cardinals who affirm 1) invisible for us in 2017, BOD and invincible ignorance(I.I), being visible exceptions to the dogma EENS as it was known in the Early Church and the missionaries in the 16th century.Also for the cardinals invisible for us LG 16, LG 8, UR 3, NA 2 etc are visible exceptions to the dogma EENS and so Vatican Council II is a break with Tradition.They will not affirm Feeneyite Vatican Council II and EENS.Their reasoning, premises and conclusions, are irrational and false.We know people in Heaven are not visible on earth, invisible people are not visible. This is a violation of the Principle of Non Contradiction by the popes from Pius XII to Francis.
Now every one who attends Holy Mass in English, Italian and the other languages can affirm the strict interpretation of the dogma EENS.Since BOD, BOB and I.I do not refer to visible people saved outside the Church.Every one can affirm Vatican Council II in harmony with EENS as it was known to the magisterium guided by the Holy Spirit at the time of St. Paul.There is no 'development' with Vatican Council II when LG 16 etc refer to unknown people in our present reality.
So mission can be conducted today with the past ecclesiology; the old understanding of exlusive salvation in the Catholic Church and the need for all, with no exception, to be members,with faith and baptism, to avoid the fires of Hell.-Lionel Andrades