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Friday, July 07, 2006

 

Matt 7:1-6 Judge not, that you may not be judged.

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Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:41:16 -0000
Subject: [catholicACT] Re: Judging others

Hey thanks Andrew and Kelvin for your feedback :)

Someone just gave me another verse a few minutes ago
to add and
support yours:)

John7:24
"Do not keep judging according to appearances; let
your judgement be
according to what is right."

PEACE to ALL :)

Mary

--- In catholicact@yahoogroups.com, Kelvin Chia
<kelvchia@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, Andrew
>
> Maybe you're also thinking of 1 Sam 16:7: "And the
Lord said to
Samuel:
> Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of
his stature:
because I
> have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the
look of man:
for man
> seeth those things that appear, but the Lord
beholdeth the heart."
>
> God Bless!
>
> Kelvin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Kong" <andrewk@...>
> To: <catholicact@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [catholicACT] Re: Judging others
>
>
> I like to add that the Lord judges the heart while
man judges the
deed.
> (somewhere in Luke about the pharisee and the tax
collector
praying at
> the temple.)
>
> Ak
> On 05-Jul-06, at PM 11:30, Kelvin Chia wrote:
>
> > Hi, Mary
> >
> > How about Matt 7:1-6?
> >
> > 1 ΒΆ Judge not, that you may not be judged.
> > 2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be
judged: and
with what
> > measure you mete, it shall be measured to you
again.
> > 3 And why seest thou the mote that is in thy
brother's eye; and
seest
> > not
> > the beam that is in thy own eye?
> > 4 Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast
the mote out
of thy
> > eye;
> > and behold a beam is in thy own eye?
> > 5 Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of
thy own eye,
and then
> > shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy
brother's eye.
> > 6 Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither
cast ye your
pearls
> > before
> > swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their
feet, and
turning
> > upon
> > you, they tear you.
> >
> > cf. Luke 6:37-42
> >
> > God Bless!
> >
> > Kelvin
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "inchildlight" <inchildlight@...>
> > To: <catholicact@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 12:00 AM
> > Subject: [catholicACT] Re: Judging others
> >
> >
> >> Heya Thanks Kelvin! :)
> >>
> >> that's a good guide.
> >>
> >> I believe there's some Biblical support to that
as well...
> >> unfortunately I think I did not have a chance to
note it when I
read
> >> it and I can't find it now... Do you by any
chance have the
> >> records? :)
> >>
> >> Thanks :)
> >>
> >> God Bless! :)
> >> mary
> >>
> >> --- In catholicact@yahoogroups.com, Kelvin Chia
<kelvchia@>
wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi, Mary
> >>>
> >>> I believe the rule of thumb is that one may
judge actions
> >> (objective and
> >>> observable), but one should not judge intentions
(subjective
and
> >> internal).
> >>>
> >>> God Bless!
> >>>
> >>> Kelvin
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "inchildlight" <inchildlight@>
> >>> To: <catholicact@yahoogroups.com>
> >>> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 12:34 AM
> >>> Subject: [catholicACT] Judging others
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hey Hi all....
> >>>>
> >>>> Anybody have any insights into the Biblical
passage "Do not
> >> judge and
> >>>> you will not be judge?"
> >>>>
> >>>> Remember reading somewhere about judging within
certain
> >> limits... but
> >>>> forgot what or where...
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers & God Bless All!
> >>>>
> >>>> mary

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# posted by Matthew Tan Yew Hock @ 1:24 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

 

Fwd: Re: [catholicACT] Re: ACT talks


--- In catholicact@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Kong <andrewk@...> wrote:

Yes as a priestly people, we do offer up our sufferings as sacrifices
in union with the scarifice of the cross, ie at mass we participate
most fully when we do that, uniting ourselves in Christ on the cross,
to the Father in the Holy Spirit.

Andrew

On 03-Jul-06, at PM 01:32, micheline_fong wrote:

> The wikipedia article more or less answers my question. Thanks a lot.
>
> I thought that a priest by definition offers sacrifice. But in this
> case "priestly people" doesn't mean we offer up our own suffering
> etc as sacrifices to God, rather it means participation in the
> Eucharist?
>
> Micheline


# posted by Matthew Tan Yew Hock @ 3:07 PM 0 comments

Monday, July 03, 2006

 

Priestly Sacrifices - Our Pure Conscience and Devotion

This is elaborated in the Catechism #786:
 
 
"The sign of the cross makes kings of all those reborn in Christ and the anointing of the Holy Spirit consecrates them as priests, so that, apart from the particular service of our ministry, all spiritual and rational Christians are recognized as members of this royal race and sharers in Christ's priestly office. What, indeed, is as royal for a soul as to govern the body in obedience to God? And what is as priestly as to dedicate a pure conscience to the Lord and to offer the spotless offerings of devotion on the altar of the heart?
 
Also, read:
 
Rom 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
 
1Pe 2:5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
   
 

# posted by Matthew Tan Yew Hock @ 7:22 PM 0 comments
 

Our Priestly Sacrifices: Our Conscience and Devotion

This is elaborated in the Catechism #786:
 
 
"The sign of the cross makes kings of all those reborn in Christ and the anointing of the Holy Spirit consecrates them as priests, so that, apart from the particular service of our ministry, all spiritual and rational Christians are recognized as members of this royal race and sharers in Christ's priestly office. What, indeed, is as royal for a soul as to govern the body in obedience to God? And what is as priestly as to dedicate a pure conscience to the Lord and to offer the spotless offerings of devotion on the altar of the heart?
 
Also, read:
 
Rom 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
 
1Pe 2:5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
 
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# posted by Matthew Tan Yew Hock @ 7:20 PM 0 comments
 

"Evangelical", "Laymen are also priests"

In response to questions raised by micheline_fong on June 27, 2006.
 
Yes, the Pentecostals are consistently the fastest growing Christian group in the entire 20th century.  They attracted a lot of Christians from "mainline" denominations too.
 
The term "Evangelicals" is also used by European Protestants who do not want to call themselves "Protestants". 
 
We Catholics need not be afraid or feel shy to call ourselves "evangelicals" or "evangelical Catholics" or "Catholic Evangelicals".  Don't give way to the Protestants as if they alone have monopolistic ownership over terms like "Christian", "Evangelicals", "Biblical", "Born-Again", "Saved", etc.
 
For different shades of the meaning of the word "Evangelical", check out:
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicalism (Rich in content on this topic)
 
The term "Reformed" refers to the Christian tradition associated with or inherited from John Calvin, the 17th-Century Protestant Reformer.
 
"Lay people are also priests".  This biblical belief is also taught by the Catholic Church, and is founded on 1 Peter 2:5,9:
 
"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood...But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people".
 
This refers to the "universal priesthood" wherein all Christians are members of, as distinct from the "ministerial priesthood" belonging only to the clergy.  1 Peter 2:5,9 is a reference to the Old Testament "universal priesthood" found in Exo 19:6: 

"And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel."

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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 4:56 PM
Subject: [catholicACT] ACT talks

Hi,

I attended the talk last Fri on "Understanding Our Separated
Brethren". For future talks, can the Pentecostal churches be
included too? I think they're pretty important since some of the
most active churches in S'pore are Pentecostal (City Harvest, New
Creation, FCBC etc). I think more people are converting to these
churches than the mainline ones.

Of course this will make the talk longer, but maybe you could have a
part 2 the following week.

I'm sorry I couldn't stay for the whole talk but I have 2 questions
to ask :

1. Still not very clear on what an "Evangelical" church is. From
what Jason said it seems it's a church that is not mainline, like
Baptist. But I think that there are Anglican churches that are
Evangelical (such as in Thomas Howard's book "Evangelical is not
enough"). Isn't the Anglican church considered a mainline church? Is
there a better definition? "Not mainline" can be anything. Do they
have a particular theology? I've been trying to find out for ages.
I've read conversion stories where the author says,"I knew I was
looking for a church that is both evangelical and Reformed..." but
have no idea what that means.

2. What does it mean when one says that lay people are also priests?

God bless

Micheline


# posted by Matthew Tan Yew Hock @ 2:59 AM 0 comments

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