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originally posted by: Zanti Misfit
a reply to: AMPTAH
" Is there another Armageddon mentioned in the good book that is yet to come? "
Yes , when Christ Returns . That has Not happened Yet..........
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. KJV, Luke 17:26
Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven,
exult, let Angel ministers of God exult,
let the trumpet of salvation
sound aloud our mighty King's triumph!
Be glad, let earth be glad, as glory floods her,
ablaze with light from her eternal King,
let all corners of the earth be glad,
knowing an end to gloom and darkness.
Rejoice, let Mother Church also rejoice,
arrayed with the lightning of his glory,
let this holy building shake with joy,
filled with the mighty voices of the peoples.
(Therefore, dearest friends,
standing in the awesome glory of this holy light,
invoke with me, I ask you,
the mercy of God almighty,
that he, who has been pleased to number me,
though unworthy, among the Levites,
may pour into me his light unshadowed,
that I may sing this candle's perfect praises).
(Deacon: The Lord be with you.
People: And with your spirit.)
Deacon: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Deacon: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right and just.
It is truly right and just,
with ardent love of mind and heart
and with devoted service of our voice,
to acclaim our God invisible, the almighty Father,
and Jesus Christ, our Lord, his Son, his Only Begotten.
Who for our sake paid Adam's debt to the eternal Father,
and, pouring out his own dear Blood,
wiped clean the record of our ancient sinfulness.
These, then, are the feasts of Passover,
in which is slain the Lamb, the one true Lamb,
whose Blood anoints the doorposts of believers.
This is the night,
when once you led our forebears, Israel's children,
from slavery in Egypt
and made them pass dry-shod through the Red Sea.
This is the night
that with a pillar of fire
banished the darkness of sin.
This is the night
that even now throughout the world,
sets Christian believers apart from worldly vices
and from the gloom of sin,
leading them to grace
and joining them to his holy ones.
This is the night
when Christ broke the prison-bars of death
and rose victorious from the underworld.
Our birth would have been no gain,
had we not been redeemed.
O wonder of your humble care for us!
O love, O charity beyond all telling,
to ransom a slave you gave away your Son!
O truly necessary sin of Adam,
destroyed completely by the Death of Christ!
O happy fault
that earned for us so great, so glorious a Redeemer!
O truly blessed night,
worthy alone to know the time and hour
when Christ rose from the underworld!
This is the night
of which it is written:
The night shall be as bright as day,
dazzling is the night for me, and full of gladness.
The sanctifying power of this night
dispels wickedness, washes faults away,
restores innocence to the fallen, and joy to mourners,
drives out hatred, fosters concord, and brings down the mighty.
On this, your night of grace, O holy Father,
accept this candle, a solemn offering,
the work of bees and of your servants' hands,
an evening sacrifice of praise,
this gift from your most holy Church.
But now we know the praises of this pillar,
which glowing fire ignites for God's honour,
a fire into many flames divided,
yet never dimmed by sharing of its light,
for it is fed by melting wax,
drawn out by mother bees
to build a torch so precious.
O truly blessed night,
when things of heaven are wed to those of earth,
and divine to the human.
Therefore, O Lord,
we pray you that this candle,
hallowed to the honour of your name,
may persevere undimmed,
to overcome the darkness of this night.
Receive it as a pleasing fragrance,
and let it mingle with the lights of heaven.
May this flame be found still burning
by the Morning Star:
the one Morning Star who never sets,
Christ your Son,
who, coming back from death's domain,
has shed his peaceful light on humanity,
and lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen.
originally posted by: Milah
@5:16
Since he says CHRIST IS YOUR SON why doesnt he refer to Deus (God in Latin) or some similar term?
For what the Bible does say about LUCIFER, perhaps see here: www.openbible.info...
The Vatican is the Den of Satan OMG!!!!!! And G-D is going to rip that place into little pieces, in the not so distant future. The Vatican says Jesus is the son of Lucifer. And that my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Unforgivable. That is almost exactly what the Pharisees said to Jesus Christ, and he replied that would never be forgiven.
Translation from CatholicForums:
Flammas eius
Flaming Lucifer
Lucifer matutínus invéniat:
Lucifer finds Mankind
ille, inquam, Lúcifer, qui nescit occásum Christus Fílius tuus, (!!!!)
I say: Oh Lucifer who will never be defeated, CHRIST IS YOUR SON!
originally posted by: 222mockingbirdlane
It is odd that Pope Francis named his newest, largest telescope addition on Mount Grahm Obaervatory "Lucifer"
But...did he, himself, say Lucifer is Jesus's father, or is that just in a really old Catholic song in Latin?
a reply to: Milah
Flammas eius
Flaming Lucifer
Lucifer matutínus invéniat:
Lucifer finds Mankind
ille, inquam, Lúcifer, qui nescit occásum Christus Fílius tuus
So can someone translate from Latin to English what he DID say as part of the Easter sermon or whatever?
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
Well, if God created man, and Jesus and Satan -- aren't we all kind of like brothers or something?
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. KJV, Proverbs17:17
originally posted by: vethumanbeing
I have many bibles; this one convenient is the RCC version: Job 38:7: My loins burn with inflammation and my whole body is diseased.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
I've never understood how God created you and me, and we're "God's children" -- and Jesus is the son of God -- but we're not the brothers and sisters of Jesus.
It would seem to me if it all came from the same place/being -- then it's all the same, just different beings playing different characters/roles.
Hebrews 2 --- New International Version (NIV)
Warning to Pay Attention
2 We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2 For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, 3 how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. 4 God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
Jesus Made Fully Human
5 It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. 6 But there is a place where someone has testified:
“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
a son of man that you care for him?
7
You made them a little lower than the angels;
you crowned them with glory and honor
8
and put everything under their feet.”
In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them. 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
10 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. 11 Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. 12 He says,
“I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;
in the assembly I will sing your praises.”
13 And again,
“I will put my trust in him.”
And again he says,
“Here am I, and the children God has given me.”
14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17 For this reason he had to be made like them,[k] fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
originally posted by: Milah
^ Good question! If that's what EVERY Pope recites, one would think it would have been criticized before. But can't find any trace of it being criticized til Pope Francis said it.. dunno